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incineer of weeks they'd been hanging arOund " i ' -' ;.- r -- ;" : : ' f' ' " z .i' .2 " : the charts. .Ihich would surely make a lot more i I . i. .. sense. Yllftf‘ Bryan Adams would be well into " .: : -v i' " :' I w . " if " ‘_ " w his liiiiirireris and probably dead. It's a pity he : - : . ~ i " V w ' .. isn't because then we woult‘ln't have to Suffer ' ' 2' z .' xfiggggs : ' 2 . lx', :' 'l lyrvg' "f’Oiyi’iUfl . a horrendously ' -' :' ' . ' : -- -- .. I .... - -. w lltfiitllfi. Hod Stewart-es(.iue ballad wrth cheesy i: ' ' ' " : i- l . .l.:. .' .:' ' . I" I‘,ll(1€i‘.i'.’illf_2fl compare a bit of ‘how's yer father” ' ' ' . 2 ' ' '

to soaring through the sky. Ouch. You'd think H W ' t .. . ‘i- " ' tliinr s couldn't cet : ‘ithh worse. but then "1C ’iin 'K " :- l i ' l l ‘1‘ DAVID KITT

Geri Halliwell's got a new single out. Like a iiiotoiway pile up "Here strangely drawn to ‘Ride Encore n‘ .Vii-giiii but back off in horror when . 1. .. ; .. .0.

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is a GAP :‘soiindtracking- turgid dollop " " f" " ' * ,1! "it-*3 i ii'i ‘~ iv 7”" l'i‘Vl‘ ‘~="*l“' w”! 'Y‘il‘w“ 'i“i‘~ 7"" of inzsotl‘r'iistic muck and the latter's 'Right to be ' l " " fit “ill-3”” Tl '3 ’0 ill U l‘ 3" i -‘-'|l1= i' V\,/r(_)llt)' lVirgim rather humorously f" l 'z a w 4.. )1 fr , git. lrt 7Y1.“ I’M“... Liv,” L“ L ,fl. I” x .T‘ (1:3 comes y-xith one of those stickers that warns yOu 'x - i"’3°~'~l " '- ': l'lll‘W "Hil- "“f<l"’~ 7t?" T'l l"? W" against burning or uploading it onto the internet 1 t" *1 i7 7‘ “<1 l‘ "“" it" t it?“ WV» -'-"'°“ W"- for fear of incurring the wrath of the industry " ' [‘3 l M 7"'l‘!i ‘l‘inr 3"" 1'17?” WW? ld' l". Gestapo. As if we'd want to inflict her dull as " .f". fiitllil i, It"; .: llliif'i‘, lilll; l‘ti;i.iliriivw,. dishwater faux-soul on anyone else . . . ha. T":=T‘ ':l'"i‘-7 <=l 7"" \ili'i‘T'W' 'll‘x'i Tli‘? ALSO RELEASED Tell you what though. give X ls Loaded a listen. M“ ii" "U lheii latest searing punk attack 'Racketeer' m " : H I " ' Nirvana NW? NW llhiii: lc Kill) 00.. features thundering "‘ t“ > [lg/Hf; Out f(ii.’m,‘/ll drums. an explos‘lve chorus and twisted guitars f "’1' (‘ i " 1 H An epic friui <le and which make us want to flail around throwing "* “i " l)Vl) trawl flUWll the rock star shapes. The fiery debut EP ls Everyone ' N ' "" ' " hack of (,‘ourtiim Alright lBi‘oken Clothing) .0. from “"’ “"7"”! “'9'” “My”: " " ion/(It; (:oucli Edinburgh ll‘lo The Virgin Teeth has the same W 2 “if?” 71'." :1”. 1‘ {My , uricoixern a wealth of effect. as does Towers of London‘s 'On a \ " i” " . l'i tit ‘. i -’r ‘v unheard "WW/"’7

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R88 fans are in luck as both Snoop Dogg's \f’ I 'f‘ “1‘ If h ' ' ‘N‘I‘rjv I; P John Fruiscante 'Drop it Like It's l-lot' (Geffen) 0... featuring 9 . M ' ° “1‘4‘:'“ L his/tie of [friiritiririnu Phariell and the coolest tongue clicks ever. and J g V ' i v’ o, ’r 1’ " rffrzr.~<irrl Col/ectiorii The 411's Issac Hayes/Portisheadsampling :“ .N H,“ j if“ f’ ) 'lhr; (,‘hili l)r;pr,-r;ir-,' ‘Teardrops' (Sony) 0... make for truly },. _ ., I , k: _, i My: (‘1‘, I". giiitai hero returns S'ZZ'IHQ listening. They fare better than \ t x "‘7 ' it i: " t :1 ' ,. '1” ' " f ) 5‘ ‘1 ' with a” Eililflfilfliétt‘Il/ dancefloor (‘levotees who have to choose i‘ H " “D ’. M 7” if": “mm” “"1’“””“ \ untidy Stlltfgi'iS‘: of "'iis; between. Harrison Crump's 'Ride' (Electric : M i ' "l '. "1 N” k)?“ I : my;’ifhtfk'l’vil’: Shim“ own solo

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DJs. high NRG trancenonsense from y"; :g swig; I Mos Def Hie l’,lr:'.'.’

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“instead. It'S an intOXicating concoction ' ' .‘(j/ili‘i DUCK proved for) rriuch of a of strings. acoustic guitars. breaks and , , I SUBTLE distraction. scratches and would have been Single of the i , W A New White Travis gym/83 Fortnight if Gwen Stefani's electro Kate Bush r . ' f‘ L” .... ,r/ndepenmgymey More effoit ‘What You Waiting For' (lnterscope) x; l d T”: Brio/M my,“ 0' proof may a good mhadn‘t been the most goddamn catchy I [I m, (L (law: . (moms “eve, goes thing we've heard all year. Stunning pop at its V 2 Lung LA. In: a UM} out or fashion _ 1 7 of mOSt penect‘ (Gamma Pia) 18.21 i, .2 '1"e:;:;iiact defined .~::rs 9‘ Piano; them to be exam" t'W-‘H -' " T"€: fer'“ sass for The Nr:.'.""sa"'<,- (;r:'r‘:‘:‘i;:

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