Critic Steve Huey calls it " perhaps Tom Waits's most cohesive album ... a morbid, sinister nightmare, one that applied the quirks of his experimental ' 80s classics to stunningly evocative — and often harrowing — effect ... Waits ' most affecting and powerful recording, even if it isn't his most accessible.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic asserted that despite being born into a family of entertainers, Janet Jackson has managed to emerge a " superstar " in her own right, rivaling not only several female recording artists including Madonna and Whitney Houston, but also her brother, while " successfully her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult.

" Steve Huey from Allmusic said that the album is " raw as Megadeth gets, and that can be both good and bad -- Megadeth's later precise, complex riffing and composition aren't completely developed, but the music is performed with a great deal of energy, while Mustaine's vocals ( never his strong point ) are amateurish at best.

Critic Steve Huey of Allmusic writes that the album's influence " was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point.

The band was formed in 1993 by Huey Morgan, Brian Leiser and Steve Borgovini after Leiser, who was already friends with Borgovini, met Morgan at the club where they both worked.

Critic Steve Huey describes their music as " uncompromising, intense, cathartic fusions of hard rock, funk, post-punk noise, and jazz experimentalism, with Rollins shouting angry, biting self-examinations and accusations over the grind.

* VH1. com, “ Labelle ”, by Steve Huey, Allmusic ( accessed on June 29, 2008 )

According to Steve Huey of allmusic, " Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... contained a narrative album format revolving around cocaine trafficking, criminal activity, and a rise through the ranks of the illegal industry.

It was described by critic Steve Huey as " Fast, furious, and funny ... Mike Muir proves himself an articulate lyricist and commentator, delving into subjects like alienation, depression, and Social nonconformity | nonconformist politics with intelligence and humor.

Steve Huey of Allmusic noted that " the new Snakepit does kick up a lot of noise as the album rushes by, and the strong chemistry between the members is immediately obvious ".

Reviewing Ain't Life Grand for Allmusic, Steve Huey described second singer Rod Jackson as " a combination of ' 80s pop-metal bluster and Faces-era Rod Stewart " with a " touch of Aerosmith ", a description that he felt also fitted the band as a whole.

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".

Steve Huey of Allmusic said that he was " one of the most controversial figures in gangsta rap.

Steve Huey of Allmusic notes that The Shirelles defined " the so-called girl group sound with their soft, sweet harmonies and yearning innocence ", with their songs predating Motown in their widespread crossing of racial demographics, both in the US and in Britain.

Produced by Pip Williams, Sonic Origami, originally issued in Japan in 1998, then, a year later, in the U. S., had " a grand, epic tone throughout " that, according to rock critic Steve Huey, " doesn't always match Uriah Heep's journeyman-sounding prog-tinged hard rock ," still being " a solid entry in its chosen genre.

According to Allmusic editor Steve Huey, the success of his 1994 debut album Ready to Die " reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age " and " turned the Notorious B. I. G.

Allmusic's Steve Huey said that it " brought back some of the pounding speed of Reign in Blood for their third major-label album ", and addressed it to be " their most accessible album, displaying the full range of their abilities all in one place, with sharp, clean production ".

Steve Huey of the website allmusic perceived " a strong affinity for the neo-soul movement " in the album.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic described his and Jeff Hannemans guitar solos as " wildly chaotic ," and Thom Jurek, also of Allmusic, described his work on 2006's Christ Illusion as " create an intensely harrowing and angular riff that changes from verse to verse, through the refrain and bridge, and comes back again.

Critic Steve Huey of Allmusic later rated the album with four and a half stars out of five, stating that the " record sounds like a bridge between Mother Love Bone's theatrical ' 70s-rock updates and Pearl Jam's hard-rocking seriousness.

Steve Huey of Allmusic said, " Since Dry As a Bone / Rehab Doll is more energetic and less murky than many proto-grunge artifacts, it's arguably the most effective and enduring building block in the music's early evolution.

Steve Huey, for example, wrote for Allmusic that " Sabbath's slowed-down, murky guitar rock bludgeons the listener in an almost hallucinatory fashion, reveling in its own dazed, druggy state of consciousness ", commenting that the album featured " plenty of metal classics ".

On the style of the album, critic Steve Huey wrote in AllMusic: " Mr. Bungle is a dizzying, disconcerting, schizophrenic tour through just about any rock style the group can think of, hopping from genre to genre without any apparent rhyme or reason, and sometimes doing so several times in the same song.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic called it Green River's " strongest individual release ... perfecting their sleazy, raucous fusion of ' 70s hard rock and post-hardcore punk.

Iron Maiden's eighth studio release, 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, had a raw sound that, according to Allmusic, did not " hold up well " compared to past efforts, as it was recorded in a barn which Steve Harris owned, with a mobile studio owned by the Rolling Stones.

Allmusic gave a positive retrospective review of the album, commenting that it achieved a strong balance between Dave Mason's simple and straightforward folk-rock songs and Steve Winwood's complex and often haunting rock jams.

Steve Huey of Allmusic stated that " Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs -- perhaps the greatest -- of all time within the hip-hop community.

Allmusic editor Steve Huey comments that " the majority of his lyrics concern his own skills and his Islamic faith.

Steve Huey of Allmusic contrasts Brooks ' and Dunn's voices, saying that Dunn " was the quietly intense singer with the soulful voice, while Kix Brooks played the part of the high-energy showman.

Steve Huey of Allmusic calls them " arguably the most progressive of the leading post-hardcore bands: their lengthy, multisectioned compositions were filled with odd time signatures, orchestrated builds and releases, elliptical melodies, and other twists and turns that built on the innovations of the Dischord label.

In a retrospective review of the album, Allmusic editor Steve Huey gave the album five out of five stars and viewed it as an improvement over Paid in Full, commending Rakim's " agile, up-tempo lyrical showcases ".

Steve Huey of Allmusic said that it " flows logically from one composition to the next, and the mostly long songs have enough variation in texture and mood to hold the listener's interest fairly consistently.

Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut " a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop.

* ITERATIVE DISCOURSE AND THE FORMATION OF NEW SUBCULTURES by Steve Mizrach describes the hacker terminology, including the term cracker.

Standard-Times senior correspondent Steve Urbon ( 14 February 2003 ) describes such temporary quarantine powers:

Steve Perry's novel Shadows of the Empire describes a mission that leads to the Rebels learning of the second Death Star's existence, and that mission is playable in LucasArts ' X-Wing Alliance combat flight simulator.

On MinnPost. com, Ventura's agent, Steve Schwartz, describes the book thus: " is revealing why he left politics and discussing the disastrous war in Iraq, why he sees our two-party system as corrupt, and what Fidel Castro told him about who was really behind the assassination of President Kennedy.

Others who were influenced by Norman include American CCM musician Steve Camp, who co-wrote " If I Were a Singer " with Norman, which appeared on Camp's 1978 debut album, Sayin ' It with Love, who describes Norman as his mentor, and with whom he lived for several months learning the craft of songwriting ; Canadian CCM musician Carolyn Arends.

Harvey describes herself as " an extremely quiet person, who doesn't go out much, doesn't talk to people " and has also acquired a reputation for eccentricity to match her music ; for example, Steve Albini claimed she ate nothing but potatoes while making Rid of Me.

Over his long career, Nichols recorded in a wide variety of musical styles, and critic Steve Leggett describes him as " an expert cornet player, a solid improviser, and apparently a workaholic, since he is rumored to have appeared on over 4, 000 recordings during the 1920s alone.

" Author Steve Hagen describes a Japanese word in four parts: shi means tranquility, kan means awareness, ta means hitting exactly the right spot ( not one atom off ), and za means to sit.

They are featured in the film 24 Hour Party People where Tony Wilson ( played by Steve Coogan ) describes them as " having all the energy of Joy Division but better clothes.

It is hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart, and describes itself as offering " a critical examination of the major stories every week ( that ) exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage.

Wayne appeared in the documentary Welcome to Macintosh where he describes some of his experiences with Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Apple Computer.

The source code found here of Steve Noskowicz in 1996 actually describes the impact that each of these values has on the drawn curve:

" Steve Coutinho describes the Peng as a " recluse who wanders beyond the realm of the recognizable ", in contrast the tiny birds that " cannot begin to understand what lies so utterly beyond the confines of their mundane experience.

Steve Neal, McNary's biographer, describes McNary as a progressive who stuck with the Republican Party in 1910 even when many progressives left the party in favor of West, a Democrat.

While oceanographer and documentarian Steve Zissou is working on his latest documentary at sea, his best friend Esteban du Plantier is eaten by a creature Zissou describes as a " Jaguar shark.

" Steve, scared and confused runs from Mike, who describes Steve's unpredictable behavior in " I Could Write Books.

On February 17, 2006 Day at the Fair announced what Barker describes as " not a break up, not a hiatus, just a big change ..." in reference to the departure of Gary Bender, Rob Heiner and Steve Weir.

Steve Huey of Allmusic awards The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady five stars out of five and describes the album as " one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history.