Album Name: The Girl is Not Right Artist: Apartment Year/Label: 2002 / Baxter records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell This band is not normal. I mean this as a compliment of course. Their music is cabaret flavoured and punky. Singer…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Be Still by Donna Lewis
Album Name: Be Still Artist: Donna Lewis Year/Label: 2002 / Peruzzi for the World [Buy at Donna Lewis Official Site] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I received this CD one beautiful, sunny Saturday afternoon when we were…
Album Review: It’s Who I Am by Mara
Album Name: It’s Who I Am Artist: Mara Year/Label: 2002 / Flying Coaster Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds “Don’t Let Me Run” is your basic rock song, ala Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge. I wouldn’t…
Album Review: Bugged by Telto
Album Name: Bugged Artist: Telto Year/Label: 2000 / D2 records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Telto are a truly special band. Their brand of rock is somewhat peculiar, but powerful. Singer Leslie Dean has a really strong voice and knows…
Album Review:Sarah Shannon by Sarah Shannon
Album Name: Sarah Shannon Artist: Sarah Shannon Year/Label: 2002 / Casa Recording Co [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Sarah Shannon sang in Velocity Girl, now she makes her solo debut. The sound of her album is very…
Album Review: Sellisternia by Regan
Album Name: Sellisternia Artist: Regan Year/Label: 2002 / High Priestess Productions Review by Digman Measuring with a sound line for depth; vocally erotic and twelve fathoms deep (tracks), “Sellisterni” (a sacred banquet) is the rhythmically applied art of techno passion…
Album Review: Angels & Aliens & Monsters & Freaks by Rachel Cross
Album Name: Angels & Aliens & Monsters & Freaks Artist: Rachel Cross Year/Label: 2001 / Dreamy Eyes Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Digman An eclectic and passionate fourteen-track CD grocery bag of lyrically edible produce, which is carried and…
Album Review: The Other Way by Lisa Hogan
Album Name: The Other Way Artist: Lisa Hogan Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds In almost every review that came with the CD there was a comparison to Sarah McLachlan. I don’t see it.…
Album Review: Water by Alysson Light
Album Name: Water Artist: Alysson Light Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Alysson Light is a surprise. A nice surprise. In the day of Britney, Mandy, Christina and the like it’s refreshing to see…
Album Review: Shades by Edie
Album Name: Shades Artist: Edie Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Edie has a lovely voice. On “Glide” she sounds like Sinead O’Connor while the intensity of the music builds gradually. Her debut “Shades” is lushly textured…