Page 4 • Tuesday, July 20, 1999 The Battalion To place a classified ad: Phone: 845-0569 / Fax: 845-2678 Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building Business Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day felvy calls It- the ysthi.was New : Hampshire to * threat- Florida. Indiana v eui^pcickj. urvme.. /by locals, celves 1 tolllion tons of over nroPOaaU . for "A lot of parents ar Sr of the out-Of-state ga/*" '**n a hug^^dnlW, pushed .. saying.- "Well. I’ve got Bakery, yrc, mostly fit thn ‘ 'ngislatlo-^ -^m off the fast:track apol- r Jp \ *— Hurried Child Syn drome.” The Battalion Classified Call 845-2696 CD Courtesy of Warner Brothers Records The Pretenders had its mojo working when Viva El Amor was recorded. The album is a good compilation of 12 songs that are groovy. Chrissie Hynde’s flawless and powerful vocals are backed by the equally powerful rhythms of guitarist Adam Seymour and drummer Martin Chambers, blending instrumental and vocal music together for an upbeat but not quite “pop” album. "Popstar" is probably the album’s best track; the song is infectious enough to have listen ers tapping in time or dancing along. However, when the Pretenders stray from faster songs, they tend to fall flat. “Dragway 42” seems to slow down the whole album and the listener down. It is simply better to skip the track and stay with what works. However, give “Samurai” and “Biker” a shot; their slow, hyp notic beats make them the only slow Pretenders’ songs that actu ally work. f On the whole, the album is a solid release for the Pretenders; just stay away from the slow, “emotional” songs — unless you are suffering from insomnia. (Grade: B) — Manisha Parekh Cavendish V2 Record) L f OI ‘ a ping tin Moby, the frontmanoifl 61 '^ 1 temporary electronica.Ljr 1 ‘ o l . a new boat to rock. With®> ut t recently released album. IL GR teners will find themselv i er> an y psychedelic music utopi lecloist Using heart and soul akt the from the 18th century Si nonse. Moby has incorporated sc J the t into a house hodgepodg 'emv an the most anti-tech doge ^ente to. In songs like ’’Honey' ^espr ing Bessie Jones), “Find Baby” and “Natural Blue? ,u has invented a new way'-R^^ ( with a juxtaposition of Lm hip-hop and old-soul da . on ] Hltt But for those hard core K e Wi Rockefeller Skanks outteM don’t feel like Old Dick tad you bumpless. With tracks “Bodyrock” and “Machete Moby’s thrown in someot earlier powder kegs, resot Dole Everything is Wrong (199:H As for the listeners ack on o some piano and poetry, tlM 0 something in / , ps "Why Does My Heart Fee ■ Bad?” and "The Sky IsBnjM^ei, are more soft-spoken soi In short, whether intc ||L n j t , house or just rocking it, 1 ^issu, has loft listoiu’rs hard-stoc: $he ( with a musical homeostae. ^Th a \ harmony romantic caiiplas»; i ceec j (Grade: A) is not a at the sc — Heath, 'gender r card of f | She c Mac McAnally Word of Mouth CD Courtesy of Dreamworks Records There are few words that can be used to describe this album. Most of them start with the let ter “s,” and due to common decency will not be printed. It is hard to categorize McAnally’s music. It is part soft rock, part country, part jazz and mostly crap. McAnally tries to blend too many types of music together leaving an unbearable finished product. If Kenny G played country music, this is what it would sound like. The only people that McAnally could find to enjoy his music are students at the Helen Keller school for the deaf and blind. In the first song of the album, “Looking Back,” McAnally almost draws the listener into the album with decent music flowing from his acoustic guitar, but then he starts singing and just ruins everything. Not that he is a bad singer, but his singing just detracts from the music. The only bright spot on the album is the first few seconds of the first song. McAnally’s lyrics sound like something a seventh grader would slip into the locker of a girl he has a crush on to try and impress her. This album is just bad, hope fully McAnally has a day job. (Grade: F) — Scott Harris 'S. If The Nitty Grill Dirt Band Eunx Bang Ban} CD Courtesyol Dreamworks Recof For fans of the Nitty Gritij Band, Bang Bang Bang lit comeback album that is sill be a success. It is a fun-lovf get-down country musical; With three Grammy Aw