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Release Date: August 26, 2008
Genre: Rock
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Genre: Rock
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Genre: Rock
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Genre: Rock
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Genre: Rock

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  • The Last 5 Years (2002 Off-Broadway Cast)

    • 5 out of 5
    • Jason Robert Brown
    • The soundtrack to this moving off-broadway musical is heart moving. The lyrics follow a couple in a relationship for five years, one point of view going forward in time, and the other tracing time from the end. While the story is great, for me it's [...] - Stephen Swift

  • War of the Worlds

    • 5 out of 5
    • Jeff Wayne
    • With the new movie adaptation of H.G Wells' classic Sci Fi invasion tale, War of the Worlds, currently on theater screens everywhere, there's new interest in Jeff Wayne's rock opera version, and it is my considered opinion that Jeff Wayne's masterpiece [...] - Vern Seward

  • Chicago Transit Authority

    • 5 out of 5
    • Chicago
    • For those of you who don't know, Chicago didn't always suck, and everyone in the band didn't always play a keyboard. When the band started off they were pioneers of rock and jazz fusion, and guitars and horns were the driving force behind the music. [...] - Bryan Chaffin

  • Supernature

    • 5 out of 5
    • Goldfrapp
  • 2112

    • 5 out of 5
    • Rush
    • We all know it, right? Well, ya just gotta have it. 2112 finally showed Rush out on their own, doing their own thing, and doing it well, IMHO.[...] - Dave Hamilton

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