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AHHH! Stop the Madness!
What happened to music these days? It is mind-boggling how an untalented creation of record companies can become a star (if you want to call her that). Nobody can honestly tell me they think she has a great voice. Maybe she can sing OK for a 15 year old, but that is why 15 year olds don't sing professionally! To me Mandy is a puppet controlled by her managers or whatever, and she could never ever be a real strong female performer. I hope she goes away soon...for the sake of the music industry! | 0negative
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Excellent Album!
All I have to say is WOW! This is quite possibly the best album I've heard in a while. All the songs on it stray from the sound of their original self-titled realease, but from my perspective it was a step in the right direction. Saying that is VERY hard for me given that their first album was on non-stop play in my car for about a year.As far as the new album goes, they have adopted a variety of sounds from emo to screamo and plain old alt-rock. Be wary of my wording because I don't quite think those categories fit their sound but it's what has bounced around in my head while listening to it. My favorite songs have to be The Kill and most importantly R-Evolve. I think both songs truly capture the emotion and raw passion that this group has for music.Through various plays in my car I have converted several people who swore they would never listen to this group. A true testament to the genius the guys put into the record. Definitely pick this one up!!! | 1positive
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Truly Sad
The most pathetic little piece of garbage that I have EVER had the displeasure of hearing. If I had a fast car ( and I do), I would drive as far away from this recycled crap as possible. | 0negative
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Brainwave Suite Delta
his is the second copy of this CD I have purchased. it seems like my family wants a copy as well. cxcxx xcxxx xcxc | 1positive
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I Rather Hear Static
This album was obviously put out by a bunch of jealous studio musicians who were never asked to participate on Donald and Walter's albums. With all the great output from Steely Dan lately, I can't think of any reason to buy this. | 0negative
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all i can say is "feh"
what ever happened to the good old times we had on Smash? | 0negative
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bad. really, really bad.
if i could give this CD a 0, i would. her voice is good, but she sings about the same thing over and over- its always about some guy. it gets annoying after about 3 minutes. | 0negative
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A kaleiodoscopic, rockin', raucous adventure!
This album joins Jump, Little Children's "Magazine" as one of the year's best. A total surprise -- this one will remain in my disc changer fo some time! | 1positive
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One of the most thoughtful and wonderful items I have heard
This is a very refreshing CD with the voice of a God Loveing singer loud and clear. It was wonderful to hear this in a world of Hate. I am Just 13 but I still have a hard time beliveing that one voice so loud and clear can be an insperation for us all, But Stace demenstrates that perfectly. | 1positive
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Top one!! Mad for it
Why do Yankees always put Oasis down eh? They are the Greatest band ever. I live in the same City as they did and I'm listening to their music 24/7 People just get jealous of their success. If anyone agrees or disagrees e-mail me instantly!!!! | 1positive
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I used to stick up for these guys.....but no more!
Metallica are a band that will evoke strong emotions and reactions, both positively and negatively, no matter what they do. Every metal chat room I know of had heated discussions before and after the release of this CD. People were even fighting over what they thought of the CD artwork long before the CD was even released. For some reason it has become 'cool' to hate Metallica in metal circles. Despite this, these lucky Metalli-dudes just seem to always have a hype about them that equally talented bands like Anthrax somehow lost years ago, even though they are putting out music of equal, if not better caliber. Much of the hatred comes from that fact that Metallica refuse to stay predictable. However, no one should expect Metallica, or any other band for that matter, to recreate old albums. I mean, would anyone expect Iron Maiden to remake "Killers" or Judas Priest to write another "Sad Wings of Destiny" over and over again? If they did, we wouldn't have "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" and "Painkiller", two of the greatest metal albums ever released. No doubt those bands put out some failures in between their successes. Of course Metallica will never make another "Ride the Lightning" or "Master of Puppets" no matter how much pre-release hype there is saying that the next album with be a 'return to their roots.' I mean it is two decades later. Unfortunately, if you always compare their newer music to their old albums, you will always be disappointed, especially if you, like me, hold those old albums in high esteem. Even the loss of someone as vital as Cliff Burton will effect their sound, which became apparent even in the first album after his death. However, I admit, I am a Metallica die-hard and have followed them since day one. I mean, I literally have been a fan since the day "Kill 'Em All" was released on Megaforce and in like manner I rushed out to buy this CD the week it was released as well. I didn't really believe all the hype anyhow, and didn't even bother checking out the first single ("St. Anger") that was being played on the radio the week this CD was released. I really just wanted to make up my own mind and check this disc out for myself. I really wanted to like this CD. However, after listening to "St. Anger" all the way through at least 7 or 8 times in a week, I have come to the conclusion that the band and their producer Bob Rock are on drugs. I mean, what were they thinking? "St. Anger" is just horrid. I said all that stuff in the opening paragraph to show, that I am not just comparing this disc to past discs nor am I a trendy Metallica hater. This CD is just not good. While it does have it's interesting moments, and I do like "Frantic" and "Sweet Amber", the production is horrible and the songs generally sound unfinished. The lack of guitar solos is very noticable. There are parts of songs that are just screaming for a guitar solo. James Hetfield's vocals sound horrible in some parts, although in other parts I like the rougher, angrier approach and think this is the most honest vocal performance he has given since "Kill 'Em All". Hetfield's voice is dry, unproduced, cracking, missing hitting notes, sometimes straining and generally pretty angry sounding. In "Frantic" for instance, I really liked the somewhat raw, punkish way James sings "frantic, tick, tick, tick, tock" building the song in a "frantic" way. It was one of the most enjoyable moments on the album. The guitars, on the other hand, are another big problem. They have no crunch and due to the downtuning sound muddy. They are also buried under the drums at times. The worst part about the production, however, is that tin can snare that Lars bangs on through the entire thing. (Hey Lars, ever heard of Duct Tape?) In anycase, this really brought the album down for me. Even the songs I liked are infected with that rattly, noisy, ringing snare drum that really does sound like a tin pot or a garbage can lid. The title cut is absolutely destroyed by the drum sound. I do applaud and welcome the band's return to more dynamic, faster, and heavier style and certainly can appreciate that they wanted a more raw sound. "St. Anger" is certainly raw. However, it's also dirty, full of mistakes, flubs and sloppy moments, and is engineered and recorded to sound like someone just hung a microphone in the band's rehearsal room and let them jam. It's unforunate that this album sounds worse than a cheap demo. I actually think the DVD, which actually was recorded live in the band's practice space, sounds better than the CD. Perhaps over time I will grow to like this disc better, but for now, I think this is their worst yet. Here is hoping for something better in the future. They are more than capable.On a side note, It's unfortunate the Metallica now believe their own hype. I've never seen a band so willing to overlook their "contemporaries." Kirk's comments in Rolling Stone Magazine about how he thinks other bands will play heavier, faster music now because of them is laughable to anyone who knows anything at all about the metal scene. These guys are so far removed from a scene they helped create it's really hard to believe. Metal does not begin and end with Metallica. There continues to be a plethora of bands putting out stellar, heavy and fast music long since Metallica decided they were a radio-rock band. Of course, perhaps I have the wrong idea of who their contemporaries now are. Since the band are touring with crappy acts like Limp Bizkit , Linkin Park, the Deftones and Mudvayne in support of their new CD, it is quite obvious they don't even know what metal is anymore. | 0negative
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From a non-korn/limpbizkit/manson obessed fan
About 75% of these reviews are from Korn/limp bizkit/manson fans. I personally do not like or dislike any of these artists. Anywho (to get to the point), this cd is great, and when I say that I MEAN IT! These guys are musical prodigies, from Jay's British-sounding vocals to Amir's synth expertise, the cd in and out is a totally mind-blowing experience. The band "Orgy" really lives up to their name. | 1positive
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Yawnsville
NOTE!!: I am a "medium" Green Day fan and enjoy Green Day albums such as Dookie and Nimrod, but as for this album..:I'd give it 1.75 but psh whatever. Okay so this album got basically everything an album could possibly recieve as rewards, praise, etc. and why? No no, not because their Green Day, and not because the the barely recognizable political message, but because of 3 songs "Wake Me Up When Sept. Ends" "Holiday" and "Boulivard of Broken Dreams". Okay so the first one that got really noticed was "American Idiot" but i'm not counting that one. So Boulivard of Broken Dreams gets noticed, and guess what? It TAKES OVER the radio station I listen to! So yeah I had to hear that song alot and got tired of it. THEN seemingly at the same time, the next 2 worse songs on the album make a blitz on the mainstream at the same time. I could just die if I heard some dweeb kid sing Holiday or September ends one more time. I bet people had to buy a second single album of Holiday because they listened to the first single of it they bought to d*mn MUCH!Now don't get me wrong! there are some good songs on here.."Homecoming" and "She's a Rebel" are the good ones. Why they didn't get noticed, I don't know! But I'm glad they didnt, because now i can listen to them and not hafta pull out my hair because i've heard it a billion times! so people take a moment, and realize that the only songs that got this album its SupaFame! are "Boulivard.." "Holiday" and "Wake me up..."OVERALL!! This album would be great I think if it just didn't have those three songs that played over..and over..and over...and over..and over...and over again | 0negative
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Great soaking music
The music is very soothing. It helps you go beside the still waters and enjoy God's presence. Highly recommended. One of my favoirt soaking music. | 1positive
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Give me a break!!
Anyone who listens to this and doesn't give it 5 stars isn't a Madonna fan--never has been and never will be. This CD is incredible and it's EXACTLY what most of us have wanted for years. Madonna's remixed singles have always been better than her radio edits, so this record skips all that radio edit stuff and goes straight to the remixes! It's the best ever--watch it grow on the skeptics. | 1positive
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Disgraceful and sickening
If a Christian album is so watered down and devoid of the message of God that a secular listener could write the review quoted below, the word "Christian" should not even be mentioned.REVIEW BY Bob the Babysitter: "I was exposed to this CD by accident, taking care of a preteen who received it for his birthday. It so offended my ears that I had to find more about it on the internet. Now I understand that it's a DC talk member's side project. Just like anything else I've heard labeled "Christian Rock," it basically consists on watered-down stylistic rip-offs of popular secular artists with some Christian messages tacked on. The shocking thing about this CD is that the usually overt Christian messages are so muted that they're almost subliminal. tobyMac gives props to God here and there, but if that's all that's required to be a Christian artist, then I suggest everyone reading this to pick up Jay-Z's latest album, since he's also Christian by these standards.[portion of review concerning musical talent deleted]This message may be falling on deaf ears sitting on a Christian album review page, but here it goes: People, this is what happens when praising God (or pretending to) becomes a lucrative industry. People take a sound that sells, shallowly sprinkle on some god and slap it on the shelf. It's the musical and philosophical equivalent of meth; it's supposed to get you high, but it's so toxic that leaves you awake for days with a splitting headache, puking in the trashcan.If you're looking for some substantial Christian music, avoid this phony Christian music and buy your kid "Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star," instead."I reviewed TM's album Welcome to Diverse City just before reading Bob's review, and I stand by my opinion all the more so! I feel that the two stars I gave WTDC were two too many."I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."2 Timothy 4:1-5 | 0negative
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ALL THE TRACKS ARE GOOD NO GREAT!
If you are like me the poor quality of the play back on my freebie player will not always allow me to make a fast decision on weather I like the group enough to fork over the green and buy the CD. Don't wait just buy this CD now, it is solid on every song and I can't recommend it highly enough!!!! Buy it, you will be glad you did I promise. | 1positive
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N'Sync-core genre invented for LP and Adema
This band and Adema sound like a hardcore Backstreet Boys conversion, thus the birth of the horrid new genre N'Sync-Core. This band is mainly popular with the same crowd that just graduated primary school, as anyone that has been into hard music before that time would see the sickness of this type of sound. No band should ever have a singer...takes no talent..this band has 2 and 98 degrees has 4, like I said about half Boy Band and half "x-treme." Anyone that has been playing this type of music for anywhere over 2 or 3 years I'm sure is disappointed that nu-hardcore is mutating into Boy Band with guitars. | 0negative
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2.5 Stars. Lukewarm. Hit-and-Miss album of 2000.
Sauce Money has established himself as one of the most gifted and talented writers in hip-hop history. He has also established Middle Finger U, as being one of the most enigmatic releases in hip-hop history. The best way to describe the album on an overall level, would be a total hit-and-miss. You have a hot beat here, a flaming flow there, and an incredible rhyme two tracks down. This album has the potential to grow on you, but only if your open minded. | 0negative
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It's never too late for voice lessons...
The new princess of R&B... The first lady of Murder Inc... The next big thing to make me turn off my radio for good. Ashanti is the very reason why I can go several weeks without listening to the radio to avoid hearing her or anyone else involved with Murder Inc. People ask me if I heard the new song by so and so and I have no idea who they're talking about. The radio is so polluted by bad songs that more than half of them are nothing more than garbage, from new and old artists.Touting an extremely limited vocal range and fairly horrible songs, Ashanti somehow has a fan base. Why, I don't know. The first album was garbage and so is this one. And it's obvious she hasn't gotten over saying "baby" because she brings it over to this album and includes it in the first single. "Rain On Me" was better, but that whole limited vocal range just turns the song into another stormy Monday. Matter of fact, the sound of thunder rumbling over my house would be a better sound to wake up to after midnight. I use to sleep with my radio on and would often wake up to Ashanti's voice. Not exactly a 'southern hummingbird'; more like the kawing of crows.Speaking of hummingbirds, it's an insult when the whole Ashanti vs. Tweet came about. First of all, Tweet sounds a whole lot better than Ashanti. Her songs were so much better that it wasn't even a comparison. They're aimed at two different listening audiences. It's like comparing Rakim to Bow Wow, or Stephanie Mills to Mya.Then there's the duet with some guy that's currently #1 on 106 & Park's top 10. Yikes. Two equally untalented artists trying to sing to one another, yet the kids like it. It's a kid show, 106 & Park, so I don't watch it. I caught the end of it, though, and saw who was #1.It kind of makes me mad that Aaliyah isn't here to continue delivering incredible songs from an incredible voice. Instead, we're stuck with Sideburns 'Shanti stinking up the airwaves with her underdeveloped/undertrained voice. Ah, but thanks to modern technology, I have my CD's to listen to. | 0negative
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The "Return" of Bruno, all right!
How can a man with one studio album to his name release a Greatest Hits Universal Masters Collection album? I'll tell you how:$$$This is basically just "The Return of Bruno" (a terrible album in its own standing) with some extra tracks lazily thrown in, which sound as if they were recorded on a one-night drinking binge in Bruce's basement with some college buddies.Forgeddabouddit. | 0negative
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it's damn LAME and it's a damn SHAME!!!!!
FIRST: the above editorial review and track listing is totally incorrect - someone screwed something up and mixed it with another band.But anyway, being a longtime fan of the TYGERS, I must painfully say that "MYSTICAL" is sad and pathetic comeback with veteran guitarist ROB WEIR. It seems that he just had to re-configure a legendary NWOBHM band with a revamped AD-HOC lineup of a bunch of nobodies just to kickstart his aging career all over again.My scathing arguments about this album are:1. Mr. Weir sounds like he really hasn't played guitar in ages and really sounds like an amateur. He was never an admirable guitarist to begin with.2. New Vocalist, Tony Lindell, cannot touch the beautiful and harmonious vocals of the former JON DEVERILL; even former Jess Cox sounds a bit more compelling to hear (now that is pretty bad).3. The production of "MYSTICAL" is really dull.4. All of the songs are just very dull like dishwater and have no true metallic UMPH! to them. Maybe you might find yourself banging to "FIREPOWER" which is kind of cheesy anyway. "KEEP THIS ROCK ALIVE" might actually prompt you to show some appreciation for today's current "ALTERNATIVE/NU-METAL".5. Former melodic albums like "THE CAGE", "THE WRECK-AGE" & "BURNING IN THE SHADE" (the most melodic)put "MYSTICAL" to shame - it's just that dull and very unappealing.Enough said - you might want to buy it just because you are a longtime fan such as myself. If you are brand new to the TYGERS, then stay the hell away. | 0negative
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A hell of a good universe next door
I have owned this album since its release those many moons ago. It is still my all-time favourite musical work. Godlike, engulfing, beautiful and bestial...this is snarling guitars, demonic vocals bass-baritone and divine with a growl that sets this apart from most Goth, and magick, pure magick. I was spellbound from the second I heard this, and have not yet escaped. A brilliant band, and this, I think, their best album. And the singer is quite shockingly attractive, too. I know that's irrelevant, but it can't hurt, right? | 1positive
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Best money spent in a long time.
Never in a million years did I think that anything would be able to top Steven Segal's movie career. I was wrong. This is what everybody on my list is getting for christmas. Fantastic purchase! | 1positive
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can't you help me as i'm starting to burn
this rox buy this cd now listen to bat country heres my ratingsbeast and the harlot 6/10bat country 9/10burn it down 7/10blinded in chains 4/10seize the day 3/10and go buy an atreyu cd along with this | 1positive
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A Great Sound Track
Another Great Soundtrack From Dreamworks Records.Alot of The Tracks Are Great Such as Counting Crow's ''Accidentally in Love'', Lipps Inc.'s ''Funkytown'', and Others.But Some of The Tracks Are Not That Great Such as Frou Frou's ''Holding Out For A Hero'', and Nick Cave's ''Pepole Ain't No Good''.The Best Tracks on The CD Are Eddie Murphy & Antonio Bandera's ''Livin' La Vida Loca'', and Jennifer Saunder's ''Holding Out For A Hero'' (I Thought That Was Better Than Frou Frou's Version).Overall Rating-4/4 | 1positive
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Disappointed - expected the "old" Megaherz
Last year I discovered Megaherz. Wer Bist Du was the first cd I bought. After my first listen, I wondered how I have gotten through life all this time without knowing about Megaherz. I purchased a couple other older releases and it was pure bliss!I dreamed of seeing them on tour one day and of future releases!Then '5' came out and I was ecstatic! That was until I listened. I wondered why the heck it sounded so drastically different. That's when I discovered that Noel and Alexx left the band. What a frickin' tragedy.If you are a fan of Megaherz's older releases you likely will be disappointed with '5'. | 0negative
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top of the game
After all these years of killer music they did it again. Another amazing state of the art, smart and sign'o the times statement by Mustaine & friends.Ever since the EMICapitol reissues came out and I been gorging on listening to all the Mega -output including albums I thaught I did not like- you know "Cryptic...", "Risk", "Hero" even "Countdown", Anyway I have a new savage love of Megadeth, everything sounds great to me now. Including the album before this wich I havent played since it came out. The point is the new album is the greatest in a long line of Killer Metal Quality,Top of the game indeed..... | 1positive
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If only words could describe...
...how much Green Day has pissed me off for the past decade. Now, they churn out another redundant, formulaic, angry-white-"punk"-rock piece of garbage. If that wasn't enough, now all the cog-like Clear Channel and Viacom radio stations are currently blaring this tone-deaf garbage across the nation, just to remind us all of how screwed we all are.To any musically-aspired person, do NOT take today's music for any source of inspiration. Instead look WAYYYY back to the Renaissance musicians: Bach, Baroque, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and more. Look back to the early 20th century pivotal musicians: Miles Davis, James Brown, Hendrix, and all the others.Don't, under ANY circumstance, become "enlightened" by MTV-stamped-of-approval hydrogenated scum that still reap billions in profit due to musical ignorance of the general public. | 0negative
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The Great Duke Ellington Lives on Through his Music!
A wonderful collection of Ellington's best works are captured on this CD and they will lift you to new heights of musical elation. | 1positive
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This is what's wrong with Critics
Why did I waste my money...First of all, any one of us semi-intelligent fans of this great group could have offered some valid observations and impressions. I know I could have. Now, why would I want to pay for a DVD to hear my favorite group marginalized and criticized? Why would any of us accept the absurd notion that Carl Palmer wasn't as good as the drummer in Deep Purple? (Rob Corich is an idiot.) If this was truly marketed toward us fans, it was terribly ill-conceived. | 0negative
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Too good for words!
I never get tired of it, there is nothing like it out there. | 1positive
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You mean I have to dance and think all at the same time?
This is truly a rarity. Olive can create a vivid vision of their words along with a wonderful melody, harmony and beat. "Miracle" is a heart felt song that goes with the music. True feelings come from this album. With "Killing", although there may be only 2 lines, the point comes across so smoothly, beautifully and artistically. Their articulate words, particularly in the popular "You're Not Alone" make this group more than just another R&B/Techno band. | 1positive
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Music to make you smile like you mean it
this is a fantastic cd. i bought it a while ago and never really listened but i threw it in today and just found it very pleasing to my ears. all the songs sound great but the exception is somebody told me becasue the radio is the ultimate death of good music. my favorites are smile like you mean it, mr. brightside, number five, and number eight. also, the bass like in "jenny was a friend of mine" is just sick. it makes the song great. this is a 10/10 cd for sure. | 1positive
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Peter Gabriel C.D.
The C.D. is great - pity that the "jewel case" was badly cracked when I unpacked it! | 0negative
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One of Foreigner's best!
I bought this CD when it first came out and played it all the time till it got scratched and would not play anymore. I loved the CD so much, I came here to Amazon.com today to try to buy a new copy of it. If you love Foreigner, and you do not own this CD, BUY IT! Its FANTASTIC! | 1positive
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five pennies dvd
loved it when i was 11, love it now.watched again with a box of tissues. it was great. when i listened to the cd, i had to see the movie once again. | 1positive
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This one sucks
First let me say what a really GREAT album Blinker the Star - Burgeois Kitten is. However this CD, "their( really just Jordan) 1st effort is a real boring, noise -filled, totally un melodic bomb. It deserves no more of my time. Someday I'll write an in-depth 5-star review for Burgeois Kitten. Don't buy this first CD, though. | 0negative
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What happened Monica?
Monica can sing, but what was she singing? Next time take your time and come up with quality songs instead of trying to keep up with your competition. If you're not ready to come out with your album yet, WAIT! | 0negative
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Billy Joel's Finest
Though, "Piano Man", may be Joel's signature song, "The Stranger" is his signature album. After all, though it may not contain, "Piano Man", it contains a wealth of other classics that are just as strong and that is why this album pushed the already famous Billy Joel even further into the spotlight. The material here is uniformly strong with extremely little filler or wasted moments. Most notable are the character sketches such as, "Moving Out (Anthony's Song)", and, "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant". The latter being an extended suite of sorts that Joel actually preferred over, "Piano Man". The big hit here, however, is the romantic ballad, "Just The way You Are", which has become a staple of soft-rock radio. Equally emotional, and perhaps better written, is the love song, "She Always A Woman To Me". But these soft moments are balanced out by the stinging title track and the pro-lust anthem, "Only The Good Die Young" which stirred up quite a bit of controversy when it was initially released. Also, be on the look out for the reflective and gentle, "Vienna" which is an often forgotten masterpiece. Indeed, Joel is a very versatile songwriter and though he went on to make many other classic songs an albums, this one remains his masterpiece. Though many of these songs are found on his greatest hits package, they're best heard here in their original context. | 1positive
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Not karaoke
Ignore the big word "Karaoke" on the cover and the microphone shown, this is just a music CD, it does not display anything in a karaoke player. | 0negative
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Winter into Spring
Great product. Fast shipping. The price was very reasonable. I am very happy with purchase and seller. Highly recommend! This is one of my favorite CD's by George Winston. | 1positive
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Don't Bother
This guy is a convicted paedophile and is currently wanted for questioning about co-habitating with a 15-year-old girl in Vietnam. Now I haven't heard his music, I don't recognize the songs, but considering how sick and twisted this guy is, I would strongly recommend you avoid buying his albums! | 0negative
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sad
this is a very sad cd... horrible music and a horrible singerthis should get a zero stars | 0negative
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What A VOICE
JACKIE WILSON has One OF the GReatest Voices ever.The Songs on here Reflect His Rich Quality In Style.A Must Have on a ALL-TIme Great. | 1positive
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Associate Producer's response
I was the associate producer of the original release of the Carpenters video originally titled "Yesterday Once More" and now "Gold".It is a very long story how we got to the final release-no budget, we did not get paid for our work, busted are backs trying to locate all the clips and I wasnt even a Carpenters fan! But I immediately loved Karen's voice and it was great working with Richard. Super person and an incredible talent! I shortly thereafter split with my then partner Paul Surratt who was the producer of the video from our company, Research Video. I went back to my first love, bluegrass music and vintage Country-Rock (Gram Parsons, Clarence White). I am still proud of what we did, most of you have no idea the hell we went through with A&M just getting this done back then. Now that MCA/Universal owns it, it probably is even a more distant memory to everyone.Enjoy anyway!John M. DelgattoSierra Records, Books & Home Video | 1positive
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Not the Klemperer you might expect
Like many of his contemporaries (Furtwangler and Toscanini in particular), Otto Klemperer was a very different conductor in the studio and in the concert hall. I had the opportunity to hear him conduct Beethoven's 3rd and 6th symphonies in New York at Carnegie Hall with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1963, and was struck by the contrast between the performances I heard there and the ones I had heard on his studio recordings of both symphonies for EMI/Angel. Not only were the performances quicker in pace in the faster movements; the 3rd was more urgent and the 6th even more lyrical. There was a bit less heft and a lot more electricity. The performances on this set, taken from live performances with "his" Philharmonia Orchestra in Vienna in 1960, share these qualities and remind me of why I love Klemperer: the laser-like intensity, the unrelenting momentum, the drama balanced with lyricism, the meticulous attention to detail, and above all the unparalleled understanding of the musical architecture of the whole piece. This set presents most of Klemperer's Beethoven at its best: impassioned, grand, monumental, lyrical, dramatic. If some of those adjectives don't seem to apply to Klemperer, then you are in for an awakening. Listen to the 5th: the rubato in the opening motiv and in the intensity of the string playing is not characteristic of Klemperer's studio recordings of the 1960's but will be familiar to those who have listened to his recordings from the early 1950's or before. The drama, dyanmism and propulsiveness of this performance is surpassed only by Klemperer's original mono recording for Vox with the Vienna Symphony in 1951 (which is less well played). The Beethoven 7th is probably the best extant Klemperer version, more dynamic than the EMI studio versions (although the finale is still slow-ish) and better recorded than the 1951 Concertgebow live version. Those who have only heard Klemperer's Beethoven 7th in the studio stereo remake for EMI will be suprised at how propulsive and intense he could be in this piece. The 9th symphony, Klemperer lets it all loose, with more drama than one would expect based on his studio recordings. The last movement is cosmic and grand, if a bit overemphatic and lacking in transparency and despite the cramped sound. In general, these renditions are more athletic and more spirited without ever losing the sense of grandeur and heft that had become Klemperer's hallmark Beethoven style by that time in his career. Symphonies 2, 4, and 8 all benefit from slightly quicker tempi and a more elastic, lyrical approach. The Pastorale is disappointing in comparison to Klemperer's earlier Vox recording (1951) and even his slightly earlier live performance with the Concertgebow, suffering as it does from a too-slow pulse in the 3rd movement. The "Eroica" is Klemperer's signature symphony: his performances of it were electrifying, and this performance has more depth in the 2nd movement and is more uplifting in the finale than even the old EMI studio mono recording, again benefiting from slightly faster tempi in the last two movements than in the EMI studio stereo remake. I found myself reminded in listening to these performances of Klemperer's origins as an opera conductor: there is a damatic quality in these performances that is missing in most of the EMI studio versions (unless you have copies of the original mono versions of the 3rd, 5th and 7th). The Philharmonia plays fervently for Klemperer, and there are suprisingly few mistakes. Any complete set of symphonies will be uneven, and there are better Klemperer versions of Symphonies #6 (Vienna Philharmonic 1951 - Vox - and Concertgebow 1957 - Music & Arts), #9 (Concertgebow 1957 - Music & Arts - and Philharmonia 1956 - Testament), and #3 (Royal Danish Orchestra -- Testament -- an extraordinary performance that has to be heard to be believed). Other caveats: This set is out of print from M&A and available only used. The sound is "enhanced" mono and of an indifferent, uneven, boxy, 1950's quality, and loses a great deal of detail, especially the brass, which seem to have been in a different room most of the time, and in the tuttis, which sound squashed and undifferentiated. Some symphonies fare better than others: #s 2, 5 and 6 do better than #9, for example. M&A's presentation is austere, with useless liner notes and insufficient documentation. Nonetheless, this is not a set of performances which any serous Beethoven aficionado should be without. | 1positive
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A Billy Joel Classic
This recording is Billy Joel's finest. It has a lot of "top 40" stuff but is really significant for "Scenes . . ." & other terrific cuts that are a departure from traditional radio rock & roll. It has lost none of its luster since I first bought it . . . on eight track! An excellent start to a Billy Joel collection. His piano work here is fun, the lyrics interesting, the beat contagious . . . | 1positive
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Are you kidding me?
Why on EARTH has this been released in pan and scan? I've watched my VHS copy countless times and was looking forward to replacing it with a nice widescreen DVD. But this? Fuggitaboudit! | 0negative
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Great !
This album is so amazing. I can't stop playing it. My favorite songs are Future Lover, Jump and Get Together. What are you waiting for ? Get it now !!!!! | 1positive
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what?
i'll edit this now that i've calmed down a bit and be a bit more to the point; you want to hear something earth shattering, primal, experimental with odd time signatures that dips into a wide array of genres as this record is reported to have done? then listen to some captain beefheart...you may even see why i feel(s) that this record is tripe, because there is experiemental and then there is bad, bad, directionless, meandering, pretentious "music". | 0negative
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The Unsung Hero in Diana Krall's "The Look of Love"
I've read a lot of reviews on this CD and absolutely no one has bothered to acknowledge the obvious: a popular singer needs to surround themselves with great arrangers. After all, that's what Sinatra did. Unlike other comments I've read on this particular album, I'm here to state that the bulk of this album has Diana Krall not performing with a small group, but instead in a lush setting with a full string orchestra which delivers some sexy and sultry bossa nova arrangements. These arrangements could have only been written by the master of such arrangements, Claus Ogerman. Just listen to those extended endings on "Love Letters" and "Dancing in the Dark" if you want to hear arranging and musicality at its finest.There have been critics who have panned the arrangements of "S'Wonderful" and "Besame Mucho" as not new because Claus also used them (to great success) on Joao Gilberto's "Amoroso" album in 1977. Still, Diana has put her own mark on these songs even though they are the same orchestral arrangements Claus did several decades ago. They are absolutely timeless, so nothing about either track sounds dated.There simply isn't much not to like on this album if you are 1) a fan of Diana Krall; 2) a fan of bossa nova; 3) a fan of fine musical standards and 4) a fan of Claus Ogerman.Diana did a very smart thing in wanting to work with Claus and have him do the arrangements for this album. It's to her credit and thanks to her excellent judgment, she may have just introduced a whole new audience and even a couple of generations to the talents of Mr. Ogerman.--bjJanuary 2003 | 1positive
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Oops...I did it again by Britney Spears
This is the type of CD that when one song goes out of style another one hits it big. My favorite songs are Lucky and What U see (is what you get). | 1positive
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AAAAHHHHHRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
People that sit around making dance mixes of perfectly good music do so because they have no musical talent whatsoever. Please, for the love of all that is good & pure, do NOT buy this album. And Dezrok - YOU S**K!!! | 0negative
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Give Shatner the Grammy
This is album of the year, no joke. One of the best things Shatner's ever done; give the man his due. | 1positive
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Classic
You can't.No you can't.Don't be a hater because he is the best.Lyrically,few can match Nelly such as Ja Rule,Fabolous,50 Cent,Chingy,Baby and other great and REAL Mc's.This i think just barely beats Ja Rule's The Last Temptation and Khias album as the best in the history of hip-hop.Great guest artist included such as Kelly Rowland of the hard Destinys childs and of cource the king of soul,Justin "The King" "The God" Timberlake.Work It is hands down a classic.Its up there with In Da Club,Put it on me and Cant let you go.Nelly also spits some classic lines such as " You r not from Russia,so why you rushing?".Terrific.I remember when i was waling with my friend at downtown and i saw a record store and i said to my friend to go in.I was checking all the rap albums.I saw many fake rap albums such as It takes a nation of millions to hold us back of Public Enemy,Illmatic of Nas and Low End Theory of a tribe called quest.Accidently a guy kicked me and i made a round around my self and suddenly i couldnt believe what my eyes saw.Yeah,you guessed it Nellyville.I couldn't believe it that i saw this masterpiece.Nelly always has been my number one rapper allong with Ja Rule.I cried and thanked God because i was one of the chosens to see this album.Then i bought it.Its a masterpiece.It was one of the most touching moment of my life.Thank u God. | 0negative
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Let's be honest.....
On the DVD side of Devils and Dust, Bruce says that the artist must essentially become one with the character of the story. This does not happen on most of these songs, nor on songs from Tom Joad. I listen to Bruce's music because he has always been able to make you believe that he was the person in the song, and the storyline was one that is common to us - thereby putting us into the song as well. There is no way that Bruce disappears into these songs; I cannot believe for one moment that he, nor I, is the character in Metamoras Banks, The Hitter, or Black Cowboys - it simply doesn't work. Why he feels the need to change his voice to falsetto, or sing with a country twang is beyond me. His "normal" voice has always been a key component in songs from Blinded to Born to Run to Darkness to The River, and that familar voice has given us reason to believe in his songs over the years - the change is distracting, not riveting in any way. Witness the power that his voice has in songs such as State Trooper and Factory and please agree with me that his voice makes those songs ring true and absolutely believable.The collection of songs are interesting stories, but not all stories work well as songs. Bruce said that he forced himself to write Human Touch, but then Lucky Town came to him quickly and effortlessly. I don't know about you, but my copy of Human Touch has not seen the CD player in years. I have no problem with his interest in the subject matter or these characters, but at the same time I can't view him as a true champion for Mexican immigrants.How much of the hype is due to "The Boss" versus a truly outstanding CD? If the identical CD had been recorded by an unknown, would it still receive the same praise? At concerts down the road, will the crowd erupt with applause when anything other than Devils and Dust is played, or will they head for the bar or restroom such as when Youngstown is played?I am not trying to offend anyone who likes this CD; I just want to see if any other long-time fans are feeling the way I and a previous reviewer do. For the past 30 years, I have had many friends critize his music, and now it is somewhat uncomfortable for me to be on their side of the fence with this CD. In Storytellers, Bruce says that we all have "many selves" - this is one of those Bruce selves to whom I am totally disconnected. | 0negative
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Why?
Seriously, this sounds like a bunch of guitarists playing over nasty karaoke backing tracks of Steely Dan songs. I wouldn't blame anyone who was introduced to Steely Dan through this CD to think that Fagen and Becker had written some of the lamest, cheesiest and most moronic music ever in existence - which is in reality, about as far from the truth as you could possibly get. These recorded performances are simply unnecessary. The shocking thing to me is that there are actually some musicians who play on this album who are great soloists and/or session players in their own right, but that still doesn't lift the music. But, by the same token - in regard to the soloists, it can be noted that Becker and Fagen always called in guitarists who did often have notable technique, but always knew the right time to put their technique into action (well, at least that can be said of whoever it was that made the final take). The inclusion of several guitarists here who are best known for playing many notes really baffles me.Even the front cover is pretty nasty. Anyone who has read the liner notes written by Fagen and Becker for the reissue of "The Royal Scam" might recall this comment regarding the cover art of the album - "before long we find ourselves staring into the maw of the most hideous album cover of the seventies, bar none". I would love to know what they think of this cover (what do the four bizarre jack in the box creatures have to do with this music?).The initiator of this recording had their heart in the right place, but really, what more is there to add to the original recordings of this music? The originals are some of the few pieces of recorded music in history(!) that emphasize total precision (in the fields of both playing and production), but still remain full of life, spirit and soul (even if the lyrical subtext is considerably dark). I would get so much more joy out of listening to Aja or Katy Lied than sitting through this.If you are looking for a place to start listening to Steely Dan, get Aja, The Royal Scam or Gaucho (or nearly any Steely Dan album). | 0negative
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GROOVY BABY
This album makes you feel so good. Period. Probably the best album of the past year. Everyone knows the "Rockafellar Skank" but there are other gems on this album: "Right Here, Right Now", "Kalifournia", "Gangster Tripping" and Fatboy Slim's newest deserving hit, "Praise You." | 1positive
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One of the best alt.Jazz recordings of our time
This was the album that got me into jazz, some 20+ yrs ago. It still ranks as one of the best, and most unique modern jazz pieces. Relaxing, uplifting, beautifully crafted & recorded -- a masterpiece. I have most of Metheny's albums, and this ranks right up there with Witchita Falls ( my personal favorite). It is a timeless recording. | 1positive
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Fantastic!
If you love guitars and harmony, this is definately an album for you. Their thought provoking lyrics and subtle harmonies are great. "Seven Bridges" is a song that most people can relate to, and ranks among their best. If you own any of their other albums, this is a must own! | 1positive
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this is bad...now
I bought this album for the single Jenny From The Block and found out I didn't even like that song or really any other songs on it.Jennifer Lopez didn't take a risk with this album at all when she made it she stuck to what really made her popular and become a big success, the r&b;/hip-hop .... I am seriously not happy that I bought this album.There is a carly simon track that I really like on here, You Belong To Me, that song is about the only one I can stand.Jennifer next time you do an album make it good, don't forget that you don't have a good voice and maybe you should just stick to dance music... | 0negative
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This ruined my view of them.
This album really disappointed me. I a huge fan of Start Something and an ever BIGGER fan of The Fake Sound of Progress. I loved those albums, but this? Did Lostprophets really have to resort to "this"?Let me tell you what "this" is. "This" is selling out to a larger genre. "This" is a change of style, from hardcore nu metal, to poppy-punk, inbred, emo junk. "This" is losing the spontanous, deep rythem and sound to become shallow, lifeless, and formula-based playing. "This" is horrible.Now, as an emo-trash, teeny, pop/punk band, they are pretty good. Except they are nowhere near as good as they were. They had style, attitude, hard-core sound, and pure energy in every beat. But this is such a let down to their TRUE fans. Those fans that knew their sound in England, that knew their sound when they first moved to L.A. That KNEW their sound before the record industry said "Nu Metal is dead." Its all the same reason why Incubus went down-hill with that crow murder crap, and also why Linkin Park lost the rhymes of Mike Shinoda and the loops of Mr. Han. The only difference is that I still love Incubus and Linkin Park - BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GO EMO ON ME!! (not completely per-say).Look, all I'm trying to say is that a real band wouldn't change their style for money (which is what Lostprophets did essentially). They would develop their sound, make it deep, more meaningful. A real band wouldn't do "this". | 0negative
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Great trends in music
I've known about BT since ESCM. My first face to face encounter with him was when he opened for Crystal Method in Dallas, TX a few years ago.Let me tell you that BT is one of the most down to earth persons that you could meet.Emotional Technology is a great reinvention of himself. In some cultures this is called "Ryu Pa" meaning "Water flows down divided." Emotional Technology is BT's music development of the techniques of his past blended into who he is today. | 1positive
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Hard bop jazz not funk
Mo' Roots is exactly what the title describes it as being. Mo' Roots is a pure bop jazz album and a brilliant one at that. Unlike other Maceo Parker albums, Maceo sticks to bop jazz and incoporates few elements of funk into this brilliant work. Not to say there is anything wrong with his other albums, however this is to die for. Perfect for intoxicated social gatherings. This is the best album i have heard in ages. Simply brilliant. | 1positive
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Serrat sigue con magia
Serrat sigue tiendo magia, aunque no le sale por los poros como antes y tiene que exprimirse un pocquito mas para sacala. Es un muy buen disco por si solo, pero con todos sus grdes exitos en la memoria colectiva, uno espera encontrar una joya de ese calibre y este disco no la tiene. Es un disco con buenas canciones con buen sonido pero sin "esa" cancion que lo convierta en un clasico supremo. Quiza "Niño silvestre" se le acerque a eso pero le falta un no sé que, que, que sé yo. Para fanticos de Serrat es como agua fresca y si solo se quiere un disco para oir tambien funciona. | 1positive
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street military is the real deal
How these guys haven't caught on yet is beyond me but they can flow. On next episode they all combine for one of the stongest raps Iv'e ever heard. To hell w/ all this jay z method man bullsh**t. These guys tell how it is and what they've been through and that's real. Check this out esp. no 1 next episode cuz it's ruthless and that's what street rap is all about. | 1positive
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Keeping punk rock elite
Forget the Offspring and Blink 182. There is a band that came way before the both of them, and is well known, almost notoriously for its punk rock anthems and extremely crude humor. I'm of course, talking about NOFX. When I say they're one of the greatest, if not the greatest, punk band of all time, I'm not the only one. This release finds NOFX at their prime, and still proves they can put out kick ... albums without resorting to MTV or radio. In case you're wondering where the title comes from, they get hit with shoes a lot at their concerts (don't ask, I don't know why, either). This is yet another great release from Fat Mike and Co. While short on length, it's not short on good stuff. However, with songs like All Outta Angst, Kill Rock Stars, and Murder the Government, I think either Fat Mike lost it, or he was ... ... at something. Another thing I find interesting is that, this album has almost no ska or jazz or anything outside of punk rock, although it does have the Jimmy Buffet-esque Eat the Meek and some of Hefe's trumpet every now and then. And they actually attempt an instrumental this time, too. It's the track Flossing A Dead Horse. The album's not short on their crude sense of humor, either. Just read the answers to the "10 Questions We'd Never Liked To Be Asked Again" portion of the linear notes and you'll see why. This is one CD that all punk rockers should have in their collection, whether you're a fan of NOFX or not. If you're not a fan of NOFX, I suggest you check out the White Trash album first, before you get this one. As the first song implies, this is the punk rock elite. | 1positive
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Weak lyrics, tight beats (same old same)
Lyrics: Put simply, Slug needs to man up. He's got talent, but he comes across like a whiney little girl. He STILL hasn't gotten out of that and he's STILL going on about that Lucy chick. The hell with this! If you want good, intelligent underground stuff...check out some of his labelmates. Brother Ali and Blueprint both spit CIRCLES around this punk!Beats: Dope. | 0negative
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Marvellous
To some people it�s cacophony, to others it�s overlong and over-pompous, to others it�s the most beautiful music in the world. The �free jazz� experiments of John Coltrane, of which there are five on this collection, spread out onto two discs, have always provoked passionate feelings for and against. I guess I belong to the former group, although I don�t agree with all of his work. The title �The major works of JC� is perhaps partly justified-these are big, ambitious pieces, but how can you say �The� major works, when so much of Trane�s work is what you could call �major�? What about �A Love Supreme� or �My favourite things�, what about �Impressions�, �Giant Steps,� or �Blue Train�? My goodness, I could go on and on. To really, fully justify that title you�d have to have an at least 10 CD collection! Still, this is a very minor quibble-what�s really important is the audio.The two editions of �Ascension� begin both discs, Edition I on disc one and Edition II on disc two. Both versions of the piece are astounding, whether you love it or hate it, as you have to- it really is not something you can be in between on. Edition 1 is 38 minutes or so in length, Editon 2 slightly longer at 40 minutes. I marginally preffered Edition 2-it is clearer, seems more thought out and all the perfomers are on slightly better form. However there is not really too much difference, except at the beginning, which is way better on Edition 2. The melodic material is really pretty basic, most clearly expessed at the astonoshing opening, when Trane begins the phrase, his tenor sax singing rock steady, and then all the other musicians join in a mesmering brass choir, the sounds floating, running, sliding across the space of our ears. For the next 37 minutes or so, we have alternating episodes between the full ensemble and solos from all of the group, starting with Trane and ending with a brief drum solo for Elvin Jones. Some of the solos are better than others- Trane�s on Edition 1 I found unconvincing, on Editon 2 I though it was much better. The Art Davis/Jimmy Garrison bass duet towards the end of both editions contains a lot of bowed playing as well as plucked, and is very interesting-I also love the way the basses provide such great support throughout the rest of the piece. McCoy Tyner gives solid chordal backgrounds, and his solo on Edition 2 is very good; on Edition 1 a bit disappointing and, I�m afraid to say, sounding a bit unoriginal. Elvin Jones� percussion backdrop is marvellous. How they all managed to keep going for so long is beyond me: however, I must warn you that it is just as exhausting to listen to as it must have been to play!So to the three other works: �Om�, �Kulu Se Mama� and �Selflesness.� I cannot comment on the first, as it�s basis lies in an un-Christian religion which I regard as evil. I understand that it contains ritual Hindu chanting and weird sound effects from all the musicians, and, so, even though I haven�t listened to it, I would advise listeners to avoid this one.�Kulu se mama�; this is the only work in the set not to be composed by Coltrane, being instead by percussionist Juno Lewis, who plays on this and �Selflesness�, the difference being on �Kulu� that he actually vocalises as well, singing one of his poems in an Afro-Creole dialect called Entobes, which, we are informed in the sleeve notes, is dedicated to his mother. Apparently the text of the poem was included on the original notes, but, for some reason, not here�I found this rather irritating. There are some very interesting sounds and textures throughout.So to the last piece, a Coltrane composition. This is the shortest, and most accesible of the five. It opens with a beautifully simple melody, which is developed further as the piece progresses. About half-way through, there�s a great solo by McCoy Tyner, his best of the album, displaying a more technically proficient skill than the solo from Edition I of Ascension, and a more emotional, carefully coloured solo than that of Edition II. The work is full of the usual Trane touches, with the extra percussionists that were on �Kulu Se Mama� also present here to give an added weight to the backdrop of Elvin Jones� drums.The booklet that comes with the CDs has some good photos of the performers, including several of Trane, instrument in hand, and also some of the musicians at work. The liner notes are adequate, they not particularly helpful: a point that I mentioned before was the lack of a text for �Kulu Se Mama�-not all of us can speak Entobes! But, although the presentation can sometimes help, what you will really want to know about is the music, and so I can recommend this album to any one interested in John Coltrane, a set full of treasures to be unearthed and rediscovered upon each listening. | 1positive
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Oh my gosh! This ROCKS
I first saw Fefe on netscape and i thought she was brilliant! She rocks! She has talent and the song tune is CATCHY! Invest in this! It's worth it! | 1positive
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Not What I wanted
I didn't see where it was described as all instrumental - no lyrics - except for one song - in Spanish.I never would have purchased this - I wanted Maria Elena - with words - - in Enlish. | 0negative
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Weakest Ministry Album to Date
I can't understand why Ministry fans are so gung-ho about this album for. They must be really desperate to make the exaggerated claims about this album being so heavy. The only good track on it, that actually sounds like a Ministry song, is the title track "Animosity" which is excellent. The rest of the album is rubbish and hardly what I expected from Ministry. Most of it doesn't even sound like Ministry. A complete disappointment - and that is coming from a die-hard Ministry fan. This album is so uniquely weak, it is even giving me second thoughts about seeing them live in concert this Spring in San Francisco. | 0negative
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Average for Ozzy
I've always liked Ozzy with or without Black Sabbath.No more tears has mostly ok songs but few stand out as excellent. Mr. Tinkertrain has strange lyrics but is probably the best song on the cd. Hellraiser is a motorhead song featured at the end of Hellraiser 3 and Ozzy's version of it is pretty good. Zombie stomp is interesting and cool sounding. Desire is melodic.The complaints are that No more tears has a weak mixing and mastering production. It doesn't have that rich and resonating heavy sound you hear in a lot of good sounding metal cds. Also you can also tell this was recorded when Ozzy wasn't at his prime. His voice sounds a little bit strained and shot. Zack is great guitarist but he doesn't get to show off his skills too much or too often on this cd. There are also too many cornball ballads on this. .I give no more tears a C+ | 0negative
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Stop the wining
A friend recommended me this album. I am sorry to say that I can not do the same. I may be a perfectionist demanding a singer with some sort of musical talent. But the singer in this album tends to wine and scream through out the album. If you like that kind of rock than this album is for you. It reminds of some of the lessor bands out of Seattle in the late 90's (in French of course). This album does have some glimpses of light though. The music itself is very interesting, with a mix of that late 90's grunge/rock feel and euro-rock. | 0negative
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Good Recording.
Fantastic vioce and superb recording.Good to test a new stereo system.Hard to find CD.Is worth every cent.You will not get tired of this music.I just love it. | 1positive
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A Must Have!
Truly the most underated album in the genre of "heavy music",after 25 or so years I have yet to tire of hearing it. Alice Cooper "Killer" should grace the shelf of any fan who loves to crank it up. The influence of this record is more than apparent today. A taste of it can be heard in many current alternative recordings (Jane's Addiction,Marilyn Manson, NIN for example). It's Alice before he went Hollywood, for your own sake... pick it up! END | 1positive
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Great Blend of Tropical Jazz
I do not normally give reviews on items bought through Amazon.However, Lyman's musical genius is truly apparent on this cd.I was not disappointed. | 1positive
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Dont believe the hype!!! Please!!!
I read on a well respected music review site that this album was remarkable, moving etc... Please, please dont buy this. I love all kinds of music, Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Miles Davis and i am open minded but i cant belive that someone thought that this could pass for 1/10 let alone a 9/10. I suspect the reviewer was trying to impress you with his "openmindedness".You can save yourself 15 bucks by recording your own Playthroughs: Instructions:Step 1) Take a keyboard, hit a note....for at least one minute, then change the way the note sounds....slightly...3 minutes later add another note....change the way that note sounds....slightly.......wait 5 minutesStep 2)Start New song, use a different sound, repeat Step 1).Wow....this isnt music, its arrogant and pretensious .... I know there are those of you that think you are openminded and experimental (like me) are drawn to these kinds of descriptions, but Playthroughs doesnt have anything in it that will impress you. Sorry if i hurt your feeling mr Keith F. W. | 0negative
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Chill Out Bliss
The Back to Mine Series has consisitently delivered smooth mixes of great downtempo music. Faithless' lives up to the reputation and more. Starting off as a family affair(Dido being Rollo's younger sister)we are greeted by Rollo's side project Dusted. This is effortlessly blended into the beautiful "Past" by Sub Sub. At this point, you know that you are in for a classic record. Faithless manage to cover all of the bases. Be it trippy Mushrooms by Marshall Jefferson vs. the Noosa Heads, or the soulful "Solo Flying Mystery Man" by Pauline Taylor. What binds all of the eclectic selections together is that they have soul. Far from some experimental ambient nonsense, this album continually delivers with quality laid back music. This is defined by Bent's I love my Man and Carl Craig's all time classic, Throw, under his paperclip people pseudonym. If you like this, check out Groove Armada's entry in the Back to Mine series or Nick Warren's rather hard to find, but well worth searching for, offering. | 1positive
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C'mon C'mon ~ Sheryl Crow
I'm giving Sheryl's last studioalbum a spin at the moment and to be hounest, I still don't like it. Her last studio album, The Globe Sessions, was a really deep and personal album full with introspective songs. It's also one of my favourite albums in my collection and her best so far. C'mon, C'mon is an album full of catchy pop-rock songs, but it feels so forced, the writing, her singing, everything. I think that she's a little bit lazy here and there. The songwriting and some lyrics are really trite and corny. There are also a lot of guest musicians that overpower her own input. The last couple of songs are pretty decent and the collaboration with EmmyLou Harris, Weather Channel, is one of the most beautiful songs she has ever written and the strings give the song a beautiful atmosphere. Why the European bonustrack Missing isn't included on the American release is a riddle, it's one of her better songs. I give this album 2 stars because she can do so MUCH better. This is not a good introduction to Sheryl Crow because she has so much more to offer then this for her standards rather shallow album.1.Steve Mcqueen 3/52.Soak Up The Sun 2/53.You're An Original 2/54.Safe And Sound 3/55.C'Mon C'Mon 2/56.It's So Easy 2/57.Over You 2/58.Lucky Kid 2/59.Diamond Road 2/510.It's Only Love 2/511.Abilene 3/512.Hole In My Pocket 3/513.Weather Channel 5/514.Missing (Euro.Bonustrack) 4/5 | 0negative
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The Eagles are FANTASTIC
This is a terriric cd, i love every track on it. It is just mellow beyond belief.I am 27 years old,and although most of the songs were made when i was a baby, they will stay with me forever. `Lying eyes' probably is my fave track.The eagles songs can reflect high and low points in you life,especially mine!Anyway.....I`m off to put a song on now,....here we go...YOU KNOW I`VE ALWAYS BEEN A.......... | 1positive
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Some good things, but zep is shallow
This band is one of the richest and most popular in history, It is also the most pretentious overrated shallow music you'll ever here, except the boy bands. If you want real British rockers try Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones(a bit overrated) And of course, the awesome Beatles and the Who as well. Floyd's lyrics and guitar are so much better than zep. However, for simply the best music of all time and the deepest lyrics try The Doors! Morrison will come back from the grave and destroy Page. If you want to argue about it, you can email me at zeusfans@aol.com | 0negative
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Sting's weakest artistic album yet - big disappointment
I'm writing this just to warn others how bad this album is. I love Sting, but this album is a testament to a man past his prime. Throw in the towel - your career is over if you keep shelling out junk like this. There's a reason why you'll never hear any of these songs on the radio, because they're bad. His style is ranging from a techno beat to yodelling. Where is the punk rocker with a soft side that we use to know. The Sting that actually added beautiful music to accompany his vocals. I could have generated better music from the demo button on my keyboard. Where is the musical talent we all once loved? | 0negative
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The Black Album
Yes, this is yet another pairing of a heavy band and a "mainstream" producer gone bad (ok, not totally mainstream but Rick Rubin did produce Johnny Cash and LL Cool J). If you like Beatles harmony vocals, Acoustic guitars and mixes with less low end than a Toyota commercial then this is for you. There is a record lying underneath all the junk here so if you're a Slipknot fan like me then buy it and put it in your audio editing program, crank up the lows and cut out all the tunes that reak of over production and burn a new cd. I sure hope they come back with Volume 4 and someone like Terry Date producing. | 0negative
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Not A Fan Of Britney
I had some CDs given to me from a friend a few years ago and I decided to listen to this to see what all the hype was about.Of course, I knew of Britney's smash hits 'Baby One More Time' and 'Oops! I Did It Again!' and I didn't like any of them.Most of these tracks are just filler. I didn't enjoy listening to it.Not very good. | 0negative
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A big regression after the mostly-brilliant Rush...
Am I the only one that cringes with the Hallmark-like lyrics of this album? The music is derivitive and over-produced. They channeled U2 in a subtle, non-wearing-your-influence-on-your-sleave way. Now they've just gone overboard.This is why artists die when they become happily married. Especially those who base their work on the subject of love. Misery writes the best music.They are on a slippery slope downhill. | 0negative
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CRAPTACULAR! SHE DOES IT AgAIN!
okay when baby one more time came out i was like "man this gurl cant sing but the pigatils are cool!" then what happened to the cutsie pop princess? she grew up? what no she didnt! she just started prostituting herself! literally she is a prostitute! her voice.. wait what voice.. anyways the thing she calls her voice doesnt sell records its her image! the onyl reason britney is ruviving in the industry is by taking off more and more clothes! shes just a waste of time and space in the music industry! Honestly GO AWAY BRITNEY!! she never could sing and she never will be able to sing. Me against the music has rave reviews but honestly, its nothing but a waste of millions of cds. beleive me dont buy it, my freidn has it, and she threw it in the garbage can. Its a waste of plastic, waste of time, and it kills the ears! do us a favour britney and go away!! LEAVE US ALONE! ure vapour! britney fans dont hate, appreciate and take in the truth! this cd deserved less than 1, 0 or negatives! | 0negative
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Unbelievable!
This has got to be the worst CD of the year. I can't believe Thalia would release such a horrible album. All her songs are stuck in the 80s. The music is so outdated. Save your money for something better. This CD is going directly to the trash. | 0negative
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Okay, best jazz album ever...
I was exaggerating a tiny bit when I called this the "Best Album Ever", but it's the best album in the jazz world (though Coltrane's Blue Train comes close). One listen to So What proved that Miles was, besides being an innovater and great trumpet player, skilled with a melody. Freddy Freeloader does nothing but confirm that, as does the beautiful Blue In Green. At 11:35, All Blues is by far the longest track on Kind of Blue and showcases the group's enormous talent. (then again, any band with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderly would be extremely talented). Last up is Flamenco Sketches, which is another fine song... if you can hear a note of it, that is. I don't mind quiet music (with the exception of soft-rock, which simply lacks substance), but Flamenco Sketches is very tough to hear. Still, it has a nice melody.And to the "MTV Supporter"... Finulanu is tired of babysitting people who don't know diddly about music! (so tired, in fact, that he's referring to himself in the third person, which normally drives him up the wall). Jessica Simpson is an obnoxious parody of herself who plays pop, and 50 Cent is a rapper. Oh, one more thing... no matter what the Gangsta Rap culture may lead you to believe, being shot does NOT make you a good musician.Anyway, if you like jazz, buy this! (Hell, if you like any type of music, buy this) and Milestones, also by Miles Davis. Miles made me a jazz fan, and he could very well do the same to you. | 1positive
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One of Few Great New Bands
This is the greatest "new breed of rock" out there. The only other band to truly hold it's own against disturbed is Linkin Park. I bought both at around the same time and they are both wonderful. The sound quality and truthfulness on this CD is awesome. The first 12 songs are all great.(I know there is only 12 on the disc duh!)Voices and Down with the Sickness are my personal faves!! But all in all this has to be one of the greatest albums i have ever ever bought! Thanx Amazon! | 1positive
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'90s grunge movement was bankrupt before it started
I laugh when I hear people say that Nirvana was the best band that ever was (Ok, so far, you're entitled to your opinion, though I think that this is a very limiting perspective on the totality of music) or ever will be (now waitamminit. Pre-empting ALL future bands? Give me a break.)This stuff is neither the be-all, end-all of music, nor is it even very worthwhile on an artistic level. Many of these out-of-tune songs sound like they were written in five minutes by a very disturbed individual (which, it turns out, Cobain was).Not an album to remember. I also laugh at all the kids that were crying a river and holding all-night vigils over Cobain's suicide, as if he were their spiritual leader or something, or as if his lyrics really MEANT something important. (What the heck do half of them even mean, anyway? Damned if I can figure them out.) Cobain's decision to kill himself was tragic, but jeez, come on, people. | 0negative
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HEARTFELT MUSIC FOR YOUR SOUL
Never have I heard an artist that touches my heart and soul the way India Arie does!!! You have to be a true lover of music and poetry to appreciate such a superb work of art. Each song reveals an emotion everyone can relate to. I recommend this CD to EVERYONE!!!!! Pure listening pleasure.......A true Masterpiece. Thank You for sharing your God given talent with us. God Bless!!!! | 1positive
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Wham cd
it's not as good as I expected but I Love the old wham so I'll deal with it | 0negative
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a perfect 12
i think it is absolutely wonderful, a nice change to musi | 1positive
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His most personal Cd to date
This is a very good Cd by Russell. He puts alot of feeling into this Cd. I think he put his whole heart into this. I love like all of the songs but there is one that I do not linten to as much as the others. I love the songs Amore E Musica , Gladiatore , You raise me up , I believe, We will stand togetter and La Fiamma Sacra | 1positive
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remeber vinyl that rocks
What an ablum. It is one of my collection that I have had since it came out on vinyl. I just can not see why one reveiwer would knock it for not having his standard ten songs did he really listen to the whole album. To know that 2 of the songs are pushing 20 minutes. The days when this came out where the days vinyl ruled. Then came reel to reel, eight tracks and of course cassettes. Then the amazing age of cd's. According to him "Dark Side of the Moon" would be one side short of his standards. I could not see how adding one song to it was going to make it better after all it is only pushing 43 minutes. After all I guess I am "to old now to rock and roll but to young to die" thanks Jertho Tull for giving me purpose. I just wonder did this reveiwer listen to the album. To know how much air play some of these songs got just from this one album from the underground stations of the by gone years. The good old days. i hope he is just a kid. And not one from my 50 + generation. I remeber songs in concerts from bands that would go on forever when one by one they would walk off till the drummer was left he would do a solo then they would come back on one by one and do a solo. most these would of been longer than one side of the vinyl album side easy if not more. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, was a band from that era. One song I brought the album for was Cinnamon Girl that just turned out to be the frosting on the cake of this album. This is from the years of 66 on when i started going to concerts. the albums where used too bring back the memory of seeing the band live for me. My first one was "The Iron Butterfly" Richie Havens was the warm-up. As I have been listening to "Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere" as I type this. Ah the memories is what this one is about. Just remeber when Vinyl ruled as your mesuring stick. Otherwise you are limiting yourself. Do not ever do that. As this is an album that leads to some awesome stuff from Neil Young. Sorry if I stepped on toes. But hey my nickel. Only lost some time seeing concerts due to some military since the draft, was part of that age to but then wound up in Southern Califorinia in the 70's when I returned from SE ASIA. What luck talk about some killer concerts I have to choose from to be listening to on my stereo now yes the memories. Is what the music means to me. I used to record my vinyl to reel to reel then eight track made my own for my wheels then cassettes, Thanks to cd's I make my own now too. for my car. | 1positive
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Why spend the money?
Big Country had a great sound back in the day, but that day's gone now. Try listening to Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot instead--it's simply the greatest cd ever released in our lifetime. | 0negative
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Beautifully sung and written
_The Secret Garden_ has some absolutely enchanting lyrics, and while the music is not as spectacular or memorable, it can still be incredibly moving in combination with those wonderful words.Admittedly, the music has a definite trend towards soft, high parts, especially with the vocals, where soprano (Mary and Lily) and tenor (Dickon and Archibald) parts reign supreme. So if such music is not your type, you probably won't like _The Secret Garden_ as much as some -- but you might well still like it at least a bit!However, let it be noted that the casting was excellent, especially for the leading parts of Mary and Archibald. The eleven-year-old Daisy Eagan was the life of the show *and* its songs; what more is there to be said? Mandy Patinkin absolutely excelled in the songs such as "A Bit of Earth" and "Lily's Eyes" -- his voice is perfect for the songs and the songs are perfect for his voice, which is without doubt the loveliest tenor I've ever heard. To say nothing of the rest of the superb cast! Rebecca Luker, for instance, has a wonderful classic soprano that works out perfectly in the part of Lily. In fact, the interplay of vocals in general was fantastic, as best evidenced in such numbers as the aptly named "Quartet," the eerily beautiful "I Heard Someone Crying," where the enchanting parts sung flawlessly by Luker and Patinkin can send chills down my spine, and the haunting baritone/tenor duet of "Lily's Eyes."Some of the songs do become overly complex, and lyrics are perhaps too often repeated in part. Also, one might be inclined to think that everything on this recording is not entirely necessary, such as some of the tuneless scenes. All in all, though, _The Secret Garden_ has an incredibly wonderful soundtrack. | 1positive
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