Barring Raghav’s groovy attempt at female vocals, everything about the title song is bafflingly loud and messy. Rock mahi is definitely better – at least the catchy hook and Raghav’s...
Continue reading...Classically Mild (Sonu Nigaam)
Classically mild seems to have Sonu trying his best to wipe that boredom in playback singing he’s always been ranting about. Jagjit Singh’s former violinist Deepak Pandit supports this unconventional...
Continue reading...Nepaali (Tamil – Srikanth Deva)
With seductive dialogs and a slow, alluring tune, Anaikkindra thaagam works really well, more so due to Bombay Jayashree’s fab vocals. Suthudhey too has a very neat retro sound, but...
Continue reading...College Days (Gaurav)
Om namah shivaya opens the album energetically, and auspiciously, even though the lyrics do not link back to the almighty. Alvida carries a very likeable mix of early Rock Machine...
Continue reading...Singakkutti (Tamil – Prasanna Shekhar)
Machi suthungada defies Prasanna’s Hindi compositions and is more in the Harris Jeyaraj mode, but with enough rhythm and tune variations to keep us hooked throughout the enjoyable number. Janaki...
Continue reading...U Me Aur Hum (Hindi – Vishal Bharadwaj)
Vishal packs in an ebullient Latin feel in Jee le – the meandering, unconventional tune working big way. The balladic title song has Vishal’s stamp all over – lyrics that...
Continue reading...Ilayaraja in my life!
I’ve always wanted to write about Ilayaraja and the impact he has had in my life, but it’s far more difficult than even the one I summarized last year about...
Continue reading...Thozha (Tamil – Prem Gi. Amaran)
Adiye en annakkili impresses with its minimalist sound and a simple folk’ish tune while the decidedly more Yuvan-styled Kaadhal Devadhai has a groovy, catchy appeal to it – Haricharan being...
Continue reading...Koi chehra (Adeel)
So many singers…so many pop albums…and only a few realize that more than their impressive voices and those gorgeous videos, it’s the tune and music that makes them click! Latest...
Continue reading...al Risalah (Raj Verma, A R Rahman & Liyakat Ajmeri)
Rahman’s Marhaba Mustapha is perhaps the only highlight of al Risalah’s soundtrack. Rahman delineates his track from the other routine, devotional tracks in the soundtrack by beautifully blending the mod...
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