Producers about Jungkook:
-Dj swivel: “I think he absolutely crushed the vocal and it was really the perfect vocalist for this type of record”. (Producer for Euphoria)
-Sleep Deez: “He's amazing, one of the best singers in the world. His voice is pure. Actually the song was originally down 1 key but his voice is so good we raised it up a key so he could do his own thing. HIS RANGE IS CRAZY". (Producer for My Time)
-Andrew watt: “He knows what he can do. He was a perfectionist. And as a producer, what more can you ask for when you’re working with an artist? It was such a positive experience. He has such an incredible range and his ability to go between the two like that was amazing”. (Producer for Seven)
-Cirkut: “He has an amazing voice. I think it’s his versatility. He can kind of do it all and he’s not afraid to try any different style or try singing in a different way. He’s a chameleon. He can mold into any different kind of song. He’s got a great, beautiful high falsetto and he can do strong powerful notes too. It’s really pleasing to hear him sing.” (Producer for Seven)
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Pearl Jam brightened eight nights with their timeless magic
Pearl Jam‘s short 2023 tour ended yesterday in Austin, completing the Gigaton tour that began in May 2022. Rescheduled after two years due to the Covid 2019 emergency, it took the band around the United States and Europe.
In the last eight concerts, they played 105 different songs, proving once again that they are one of the few bands that change their setlist every evening giving the audience a…
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Album Reviews: Bruce Springsteen / Pearl Jam
This week I got to review a compilation album from one of my favorite musicians and a new studio album from one of my favorite groups!
Bruce Springsteen Best of Bruce Springsteen
51 years since Bruce Springsteen released his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, he has consistently made great albums with his brand of rock for decades. Here at Green’s Party, I’ve been lucky enough to review his 2019 album Western Stars, 2020′s Letter to You, the 2021 live album The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts and 2022's Only the Strong Survive. As much as I have enjoyed his studio and live releases, this marks the first time I have had the opportunity to review a compilation album with Best of Bruce Springsteen which drops this week from Columbia.
album cover (from the same photo shoot as Born to Run)
The 1995 compilation Greatest Hits is one of my favorites. It covers his career up to the mid-90s and included some new songs. Over the years since then there's been some other compilations including 2003's The Essential Bruce Springsteen. This new compilation is being released in a few different formats. The one I got to review is the double album on vinyl featuring 18 songs from 1973 to 2020. With only 18 tracks (not to be confused with his rarities collection Tracks and 18 Tracks) there's bound to be plenty of songs and eras left off. I suppose it's a good problem to have to have so many solid songs in the catalog that you can't include them all on a double album. But still I couldn't help but be surprised that Lucky Town, Devils & Dust, Working on a Dream, and Wrecking Ball (my #5 Best Albums of the 2010s) weren't included, even though songs from those albums were included on the digital release. I can understand We Shall Overcome, High Hopes, and Only the Strong Survive not being included since they were all or mostly cover songs.
Bottom line: if you're a fan of The Boss you most likely own all of these songs already. While I think there's been far better and longer compilation albums from him, this is good as a succinct sampler of some of his best songs. I, personally, would have added some other songs, but in terms of hits or fan favorites, this does the job.
For info on Best of Bruce Springsteen
4 out of 5 stars
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
Through this blog, I have been fortunate enough to cover Pearl Jam multiple times over the years: their live album and DVD Let’s Play Two, their 2018 concert at Fenway Park in Boston, their last studio album Gigaton, last year's 30th anniversary edition of Vs. and their numerous solo and side projects (too many to namecheck here). Now the band is back with their highly anticipated 12th studio album Dark Matter from Monkeywrench / Republic Records. It was produced by producer-of-the-moment Andrew Watt, who produced singer Eddie Vedder's best solo album Earthling as well as The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds. Talk about a meeting of the musical minds!
album cover
It is impossible to not be in awe of Watt as a producer. Sure he has produced a ton of pop stars, but in the last few years, he has been a good luck charm for numerous rock albums and in the case of Earthling and Hackney Diamonds he actually co-wrote some songs with the artist and here on Dark Matter he co-wrote all of the songs. He is truly a music geek whose love for PJ is showing through on this album. There's some songs like "Wreckage" that remind me a lot of the Yield-era. Other songs feel like they are swinging for U2-level stadium sing-alongs.
Bottom line: While Gigaton was a serious comeback album (their best since the 2006 self-titled album) for the band, this album is sustaining some of that magic. It's also an album, like a lot of the best PJ works, that gets better with each listen!
For info on Dark Matter
4 out of 5 stars
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Friday, May 12: Ozzy Osbourne, “Goodbye”
Ordinary Man was greeted with a lot of hype and nearly as many strong reviews when it first came out, but once the initial buzz about Ozzy Osbourne working with a big name producer who corralled a band of all-stars wore off, we were ultimately left with yet another mediocre album, and one that was arguably not as good as the (actually slightly underrated) Kevin Churko-era Ozzy records. It wasn’t all bad, but it suffered from the same slickness that permeated every Ozzman record over the past 30 years, and despite claims in the press releases there was a similarly consistent lack of inspiration, to say nothing of the apparent manipulation of the vocals in the mix. “Goodbye” was one of the better tracks, thanks largely to a concluding workout by the assembled crew of producer/ guitarist Andrew Watt, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith. Ozzy sounded engaged and generally happy to be making a record, which was really all we could ask of him. In some ways it was the platonic ideal for an Ozzy song circa 2020, as it was Sabbathy in feel while also a little faster and more contemporary, and “Goodbye” went down easily without feeling awkward or pandering.
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Iggy Pop
Every Loser
2023 Gold Tooth
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Tracks:
01. Frenzy
02. Strung out Johnny
03. New Atlantis
04. Modern Day Ripoff
05. Morning Show
06. The News for Andy
07. Neo Punk
08. All the Way Down
09. Comments
10. My Animus Interlude
11. The Regency
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Eric Avery
Travis Barker
Chris Chaney
Stone Gossard
Taylor Hawkins
Josh Klinghoffer
Duff McKagan
Dave Navarro
Iggy Pop
Chad Smith
Andrew Watt
* Long Live Rock Archive
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The 'kid' behind the Stones' great new 'old' sound.
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