Ciaran Anderson

Reads like a Team America script, every second sentence has a quip about how the SEALS are unstoppable sombitches. It's a shame as the story is interesting enough without all the gungho embellishments, it is really let down by the authorship. The 'enemy' in this are the indigenous Afghans, described as little more than turban wearing savages, with the author completely missing the point that he is an invader in another country. If you like American war movies and sympathise with the USA in Vietnam movies, this is tight up your street. If you prefer objective depiction of events, I'd give this a miss. Purely for the flagpole humpers.

Outstanding acoustic reworkings of some of the best songs ever written by an Irish band. This is basically Horslips Unplugged, and has a distinctive Americana feel on some of the songs, given their treatment with slide guitar. Fantastically bright production gives the songs a 'live' airy feel, and the dramatic reworking on some of the songs makes this collection much more than simply an acoustification of classics. Essential for fans, just brilliant.