FftEE POftUn' 1 5 Motley Criie-; Records) Re White & Crue (Hip-G: SW Js.F .,wh, af?d,8t Motley Crue are 'S WIsopndbiest hard Jock-band to come out ', temu'tMpojiNSts:--ihe ' 80's , ; I'rfghtf after : VmHaien6py'mih :,David Lee ": i Roth of' course),; antHfs2KlisKgreatesVBt; 5 fcorrHaWon?pncefagaIn . reminds (us "of 'what" happens to!; a great' band tohir?theyoutsjay pheirlcornenrhe :f irst distc- otithis "6orrpila-: tiort, issqlld gotd,;and contains all of those hits k you remember from "when you were growing K; .vautyowflrmuiletiTracks.sucKasUve Gitls?, VKickstart fi My- Heartland fybx3 2 Feelgood"; stiii ;, inspire; ample'-bootyshaklng? if and feel as freshas they.did when they were ; : first, released.;?TheV second "disK,::h6wevef,y; ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart (Interscope Records) ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have, through inter -. views, and press releases,; been pegged -: as" pretentious art-fbckers; "Worlds Apart," tKe sf-proclaimed "art-fags' " Xsecond album fbrxmajqr label, is more faccessible and enjoyable, than their pre-vious; release "Source,-Jags and Codes," ' -but.achieyjts'ibility'atthe- iHNHHMMMMBBHMHIiBHHMaaBH reminds ,, us !bf :why" it is better to leave gracefully! cthan""., to drago'uta band's death into a decade-long '; 4J't,-: 4V --i-'--. ordeal; "r''Jf (;&, - The!secbnd'!disk"contaihs;vaii6us cuts: Jfr'omithe, band's 90's and rpqst-mi jlenniai ' "'output'and 'trie:? results "-are " grim:1 -Such . 'insipid songs as "Pjant Boom" (a rap rock--: er with the 'amazing' chorus of "boom over herey boom over thereboom' everywhere'' ' MWLEY CRUE ;0,'iVHITE & CRUE v and ''Hell on, High Heelsonlyservetoter-VJ'J"11'!,11 "V '""J " nish the band's legacy.; Oithe songs on the second disk,1- the best'One'jsHbpligan'siHoIiday,''; which was recorded with a hew lead singer afteroriginalfrontman Vince Nei! left the band expense of some of the punkish rage that helped fuel the previous album: "Worlds Apart" in itself is ,a-':?. strangelyback-loaded album;!The first five tracksareieally nothing to write, 0 home about (despite the cool jntro to the title track) and the album only kicks in around tracK six, "Caterwaul It is not that the first five tracks are bad; but they just aren t as good as the rest of the i5 album. Trail of Dead seem to borrow" from many bands on Worlds' Apart;", from Pink' : ;Rbyd-ian choirs, on "All White" ; "to Used-like cathartic screeches ; 'during the chorus of "A Classic " ::;Arts Showcase.", The band also' " rdelves into Oasis territory on , ,, February 2005 Arts & Entertainment 11 ;;; requisite fhew'itracks to entice collectors to : buy, the . ; album!; Of ;theVe, three fresri tracks;(one;of which, "If f "' SDie' Tomorrow", was "co-written" by Simple Plan; what ; "I'the hei!?)i only "Sick ; Love Song" captures any of, the ' band's former glory-;-, ,, ;,:,x .; ;;'! v :fJ. i.-y I,. vfiif you already: have ' one'bf '. the othergreatest ihits packages from1 Motley Crue this is an 'unnecessary ;;: purchase," But if you "don't,' then you can do far, worse ffor $16.99.::glus you get a free coaster with the inclu-, -"v1 ' 5Jvsibinr6f the second disk.; Swanky!, -Rating: 35 y, ;;--"'', : .;'. ' ;1f you like this try: .Van Halen -The; BesU'of -, Both Worlds "'(Warner Brothers Records) ' ,-- By Nathan Kelly tracks such as "Let it Dive'and 'The Rest Will Follow,"; j; and this dallying ihtqBrit:ppp brings with it 'the' one "major;;;-S flaw of the album: the vocals of Conrad Keeiy;,';;; V'; There is nothing more annoying than a singer that;;;;;,'' uses a fake accent when you know damn, weirthatthe ?;,;; : cadence of their, voice is'tptally.unnaturaland forced; ; ; Keely's vocals fit this description to' a tee; Often during the j' album he lapses into" a fatix-British accent and it becomes "?; quite annoying oyer, the course of a! few track., We kriow that ;, ' T you are from Texas, Conradi, There, is no need to be ashamed; hell, at least you aren'tfrom the Ozarksor some-g ,, thing; This, however truly is the one flaw in the musicianship ;of the band, So barring this," if you enjoyed their last album, ,' rest assured that -."Worlds Apart', will not disappoint you.; 'fi Rating: $5ip' '-;)f t ; If you like this try:; Muse :Records) 'j'i''' -"-"". Vi.r ",- - Absolution (Warner Brothers