1. Frank Sinatra And Luciano Pavarotti – Sinatra takes the lead and Pavarotti sounds like Rick Ross only being very careful not to overwhelm Sinatra are the song, even on the bridge he isn’t blowing it out. I hated it then, now, with both of them long gone, I feel kinda protective – B
2. Missing Kissing – Eliza Doolittle – Despite a “motherfucker” here and there, this is very mainstream stuff – B
3. Vampyre Of Time And Memory (Live Acoustic – Queens Of The Stoneage – if you can call it living – D+
4. Waiting For The Superman – Daughtry – Nothing to do with school teachers – D
5. I Am – Yo Gotti – Ho hum hip hop, I do like Gotti’s strangely tender voice – C+
6. Don’t Brother me – Beady Eye – Saddled with the worst pun to mind, and at six minutes plus way too long, this pop mood piece is still melodic enough to hold your interest – C+
7. Coldest winter – Kanye West – a horrorshow of loss and mourning – A
8. Uncle Ace – Blood Orange – jazzy break makes this another stand out on his newbie – B+
9. Counting Stars – Onerepublic – Ryan’s problem isn’t his verse, choruses, breaks or even melodies:t’s his transitions – C-
10. Dweller On The Threshold – Van Morrison – One of his greatest pieces of celtic dreaming like musak for the soul – A