Chris Harlow

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12 Jul

Cream Of The Crop And Cream Of The Slop 2005

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2005 was the year of the unexpected. Generally speaking, it was the new artists I discovered and found myself listening to that genuinely impressed me, while some of the old guard are finding themselves perilously close to being replaced. Nevertheless, these tales contribute to what is known as the magical world of rock. The top five releases of 2005, in my opinion, were:   5. Backyard Babies -- Live Live in Paris By reinventing the overproduced studio hits from the Backyard Babies two previous albums into a sound more signature and representative of them, the BMG label gives true meaning…
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06 Dec

2004: Cream Of The Crop And Cream Of The Slop

Chris HarlowBest Of
Realizing award lists should only be given to truly worthy albums -- err, CDs in today's terms -- I'm going to list the five releases from this year that have truly made a positive impact on me. I'll also grant other albums certain awards of note based off of my perception after giving them the necessary spins to warrant an opinion.5. Silver -- White Diary The only thing Silver did not do right in 2004 was to let their Scandinavian love-metaller neighbors H.I.M. get to the Hot Topic shelves first -- in an effort to generate the same major label…
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