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Domination
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Follow-Up To Covenant!
  • The best of Morbid Angel
  • Proof that Morbid Angel is creative but not money-hungry.
  • Morbid Angel Rules!!!!
  • People on Metal Archives are nuts! This is a quality piece of death metal
 Domination
Morbid Angel
Manufacturer: Giant Records / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Covenant
  2. Gateways to Annihilation
  3. Blessed Are the Sick
  4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
  5. Altars of Madness

ASIN: B000002L3G
Release Date: 1995-05-09

Tracks:

  1. Dominate
  2. Where The Slime Live
  3. Eyes To See, Ears To Hear
  4. Melting
  5. Nothing But Fear
  6. Dawn Of The Angry
  7. This Means War
  8. Caesar's Palace
  9. Dreaming
  10. Inquisition (Burn With Me)
  11. Hatework

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Follow-Up To Covenant!.......2007-03-10

For whatever reason, Domination has always been in the shadow of Covenant. Whenever you ask a Morbid Angel fan which album is his/her favorite of the two, more often than not, they'll choose Covenant over Domination. This has always puzzled me because I find Domination to be the superior release. David Vincent's vocals on this album are much more understandable and also more powerful. Another reason I prefer Domination is the fact that the tempos are much more varied, whereas Covenant is mostly a constant barrage of fast death metal. It may be just me, but I believe that this is Morbid Angel's best (next to Formulas). A must for Death Metal fans.

1. Dominate - 5/5
2. Where The Slime Live - 5/5
3. Eyes To See, Ears To Hear - 5/5
4. Melting - Interlude
5. Nothing But Fear - 4/5
6. Dawn Of The Angry - 5/5
7. This Means War - 5/5
8. Caesar's Palace - 5/5
9. Dreaming - Interlude
10. Inquisition (Burn With Me) - 4/5
11. Hatework - 5/5

5 out of 5 stars The best of Morbid Angel.......2007-01-15

This album is amazing. It's by far Morbid Angel's best album. Everything on here is fantastic.

Some people have called this Morbid Angel's commercial album. What? I don't get it.

5 out of 5 stars Proof that Morbid Angel is creative but not money-hungry........2006-08-24

Dave and the gang decide to hold back on the speed in their first three albums and focus on groovy, sludge metal. While I prefer their first three albums to this, I don't have a problem with this whatsoever because you still get the intense drumming from Pete and Trey and Erik deliver killer solos. To top it off, Dave's vocals are still haunting and his lyrics are very well written; no Korn s*** like "I hate this, I hate that, f*** everybody" lyrics in here.

Every song on here is good, but my favorites are the fierce opener "Dominate," the sludge masterpiece "Where the Slime Live," and the chilling closer "Hatework."

Your MA collection isn't complete without this album. If you want a good change of pace from the basics, this is for you. If you're a nu-metal fan, prepare to hate it.

5 out of 5 stars Morbid Angel Rules!!!!.......2006-07-24

One day, me and the other third of the infamous thrash metal group Fumar were wandering through FYE. Walking up and down the aisles proved efficient when Morbid Angel's Domination caught my eye. I had never heard them before, but that satanic artwork just drew me in. I shelled out 10 bucks and my life has never been the same again. I was new to death metal (I only had Symbolic by the legendary Death, Warkult by Malevolent Creation, and Annihilation of the Wicked by Nile), and I wanted to give MA a try. I now have all their albums excluding "E".

Trey is an amazing guitarist and songwriter, Rutan's allright. Sandoval is amazing and Vincent is upset about something. I also recommend anything by Death, Gwar, and/or Anthrax.

5 out of 5 stars People on Metal Archives are nuts! This is a quality piece of death metal.......2006-07-01

Whenever I get an album and listen to it for the first time I always look at the reviews for it on Amazon and the Metal Archives to see what a variety of other metalheads thought of said album. For this album though I was pretty damn surprised at the response from them with review titles like "Dave Vincent flips you off with both hands", one person even gave it a 30% WTF? Are you kidding me people? This is another solid MA release! What's a little different about this is that it's more groove-oriented, overall slower and simpler than the previous 3 albums and Dave's vocals sometimes seem like they're being strained just a tad too much (but they're still cool). I've heard some people even say that if Pantera made a death metal album it would sound similar to this one. Well I don't know about that exactly...

This album has some particularly great MA tracks like the opener "Dominate", "Where the Slime Live" and the closer "Hatework". The first is a speedy assault to the dome that has Death Metal legends written all over it, "Slime" is a powerful sludgy groove metal number with the usual anti-religious lyrics. Hatework is perhaps their most unusual song with Dave's angriest vocals yet. It has nice slow plodding riffs accompanied by some sweet melodies involving the bells of Hell itself! Some might say it's sound is tribal-like and I can see that too, nevertheless it's f*ckin' awesome. However, what I cannot see is the reason why a supposed death metal fan (let alone a Morbid Angel fan) would not like this. True, it's not quite as good as the previous 3 albums but it's still far above average and if I gave it a grade I'd give it an A- or 91%. Hey I only deal with the best music so trust me on this one. That would explain why I seem to give everything 5 stars I don't even bother buying below average crap or even average.
Amrita... All These And the Japanese Soup Warriors
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • super sounds
  • great,great,great!
  • A brilliant, flawless album.
  • AmbientGroove & Trancy
 Amrita... All These And the Japanese Soup Warriors
Loop Guru
Manufacturer: World Domination Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Duniya
  2. Loop Bites Dog
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  4. Bathtime With Loop Guru
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ASIN: B000005LAM
Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

  1. Sheikh
  2. Yayli
  3. Diwana
  4. Soulus
  5. Papasus
  6. Often Again
  7. Sun
  8. Epic Song
  9. Gianyar
  10. Fumi
  11. Plane Shift

Amazon.com

Just what is meant by "cultural piracy"? The term gets thrown around when Paul Simon makes an album of African-derived music, or David Byrne tries his hand at Latin rhythms. More recently the imperialist charge has been levelled at the practice of appropriating nonwestern traditional music into western club beats, a genre known variously as trance, world dance, ethno-techno, or global ambient, and represented by the globetrotting grab-bag sounds of groups like Trans-Global Underground, Banco de Gaia, and the leaders of the stew school, London's Loop Guru.

In their hands, techno and nonwestern styles are natural bedfellows. Both unfold along a fluid, linear path that put them at odds with western pop's verse-chorus infatuation. And sociologically speaking, the ecstatic release of the dancefloor has tons in common with the spiritual exorcism in mystic folk from Bali, Java, India, Iran, or Morocco--just some of the places represented on Loop Guru's second album, Amrita. In fact, the only impediment to ethno-techno's beautiful marriage is how well producers turn the music's cultural dislocation into postmodern enlightenment. Loop Guru, meticulous studio crafters and enthusiastic live performers, fare well in the middle passage. They do it not as looters, nor as teachers (Amrita's samples and appropriations are never credited), but with the simple (and best) justification--it sounds good. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars super sounds.......2000-03-06

i haven't heard any of Loop Guru's other stuff but this blew me away. it's an excellent cd if your looking for soothing, exotic and fresh sounds. it was made in 96' but it's very "now". timeless would be a better description. the more i listen to it, the better it gets - i notice something new with each listen. wonderful, beautiful cd, a must buy.

5 out of 5 stars great,great,great!.......1999-07-22

Even though most people who know and like Loop Guru prefer their album Dunjia, I think in the long run and after listening to both albums for years now Amrita offers more versatility. It might be less danceable and instantly accessible than Dunjia and it seems more translucent and fragmented but you never get tired of it because the melodies dont wear out but actually make more and more sense. Phenomenal album. It can happen that you hear a song somewhere and you're like :"wow who's that band? Sounds familiar. I hope I have it." and when you find out its Loop you are actually relieved to know them already and havent let a great band like that slip by.

5 out of 5 stars A brilliant, flawless album........1999-02-24

A lot of electronic/cross-cultural music that I have listened to is catchy and simple enough that it has motivated me to try my hand at it. This album, however, is so good that I realize there is a level I will never achieve. I have owned it for a year now and never get tired of a single track. The best tracks are "Diwana," "Often Again," and "Epic Song."

3 out of 5 stars AmbientGroove & Trancy.......1998-07-17

The album taken together is put together after the name: in a loop format in the vein of higher quality ambient world (sort of). What is the highlight though is track #3 Diwana. Awesome song full of spiritual vigor and essence. Close your eyes and experience the great dragon.
Acquatica
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Music from the Mojave Desert
 Acquatica
Scenic
Manufacturer: World Domination Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005LAQ
Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

  1. The Tones of Peloponnesus
  2. Ionia
  3. Parisia
  4. Acquatica
  5. All Fish Go To Heaven
  6. The Isle of Caldra
  7. Deserted Shores
  8. Improvia
  9. Angelica
  10. Dronia
  11. The Ionic Curve
  12. Aca Aludoma
  13. Sidereal Hands At The Temple Of Omphalos
  14. Modula Raca
  15. Et Tu, Dronius?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Music from the Mojave Desert.......2001-11-18

This album was, as is much of Scenic's music, inspired by a Western American landscape. The Mojave Desert rustles and whines through this gorgeous album. If you were a fan of Savage Republic you will certainly enjoy this new venture. This and other albums are readily available direct from Independent Projects Records.
Chapter 2: World Domination
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • .
  • Classic Album No Doubt
  • A Great Cd
  • an unknown classic
  • tightest three 6 album next to mystic stylez
 Chapter 2: World Domination
Three 6 Mafia
Manufacturer: Relativity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. The End
  2. Mystic Stylez
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ASIN: B000003C2B
Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

  1. We Are Waiting
  2. Studio Time
  3. Will Blast
  4. Hit A Mutha*****
  5. Are U Ready 4 Us
  6. Prophet Posse
  7. Motivated
  8. I Ain't Cha Friend
  9. Watcha Do
  10. Spill My Blood
  11. Who Got Dem 9's
  12. Gunclaps
  13. 3-6 In The Morning
  14. Tear Da Club Up '97
  15. Late Nite Tip
  16. Bodyparts 2
  17. Flashes
  18. Neighborhood Hoe
  19. N 2 Deep
  20. Anyone Out There
  21. Land Of The Lost
  22. Weed Is Got Me High

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars ........2006-09-25

its tight but they worship the devil listen close to the lyrics. in in-2-deep lord infamous talks about how it happened and listen to the underground old stuff too... get KOOPSTA KNICCA too he is probably my favorite original member.

5 out of 5 stars Classic Album No Doubt .......2006-08-28

This is Three 6's second classic album the other is Mystic Stylez deffenitly crunk from the top to bottom or as they say buck music. Hot tracks are in no order: Land Of The Lost, Hit A Motherfu****, Will Blast, Spill My Blood, Late Nite Tip, and Body Parts 2. Three 6 the best in the rap game alive and now.

5 out of 5 stars A Great Cd.......2006-07-20

This cd is a must have for rap fans.my fav tracks are hit muthf***a,spill my blood and who got dem 9s.

5 out of 5 stars an unknown classic.......2006-03-10

i have 10 three 6 mafia cd's and chapter 2: world domination is one of the best cds that i own if not the best. There is a bunch of badass songs on this cd like number 20 (anyone out there) number 19 ( n 2 deep) number 3 (will blast) number 6 (prophet posse) number 8 ( i ain't cha friend) and so on. chapter 2: world domination is an insane record so if you like three 6 or rap music in general, buy this cd. personaly, i think this is there second best record (the end flat out takes the cake) ever made. i'm 20 years old and i've been a loyal and dedicated three 6 mafia fan for about a good 5 years and this cd is unbelievable. three 6 mafia straight up get down on this cd like no other, and all this is coming from an average white kid (and m not a wigger) thats listens to everything. three 6 mafia are my favorite group/artists/producers to ever make music. i think three 6 is better than 2 pac and biggie and everyone else, because their music is so original and creative. so i recommend that anyone who appreciates music then you should buy this cd

4 out of 5 stars tightest three 6 album next to mystic stylez.......2006-01-27

i got dis cd like 3 months ago n its tight as hell
but da only thangs is tear da club up'97 and spill my blood
da '97 version of tear da club up iz 2 clean
get da '95 version or da '94 version dey alot tighter
and spill my blood has got da wackest hook and da wackest beat
but otha den dat dis a tight ass album
get dis shyt
This Timeless Turning
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Psychedelic space rock at its best
  • Perfect CD
  • Underrated
  • This band has been gone way too long!!
  • Back from the dead
 This Timeless Turning
Sky Cries Mary
Manufacturer: World Domination
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005LAA
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

  1. Shipwrecked
  2. Vuh
  3. Don't Forget The Sky
  4. These Old Bones
  5. Stretched
  6. Every Iceburg Is Afire
  7. Scapegoat
  8. Sister Ship Twenty-Three
  9. Deep Sunless Sea
  10. Slow Down Time
  11. Objects In The Mirror
  12. 4:00 A.M.
  13. Walk Of Nothingness

Amazon.com

This colorful Seattle seven-piece tones down the wild psychedelia of 1993's A Return to the Inner Experience in favor of a more contemporary strain of art rock. Gordon Raphael's battery of synths leads the way, singer Anisa Romero ranges from folky ("These Old Bones") to ferocious ("Deep Sunless Sea"), and the band can crank it ("Scapegoat," "Stretched") when the mood hits. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Psychedelic space rock at its best.......2005-02-18

What else can I say?

If you are into bands like Porcupine tree, and Pink Floyd you don't want to miss out on this band.

For any mood, "This Timeless Turning" travels from trippy, to mellow, to screaming loud, and then back again. The dreamy instramentals at the end of this cd are a fantastic touch.

They are back together, and are working on a live album and a new studio album. See what they are up to now at skycriesmary.com


5 out of 5 stars Perfect CD.......2005-01-14

This is just a beautiful, perfect, intense musical experience. Haunting, mysterious, glorious music. I wish I had seen SCM live, but I seem to stumble upon bands after they have disbanded now that I'm an old man of 56. My sons turned me on to SCM, bless them! Buy this cd!

5 out of 5 stars Underrated.......2004-12-15

SCM is an underrated band that deserved a lot more attention than they ever got. Anisa Romero has possibly the best voice in the business - haunting, ethereal, and with a range that puts Whitney "Crack Is Whack" Houston to shame.

The music is free flowing, and there is no particular style that gets more attention than any other. They do what they feel, and they have the musicianship to pull it off. Lyrically, they are intelligent and fascinating whether they are singing about global warming, space aliens, or twisted love.

I ordered this album a long time ago through one of those rip-off music clubs, having never heard of this Seattle based band before. I didn't listen to it for a few months until I just got a wild hair up my bum to hear something new. I was hooked ever since.

Originality is the key here. This is why they never got much airplay, and this is why they have a "cult" following. They are too good for mainstream radio that feeds us nothing but more of the same. They are too talented to be appreciated by those looking for one genre or another and are unwilling to expand their horizons. From moody and soft to hard driving and loud, this band covers it all, and they do it better than most artists out there.

4 out of 5 stars This band has been gone way too long!!.......2004-10-07

Ever since I heard them in concert back in 1996, SCM and in particular This Timeless Turning has been on my all-time listened to album list. It's music for every mood, from Shipwrecked to These Old Bones, from Slow Down Time to Deep Sunless Seas. An example of original 90's Seattle music back before everything became commercialized, this is a must for any music lover who turns on the radio and then turns it off because they're tired of the same old un-original crap year after year.

5 out of 5 stars Back from the dead.......2004-07-22

This album and "Moonbathing" are the two best SCM albums by far. I had the opportunity to see them in Bellingham and they blew the place up. We were all in a stupor and could not get enough!! After all these years they are back together. Check out their webpage at www.skycriesmary.com A few CDs will be reissued and it looks like their first show is in Seattle. I wish I could be there !!
Feeler
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sonic Calgon...
  • for the tone deaf
  • A Review
  • Nice soothing, etherial electronica!
  • 100% brilliant
 Feeler
Perfume Tree
Manufacturer: World Domination Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006EVR
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

  1. Can't You?
  2. Both Oceans
  3. Flooded
  4. A Million Things
  5. Too Early, Too Late
  6. Warm Sun Fingers
  7. Instantaneous
  8. Been There
  9. Home

Amazon.com

While Perfume Tree's Jane Tilley's ghostly vocal excursions meld effortlessly with the electronic milieu provided by Bruce Turpin and Pete Lutwyche, there is a slight element of sonic overkill in their patented, blissed-out sound. Actually, the trio's divine instrumental passages hold up quite well and draw the listener into an inverted omniverse of subliminal sound. With drum & bass interludes stacked on top of atmospheric drones and Tilley's vaporous musings, the whole experience can become a bit ponderous. While the stylized soundscapes evoke a profound, otherworldly perspective and their lush, synthetic environments are tailored to absolute perfection, Perfume Tree are often missing one essential quality: soul. Feeler is a mixed bag of sequencers, programming, guitars, and samplers. Decent ambient-funk-dub fusion with vocals, but not great. --Mitch Myers

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sonic Calgon..........2006-12-25

Take me away. This is quite a relaxing and breathtaking
wash of sound. Lay back and say ahhhhhhh.......
These are not your standard Verse - Chorus - Verse structure.
They are long, blissful, but not ambient.

Think Kirsty Hawkshaw meets a surrealistic Portishead with
a bit of Massive Attack poured in for good measure. No,
these guys are not at all like Delerium to me, although I love
the rotating canvas of artists that make up Delerium.

The TB303 is put to unique usage on "Both Oceans"... yeah, possibly
a sample, but it doesn't matter the way it is used. Rather than
the tweaked out squeals in the club, it's used as an ambient,
hypnotic drone for a mellow journey. Other favorites of mine are
"Flooded" with it's atmospheric textures and drum n bass filtering
in and out, and "Warm Sun Fingers" weaves it's delayed drums echoing
out a dreamlike tapestry with Jane's vocals.

1 out of 5 stars for the tone deaf.......2001-07-24

Bla, Bla Bla. Why in gods name was this junk rated heigher than delerium. My freaken ears are bleeding after just the scratchy, un-understandable jibberish SAMPLES. You are obviously tone deaf. Delerium fans>> Please feel free to E-mail me if you have heard of any stuff worth hearing, besides delerium. i know its a one-of-a-kind type of music, so could the real music listening people please sit down and comment against all who put delerium down.

1 out of 5 stars A Review.......2000-03-09

Nice rythms. Kick back and enjoy the groove.

4 out of 5 stars Nice soothing, etherial electronica!.......2000-02-16

I bought this album almost a year after buying their first release "A lifetime away". I must say that this one is certainly better. Perfume Tree bears alot of resemblences in atmosphere to the other Canadian act Delerium, except while Delerium borrows samples from everywhere else and is anything but original, Perfume Tree has a much more "authentic" sound (for lack of a better term). While Jane's voice isn't exactly emotional it is in fact soothing, and the album conveys images of being in a fogged forest with fairies dancing around me whenever I listen to it. Highley reccommended!

5 out of 5 stars 100% brilliant.......1999-12-24

74 minutes of pure bliss: Feeler is excellent. Perfume Tree have made me re-evaluate the music I listen to. Feeler is easily one of the best albums of 1998, and I can't wait for more from Perfume Tree.
Happy/Trance Mellow
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Spacey and Gorgous undiscovered gem
  • Lie back and chill fer cryin' out loud...
  • absolute bliss
  • sugar plant is a wonderful new sound
  • Melodic but ultimately unsatisfying
 Happy/Trance Mellow
Sugar Plant
Manufacturer: World Domination Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006RAA
Release Date: 1998-06-23

Tracks:

  1. Happy
  2. Rise
  3. Rainy
  4. Butterfly
  5. Stone
  6. Trance Mellow
  7. Impure
  8. Saudade
  9. I Was You
  10. Meadow

Tracks:

  1. Trance Mellow
  2. Impure
  3. Saudade
  4. I Was You
  5. Meadow

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Spacey and Gorgous undiscovered gem.......2006-02-02

Making most trip hop artists sound like headbangers in comparison the music of Sugar Plant exists in it's own blissful realm.Employing soft female vocals and a dreamy soundscape that washes over you this Asian group is pure magic.My only complaint is that some songs wander on too long but if you're tired of ordinary New Age or Lounge music Sugar Plant is a terrific group to try.The most beautiful combination of vocals and music since Julee Cruise teamed up with Angelo Badalamenti.

5 out of 5 stars Lie back and chill fer cryin' out loud..........2002-07-17

Melodic, peaceful, and shimmering with soundscapes from the deepest caverns in your mind. Happy/Trance Mellow is ultimately a background soundtrack for the type of rainy days when beams of sunlight shine through. Airy, soft, pulsating synths and guitars that ride on rails slide though a set of speakers like a waterfall of silver. Very, very subdued.

4 out of 5 stars absolute bliss.......1999-10-13

we all have some secret delight that we are torn between wanting to see recieve the acclaim we feel it deserves and wanting to keep it to ourselves, knowing that the popularity it could and/or should recieve would lessen its impact. while we wish that everyone could share the experience, our fortune in stumbling upon something that impacts our lives is something that adds a degree of value to the product that is rarely found within popular culture. such is the case with sugar plant. while there have been a few close friends i dared to play "happy/trance mellow" or "after after hours" for, i usually keep it to myself--not because i fear the reaction some seem to have (that it is too sleepy, too derivitive of the velvet underground or mazzy star or similarly veined--no pun intended--sleep pop bands)--for, to the contrary, everyone i have played their music for has immediately bought the album--but because i do not want to see this music that is so personal reach widespread familiarity. you can say what you want about who they may sound like, or that they're songs are too long or unvarying, but the undeniable truth is that sugar plant has consistantly created overwhelmingly beautiful music without being affected by current trends in music. they stated in an interview that they wanted to make music to play after a rave or similiarly chemically infused long nite, and what they have done is turn out album after album of gorgeous lullabyes, poetry over drones and simple themes, with no other aim than to soothe. they make no pretense of trying to push the bounds of pop music--no drum and bass or ethnic instrumentation--they use samplers and synthesizers as instruments rather than gimmicks, and in their virtuousity with these tools create sounds that are foreign but powerful. perfect for driving, napping, thinking, and anything beyond these innocent diversions you can think of.

4 out of 5 stars sugar plant is a wonderful new sound.......1999-05-11

this album is very refreshing.i do not listen to very many obscure,unpopular composers(who may have been mentioned be4)nor do i have a.d.d i could listen to this cd for any occasion.it consoles me-"rise"it chills with me-"rainy day"and we all fall in love.i own over 2,000 cds and this is one i listen to often.i suggest giving it a good listen,you'll be glad you did,unless you hate children, you don't hate children, do you?

3 out of 5 stars Melodic but ultimately unsatisfying.......1999-02-17

Rather than pioneer new musical ground, Sugar Plant seems content to wade in mellow synth and ambient fuzz. Much of this new album recalls Jean Michelle Jarre, except looser, if that is possible. Conceptually, this album suffers from a lack of direction, as if everyone involved was bored by the entire undertaking. However, from a purely aesthetic perspective, this album earns its apt appelation. While lyrically and musically irrelevant, Happy/Trance Mellow evinces the appropriate feelings, but the listener would be hard pressed to recall anything specific about this music. Stereolab, Can, and several others have already accomplished this and much more, yet this remains an adequate album for a rainy day.
Fresh Fruits For The Revolution
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Better for total fans, not so good if you just want to see what they are like
  • Trippy B-sides album
  • Sky Cries Mary-'Fresh Fruits For The Revolution'(World Rev.)
  • 3 or 3.5 stars, rounded up because I like them
 Fresh Fruits For The Revolution
Sky Cries Mary
Manufacturer: World Domination
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Seeds
  2. This Timeless Turning
  3. Until the Grinders Cease
  4. A Return to the Inner Experience
  5. Moonbathing on Sleeping Leaves

ASIN: B000006EVS
Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

  1. Bath House
  2. Goodbye Horse
  3. Where Does It End...
  4. Well, Where Does It Begin?
  5. 2000 Light Years From Home (Soft Explosion Mix)
  6. Corner Man (Still Homeless In The Freeworld Version)
  7. Movement Of Water
  8. Every Iceburg Is Afire (Titanic Mix)
  9. Wots...Uh The Deal?
  10. Moonbathing (Waxing And Waning Mix)
  11. To The One You Love (Partial Clearing Mix)

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Better for total fans, not so good if you just want to see what they are like.......2006-03-18

The best of SCM's albums by far is This Timeless Turning. A Return to the Inner Experience and Exit at the Axis are also amazing pieces, which will impress people who've never even heard of SCM.

This album, on the other hand, is something that appeals more to people who really want to own all of SCM's albums. I picked it up mostly for the remixes, and found it was great for showing me the best tracks off of all their albums (except Seeds), remixed and with a few unreleased tracks, too.

It doesn't really inspire you, the way the three albums I mentioned above do. What's more, the liner notes are just awful. I really cringed when I read about the band's "ongoing battle against the MAN", their "strenous struggles to overcome many obstacles", and their self described status as "revolutionary-literary-music and art workers". Eep. I loved going to their shows when I was in my early 20's, and I still like their music. But these self-descriptions come off not only as anachronistic, but also as self-absorbed and not very original. I almost felt embarrassed by the fact that I like their stuff.

I remember them when they were playing venues like Western Washington University's student center, in a room so small you could walk from one end to the other in a few minutes, or the University of Puget Sound's auditorium, much bigger, but still not exactly a stadium. This album is the product of a band that started out indie and great, and then went over to Warner Bros. I wonder if that's what turned them into this. It's kind of sad, you know. But it does make me like their older stuff all the better.

5 out of 5 stars Trippy B-sides album.......2005-05-08

Unbelivable. What a great mix of space rock/prog/industrial psychadellia.

Standout tracks:
"Goodbye Horse" is so spaced out, beautiful piano, yet completely insane.

"Where does it end.... and Where does it begin" is a freaked out jam session with crazy echoing sound effects.

"2000 Light Years From Home" a rolling stone cover.

"Corner Man" their strongest track, simply amazing.

"Movement of Water" another fav, alternate instramental intro to A return to inner experience

"Every Iceburg is afire" more industrial/techno than the album version.

"Wots...uh the Deal?" Pink Floyd cover, well done.

"To the one you love" Mesmorizing

3 out of 5 stars Sky Cries Mary-'Fresh Fruits For The Revolution'(World Rev.).......2005-01-28

'Fresh Fruits...' is the only Sky Cries Mary release I think I've ever had.They're a Seattle based six-piece that plays neo-psychedelia.The disc is not exactly a mind blower,but it's okay.The cuts I liked best are "Movement Of Water","Moonbathing" and their two covers,the Stone's "2000 Light Years From Home" and Pink Floyd's "Wot's...Uh The Deal".Line-up:Roderick & Anisa Romero-vocals,Michael Cozzi-guitar,Juano Davison-bass,Ben Ireland-drums and Jill Wangsgard-keyboard.Might appeal to some fans of Kula Shaker,Lenny Kravitz,Gwen Mars and possibly Blur.

4 out of 5 stars 3 or 3.5 stars, rounded up because I like them.......2000-08-04

I have long been a fan of Sky Cries Mary and I welcomed this to my collection. I enjoyed particularly the cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wot's Uh The Deal?' from 'Obscured By Clouds', although their own work is definitely very good as well. If you aren't familiar with Sky Cries Mary, I don't think this is a good place to start with them, although Anisa Romero (and the whole band!) is incredible and I certainly recommend giving this cd a listen.
Exit at the Axis
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Zeitgeist
  • A Band is Born Again
  • Storytelling SCM-style
 Exit at the Axis
Sky Cries Mary
Manufacturer: World Domination
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Seeds
  2. Fresh Fruits For The Revolution
  3. This Timeless Turning
  4. A Return to the Inner Experience
  5. Moonbathing on Sleeping Leaves

ASIN: B000005LA4
Release Date: 1995-03-22

Tracks:

  1. Moon Dream Meadow Allegory
  2. Back To The Sea
  3. Cornerman
  4. Elephant Song

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Zeitgeist.......2006-04-19

SCM at their nascient best. All four tracks are excellent, but two are absolutley outstanding. Cornerman and Elephant Song are more than well worth the money by themselves. The other two are also strong tracks. Kick back and listen to the spirit of a much more innocent time not that long ago as it happened in a rain drenched paradise called Seattle.

5 out of 5 stars A Band is Born Again.......2002-07-03

What an incredible ep to start the second phase of your career. This album was the mark of a major turning point in sound and writing from the band's previous output. Most bands are lucky to get 1 shot at the big time these guys got 2 and got away with it.
Exit at the Axis starts off with a definite mood setter; a mood that is maintained throughout the whole album. I believe this album was designed to place you on a cloud high above the world and give you space in your mind to isolate how you feel and what you think. The music and soft vocals are soothing and melodic. There is never a point on this album were the sound becomes irritating and shakes you from your previous mood.
The songs are very structured, they draw you in so you feel as though you are with the singer experiencing what they are feeling and seeing.This is a polished work of art, its not rushed or pieced together with leftover material.Every song flows into the next like a river into the ocean.
This is an excellent album to listen to if you are alone and want to relax. Or if you are reading or working on some hobby and you want music in the background that wont distract you. I have even used this album when I have a date over or a couple of friends for a evening. By the way I always get a couple of comments about how nice the music is.

3 out of 5 stars Storytelling SCM-style.......2000-06-14

Exit At the Axis calms the synthesizers and comes forward with a beat-oriented set that focuses on simple melodies and strong lyrics. The smooth, mellow style of EAtA is most like This Timeless Turning without the cathartic howls, but produces its own moments of clarity nonetheless.

"Moon Dream Meadow Allegory" softly intros the EP, leading into "Back to the Sea," the most melodical and predictable of the four. Though closer to standard rock than SCM generally puts out, "Back's" driving core rhythm, layered with light and heavy musical elements--harps, percussion, harmonies, more--makes for a great piece. "Cornerman" is heavy beats and advice-for-life lyrics remeniscent of "Deep Sunless Sea" from This Timeless Turning, but lacks the depth and intensity. So why do you buy the EP? "Elephant Song." If Roderic's crooning presentation of a transcendental legend of creation doesn't have you swaying in your seat, the ever-intensifying drums, guitar and synth will. Anisa even throws in some wordless wailing for true fans, rounding out the long piece and making it a must have for those who hit the repeat button on the last two tracks of This Timeless Turning.

If This Timeless Turning is your cup of Sky Cries Mary tea, EAtA is good to have to get to know the band's softer side. Mechanically and emotionally, though, it doesn't measure up to its big brother.

Loop Bites Dog
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Agree- The Best Loop Guru
  • Best Loop Guru CD
  • Lovely But Cold
  • The best Loop Guru album...
  • lovely
 Loop Bites Dog
Loop Guru
Manufacturer: World Domination
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Duniya
  2. Amrita... All These And the Japanese Soup Warriors
  3. The Fountains of Paradise
  4. Loop Guru: Wisdom of the Idiots
  5. Catalogue of Desires

ASIN: B000005LBD
Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

  1. White Light
  2. Out Here
  3. Karma Marga
  4. Kalibukbuk
  5. Jacksaw
  6. Skin Heaven
  7. Riley's Ants
  8. Caravan
  9. Bulbul
  10. Single Orphan First Year Camel
  11. Gungaroo
  12. Mud Monkey
  13. Tam Duugi

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Agree- The Best Loop Guru.......2003-04-03

This release is one of the first three I bought from Loop Guru. The pieces on this record still sort give you the Loop Guru signature tease towards the trance beat, but in general these pieces have more hard percussive bites to them. For those not familiar with Loop Guru, they were popular on the rave curcuit in the early nineties right through the late nineties. The beats that the band generates are infectous, yet sort of calming at the same time. Even this slightly, harder-edged recording lends itself to this kind of effect. Intellengent music. Mostly instramental. A Most-Worthy spin!

5 out of 5 stars Best Loop Guru CD.......2001-10-09

This is a really great CD with some energetic tracks and some soothing ones. It has catchy tunes, sounds, and rhythms. I have two other Loop Guru albums (Amrita and Duniya) and love them too, but I'd pick Loop Bites Dog any day. I rate this up with Anokha, Joi's One and One is One, and the Six Degrees Asian Travels CD as my favorites in this genre. It's too bad another reviewer has offset the average rating with a cynical two star score. Don't hesitate to get this CD if you have the chance!

2 out of 5 stars Lovely But Cold.......2000-07-05

You'd expect a sample-driven project to equal at least the sum of its parts. Oddly, Loop Bites Dog gets nowhere by using samples (and instruments?) from the already over-exploited third world. The music is passable easy-listening fare, relaxing and accomodating, but its tissue-paper depth is frustrating to more engaged ears. Looking for a challenge? Try Autechre or Aphex Twin.

5 out of 5 stars The best Loop Guru album..........2000-04-16

Ja Muud and Sam Gita have constructed the best Loop Guru release to date. This album is provocative and shines with a melting pot of cultural music.

Adding electronica and tribal instruments, "Loop Bites Dog" houses some of the greatest tracks written by these wacky guys. "Jackdaw" & "Single Orphan First Year Cammel" are trance inducing with a rhythm and melody that can put you into a body groovin' mood. "Karma Marga", "Skin Heaven" & "Gungaroo" are perfect tracks to soothe you into slumber.

This is a perfect album for anyone, even if you're not into world or electronica music. You will find that Loop Guru can set your mind free and send it into a world of unlimited possibilities.

4 out of 5 stars lovely.......1999-07-29

I've been a loop fan for several years. This is my current favorite. This is the perfect album to listen to and trance out. Thoughtful, musical, and it just keeps moving.

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