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Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony (Mercury/Polygram) More Metallica by four cellos. Pantera and Sepultra as well. Scared the bejeezus outta me. 9 (RB) Smooth Reality (Polygram) The thinkin' man's homegirl, Smooth delivers folksy/urban songs that live up to the album title. 8 (GD) The Multiple Cat Elements of... (Guilt Ridden Pop) Mark E. Smith vs. Burt Bacharach? Pixies reunite as orch-pop? The lost Eno indie-rock album? Find out when they play L'Oblique for free this Friday. 8 (CY) The Moffats Chapter I: A New Beginning (EMI) They can rock like Nirvana, sing like Hanson, swoon like Take That and ska like, uh, those ska bands. Smells like teen-pop spirit! 7 (CY) Dak Remember (Ozmoz) From Hull, world fusion music that doesn't bottom out into self-congratulatory New Age nonsense (even if many of the clichés are there). 7 (RB) DMX It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (DefJam) Release the hounds! 'Coz you'll be looking all over for some satisfaction on this here. Two hits, many misses. 5 (SC) Colin James and the Little Big Band Self-titled (Warner) With his new "big band" James proves size does matter but still has no motion in his ocean. 4 (JC)
Helix Half Alive (DeRock/Select) Stop the presses! Helix still suck after all these years! 2 (JC)
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