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Working Overtime
: :Even in a genre oversaturated with fast-jamming electric guitarists, this Australian singer-songwriter's improvisations are always original and occasionally revelatory. He's a surprisingly soulful singer, in a less-polished, B.B. King sort of way, and his constant solos never drown the focus of a catchy acoustic song like 'Mean Old Airplane' or an electric stomper like 'Stormy Seas.' Ultimately, this 1993 CD is for guitar aficionados--Dave Hole's playing mimics his voice perfectly on the title track, and his slide achieves an Allman Brothers-style moan on Big Bill Broonzy's standard 'Keys to the Highway.' --Steve Knopper
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Need You Tonight and Other Hits
: :Even in a genre oversaturated with fast-jamming electric guitarists, this Australian singer-songwriter's improvisations are always original and occasionally revelatory. He's a surprisingly soulful singer, in a less-polished, B.B. King sort of way, and his constant solos never drown the focus of a catchy acoustic song like 'Mean Old Airplane' or an electric stomper like 'Stormy Seas.' Ultimately, this 1993 CD is for guitar aficionados--Dave Hole's playing mimics his voice perfectly on the title track, and his slide achieves an Allman Brothers-style moan on Big Bill Broonzy's standard 'Keys to the Highway.' --Steve Knopper
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Rough Diamond
:Album Description:Dave Hole, an Australian artist, is well known for his guitar mastery. Since his recording debut fifteen years ago, Dave's records and live performances have drawn raves from countless international publications, and garnered legions of fans. 'Nothing interferes with Hole's searing guitar when he is in full flight,' said Rolling Stone magazine, while Guitar World added, 'Hole produces solo upon blistering solo that is exhilaratingly relentless.' His newest recording, 'Rough Diamond,' amply reaffirms his title as the reigning master of the slide guitar. His fret-melting guitar riffs are infused with the same ...
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The Datsuns
: :New Zealand rockers the Datsuns fearlessly hitch the sound of Antipodean forebears AC/DC, the Saints, and the Scientists onto the stripped-back blues howl of the White Stripes. In their gloriously simple world, riffs are basic, guitar solos heroic, and lyrical concerns don't stretch much beyond bad women who've done these volume-addled longhairs wrong. A song like 'MF from Hell' demonstrates where the Datsuns are coming from: guitars chug while singer Dolf De Datsun yelps and delivers a big, dumb chorus that would've made the Ramones proud. There are touches of Mudhoney ('Lady' is ...
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Spellbound: The Very Best of Split Enz
:Album Description:Limited edition digitally remastered version of their career spanning two CD compilation from 1997, released to coincide with their 2006 reunion tour of Australia and New Zealand. Split Enz formed in the early '70s and were considered 'Prog Rock' by the critics and their fans (often compared to Genesis). By the dawn of the '80s, led by brothers Tim and Neil Finn, they'd evolved into a slick, lean machine. Features the '80s hits 'I Got You', 'Dirty Creature', 'One Step Ahead', 'Message To My Girl', 'I See Red' and 'Shark Attack' as ...
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Black Fingernails Red Wine (W/ Bonus DVD)
:Album Description: Eskimo Joe's Black Fingernails Red Wine is an epic, superbly crafted rock album, combining raw sincerity and unpretentious honesty with a huge stadium rock sound. From the haunting keyboard hook of 'Comfort You' to the closing pianotinged melancholy of 'How Does It Feel,' this is the rare album that's a complete listen from start to finish. Eskimo Joe is one of Australia's most popular bands. Black Fingernails Red Wine (their U.S. debut) is a smash in their homeland that skyrocketed to # 1 upon its release (where it stayed for four ...
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Ultimate Collection
:Album Description: Eskimo Joe's Black Fingernails Red Wine is an epic, superbly crafted rock album, combining raw sincerity and unpretentious honesty with a huge stadium rock sound. From the haunting keyboard hook of 'Comfort You' to the closing pianotinged melancholy of 'How Does It Feel,' this is the rare album that's a complete listen from start to finish. Eskimo Joe is one of Australia's most popular bands. Black Fingernails Red Wine (their U.S. debut) is a smash in their homeland that skyrocketed to # 1 upon its release (where it stayed for four ...
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The Day After Yesterday
:Album Description:Japanese pressing of the 2005 album features the 14 original tracks plus a bonus track 'Love is the Answer'. Victor. 2005. :Onetime working-class dog Rick Springfield has kept his nose to the grindstone since his early-80s 'Jessie's Girl'/'General Hospital'/Tiger Beat-centerfold heyday. It seems as though he's realized he's making as big of a dent in the national consciousness as former co-stars Luke and Laura. Thus The Day After Yesterday, a disc of covers that, despite Springfield's raspy best efforts, communicates a certain last-ditch desperation. 'I wanted to see if it would be ...
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Didgeridoo Dreaming: Spiritual Music of the Australian Aborigines
:Album Description:Japanese pressing of the 2005 album features the 14 original tracks plus a bonus track 'Love is the Answer'. Victor. 2005. :Onetime working-class dog Rick Springfield has kept his nose to the grindstone since his early-80s 'Jessie's Girl'/'General Hospital'/Tiger Beat-centerfold heyday. It seems as though he's realized he's making as big of a dent in the national consciousness as former co-stars Luke and Laura. Thus The Day After Yesterday, a disc of covers that, despite Springfield's raspy best efforts, communicates a certain last-ditch desperation. 'I wanted to see if it would be ...
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Shelter Me
:Album Description:Japanese pressing of the 2005 album features the 14 original tracks plus a bonus track 'Love is the Answer'. Victor. 2005. :Onetime working-class dog Rick Springfield has kept his nose to the grindstone since his early-80s 'Jessie's Girl'/'General Hospital'/Tiger Beat-centerfold heyday. It seems as though he's realized he's making as big of a dent in the national consciousness as former co-stars Luke and Laura. Thus The Day After Yesterday, a disc of covers that, despite Springfield's raspy best efforts, communicates a certain last-ditch desperation. 'I wanted to see if it would be ...
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