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Titanic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Titanic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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TITANIC (1997) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Victor Garber, Lewis Abernathy, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton. Screenplay by James Cameron. Directed by James Cameron. Distributed by Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Pictures. 194 minutes. Rated PG-13. Okay, let … Continue reading →

Duran Duran – Medazzaland (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Duran Duran – Medazzaland (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Duran Duran – Medazzaland (Capitol) Duran Duran’s career has been up and down so many times that you think it was built by the Otis Elevator Co. Right now the band is way down after the disastrous reaction to their 1995 covers album Thank You, a curious follow up to 1992’s Wedding Album, which had them back on … Continue reading →

Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (Arista) With the popularity of this summer’s Lilith Fair and the release of this album, Sarah McLachlan is finally being referred when people reference current superstars. Strangely enough, this album, which is already shaping up to be McLachlan’s biggest hit, is one of her weaker records. It may not be completely up … Continue reading →

10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins (Geffen) It is pretty much universally agreed that Natalie Merchant, as lead singer and songwriter, was the main talent of 10,000 Maniacs. So how is it possible that this album, the band’s first since Merchant left, is so much better than Merchant’s 1995 solo debut Tigerlily? It comes down to stronger songs and … Continue reading →

k.d. lang – Drag (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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k.d. lang – Drag (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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k.d. lang – Drag (Warner Bros.) k.d. lang’s new all-covers album springs from an admittedly slightly obscure premise – it is made up of songs that equate the act of smoking with a burning passion. This passion manifests itself in many different directions ranging from the passionate sorrow of “My Last Cigarette” to a completely uncampy survey … Continue reading →

Styx – Return To Paradise (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Styx – Return To Paradise (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Styx – Return To Paradise (CMC International) It’s been at least a decade since I’ve spent a thought on Styx, THE arena rock group of my high school years. Music has moved on and so have I, and now the band is made up of a bunch of guys in their forties, so I didn’t have … Continue reading →

Matthew Sweet – Blue Sky On Mars (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Matthew Sweet – Blue Sky On Mars (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Matthew Sweet – Blue Sky On Mars (Zoo) For Matthew Sweet’s latest album, he has pretty much gone the one-man band route, playing most instruments on the album himself. This gives Blue Sky On Mars an even poppier sound than past albums. Re-upping with producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Neil Young) from Sweet’s last album, … Continue reading →

U2 – Pop (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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U2 – Pop (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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U2– Pop (Island) Now three albums into their flirtation with techno, U2 have finally figured out how to make a consistently listenable album out of it. As signified by the album title, the band wants to wallow in the kitsch of modern life. Pop gets offto a bit of a rocky start with the clanky swirling Zooropian single … Continue reading →

Sarah McLachlan – Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Sarah McLachlan – Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Sarah McLachlan – Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (Nettwerk) While McLachlan’s fans await a follow up to her 1993 breakthrough Fumbling Through Ecstasy, she releases a second stopgap to keep them happy. This limited-edition disk is mostly in existence, I suppose, for “I Will Remember You,” McLachlan’s hit theme from The Brothers McMullen. That beautiful ballad is on … Continue reading →

Marshall Crenshaw – Miracle of Science (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Marshall Crenshaw – Miracle of Science (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Marshall Crenshaw – Miracle of Science (Razor & Tie) In the five years since Crenshaw’s last album the music world has completely changed. It’s changed even more since he released his spectacular first album in 1982. He’s spent most of his career on the outside looking in, and Miracle of Science won’t change anything. Too bad because it’s … Continue reading →