These CD's have come out at pretty much the same time, but the only one that I have so far is the Morrissey one. I dig it. I sorta heard the Lenny one on VH1.com a few weeks back and thought it wasn't too bad, either. I'm definitely gonna get George on Friday, but....anyhow -

How do you guys rate these CD's? Standout tracks? Other comments? Thanks!

I'm curious, too...I love Morrissey's work, and have only heard the one song off of George Micheal's CD (not too bad, but not anything I'd run out and buy...).

George - pretty good

Lenny and Stephen - can't be bothered

The ones I've heard:

George: ***1/2/****

Lenny: */****

George - ***1/2
Lenny - ***1/2
Morrissey - don't like him.

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[This message was edited Wed May 26 19:05:28 2004 by mrdespues]

I got George's cd, I love it.

George Michæl

Lenny Kravitz

Morrissey (but track #1 "America Is Not The World" gets )

Hope that helps.








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[This message was edited Wed May 26 23:25:34 2004 by Chico319]

Morrissey- One of his very best solo-CDs (if not his best). I love every single track on it and his wonderful voice sounds better than it has in years. Standout tracks: "First Of The Gang To Die"; "Come Back To Camden", "I Like You" and "Let Me Kiss You".

Lenny- I like Baptism better than the last album. It has some really good songs like "California", but I would have liked a little less rock and a little more funk.

George- Great songs, great production. Standout-Tracks: "Patience" and "Cars & Trains". I think the album is a little too long. Two or three tracks less would have been better.

George's cd is excellent
Lenny's cd is good
Morrissey - don't know and don't care.

Anxiety said:

THAT ABOUT WHAT POOK THINK TOO

Nightcrawler said:

THEY ALREADY TAKE TWO SONG OFF FOR AMERICA

GEORGE!

The only one I have is Lenny's and I give it 4 out of 5 stars easy. The standouts to me are Sistamamalover, Lady, California & Minister Of Rock n Roll. This is a couple of steps better than '5' & a whole lot better than the 'Lenny' album. A must have!

What they took off:

"Shoot The Dog" (did Bush request this be removed?)
"Patience, Pt. 2" (why?)
"Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song) (Alternate Version)" (On the Japanese edition of "Patience", this is a much more relaxing synth-laden version of the cut that appears on the album)

I bought Morrissey the day it came out (along with 5 other cds-whoops)

and haven't even listened to it yet! I'm gonna go do that right now!

Not a Lenny fan.

George Michael - his most commercial album since "Faith". Four pompous/self-important/embarassing songs shorter and it would have been superb. "Shoot the Dog" is the most surreal protest song Dylan never wrote. It's also impenetrable. Why he/Sony left it off the US release is mind-boggling. (8/10)

Morrissey - I'm a big fan and it's great to have him releasing music again. There are two great songs here: "First of the gang to die" and "I'm Not Sorry", but the rest is deadly dull. Musically and lyrically unadventurous, and nowhere near as good as his four finest albums. "America Is Not The World" states the very obvious (great title though), and the rest states the already stated elsewhere. He needs new musical collaborators. (5/10)
[This message was edited Fri May 28 0:15:20 2004 by Shapeshifter]

Shapeshifter said:

Couldn´t disagree more. There is not one weak song on that album. The only thing I don´t like about YATQ are the lyrics to "America Is Not The World" (not because of the theme but because I think they are a little weak). Every other song is fantastic, the melodies are great! This album is up there with "Vauxhall & I" and "Southpaw Grammar" (I know not many people like SG, but I do)

Nightcrawler said:

We'll agree to disagree. Like you, I love "Southpaw Grammar" - apart from "Dagenham Dave". Imagine what the album would have been like had he replaced "Dave" with "Nobody Loves Us".

Shapeshifter said:

POOK LIKE SOUTHPAW GRAMMAR TOO!

SHIMMY SHIMMY COCO WHAT!

I didn't realize that they had left songs off of George's American release - not cool! I like the Morrisey CD. Although it's not musically daring it's exactly what I thought it would be. His voice sounds better than ever, too. Gotta love the stinging tongue-in-cheek lyrics, too. I'm going to get George's CD tonight - still not decided on Lenny, yet.