fun and refreshing
author: tim bein
This cd was very fun and a refreshing change from all the bland cds out in the "mainstream". imagine an artist that can write and perform songs! This is it. From start to finish is a very solid piece of work. I think the vocals are pretty distinct and are clear and understandable, production is very good. You will be pleased with this disc.
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Loads of hooks, lots of harmonies, and high quality songs.
author: Popbang Radio
Ed James' new recording "Poprocket" is a great step forward from his awesome "Meet Ed James". The songs rock a bit harder, with hints of The Raspeberries, Cheap Trick, Dwight Twilly and other awesome 70s power pop, with a very current sound to them. Loads of hooks, lots of harmonies, and high quality songs and production throughout! Ed James is gathering more and more attention these days, and it is all very well deserved!
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Never has a title been more appropriate!
author: SFK
Never has a title been more appropriate! Anyone who can evoke thoughts of Rick Springfield, Kyle Vincent or Jellyfish with
healthy doses of 70s bubblegum certainly deserves my immediate attention. I was simply in heaven listening to the twelve songs here. It?s almost as if Ed himself visited my house, went through my CD collection and pulled bits and pieces from everything, threw it in a blender and this disc came out. Everything here is instant gratification, yet after a dozen or so listens, it felt as fresh as the first time out. Nice job.
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Brilliant CD
author: Cosmik Debris
Ed James has matured as a writer, a singer, a player, and a producer to levels far greater than one could expect to see in a mere three years. I never doubted he was the real thing, but... wow! The songs on Poprocket are fantastic, energizing, fully realized compositions with more hooks than Col. Blake's fishin' hat, lead vocals that make me think of what Dennis DeYoung (Styx) would have sounded like without all that opera vibrato crap and more rock edge, and background vocals (same guy, mind you) so tight and perfect that they take your breath away.
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