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Nature and music
Years have passed since maestro Maazel decided to remove the happy 'Radetzky marsch' from the concert's program due to the fatal tsunammi occurred on the precedent 26th december. The result, in perpective, is that maestro Maazel has the musical sense and genius to imitate his own matter, the rarest genius and perhaps the most internally powerful and suprising, even magic: it is true that after the decision of maestro Maazel in 2005, the performing of the 'New Year's Concert' of every year has been in the situation if gaining in acrobacy, difficulty and sponsors so the last performance this year had presence in 170 countries. The spanish periodist for spain to cover this event in direct, mr Arteaga, is an excepcional music criticist and I'd like in next versions of this classic to appear in the dvd menu these television comments. | 1positive
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Awesome, SUPERNATURAL music with tasteful contributors.
Santana's "SUPERNATURAL" is a tasteful mix of the best of everything. With influences ranging from Rob Thomas to Eric Clapton to Lauryn Hill, this CD is sure to please everyone. Santana is once again at his finest on the guitar. His classic, Spanish-influenced chords prove to be a hit with today's Latin rage, yet still remain true to his style. This CD is recommended to everyone who likes a good beat. | 1positive
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Some People Should Not Sing Live!
I have heard most of the songs from this CD on my local radio station the past couple of weeks and could not believe my ears. The first time I heard Garth go off key as much as he did, I thought it must be a mistake. However, as I heard more songs from this set, it actually got worse. On numerous songs he is either going sharp or flat. Most singers tend to do one or the other when they are off key. Garth does both equally well. I have never heard something this bad from a record company before. While I knew Garth was not the best singer out there, this release just magnifies the situation greatly. While I like Garth and think he is a great entertainer, I will not buy this CD. My ears cannot handle it. | 0negative
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beautiful sounds of peace and calm
I bought the C.D. because I only had an old taped copy of Gate Gate and heart o perfect wisdom,what a wonderful surprise when I heard the Sufi song of love it is so calming and peaceful,I love it and will look again at some more from this range. | 1positive
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Thank God
All of us can thank God for something. I thank God that I did not spend any money for this cacophony of babel.The song clips provides great laughter at the office. We can not believe how horrible this crapball of CD this is. No wonder Mike Love was bitterly opposed to Smile. He probably envisioned himself on stage trying to sing that toilet of song "barnyard".I wish I could get negative stars to cancel out some of you [...]who claim that this CD doesn't suck. | 0negative
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When is her next release?
I've had this CD for about two years now. I heard a track from it while listening to a local public radio station (WNCW - Spindale, NC) one day and thought it sounded interesting. After listening to a few more tracks online, I purchased it...this is by far one of my favorite CDs. It's great for all moods, entertaining, the office, whatever...I'm not sure I'd label it trip-hop although it does have that feel at times. Everyone I've suggested it to has loved it, hope you will. | 1positive
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i've listened to it about ten times already
this g.d. cd is the best one up to date. if g.d. did more like this, they would roll in the dough. this is the best g.d. cd for the newbies and the older fans. if you don't like it you definatly have a bad taste in music. so buy it why dontcha! | 1positive
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i have finally heard both sides now
this i am sorry to say is one of the saddst efforts mr. van ronk put out--he may have had fun with it, but the patience of the listener is sorely tried--and this saddens me.i originally purchased this album thinking that it migt be something else--the polydor years--WOW WAS I WRONG! MR. VAN RONK does not do well in this setting--despite what he thought, the mixing of the jazz band efforts are terrible it sounds like the mixer on this project felt perfectly comfortable putting VR"S voice in ones pocket so to speak--it is muffled,a gravelly peep at best and reminds this listener of the stan freburg approach used in his spoof of the drummer in the yellow rose of texas--all in all--this work should have been left on the shelf to moulder--it was not one of his better efforts--i remember looking at this album some thirty years ago and dismissing it--then--sadly, in this observers humble opinion, it should have been put down then--but then i suppose to those who revere this artists work, and who burn candles for him--there will be some interest in this work, if for no other reason than to complete their catalogs of this artist | 0negative
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the album after the break through
After the commercial break-through of Darkside of the Moon, Pink Floyd took a very jazzier aproach to thier style of music.With lengthy instrumentals of the song,Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 1-9,and very early industrialized song Welcome To The Machine.Keyboardist Rick Wright bursts with creativity, playing each note smoothley on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and uses awsome synthesizers on Welcome To The Machine and Have A Cigar.Guitarist David Gilmour,plays one of his most techinical styles of guitar combining jazz, blues and some hard rock!Drummer Nick Mason has a more smoother aproach. On Welcome To The Machine, he plays his most atmospheric.Singer/Bassist Roger Waters wrote very real life lyrics of success and tragedy of past band member, Syd Barret.This album should never be left out of a music collection | 1positive
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Faith can INDEED be restored with Reel Big Fish's New Album!
I had listened to the original album before Turn the Radio off. Which was INCREDIBLE. I had even special ordered Turn the Radio Off, but when the hype about the band started to stream in, it did not upset me, this was a hard working band, who deserved every bit of the hype. Yet, what did dissapoint me was when I picked up Keep Your Receipt. Although it had a rockin' cover of Op Ivy's classic "Unity," it seemed like Reel Big Fish's manifest destiny led them to Rock, and, or Roll, which made me hesitent to pick up their new album. When I did, however, I was delightfully suprised at the sounds streaming from my speakers. It was wonderful, some may think even better than their original works, with tighter horns, and even some variation from their other albums. Some songs almost have an eerie Sublime feel to them. Indeed my faith hath been restored, and I know I'll wear out the grooves out of the CD. (Hard to do, but possible, happened with the first Album)Sir_Pogo | 1positive
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Let the Sabbath begin...
February, Friday the 13th, 1970. You find out about this band from your friends at school, so you decide to go out to your local record store and get it. You run back home and flip on the stereo, switching the volume to maximum, while your parents aren't home yet. The record begins to run. All you hear is rain and occasional thunderstrikes. When you least expect it, the explosion begins... and you know Ozzy has come for you. | 1positive
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The Savior
At first this album gave me the impression of being some sort of British Death Cab For Cutie. But after enough listens it is so much more than that. Hopefully these guys are destined for greatness. | 1positive
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Crap! Crap! Crap!
Since I cannot find a listing for the single "Lean wit it, Rock wit it" on Amazon with enough attention to get my opinion out, I'm going to take the entire album of Dem Franchize Boyz to task. This album is garbage; complete and total garbage. This group is complete and total garbage. Jermaine Dupri and Diddy are garbage for thinking that this style of music can accomplish anything more than just sticking an annoying tune in someone's head that they can't get rid of.There is no real flow to the music and beats are incredibly simple and childish. The little toy piano I had when I was 3 years old can produce more complex music than these guys can. The music also fails to produce anything that would be of any use to dance to in the clubs. Sure, people can do that stupid `Lean wit it, Rock wit it' dance from the video, but that's it. Plus, at this point, doing that dance would get someone seriously laughed at.Groups like Dem Franchize Boyz and D4L have no clue what makes music work and have zero understanding of the kind of beats that make hip hop flow. DFB is an embarrassment to the Atlanta hip hop scene and they need to stop before they and groups like them bring further disrepute to a legendary music city. | 0negative
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It's a good album.
Always sort of liked the counting crows. They were never quite my favorite but the music really is solid, easy to enjoy. A couple of less than great songs on this one but it was worth the money. | 1positive
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Psychopathic
That is honestly the best word I can think of to describe this playing. It really is a crime againt Beethoven. There is simply no feeling or meaning anywhere; the complete lack of musical empathy is shocking. Ignore the critical hype; there's plently of "technique" to listen to, but no substance.If you want Beethoven that means something, look to Alfred Brendel. | 0negative
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Great value!
Great deal, great CDs - how can you lose? =) | 1positive
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Bonnie said it best about Little Feat with Lowell George.
At Lowell George's death in 1979, Bonnie Raitt told Rolling Stone, "Fire and ability, that was Lowell George. In the end, I guess, he paid for his true genius by having poor health. But I want to say -- and this is not just being said in a moment of emotion -- that he was the best singer, songwriter and guitar player I have ever heard, hands down, in my life. I don't expect to hear another like him." Nearly 20 years later, I'm willing to bet that she still hasn't. After you hear Waiting for Columbus, you'll say the same thing. | 1positive
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Some really fun tracks!
This CD has some really fun tracks! I have had fun dancing and teaching to them! | 1positive
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Such a shame
There are only a couple of albums I would buy automatically, just because I know who the artist is and I can guarantee it'll be good. Trusty J-Lo CD's were one of them, always guaranteed to make you dance. So when "This is me...Then" came out, I immediately thought, "buy that next time I see it". But after hearing most of the tracks, I have decided to change my mind. What an utter load of repetition. All the songs sound the same. It's not the fact that she's dropped the trademark dancey, up tembo stuff, it's the fact that none of the songs are original at all.What's made J-Lo famous in the music world has now been replaced by slushy ballads. And I mean slushy. I almost choked when I saw the titles, "Dear Ben" and "Baby I love you". Her transition to more "serious" music has been too sudden, and her first single "Jenny from the Block" is misleading for the rest of the album. How did this happen? Very rarely do I go from loving someones music to falling asleep. I want to love it, but I simply can't! | 0negative
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Buyer Beware!!!
This CD has a copy protection scheme that makes it totally useless to us 30 million IPod owners! How could a band be so stupid as to alienate such as huge percentage of their fans??? | 0negative
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Whoever Gives This 5 Knows Nothing About Rap!
Terrible..one of the worst cd's i own | 0negative
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Not the best, but still good
I bought this after buying her Mixed Live in Las Vegas CD and I truly feel spoiled by the Las Vegas CD. "I'm About to Break," lacks the intensity that Las Vegas has right from first track all the way through the whole CD. I.A.T.B. does not really get going until about half way through the set and when it does get there it feels like it still has not quite hit that peake you would expect from mid-point of the set. For me this CD is good for backround music because it just does not make me want to move my a** like the Las Vegas set does. But it is still a good set of tunes to hear while you are already preoccupied with something else. Avoid this if you are only a casual breakbeat/techno listener. I Highly reccommend the Mixed Live in Las Vegas release to anyone remotely interested in any type of high energy dance music. This one is really only for devoted Baby Anne fans. | 0negative
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Joyful revival of old times...
Andrea Bocelli is known as a tenor who touches the soul of the audience because of the emotion in his voice.One of the characteristics of Andrea Bocelli's singing is the producing of certain overtones, which make his voice immediately recognizable. If someone has a radio on, but very low, you can hear when they play Bocelli, even though the music is hardly hearable. It's these overtones that form the basis on which the duets for tenor and violin are based. Like in the long gone days of the famous McCormack/Kreisler duets, which inspired Maazel for this revival. I listened also to the original, but the Maazel/Bocelli duet sounds somehow like much more fun. The agile violino obbligato, vibrant, playful playing around with Bocelli's passionate singing. Sometimes it sounds much like a circus act, like in "La Danza", and you can almost imagine Bocelli taking part in the dance! "Sognor d'amore" is emotional. Bocelli stated that the original lyrics were too gloomy, but his seemingly autobiographical lyrics are also far from cheerful. I fell in love immediately with the radiant sound of Maazel's violin and can easily imagine how Bocelli himself must have loved to sing in duet with that instrument. A wonderful cd, which shows that good music is of all times.... | 1positive
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More like the Mixtapes
This album is better than Get Rich or Die Trying. this album feels more like what the G-unit would put out on the streets when there at their Best. | 1positive
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Nas Is Back!
After loosing himself in the commercial exploitation of hip-hop with its overused samples and contrived hooks, Nas returns with God's son. While the title may suggest that Nas hasn't lost his artistic arrogance, its a bit much to live up to if taken in the literal sense. Lets hope that the God he's referring to here is his late mother because the nigga aint jesus figuratively or literally.From the first time you hear the hookless sample clouded in raw hip-hop production, you know Nas is back to possibly reclaim his throne. I got this album the first day it hit and I must say it that it was worth the money. Made you look is by far the most amped up track on the album with flow and lyrics to match, Nas reassumes his position as one of the leaders in hip-hop. The cat is a lyricist although his true lyricism is displayed on songs like "Rhyme book" and "Dance" a tribute to his late mother which features his horn palying father Olu Dara. "Last Real Nigga Alive" is a cocky narrative about the present New York Rap scene and how it came to be as Nas takes shots at Jay Z: "I was scarface and Jay was Minnolo, It hurt me when I had to murder him and his whole squad for dolo" Other Standout tracks include Nas's lyrical assault in "Get down" and the inspirational "I Can". The album does have some problems though. "Revolutionary Warfare" doesn't quite live up to its title, "Hey Nas" whats revolutionary about this?Tracks like "Mastermind " are perfect examples when Jay-Z and other critics accuse Nas of tryin to kick knowledge. In this category he fails horribly. Hey Nas, go home and study cause your philosophy is weak. Another problem is Nas's delivery throughout the disc (excluding the bonus disc). Besides "Made you Look" and "Get Down", Nas seems to lack the powerful delivery giving his rhymes justice. Most raps are rapped at the same monotone. He doesn't mix up his vocal tone like new school greats Tupac and Eminem. However, I must say that overall this was a good hip-hop release. But for those with a New York, east coast bias, this is the greatest. | 1positive
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This movie was great.. the score, however...
The Music itself is good, but it's just not my style.. I usually prefer a soundtrack over a score.For those looking to legally download Nwahulwana, google the title, and the very first hit (Piranha) has a link at the top right, that says MP3, click that for a list of all music you can download, Nwahulwana is part of that list. I'd post the link itself, but I know I'm not allowed ;) | 0negative
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Metallicrap
I have been a Metallica fan since Kill 'em all ... that goes back a very long time, and I have never heard anything this bad from them ... never. The band has slowly been getting worse and worse, and this is it. Please ... never put out another album. It is getting embarrassing. I have let quite a few friends listen to this album, just to make sure I am not going crazy ... and I could not write what they said. Just sad. And now they have a video game coming out??? You learn about this on the cd ... what a waste. Iron Maiden already did that quite a few years ago. Try doing something different. Oh wait .. I think they did ... and came up with this garbage. Just don't waste your money on this. It aint worth it. | 0negative
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mind blowing and expanding
gamelan music remastered with the help of the percussion artist of the Greatful Dead. Haunting and simple melodies contrasting sharply with the harsh reality of tribal lifestyle. As a returned peace corps volunteer I find this cd authentic and true to the spirit of the people. | 1positive
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Are some people crazy?
The people giving this album 1 and 2 stars are morons...no, seriously, they are. This album is excellent - not quite as good as ITD? or Stories, but excellent all the same. Anyone comparing it to Dry is nothing short of an ignoramus. And, while I will agree that Pocketknife blows, WTF? is a great song, though not as good as it is live.In short, if you love the multiple sides of PJ, you'll love this album - if you're only a fan of one "style" (i.e. ROM or Stories), you may find yourself loving some bits and loathing others.Standout tracks: Shame, WTF, The Letter, Cat on The Wall, It's You, Desperate Kingdom of Love, and The Darker Days of Me and Him | 1positive
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A little scary
Music is a little scary "freaky" to my daughter (10 and not easily scared). I told her that's the way dolphins communicate and she liked the truth and science of that, but it doesn't quite work for calm music... | 0negative
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Sistas With Christmas Voices
This is one of the most Souful Christmas Albums of the 1990's. These girls tore it up on My favorite things. Co-Co's mom helps out on O Holy Night. | 1positive
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Beautiful
How eerie to hear him play his own music. Found this startling recording by chance, as he died in 1917? 1918? and who thought anyone had recorded anything by him! Warmth of tone, smooth and emphatic dynamics, the mastery confirms what I have read how he sight read 'The Rite of Spring' to play with Igor, when Stravinsky brought the score to try out. The ease and command of the instrument come through in an inspiring way. Too bad the Prix de Rome was such an ordeal for him, though all that study developed his astonishing abilities for composition. Did you know he worked for Mme von Meck, ~ Tchaikovsky's erstwhile patron~to play piano with her children ? Luckily her daughter was too grand for young Claude, and he went back to Paris. I have read master musicians state his 'Pelleas and Melisande' is one of the finest and most innovative pieces of the 20th C, though I have yet to appreciate it, as the piano music takes me away.This is from another world. Don't expect edited perfection of recording you get in digital nowadays, but this is the heart and soul. | 1positive
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Not the full soundtrack
I have the Cosmos soundtrack on vinyl and love it and was expecting the same thing on CD. However, when the CD arrived it was entitled "Selections from Cosmos". The CD has only 6 of the 18 cuts on the vinyl soundtrack. | 0negative
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Amazing
This is a wicked CD. His first single is a winner, but unlike most new artists, the rest of the CD comes through. Congrats! | 1positive
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soulful house with strong vocal performances
On this CD, it seems like A:XUS is at a crossroads; his instrumental pieces, usually lush long-note keyboards with a variety of beats are solid but rarely spectacular. The fully developed 3-4 songs on this disc, however, are finely crafted and showcase his best efforts.The CD starts of with Baghdad Cafe, arguably the best song on the disc. It then dips for "Raw Emotions" a respectable house number, and "My Planet Rocks" a swirly smooth electro piece. "Synchronicity" is a bubble beat over smooth strings, and then the CD rises again with the winsome vocals of "Near or Far". "Pluto" and "Oceans Between us are the same isntrumental styles with varying beats- some crisp, some like drum and bass. "Soundtrack for Life" is disposable, a soundtrack to voicemail. Later on the disc picks up with the "Nice to See HYou Again" and the brightest track "When I fall in Love".This disc is a solid, soothing listen with few missteps, but it's the songs you'll favor over the instrumentals. Still, I'd recommend it. | 1positive
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Is my cd player BROKEN!?
I am a No Doubt fan but this cd is like, an insult! They could have made one song out of the 13 one-line songs on the cd. I seriously thought I got a bad cd because it just kept repeating! Dont waste your time with this cd. | 0negative
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This is the best one
This cd is Regina's best work. Trust me on this one | 1positive
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4 Star Music - 1 Star Product
Don't buy this album.This is one of those Sony albums that want you to download their software.Download this album from itunes or somewhere else. Otherwise you will not be able to even put the tunes on your mp3 player.No offense to the guys at BRMC - this is a good cd. But please don't let Sony ever do that again. | 0negative
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If you know what you're getting into...
The detractors have come out in full force for this album, and I join the reviewers who say those detractors are dead wrong. Comparing the Velvet Underground to Miles Davis and saying the Velvets "don't hold up", as one reviewer did, is insanity. That's like saying "milk" doesn't hold up to "carrots". They are incomparable. Complaining about there not being enough "songs" here is silly also. Remember that the Velvets weren't shooting for making a Rolling Stones' album here, so don't blame them if they didn't. The closing track "Sister Ray" is the kind of thing you either get or you don't. If you don't like it, don't shout "phonies" or "critic's pets", because the Velvets weren't making the song for you to dance to, or for critics to write about. One of the problems with modern music is that some insist it is only "art" if you create a symphony, and that anything that isn't orchestrated must therefore be Pop Music. "White Light/White Heat" is born from New York's gritty drug culture, not the mixing board of a Swedish producer, so expect darkness and dissonance.Whether you like it or not, this album is huge. It seems to stand against all music that ever came before it. It takes rock & roll and reshapes it into something terrible and beautiful, something that the world had not seen before. If it seems harsh and painful, that is because the world can be harsh and painful. If we lived in a land of fluffy bunnies and care-bears, we wouldn't need the Velvet Underground, the Beatles, or Bob Dylan with their touches of blackness.To those considering getting into the band, this is not the best place to start. The band's first album, "The Velvet Underground and Nico" is a better launching point. If you already have tried other Velvet's albums, and if you can appreciate the screeching viola and tender building sensation on the track "Heroin" even a third as much as Lou Reed's bitter-sweet vocals, buy this one. | 1positive
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Long Black Train
Josh Turner is one fantastic performer! Love his deep bass voice and he does well on about every song he does! Long Black Train was his first hit, and they keep on coming! Fantastic cd at a fantadstic price! | 1positive
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Jerry Goldsmith in awesome adventure mode
This is Jerry Goldsmith's triumphant return to adventure films. Unlike "The Mummy" and "The Haunting," which are by-the-numbers scores, Goldsmith clearly invested a lot of thought and emotion into this rousing score. If you're like me, you won't get past the first track until you've listened to it 4 or 5 times...it kicks! I love how the orchestra (a BIG one) blends with electronic elements, exotic percussion, and wonderful use of a male chorus. Some of the action cues are a bit overdone, but why quibble when there's nearly an hour of music to savor. It's all seamlessly done. Author Michael Crichton writes a nice tribute to Jerry inside the CD liner. Along with "The Phantom Menace," this is clearly one of the best movie scores of the year...and certainly one of Goldsmith's best scores of the decade. Bravo! | 1positive
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Musical Genius
This is one of the most highly recognized jazz albums ever. It's a refreshing conversation with life, emotion, and--most obvious--music. Davis' sophisticated style caresses the background piano without completely overshadowing it. At the same time, he cascades across the scale, illuminating the minor chords and spontaneous drum rhythms. This is a great work--a must have! | 1positive
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garbage
The subject matter is trash, plain and simple. MTV should have better ethics than to promote this indecent album. Regardless if you buy it for "the beat" or "the music" you are still telling the rapper to continue writing lyrics with this subject matter. Whoever buys this should be ashmamed. Eminem, do me a favor and write with class. | 0negative
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I'm not happy with it!
Elsie Muniz voice is GREAT! But this CD-SINGLE is not the better! I have the MAXI-SINGLE "Your Eyes" and its the BETTER! Because that has Victor Calderone Mix! Unhapply the Maxi-Single is not available on Amazon. | 0negative
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Brian has let us down badly.
This CD is really very average and certainly does not deserve 5 stars. People who give it 4-5 stars have lost the plot.Overall this is very childish and wishy washy. Some of the tunes are taylor made for Barry Manilow and one particular track could have been the theme tune for the My Little Pony series(my daughter used to watch it).I have given this a fair hearing 20-25 times in the car and still cant find a way to like it. Pet sounds should not be mentioned as this is an excuse at trying to make music. A little secret. Try Tears for Fears Every Body Loves a Happy Ending and you will hear the new up to date Pet Sounds. If Brian could have made a CD like this I could understand the 5 star ratings.As it is this is not good enough background music to hang wall paper to. | 0negative
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On fire............................
This 2nd Velvet Underground album was their defining moment and one of the most telling, noisy , diverse, masterpieces ever to emerge from the 60's. The raw, train-like chug and burn of the guitar on "White Light/White Heat" coupled with the doowop-y back up vocals and honky tonk piano line is one of the most classic moments of rock and roll brilliance. Then comes "the Gift", with its funked out almost b-movie backing track, this eerie narrative was a first and sounds like nothing else even today. "Lady Godiva" is classic VU drone pop with some clever vocal musing near the end. "Here she comes now" is like a VU motown lullaby and washes out the first side of the vinyl. "I heard her call my name" begins side 2 with a bang & is one of the most urgent, primitive rock songs ever recorded. Finishing the album is the ultimate tribal rock jam "Sister Ray", one of the most visceral, droning, tranced out rock songs ever. This album will change your life. Essential. Monumental for 1968! | 1positive
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Repetitive boring electronica.
The album is sterile, cold, dull, repetitive electronica, with a passionless vocal track. If that's what you like, you'll like this. It doesn't do anything for me. It doesn't repel me (like rap), but provides nothing of interest for future listening. | 0negative
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Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z.....................
I'm giving this 2 stars just because I've loved Carly for 35years. However, this CD is chock full of boring arrangementsand lackluster vocals. I regret to say that Carly's singingsounds quite strained. If you enjoyed being lulled to sleepby the Muzak-like accompaniment on the Rod Stewart standardsCD's, this is for you. However, if you like Carly, and areinterested in hearing her sing this type of music, stick withher earlier albums "Torch" and "My Romance". Both of thoseare infinitely more interesting than this snoozefest.I would also like to say that this entire gimmick of aging popstars doing albums of standards has gotten STALE. Some of themhave done a great job, but so many of them have absolutely noaptitude for this type of music. (Please note that I do NOT include Carly here. She knows what she's doing.) It frightensme that some of the reviews here use words like Dazzling, Magical, or Thrilling. Haven't these people ever listened toElla Fitzgerald, Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, JoeWilliams, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford or Peggy Lee to name afew? If you think that these more recent watered-down interpretations hold a candle to any of those artists, well,you need to broaden your horizons. Listen to the masters!! | 0negative
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John Renbourne is no fool on Ship of Fools
John Renbourn's departure from the complications of previous work is like a fresh breeze. His minimalist approach suits well this collection of traditional and neo-traditional celtic songs. If you liked Sir John A Lot, you will like Ship of Fools. The key ingredient to this album, missing from earlier works, is the enchanting, almost dreamlike work of vocalist Maggie Boyle. The flat guitar work in "I live not where I love" does not do her justice, while the driving cadence of the title track highlight her ethereal voice - you cannot get this song out of your head. Her work on the recorder also accentuates her vocal work and, in combination with John Renbourn's restrained, yet punchy guitar work, create a musical faerie tale that is not soon forgotten. | 1positive
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Huh?
I LOVED Cowboys From Hell and Vulger Display Of Power, but this alblum was missing something, I'm not sure what, but something. It just wasn't as exciting or interesting to listen to as thier last two releases. | 0negative
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You Guy's All Have A Black, Cold As Stone, Heart
I realize that Hilary doesn't have the best vocals. And I also realize that she truly can't write songs (or whoever did write those songs). But is it neccessary to tear her up like a peice of meat between a 100 dogs?I borrowed this CD from my friend because she was raving about it, and I must admit that it is a waste of money. But as I was looking at the reviews that people had written about it, I'm almost more disgusted with them than with Hilary Duff. Maybe Hilary does need to find a new hobby, but these reviews were brutal.And I do know that I'm in that 'tween' stage, and that a ton of my friends like her, but that doesn't mean that All young teens are going to idolize her. I know some adults who buy some pretty bad music. And I've heard some pretty bad music played and sung by adults. So you can't label everyone under the same title.And give her a break, some really good bands had an extremely rocky start.So lighten up. She's pretty bad, but don't stone her before you look at the whole story. What if you were in Hilary's position? Would you really laugh at all these people pounding you into the ground?Overall, this CD is a waste of money, but give her a break. And quite using all those cuss words. You think that makes your review really cool? Well your dead wrong. It makes YOU seem really lame. | 0negative
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An alright album
This is an ok album. Heart Shaped Box is a great song but theres nothing too remarkable about the others and a lot of it is repitive and sounds the same. | 0negative
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Where is Ravi Shankar's Influence?
I forgot that I really don't like this sort of music from Philip Glass. I do, however, love Ravi Shankar. I was looking for something a little less frenetic!! Oh well! | 0negative
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This is definatly 1 you can fall asleep to. Its so slow and sluggish it hurts to hear it. | 0negative
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One of the 20 greatest albums of all time...
Being 24 years of age, I can't remember exactly, but I was probably 2 years old when this was originally released. I urge every older person out there to share this album with someone below the age of 25. My mom did and I am glad she did. However, (here comes the fickle part) you should really play this album in the original album order to get the full effect (program your player in this order: 2,3,7,1,6,4,& 5). Nevertheless, when America is surveyed for the great things accomplished in this century, this album will hopefully make that list...along with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. | 1positive
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Dont Know Why You Like This Song
Puke, puke, puke. Can you hear me puke. This is 100% rectum. Her dull voice bodes poorly with the cheesy backing music. Sounds like a bad night club singer. | 0negative
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Fever is much better !
I was turned on to Kylie with the Fever album. Fever is glossy pop, danceable and slick with great melodies - addictive! When Body Language was released, I immediately bought it - what a disappointment! It sounds overly simple and filler-ridden. The single 'Slow' is a sweet minimalist grind, but that's pretty much it. If you're looking for a great intro to Kylie, definitely check out Fever. | 0negative
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Boring
Nona Gaye's tracks with Prince also were much morepromising than her solo album (without the Prince tracks) actually is. It'sa very smooth but rather boring production. One track even sounds exactlylike Lalah Hathaway's "Rise" - just with another melody. Strange. | 0negative
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The Album is a disaster.
This ranks up with dr. dre's chronic 2001 as the worst albumI've ever seen in my life, the music is horrible, the writingis worthless and lar$ drumming is pathetic, remember back in the 80's you had rocked until cliff burton passed away,Then the downfall begun, Black album, loads, napster, and now thisGive me metallicaYou are officially terminated for goodMetallica 1981-91 RIP. | 0negative
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A Beautiful Disc that is a delight to the ear.
This disc needs no review. Just listen and enjoy! I hope hear many more recordings by both Katrina Gauvin and Russell Braun. | 1positive
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MIND BOGGLING !
....that this Company can justify,this type of compilation I have a clean copy of the LP,that contains " I want you ",an absolute CLASSIS,although,not well known. I saw that ,this tune was on this CD,and FREAKED ! FINALLY !!!I received it today and am VERT,VERY DISAPPOINTED !!!ALL the tunes are copied from records and they are ALL SCRATCHED VERY BADLY !!!I've witnessed some dishonest stuff out there,but this TAKES THE CAKE !!!DON'T BUY THIS SERIES,UNLESS YOU ENJOY HORRIBLE SOUND QUALITY. | 0negative
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wow, hit after hit after hit.
wow, what can I say, just got my copy a few weeks ago and I have not stopped playing it since. This is the essential Michael Jackson, if that isn't the understatement of the year. Listening to this great compelation of songs brought all kinds of memories flooding back, from going to kiddie parties as a youngster, and attending college in my teens. The first Cd contains songs with the jackson five and earlier work from his solo career. What a great song "ben" is, listening to a child singing such a nice song was truely heart warming and made me appreciate him more . This song along with my favourite "human nature", rockin robin, the girl is mine and the Gad damn rest of the first CD is one hell of a collection that I can only describe as classic MJ. But boy o boy, the second Cd fights back hard, with dirty diana, smooth criminal, who is it and the rest just left me feeling great appreciation for the work of a genius. This is indeed great value for money and am planning to buy an extra copy for a friend as a birthday present. | 1positive
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This brings down the grace of Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads make a close call to perfection in the Blizzard of Ozz. At least thats how I felt when I heard the first track. But then, on Crazy Train and especially Goodbye To Romance and the rest I was peaved. The horrible sound of the new bass and especially flat drumming made me sure I was ripped off royaly. Its true the two front men made an excellent debut album but the fact remains there was still that annoying disappointment in the background. I first heard side 1 on the radio and was totally awed, thats why Im buying the 1995 remaster off this site, and you should too. 1995 remaster -- worth the effort to get. Avoid even tempting to get this 2002 version at all costs! | 0negative
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Reelin in the Years
Started college in 1973. This is one of those that brings it all back if your really reelin in those years. | 1positive
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Please
I really hate it when cookie cutter boy bands decide to be taken seriosuly as "true artists".There's so much hype surrounding this record;with everyone saying,"yeah, this so isn't similar to their old work, this actually isn't even pop".Yeah right.Did those guys even listen to the album?I don't see how this album is any different from their previous attempts.Just bland bubblegum pop paired with multi-million dollar production.And, oh yeah, there was 1 good song,"Gone", but it was all ruined 'cause of Justin's whiny,sticky voice. | 0negative
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An Excellent Album -- Loved It
This is the first Rita Springer project I have had an opportunity to listen to. I read a 1 star review of this project (only one, and only one of two below four stars) that said her others are better. Then they have to be an 11 or more on a scale where 10 is the best, because this one's a ten.All 12 tracks are great, but I have my personal favorites: "Captured", "There Is A River", "My Hero", "Rise Up", and "Love With Justice". | 1positive
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Day-glo disco doom
In the late 80s, some things were indeed still sacred, and MLWTTKK was out to defy them. In today's post-Marilyn Manson age, it's sometimes hard for younger people to understand why stuff like this was so scandalous back in the day. Bands who were bold enough to so clearly mock organized religion were few and far between. The Dead Kennedys were known for going there, and of course Ozzy was doing his theatrical bit with crucifixes and implied "Satanic" overtones. TKK wasn't the first or even the most scandalous band to do it, but "Kooler Than Jesus", which collects three of their early EPs, is a good example of how they were among the first to do it with club music and electronica. It was them and, to a lesser degree Ministry, who were inspired to take disco music and dress it up with blasphemy. It was a great moment for fans of theatrical music of all types. Personally I prefer Thrill Kill Kult's take on it because of their kitschy approach. Obviously it wasn't meant to be taken as seriously as some people did, which is the point."Kooler Than Jesus" was really only blasphemous in its title. There aren't explicit lyrics on it, in fact the only thing the band sings is the title phrase, the rest of the track is made up of sound bites and movie dialogue. But it's got a killer groove. "Devil Bunnies", the original single's flip side, revels in the imagery of 60s era sexploitation films."The Devil Does Drugs" is a remix of "And This Is What The Devil Does" from the band's 1988 debut album. It was this version that was the most well known, and countless DJs and producers made use of the track's notorious "drug girl" samples (cleverly isolated at the end of the track, maximizing sample potential). "Nervous Xians", the flip side of "Devil Does", is an extra long club track that features even more drug girl samples.The remaining three tracks, "First Cut", "Shock of Point 6", and "Resisting the Spirit", comprise the band's debut EP, which was supposedly created as the soundtrack for a film they never made. "First Cut" is simply an earlier version of "Devil Does". "Shock of Point 6" is extremely dark and mixes up a dirge-like atmosphere with samples of a fundamentalist preacher. Closer examination of the lyrics seem to suggest that the song is actually about physics instead of Lucifer, but honestly, does it matter?This disc also contains the original artwork from all three singles, and that's always been part of the reason for TKK's appeal. | 1positive
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The Legend
The box set was great because it had lots of songs, including all my favorites and some songs that are harder to find. However, I prefer the voice of an older, more gritty Johnny Cash. | 1positive
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Ornaments for Messiah's Arias? Why Not Graffiti on the Pieta?
The cast of soloists should make this is the finest recording of Handel's MESSIAH ever--if only someone had left well enough alone. "Well enough" refers to Handel's score. Whose bright idea was it to ornament the arias so shamelessly? As printed on the page they are among the most noble that the mind of man has ever conceived of. What this recording does is tantamount to decorating Michelangelo's Pieta with graffiti.Yes, yes, in the ABA' arias of baroque OPERA soloists ornamented the repeat of the A, that is, the A'. It does NOT follow that all vocal music of the 17th and 18th centuries added ornaments, and NONE should be so grotesque as these. Even if evidence exists that Handel ever tolerated such frippery in his MESSIAH, why perpetuate the bad taste of singers who died centuries ago?But for Joan Sutherland two stars would have been too many. To be sure, she ornaments "Rejoice, rejoice," which probably would have been better off without them. However, it is florid to begin with so the additions are not as obtrusive. Sutherland brings it off by pulling all stops on the word, "Shout!"--unadorned, by the way. Sadly, not even her artistry can rescue "I know that my Redeemer liveth" from the mess which tawdry ornamentation makes of it.All choral sections are left intact as it would be difficult to coordinate so many singers in such quick interpolations. Thank God this recording refrains from decorative desecration during Part II, which deals with Christ's crucifixion.I'd call this idiotic trend "the latest rage in artistry," but it has been around since this "groundbreaking" recording of 1969-1970. Nowadays all live MESSIAHs that I know of trash the arias with "virtuostic" ornaments. Recently I attended one in which the tenor added an elaborate, disgusting cadenza to "Every Valley." His coloratura and intonation were ragged, and he ran out of breath. Instead of learning to express this oratorio's profound beauty, singers waste practice time on nonsense--only to botch it in performance. Please, Pendulum, speed thy swing back to good taste and musical common sense!Until then I'll boycott all live MESSIAHs and spend my time more enjoyably by listening to Karl Richter's exquisite recording. He lets us hear Handel's sublime score. All soloists--Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Stuart Burrows, and Donald McIntyre--are outstanding. Burrows raises goosebumps as no other tenor from the first phoneme of "Comfort ye." Reynolds shows taste and imaginative use of color throughout, but she, too, raises goosebumps you never knew you had in "He was despised and rejected." This is the CD set to buy. A highlights CD of the Bonynge-Sutherland disaster ought to be more than enough. | 0negative
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Worst album by the group!
I only liked one song, Invisible Man. The rest of this album is a bunch of mediocre to flat songs, from the lame, bland Dane Deviller and Sean Hosein ballads to the ones that Montell Jordan and a just starting Mario Winans contributed. Only Nick Lachey is the best singer out of this group and Jeff Timmons and Drew Lachey didn't sound good here. Their '98 album was much better than this fluff. It has an R&B feel, but the group doesn't know how to pull it off! They would have easily been forgotten if they had made another half baked effort like this one! | 0negative
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subliminal sparks fly
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven / Live in Stockholmwho could not luv historic influenced on rock from roxy music to bowie and eno sparks make rock rock with intelligent charlie chaplin slapschtick this and balls cd and lil beethoven russel we luve your singing i hear charlie parking singing!!!! they are a blast of on stage in london or stockholm kabalistic sparks,amateur hour these cds absolutly and dvds capture theier magic on the audiance is pure mystical beautitudes for sure we luv u RON AND RUSSEL MAERS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK SURREAL 11S. | 1positive
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Who cares what the critics say...this is HEAVY METAL
Many critics tore this album apart when it first came out. True, this new Sabbath lineup wasn't the most well thoughtout endeavor, but it was good while it lasted. This is still probably Sabbath's heaviest album ever. The mix is a little bass heavy, but that's just the way it goes. I saw them on this tour and I thought they put on a damn good show, even with Ian Gillan banging on his bongo drums. The stonehenge set was really cool. Now the album. "Trashed" is a great opener, with Gillan's screaching vocals and Iommi's awesome riffs. Gillan adapted to this style of music pretty well I think. "Stonehenge" is a nice, haunting instrumental, with keyboards courtesy of longtime keyboardist, Geoff Nicholls, who, amazingly, stayed with Sabbath from 1980 right up to the Ozzy reunion, even when all others left. Then there's the heaviest Sabbath track ever-"Disturbing the Priest". Gillan just screams his ass off here, as well as doing some more quieter vocals to match the slower parts of the song. This song really is so heavy & evil sounding, that your window might blow out if you play it loud enough. Then there's the scary & demonic instrumental "The Dark", with great bass effects courtesy of the master, Geezer Butler. It leads into the only real "classic" of the album (the only classic according to some stupid critics that is), "Zero the Hero". I'm still not sure what the song is about, but the riffs here are truly heavy and powerful. The other songs on here are not quite up to the standards set on the first five, but they're ok. The strong ones are "Digital Bitch" and "Hot Line", two pretty loud & aggressive songs. But "Keep it Warm" and "Born Again" are kind of weak, especially Gillan's vocals on "Born...". It sounds kind of like he had no idea what to do with his vocals. They really sound forced. But the muisc is descent. Also, Bill Ward played on the album, but soon left because he was way too drunk & stoned or something, so he was replaced for the tour by E.L.O.s Bev Bevan. Hmm. Deep Purple. Black Sabbath. And E.L.O. Strange. The album may not have been their best, but it was heavy as hell. It was a nice attempt. Too bad the lineup didn't stay together. Who knows what album #2 would have been like. | 1positive
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Awesome
Probably the best CD to date. Bounce out to the store and get one or two. A must have. Two thumbs up!! | 1positive
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Disappointed.... 8 (
Love the kids. Love the songs. And love the new and upbeat renditions. Disappointingly, the re-recordings are truly bad. Bass is muddy and over-stated, and the vocals sound like they are coming out of a transistor radio from the next room over. If you enjoy listening to your favorites a little loud, you won't be able to crank these up without splitting your ears. I suggest buying the original sound tracks and stay away from the hits-type collections. | 0negative
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Lucerin Blue, some deep stuff by some rock solid guys
Lucerin Blue really hits home with their album: Tales from the Knife. They have some really deep lyrics that require some deep thought and contemplation. Behinds the heavy hitting lyrics they have an awesome sound. They really ROCK! I would recommend all fans of christian music to buy this cd, you definitely won't be disappointed. I certainly wasn't! | 1positive
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2.5 Stars - Cheesy Prog, Not Up to Hype
I consider myself to be possibly the only person in the entire world who has a thorough mix of prog-rock, death metal, and jam bands in my extensive album collection. I also always felt like I was late in getting on the Dream Theater Train (of thought?). I listen to everything prog from Yes to Transatlantic, Gentle Giant to Fates Warning, so it should've been a given that I listen to Dream Theater. Nevertheless, until recently I had never heard Dream Theater's "Images and Words" and only happened to have access because MY MOM owns a copy.As for the album itself, I don't think its the worst thing I've ever heard, I just think it stands on the fence between dramatic and full-on cheesiness. Of course I expected tons of musical self indulgence amongst the Theater, but I expected to find slightly more variety from such a highly praised band. Possibly the most dissapointing aspect of this album is James LaBrie's unbearingly crooner vocals. I'm sorry hardcore Theather fans, but Mr. Labrie reminds me a little too much of Michael Bolton at times for me to enjoy.As for the songs themselves, I will say that "Images and Words" is splintered between a terrible first half and a satisfactory second. "Pull Me Under" begins with a nice build up, with fantastic drumming from percussion master Portnoy, but alas the vocals ruin it for me. "Another Day", though the 2nd song, is a definate LOW point for this album, as the lyrics and vocals sound as though they should be on an AM-Radio adult contemporary station. Labrie sounds like he is singing to his daughter, and the saxophone and easy jazz section makes me feel like I'm in a dentist's office. The next two songs didn't reach out and grab me at all. "Metropolis" is an awesome song, and I can see why the decided to expand on that idea. The dueling keyboard and guitar at the end are a great slab of progressive jamming, and all in all this is the best part of the album. "Under A Glass Moon" is cool, although it seems to encompass the same ideas as 'Metropolis'. All this goodness is sadly forgotten when listening to "Learning to Live" a song which doesn't stray much from the previous two tracks in terms of musicianship, but the lyrical content and overall cheesiness of the vocals kills it for me. On top of that, "Learning to Live" goes on way to long and it starts to sound like they should've just turned "Metropolis" into a 30 Minute song that took up the entire second half of the album.Overall, I can say I've heard a lot worse music than this. The keyboarding of Keving Moore, drumming of Portnoy, and Petrucci's guitar are cool, but I just can't stomach Labrie's vocals. My biggest conflict when listening to this album is that I it was so highly regarded as a "masterpeice", and didn't turn out so in the end. My advice to the hardcore fans of Dream Theater is pick up a copy of Yes's "Close to the Edge". | 0negative
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Don't make the same mistake
I got suckered with this CD. Some buddies of mine recommended it and I got burned. The CD stinks: I think it's the worst CD in my library (I have over 600 CD's), it's a mushy mixture of bs; you can't dance on it you can't flick your head on it. It's a good CD if you're on drugs :-( | 0negative
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Do yourself a favor and purchase
Do yourself a favor and purchase this music. At about 12 minutes into it my body feels like it melts into it. I have never felt so loved or in love with a musical piece. I will sometimes even go to sleep listening to it. It is comfort and sweetness. | 1positive
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I For Got This Was A Soundtrack.
I mean it, after awile I for got this was a soundtrack untill the last three tracks came up (The three scores). Buy this even if you havn't seen the movie. It's more of a Elton John album than a soundtrack. I still would of prefered Kevin and Keneth over Elton John and Randy Newman for "It's Tough To Be A God" though. | 1positive
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It's Rage....it's good
I am writing this review mainly as a response to the previous one. Battle of Los Angeles is a good album. It's not as good as their self-titled, but better than Evil Empire, in my opinion. Sure it has boosted Rage's popularity. There are some great singles. Does it matter? I think it's a good thing. Isn't that kind of the point? Popularity means more people hearing their message. Music can make a difference. It is one of the best ways to tell people what you think. I see no validity in the claim that Tool is superior to Rage Against the Machine. If you like one and not the other, that's fine. But what can be said about Rage can also be said about Tool. Neither band can claim its members are "grabbing guns and going to war." Rage is doing what they love to do, while trying to make a difference. I'd rather listen to these lyrics than some I've heard from other bands. Zack De La Rocha is actually singing (screaming) about something. Something that doesn't offend me or make me shudder. It just makes me think. | 1positive
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Great Album
I started listening to Bat Country from another source and I got the album. It was amazing, all of their songs are unique and they perfectly mix in different styles of music.Would recommend to anyone, even people who don't like rock. | 1positive
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Country the way It's meant to be.
After seeing Rolling Stones review of Hank III debut album I couldnt wait to get my hands on some real down home honky tonk, and I wasn't disappointed. I'm urging anyone who is disgustingly tired of Nashville's pop/country, swing on a rope garbage to go out and buy this immediately. But then again if you think Garth and Shania are great artists, stay away. This has substance! | 1positive
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2 crap albums and you are out
They've well and truly turned their back on anything remotely approaching ambition here, and have just made a regular rock U2 album instead. But, it lacks a certain something that's hard to actually put a finger on. So, let's see what we can 'deduce' from the songs one at a time, and then the album as a whole.'Beautiful Day'? It has energy, a certain passion that fills you if you allow it to, but bar the production and mixing which obviously distances this from the likes of 'War' or 'Joshua Tree', there is absolutely nothing surprising about it. Perhaps i'm being unfair? In fact, i'm sure I am! Nobody really expects bands that have been around as long as U2 have to go around experimenting and what have you. Although, with the likes of 'Zooropa' of course, they did precisely that! So, is this album a step backwards? 'Stuck In A Moment', like 'Beautiful Day' was released as a single. So were songs three and four, by the way.Most of the first half of this album was released as a single, and I hate that. It spoils the flow of the record, completely. The key change in U2 land was the release of their first greatest hits album, which compiled highlights of their career upto and including the 'Rattle And Hum' material. A song from 1987 called 'Sweetest Thing', which had previously been a Joshua Tree b-side, was re-worked and released as a single. It was a very well received single, perhaps indicating to the guys in U2 that it was ok for them to try to sound like they did 13 years previously. But, it's a dangerous road to take, a road that leads to the nostalgia circuit, aka Rolling Stones tours. They still release a new album, here and there, but there is always something uneasy about the experience of listening to new Rolling Stones records.Remember a song from 'Rattle And Hum' called 'God Part II'? Furiously dark and a wonderful guitar rock assault. 'Elevation' tries a similar trick whilst retaining faint elements of the nineties U2 production style, but never enough to call this a dance/rock crossover exactly. Anyways, the point I was beginning to try to make, is 'Elevation' surely doesn't bear comparison with something like 'God Part II', even though with soaring vocals and slightly dirty guitars, it appears to be trying to. 'Walk On' is a nice enough little pop song, but then, we've heard all these Edge guitar sounds before. U2 playing it safe?Too often on 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' the material is just pleasant, nice enough, nothing too taxing. A little bland, in a word. 'In A Little While' is worser than 'Kite', I hate Bono`s vocals of this song. 'Wild Honey' sadly isn't a cover of The Beach Boys 1967 song of the same name, rather a below average U2 song, the kind of song they'd have rejected or released as a b-side if this was still the Eighties. 'Peace On Earth' unsurprisingly is a ballad, 'When I Look At The World' sounds like it fell off the 'Achtung Baby' writing process for not being good enough. 'New York' features lots of edge guitar, although the song is rather plodding and trying, especially appearing this late in the album.This is an album that fades, badly. U2 albums, good U2 albums, never used to do that. Think 'Joshua Tree' or 'Achtung Baby' in particular. The closing 'Grace' is the biggest waste of time I can think of, boring as hell. And, that's your great, being relieved at U2 playing guitars again, 'comeback' album. Comeback to what, exactly? | 0negative
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Is This The Real Charlotte??
After having seen Charlotte on TV so many times the past 3 years, it was hard for me to believe that this was actually the same Welsh Soprano performing on this album. Either she was not in her best voice, or she has totally lost the brillance of her younger years. The voice I once heard which could sing to audiences unamplified now sounds like a beginner in a cocktail lounge. Its simply a so-so voice which works it way through some very ambitious songs with little or no emotion.I noticed some other reviewers complaining of the low ratings given this album. I had previously rated her Voice of An Angel CD with 5-stars. But this work is so far below her initial effort that anything higher than a 1-star review overstates the performance. I would hope that her next album returns to that level we all heard just a few years back. If not, she might consider taking a break from singing for awhile. Not an album to be proud of. | 0negative
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gosh, help
what is really up? the only song i wanted was the Nelly sounding song that was in the movie and at the end. Something that goes like "Boom, Boom" but of course, i cannot find it on the cd. anyone know what is up? am i just over looking it or is it one of the MANY songs that are actually not on the CD. | 0negative
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The Evolution of R&B
Names like Toni Braxton, Brian McKnight, Babyface or Boyz II Men. These are all artists that enjoyed the peak of true R&B; in the late 90's. Now on the verge of 2007, the music scene is immensely different. The radio is infested with rap and R&B; artists of today looking for that next big hit or club banger.Every now and then someone comes along to diffuse any pessimism one might have about solid R&B; music. There is no denying Robin Thicke will at first be compared to Justin Timberlake. Just as any white rapper got compared to Eminem, Timberlake has staked his claim on blue-eyed soul and anyone that tries to move in on that territory will get compared to him.And in full honesty, there are verses that get sung on this album that one cannot not help but think it sounds like Timberlake. However once the album seeps into your eardrums, the effect Thicke's music has on you is unmistakeable. Whereas Timberlake gives all that he has to make you feel the music, you get the sense that his sound will never dwelve deeper than gloss and glam.I ask any fan of classic, soulful, moving R&B; to listen to this album and relish the soul of a man who masterfully wraps a melody around his strong falsetto. What amazes me is how confident Thicke is able to smirk and smile along Lil' Wayne or Pharell on upbeat tracks just as easily as he does on honey-dipped ballads. His lyrics can be mellow, sweet and tranquil, or direct and bold.Hands down, the best R&B; album of the year. Anything short of a handful of Grammies will be a crime. | 1positive
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this is an idiot cd
whatever she sings.... man! it's idiotic!!! it's obvious that she's just cashing in on her 'popularity' and this is just a bag of s***. the woman can't sing, she just basically sells herself to get album sales and people... it's just the packaging. the song oops i did it again is such an inane piece of drivel that it's sickening that there are people who writes this kind of stuff and call it art!!! i wanted to give this a -20 marks fer it's sheer ridiculousness but they wouldn't let me. the song stronger nearly killed me the 1st time i heard it because at the start she was shouting GREARGHHHHHH... YEEEAAAAAHHH!!!! and i thought that a frog was stuck in her throat! the song is really tasteless coz it's not 'catchy' and the beat is terrible... it just flies everywhere and it sounds worse than any racket that my 1 year old niece can produce. i can't even believe they're selling this vile pile of horrible, horrible art!!! | 0negative
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A Musical Masterpiece of an Album
This is my second review of the album since the first was based on MP3 downloads and presently, I'm reviewing it based on my newly bought CD & Tape. As in the case of my first review, I'm reiterating and reconciling my stand together with Rolling Stones Magazine that this album is A MUSICAL MASTERPIECE! Even the B-Side Songs from the Beautiful Day Single are SUPERBLY CRAFTED. U2 has done it again and this signifies their status as the GREATEST ROCK BAND in the World AGAIN! | 1positive
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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - CASUALLY DRESSED AND DEEP IN...
Funeral For A Friend has to be the absolute best band I have ever heard. I mean, just forget about everything else you listen to. This album is all you will ever need. Well this and perhaps their album Seven Ways To Scream Your Name. This album is just so amazing. From start to finish, no matter how many times I listen to this album, none of these songs ever get even the least bit boring or old. This band has so much energy. They have the perfect mixture of badass vocals and emo screaming at the same time. The only flaw I see on this album is that they left off a couple of my favorite songs like "10:45 Amsterdam Conversations", "Kiss and Make Up (All Bets Are Off)", and "The Year's Most Open Heartbreak." But other than that, this is the best album ever. I don't care what genre of music you listen to, everyone should own this album. If you enjoy bands like Matchbook Romance, Story of the Year, Thrice, Emery, Armor For Sleep, Senese Fail, The Used, etc. then check out this album. My favorite songs include: Bullet Theory, Juneau, Red Is the New Black, Escape Artists Never Die, and Your Revolution Is A Joke.01 - Rookie of the Year - 4/502 - Bullet Theory - 5/503 - Juneau - 5/504 - Bend Your Arms To Look Like Wings - 4/505 - Escape Artists Never Die - 5/506 - Storytelling - 5/507 - Moments Forever Faded - 5/508 - She Drove Me To Daytime Television - 4/509 - Red Is the New Black - 5/510 - Your Revolution Is A Joke - 5/511 - Waking Up Inside My Own Paralysis - 4/512 - Novella - 4/5 | 1positive
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Poor recording spoils great potential
I was so excited for this album to come out, being a longtime fan of the Crowes and Led Zeppelin. Unfortunately, all the good things that could have come out of this performance never materialized. The recording quality is substandard. Chris' fantastic vocals are largely drowned out by the music. There are no strong guitar solos highlighting Page. In short, I am surprised that they have actually published this recording. I would recommend listening to a friend's copy before you buy. Decide whether you can deal with the lousy sound quality. | 0negative
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~Im Speechless~
I cannot think of any type of words to describe how wonderful this C.D. is. Its style of Orchestra/techno is outstanding. Even if you have NO idea what Final Fantasy is you could just listen to the music and fall in love with it. The "Promised land" song has to be one of my favorites for it is just wonderful. The way the orchestra sings this is Heaven to me. Also the revised song of "One Winged Angel" is just remarkable. It has a electric guitar that plays with it and just makes it wonderfully unique. I rate this C.D. a 10 Stars if they had it! I would defintaly consider anyone to buy this who is a Final Fantasy Fan or just someone who just loves this type of music. | 1positive
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garbage
I am a major Ohio Players fan, but there's no way this album deserves 5 stars. It is certainly not funky and "Good Luck Charm" is the only song worth listening to. However, the movie "Mr.Mean" is worth getting, if you can find it. The group appears in the movie performing the title track in a club. Satch actually has a little dialog with Fred Williamson. If you aren't familiar with the Players' catalog, these are the cds to get: Pain, Pleasure, Ecstasy, Skin Tight, Fire, and Honey...with Honey being the best. Contradiction has about 3, maybe 4 good songs, with "My Life" being the only one not available on a compilation. "Orgasm-Best of the Westbound Years" and "Funk on Fire" will take care of any other songs you may want from the group. Funk on! | 0negative
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U2 spat on our faces again
From the beginning to the end, this album is nothing but 11 iPod commercials, implying just a big marketing propaganda that want us to buy every U2 soup, nevermind how bad the album itself is.All this brianwashed attention to every new U2 release makes the band remaining as 4 men who don't have to work anymore to make all the money they want once again.Let's face the truth: anyone could have done this album, because there're too much filler, sounds from previous albums, the same guitars and production, the same mixing, etc. Therefore, this isn't a new album, rather is a compilation from their recent outtakes, courtesy of All That You Can't Leave Behind.The band has been roughly the same since 2000, that's ironic, because what made U2 Gods was their awesome ability to create a whole new world of music with every new U2 album, at least until Pop.With this corporate product U2 shows they have aged badly. This hyped bomb goes just for the mindless teens. For worse, all that iPod publicity makes this bomb just something to throw away.Like what's feeling most of U2 fans, I don't need this iPod soundtrack. I didn't buy it and I won't do it.Listen to the 90's U2 instead. | 0negative
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MetallicA should have NEVER released this album
my god what they were thinking!? getting NU METAL fans for crappy bands like Linkin Park, P.O.D etc... but they just lost their old heavy metal fans in ages of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc... I have totally lost everything for Metallica expect for their old albums like "Kill Em All", "And Justice for All", "Ride The Lightning" and many more including the great "Black ALbum" well Metallica is just horrible and they suck! | 0negative
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new old skool
the real gem as with most of formats albums and tunes, isn't the beats, the loops or grabs, but Abdominal. with lyrics that slip and slide with grace and amazing speed, hes the shining star on formats tracks. with a new buddy d-sisive (british), a new star is born. orginally a roadie for J5, many styles and influences have grown within formats albums. he brings new hope for a young generation. seriously just buy the album, drop the acts, u'll be bloody suprised, im open minded but this is party popin, back-seat banging fun at its best. | 1positive
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Is not a critic to the PT album, is for the edition "Import"
I was looking for this album since I heard "Anesthetize", I think it's a masterpiece. I love progressive (rock and metal), Opeth is my favourite band, and PT keeps too much relation with Opeth, and this was the first record that I was going to buy of PT. I bought this "import" version, and if you see the product details, it says that this CD is under the label Roadrunner Records UK. Well, I was surprised and upset when I found that the CD that Amazon shipped to me, was made in Argentina, not UK as in the details is shown. I hold nothing against Argentina, is just that I wanted to buy the European original edition, not the Argentina edition, I can find the last one in my country easily. I asked for a change of my product, and guess what?, they sent me the same CD made in Argentina. I'm not sure if it was a joke or what, and now I am waiting for my money refund, I don't have my CD, and suffering to send back the wrong items to Amazon. If you want to get the original european version, don't buy this. | 0negative
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It rarely got Better
It is perhaps impossible to imagine now how radical this record once was, seeing how Simon has since wandered into Brazilian and South African climates. But coming after the excesses of "Bridge Over troubled water", this simple little record is a quiet but strong rebuke to the grandiose quasi-highbrow aesthetic of Simon and Garfunkel.No more references to Emily Dickinson or Frank Lloyd Wright here. This record is a rather grim little affair, often concerned with death and deterioration. Many people humming along to "Mother and Child Reunion" may miss that, but there's enough other clues: you're going to run that body down, everything put together sooner or later falls apart, they'll rob you for a nickel. Duncan is the sweet song of an innocent corrupted.It's an amazing, underrated, beautiful album. And Stephane Grapelli's two-minute appearance makes it all the better. | 1positive
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Great album. Very nicely put together. buy it!!
this album ROCKS!!! I just saw them in concert with Alanis tonight and they were great! This album is very nicely put together and very intricate with details. Every song is quality and I highly reccomend buying it. | 1positive
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ESSENTIAL Ministry!
After finally securing a copy of the long out-of-print CD version, you truly begin to appreciate Ministry's masterpiece. LORAH sure as hell isn't for everyone, but if "Sieg! Heil!" samples (in an anti-Nazi song, might I add) and lyrics about defecating down necks don't offend you, this is a great album. side A starts off good with the furious scream-a-second "Stigmata", goes into the more speed metal "The Missing" and "Deity", then ends with the powerful instrumentals "Golden Dawn" and "Destruction". side B, which is even better, begins with the frightening "The Land of Rape and Honey" and "You Know What You Are", then veers into the psychotic and disturbing "Flashback", and ends on a good note with "Abortive". the CD version (available as a Canadian <! > import) adds two great bonus tracks: the Arabic-sounding "Hizbollah" and the speed metal of "I Prefer". | 1positive
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Only a few
I obtained a loan of this album, and I'm certainly glad that I did not buy it. It has "I Only Have Eyes for You" but that's about the only great song on the album. Still, if that's the only manner in which you can get a copy of this version of that great song of the late 1950's, then go for it. That one cut is priceless. The other great Flamingos hit, "Only You," is not on this album. | 0negative
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