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wing up on their surprise hit, Chant, the s are back with a Christmas CD. For of you who aren’t familiar with these s, they released a disc last year which me shockingly popular. They perform a orian chant, if you can call it a perform- . The chant is mellow and melodic, and es great background music for studying. e are no intricate rythyms or clever lyrics stract you from your work.

Canto Noel is a seasonal title, and the t is decorated with red, green, and gold;

er, the music doesn’t have a holiday d, and no one will confuse it with Bony ersion of ‘ ‘Feliz Navidad’’ (although the

oes contain a Latin version of ““By the s of Babylon’’....)

Despite the unusual type of music, this ood disc. It’s not an absolute favourite, ot everyone will enjoy it, but the Gregorian

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atest hits is eile the ai they did a great job making ers 3 most se ai of popular music, and each track fits

thing so loud can be so boring. Burn My Eyes is a dissonant mix of tired power chords (yawn), amateurish vocals (double yawn), and apocalyptic lyrics (zzzzzzz). The songs are so frighteningly similar, it’s just plain laughable.

expect to see the basketball Panthers Unless you find jackhamrfiérs musical, this|~

up with this disc pounding in the back- album is not recommended. d. (2.5) -- Mike Beagan rko Peric Urban Species |

hnny Clegg & Savuka Listen ' In My African Dream” |

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1s “Lion King Sound-Alike’’ is just that. Taken the right way, that ‘ans there are some awesome background vocals (Savuka) that tess the deep, soothing music found in the African culture. Then Te is the lead vocalist who tries his best to fit in, but I don’t think this te guy has quite got a grasp of the African language. But Johnny 88's songs are filled with a knowledge of what Africa is really like his eyes, anyway). I would recommend this album to most an

Collectible Spoons MCA Records

The 80’s are over and they should remain forgotten. The first time anyone heard of the Spoons was about 10 years ago, and this CD contains songs recorded during that period;

“Old Emotions’? is probably the most memorable, but it’s in the middle of the CD and Ihaven’t been able to listen to it long enough to get there. The music is really mellow, So I usually fall asleep after the third song. For die-hard Spoons fans, this CD is kind of neat because there isa description of the beginning ideas of all of the songs in thecover, a that is the only appealing thing about it.

~ Kathy Giesbrecht

iy Machine Head ee Burn My Eyes (Various (Attic/Roadrunner) | The Glory of Gershwin Amazing! It is simply amazing that some- (Mercury) —

Elton John, George Martin, Jonathan Shalit, and Sting are credited as the driving forces behind this formidable compilation of George Gershwin’s _greatest. The album is not only a celebration of Gershwin, but of the master harmonica-player Larry Adler. Adleris featured in almost every song.

All of the performers featured on the album are well known in their fields of expertise. Elvis Costello does an amazingly smooth job of ‘“But Not For Me’’. Pop starlet Lisa Stansfield struts her stuff in ‘“They Can’t Take That Away From Me’’. Cher gives a disappointing performance of ‘“‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’’, and Jon Bon Jovi, with Richie Sambora on feature guitar, does a blasphemous version of the standard ‘‘How Long Has This Been Going On’’. Finally, the per- formances were rounded out by a wonderful interpretation of ‘“Rhap- sody in Blue’’.

The star attraction for this re- viewer was theorchestra. The strings, horns and percussion were wonder- ful, and could have represented Gershwin’s work just as beautifully (if not moreso) without the “‘big names’’ singing in front of them. I highly recommend this album. If you appreciate the music of Gershwin’s by-gone era, this collection is defi- nitely worth investing in. (3)

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Dada American Flower

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It’sR.E.M. allover again! I.R.S. has managed to pick up another awe- some band just as they did when they grabbed Michael Stipe and his gen- eration-shaping pals back in the eighties.

Dada is an amazing group that has managed to make an ex- tremely rare combination in its mu- sic. Their musical ideas are fresh and vibrant and their lyrical style is uncommonly insightful. I’m speech- less to describe the thirteen wonder- ful tracks on the disc. All I can say is listen to it and love it.....oh, and don’t be deterred by the crucified fruit on the album cover.

(5) -- Steve Ellis

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you know what? I loved every minute oKit. While nothing on this tape ap- pfoaches the creative idiocy of their pre gus release, it does have a few things going or it. One is the music, which is loud, fast, alf-stolen, andeasy tothrash to. The other is the bizarre, disturbingly simple lyrics. Once you understand them (which takes a while) you discover that they’re singing about the trials of a man with a Pinata for a head ("Pinata Hed") or the differences between play and suicide (the very insight- "Jump"). You even get (at no extra harge) the "Bear Song" (a parableofursine mountain climbing, with a cameo by a certain smarter-than-average cartoon),

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