House Of Shakira - Retoxed - review
House Of Shakira - Retoxed - review
Tracklist
01. Retox02. Small Town
03. No Faith
04. Crazy But No Fool
05. Life And Death
06. Gabon Viper
07. High Above
08. Red Alert
09. Bloodline
10. Angel Dancer
11. Turkish Nights
A review by
Baz Anderson November 24, 2007
"Retoxed" is a modern album with all the charms of the classic rock bands, multiple layers of vocals singing super catchy melodies in every chorus of the album. The band call these, their trademark vocals their "Abba inspiration" with lead vocalist Andreas Eklund constantly being vocally backed up by lead guitarist Mats and bassist Per to produce a grand, sonic wall of singing. Infectious guitar riffs always present make "Retoxed" almost a hard rocking hybrid son of Abba and Kiss. "Crazy But No Fool" and "Life And Death" back to back is the main highlight of the just under fifty minute long album, real rock music with a strong touch of melody, boasting some of the best music of this genre.
House Of Shakira ooze confidence and ability without sounding overly cocky or arrogant. Production is crystal clear, enticing cover art, a good overall performance; "Retoxed" is an all round great album. Nothing highly original or groundbreaking though, no overall outstanding highlight and there may be a couple of songs on the album that slip inconspicuously under radar, but if you know you have a soft spot in your heart for this melodic, highly singing oriented kind of hard rock then these minor drawbacks will have little or no affect on your overall enjoyment of the album. This is melodic hard rock how it should be.
A good beat follows through the whole album, that finishes with the more sombre "Turkish Nights" closing the album, still keeping an element of swagger about it the song is almost ballad-ish and suitable for a fresh, modern, contagious album that delivers what it sets out to deliver in the true spirit of rock. This is not hard, heavy metal, it is mature, elegant and dashing, classy rock 'n' roll that aims to get its infectious charms into your head, and for the most part succeeds marvellously.
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Account deleted Written by [user id=18405] on 25.11.2007 at 01:20 Ahem, what did I recommend deleting?  There's always room for new material on your PC, just take some initiative and delete what isn't needed 
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Ain't Shakira that girl who sings badly and dances with really sexy arabic moveS? Shakira's House Shakira If those guys actually know where her house is...I better start talking to them a bit... 
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Posts: 1504 Written by [user id=18405] on 25.11.2007 at 01:20 I don't really think you would... you can play a song straight through your browser by finding them on MS' sampler, it's kinda boring but maybe you will like it...
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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Account deleted Written by Syk on 25.11.2007 at 11:57 Wrong! I listened to it on the sampler, and I liked it a lot. Thank you for telling me it was there . The song that is not far from being a ballad, and it's the last song of the album. It must be a sort of conclusion to it, that's why you found it boring.
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House of Shakira... we already have the swedish death band House of Usher (although, of course, they existed before him haha).. what's next, House of Sean Paul ?
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Posts: 1504 Written by [user id=18405] on 25.11.2007 at 14:07 Ah, well, great Haha, I noticed Usher was the only Swedish House on MA and made the link with the individual artists but failed to realize they're both pop/R&B singers. Let's hope it doesn't come to that! (BTW, that House of Usher, would you recommend them?)
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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Posts: 5537 Written by ylside on 25.11.2007 at 14:48 HAHAHAA LOL  "Get out my head and into the bed girl..." Lol...you're gonna die when you check that Mexican band called "House of Spears"...really... lol I think somewhere there's a House of Justin right? or maybe House of Timberlake?
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I day dream about being in Shakira's house as much as the next guy, but naming your band House Of Shakira takes it a bit too far  Sounds like a good album though, for what it is.
---- You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it ~ Mean Streets
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According to our statistics, this is the most popular review on Metal Storm. I guess a lot of people on the Internet visit this page expecting pictures of Shakira at home (probably naked)  I can only laugh at their frustration when they realize they're dealing with hairy hard rockers...
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Account deleted Written by Deadsoulman on 06.01.2009 at 11:59 Yeah.. I was wondering why this the most popular review.... So if I create a fictional band called "Britney Tits" with an album titled "Exposed" and have it reviewed here then it may outdo this one in the charts...
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Per, if you're reading this, know that you guys picked the right name for the band 20 years ago
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Posts: 2790 Written by Deadsoulman on 06.01.2009 at 11:59 Haha, still true today, the review with the most all-time hits on the site, for obvious reasons.
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