Sunday, January 1 1995
Clare Quilty: Strong
Where has Clare Quilty been? Dancing between moody atmospherics and crunching guitars, this band should’ve been college rock favorites years ago. Of course, there’s nothing…
Camper Van Beethoven: Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead - Long Live Camper Van Beethoven
If you are a Camper Van Beethoven geek, you’re gonna love this. And if you’re not, you still should buy this CD to play for…
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Party Doll And Other Favorites
In a world in which the likes of Garth Brooks and Shania Twain dominate the country AND pop charts the folksy sound of Mary Chapin…
Catch 22: Washed Up
Whatever magic caught the interest of Victory Records owner Tony Brummel enough to sign Catch 22 left the band alongside former lead singer Tomas Kalnoky.…
Cousteau: self-titled
I love the concept for this band: lyrical love songs and torch ballads done in a moody, lounge mode with piano, guitar and a lead…
The Comas: A Def Needle in Tomorrow
I’m the first one to applaud the recent resurgence of shoegazer-derivative and slowcore artists. For in my teenage years, I was clad in MBV T-shirts,…
Clem Snide: The Ghost of Fashion
WWhen you play such low key minimalist acoustic country blues, you had better possess riveting lyrics to capture the listener’s attention or else you are…
Chaos Theory: self-titled
Whenever I hear metal that is fast, loud, angry, and the sounds just plain mean, I have a knee-jerk reaction to compare it to Pantera.…
Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings, Love Songs To Myself
Die-hard pop fans already know this man well. The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, Clevenger’s 1997 release, is an essential addition to any good record…
Captain Audio: Luxury, or whether it is better to be loved than feared
Despite the title above, I’d have to postulate that it is possible to be both loved and feared, and hold up this CD as proof.…
Petula Clark: The Petula Clark Anthology: Downtown to Sunset Boulevard
I bet you know far more Petula Clark songs than you think you do. Petula? Who? How about “Downtown” (hilariously exploited on an episode of…
Cher: The Best of Cher: The Millennium Collection
When I first learned I would be reviewing this collection of Cher’s greatest hits, I wasn’t at all enthused. I’m not a big Cher fan.…
John Cunningham: Homeless House
This 8 song EP struck me hard. As I described to a few people, Mr. C (remember that 20th Century pop icon Tom Bosley?) reminds…
Cypress Hill: Los Grandes Exitos en Espanol
It’s true that I endured seven years of Spanish classes during my school days. Sure, there was conjugation after conjugation, instructional tourist videos, inane vocabulary…
The Corrs: In Blue
Marketed as a Celtic-flavored pop band since their debut in 1995, the Dublin, Ireland natives’ first two albums were actually made entirely in the USA.…
Cheap Trick: Authorized Greatest Hits
In their 25 year career, Cheap Trick has seen their share of musical fads and trends come and go. From punk to new wave, from…
Cats And Jammers: After School Special
A three piece band with a name like Cats And Jammers who want to be TV heroes and rock stars? My God, doesn’t anyone take…
coco b’s basement songs: firehawks and dirtybirds ep
I know there’s still a bit of time left to go in this year, and there’s no doubt I’ll be hearing some more EPs through…
Eric Clapton: Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
Being critical of an album by someone who used to have the words “Is God” emblazoned directly after his name is a difficult thing to…
Collective Soul: Blender
From their break-out, if overplayed, single “Shine” to “December”, “Gel”, “The World I Know”, and “Run”, Collective Soul has turned out hit after hit of…
