Epinions Recent Reviews for bladdidah

A Good Effort....but Where Has the Umphf Gone?

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:28:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - For a briefing on CLANNAD, see the GENERAL SECTION included below the album review.

Clannad is the jaw-dropping Celtic jazz/folk/new age band that’s been around and setting cross-genre standards since 1970-something.

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Burroughs' Genious Shows in Exterminator!

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:59:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - For basic info and an introduction to WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS,see the GENERAL ARTIST section directly below the review.

The actual title of this book is Exterminator! -- with the exclamation point. Understandably, the somewhat unconventional...

"Naughty" Title, Brilliant Work--That Annie Album

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:36:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - This album is truly a joy, and after all the pain Burroughs had to go through back in the fifties to get Naked Lunch published in America, it's almost lamentable to see one of his final projects get a big fat warning label on the cover for using the word...

"That Voice"--Dead City Radio

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:21:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - The producers of this album came up with the incredible idea of layering Burroughs' voice over a haunting backdrop of Americana music, along with several pieces composed especially for this project. Burroughs reads excerpts from the likes of Naked Lunch,...

Burroughs at His Best--The Wild Boys

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:01:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - This is one of my favorite books by Burroughs simply because I understood what was going on.

To say that a Burroughs novel is "about" something is both unfair and lying, but, so you're not completely left out, we'll say that The Wild Boys "centers"...

Lore--Clannad's Back!

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:20:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - For basic information and introduction to CLANNAD, see the GENERAL IFO section just below this album review.

After several "dud" albums--namely Anam and Banba--Clannad finally emerges with a set that is dark, mesmerizing and inventive...

Fuaim--Early Gem from an Emerging Legend

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 01:54:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - I love this album. It's upbeat, playable, and lots of fun to sing along to--if you're the sort that can (pretend) to sing along to a rousing Gaelic chorus.

Clannad is a great band from Ireland that, not long after this recording, would become...

Banba Oir--Good, but Pop

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 01:18:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah - In the early nineties, the then 20-year-old Irish family folk/jazz/rock/new age band made a rather disappointing addition to their huge style list by mixing in "elevator pop."

It's not that their songs suddenly became bad, they just began to get...

A Legend Emerges

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:07:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bladdidah -

Magical Ring is "the big" Clannad album. The single "Theme to Harry's Game" (which, in case it sounds familiar was also a theme in Patriot Games) was a huge success on the UK charts that catapulted them out of the "some folk band" pocket. The simple,...