Music To My Ears: 2009

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Review: SONIC BOOM by Kiss

I've had two weeks now to get familiar with the NEW Kiss album SONIC BOOM. In truth, I'm not the biggest Kiss fan in the world ... classics like Lick It Up, Crazy Crazy Nights, Creatures Of The Night, Domino, Heart Of Chrome, Reasons To Live get regular air play ... so I wasn't phased out about the album's release. However some sixth sense urged me to buy the album. I GLAD I DID! Four days after its purchase I was still playing the album. It was addictive in truth. Not totally classic Kiss ... apart from Modern Day Delilah ... but it is a GOOD album. Enjoyable if you are not prepared to compare it totally with the old stuff. The tracks do blend in when included in a Kiss playlist ... but it's going to disappoint diehard Kiss fans who were possibly expecting something more. Anyway. I ENJOY THE ALBUM. Most of the tracks now register around 15 - 25 on my Ipod play count so it can't be all that bad. I rate the tracks as follows:

Modern Day Delilah - 9/10
Russian Roulette - 6/10
Never Enough - 8/10
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect) - 7/10
Stand - 5/10
Hot And Cold - 6/10
All For The Glory - 8/10
Danger Us - 7/10
I'm An Animal - 7/10
When Lightning Strikes - 6/10
Say Yeah - 8/10

Thursday, 3 September 2009

Queensryche Live at The Metro Sydney on Monday 31st August 2009

Track listing from Three Suites with my personal rating (marked out of 10 for performance) -

RAGE FOR ORDER Suite
Neue Regal (7)
The Whisper (7)
The Killing Words (7)
Walk In The Shadows (6)
London (8)

AMERICAN SOLDIER Suite
Sliver (8)
At 30,000 Ft (6)
Hundred Mile Stare (6)
If I Were King (9)

EMPIRE Suite
Best I Can (9)
The Thin Line (8)
One And Only (8)
Jet City Woman (9)
One More Rainy Night (8)
Anybody Listening (10) - my personal highlight of the show
Della Brown (8)

Encore - Empire (9)