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I want more !!!!
Wow...I was pretty taken back when I first heard this album..My brother thought "Wonderful People"(the first track on the album) was the new single by Justin Timberlake...Umm yeah. The boys in Q and not U do it once again and manage to keep it real and keep it funky on their third album, "Power"...Lots of synth,lots of percussion and a whole lot of love is what you'll get if you pick up "Power". Check them out when they come to your town too.. | 45 stars
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Mary is my HERO!
I love this short but sweet album! I wish I could have gotten her cover of "Dancing in the Dark" on an album with more than 1 other song but it is such a sweet rendition of Dancing in the dark that it was worth it!Share this one with your friends! If you are a true MCC fan you need to own this Album! | 45 stars
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Its the best peice of layering that I've ever heard
The music is what made the movie what it was. I finally bought the soundtrack several years after seeing the movie and its the most played CD in our house. The way in which the title score was used over and over, and yet does not get repetitive is amazing. Its the little changes made to each piece that keep them light and fresh, not dull annd boring. My most favourite pieces would have to be "The Kiss" and "I Will Find You". It is haunting in its simplicity. | 45 stars
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i think i went to high school with her
and therefore everyone should buy this album.. she rocked then, and she rocks even more now.. support the BTWHSPVA needs to get famous phenomenom ^^nina | 45 stars
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intro
I am now listening to Intro and am looking for any articles containing the recent death of the Lead singer to the virus that causes Aids. I read an article in the Sister 2 Sister magazine about him(It is the one with Maxwell on the cover), then a few months after that I read an article stating that he past away. I too really loved this group from the very beginning, and I must say that the lead singer (Kenny) will be very missed. He had a wonderful voice as so did the rest of the group. This will always be my favorite group. | 45 stars
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KID ROCK THE HISTORY OF ROCK CD REVEIW
THIS IS ONE OF KID ROCKS BEST CDS OUT RIGHT NOW I MEAN YOU GET THE LEAD SINGLE AMERICAN BAD WELL YOU KNOW AND PRODIGAL SON AND PAID ARE GOOD ONES TOO THIS IS LIKE A KID ROCK GREATEST HITS CD I MEAN YOU GET ALL THE HITS FROM HIS EARLY ALBUMS BACK IN THE EARLY IN 90'S BEFORE THE SELLOUT WITH DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE BUT THIS CD IS GREAT DARK AND GREY IS A HEAVY ONEAND I LIKE MY OEDIPUS COMPLEX IT'S A REALLY DEEP SONG BY KID ROCK AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT AND I LIKE I WANNA GO BACK IT'S A GOOD RAP SONG FROM KID ROCKS EP BACK IN 1996 THE SONGS FROM THE POLYFUZE METHOD AREGOOD ONES TOO SO IF YOUR LOOKING FOR BASE FROM YOUR SPEAKERS TURN ON THE SONGS 3 STRETS TO WIND OR YA' KEEP ON IT'S GOT SOME NICE BASE TO IT SO IF YOU ARE A KID ROCK FAN GO GET THIS CD AND TURN IT UP WELL THANKS FOR READING MY REVEIW SEE YOU. | 45 stars
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Ghetto supaDROPOUT
Unlike most CD's this one gets worse evry time i listen to it. I'm sorry but the fugees were great so if you wanna stick with them you betta getting The Carnival - Wyclef Jean. That is real music. He's got it goin' on, not this. It is a waste of money. S O R R Y P R A S | 01 star
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What is there is good
I thought there would be more than the Christmas portion.Hallelujah chorus was the best partI bought the disk because we had recently sung Hallelujah in choir, so I was not disappointed by that aspect | 23 stars
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In your face, old school rock and roll with attitude
This is rock and roll. If you are looking for a polished, packaged sound like Journey this is not a disc for you. If you are looking for the darkness and despair that came out of the grundge movement (not that it was all bad), this disc is not for you. Get Born is three cords and a lot of attitude. This disc rings of old Stones or Black Crows. Great guiters and a little sloppy sound that just calls you to jump off that couch and dance. Some reviewers knock this disc because it draws on a style of music that is located more in the past than in the present. However were the Stones knocked for drawing on Howling Wolf? Was Clapton knocked for drawing on Muddy Waters? If you want a fun disc to pop in the dash and cruise down the highway to, this is it! | 45 stars
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Alice Is Burning (Inside of her mind)
Wow, that was an awesome listen! Very dark and atmospheric, which really hits the spot with me. Perfectly balanced, and beautifully orchestrated; Forever Slave is one of those bands that come few and far between. Yes, it is expensive, but if you're a serious fan of creative music, this is must have for your collection. Highly recommeded!! | 45 stars
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Not The Best, Not The Worst
I'll be the first to admit, I didn't buy the album for the music. I bought it for the people who are in the band. Overall, the music wasn't that bad. It tends to border the musical territory between country and rock. I found "I've Had It All", "Talk About Love" and "Great American Dream" to be rather catchy little ditties. As a whole, I found the album disappointing after hearing Michael Gauvin Smith's and Tom Groleau's work with the Mudhens, but I've heard things a whole lot worse. | 23 stars
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An excellent package, must have for ryche fans
This was a suprise to see at the local record store. This is queensryche's pinicle album, helping push the sucess of Empire, Operation mindcrime is the Hard Rocks answer for a story album as Pink Floyd had set precidence with the wall. This set includes the extended album (2002 remastered), a new live album (different than Operation Livecrime), and the Video Mindcrime DVD, which was a VHS tape I picked up long ago, and now digitally remastered. I can only hope someday they release A Mindcrime I/II Live album (they probably have already thought of this), and expect this to potentially come as a set as well. Excellent for someone that wants an excellent Mindcrime collection for one price, and a must for the Queensryche fan and collector. | 45 stars
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White Anglo Saxon Protestants!
Yes, and now the scariest band in the world, with the scariest name. It's hard to fault this album, it pins you to the wall, but only two songs have any kind of resonance, the totally toxic "B.A.D." and "Sleeping in the Fire." The rest is flimsy 14 year old angst; Blackie ingeniously spitting Alice Cooper back to a whole new generation of disaffected youth, before he would go on to his inward Who phase. Pushes a 3 | 12 stars
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Not A Great CD
Nellyville was a bad CD! I only liked one song, Hot In Herre. The rest is garbage. Country Grammar was DEFINETLEY a much better CD than Nellyville. What happened? Nelly will soon be a forgotten rapper if this is his best work. Move over Nelly, rappers like Ludacris and Ja Rule are definetley passing you by. I do not recommend Nellyville to anyone who appreciates rap. | 12 stars
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Man, that's Entertainment!
This record will take the top of your haid clean off | 45 stars
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Mikeys Bad
Michael Jackson; The glove, the socks, the hat, the moves, the glitter, the lights, the euphoria... and the base of this; the music...Michael Jackson is not just a singer hes an entertainer, if god found a way of bringing music into human form he did with this man, perhaps Mr jacksons changing face reflects the changes in music over the 40 years hes been an entertainer, perhaps the vitaligo is gods way of saying it dosnt matter if your black or white, you can still be talented and achieve anything.Let me take you back, back past Invincible, back past HIStory's lyrical genius, back past Dangerous's dancefloor anthems, but youve gone to far... Come back with me through the Jacksons 5s motown classics, back through Off The Wall's rnb trend setting hits, back through the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller's awsomness and stop, now your at Bad, 5 number ones off a 11 track CD? 8 top 10 hits, oh yes! he didnt release three! that was it!But to me music is not how much it sells, music is much more that, music is that disc you play, it isnt the videos on MTV it isnt the top 10, it certainly isnt the billboards, its what comes though your speakers souly, forget the hype and listen to the music...Bad is my personal favorite album of all time from the unforgettable bad, which personally is my least favorite track on the album to the hard hitting classic Smooth Criminal. Personally i love it when Mikey uses his high pitched rhythm on tracks like Another Part of Me, Just Good Friends and Leave Me Alone, it sends shivers through your spine. The Way You Make Me Feel is one of the great tracks of all time its Bad's Billie Jean and Michael steps up to the next level in his vocal abilitys his range is much bigger his voice is at its best. Liberian Girl is smooth and sexy and is one I could listen too today and think it was recorded last week, these sorts of tracks will stay modern forever. Dont forget Man In The Mirror which brings tears to a grown mans eyes! And just to round it off he add his 'Bad' touch that is Speed Demon & Dirty Diana.This album is music in its self, wether you like rap, rnb, rock, dance, you will love this, that is whats so great about Michael he is universal.Long live the King of Pop, RnB & Soul | 45 stars
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No, indeed, Rock and Roll AIN'T Noise Pollution
I never really dug ACDC - the vocals were literally torture, and I really couldn't handle the existentialist-theological ramifications of..."stuff" like the hideously-blasphemous "Highway To Hell." So I wasn't really prepared in 1980 when my ex and her then husband put "Back In Black" in their car's cassette-player thing. Blah-blah-blah-"Oh, they have a new vocalist," "You oughta see Angus," blah-blah-blah...I was all set to militantly ignore "Black," when I made the..."chance remark" that "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" wasn't a bad title at ALL for a song. Beloved Ex played it for me, and later that evening, when the husband-du-jour had imbibed too much and had written himself out of the "scenerio," She and I played "Noise Pollution" until we knew it note-for-note. STILL don't have much use for the band, but that one song is...ALMOST "redemption" for that "Highway" thing - and it's damn fun to play & perform. I was greatly disappointed, though, when whoever-edited-the-thing didn't include the band's performance of it at that "Rolling Stones In Toronto" thing. Oh yeah, 8/15, I did forget to mention that one of their earlier "songs," "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is wonderful, too. Actually helped me get thru a divorce one time, but let's not quibble... | 34 stars
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Above average at first but grows on you
I've been following LL as a fan since Rock the Bells days and Crush groove. I even saw Bro perform with Run DMC Public Enemy and Rakim in 1987, London Brixton.At the time what made him the best was his lyrical ability tobattle and drop hard edged bombs. Few people back in the day would dispute the fact that anybody could touch him.What made him so good was the fact that he was truly in touch with the streets. The odd Love song was OK. However this Album is too bitty with too many skip tracks.LL has skills and he should have let them shine more.Lack lustre beats always makes it hard.I read an article that he researched this album by visiting numerous clubs. However coming from a true fan I think he should be releasing material on the level of Jay Z.I honestly feel LL should've worked with different producers on this one. Dame Dash would have made this Album 10 times hotter than Timberlands 50% effort. Perhaps working with J Dupri or Dr Dre would have been better options. It was surprising that R Kelly didn't shine on his contribution compared to past collabs with Jayz and Twister.Listed below are the standout tracks with my ratings.1. Headsprung featuring Timbaland 6.55. Hush 6.56. Every Sip 6.08. Can't Explain It 89. Feel The Beat 6.511. 1 In The Morning (vintage LL) 9Musically I give the album 6.Lyrically I'd give it a 7 but love joints and beats drag it down. | 23 stars
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La miglio raccolta di Bertoli
Questo album, come dice il titolo, è una raccolta di tracce live e studio; secondo me contiene le più belle canzoni del cantautore emiliano, per chi non lo conoscesse potrebbe essere un ottimo disco per cominciare ad amarlo. | 45 stars
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Billy Currington....Country Music Hot New Property
Billy Currington's self-titled debut cd is not only the best thing out of Nashville in recent months, but wins the award for originality and heartfelt writing. Currington has the ability to keep you coming back for more with his remarkable voice and insightful lyrics. This is one you will leave in your cd player and listen to time and time again......it gets better with every listen, but you'll be hooked from the very first time. | 45 stars
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Greatest Band and Greatest Hits of that Band
This is a must for all music fans of the 70's and 80's. This is the most rockin greatest hits available. PERIOD!!!! BUY IT NOW!!! | 45 stars
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Disappointing sound and balance
I more or less grew up with Karajan. If my parents bought classical music in the seventies and eighties, it was usually on a DGG record with Karajan at the helm of the BPO. German television, which we used to watch a lot (there wasn't much else besides our own two Dutch networks), broadcast a classical concert every Sunday at noon (Das Sonntagskonzert) with, more often than not, Karajan and the BPO. When I started buying classical music on CD myself, it was only natural that I should pick Karajan's as the preferred version.Only later did I come to appreciate that Karajan's way of conducting wasn't always how the music was best served (his Mozart being too syruppy and too string-laden) and I struck him from my list as first choice.I strongly hesitated therefore to let him have a go at Mahler's Fifth, but on the strenght of some the very positive reviews on Amazon (UK, German and US) I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. And I must admit the Adagietto is heavenly (despite its extraordinary length), but only marginally more so than Bertini's (WDR 1990), Gielen's (SWR 2003), Neumann's (Leipzig 1967), Solti's (CSO 1970) or Chailly's (RCO 1998). True, Karajan/BPO attack the Stürmisch Bewegt and the Rondo-Finale with a gusto seldom heard from these Siamese twins, but less so than Barshai (JDP 1999) or Levine (PSO 1976) whose barnstorming handling is truly revelatory. (A very rare thing in a Karajan performance is that the first trumpet plays a wrong note (first movement at 7:20) and the first horn is flat at the entry of the Scherzo.) Similar observations could be made of the other movements. So there is nothing extraordinary in this performance that sets it apart from other ones (negatively or positively) or that would make it a clear first choice (which, as far as I'm concerned, there never is).The big let-down is the recording quality. The balance is mainly in favour of the strings, while brass and tympani crescendos disproportionately explode from the speakers. The bass-tuba is almost absent from the aural picture in its short solo; the important bass drum and tam-tam strokes are hardly audible; the very last bars of the Rondo-Finale are so unbalanced that you don't hear the triangle or the boom-ching of the bass-drum and cymbal at all; the fast rising string figure just before the end is one big blur; often it is as if one of the engineers thought it it a good idea to turn a microphone up or down without any preconceived idea. The booklet indicates that Karajan couldn't stop listening to the master tape of this recording and he seems to have uttered "loud exclamations of delight at the quality of this recording". Well, I for one didn't and if I return to it, it will mainly be for the Adagietto. | 23 stars
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OK,not great, a good effort. Musically, an adult sound.
ATCQ should be, creatively, on the level of protoge' D'Angelo by now. They still flip their obscure samples with subtle genius on "The Love Movement." I'd still trust the Tribe with an entire soundtrack if I were a director. I think this album's good enough to win a Grammy, considering the competition includes Will Smith- plus, just out of respect for raising the rap production game to a level that even they, themselves, have failed to maintain should garner them the Grammy they well deserve as a parting show of appreciation for some previous works of mastery. It used to be that an ATCQ release guaranteed melodic innovation and experimentation (remember the piercing wail of the Minnie Riperton loop on 'Lyrics2Go'?) "The Love Movement" is better than a lot of lazy retro-R&Brap that's hot right now. That's not saying much. Hip Hop would be so much further along with cutthroat competition if not for sampling costs. But, because it's ATCQ, we still expect an "Illmatic" beat odyssey that reaffirms that we're growing hip hop to the next level. With Tribe, it was ALWAYS the music for me. Still, I can't front. Even the human sample Busta Rhymes has surpassed Tribe on the creative 'tip.' For a more innovative soundscape experience, check for Rampage's 'Scout's Honor' a much-slept-on joint. As for the "Love Movement," it's good but not great. Only an educated ear for sound arrangement (composing something from the void of nothing) will appreciate this CD. No, you won't be awed, as with "Low End...," by what you hear- but "The Love Movement" is FAR from mediocre. It's worth your money only if you buy it. How's that for free advertising. | 34 stars
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Kylie's age of pretention
Well, Kylie is rubbish really and these sound like a bunch of songs Madonna rejected and have been saved from the cutting room floor....Oh and I bet Ms Minogue never wrote a single one of them, that's the ironic thing about Kylie which seems amusing, she releases a great song which in turn gives her some fleeting credibility (something which she has strived for all throughout her career)and they turn out to be songs written by an 80's pop hasbeen normally. Kylie's always taken the easy option out when it comes to taking risks and in achieving respect from her peers and universal credibility in the music press, but this is an album dedicated to an era in which Ms Minogue took herself far too seriously (like Kylie is known for) but at least she doesn't pretend any longer, put it on if you have to and enjoy the worst part of Kylie's disastrous career. | 01 star
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Hilarious
Barry Williams is truly the Real Greg Brady. This song is a great parody of The Real Slim Shady. Barry Williams could probably earn a living putting out comedy CDs like Weird Al, mocking one of Americas hokiest television shows. | 34 stars
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John Berry's music is great
Why this is on a dvd, (with no video) is a mystery.Why not sell it as a CD and let it go at that? | 23 stars
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SHAQ CAN PLAY BALL, BUT HE CAN'T RAP!
This CD is terrible!!! I don't know what Shaq thinks is so special about himself, but I think he is awful!! He has a terrible voice! Whoever has this CD, and likes it, needs to get there brains examined! PEACE OUT! | 01 star
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White Lion's best!
Vito Bratta makes this album. He has some of the tastiest licks ever. His solos are both adventurous and melodic. The songs are great. If you love classic 80s metal with phenominal guitar, buy this! | 45 stars
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Beautiful
If Death ever picks up a few chords and takes it to the studio, the result is likely to sound a lot like this. From the haunted vocals of "Cripple Creek," the choking heart of "Diana" and the ferocious guitar licks on "War In Peace," perhaps the album's best track, something darkly powerful lurks beneath the surface of this masterpiece. Amid so many tossed-off attempts at marketable psychedelia in Spence's day, this is one of the few with at least an air of authenticity. Though as song after well-wrought song unfolds, it becomes less of an "air" and much more of the real thing. Equally as startling as Spence's sense for great songwriting is the range of voices and tones he explores. The oddly comforting "Little Hands" descends into the possessed "Cripple Creek." "Books of Moses" might as well be the only recorded vocal performance of Moses himself, it sounds that rusty and raw; yet this too floats quietly into that other end of Skip's endless spectrum with the unassuming "Dixie Peach Promenade."Skip's story is the stuff of legend now: frustrated with Jefferson Airplane's refusal to allow the guitarist any more than the role of a drummer, he fled to the briefly brilliant Moby Grape before strapping his guitar to his back and taking a motorcycle ride to Nashville, where he recorded this album in a haze of drugs and alienation. His is one of those cases in which the confidence of genius is the thing that kept him from glory in his day, but assured him a longer-lasting spotlight among the rock 'n roll immortals. The indignity of his mental illness and the decades he spent wasting away in asylums is compounded only by the alleged "tribute album" released for him in 1999. The hope was that it would pay his medical expenses, but Spence died just around the release of the album. Even so, why guys like the squealing money-bags of rock, Robert Plant, couldn't simply cut a check for the man's bills rather than releasing this "tribute album," bound to fail commercially because hardly anyone living had given a second's thought to its tributee in at least thirty years, is beyond me. At least it served up a classic rendition of "Book of Moses" by the always reliable Tom Waits, as well as a weirdly effective cover of "Halo of Gold" by Beck. Yet only one or two of the various artists featured on the tribute has ever managed the simultaneously accessible and challenging music Spence achieved on this, his only solo album. A solid affair from start to finish, it testifies to the combination of talent and substance so rarely bestowed upon the music world. | 45 stars
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Sell Out Songs
I used to like this guy, but this album is a dud. His macho posturing is so lame -- does country music even need songs like this anymore? After listening to the first song, it changed from being something patriotic to something thoughtlessly aggressive. He sure doesn't speak for me as an American.The other songs just begin to sound like sell-out pastiches of other older country singers. This album turned me off Toby Keith completely. | 01 star
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The Best CD on the Earth
This is the best CD on the earth. Its has 12 great songs, with the best being "In The End" the hit single out now. They are one of the best bands out there. They're a mix of hip-hop and rock. If you like those kinds of music you'll love this CD. And if you like the CD you should try to get their unreleased stuff like Step Up and Part of Me.Some other great CDs are:Puddle of Mudd-Come CleanIncubus-Morning ViewAdema-AdemaThis is just my opinion! | 45 stars
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Beatles - 'Help' (Capitol)
Review no.205.Don't believe I actually ever realized before just how MUCH material the Beatles did end up putting out.'Help' looks to be their fifth actual album,a 1965 release.I seem to barely remember the movie,as I should see it again sometime.Great soundtrack.Tunes here I thoroughly enjoyed hearing again SO much,I ended up playing this disc repeatedly.Cuts I couldn't get enough of were "The Night Before"(I've been meaning to get this song for ages),"Another Girl"(recently heard Alice Cooper play this track on his nightly 'deep album cut' feature,very nice),"You're Going To Lose That Girl","Ticket To Ride","Yesterday" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".Great sound,highly recommended reissue.A must-have. | 45 stars
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My Kids Favorite
This is by far the favorite of my kids. Primarily since it instructs them to do different things. They love doing the silly dances and moves. This CD is primarily for listening and dancing to at home, since you couldn't do as instructed strapped into a car. | 45 stars
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Great albumb!
N'sync is sooo cool! although there first albumb was better this is really coll i like IT'S GONNA BE ME" | 34 stars
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Love the guys!!!
My 95 yo mother loves watching these guys. The music is good, the material is not over the top. I like the special features more, I've seen these DVDs 3 or 4 times now. | 45 stars
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Amazed I Really Like This Album
I have to say that I was very sceptical about this group and c.d. when I first bought this c.d.I only bought it on the basis that I really liked the single 'Dancing In The Moonlight'.Then I read all sorts of things saying that this group were part of a great M.O.R. revival-I could nearly say I was hoping to find Onka's Big Moka(silly title)naff and very boring. Yes this is pretty much M.O.R.-but not of the Billy Joel variety.In fact it's not even very innovative-but not totally predictable like a Bryan Adams c.d.No what you in fact get are 11 very,very polished but undeniably good tunes.This is the sort of c.d. that I think if it got any airplay I think would do well in the U.S.It's not soft rock it's just a really well-knit talented group of musicians,superbly augmented by Joe Washbourns excellent vocals,great ability on the keyboards/piano and not forgetting the totally lush strings which appear on the few slower tracks.Every time I give this c.d. a listen it gets better and I seem to pick out another song that I think would make a single-they have had 3 single successes in the U.K. so far with Onka's Big Moka(who or what is an Onka?) and believe me with good exposure this c.d. could be one of those slow-burning sellers which can spend a year in the top ten(á la Travis and Stereophonics).If this c.d. had one of those guarantees of 'if you don't like this c.d. we'll give you your money back',I'd bet they'd get very few returns.It really is to me surprisingly good! | 34 stars
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This album ROCKS!!!!!!!!!
There is no better way to put it. The colaboration of some of Christian music's best known artists really made me curious as to how it sounded. I love it! Jeff Bellew's guitar work does not disapoint!This album is one of the best albums to come out in a long time! | 45 stars
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I love Reo
I couldn't find this cd in any stores. I love it and it was in good shape. I couldn't be more happy to find it. | 45 stars
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Country Roads: The Bery Best Of John Denver
I enjoy this collection because it has some of John's old favorites and some of his lesser known songs and all sung in his mature voice. It is a two CD set, BTW. | 34 stars
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Another great album from Carole
Carole King / Wrap Around Joy:This is a review of the album, I have no experience with Amazon's CD-R `made to order' offer.The "Wrap Around Joy" album has more production than her classic Tapestry/Music/Rhymes Trilogy, but this album is just as Masterful as those earlier albums. This album is filled with great songs, many of which became radio hits. This is a very joyful album and is a consistent source of pleasure. Five Stars. | 45 stars
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This is truly a wonderful jazz/funk/r&b experience!!!
Grover Washington, Jr. is definitely known for his many live performances, but this one, in my book is by far one of his most remarkable. Listening to this entire CD engulfs you with passion and delight. It makes you feel like you are actually at the Bijou Cafe, kicking back and grooving at the same time!! I highly recommend this CD to all musicians and music fans!!!! | 45 stars
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stick the finger down your pants
I like both punk/hardcore and Ryan Adams, so I had to check out this album. Pretty good, considering this is really just a couple glorified studio sessions of Adams and Jesse Malin messing around with some (probably drunk) friends. It does well in many of the traditions of the genre -- it's loud, fast, angry and short with few guitar hooks and little to no production. Some of the songs are down-right fun to scream along to, like "No Roolz." That said, I think this is partly just an Adams "f*ck you" to people who want him pick one genre and stick within its confines. While it is totally listenable (given that you enjoy this type of thing), there is better out there. | 23 stars
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love these movies!!
I loved the "Mummy" movies when they first came out and now I have the thrill of being able to watch them whenever I wish. | 45 stars
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Music with soul!
This CD is special. It has soul. That's not an easy thing to do in a climate of heavy radio politics and less than reasonable budgets. The integrity of this group of musicians is inspiring. Mr. Kashiwa is an honest musician and his clarity is to be admired. I've listened to this CD in my car, at work, while I'm jogging, when I'm trying to motivate myself to be honest in my own music compositions and I must say that Simple Truth has had a profound impact on me for many reasons. Probably the biggest reason is because one day when "A Quiet Goodbye" was playing, my young son looked at me and said that he loved this song because it always makes him feel like crying. I asked him if the song made him feel sad. His response still blows me away. He said, "I want to cry because it's beautiful and I can feel the music inside my heart." Nothing could have moved me more than knowing my son found a deep connection to this great music. Kids are the most honest critics I know. My kid gave this CD the highest rating possible, which was his full listening attention from beginning to end. | 45 stars
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Why such wimpy climaxes - is it just me?
Versions like DePreist play so soft in first movement, one wants to crank up volume. Then for climaxes volume must be turned back down. This Stokowski recording is just the opposite. The 1st movement is much louder than any other version, & should actually be cut back on volume. But when climaxes come, WHERE ARE THEY. It almost seems like the supposed soft passages are louder than the climaxes. Regardless of the gorgeous playing, this volume anomaly just jumps out at me. Totally out of balance as far as I am concerned. I don't understand about all the raves in other reviews, and this not mentioned. I love this symphony and have 6 versions, so it's not like I have no point of reference. You will hear it ALL in glorious sound with Haitink, Berglund, and others, but if you like to hear the power when it's written in the music, it's just not here in this version. | 23 stars
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Decent album, remastering job brings the rating up a star
I was looking for this album in June of this year and was intrigued that there was a remaster version from 2010 available. I've always thought there were some good songs on this album but the album as a whole was - pretty good but not great. My wife was interested in this album so I was seeking out a copy for her. Of course with any CD purchase, I had to critically analyze the remastering job and I must say I'm impressed. There is some clarity in the mid range and bass frequencies that I didn't detect before, but the timbrel balance is still pleasing. Dynamic range is also very lifelike. It's amazing how good an album can sound when they optimize the loudness for the CD medium, but still leave the dynamic range intact. I find it hard to believe that this was mastered by the same person (Tony Cousins) who mastered the recent Genesis reissues. The approach on the two projects are completely different. I think this may be proof that Peter Gabriel did not have input on the green Genesis box set, at least as far as the audio production on the stereo CDs was concerned. If you love this album, this 2010 remaster is highly recommended. | 34 stars
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Excellent!!
I bought the 12 DVD collection from Baby Eistein when my baby was about 2 months. I think it has entertained my son ever since, and now he is 2 years old and still loves it. I has helped my son to concentrate and learn diferent shapes, objects, animals, etc. I recomend it | 45 stars
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Oh Norah!
Must you break my heart with your smoky, wistful voice? I thought they stopped making music like this a long time ago. Norah Jones's "Come Away With Me" is fantastic. Some of these torch songs could so easily be overdone, by an insecure artist eager to wow us with her sultriness, but this is a remarkably self-assured performance. I'm not so crazy about her version of Hank Williams 1st's "Cold. Cold Heart", but the rest of the material is smashing, especially "The Nearness of You" and the title track. How can you NOT want to come away with her? | 45 stars
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I love it..but...
Well what is there to say? I think that any green day fan would have to agree that this is one of the best albums that green day has ever released. Or at least I think so. However, I am a Republican and I must say that this album is very politically charged and controversial. A republican could find some of the lyric's quite offending. That would have to be the one thing that I am not so into on this album. But then there are the catchy songs that you can't help putting on repeat on your cd player. These songs consist of She's A Rebel, Whatsername, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and many more. And the music, guitar, etc.. is outstanding and Billy Joe proves again to have a talented and unique voice! | 34 stars
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had the song i waslooking for there was no problems with the cd played like new. shipped fast also. smiles | 45 stars
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an amazing album!!!!
this album is my first from elliot smith cd's series and i think that elliot smith is a great singer and writer. Figur 8 is a great cd and a fantastic opening with "SAN OF SAM".if you like a pop\rock music this cd is for you.I hope this review help you!!. | 34 stars
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Billy Childs, The Master Composer of Real Jazz Today
I have been a fan of Billy's since his days on Windham Hill. My only "problem" with Billy is waiting so long between releases, oh the pain of "waiting..." But, his releases have been worth the wait.Well, this one tops off the entire collection of creations Billy has created.If you simply wish to immerse yourself in the beauty of this sonic pool of beauty, purchase this CD.It is REAL in that there is NO commercial "smooth jazz" BS which has nearly destroyed the category of Jazz with the likes of the Kenny Gs of the world. The compositions and performances are filled with heart, technical skill and "sheer beauty."If you're a fan of Vince Mendoza, this would satisfy your love for the sublime. | 45 stars
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What a let down
One of themost important bands of the 90's. A shell of their former selves. What a waste. Skip this and go straight for Miseracordia. | 01 star
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Dracula as it should be...
I have seen the movie a number of times, and despite the usual wanting areas as found in every good movie, I was thoroughly impressed with that silverscreen interpretation given to us by Coppola. What more, but that the soundtrack is just so amazingly composed, possessing such a perfect blend of choral and instrumental minimalistic romanticism and gothic motif. The extremely repititive (and so rightly so) beating in each track, used to heighten and create a sense of impending terror that is the essential core of the score, is splendidly contrasted with the disquietingly innocent theme of Lucy as found in Track 4 and parts of Track 6. In these tracks, we can slowly listen to the coquettish and promiscuous Lucy fall deeper and deeper into the depths of Hell, becoming "the Devil's concubine!" Listen, too, carefully to Track number 12 for an especially delightful invocation of demonic music as the vampiresses attack Van Helsing and Mina at Dracula's castle. The only woe on this CD is the last track "Love Song for a Vampire" written and sung by Annie Lennox. Being myself a stickler for authenticity in all respects to the period in which any production is supposed to take place, I thought that the song was grossly out of place. In any case, the rest of the CD was of such superb quality, that it must deserve the whole five stars. | 45 stars
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They Still Rock the Music Industry!
U2 has always been a major band in the music industry with many hit singles and grammy wins. All That You Can't Leave Behind is another example of an excellent CD that they have managed to pull off. To start out in the '80s and rise up the charts and still stay popular 20 years later is amazing. Their newest, most recent CD shows that they still have the talent and stamina to make great, original music. U2's lyrics are what makes their songs so great alongs with the Edge's guitar and Bono's voice. They are not real personal in their songs like so many other bands and artists. They focus on the world, people and abstract qualities. All That You Can't Leave Behind may be a great CD but it doesn't surpass The Joshua Tree nor The Unforgettable Fire. U2 is a band that keeps on giving and will not die. Their music continues to remain popular with adults and has even attracted teenagers. A.T.Y.C.L.B. seems to hold a more techno/hip-hop allure for the younger crowd. Just goes to show that U2 is still strong and is as popular as ever! | 34 stars
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Classic Lightfoot!
I bought my first copy of this album in 1971, from a cut-out bin! I quickly became a Lightfoot fanatic and learned most of the songs on it by heart, playing a lot of them in my own stage act. The CD release is a return to the original, for many years, you couldn't find this album with 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' on it. It's a very refreshing look at a classic album. Listen to the words in songs like 'Song for a Winter's Night' and you see into the heart of a poet! | 45 stars
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Maybe All Is Full of Love
Björk's piece "All Is Full of Love" on her album, Homogenic, is nothing short of a spiritual experience. Now this may seem to be a very strong statement, and I guess it is. Perhaps, it is not one that I should be making. Perhaps, it is much too strong. However, I would like to follow in the footsteps of much electronic and Technosonic music; just as much of this genre of music has been questioned and criticized as to not being art, as to not being music, I dare you to criticize my statement. I refuse to not give this song the credit it deserves. I am going to be bold just like Technosonic artists, such as Luigi Russolo, have done in the past, and I am going to say once again that "All Is Full of Love" is nothing short of a spiritual experience.Björk's talent is incredible, and she may have the most haunting voice I have ever heard. It almost has an ethereal quality and feels as if she could be singing from a different realm; one where people know something that we don't here, where they know some clue about life, and all of us are just dying to get the answer.It's not only her voice in this song that makes it so breathtaking, and yes, spiritual. Rather, it is the way she layers her voice amidst all the other elements of the song, and how she manages to layer all of those elements together as well. There is so much depth to this song, and it makes it not only beautiful to listen to, but it aids in the message of the piece that she is trying to share with the listeners: All is full of love.If anything catches me at all about this song, it is the way that Björk uses the different musical elements to aid in telling a story, to aid in sharing a message. She utilizes them in new ways, and it is in her experimentation with elements, and like many electronic musicians before her, her lack of fear when it comes to being innovative and being different that enables her to create something so different. She shows the listeners that maybe different is not such a bad thing after all.One example of the layering of musical elements that I was referring to is the use orchestral instruments in this piece. Björk starts off the piece with a moving, driving rhythm of orchestral instruments, particularly strings, which continue through a short crescendo until her voice is introduced. Just as she begins to sing and starts giving the introduction to her powerful message, the strings behind her seem to fade into a mystical echo, and the listeners hear the occasional strum of guitar strings or harps strings behind her. The use of these instruments helps to make this message seem more moving and significant. What is probably most enticing about it is that while uses these traditional instruments, she still manages to keep them beautiful by utilizing them in a nontraditional way. She finds a good balance and doesn't significantly degrade and play with the orchestral instruments too much as some electronic artist sometimes do, which often times just ends up taking away from the piece.The other element of this song that is probably most effective is Björk's use of panning. Now, if you did not notice this upon listening, please, do yourself a favor and go listen to the song again. You honestly cannot get the full effect of this song, feel that "spiritual experience," and be so taken over by the message if you don't hear how the panning interacts with the vocals. When she starts the chorus that just repeats "All is full of love," a higher pitched voice is introduced (repeating the same message) and the message pans between the speakers. It is one of the most effective techniques I have ever heard in a song because as you are being told that "All is full of love," you are hearing the message in all the space around you; it is traveling from left to right and back again. This panning is intermixed with her original pitched vocals repeating "All is love," which is going into a crescendo, and there is also a sound that seems to be in front of you; it resembles something similar to the sound of a rain stick, but with more electronic tones that decrescendos as it plays. It truly feels as if you are being immersed in an experience, not just a musical experience, but a real experience that has the ability to grab your emotions and teach you something.If you have not gotten anything from this review, please just remember this: great music is an experience and it creates a one-of-a- kind moment. Maybe you will disagree, but if you really want to experience that feeling, go listen to this piece. It will truly move you. It moved me. Björk's artistry has shown me that maybe all is full of love, or at least I am full of love for this piece. | 45 stars
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This is probably the best Blue System Album.
For whatever reason, Dieter signs better on this particular album on all the songs. All the tracks are very good and I would say this is the best Blue System album along with "Body to Body" although I prefer this "21st Century" one. If you want a cross between old Modern Talking sound and new dance beat tunes, then this album is for you. | 45 stars
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Very Powerful Album
This album is too real for words. Try to watch the movie if you can find it. The film does a great job showing how mankind is screwing up the planet. All in pictures and music, words pale. The music without the film is still very powerful- and the recording is great. I live in an old church, I cranked the stereo way up to the point where the walls were vibrating, the effect was very powerful and spiritual. | 45 stars
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Classic
Although it wasn't meant to, this album really brushed off all the trendy and unimaginative fans. It did however, deeply satisfy the fans who truly understand Madonna. The fans who understand her when she says "I didn't get into music because I thought I had a great voice or was a great dancer; I got into music because I have something to say."The attitude on this album is incredible. Fierce and reflective. Fun and empowering. The opening song "Erotica" is a demanding turn-on and Madonna isn't afraid to express her fantasy bluntly just as in "Where Life Begins." Equally in-your-face is "Bye Bye Baby" - a fun and liberating end to a nasty relationship. "Bad girl" is an addictively touching account of a low point in one's life (beautiful short-film music video by the way). "Rain" and "In This Life" are also softer, moving songs. "Thief Of Hearts" is a nasty confrontation! "Deeper and Deeper" is so much fun - you'll love it. "Why's it So Hard" is an agreeable call for peace and equal rights. "Secret Garden" brings things to an end quite gracefully. The only genuine throw-away is "Did You Do It?" which is Madonna just having fun with some rappers...not bad but would have made a better b-side. The other 13 songs for the most part are extremely valuable gems to Madonna's expanding catalog.Now that the dust has settled, it's clear that this album is not only a classic but drastically adds to Madonna's "legend" status which will reach people for years and years to come. | 45 stars
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But I've waited my whole life for just one...
... . Sure, I'll admit owning several of their albums may not be for everyone, but as cliche as it has become, it's still a truism-any self-respecting fan of independent rock (especially during the 80's hayday), needs their debut. Now that the album has been rereleased, each may choose his preferred edition. I like the original version because it keeps the album (almost) as succinct as it was originally meant to be. Yet to each his own, just grab one of them. Why can't the debut be ignored? You of course first of all get all the classics-"Blister in the Sun", "Kiss Off", "Gone Daddy Gone", and a song that (as much as I hate to praise single songs over albums as a whole) is probably worth the price of the entire disc alone-"Add it Up", a fave of many fans. I love the comment someone made about Holden Caulfield-drawing comparisons between two pieces of art (esp. of different mediums) is a lot of fun and this one definately fits. There are also some other great songs to discover, like "Confessions". The two bonus tracks are luckily pretty harmless, but I always am making comparisons about the original ending vs. the new ending. Originally "Good Feeling" ended the LP on a positive note. However, "Gimme the Car" seems almost a more perfect ending now, as it takes one more glorious dive into the major themes of the album- adolescent confusion, desire, and pain. The lyrics about "hating your life" especially sum up the negative adolescent vibe of the album well. Anyway, just get it-it certainly won't hurt your coolness factor in the least. | 45 stars
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Good collection for the price
For the price I was not disappointed in this collection. I purchased my CD used so I purchased additional CD's with the titles I wanted. | 34 stars
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Funny, But Not in a Good Way
At first I thought it was a satirical recording making fun of overly dramatic holiday music. Then I realized it was meant to be serious. Sad. | 01 star
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fun for kids (and even adults!)-- gently teaches a great approach to life
The Koala Brothers series is fun, original, and a great choice for families. The characters are nice "people" (okay, echidnas, koalas, tortoises, etc.!), but not perfect. They learn important lessons in each episode.The claymation in this series is adorable. The animal characters are interesting and endearing. This is a series with good values, yet it doesn't take a preachy approach. Instead, it just illustrates some dilemmas which kids can face, and shows the characters learning from experience how to handle these situations. It also is really based around the idea that in life we should "always try to help!"-- what a great message to reinforce.Best of all (?!), unlike many programs for kids the Koala Brothers series is NOT torture for adults to watch this series with kids-- you'll find it entertaining, too. | 45 stars
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not so much
disappointing I must say - I was one who imagined all of her success came from one track on the last album anyway tho - I have much respect for Norah Jones - just not sure I would buy another CD....after I listened to the full stream here at amazon I decided NOT to buy this one. only came back to see what other reviewers had to say. | 12 stars
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decent voice but typical
While Underwood has a decent voice, she has no stage presence or charisma, which one needs to hold their audience for very long. While she'll be packaged well by the music company, they can't make up for the lack of uniqueness, as Underwood is pretty much a clone of too many other singers out there. There's nothing unique or outstanding about her voice that will hold people's attention for long, although being the winner of American Idol will get some people's attention for a while. But expect her to do a Kelly Clarkson not too far in the future by changing her appearance and becoming more of a clone of the typical female singer with a little bit of talent. | 23 stars
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Fun Pink Floyd: an oxymoron?
Good ol' Syd Barrett was the main catalyst behind this weird, whimsical psychedelic masterpiece. Though is not the best Floyd album, it is probably one of the poppiest and least self-important. Granted, not every Floyd fan has to love this. But, you can't overestimate how important this album (and Barrett) were. If it was not for Barrett, the name Pink Floyd would not exist, and a lot of psychedelic music and Floyd's subsequent work, echeoed the album's songs. "Bike" has to be the highlight here, Barrett proving to all doubters that he is one of the great eccentrics. | 45 stars
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Who-per Dee-dooper!!
I'm not daring enough to give Who's Next anything less than five stars for fear of rabid fans who may kill me, but if I could, this album would only get four-and-a-half from me. "No!!"you say, "It has Baba' O Riley, Behind Blue Eyes and Won't Get Fooled again! This kid's a moron!" Yes, I am aware that Who's Next showcases a trio of fantastically epic and popular songs. But unlike the undisputable classics of rock, say for example, Rubber Soul, Who's Next has little "superb" material beyond the threesome. There are three other songs I enjoy, but they are each flawed in some respect. Bargain is the "raunchy rocker" of the album, though in many cases, very cheesy and overblown as well. Love Ain't For Keeping is a nice little piece, but it could never be a "classic" due to it only being a nice LITTLE piece. I really do like My Wife, in fact, Entwistle has my favorite voice of the Who, but it is slowed by boring chord progressions (good thing there is a synth on this album). Then there are the three middle songs, which range from mediocre to stupid. Song Is Over is far to overthought, and does not compell me an any way. In fact, the latter could be said as well for Going Mobile and Getting In Tune. "Hey" you shout, "This kid sounds like he hates this album! And it has Baba' O Reilly, Behind BLue Eyes, and wOn't Get Fooled Again!!" No, I do not hate this album at all. I love it. But when you give something enough hype, the product tends to let you down in the end. Luckily, there are several "Bonus Tracks" added to the oirignal LP version to spice it up a little. It really helps. Water, Baby Don't You Do It, and Naked Eye are very good tracks. It also boosts the replay value of the CD. So, while WHos NExt is most certainly not the most consistent album of our time, it features, yes Baba O' Reilly, Behind Blue Eyes, and Won't Get fooled Again, as well as some other diamonds in the the rough to give enough satisfaction for the purchase. | 45 stars
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DON'T OVERLOOK THIS ONE ...
Cheap Trick released this hard to follow album on the heals of their successful "Dream Police". I own plenty of Cheap Tricks material, but I keep coming back to "All Shook Up". It rocks with true intensity on every cut.I believe the reason I like this album over other Cheap Trick releases is the production value. Producer George Martin (of Beatles fame) gets credit for incorporating sonic blasts of pure 80's pop throughout. Stop This Game is a great song with Robin Zander singing his heart out on every note. Believe me this is a great sing-a-long album.Drummer Bun E. Carlos has never sounded better on cuts like Who D' King and Just Got Back.If you grew up on a steady diet of the Cars, Styx, Kansas and all the other 80's AOR music, don't overlook this hidden Cheap Trick treasure! If you like great production values and Robin Zander singing like he's never sung before ... buy this release. | 34 stars
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a change of pace
I used to be attracted to their old songs such as "Seether" but after listening to this album, I realize it's these songs that's really worth listening to, with Soft yet Hard rock songs mixed in with their angst & emotions. For lack of a better word... I think it's "prettier" this way.Don't be fooled--this album is NOT like their old albums so do not expect it. Fans of their old music probably would want to steer away. But fans of good alternative/rock music would probably give this a listen. It's good. | 45 stars
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Is this disc worthy of 5-stars, really?
What other music do you folks listen to? I've always enjoyed the Apples' discs for a single listen, nothing more; the music is rather superfluous. I'm growing rather tired of the whiny voiced Robert Schneider, not to mention his electronically enhanced nasal whine that is heard on many of these tunes. Comparing the guy to Brian Wilson is a big mistake, just on vocals alone, not to mention songwriting skills. I'd compare him to other Wilson wannabes, like that guy from the High Llamas or others from the Elephant 6 collective. Essentially, the disc is full of basic, repetitive 3-chord rock tunes, some with back-up vocals...and the occasional odd electronic instrumental track thrown in, as well as a 'kitchen sink' assortment of 'throwaways' tossed in for good measure. A poor-man's Fountains of Wayne with a Jeff Lynne complex, perhaps? Put on some Wondermints if you want to listen to a band that sounds like Brian Wilson!! Or, for better pop/indie sounds, pick up the Minders, the Long Winters, or Linus of Hollywood. | 12 stars
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Bella Donna CD
One of my favorite albums from the past. Could not find in stores anymore so was thrilled to find it at Amazon! Great seller with fast delivery! | 45 stars
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Excellent Blend of Two Styles of Byzantine Chant
The product description here doesn't tell you that this album features two different performing artists on alternating tracks.Lycourgos Angelopoulos is well respected in the world of Byzantine chant musicians for his fine work at preserving this glorious ancient liturgical Christian music in the original Greek. Here we find examples of the more melismatic styles of Greek chant.The surprise for me when I first listened to this recording was the delicate and angelic voice of the Serbian Orthodox woman, Divna Ljubojevic. For a brief moment I thought I was listening to Celtic music, but some of the melodies will be familiar to those who have attended Orthodox services where Slavic-style music is sung.So here we have two alternating, and contrasting, versions of Byzantine chant. My first time through the recording, I was surprised at this juxtaposition of the two styles, but then I listened to the Greek separately, with its use of microtones, and then the Serbian, with its more Western-sounding tonal system. Now I find the combination to be a refreshing way to approach this prayerful and diverse music.The track titles will give the listener a hint to the text that is being sung, but unfortunately there are no transliterated texts or translations in the liner notes.For me, the exciting discovery on this recording is the voice of Divna. I will be looking for more works by her in the future. | 45 stars
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Great CD
I've read some of the other reviews and am floored that anybody doesn't like this CD. Now, I'm not a collector or anything like that, but our whole family loves the Sound of Music and everyone has loved this CD. We keep it in the car and it has made many a roadtrip much more pleasant. | 45 stars
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A very good CD
This cd is really good, I have memorized all the songs.When their was me and you is my favorite song on this CDWhere all in this togeather is my second favorite song on this CD.If you like the movie the CD is just the same.Grade: A++++++ | 45 stars
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Murder for Life
I'm not much for words. So.... Pretty good album. Go buy it. | 34 stars
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You've Been Warned!
Your feeble heart cannot function without this CD. Your left atria will collapse into your cathartic valve rendering you forever unable to hear this amazing song on this amazing disc, as well as dead.If you do not own at least 3 copies of this CD you will be driven mad by the emptiness, causing you steep into a depression that will forever shadow your painful life.In order to ensure future health and prosperity you must buy 5 copies of this disc and send it to 5 additional people with the note that they must do the same. If you ignore this request there will be dire consequences. A woman in Lamerton, Illonois complied with request and the next day she won the lottery! It was five precious dollars that she was able to spend on Q-tips for her cats. You too can live this dream if you continue this chain of pop magic. | 45 stars
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How sad that people can judge...
How sad that people can judge Brit's CD without even listening to it. People who are reviewing the CD here, I'm sure most giving it one star has not even heard half of the tracks. People judge Britney on the way she dresses and the way she acts on stage, and also the countless amount of rumors that the tabloids and every other magazine likes to write about Britney. The truth is, music isn't all about the vocals, and to judge Brit on her vocals only is a sad thing. Why would people listen to Mozart and Chopin if music is all about vocals?Truth be told, this is probably one the best POP albums you'll ever be able to buy. Britney has done it again. I am a Britney fan, but to be honest I did not like her past albums [besides Oops... I Did it Again]. This album shows the versatality Britney has and how she can pull off just about every type of genre of music there is. If you are looking for a CD to buy now, or you happen to be a store that sells the Brit CD, get it right away. Brit's past songs might disappoint, but the new LP won't. | 45 stars
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A superb debut receiving a generous reissue.
Living Colour is a band whose appearance gets more attention than their music-- being the "all black" heavy metal group seems to be more critical to the press and publicity folks than anything else. Indeed, the cover of this reissue bears a sticker that reads "the groundbreaking rap/rock fusion album", which leads me to believe entirely that the person who put that sticker on there had never actually heard Living Colour before.Living Colour grew out of the Black Rock Coalition-- an organization started by (among others) guitarist Vernon Reid for black musicians interested in playing rock music. Reid, British born but a longtime New York resident, was well known on the downtown New York jazz scenes courtesy of his tenure in Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society. An guitarist of unnerving technique and speed, he assembled a number of bands under the name Living Colour before settling on this quartet-- bassist Muzz Skillings, drummer Will Calhoun (both graduates of the Berklee School of Muisc) and vocalist Corey Glover (who Reid met at a birthday party and was suitably impressed with a rendition of "Happy Birthday"). In Skillings and particularly Calhoun, Reid had a rhythm section with the ability to express themselves in dozens of forms, and in Glover he had a vocalist who could produce depths of soul or rage upon demand. Somehow Mick Jagger became hip to them, and the result was a deal with Sony and their debut album, "Vivid".Essentially an album of extraordinarily well executed hard rock music-- with more in common with Led Zeppelin than contemporary "metal" acts, "Vivid" is a fantastic debut. What makes the album is the level of subtlety in the music-- take hit song "Cult of Personality"-- essentially riff-based rock, it's so well executed that you barely notice the rhythm guitar drops out during Reid's solo as Skillings managed to fill the space. But while the opener is a slab of hard rock, the band moves through soulful metal (the unbelievable "Open Letter to a Landlord"), great rock ("Middle Man"), fantastic love songs ("I Want to Know"), funk ("Funny Vibe") and the Talking Heads ("Memories Can't Wait"). Along the way, the band tackles topics as politics ("Cult of Personality"), housing ("Open Letter..."), racism ("Funny Vibe") and the failure of the American dream ("Which Way to America?"). The album's not altogether flawless-- "Middle Man" lacks the energy it'd carry live, "What's Your Favorite Color?" was a spectacularly bad idea, and I'm one of the folks who just can't deal with glitzy pop song "Glamour Boys", but there's so much good on here, it's easy to forget.This reissue is augmented by a series of bonus tracks-- a couple live performances, a performance of "Funny Vibe" featuring a full rap vocal, and a stunning cover of the Clash classic "Should I Stay Or Should I Go". In addition, it benefits vastly from remastering with extraordinarily enhanced sound.Living Colour did better albums, but this one is no slouch, and probably the best place to begin examining their career. Recommended. | 34 stars
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Punk's Princesses showoff
The Donnas new album is not only well written and well played. The new album is fun as hell, the kind of album you could put in at a party and keep everyone happy. From the new single Take it off you can only get a little bit of The Donnas freedom of life. Do yourself a favor and buy the album and you won't regret it. Full of awesome punk riffs and kickin drums this album is as exciting as their last ones. The Donnas definitely came to put their name on the top of the girl punk list where it belongs. | 45 stars
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Newly Amazed
Is 'a music fan drunk?! Mainstream? I don't think so, very very good cd, truely hard to stop listening to, fighter is a special song, must resist moshing! | 45 stars
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Potentially Offensive, But Captivating Nonetheless
I usually do not listen to rap music, however, this is among my favorite CDs. I borrowed this CD from a co-worker to listen to while I was working and found myself paying more attention to the lyrics than to the work I was supposed to be doing. Although one may find the subject matter of many of his songs extremely offensive, this CD clearly displays his extraordinary talent not only as a rapper, but as a lyricist as well. Obviously this is not a CD for young listeners, but it is one well worth the money spent for those mature listeners who can appreciate talent in the midst of potentially offensive lyrics. | 45 stars
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Simply Brilliant
Great song selection. Great performances. Great production/sound quality. I only wish they had included some of his earlier work when he was "just" a piano player, before he became known as a singer. Nat was a very under-rated jazz pianist. Otherwise, highly recommended | 45 stars
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Masterpiece of American Life
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was a legendary six years in the making with Lucinda recording it from scratch twice and refusing to release a product that was anything short of perfect. And like her two previous albums that is exactly what it is. Weaving her eclectic brand of folk, rock, pop, country, gospel and soul around these tales of barflies, imprisoned lovers, fallen idols, distant memories, aftermaths of relationships and the roads we have taken, and the landscapes we have crossed to get to them, Lucinda Williams has created a masterpiece of American life and an album that is destined to stand the test of time.Each of these 14 songs is exquisitely put together, yet during a first listen they come off sounding simple. It is only after multiple listens that we hear the level of craft that went into each song. On Drunken Angel, as she sings about a dead musician, "Blood spilled out from the hole in your heart over the strings of your guitar The worn down places in the wood that once made you feel so good" a quivering harmonica solo reminds us of the fragility of life. Singing about the wall between her and her imprisoned lover in Concrete and Barbed Wire a mournful fiddle enters as her voice begins to crack. Background vocals and an organ are added to the mix as the wall described in the lyrics is constructed musically. The arrangements are so real you can feel the wind blowing in through the screen door, the warmth of the sun pouring down onto the back porch, and you can hear the crunch of the car wheels.These songs are about remembrance, of the faces of ordinary people in bars, the roads we drive down, past lovers and the familiar places and towns we go to find escape. But unlike many songwriters, where memories are filled with ghosts and a sense of hopelessness pervades every song, Car Wheels is about salvation. It is about the quiet moments during the day, when alone, we find ourselves reflecting on the past. She takes simple moments, often vaguely remembered and turns them into moments of realization, all welded together by her economical prose. Themes that it would take most artists a whole album to convey, Lucinda Williams does in one line. Summing up a relationship in Metal Firecracker, one of the best songs on the album, she sings "All I ask, don't tell anybody the secrets I told you"Her voice is Dylanesque, range-less, forcing her to wring it dry for all it's worth. She cracks, quivers, whispers, shouts, her voice at once detached, angry, demanding, sorrowful and beautiful. By the time the last song "Jackson", comes on we get the feeling of having taken a journey. It is the perfect album closer. A plaintive guitar ballad about moving on her voice belies the lyrics. All the way to Jackson, I don't think I'll miss you much Once I get to Lafayette, I'm not gonna mind one bit Once I get to Baton Rouge, I won't cry a tear for you Once I get to Vicksburg, I don't think I'll feel an urge All the way to Jackson, I don't think I'll miss you much. It's going to take awhile to escape the pain but with each mile she travels the tears quietly fall, like leaves, to the dirt road and we know that once she gets to Jackson, hope and salvation will be there waiting for her. | 45 stars
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Brilliant musician - very good composer.
This documentary unapologetically has a mission: to elevate Charles Mingus' status to "great" composer. Whether he is or is not can be argued, but when compared with the likes of Duke Ellington who was unquestionably a great composer, he might move down just a notch. A "great" bass player? Unquestionably. Herein lies my complaint: not enough focus on Mingus the bass player. That being said, this documentary makes it clear that Mingus and music are one. The most introspective moments come in the form of home movies of Mingus sitting at the piano composing. One scene in particular has him playing "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on an old upright to his daughter. Clearly this documentary was a work of love put together by those who revere his music and want to keep it alive. Make no mistake, the music is great and this documentary is a worthy effort. | 34 stars
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NO LIMIT'S BACK!
This album was definitely worth the wait! No Limit is coming back in the Y2G! The best song is Wobble Wobble, but some other tight songs are Roll Roll, Whodi, If You Real Keep It Real, and Movin Things! This is a must-have for ALL No Limit fans! | 34 stars
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New Sound But Great
Well I just took the time to read a couple reviews about this album. I read one and some guy totally dissed the band with their new sound. This cd is great, but it is not their best. I've got all 3 of A7X's albums and each one is spectacular. Yes, it may not have the big screams and the dark lyrics, but just think of it as another side to a band. Each band has got 2 sides. I admit M. Shadows whines a lot while singing, and they did make some pathetic songs but it's still a very enjoyable album. S. Gates has some perfect guitar solos and The Rev played with some extremely heavy beats. They've got a very weird choice of backround music too like in sidewinder, the wicked end, and strength of the world. It's still really good. I can't wait to see them live. | 45 stars
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a piece of America -
I disagree with those who say these have poor sound quality. Older records don't need to be cleaned-up to fit the perfect digital world of today. I was interested in some of the softer, jazzier pieces - the kind of thing that Chuck Berry doesn't get credit for: Havana Moon, Around and Around, Merry Christmas Baby, My Dream. These discs show that he was not just a 'rock genius' - but a well-rounded composer and musician. | 45 stars
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Positively beautiful from Yasunori Mitsuda
From playing the epic game for the original SNES, Chrono Trigger stands as one of the greatest PRG games next to the Final Fantasy series for SNES among other console systems. When playing the game, the music captures your attention as you play through the different emotions of the game and storyline throughout...Through intense battles, different horizons when traveling through time, and the sad times where a certain member departs from your party in the game, the music says something. Most people will often think that the music is just something played in a game or movie to simply ADD to the scenes, but I see that music like this, for a game in the older generation of gaming, is a perfect example of great music (sure technology has advanced so much, but the music for CT was made so well for the game on SNES). Add the soundtrack to your library of other music and make a special place for this one, cause it's a gem. | 45 stars
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Great instrumental Christmas music
I'm mainly writing this review to counteract the 1 star review given by the person that bought the wrong CD! Anyway, it really is a wonderful collection of instrumental Christmas music featuring dulcimer, guitar, and flute. | 45 stars
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Buy It!!
This is a great hard-rock CD. Who cares about the cheering? Angus really kicks it on this. Even if you are a middle-aged, bald guy like me, buy it, stick it in your car CD player, open the windows, and CRANK IT!!! Worth every penney (dollar). | 34 stars
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SHAM 69's Masterpiece & Best UK Punk/Pub-Rock LP Of All-Time!
I was a 15 year old kid (who was born a metalhead but was just getting into hardcore punk and Oi/street punk) and had read about this supposedly classic punk group that nearly solely started the Oi! movement (unintentionally) called SHAM 69. So off to the a record store I went and bought the only SHAM 69 album they had in stock: "That's Life" from 1978. Since that day (nearly 15 years ago now) this record (and SHAM 69 in general) has existed in my mind within this near-god-like world of unsung rock (yes, SHAM 69 were just as much a band of hooligan pub-rockers as they were mohawk adorned UK punkers, if you don't believe me listen to SHAM 69's "That's Life" and EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS-"Life On The Line" back to back, and keep in mind that "Life On The Line" was from 1977 and "That's Life" from 1978) bands. THE WHO's "Tommy" is constantly adored by the rock press as this amazing "rock opera" and as a veritable untouchable plateau of creative brilliance. While the WHO do deserve credit for attempting an ambitious theme driven "opera"-like album, "Tommy" has some real flaws and is often given far too much love from the rock press. After all it only took a little over 10 years for a band called SHAM 69 and their LP "That's Life" to make "Tommy" sound like an over-long, disorganized mess with half a story. SHAM 69 managed to create a coherent story, with continuity, while using half as much vinyl as "Tommy"! SHAM 69's "That's Life" is the TRUE punk/rock (slash intended) "opera"! The album brilliantly follows a day or two in the life of a typical working class British lad and subsequently reflects the life of every 18-20 year kid discovering the cold realities of mundane adult life. From his parents bitching, to his boss firing him for being late (for the hundreth time), to fun at the pub and winning at the track, to loose chicks and breaking the law, this is the life of ANY WORKING CLASS LAD!!! But on a simple album level, the factor that really pushes "That's Life" into that realm occupied by only the select few, is the fact that the SONGS ARE SO DAMN COMPELLING!!! These tunes just make you wanna get up, quit your job, call your friends, go to the bars, get buzzed, raise hell, and most importantly, be 19 again. Quite simply: TO LIVE and not just from 9 to 5! There have literally (and I can't believe I'm going to admit this in print) been times these songs have brought me to tears...They are just so authentic and it's the life story every punk, outcast, or just ordinary bloke (with a decent brain), has lived and can identify with. So you can certainly buy "That's Life" because you want to hear the greatest working class "punk opera" ever OR you can pick it up because you wanna hear the greatest collection of street punk/pub-rock/drinking tunes ever produced. Either way, you're picking up a damn rockin' album with an emotional impact that will never lose its appeal and never be surpassed...Jimmy you ruled. And if you DO end up buying "That's Life" and falling in love with it (which is a guaranteed side-effect of "That's Life" syndrome), go buy the other classic SHAM 69 albums ("Tell Us The Truth", "Adventures of Hersham Boys", and "The Game") as well as totally killer trio of EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS albums: "Teenage Depression", "Life On The Line", and "Thriller". Hell, while your at at it, be sure to grab up CHELSEA's "Chelsea", "Alternative Hits", and "Evacuate" albums as well! This especially makes sense now that all the SHAM 69, EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS, and CHELSEA albums are affordably available in awesome sounding remastered CD form with much care taken by labels who understand the need to preserve the integrity of vinyl's audio warmth when mastering to CD, with massive liner notes and pictures, and great layouts! Man were the late-70's British rock and punk scenes great!!!!! Give me SHAM 69, EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS, and CHELSEA and I'm set for a my deserted island......That's life! | 45 stars
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This my favorite album to date
The is a wonderful combination of many neo musical movements and yet avoids becoming cliche in any form, a wonderful step from the misuse and abuse of horn players that most ska and punkers use | 45 stars
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Example of Someone Who Doesn't Know What They Are Saying
WARNING-This is just an example of what the pethetic,follow the crowd,think they know what they are saying,big shot that give death metal a bad name people say-in no way is this making fun of Cannibal Corpse but making fun of TRL fan losers(i love C C!!)- " Yo guys!! Wut is up in here? Cool yo!! Yo i was tripping out when i started to hear this music a playing in my crib yo and it sounded weird and different yo and not popular you know what i'm saying? So i decided it wasn't on TRL or rap or anything popular so i just like dissed it you know i'm saying. Yo this isn't cool like me or popular music. Popular music is supposed to be repetitive and not musically talented or anything good that has to do with popular music like Limp Bizkit. Yo they just keep rolling and throwing out those pointless and stupid lyrics and same old un technical easy riffs 4eva dog!! Yo another cool one is Linkin Park!! Dude...these guys are so bad they make me want to hide and shiver. Yo they are so bad with their slow riffs and piano riffs in their songs and they are so bad they jump on stage!! How wild and rebelious is that?!? Yo!! Cannibal Corpse wishes that they were as bad as the bizket with there chocolate starfish and other food products and linkin park with their piano slow music!!!Yo Cannibal Corpse wishes they were that bad even though Liberman and Dole tried to get them banned in the USA,and they are banned from playing Germany,and are banned in New Zealand and 2 other countries. They wish they were as bad as them!Yo either you like popular music or you don't and you aren't cool know what i'm saying? So please don't listen to anything with music that is hard to play or wit vocal notes that are very challenging to make and sound good and not boring or want to put you to sleep. So please listen to cool stuff that is so bad and rebelious and makes you a gang member and if someone plays C C...kindly ask them to turn it down a skotch. Peace yall! I'm outta here to listen to some Korn!!Wow!!!Wow this is loud and bad!O that guitar work is so good!!Over and over again low riffs!!1 I love it!!!! Peace!!!Tu Pac lives!!!!"-sorry i had to show you that embarrissing mess.Got to go burn some Drowning Pool and Limp Bizket cds outside with my friends!!Say no to lame music!!Later. | 45 stars
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Fresh, sophisticated, fabulous holiday collection
Dianne and company bring sophisticated jazz arrangements to traditional holiday favorites and a few more obscure tunes. About 300 percent better than the average holiday CD! | 45 stars
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SUPER
Got the original album cover that was no longer produced at one point.The track Descending -Just youtube and listen to it.[...] | 45 stars
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Just Not Good At All
Save your money and buy the Echolyn CD instead. They blow this stuff away. | 01 star
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Coming out strong!!
All I can say is "oh my damn"!!! Anthony Hamilton's cd is so good I don't even have the words to describe it!! Every single track is "fiya" (that means really great for those who don't know:)My favs are Charlene, Float, I Tried, Better Days, I'm A Mess and Mama Knew Love. Those are my favorites but like I said every track is off the damn chain!! A definite buy for a those who need music to relax to. | 45 stars
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Surrender Your Senses
Nothing I say about this record will ever do it justice, and that's saying something cause God knows I always have a thing or two to say about everything. Let's just say that I can't wait to see Feeder live! After listening to this record non-stop for the past 2 months, I am addicted to this band and anything they do.This is really not a surprise since I am always a huge fan of anything British, especially British music! They produce the best music hands down (come one! Duran Duran, The Killers, Oasis, Coldplay, The Cranberries, K's Choice, Snow Patrol, Keane, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, George Michael, Ronan Keating, Mark Owen, Daniel Bedingfield, Sting, Seal, Aqualung, David Grey, ... I know I am forgetting some!)The tracks that literally take my breath away every single time I listen to them are Morning Life, Pain on Pain, Tender, Dove Grey Sand, and Frequency. Unbelievable harmonic melodies with great, touching lyrics to boot! No band or artist had quite this effect on me since Tori Amos' Winter back in 1991.The shock of all of this is that this record isn't released in the US domestically. You have to buy it as IMPORT for triple its price or you can always buy it from Amazon.co.uk.I don't care how you get it, just get it. You'll love it! | 45 stars
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easy to learn, difficult to master
This is not a note-for-note transcription of John Hurt's songs. Rather, Sebastian and Traum try to convey the feel of Hurt's style as they have come to interpret it. Not to say that they've changed the songs much -- they will get you very close, and then the finer details can be picked up by listening to the records. Also it becomes quite easy to figure out songs not included in the DVD once you have gotten the hang of it.It's worth mentioning that they do not teach you how to fingerpick, so it would be helpful to have a little experience with that style. (don't worry -- the only "fingerpicking" song I knew before the DVD was Paul McCartney's much simpler "Blackbird," and I was able to pick up the basics of John Hurt in a few weeks.) The songs are nonetheless difficult to master, especially if you plan on sometimes singing along with them, as everyone should.Finally, the conversation between Traum and Sebastian and the interview with Sam Hood are warm and fascinating. 4 stars because they could have included more of John's songs and definitely could have discussed more about his life in Greenwich Village. | 34 stars
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