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              [ Mind Warp  -  Volume #4, Issue #03, File #058 ]
                     [ "Music Review: #7" by Mustaine ]
                      
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                            Music Review: #7
                               [mustaine]
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                         Mustaine's Music Scale  
                       (revised <again> 05/01/95)
                     
   0) Sucks!!!                   6) Gettin' there...
   1) Bites!!!                   7) Kewl..sorta
   2) Eww!!!                     8) Yo!  I can dig this stuff! 
   3) Crap!!!                    9) Woo!  Play some more...
   4) Blah, Blah...             10) Incredibly Spiffy!
   5) Not half bad, but crap..  11) Has to be by Dream Theater?


     I have decided to break down and give you my opinion on Double-CD
packages.  Before I actually comment on the music, let me first whine about
the packages these wonderfull Double-CD "deals" come in.  When you go into
the store looking for your music, the idea of getting two CD's for the
price of 1 and a half sounds pretty sweet.  Indeed, when you go further
to look for a favorite artist, 30+ songs jammed onto two CD's looks GREAT!
HOWEVER, when you actually buy the Double-CD package, you learn just exactly
what a REAL pain in the ass it is.  What you have purchased is a bulky
nightmare, that is almost guarenteed not to fit in ANY conventional CD 
holder.  Yes folks, I am talking about those 1 and a quater inch nightmare
packages!!!  What's my point?  I think they suck.  Just give me two CD cases,
and shrink rap some plastic around them.  Then they will fit in my CD case
holder.  On to the reviews.
     Since I am on the Double-CD binge, I have decided to review two of the
more "recent" Double-CD packages that I have purchased.  One is the Pat
Benatar Double-CD, and the other is last year's Woodstock '94 Double-CD.
Enjoy...and BY THE WAY!!!  If you have some music that you would like
reviewed, and you A) think I can afford it, or B) can send me a dub tape,
please get in touch with me at mustaine@wam.umd.edu and arrange for me to
hear the stuff.  I would love to review stuff that I don't normally listen
to.
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Band #1   
Name    : Pat Benatar 
Album   : All Fired Up (The Very Best Of Pat Benatar)
Info.   : Aside from the bulky packaging, this compilation of Pat Benatar's
          greats really doesn't pack much of a punch.  Sure, you get the
          songs you love from "Best Shots", but aside from that, the album 
          pretty much says nothing.  N-E-Ways, if you are an _avid_ fan of
          Pat Benatar, I would adivse checking this album out.  It pretty
          much covers most of her songs.  I did notice however, that is 
          does NOT feature the song she recorded for "The Secret of My 
          Success" soundtrack; that being "Sometimes The Good Guys Finish
          First."  Oh well, eh?

               Disc #1                
               
               1) I Need A Lover                       (7)
               2) If You Think You Know How To Love Me (6)
               3) Heartbreaker                         (7)
               4) We Live For Love                     (8)
               5) You Better Run                       (7)
               6) Hit Me With Your Best Shot           (10)
               7) Treat Me Right                       (9)
               8) Hell is for Children                 (8)
               9) Fire And Ice                         (10)
              10) Promises In The Dark                 (10)
              11) Shadows Of The Night                 (10)
              12) Little Too Late                      (7)
              13) Looking For A Stranger               (8)
              14) Anxiety (Get Nervous)                (9)
              15) Love Is A Battlefield                (10)
              16) Lipstick Lies                        (6)

              Disc #2

              1) We Belong                             (10)
              2) Ooh Ooh Song                          (7)
              3) Temporary Heros                       (8)
              4) Invincible                            (10) *Cool Song*
              5) Sex As A Weapon                       (7) *Spiff Title*
              6) Le Bel Age                            (6)
              7) All Fired Up                          (9)
              8) Don't Walk Away                       (9)
              9) Let's Stay Together                   (8)
             10) One Love                              (6)
             11) True Love                             (7)
             12) Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss        (9)
             13) So Long                               (9)
             14) Everybody Lay Down                    (8)
             15) Somebody's Baby                       (6)
             16) Crazy                                 (6)
             17) Every Time I Fall Back                (7)


Band #2 
Name    : Various 
Album   : Woodstock '94
Info.   : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  NO NO NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!  DO NOT, UNDER
          ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUY THIS CD.  IT SUCKS.  <damn Caps Lock key :>
          At any rate, please, please, I warn you now...this CD is the 
          absolute worst thing I have ever heard.  How they could butcher
          songs and put them (live) on CD I will never know.  Especially 
          since all the recording SUCKED.  Awesome bands, recorded lousy.
          It has to be a MTV function, no?  ALL of these songs recieve  
          a 5.

               Disc #1

               1) Selling the Drama (Live)
               2) But Anyway (Blues Traveler)
               3) I'm The Only One (Melissa Etheridge)
               4) Fellin' ALright (Joe Coker)
               6) Dreams (Cranberries)
               7) Soup (Blind Melon)
               8) When I Come Around (Green Day)
               9) Shoop (Salt-N-Pepa)
              11) Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
              12) Porno For Pyros (Porno For Pyros)
              13) Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers (Primus)
              14) Headed For Destruction (Jackyl)
              15) Draw The Line / F.I.N.E (Aerosmith)
                  (why does this CRAP band get two songs???)
              17) Happiness In Slavery (Nine Inch Nails)

              Disc #2

              1) For Whom The Bell Tolls (Metallica)
              2) The Hunter (Paul Rogers + Various)
              3) Come Together (Neville Brothers)
              4) Run, Baby, Run (Sheryl Crow)
              5) Deja vu (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
              6) Dance, M.F., Dance! - Kiss Off (Violent Femmes)
              7) Shine (Collective Soul)
              8) Arrow (Candlebox)
              9) How I Could Just Kill A Man (Cypress Hill)
             10) Right Here Too Much (Rollins Band)
             11) Highway 61 (Bob Dylan)
             12) Pearly Queen (Traffic)
             13) Biko (Peter Gabriel)

          Now before I leave, let me reiterate that the Woodstock '94 CD
is an absolute WASTE of money.  If you buy it, you do NOT have the option of
blaming me.  I told you so :)
     
     Maybe next time I will do some Tecno Compilations....then again...maybe
NOT!  Until then, see ya! - mustaine

Greets :)
Meg Q. - i luv u                   Essex - Schmuck, where the HELL ARE YOU?
Raven  - this vol. will be BETTER! Pornlo- Go prom boy!

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