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 With Roots Above And Branches Below $14.98 Never leaves my CD player in my car. After buying this I bought all there other Cds and drove 4 hours just to see them live.  With Roots Above And Branches Below $9.99 With Roots Above and Brachnes Below by The Devil Wears Prada is a logical step from their previous release "Plagues." The music isn't groundbreaking in it's differences, but the band definately explore some new territory. One song in particular has no screaming and is almost experimental sounding. The guitars really stand out on this one. The Devil Wears Prada as a band do a lot of things well on this album. As they state in the bonus footage on the DVD this CD, it takes the instrumenation to a more technical place and goes a little bit away from the noisiness of Plagues. The drumming is almost mechanical, and the hooks in the guitar are incredible on songs like "Assistant to the Regional Manager" and "Gimme Half." Some of these songs I could play over and over because of the incredible musicianship. I do feel they got away from the hookiness a little bit in the vocals, but the breakdowns and pummeling riffs on guitar and drums make this still a great album. Overall, if you liked "Plagues" this CD should be owned.  The Devil Wears Prada $2.99 Like my review for To Wong Foo, I'm at a loss for words with this one. Its not a genre I regularly review but I'm gonna try my best. Meryl Streep is just a great actress, she can do anything. Period. She plays the boss from hell so perfectly that there is sympathy for Miranda when she has her little "heart to heart" near the end. Anne Hathaway proves she can do more than Disney films, convincingly leaving that part of her behind and stepping into a more mature role. She plays Andrea very well and she doesn't seem intimidated by Streep at all. Her portrayal as a girl who is naive about the world of fashion but gets sucked into the world of success and begins to lose everything around her is very well done. Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt are also excellent supporting players in this, Blunt very handily playing the snob and Tucci as the helpful yet sarcastic fashion designer/consultant, whatever. The songs used in the film are superfluous and I wish they didn't have them. They're just really annoying. Well that's all I got on this one. |
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