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WHITE NOISE
Sony & BMG, Rs.175.00
THIS QUEER offering by Sony BMG is just about good on the ear as the composers Ashutosh Phatak and Dhruv Ghanekar have tried to put together a `different' kind of album. But if you expect anything more than that, you are in for disappointment. As you listen to the CD you can sense a distinct chord of mystery rising in almost every song, and it sustains your interest for a while. But then almost immediately you realise that all songs sound the same.
The vocals are not of much help, and even sound clumsy in a couple of tracks. The fifth track, `SOS' - it doesn't come anywhere close to the classic Abba one, if it is the name that is bothering you - stands out solely because of the tabla played by Satyajit Talwalkar. Fusion, after all, is fashionable. Similarly, in the last track, "Olive" (that is right, keep wondering about the name), Rakesh Chausaria's flute does the trick. Mediocre music priced steeply.
WAQT
T-Series, Rs.125 .00 (CD)
IT IS a race against melody. Anu Malik has reserved his best for future and dished out a stale fare. Except for "Toot Gaya" which impresses with Kailash Kher's range of voice, the album has no redeeming feature. "Let's Play Holi" rendered by Anu Malik and Sunidhi Chauhan raises hopes and may become the flavour of the festival but won't last beyond that. Time of songs like "Subah Hogee" by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik and "Apne Jahanke" by Sonu Nigam, Aatish Kapadia and Adnan Sami has been long over.
Anu, try something novel next time.
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