SW@ Ticket

Gremlins creators beware! I have just used a title similar to that of your pathetic franchise’s first sequel! I demand one hundred beeelion dollurz (pinky finger to lips, cue dramatic music, and we’re off). Anyway, back when the Original Soundtrack #6 was Posted on GOM on 5/8/2006, I was a naive WWE fan, still providing financial support to rich, steroid-dependent fakes by purchasing their entrance music (some of which remains awesome to this day). I was also sticking it to the man and putting my mild case of OCD to good use by downloading free advanced releases of said entrance music to include on my steadily growing six-disc mixtape of WWE entrance themes. I had found some themes that I thought were a terrible waste of CD time, and used the second half of the original The List 2 issue to express myself on the matter, via The Third Bitch-mandment.

For the Today.com edition of SW@ Soundtrack #6, however, I will use the entire issue for new additions to The List, hence The New Batch. Once again, enjoy.

Velvet Revolver: Libertad (Contraband had some nice hard tracks on it, but as a whole it seemed a little too hard for me; a little too STP. Libertad goes more toward the Guns ‘n’ Roses side of VR, and winds up having more feel and more appeal than their first disc).

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium/Jupiter (As I said last time, just about everything the Red Hots do is instant gold, and the first disc of their only Billboard #1 album to date is just about perfect).

Mick Jagger: Goddess In the Doorway (It’s Mick Jagger, doing what he does best, with a little help from Lenny Kravitz and Rob Thomas. Need I say more?)

The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button (This DJ crew’s latest album has more going for it than that little Q-tip single called Galvanize. It seemed a little too short to me, but it Pushed my Buttons. Job well done).

Everlast: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (For some reason, I’m a sucker for white rappers–excluding a certain crazy, candy-monikered hypocrite from Detroit–and former House of Pain member Everlast is one of my favorites. He doesn’t resort to gangsta rap or rapping about abusing women and drugs unless it is with the purpose of putting these vices into perspective. His Whitey Ford album is soulful, eclectic, and mostly uplifting as far as rap goes).

MTV Mashups Presents Jay-Z vs Linkin Park: Collision Course (Proof once again that I’m a sucker for white rappers and DJ albums, Collision Course is a remix masterpiece through and through. Too short and missing a few key ingredients–like a Crawling/Hard Knock Life remix–but I like all that I hear).

Rockstar Supernova (No longer available for sale anywhere, the one and only album released by Tommy Lee, Gilby Clark, Jason Newsted, and Rockstar-winning frontman Lucas Rossi is still not to be missed. Elements of Crue, Guns, and Metallica, combined with Rossi’s unique vocals, are enough to make your Headspin and turn what would otherwise be a Dead Parade into a hit parade. Pick up the pieces).

The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely (Look for a review of this album in Soundtrack #8: Happy Birthday to Me? It’s my latest purchase, and I’ll tell you how great it is in a few issues).

The White Stripes: Icky Thump (This album shouldn’t really be on The List because it fails the “only one worthless song” criteria. But I’m going to include it anyway because it’s unique. Like an icky thump, the album is a mix of sounds you’ve never heard from the Stripes before: Irish ballads, bagpipes, accordions, Meg having actually improved her drumming, and still with only two people in the band. Crazy, man, crazy).

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