| Song: La Grange Album: Greatest Hits Type: Rock Artist: ZZ Top Rating: 4.8 My favorite ZZ Top song. An abolute cracker with an evil riff and some mean guitar play. Even after a zillion listens, the setup in the intro give me an awesome adrenaline rush. To be listened LOUD. Trivia – the only guy in ZZ Top who did not have a beard was called Frank Beard. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Salaam-e-Ishq Album: Salaam-e-Ishq Type: Bollywood Singers: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sadhna Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan Music Director: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Lyricist: Sameer Rating: 3.6 A nice-enough, feel-good Bhangra influenced number with some pop flavor thrown in. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Kulicha Kuthaalam Album: Duet Type: Koliwood Singers: S.P. Balasubramiam, Kala Music Director: A.R. Rahman Lyricist: Vairamuthu Rating: 4.0 A melodic, koothu song or a koothu influenced melody. Either way you look at it – it’s a good listen. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada |
| Song: Doorie Album: The Debut Album Type: Indie Artist: Atif Aslam Rating: 4.2 Upbeat song and an ideal showcase for Atif Aslam’s full-throated and a tad unusual voice. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada |
| Song: Tere Mere Milan Ki Album: Abhimaan Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar Music Director: S.D. Burman Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Rating: 5.0 “Tere Mere Milan Ki”, for me, is THE pinnacle of love duets. Everything about the song including the picturization on the Bachchan’s is brilliant. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Hum Dono Do Premi Album: Ajnabi Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar Music Director: R.D. Burman Lyricist: Anand Bakshi Rating: 4.0 An elopement song with cool train horn sound effects on a flute and train-like rhythm. It’s got a folk vibe to it that I cannot quite place. The mukhda is simple and hummable and the antara a mouthful and an interesting counterpoint. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye Album: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Type: Bollywood Singers: Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Manpreet Akhtar Music Director: Jatin-Lalit Lyricist: Sameer Rating: 3.3 A Jatin-Lalit Punjabi folk inspired staple. I like the tune but the instrumentation is bland and utterly predictable and the chorus intrusive. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: Chaandan Mein Album: Chaandan Mein Type: Indie Artist: Kailasa Rating: 4.1 A soulful and mellow song. Kailash Kher may be known for his high-pitched, vocal gymnastics but it’s at the lower scales that the power of his voice really comes through. Simple but very cool, acoustic instrumentation. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: If I Rise Album: 127 Hours (Music from the Motion Picture) Type: Pop Singers: Dido, A.R. Rahman Music Director: A.R. Rahman Lyricist: Dido, Rollo Rating: 3.2 Not a bad song but doesn’t really do it for me. Slow and soft and reminiscent of the Enigma’s brand of New Age music. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |
| Song: More Piya Album: Ustad and The Divas Type: Indie Singers: Ustad Sultan Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan Music Director: Sandesh Shandilya Lyricist: Irshad Kamil Rating: 3.3 A Hindustani-Sugam-Pop fusion. Nothing spectacular but a good listen nevertheless. iTunes US iTunes UK iTunes Canada Flipkart |