Pink Floyd
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
EMI
Just what the world needs, another Pink Floyd cash grab. If you don’t have any Floyd this is a great album featuring music throughout their career and (as a bonus) quite a bit of Syd Barrett. Otherwise, you have no need of this. Yes, this album is good, yes, it features amazing songs, but if you like Pink Floyd you probably have it all. If you must worship at the shrine of Floyd, do yourself a favour: purchase the amazing country re-working of The Wall by Luther Wright and the Wrongs instead.
Rating: VVV
Erin Rodgers
Various
Spirit of the Streets Compilation
Burning Heart/Epitaph
Oi there, matey. Looking for a filling sampler of the dirtiest, slimiest punk rock going today? Look no further than Spirit of the Streets.
Compiling what turns out to be a rather impressive roster of BH/Epitaph gutter talent, this disc features killer tunes from the likes of Agnostic Front, Dropkick Murphys, Sick Of It All, The Business and more of those garage-punk and hardcore heroes that got this scene going.
Sliding a few lesser-known bands on the card makes for an enjoyable lesson in what’s to come, and I’m sure that the entire package could teach a few of these new-schoolers a thang or three.
Rating:VVVV
Al Gaunt
