2005
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 2005.
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Alice Cooper – “Dirty Diamonds”
Alice Cooper returns to the glam rock of his heyday and surprisingly not to his garage punk angle, but rather a new “old” direction inspired by suave cheeky barnstormers like David Bowie and Marc Bolan. This unexpected move is what brings the true punk out in him for possibly the last time. Dirty Diamonds is… (read more)
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Deftones – “B-Sides & Rarities”
I actually quite like these covers, particularly “Wax and Wane,” “No Ordinary Love,” and “The Chauffeur.” Problem is, they are “only” covers… and I’m going to go out and a limb and assume this isn’t a complete B-sides collection because they never fucking are (see: my Music Pet Peeves list). Anyway, a bunch of great… (read more)
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Opeth – “Ghost Reveries” (2005)
Ghost Reveries is the same Opeth style, but finally with the new ideas and inspiration the band desperately needed after running dry with Deliverance. A great example of what I’m talking about is the Eastern-influenced psychedelia of “Atonement” (there’s a bit of it in the slower guitar solo in “Reverie / Harlequin Forest” as well). Also,… (read more)
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Comus – “Song to Comus: The Complete Collection”
First Utterance is an essential album, and the remastering of it on Song to Comus: The Complete Collection is very tasteful and enough for me to consider it an improvement over the original (apparently the first CD issues of First Utterance had terrible sound quality, so there’s another reason to get this set). There are… (read more)
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana
My first ‘Ys’ game, ‘The Oath in Felghana’ uses light RPG mechanics to disguise what is ultimately a high-paced, fluid, arcade-like action game. (read more)