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	*Album Reviews* CD of the Week Reviews & Year-End Charts The following CD reviews and year-end charts featured in the weekly SA Rock Digest and in the CD of the Week section of Amuzine during the dates shown. Reviewed by Stephen Segerman (SS) and Brian Currin (BC). CD Reviews - 2004 Hawk - Africa She Too Can Cry Bed On Bricks - Humanarium Boo! - TNTLC Albums and Songs of 2003: SA Rock Digest - Top SA Albums of 2003 SA Rock Digest - Top SA Songs of 2003 CD Reviews - 2003 Koos Kombuis & Valiant Swart - 'n Jaar In Die Son Old Mol - Rock The Bedsprings Various Artists - Breathe Sunshine Jo Day - The Truth Amanda Strydom - Verspreide Donderbuie / Scattered Thunder Buckfever Underground - Teaching Afrikaans As A Foreign Language Zen Arcade - Release tAIT - Back Seat Driver Boo! - TNTLC Karen Zoid - Chasing The Sun Various Artists - Wicked Demos Piet Botha - Die Mamba Watershed - Wrapped In Stone The Narrow - Selfconscious Various - Afrikaanse Reggae Valiant Swart - Song Vir Katryn KJ Stone - In Different Voices Eden Brent - Something Cool Johann Erasmus - Kleinhoewe Op Die Maan Albert Frost - Catfish Citizen Jones - Romance & Finance Anika - Killing Time SteveVan - Getting Stronger Joe Public - The Terrible Two's Forest Moon - Forest Moon Gommora - Gommora Albums and Songs of 2002: SA Rock Digest - Top SA Albums of 2002 SA Rock Digest - Top SA Songs of 2002 CD Reviews - 2002 Mikanic - Swimming With The Women Roger Lucey - Gypsy Soul Johannes Kerkorrel - Tien Jaar Later The Helicopters - Best Of Various (OST) - God Is African Andrew Janisch - Moved To Change Fortune Cookies - Ordinary Day Ella Mental - Uncomplicated Dreams Pops Mohamed - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Dolly Rockers - Glory Glory Henry Ate - 96-02 The Singles Piet Botha - Die Hits StarkRavingSane - The Unknown Koos Kombuis - Equilibrium Terence Reis - Bilene Kelvin Declined - Kelvin Declined Various - Cape Town 2am - Just Lounging Kobus! - Kobus! Perez - Picture Perfect New World Inside - New World Inside Various Artists - Kombuis Musiek Dolly Rockers - Glory Glory The Awakening - The Fountain Four Ounce Freedom - Hypnotism Starskii - Communate Vari-ous - Draadloos Volume 1 Brian Finch - Hero for Heroes Albums and Songs of 2001: SA Rock Digest - Top SA Albums of 2001 SA Rock Digest - Top SA Songs of 2001 CD Reviews - 2001 Syd Kitchen - Africa's Not For Sissies Various Artists - African Dope Volume 1 Just Jinger - Greatest Hits Springbok Nude Girls - The Fat Lady Sings Wayne Pauli - Farewell Station Rd Oom - Beats And Peaces Zen Arcade - Snowflake Various Artists - Showcase 3: Unearthed Rodriguez - Cold Fact Watkin Tudor Jones Jnr - Memoirs of a Clone Kate Normington - Mother's Daughter Lionel Bastos - Rising Above The Madness Edi Niederlander - Dreamland Helloangel - Balance Felix Laband - Thin Shoes In June Lesley Rae Dowling - Conspirare (Best Of) Age Of Innocence - Nowhere Land Venessa Nolan - Burn Home Cooking - Sounds Delicious Fudge - Keeping It Real Matthew van der Want - Play My Way MoodPhase 5ive - Steady On Albums and Songs of 2000: SA Rock Digest - Top SA Albums of 2000 SA Rock Digest - Top SA Songs of 2000 CD Reviews - 2000 Robin Auld - Iron In The Sky Springbok Nude Girls - Relaxzor Delenta - Delenta Just Jinger - Strange World Sharkbrother - TajMahala Even Flow - Almost Human Jesse Jordan - Lately When She Cries Roger Lucey - 21 Years Down The Road Various Artists � Tassenberg All Stars Marcus Wyatt � Gathering Paul Hanmer � Playola Lungiswa � Lungiswa David Gray � White Ladder Off The Edge � Just Another Band Lesley Rae Dowling � Clear Various Artist � Smooth Africa Phambili � Phambili Youssou N'Dour � Joko Chris Tokalon �Dance In Delite (Music For Our Chakras) Tony Cox - Matabele Ants Bernard Binns - Physiognomy Of The Soul CD Reviews - 1999 Fruit Fly Navigators - The Urgency Of Now James Phillips � Soul Ou Frankie's Playground - Frankie's Playground Amersham - Revolving Doors Just Jinger - Here's To You Moses Taiwa Molelekwa � Genes And Spirits The Usual � Born In A Storm The Mutant Harmony Trio � Song For Ancestors Dantai - Operation Lahlela Various Artists - African Jazz Grooves Vol 1 Various Artists � Splashy Fen November 5 � 617 THC � Towards Higher Consciousness Eidolon - See Saw Koos Kombuis - Mona Lisa (Die Mooiste Love Songs) Nine - Entropy Busi Mhlongo � Urbanzulu Boo! � Boo! (Monki Punk) Mahube � Music From Southern Africa The Jazz Hounds - Dogma Jorge Carlos � Trip of Africa Blunt the Banned � The Kutz Karma - One Day Soon Johannes Kerkorrel � Tien Jaar Later *previous reviews* Adult Art - Small Mercies (7) Air - Moon Safari (8) Alanis Morrissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (7) Alphaville - Salvation (6) Alison Krauss and Union Station - So Long So Wrong (7) Amampondo - Drums For Tomorrow (7) Amersham - Upside Downside (7) Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (5) Anouk - Together Alone (7) Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (6) Baaba Maal - Firin' In Fouta (8) Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (9) Beck � Mutations (8) Black Diamond � Me And My Friends (8) Blunt The Banned � The Kutz (7) Brenton Blue - 2PM at Milton's (6) Brian Wilson - Imagination (7) Bright Blue - Open Your Eyes (8) Bruce Cassidy and Pops Mahomed - Timeless (7) Busi Mhlongo - Urbanzulu (9) The Carpenters - Love Songs (5) Catatonia - International Velvet (7) Carly Simon - Film Noir (6) The Corrs - Talk On Corners (7) Counting Crows - 'Across A Wire' (Live In New York) (7) Da Hool - Here Comes Da Hool (3) Dakota Moon (7) Dantai - Operation Lahlela (9) Deep Purple - Live And Blue (9) Dorp � Danger Gevaar Ingozi (8) Dorp - Five Steps Off The Pacemaker (7) dURBAN NOISE and scraps WORKS (7) Eidolon � See Saw (8) Elephant Sun - Perceptions (8) Elkie Brooks - Master Series (5) Embrace - The Good will Out (7) Fetish - Fetish (8) Flying Circus - Favourite Jinx (6) Garbage - Version 2:0 (8) Get the Funk Out - Funk 5 (8) Gito Baloi - Na Ku Randza (7) Goldie - Saturnz Return (7) Green Day - Nimrod (7) Hootie And The Blowfish - Musical Chairs (7) James - The Best Of (8) James Iha - Let It come Down (7) Jars of Clay - Much Afraid (6) Jazz Hounds - Dogma (7) Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale (7) Johannes Kerkorrel - Tien Jaar Later (8) Koos Kombuis - Mona Lisa (Die Mooiste Love Songs) (10) Kom Kom - Kom Kom (7) John Mellencamp - The Best That I Could Do (1978-88) (7) Jorge Carlos - Trip Of Africa (7) Just Jinger - All Comes Round (8) Just Jinger - Here's To You (6) Karma � One Day Soon (8) Koos Kombuis - Madiba Bay (10) Lithium - Zennon Supertrooper (8) Louise Carver � Mirrors And Windows (7) Lucky Dube - Taxman (6) Luther Vandross - I Know (6) Lutricia McNeal - My Side Of Town (7) Magic Cactus - Things (6) Mahube - Music From Southern Africa (7) Matthew v.d.Want & Chris Letcher - e.p. tombi (1) Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground (7) The Mavericks - Trampoline (8) Die Naaimasjiene - Die Saai Lewe (8) Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (7) Neil Finn - Try Whistling This (8) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Best Of (10) NYCC - Greatest Hits (5) Off The Edge - On The Run (9) Oom - Beats and Peaces (9) O'Yaba - Crazy Love (7) Paul Hanmer - Trains to Taung (10) Paul Hanmer - Window To Elsewhere (8) Pops Mahomed - Ancestral Healing (10) Pops Mahomed � How Far Have We Come? (8) Nine - Entropy (7) Prophets of Da City - Ghetto Code (8) Pulp - This Is Hardcore (7) Qkumba Zoo - Big (9) Ratau Mike Makhalemele - Searching (8) Rod Stewart - When We Were The New Boys (8) Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing Ruben Gonzalez (8) San (featuring Zim Ngqawana) - San Song (7) Samite - Silina Musango (10) Scabby Annie - Petroleum (7) Sean Lennon - Into The Sun (8) Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (6) Simple Minds - Neapolis (7) Sipho Gumede - Ubuntu-Humanity (7) Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (8) Soundtrack - The Avengers (6) Soundtrack - City Of Angels (7) Soundtrack - Hope Floats (6) Soundtrack � There's Something About Mary (8) Stimela - Out of the Ashes (7) Sugardrive - Sand. Man. Sky. (10) Space - Tin Planet (7) Springbok Nude Girls - Afterlifesatisfaction (10) Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams (9) Tananas - unamunacua (8) Tarika - Son Egal (7) Tim Parr - Still Standing (8) The Usual - Like A Vision (8) The Usual - Six Songs From The Inside (7) The Usual - Born In A Storm (9) U2 - Pop (8) Various - African Jazz Grooves Volume 1 (9) Various - African Jazz Men (7) Various - Atlantic Records Gold Anniversary Collection (8) Various - Big Hits 98 vol 2 (7) Various - Buena Vista Social Club (9) Various � For The Masses (7) Various - The Full Monty (Soundtrack) (7) Various - A Life Less Ordinary (7) Various - My Generation 2 (7) Various - Sheer Jazz (7) Various - Sound Offerings From South Africa (8) Various - The Synergy vs Rave City compilation (6) Various - Tea 'N Tequila (8) Woodshed - Mindwalk (6)
	Lots of SA CDs to buy online at One World. There's also the Two Oceans Trading online shopping mall where you can purchase Springbok rugby merchandising, SA books, jewellery and CD-ROMs, amongst many other items. Any thoughts, requests, problems, complaints, praise or interesting and relevant SA music news, please email it immediately to: sugar@cd.co.za Contributors editor: Stephen "Sugar" Segerman, webmaster: Alan Levin, maintainer: Brian Currin Copyright � 1996-99 Amuzine . All rights reserved.