Next review is something that wasn't recorded anywhere near 2011. It was in fact recorded in the mid-late 70's by The Rolling Stones. The original charted pretty well in several countries and had a good reception. If you're asking "But why are you reviewing something so OLD, Sean? I thought this was a review of 2011 music, no-one cares about your old fogey granddad music" Well, I'm not reviewing the original Vinyl recording that was released in 1978, I am reviewing the amazing bonus CD that came with it in the re-release last year. Now, without further ado, I proudly present you Some Girls:
Lovely, some 70's Rock and Roll released in a generation where anything not Dubstep or violent rap is 'not cool man'. Before I go on, I should tell you that Some girls 1 is naturally mentioned a few times in this review. For those of you who haven't heard the original recording of Some Girls, here's a quick summary.
Some Girls 2... Sounds a lot like that album, unsurprisingly. There are a lot of catchy Stones hooks as you would expect, and it's very uniform and even. There aren't any immediate weak tracks other than maybe Petrol Blues, which sounds like a weirder and more boring way to finish an album than The Beatles' Her Majesty. But, that aside, there are catchy songs in Claudine and I Love You Too Much, and the surprisingly good love song in We Had It All, which actually matches the best moments of Some Girls 1 on its own. But as a whole, the lyrics on most songs just don't match the the feel of Some Girls 1, and aren't generally as good anyway (The title track is an exception to this; anything that Some Girls 2 can throw at you is immediately a nicer listen than that).
So overall, what do I think? I think this is a definite grab for Rolling Stones fans. There are some good songs on this bonus disc, and while it's not as good as what Some Girls 1 is, it definitely gets an honourable mention of having some of the Stones' most interesting songs.
Ratings:
Composition - As good as Some Girls 1's. In other words:
10/10
Structure - You know what, for a bonus disc of cut songs thrown together, it's actually very composed. I don't think it's fair to give a bonus disc a score on structure, but if I did it would probably be:
8/10
Creativity - Not as creative as its predecessor.
6/10
Passion - There is no passion. Well if there is, I didn't feel it. Seriously. It's pop rock at its earliest. Not to say that pop rock lacks passion, but you know.
Lyrics - Weaker than Some Girls 1 through almost every track, but it still holds itself alright.
7/10
I think I will drop passion from further reviews, as not a lot of music touches me emotionally. I'm probably just a miserable child, or maybe music doesn't touch anyone emotionally, but either way, it's pointless to include it.
