http://www.johnserafin.com.com/ recent reviews of albums by me, john serafin en-us Copyright 2007 johnserafin.com Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:20:12 -0400 Album of the year. http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=94 The worst songs on Double Up are caricatures of an already twisted caricature http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=93 One of my favorite albums of what is rapidly becoming middle-age, the <a href=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?sql=10:giftxq95ld6e~T0 class=link target=_BLANK>allmusic</a> review points out all the pertinent <a href=find.php?search=artist&find=Art+of+Noise class=artist>Art of Noise</a>/Trevor Horn stuff http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=92 I recently was invited to a party where guests were invited to submit three (3) "life changing" songs for a compilation cd http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=90 Listening to the bonus songs on the <a href=find.php?search=release&find=Tusk class=release>Tusk</a> reissue gives an idea of how Lindsey Buckingham recovered from his breakup with <a href=find.php?search=artist&find=Stevie+Nicks class=artist>Stevie Nicks</a> -- very much alone in a home studio with loads of white powder, curtains tightly shut, regressing both personally and musically http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=88 Since their debut, each Fountains of Wayne album has expanded by two songs http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=79 Quite a musical leap -- or at least you'd expect so based on the first song, "Fourth of July" (especially the last thirty seconds) http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=72 I bought this in 1989 based on a recommendation from a <a href=http://www.soundopinions.net/bio/greg/ class=link target=_BLANK>Greg Kot</a> article about college radio http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=71 A few of the "Ain't"s handed down by Montgomery Gentry in the title song: "I ain't trading in my family's safety, just to save on a little gas." "I ain't gonna spare the rod, cuz that ain't what my daddy did...It's all just common sense: a broken rule, a consequence." "If I don't get my fill on life, I ain't gonna blame anyone but me." "You ain't gonna be my judge, cuz my judge will judge us all one day." You stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=70 An leading practitioner of the pickin' an'a frownin' genre, Buckner could sure use a dose of the sunny side http://www.johnserafin.com/release.php?ReleaseId=69