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Karthik Calling Karthik by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Review by Jaspreet Pandohar

There's no stopping the music machine that is Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendosa. Having started 2010 on a high with the soundtrack to My Name is Khan, the trio hit the rights notes once again with Karthik Calling Karthik. Fresh and fu...

Parade by Prince and The Revolution

Review by Mike Diver

Whereas 1984's Purple Rain had seen Prince merge the on-screen and on-record perfectly, remaining a classic to this day, Parade can't quite claim to be as essential. Again a soundtrack to one of the Purple One's excursions into cinema, it supports th...

Westwood: The Jump Off by Various Artists

Review by sound.and.vision

Let me get this off my chest first of all, Tim Westwood is a twat. Tim Westwood, or just Westwood, was BBC's "main man" for the world of hip-hop and reggae in the early 2000s; it wouldn't be until 2002 that they would properly embrace this side of mu...

RAYFORCE by ZUNTATA

Review by UCHUBomb

One of the most unique shmup OST's for one of the most unique arcade shmups ever made, and arguably Tamayo Kawamoto's masterpiece. Not a single track here is forgettable or feels wasted. The game starts with some fittingly energetic tunes ('Penetrati...

Choral by Mountains

Review by Sid Smith

Revealing a finely attuned sense of proportion and balance, the six pieces which make up the album never fall short of their initial promise. There's also several surprisingly dramatic moments such as on the eight minute Telescope, in which cascadin...

Who Are You by The Who

Review by kirk781

The last great Who album Many songs here have tinges of greatness in them but something or the other ( their length or the lyrics ) stops them from actually reaching their peak. New Song is a good one basically saying how self jerking the rock music ...

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