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Review of OOTTM by the Sunday Mercury

Review of OOTTM by the Sunday Mercury

EDITORS STEVE HACKETT 9 In This Light & On Out Of The Tunnel’s This Evening of the week Mouth (Wolfworks) (Kitchenware) Songs such as Talk To Me and Imminent wRECORDED in OCTOBER, 11. 2009 Preview wBRUM’S finest Black Butterfly Bail Out strip the paint from the walls; the former bravely played (Eleven Seven) Rescue Me manages to blend LA glitz and Genesis guitarist’s the new album in HOTLY tipped as Pearl Jam ; both Rose and Cream living room with an its entirety when wthe new Velvet could be classic Guns N’Roses ballads. all-star band, they opened the Revolver frontman, A Child Called It is inspired by the prolific Hackett’s new O2 Academy, and the songs instead best-selling child abuse book by Dave latest outing is his best yet, the rubbed shoulders comfortably with older returns with his own Pelzer; rattling rocker Fallout recounts the prog-rock likes of Fire On The Moon and material. Trouble is, while Tom Smith & band’s turmoil and troubles in Todd’s life; Dreams the symphonic Emerald And Ash filling Co cut the mustard live, Editors long-awaited fourth foray. and Don’t Go Away are rousing radio- the gap for anyone awaiting the next lean towards lacklustre and – the What’s more, in a bid to break Buckcher- friendly anthems. Pink Floyd album. But there’s much more atmospheric keyboards of the opening ry here in the UK, the album’s packaged There’s a surprise when you cue a song to this. Nomads builds from fiery title track apart – this is more of the with ’s last album 15, plus a called Too Drunk – it turns out to be a flamenco roots to irresistible rock riffola, same. Both Papillon and Bricks And bonus CD of live takes and lost demos. gravelly cover of ’s Highway and Last Train To Istanbul rides twisty Mortar may work onstage, but here And if you thought Axl’s Chinese Star. Perhaps label bosses wanted to give Eastern music tracks. But just when you they’re refugees from the sterile 1980s, Democracy wasn’t firing on all guns, then the UK release a helping hand. you’ve got him bagged and tagged, with old-fashioned synths, spiky guitar blistering Buckcherry more than fill the That’s unnecessary. In a strong field, this Hackett blazes away, Satriani-style, on and weary vocals. Roll on tomorrow. PC gap with a barnstorming set. is easily the year’s hard rock winner. PC the incandescent Tubehead. Phew! PC bevan’s

by Paul Cole & Jack Daniels heaven

with bev bevan

VARIOUS ARTISTS Land Of 1,000 Dances – All Twistin’ Edition (Ace) WE live in times when we are sup- posed to be running scared from warnings about Swine Flu, Bird Flu and other pandemic ailments. So it’s nice to reflect on a time when the only thing sweeping the world, and causing general mayhem everywhere, was an innocuous dance craze called The Twist. Twistin’ caught on like no other dance craze before or since. Even now, at weddings, anniversa- ries and social gatherings every- where, people are still prone to request the disc jockey to play Let’s Twist Again, Twistin’ The Night Away or The Twist. If you’d like some practice, take a listen to this CD compilation which THE CHARTS includes gems such as Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee and the Starlight- TOP 10 ALBUMS ers, and Ya Ya Twist by Petula Clark. You’ll find Hank Ballard & The 1. BARBRA STREISAND : LOVE IS THE Midnighters’ original version of The ANSWER Twist, Danny & The Juniors’ Twistin’ 2. : CELEBRATION USA, and The Marvelettes’ Twistin’ 3. : BRAND NEW EYES Postman. 4. MUMFORD & SONS : SIGH NO MORE And if that’s not enough, there are IN the new and (). ● BY POST: Post your entry to 5. MUSE : THE RESISTANCE 20 other tracks to get your knickers movie soundtrack, Among the big names on the al- Twilight competition, Sunday Mer- 6. VERA LYNN : WE’LL MEET AGAIN in a twist! Wfeaturing specially bum are The Killers, ’s cury Marketing Department, Floor 7. JAY-Z : THE BLUEPRINT 3 recorded songs by The Kill- Thom Yorke, Death Cab For Cutie, 6, Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Bir- 8. & THE SHADOWS : ASWAD Warriors ers, Muse, Thom Yorke and a Muse, Lykke Li, Birmingham’s own mingham B24 9FF REUNITED (Music Club De-luxe) host of others. Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Sunday Mercury and Trinity Mir- 9. DIZZEE RASCAL : TONGUE N’CHEEK ASWAD (Arabic for black), formed in It’s your chance to get your teeth Club and Bon Iver. ror group companies may contact 10. NEWTON FAULKNER : REBUILT BY 1975 and have represented the finest into The Twilight Saga: Death Cab For Cutie’s Meet Me On you by e-mail, phone or letter with HUMANS in UK reggae for more than 30 years. – an album packed with exclusive The Equinox is rushed out as a sin- details of goods and services you From their early days as Notting tracks featured in the film. gle tomorrow, and is already guar- may be interested in. You will not TOP 10 SINGLES Hill Carnival heroes to chart-topping The originalTwilight movie soun- anteed chart success due to ad- be charged for these messages. success, they’ve been tireless track, based on ’s vance orders. Web/e-mail entries are free. Com- 1. CHIPMUNK : musical warriors on reggae’s front vampire love story, shifted more Here’s how YOU could win a petition opens 6am Sunday Octo- 2. SATURDAYS : FOREVER IS OVER line. This double-CD collects the than three million copies and copy of the soundtrack. ber 11 and closes 9am Tuesday 3. JAY-Z : best of the band’s work from the 90s. stayed in the US Billboard album Simply tell us who plays Bella in October 20 2009. Open to UK resi- 4. : Top 5 hit Shine is included here as chart for almost a year. The Twilight Saga: New Moon. dents only. 5. DAVID GUETTA : SEXY CHICK well as a host of re-mixes, including It’s reckoned that the sequel will Is it (a) Christina Aguilera, (b) Ten winners will each receive a 6. : SHE WOLF distinctive versions of Hank Ballard’s do even better when it’s released on Kristen Stewart or (c) Kirsty copy of the new Twilight movie 7. TEMPER TRAP : SWEET DISPOSITION You’re No Good and ’s Monday October 19. Young? soundtrack as detailed above. 8. BLACK EYED PEA : I GOTTA FEELING debut hit Roxanne. The movie charts the continuing ● ONLINE : Click on web address Standard Trinity Mirror rules apply 9. : HOTEL ROOM SERVICE romance between vampire Edward www.sundaymercury.net/compe- – see www.trinitymirror-midlands. 10. JAY-Z : RUN THIS TOWN ● Read my blog at www.sundaymercury.net Cullen (played by ) titions and follow the links. co.uk/rules. ● Chart compiled by HMV Birmingham and tune in to WM from 2pm to 4pm Sundays

KISS FLEETWOOD MAC Sonic Boom The Very Best Of Christmas In The 25 Years Revisited (Roadrunner) (Rhino) Heart (Columbia) (Sony) THE cartoon-like THEY’RE back on IT is, without TIME was when wcover suggests wtour in the classic wdoubt, the oddest wAlison Moyet and this is klassic Rumours line-up album release of used kerpow . And (minus Smethwick the year – grumpy to clean up at the you’d be right. The songbird Christine old Dylan does Brits, mainly band’s first studio McVie) and play Christmas. Turns because they had album in 11 years is a musical the new LG Arena at the NEC on out it’s more than that, as the Bobster no real competition. These days, of throwback to their 1970s shock-rock November 3. As they don’t have a new roasts old chestnuts in a number of fires. course, there’s a flock of chart songbirds debut days. Gone are the overblown album to promote, here’s a double-CD Must Be Santa finds Los Lobos all feeding at the table. To mark the silver ballads and the big production, replaced compilation covering the second stage accordian king David Hidalgo leading a anniversary of her career, Moyet returns by short, sharp rock and roll songs with of the Mac’s career. The 36-song setlist rock-polka, Christmas Island suggests with a 20-track compilation including hits cheap chart pop hooks. There’s little to includes all the obvious musical The Andrews Sisters moved to Hawaii, such as , All Cried Out, the likes of , Russian milestones, such as The Chain, Don’t and Here Comes Santa Claus is backed Weak In The Presence and That Old Devil Roulette and Never Enough. The Stop, Little Lies, Go Your Own Way and by Jordanaire-style harmonies. Elsewhere, Called Love. Of more interest is a bonus exercise is summed up in cliché-ridden Rhiannon. But after a while it all gets a The Little Drummer is more the dusty live CD, on which she revisits her Hot And Cold, an old school stomper in bit samey, and you long for something to roots affair we might have expected. signature songs live, backed by her which 60 year-old yells: get the adrenaline running. A live solo Proceeds go to charity and it’s produced current session band. She still has the “If it’s too loud, you’re too old!” PC version of Big Love comes closest. JD by none other than one Jack Frost! JD talent but do we have the interest? JD

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