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BERNIE LEADON Mirror (Really Small Intertaiment) Perhaps hinting at the pairing of The Eagles and producer Glyn Johns on the first few Eagles albums over 30 years ago, Mirror finds Eagles co-founding member Bernie Leadon joined together with Glyn Johns son Ethan Johns. In recent times, Leadon and Ethan Johns have toured and recorded various times and they hit paydirt at the helm of Leadons first solo album since his 1977 album, Natural Progressions. The 2004 CD release of Mirror echoes that classic, California pop sound of the early Eagles layered with the legendary arty production sound that seems to follow the Johns moniker. Renowned for his classic early 70s albums with The Eagles, Leadon has, over the years, worked with Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, David Bromberg and Stephen Stills to name a few. Enhanced by Johns and a range of fine players, Leadons patented songs, singing and guitar playing is revived in fine shape on Mirror. www.bernieleadon.com
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FOR FEARS Everybody Loves A Happy Ending (UMG) Reuniting for the first new Tears For Fears studio CD since the 89 release of The Seeds Of Love, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have collaborated on a surprisingly excellent return to form. Track by track, the album exhibits a wondrous Beatles-inspired sense of pop perfection. Orzabal adds, When we did Sewing The Seeds Of Love we were doing Lennon. And I would say the main influence for this album is McCartney, because I think McCartney is the new Lennon. While keyboards, guitars, drums swirl around in lightening perfection, its easy to discern that its the songs and the vocals taking center stage here. Roland and Curt truly capture that vital prog-pop spirit and listening to Everybody Loves A Happy Ending is like revisiting an old friend with new tales to tell. www.tearsforfears.net
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RACHEL FULLER Cigarettes & Housework (Universal) Assisted
by Pete Townshend, Petes brother Simon Townshend,
conductor Gavin Wright conducting the London Session Orchestra,
engineer wiz Jon Astley, Who bassist Pino Palladino and
more, singer-songwriter Rachel Fuller released her debut CD on Universal
in 2004. Sounding inspired by the orchestral pop vision of Pete
Townshend, Cigarettes & Housework establishes Fuller as a
major talent in her own right. With brains and beauty to match an impressive
musical flair, Fullers music runs the gamut from soaring, symphonic
pop ballads to a more cutting edge, lyrical rock sound in the spirit
of Townshends lush melodies on Quadrophenia. Arriving on
the footsteps of her work on Pete Townshend's critically acclaimed Lifehouse
project and her collaborations with ambient electronic act Delirium,
Cigarettes & Housework is a gutsy musical statement worthy
of discovery by Who fans on the lookout for fresh musical directions.
www.rachelfuller.com
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CRICKETS The Crickets And Their Buddies (Sovereign) No matter what anybody tells you, the music of Buddy Holly & The Crickets has made a lasting impact on just about every pop, country and rock artist since the late 50s. Although Holly tragically died in early 59 on the day the music died, his Crickets cohortsdrummer/songwriter Jerry Ivan Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin and guitarists Sonny Curtis and Tommy Allsopwent on to record a number of great Crickets albums in the short years that followed Buddys untimely death. Lo and behold, in 2004 J.I., Joe B. and Sonny Curtis are back on the scene with a new studio album on Sovereign. The Crickets And Their Buddies finds the legendary trio running over some classic musical terrain alongside superstars such as Albert Lee, The Everly Brothers, Graham Nash, Eric Slowhand Clapton, Tonio K., Waylon Jennings, Bobby Vee, Johnny Rivers, Nanci Griffith and more. Highlights include Clappers classy revival of Someone, Someone, Johnny Rivers with one of Buddys last recordings, Loves Made A Fool Of Youa song which in fact, provided the musical blueprint for the Sonny Curtis-penned, I Fought The Law, (the Bobby Fuller classic) covered here by Vince Neil. Like the CD liner notes point out, the influence Buddy Holly & The Crickets still has will not fade away. www.sovereignartists.com
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