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With a unique mix of folksy-rock, jam band legends and good old straight ahead rock n' roll, Y-100 Sonic Sessions Volume 1 is the first in a long line of innovative compilations. Starting off with Blues Traveler's old-school Jam favorite "But Anyway" you can tell whoever put this compilation together knows what he or she was doing. I was pleasantly surprised to see The Lemonheads on this album simply because the band never had a big hit (okay maybe 1) and is an obscure band from suburban Boston. College kids will love this album, particularly because of the frat boy and sorority girl favorite, "Freshmen."
And that's what really makes this compilation worth buying: it does not contain music that all falls into one category or listening audience. It's a great way to listen to tunes you love, while discovering new artists. For example, I was never a big Kula Shaker or Squirrel Nut Zippers fan, but based on the good assortment of songs I really like, I'm willing to buy these songs as well, and maybe I'll find another favorite band.
Compilations, by and large, are junk. They are usually record-company serving crap that the labels slap together just to get some mileage out of their crappy acts, hoping that if they include one or two big time favorites, listeners will buy the rest of it. But in this day and age of digital downloads and a tight economy, music buyers are much more selective about what they buy. But I can tell all of you this: Buy this whole album. It's solid from top to bottom.
-carpyeditor, NYC
And that's what really makes this compilation worth buying: it does not contain music that all falls into one category or listening audience. It's a great way to listen to tunes you love, while discovering new artists. For example, I was never a big Kula Shaker or Squirrel Nut Zippers fan, but based on the good assortment of songs I really like, I'm willing to buy these songs as well, and maybe I'll find another favorite band.
Compilations, by and large, are junk. They are usually record-company serving crap that the labels slap together just to get some mileage out of their crappy acts, hoping that if they include one or two big time favorites, listeners will buy the rest of it. But in this day and age of digital downloads and a tight economy, music buyers are much more selective about what they buy. But I can tell all of you this: Buy this whole album. It's solid from top to bottom.
-carpyeditor, NYC