| Advantage, The / Advantage, The |
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| Album: | Advantage, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Advantage, The | Added: | Jun 2004 | |
| Label: | 5RC | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-29 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 5 | Nov 14 | Nov 7 | Oct 31 | Oct 24 | Oct 17 | Oct 10 | Oct 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
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| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2004-10-17 | ||
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All 26 of these tunes are covers over video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (which is post-Atari 2600 but pre-XBox). I can’t compare this to the originals as the last “modern” thing I play was a mid-90’s version of Castle Wolfenstein. Anyway, this is members of 2 bands, Generic and Hella. There’s some goofy yet fun all instrumental sounds often bordering (possibly unintentionally) on jazz fusion or prog-rock but that’s a very good thing here. File next to Avikko, Fucking Champs, Trans Am. (((1))) Loose, funky, jazzy. (((2))) Nice bass work and some guitar tuned to what sounds like a sharp note or two. ((((3)))) More proggy. I didn’t know there was a video game for “The Goonies” much less a sequel of one. Weird. ((((4)))) Even if this wasn’t from a video game , it might as well have been. Country, twangy chicken plucking with a “kids show” or circus clown march (or mosh?) vibe to it. ((((5)))) Similar tempo #4 but a bit fast. ((((6)))) Some crazy mix of prog and classic metal bits. Somewhere around Iron Maiden, Rush re-configured by some nerds in engineering school. (((7))) Trippy video-game like dub action (((8))) A bit like #6 but more like some thing that you’d hear from the Fucking Champs when their not killing you with their mighty riff power. (((9))) Twangy, off-kilter, kind heavy 70’s jazz-fusion like. (((10))) Noodly, twangy and very silly and fun sounds. ((((11)))) Awesome prog-attack with repetitive sections that really do sound like video game bits, even if they weren’t a “cover” of a game soundtrack. (((12))) Rolling, bass & guitar repetition. Sounds like the middle of some 1973-era Yes. ((((13)))) Uptempo and big on the low end. Simple jam that sounds a bit metal laced with prog ‘ala The Fucking Champs. (((14))) Strummy, slowly builds up & down. Sounds like bits from an unused Slint song. (((15))) Funky jazz-fusion flavored ((((16))) Western twangy laden with a almost modern film noir feeling. ((((17)))) Noodly with some nice random riffs throw into the main structure. Some cool soloing to boot. (((18))) Slowish, sneaky 1-2-3 series of notes sounding kind of jazzy but with a bit beat. ((((19)))) If this isn’t part of a metal song yet I’d be suprised. A lot of this sounds like a less dramatic Iron Maiden mixed with some jazz fusion. (((20))) Wow! Only 4 seconds. (((21))) Expands on the previous theme with a fusion & reggae style weird but enjoyable. ((((22)))) Video game surf music? Yeah that’s it! ((((23)))) Killer bass work here, lots of varations and nice series of tempos, chords. (((24))) Slowish with a “going through a maze” feeling (((((25))))) Metal/prog burrowing through caverns of unknown depths and dimensions. Excellent! (((26))) Mellowish, jazzy action then gets louder and sounds a LOT like a Fucking Champs number but ends with annoying drone. | ||
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