Epinions Recent Reviews for vince006

Starless & Bible Black - Chaotic mess. But what a mess!

Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:51:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - In The Court of the Crimson King was my introduction to King Crimson. An awe-inducing, addicting, inspirational introduction. Did I make it clear I liked that album a lot?

Well... so, after listening to it at its entirety for the 40th time,...

Sony CD Walkman D-E350 - Portable music that'll follow me wherever I go.

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 01:12:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - I’m a music freak. Therefore, I have to listen to some anywhere I go. And that’s why I needed a good (and urgent) replacement for my Phillips CD player that broke down after 5 years of constant (rude) use.

After a week of...

Yes' Fragile - Inconsistency never sounded so fun.

Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:02:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - This album was my first true progressive Yes experience. Before Fragile, my knowledge of Yes was limited to the Anderson Bruford Wake Howe album... which technically isn’t Yes, but it can be counted as such since it features 4 members...

Sleep, wake up, and turn on the music...

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:09:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - There are countless examples about disappointing sophomore efforts (at least on the mainstream). Most of them are caused by a) the album being almost an 180° turn in the opposite musical direction of the debut or b) the album being identical to the...

The Crimson King: Father of a Genre

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 03:12:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - It’s kind of funny how I came to be a King Crimson fan... After signing up for a (mandatory) plastic arts class more than a year ago, we were asked to start copying simplistic drawings from album covers or movie posters. Since my parents keep a...

Soccer: the most unlikely way to find a good World Music album.

Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:32:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - As all of you probably know (and if you don’t, I feel truly sorry for you), every four years the World Cup Championship is celebrated and along with the tournament comes incredible amounts of ”official merchandise”. One of the most important...

Mortal Kombat for Super Nintendo: Mortal Kombat - The censored port that couldn't.

Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:06:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Back in 1993, when the console war was held just between Nintendo and Sega and the SNES and Genesis were strong and still growing, the first outcries against violence in video games appeared. The reason: console ports of the famous arcade called...

Some bands are just too honest. Like Molotov.

Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:45:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - There’s a recurrent phenomenon seen in Mexican music since the seventies. And that is the sudden apparition of fads. Pointless fads, that unfortunately are gigantic successes for about six or seven months, before dying a quick, painless death.

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Super Mario Bros. 3 for Nintendo: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Mario enters the 90's...

Sat, 6 Jul 2002 23:17:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Take the first Super Mario Bros and improve its graphics to make it cartoony. Add maps for each of the 8 worlds featuring many different types of levels and bonus rounds. Cram in lots of new special items to make the game a little more strategic...

Super Mario Bros. 2 for Nintendo: Super Mario Brothers 2 - the ugly duckling of the Mario saga

Tue, 2 Jul 2002 00:14:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - The second game of the sidescroller Mario saga is also the least known.

Its unpopularity bases on its weirdness, and the abrupt changes to gameplay it presented after the first Super Mario Bros.. The reason of this total (and temporal)...

Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo: Super Mario Brothers - the game that started it all.

Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:11:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - It’s tough to think of an introduction to a review about the most classic video game of the Epinions database. I think everyone that gives a damn about games has played it, and the rest of the people at least know it. Its a game that revolutionized the...

Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast: I give this album a 666 out of 10.

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:29:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Of all the metal albums I’ve had the opportunity to listen to, this is definitely my favorite (followed closely by Metallica’s Master of Puppets). Its, like many people say, a real classic, and a must listen for someone that wants to get into 80’s...

La Ley's MTV Unplugged: Somewhat good, somewhat average and somewhat bad at the same time.

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:38:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Most of the Latin artists that have gotten the opportunity of performing a MTV Unplugged have been really successful. Take Shakira as an example. She took a very limited repertory of songs and arranged them so nicely that they all sounded really...

Holiday Inn Corpus Christi Sunspree Resort:Comfort for parents and fun for kids (SummerSolsticeWrite-Off)

Fri, 21 Jun 2002 21:08:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Each Summer I go to Corpus Christi and stay there for at least a weekend. Its a nice, calm place in comparison to the horribly overrated South Padre Island, and it has everything I could ask for: a nice beach, lots of shops, fancy houses to see at the...

Whoso pulleth this cd off the shelves without reading this will be unpleasantly surprised(M,M&Mwrite/off)

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 03:33:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - This is my entry for the Mystical, Magical and Mysterious Write-off hosted by KatM and fionablackwolf. I chose Rick Wakeman’s fourth album, Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Why? Because it is based on the...

Motel 6: As Ugly As The Motel 6 Rooms Are, They Can Leave The Lights Off.

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 06:29:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - McAllen, Texas is permanently busy. It isn’t just a good stopping point when traveling to San Antonio or Corpus Christi, but also a nice shopping place. Or at least that’s what the thousands of Mexicans that visit the city every day think. Most of them...

When the "Best" and the "Greates hits" are not the same.

Sat, 15 Jun 2002 04:50:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Many people like compilations. Many people don’t. The people that like to buy compilations say that it is the best way to get the best songs of an artist without having to buy many cd’s just to listen to some songs. The people that dislike (or just plain...

When Angels cry, it POURS!

Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:57:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - I admit it – I’m not a great fan of Mana. Not even a mediocre fan. I don’t own many of their albums... only the 2 that I really enjoy: Maná en Vivo, and Cuando los Ángeles Lloran. I like Maná en Vivo because it includes the best...

Fíjate Bien en lo que haces, Juanes.

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:58:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - This is my second review about Juanes, althought it is about his first record, Fijate Bien, which was quite a success last year. This album won 3 Latin Grammys, including Best New Artist, Best Song (Fijate Bien), and Best Rock Solo Vocal...

Juanes' Un Día Normal - Better stick to what you know how to do.

Fri, 7 Jun 2002 19:11:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - After releasing his succesful debut album Fijate Bien (which was nominated for several categories in the last year’s Latin Grammys), Juanes is back with Un Día Normal, a sophomore effort that just tries too hard to sound different from the...

Journey's Greatest Hits Live - Stamina-filled trip through a top eighties band.

Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:23:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - This is my tenth review (yay), and its about a live album of Journey’s best songs, taken from different concerts in the early eighties, mixed a little, and released in 1998. It has one of the best sound I’ve ever heard in a Live album. I had never heard...

Who said One Hit Wonders couldn't make great albums?

Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:20:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Ladies and gentlemen, you are reading a review about one of the most infamous One Hit Wonders of the 90’s: the New Radicals.

VERY brief history of the New Radicals

Gregg Alexander, an unknown guy born in Grosse...

Six badly behaved ladies - I've Got the Music In Me Write-Off

Thu, 30 May 2002 13:42:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - This review is part of kristinafh’s “I’ve Got the Music in me” write-off, which is the third and last w/o of the May Music Madness . I chose this album simply because it is one of my absolute favorites, and I love it from the first second of...

Pedigree Mealtime Dog Food with Lamb & Rice: fur care goes omnivorous!

Tue, 28 May 2002 03:22:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - As most spitz dog owners may know, keeping the dog’s coat shiny and healthy is tougher than it seems. You not only have to keep the dog clean and have the mandatory grooming sessions, but also give him a balanced meal, and sometimes even complementing it...

Zurdok's "Maquillaje" - Zurdok proves to get better with each album. (Like A Virgin w/o)

Fri, 24 May 2002 03:48:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author vince006 - Latin American rock is almost always influenced in some way by The Beatles. Not that this isn’t something common in worldwide music, but... can you imagine the concept of Beatlesque music going progressive, bluesy, and jazzy...