Summer is starting to come around here and I've been slowly but surely starting to get back to listening to full albums instead of those favorite songs. My CD-shopping gene got a bit out of control this month.
Guintini Project - III
Got this one based on Alanna's glowing
review and I was not disappointed. Just excellent! Filled with great songs, but "Disfunctional Kid" has been a favorite early on.
Misfits - Famous Monsters
Extremely catchy sci-fi horror rock. Discovered at the Sweden Rock Festival when Stuart managed to sneak one of his CD's into the midst of my MP3 Metal jukebox heaven and I've been listening to it every day since I got back. There is something highly enticing about the tone in Michale Graves' voice and the lyrics are funny as hell.
L.A. Guns - Waking the dead
A very nice acquaintance. Great guitar work and a charismatic singer got my attention and the melodic element that shines through in all the songs made this album easy to get into but hard to put down.
Quireboys - Tramp & Thieves
My first real encounter with Quireboys, and not a minute too soon I can hear. Cool voice, great piano and best of all hard rocking songs on this single. The entertaining
Wild Wild Wild is a favorite so far. Time to find a full album.
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II
Slowly starting to grow.
Richie Kotzen - Break it all down
Rather different from what I expected. Relaxed, slightly funky rock music with a special vibe to it. A nice discovery that has that "one more listen"-feel to it, but also a definite "must be in the right mood to enjoy it" album.
CD purchases of the month
Beyond Twilight - For The Love Of Art And The Making (Ambitious)
Blackmore's Night - The Village Lanterne (Nice)
Lake of Tears - Forever Autumn (Not exactly the right season, but great album nonetheless)
Rage - Speak Of The Dead
Vanden Plas - Christ 0
Found at Sweden Rock:
Bon Jovi - Always - Single (The extra songs Edge of a broken heart is quite ok and Prayer 94 is a so-so acoustic version of Living on a prayer)
Edge of Forever - Feeding the fire (Extremely promising on first isten)
Erik Norlander - Music Machine
Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse (Excellent! Growing fast)
Exodus - Pleasures of the flesh
Giuntini Project - III (Excellent!)
Lana Lane - Covers Collection (Has a very interesting cover of Enuff Z'nuff's Innocence)
Luca Turilli - The Infinite Wonders of Creation (Images of flying dolphins still haunt me)
Millenium - Jericho
Quireboys - Tramps & Thieves (Excellent)
Richie Kotzen - Break it all down
Richie Kotzen - Change
Found at a local flea market:
Army Of Lovers - Massive Luxury Overdose (The first tape I ever bought, if anybody can believe that)
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
Bryan Adams - Into the fire
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Gangway - Happy ever after
Gary Moore - Victims of the Future
Gilby Clarke - Rubber
James LaBrie's Mullmuzzler - 2
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Kim Wilde - The Singles collection 1981 - 1993 (Extreme!)
L.A. Guns - Man in the moon
L.A. Guns - Waking the dead
Mr. Big - Lean into it
Nasty Idols - Cruel Intentions
No doubt - Return to saturn
No doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Oasis - Be here now
Pet Shop Boys - Very Relentless
Roxette - Pearls of passion
Savage Garden - Savage Garden
Saxon - Denim and Leather
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Van Halen - 5150
Van Morrison - Too long in exile
