Greatest Hits Review

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Greatest Hits ReviewGary Allan is one of those rare artists who has gained commercial AND critical success, yet continues to be snubbed at the awards shows. His previous album, TOUGH ALL OVER (written and recorded shortly after his wife's suicide) was one of the most emotional, powerful albums ever released--in any genre. He has continuously released high-quality music; no cookie-cutter country for this California boy. He's one of the most recognizable singers currently in the genre; he's an impressive songwriter (although he doesn't write much); his guitar chops are to be reckoned with (see him live if you doubt it).
So basically, it's about damn time he released a "greatest hits." And great they are. From modern classics such as "Smoke Rings in the Dark" and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful," to the rockers "Right Where I Need to Be" and "Man of Me," to the tenderness of "Tough Little Boys" and "Her Man"...Gary Allan can do it all. The new songs fit right in here--"A Feelin' Like That" is a rollickin' number about getting over a loved one (or failing to do so); "As The Crow Flies" is simply a great rocker ("like a blackbird, baby, you were born with wings") that fits Allan's voice and style to a "T".
GREATEST HITS is possibly the best Gary Allan record to date, as it collects some of his absolute best material together in one package. I still highly reccommend you go out and purchase his individual albums, though--Allan has been crafting powerful, engaging country/rock/honky-tonk since the mid-nineties. Because of that, GREATEST HITS is more than a sum of its parts--it is a great country record, easily one of the best to be released this year.Greatest Hits Overview

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Closer to Home Review

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Closer to Home ReviewOn this, their third album, Grand Funk Railroad's own unique sound became fully evolved. The band had started with re-written and refined material from their days as another group when they debuted as GFR in 1969 with "On Time." With their second album, "Grand Funk," the band gave birth to a unique entity of music: a hybrid of edgy hard rock, quirky pop, and soulful blues. However, their music, though catchy, was still very infantile. It was clear that the band was still learning to crawl. With "Closer to Home," they officially carved their niche into the musical world with a vengeance. The pulsating rhythms of Mel Schacher's bass, the primal yet deeply spiritual melodies of Mark Farner's guitar, and the much-underrated beat of Don Brewer's drumming came together to paint a picture of how society should be.
The songs, though sometimes mistaken for party fare, are very conceptual. One the A Side, the band examines the world as it was in 1970 (and still is today): a cold place where humanity is in danger of being wiped out by its own desires. On the B Side, Mark Farner's lyrics shift from an observation to a warning: that our best chance for survival as a species depends on adopting an attitude of peace, love, and mutual respect and tolerance for one's neighbors, be they friend or foe. This idea is slowly built upon until it reaches a head with the band's magnum opus: "I'm Your Captain," a ten-minute tour de force of quiet yet explosive rhythms, and some of Farner's best lyrics. The band spends the last half of the song pleading with society to find its way back to the light (accompanied by a flutist and a string section, a first for the group).
What really makes these songs stand out from Farner's earlier efforts is more of a devotion to words with a meaning. In the past, songs that touched upon Farner's personal philosophy were often outnumbered by songs that had more of a pop feeling to them, as far as lyrics were concerned. His abilities as a songwriter matured, so that even on songs like "Aimless Lady," the words and music do a better job of blending into a symmetrical whole. This idea is carried into the next song about a broken releationship: "Mean Mistreater." This song is entirely about rhythm, as Mark Farner takes off his guitar and trades it for an organ. Combined with Schacher's bass and Brewer's fiery percussions, you won't even notice that the guitar is gone. As for the rest of the songs, there is a purity to the band's musicianship that is more refined than it was on earlier albums. Don Brewer manages to keep the beat without hitting the cymbals every five seconds, and both he and Mel Schacher feed Mark Farner a rhythm which Farner uses to sculpt magnificent chords on his guitar: every bit as edgy as the last album, but with just the right amount of pop. And as for Mel Schacher: if his bass doesn't get your feet tapping (especially on "Nothing Is The Same"), you might be legally dead. All in all, the band delivers more than just a message that people must learn to live in harmony. They're saying: "Look out, world. We've learned how to rock, and we're not taking any prisoners."Closer to Home Overview

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Van Helsing Review

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Van Helsing ReviewHunting and slaying monsters is boisterous work, and when you're on the job, you want a suitably bombastic soundtrack to reflect your every peril-fraught move.
Alan Silvestri's Van Helsing score fits the bill. Unlike the elegant fugues for organ, screeching violins and crashing discords of some classic horror films, Silvestri acknowledges that Van Helsing is less about fear and dramatic tension, more about action and grand effects. So don't listen for musical nuances here; prepare for smashing percussion, blaring brass, chanting choirs and volume, volume, volume.Van Helsing Overview

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