Rob - Don't Kill (2000)

"Don't Kill" is the debut of Robin Couder, who has a connection to the French lounge band "Air". How so? Well I'm not entirely sure, finding anything about this guy is extremely tricky. I picked this record up in a tiny indie record store on the East Coast of England. The album features an aray of musical instruments, including guitars, real drums, trumpets, saxophone and strings. It is at such a higher level of musical clarity, not dumbed down by studio manipulation, like the majority of today's artists. It is very French in it's presentation. At times this sounds like a flashback of the 1970's.... of the ELO kind, almost borderline pompous. The jingles and bouncy sounds continue to resound inside my head, long after listening to this record. ENJOY!

1. De La Musique (In the Music)
2. Power Glove
3. Amours
4. Sitar Fight Ego
5. Je T'aime (I Love You)
6. XX
7. Chanson Pour Mes Enfants (Song for my Children)
8. Don't Kill
9. Don't Kill Dub
10. Running For the Gold
11. Asnières Au Soleil (Asnière Sun)
12. Sweet Femke
13. Fourteen Metal
14. Don't Kill Me

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Matthew Good - Hospital Music (2007)

Hello my friends it has been a long time, it feels like forever since I graced this account with my presence. I'll try not to leave it too long next time...I promise.

I have been playing this album on a regular basis. Matthew Good is like leftover Pizza, you don't think that you'll like it, but once you try a few slices, you just want more. Poor example I know, but "Hospital Music" although only a few years old seems to be drifting into the arena of the "forgotten album of the 00's" tag. I would hate for that to happen considering it has some truly memorable, heartfelt music on there. Especially the single "Born Losers" that holds a very special place in my heart. It was the song paying the morning that my daughter was born, I remember driving across the snow flurried road to the hospital, my mind racing and my excitement building up. So I may be biased towards this album, but regardless it is worth the listen. ENJOY!

1. Champions of Nothing
2. A Single Explosion
3. Metal Airplanes
4. 99% of Us Is Failure
5. Born Losers
6. Odette
7. Black Helicopter
8. The Boy Comes Home
9. The Devil's In Your Details
10. Moon Over Marin
11. Girl Wedged Under the Front of a Firebird
12. I Am Not Safer Than a Bank
13. I'm a Window
14. She's in it For the Money
15. True Love Will Find You in the End

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