#New CD Review

[midnight-star-world]

Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons

#CountryMusic

So today on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I will like to talk about the latest album from Country Music Superstar Luke Combs. The new project is titled "Fathers & Sons" and was released on Friday June 14th, 2024. There are 12 tracks on CDs, but before we dive too far off tracks. Let's talk about Luke's career for a bit.

Luke has had major success on all the charts including mine MSR (Midnight Star Report). The MSR combines both CMT (Country Music Television), the Billboard Country Music Airplay Charts, & even myself. Luke has scored 15 number ones on my weekly list. Luke has had huge hits like "Fast car", "Beautiful crazy", & "Where the wild things are". And other hits you may remember are "When it rains it pours", "Ain't no love in Oklahoma", & "One number away". Now before we go too much off, let's jump back into the new album.

Amazon got this album 3 months later. Luke Combs had a hand in co-writting 9 out of 12 tracks. And he also had help from Luke Bryan, & Rhett Akins. No lead single from this project. Songs you should check out are "In case I ain't around", "Huntin' by yourself", & "Remember him that way". And other songs include "The man he sees in me", "All I ever do is leave", & "Ride around Heaven". The stand out songs in my opinion include "Whoever you turn out to be", "My old man was right", & "Take me out to the ballgame". Here is the track list now.

Track list.

Front door famous.

In case I ain't around.

Huntin' by yourself.

Little Country boys.

Whoever you turn out to be.

Remember him that way.

The man he sees in me.

All I ever do is leave.

Plant a seed.

Ride around Heaven.

My old man was right.

Take me out to the ballgame.

And that's a wrap for the track list. And on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give this album a 4.5 out of 5 stars. There are standout tracks, but it didn't seem to be as many tracks as usual Luke Combs Albums. But it a good album if you are a Country Music fan or a Luke Combs, you should pick this up. Thanks for taking the time to read this review. See ya all next time.

[azazel-dreams]

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - The New Generation

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[theaudiophileman]

[hifi-reviews-audiophileman]

[boomstab-papa]

there are children in the reviews of CD player listings, upset because there is no speaker in the CD player, and they are being forced to wear earphones to listen to the CD

and im

[driftlessarearev]

Wednesday Poetry Corner: Mojave Ghost, by Forrest Gander

Mojave Ghost by Forrest Gander is a heroic quest against the inevitable challenges of loss, both personal and environmental.

Mojave Ghost by Forrest Gander is a heroic quest against the inevitable challenges of loss, both personal and environmental.

[sweetdreamsjeff]

CD of the week: Jeff Buckley

Date: May 10, 1998

From: The Observer (London, England)

Publisher: Guardian News & Media

Byline: SAM TAYLOR

Jeff Buckley Sketches (for My Sweetheart, The Drunk) (Columbia 488661) To be or not to be a rock star? As existential dilemmas go, it's perhaps not the most profound, but it tormented Jeff Buckley for the last two years of his brief life. Like Kurt Cobain, he was a sensitive soul who recoiled from the brute materialism and superficiality of the music industry. But, as Cobain found out, sensitivity sells.

When Buckley drowned, aged 30, in the Mississippi nearly a year ago, he was not really famous, but had a passionate cult following, and was constantly compared to his father, the erratically brilliant Sixties singer, Tim Buckley, who also died young. He felt pressured by the expectations surrounding the album he was working on, the follow-up to his 1994 debut Grace, and was drinking way too much.He had already spent several months in New York, recording songs with Tom Verlaine, but he was unhappy with the results. But he had begun work on a new batch of songs in Memphis, and was excited about his progress. Some of his friends and band members now claim Buckley intended burning the Verlaine tapes, and that the release of this double CD is thus a betrayal of his wishes.

Though it's easy to sympathise with that view, once you hear the first of these CDs, comprising 10 songs from the New York sessions, you will realise why Mary Guibert, Buckley's mother, was so keen that the songs be heard. You will also realise why Buckley, so repulsed by MTV and the prospect of fame, hated them. Two songs in particular a heartbreakingly sweet soul ballad called 'Everybody Here Wants You' and a raunchy, funny cover of Audrey Clark's 'Yard of Blonde Girls' sound like surefire hit singles.

The first CD is not uniformly brilliant. Buckley's weakness for bombast and overcomplication surfaces on 'Vancouver' and 'The Sky is a Landfill', and the production is perhaps a little too crystalline, though the quieter songs 'Opened Once', 'You & I' are deliberately sparse in order to showcase Buckley's gorgeous, somersaulting voice. It would have been a deeply impressive and affecting album.

The second CD, mostly comprising four-track demos recorded near the end in Memphis, reflects the turmoil in Buckley's head at this time. It also reflects a self-protective desire to veer away from the polished commercialism of the New York songs. It is murky, disjointed, at times wildly discordant and almost unlistenable. The lyrics scream of paranoia and enslavement. There is a cover of Genesis's sprawling prog epic, 'Back in NYC', and a squall of white noise called 'Murder Suicide Meteor Slave', both of which sound like B-sides at best.

Yet Buckley was very proud of what he was working on, and beneath the boiling fury, you can hear the stirrings of a looser, darker melodicism. And there is always that voice: whether caterwauling with lust or crying out in pain, it remains genuinely breathtaking, unmatched this decade for its range and emotional power.

If you've never heard Jeff Buckley before, you are probably better off listening to Grace as a starting point. But anyone who loved that album and it was the sort of album you either loved or hated should certainly hear Sketches. . . Unfinished and uneven it may be, but it is still light years ahead of almost everything else that will be released this year. As a dead rock icon Buckley will never eclipse Kurt Cobain, but as a musical talent he was, I think, possibly even greater. The tragedy is that we will never know for sure.

[dudeshusband]

someone was selling the tape on etsy so i bought it

[esportopedia]

The Witcher 3 physical version for the next generation will appear in January

This is the complete edition of the game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt it will be released in physical form at the end of January for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, we’ve known that for a long time. Now, CD Projekt RED has finally clarified when that will happen. Edition of the game with a couple of major plot additions (Heart of stone and Wine and blood) and other updates available to interested…

[midnight-star-world]

Thomas Rhett - About A Woman

#CountryMusic

So today on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would like to talk about the latest album from Country Music Singer Thomas Rhett. The new CD is titled "About a woman" and was released on Friday August 23rd, 2024. There are 14 tracks on this project. Let's talk about some of Thomas Rhett's career so far up next.

Thomas has scored 12 number ones on my weekly list MSR (Midnight Star Report). The MSR combines both CMT (Country Music Television), The Billboard Country Music Airplay Charts, & even myself. The list used to include GAC (Great American Country) until that list officially retired at the end of 2018. Some of Thomas' biggest hits include "Die a happy man", "Mamaw's house" featuring Morgan Wallen, & "Beer can't fix" featuring Jon Pardi. Other hits from Thomas include songs like "Marry me","It goes like this", & "What's your Country song". Now before we get too far off track, let's jump back to this new album now.

Thomas co-wrote 13 out of 14 tracks, & had help from Ryan Hurd, & ERNEST. The lead single from the project is a track titled "Beautiful as you", and title track is from the "Somethin' 'bout a woman". Here is a few fun tracks "Fool", & "Boots". New tracks that have been slowly released include "Overdrive", "Gone Country", & "After all the bars are closed". His tribute to the Chief "Eric Church" with the track "Church", "Back to blue", & "What could go right are stand out songs. "Don't wanna dance", & "I could spend forever loving you" could be a wedding song. Here is the rest of the track list now.

Track list.

Fool.

Overdrive.

Gone Country.

Beautiful as you.

Can't love you anymore.

After all the bars are closed.

Church.

Back to blue.

Country for California.

Somethin' 'bout a woman.

What could go right.

Boots.

Don't wanna dance.

I could spend forever loving you.

And that's a wrap for the track list and on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give this album a 5 out of 5 stars. There are a lot of highlights from this project. So many stand out tracks, and there is something truly for everyone. Thanks for taking the time to read this review. See ya all next time.

[neil-gaiman]

one time at an American Gods signing in MN, we asked you if Tori would be the voice of the Tree

you said, and I quote, "If she isn't, I shall grumble."

did you grumble, Neil?

well, did you?

Why would I have grumbled?

Well, why?

There's more information at the BBC website.

But these days you need to get it from an audiobook site or buy it on CD or Vinyl.

[theaudiophileman]

[hifi-reviews-audiophileman]

[sdaedal]

I like for things to be chronological!

Okay, so…

This post is hard to write up, but I’m planning on doing a full analysis of every MT album leading up to Haven. And when I say every album, I MEAN EVERY ALBUM.

So, the question for me becomes where do I start? Fix Me, the first recorded studio album? The Self-Titled EP? Or do we cover the band before the bands CD, Cooler Than Me, as our basis? Now that we have every song on it, it feels fair to give it a thorough review, but I also worry that might be a tough topic as many fans still don’t know we now have every track located, along with the fact it’s very obscure & niche.

Let me know what you guys think, either through a comment, reblog or DM. Thanks for the likes on everything too, it’s always great to talk to fans.

Basically, this is an accurate representation of my brain right now:

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Link 1, Link 2 :)

Digital Good Omens 2 Sountrack is coming out in 4 days! 🥳 CD version in October! :) ❤ Coming soon on vinyl…

Out to Stream/Download from 25th August. Out on CD 13th October. Coming soon on vinyl…

David Arnold’s ‘end of the world’ complex and multi-genre soundtrack.

From the Award-winning composer of Sherlock and Casino Royale comes a follow up to the hugely successful, Emmy nominated Good Omens soundtrack.

Good Omens series 2 premiered on Prime Video on 28th July. The series follows the odd couple, angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tennant) in their quest to sabotage the end of the World. The six-episode sequel to the popular adaptation of the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, concerns the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) arriving without his memories to Aziraphale’s bookshop. Aziraphale and Crowley attempt to find out what happened to Gabriel, whilst hiding him from Heaven and Hell, both eager to find him.

The Soundtrack

David Arnold’s soundtrack to Good Omens was first released in 2019 to favourable reviews, with BBC Music Magazine calling it “a rollicking trip to hell and back”. Blueprint Magazine described it as “a great listen” and Sci Fi Bulletin commented on “plenty of memorable themes” to conclude that “This is another work of art from Arnold”. At times nostalgic and eerie but always varied, beautiful and full of excitement, the Good Omens 2 soundtrack showcases Arnold’s every skill from his composer arsenal. Featured here are orchestral arrangements with sprinkling of Sugar Plum Fairy pizzicato and percussion, jaunty strings and mighty choral sweeps from Crouch End Festival Chorus. Added to the mix are rock guitar riffs, and psychedelic 70s sounds and all together they create a haunting otherworldly feel, complementing the fantasy and the quirky humour of the show. The spirited Waltz of the opening theme is also present in the second series and it wonderfully sets the scene for fantastical mayhem. In series 2, this robust, evocative, and funny music entity, becomes yet again another character in the story. Award-winning composer David Arnold is well known for his blockbuster scores, including Stargate, The Chronicles of Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Hot Fuzz, Paul, Independence Day, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Casino Royale as well as for his TV work such as Sherlock and Dracula. Also available: The original soundtrack to the first series of Good Omens >

Tracklist

– Disc 1 – Chapter 1: The Arrival 1. Before the Beginning 2. Good Omens 2 Opening Title 3. Into Soho 4. Something Terrible 5. To The Bookshop 6. Maggie and Nina 7. He’s Smoking 8. Tiny Miracle 9. Heavenly Alarm Bells Chapter 2: The Clue 10. Avaunt! 11. The Song is the Clue 12. It’s What God Wants 13. A Mighty Wind 14. Whales 15. Gabriel Returns 16. His New Children 17. Am I Awful Now? 18. Fallen Angel Chapter 3: I Know Where I’m Going 19. Police Arrive 20. Scotland 21. We’re Going to Hell 22. People Get a Choice 23. My Car is Not Yellow 24. Beelzebub in Hell 25. The Book 26. The Fly 27. Mr. Dalrymple 28. We Need to Cut 29. I’m Going to Save Her 30. Crowley Goes Large 31. Not Kind 32. Beelzebub Isn’t Happy – Disc 2 – Chapter 4: The Hitchhiker 33. Hell-O 34. Nazi Zombies 35. March of the Nazi Zombies 36. Crowley Pep Talk 37. The Magic Shop 38. Catch The Bullet 39. Zombies in the Dressing Room Chapter 5: The Ball 40. I’ll Let You Have It 41. We’re Storming a Book Shop 42. Monsieur Azirophale 43. The Candelabra 44. Here Comes Hell 45. Gabriel Gives Himself Up 46. Shax 47. The Circle Chapter 6: Every Day 48. Bin Through the Window 49. Gabriel Leaving Heaven 50. The Halo 51. Gabriel Revealed 52. Gabriel’s Love Story 53. Leaving The Bookshop 54. Gabriel and Beelzebub 55. Crowley and Muriel 56. I Forgive You 57. Don’t Bother 58. The Biggest Decision 59. The End?