Artist - The Damned Album - Phantasmagoria
Genre- post punk Year- 1985 format-eac/ape
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For longtime Damned fans, "Phantasmagoria" and the follow-up album
"Anything" were not welcome creations from the band that started the
punk scene (they beat the Sex Pistols and Clash with the first record
contract).
By 1985, the band's sound was more gothic-pop than punk
(Fans of The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, or Clan of Xymox take note). The
album cover itself reflects the dark undertones found throughout many of
the songs. Plenty of synths, organs, harpsicords and a touch of wind
and howling here.
The German gothic/darkwave group Diary Of
Dreams began in the late '80s as the side-project of singer/songwriter
Aidan Hates, who at the time was also a member of the similarly-minded
Garden Of Delight. Hates collaborated with guitarist Alistair Kane on
Diary Of Dreams' first album, 1994's Cholymelan. Two years later, the
duo returned with End Of Flowers, which they released on Hates'
Accession label. 1997 saw the release of Bird Without Wings and
increasing popularity for the group; by 1998 they had released a
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Artist: Radiohead Album: Kid A
Released: 2000 Source: EMI records Genre: Alternative Pop/
Rock Format: eac.ape.278mb
Instead of simply adding club beats or sonic collage
techniques, Radiohead strive to incorporate the unsettling "intelligent
techno" sound of Autechre and Aphex Twin, characterized by its
skittering beats and stylishly dark sonic surfaces, for Kid A. To their
immense credit, Radiohead don't sound like carpetbaggers, because they
share the same post-postmodern vantage point as their inspirations. As a
result, Kid A is easily the most successful electronica album from a
rock band — it doesn't even sound like a rock band, even if it does
sound like Radiohead. So, Kid A is an unqualified success? Well, not
quite. Despite its admirable ambition, Ki
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Artist: The Damned Album: Music For Pleasure
Release: 1977/87 Label: Castle Quality: eac.ape.covers
Genre: Punk
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Music for Pleasure is the second album by the
British punk rock band The Damned. It was produced by Nick Mason of
Pink Floyd and featured new member Lu Edmunds on guitar alongside Brian
James, as well as guest saxophonist Lol Coxhill. The album was the last
studio release to feature original guitarist Brian James. It saw the
band move into more complex song structures, while maintaining the punk
sound of their debut album.
Artist: Ministry Album: With Sympathy
Released: 1983 Genre: Dance-Rock/Alternative Pop Format:
eac.ape covers
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Rather than the trademark bone-munching
industrial metal of later years, With Sympathy is panto-goth new wave
synth-pop that sounds less like the band chewing your pancreas and more
like Human League's surly little brother. Great stuff, then, for those
who allied themselves with Ally Sheedy's character in The Breakfast
Club. "Here We Go" grinds all over some electronic horns, "Work for
Love" stop-starts and shouts about like "Walk This Way" without all that
scary rap, and the whole record becomes a secret wea
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Artist: Horrorpops Album: Kiss Kiss Kill
Kill Released: 2008 Genre: rpunk Format: eac.ape covers
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You know how it goes: a band you never heard
of, you stumble across a previous release and it knocks your socks off.
Quick what else have they done? YES! They had an even earlier CD! You
snap that up and it's great.
And...then...you...wait...and...wait...for...the...next....cd.
Finally it's coming out and the anticipation builds. It comes in the
mail from Amazon and you're afraid to listen to it. Here's one of your
favorite bands and you've been burned before under this circumstance
(I'll never fo
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Artist: K's choice Album: Paradise in me Released: by Rat
Source: sony records Genre: alternative Format: eac.ape 350mb
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In 1996 they recorded Paradise in Me. "Not an
Addict", the first single taken from this album, was very successful
and brought international fame. It can be argued that this single was
their most popular hit, and even 10 years later in 2006 receives fairly
good airplay in major markets. It was at this point that their drummer
Bart van der Zeeuw had been replaced by Koen Liekens, and bass players
continually changed. For the next year (1996-1997) they toured
supporting Alanis Morissette, who heard the
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Since
Skylarking, each XTC album was carefully composed and crafted, and
Nonsuch is no different. Working with producer Gus Dudgeon (Elton John),
XTC crafted their most immaculate album to date with Nonsuch. A
measured and reflective record, recalling the Beach Boys more than the
Beatles, the album retains some of their late-'80s psychedelic
flourishes, but those have been integrated into an elaborate, lush pop
setting that falls somewhere between Skylarking and Oranges &
Lemons. While it lacks the thematic unity of Skylarkin
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Artist: ShamRain Album: Goodbye to All
That Released: 2007 Source: emi records Genre: goth rock
Format: eac.ape covers
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One
gloomy night, October 2000, two Finns come up with an idea of a band
playing slow, dreamlike material. During the winter, some songs are
written, and afterwards recorded. At this point this two man orchestra
is forced to grow. They need someone to vocalize their words scribbled
down in distress. Luckily, a suitable interpreter is close to be found.
In autumn 2001 this trio shuts off in a bunker deep underground, to give
birth to the first ShamRain - release. Pieces EP finally sees t
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Artist:Blur album:Parklife Year:
1994 Styles: Alternative Pop/ Rock Format: eac.ape Size:
330mb
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Modern
Life Is Rubbish established Blur as the heir to the archly British pop
of the Kinks, the Small Faces, and the Jam, but its follow-up, Parklife,
revealed the depth of that transformation. Relying more heavily on Ray
Davies' seriocomic social commentary, as well as new wave, Parklife runs
through the entire history of post-British Invasion Britpop in the
course of 16 songs, touching on psychedelia, synth pop, disco, punk, and
music hall alo
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