Gone Gone Gone

Track Listings

 
1. Donna, Donna
2. Lonely Island
3. Facts of Life
4. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
5. Love Is All I Need
6. Torture
7. Drop Out
8. Radio and TV
9. Honolulu
10. It's Been a Long Dry Spell
11. Ferris Wheel
12. Gone, Gone, Gone

Gone Gone Gone,The Everly Brothers,Collector's Choice,Close Harmony,Oldies,Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock,Rock & Roll
Good Girl Gone Bad
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • This is why it's HOT!!
  • GO RIHANNA!!!
  • Okay, for what it is
  • great
  • Good Girl Gone Bad Review
Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna
Manufacturer: Island / Def-Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OZ2CZW
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

  1. Umbrella feat. JAY-Z
  2. Push Up On Me
  3. Don't Stop The Music
  4. Breakin' Dishes
  5. Shut Up and Drive
  6. Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
  7. Say It
  8. Sell Me Candy
  9. Lemme Get That
  10. Rehab
  11. Question Existing
  12. Good Girl Gone Bad

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There's a cool new development in summer singles: they no longer need to be sunny. In fact, the wetter the better. "Umbrella," the first single off Rihanna's ragingly good third album, may be her strongest ditty yet, and that's saying something considering her run of past summer chartbusters. More stylish than "S.O.S." (from A Girl Like Me) and more interesting than "Pon de Replay" (from Music of the Sun), "Umbrella" barrels forward with big, brawny drums and a hot but haunted-sounding vocal. From there, the upbeat numbers chug forth like chilled pina colada mix into a blender: "Breakin' Dishes" trades skillfully on a recent vogue for man-directed venom, and "Shut Up and Drive" borrows "S.O.S."-style from the '80s New Order song "Blue Monday." Both are irresistible. So, too, are a couple of late tracks. "Rehab" and "Lemme Get That," both produced by Timbaland, prove that being an island girl is no barrier to holding one's own amid a sizzling stew of urban beats. In fact, it's a boon--one that'll register with pop music fans instantly. -Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

Multi-platinum, award-winning SRP/Def Jam recording artist -and CoverGirl spokesperson - Rihanna has taken over the charts with her # 1 smash single "Umbrella" (featuring JAY-Z) and her chart topping album GOOD GIRL GONE BAD. Rihanna's third album release in less than two years, GOOD GIRL GONE BAD is the follow-up to 2006's platinum A Girl Like Me, with the back-to-back #1 hits, "S.O.S." and "Unfaithful"; and her gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the worldwide smash, "Pon De Replay." GOOD GIRL GONE BAD boasts the production skills of Timabland, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Stargate, and the team of Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken (responsible for "S.O.S." and "Pon De Replay"), as well as songwriting contributions from Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo, among others.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This is why it's HOT!!.......2007-07-16

This CD is fresh and energeitic all the way through. It's truly made for those who want to dance. R&B artist take note, Rihanna has tapped a flavor of music that's rocking the spot.

5 out of 5 stars GO RIHANNA!!!.......2007-07-10

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF HER BEST ALBUMS. SHE REALLY SHOWS HER VERSITILITY ON THIS ONE. I CAN LISTEN TO ALMOST THE ENTIRE ALBUM AND WHEN YOU CAN DO THAT YOU KNOW ITS WORTH GETTING

4 out of 5 stars Okay, for what it is.......2007-07-09

I listened to this at work and heard it quite a few times over the course of around 5 days. It annoyed some of my workmates and others didn't mind it - I quite enjoyed some of the music on this album, which is undoubtedly well produced. I imagine that it would sound quite good played up loud at a party or in a club.

Some of the song lyrics struck me as being a little silly, but that didn't bother me too much.

I don't think I'd listen to this album very often, but if I had a lot of guests over for a party, I'd consider playing it if people looked like they may want to dance.

5 out of 5 stars great.......2007-07-09

i love this cd its really different form her last two, it shows she's really matured. its def an buyer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 out of 5 stars Good Girl Gone Bad Review.......2007-07-09

"Good Girl Gone Bad" is a good album. I feel Rihanna has taken her music to a new level and it really shows in her music. If she keeps this up she'll go a long way. I recommend this album to anyone who is a Rihanna fan or people who appreciate her music.
Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • BUY THIS!
  • Hear The Voices In My Head...
  • Fun, very atypical band, violent femmes
  • Flagpole Sitta and.... not much else
Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
Harvey Danger
Manufacturer: Fontana London
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006AUU
Release Date: 1998-03-31

Tracks:

  1. Carlotta Valdez
  2. Flagpole Sitta
  3. Woolly Muffler
  4. Private Helicopter
  5. Problems & Bigger Ones
  6. Jack The Lion
  7. Old Hat
  8. Terminal Annex
  9. Wrecking Ball
  10. Radio Silence

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There's a disturbing trend in the Northwest: bands are getting way over-hyped before their first full-length record (which is often mediocre and disappointing) even hits the streets. Seattle's Harvey Danger, however, deserved the buzz that their debut CD generated. Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? was quite simply one of the best local records released in 1997. It has the pop accessibility of vocalist Sean Nelson's high-register croon (not unlike Jeremy Enigk), and the energetic and dynamic punch of a band--guitarist Jeff Lin, bassist Aaron Huffman, and drummer Evan Sult (The Rocket's assistant art director)--that has developed its chops together for more than four years. Harvey Danger have drawn all the worthwhile elements from '90s indie rock and created a sound that is at once their own, yet completely familiar. Lin's guitar is full and confident, ranging from full-on power chords to buzzing melodies, while Huffman frequently takes the leads with his fat, distorted bass humming away. Sult ably links the two with a minimum of flash and pretense. Nelson's clear-as-a-bell vocals and sardonic, clever, and frequently emotional lyrics are both the album's strongest and weakest aspects. Occasionally his verbosity overcomes the music and his almost condescending sniping becomes a little tiresome. However, these are minor complaints in the big picture, because songs like "Carlotta Valdez," "Flagpole Sitta," and "Problems and Bigger Ones" are true gems, and for a first effort, this is as close to flawless as a band can get. --Adem Tepedelen

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Original Sound.......2007-03-10

This albums is great because of its raw original sound. The volcals aren't the greatest, but the composition of the peices makes that an inreaging sound. If you like rock, pop, or punk buy this album.

5 out of 5 stars BUY THIS!.......2006-12-21

No, really, you dont know what you are missing, every track is excellent. Lyrics are amazing. buy this now.

5 out of 5 stars Hear The Voices In My Head..........2006-10-30

This is a great album. Harvey Danger's most well-known song is 'Flagpole Sitta' but there are many great songs on this album. My personal favorites are 'Terminal Annex' and 'Radio Silence'. The guitar riffs are very well matched with the bass lines and drum beats, making great music. The vocals are crooned out in a grungy and neurotic tone by Sean Nelson, which makes the music seem very real to the listener.

1.Carlotta Valdez- 4/5. Not one of my favorites.
2.Flagpole Sitta'- 5/5. All around great song.
3.Wooly Muffler- 5/5. Was stuck in my head for a lonnnng time.
4.Private Helicopter-3/5. Least favorite track.
5.Problems and Bigger Ones-5/5.Catchy.
6.Jack The Lion-5/5. Gave out his last roar.
7.Old Hat-5/5.Great.
8.Terminal Annex-10/5. My favorite.
9.Wrecking Ball-5/5. Such a good song.
10.Radio Silence-10/5.It is very rare that I can handle a ballad.

This is a great album if you liked Marcy Playground and Third Eye Blind.

4 out of 5 stars Fun, very atypical band, violent femmes.......2006-07-09

kind've in their punchy, catchy sound. While this band will never make it to the main stream thats okay too. The songs are very intelligent, the sound is crisp and I think everyone can identify with the line "I am not sick and I'm not well..."

2 out of 5 stars Flagpole Sitta and.... not much else.......2006-06-23

Flagpole Sitta is such a catchy tune, But it's really the only song worth hearing on this disc. All the lyrics are funny and witty, yes, but only the lyrics. the songs themselves are irritating. You'd be Much better off with Harvey Danger's superb and entertaining "Little By Little" and then just buy the Flagpole Sitta single.

This disc leaves a lot to be desired
Between Here And Gone
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Carpenter at her best - finally!
  • Once again...
  • Wonderful CD from Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Another winner
  • MCC Review
Between Here And Gone
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0001M7OJC
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

  1. What Would You Say To Me
  2. Luna's Gone
  3. My Heaven
  4. Goodnight America
  5. Between Here And Gone
  6. One Small Heart
  7. Beautiful Racket
  8. Girls Like Me
  9. River
  10. Grand Central Station
  11. Shelter Of Storms
  12. Elysium

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Mary Chapin Carpenter's first album of new material in three years has been hailed as a fine example of pop music for adults. This is both true and misleading. In changing producers (from John Jennings to celebrated piano man Matt Rollings), the literate singer-songwriter has slightly broadened her sophisticated Americana sound, and although it's less rhythmic as a whole, her acoustic-folkie approach remains at the core of her classic style. And while "Between Here and Gone"--which addresses the theme of travel and transition, the fragility of life, and the ephemeral nature of happiness--might be said to concern itself with grown-up issues, most of Carpenter's writing has always done just that. Yet this stunning album, informed both by her 2002 marriage ("Elysium," "River") and by the events of 9/11, is more introspective than much of her early work. The alto-voiced singer is compelling throughout, but never so much as on "My Heaven," inspired by Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones, or on "Grand Central Station," in which a New York City ironworker, standing on the bucket brigade at Ground Zero, hears the voices of the dead, desperate to find their way home. In moments such as these, Carpenter reestablishes herself not only as a world-class poet, but as an artist of the first order. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Carpenter at her best - finally!.......2007-03-19

If you are the MCC fan of songs such as "A Town" and "10,000 Miles", as I am, then welcome to Carpenter bliss! No rock-a-billy here, thankfully. Carpenter delivers a slew of music on "Between" for rainy, chilly and fog-filled nights. The mournful strings and piano are a perfect accompaniment for her soothing vocals. The opening track is as fast as this chanteuse is willing to go. From there on it's slow motion. She does pick up a bit again with "Beautiful Racket".

"Girls Like Me" is a chilling description of the power of simplicity and how we often overlook the no frills people in our lives for the more flashy. Carpenter seems to be saying she's done with "flash". Brava. Also wonderful are "Grand Central Station" and "The Shelter of Storms" - just Mary, an instrument or two and tons of soul. Simply wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars Once again..........2007-03-10

Once again Mary Chapin Carpenter has amazed me with her beautiful words and music. She's an artist that is very much an individual.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD from Mary Chapin Carpenter.......2006-11-08

The CD "Between Here And Gone" is fantastic. Many wonderful songs and melodies.

5 out of 5 stars Another winner.......2006-10-23

The latest (to date) offering from the cerebral country singer. This is not background music. Chapin's music reads like beautiful poetry and she deliver's it with a captivating voice.

4 out of 5 stars MCC Review.......2006-06-26

If you love the songwriting of Mary Chapin Carpenter you will love the CD. Love the song "in My Heaven". Some of her best work yet.
Vocal quality is as excellent as always. Listen to it over and over one of my favorite CD's.
Good Girl Gone Bad
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • The ultimate edition to get for club music fans and Rihanna completists
Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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  1. He's The Greatest Dancer
  2. Umbrella
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ASIN: B000QGE75C
Release Date: 2007-06-11

Tracks:

  1. Umbrella (Radio Edit)
  2. Push Up On Me
  3. Don't Stop The Music
  4. Breakin' Dishes
  5. Shut Up And Drive
  6. Hate That I Love You
  7. Say It
  8. Sell Me Candy
  9. Lemme Get That
  10. Rehab
  11. Question Exisiting
  12. Good Girl Gone Bad
  13. Cry
  14. Umbrella (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanual Club Remix)
  15. Breakin' Dishes (Soul Seekerz Remix)
  16. Don't Stop The Music (The Wideboys Club Mix)
  17. Question Exisiting (The Wideboys Club Mix)
  18. Hate That I Love You (K-Klassic Remix)
  19. Push Up On Me (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
  20. Good Girl Gone Bad (Soul Seekerz Remix)
  21. Haunted (Steve Mac Classic Mix)
  22. Say It (Soul Seekerz Remix)
  23. Cry (Steve Mac Classic Mix)
  24. Sos (Digital Dog Remix)

Album Description

Two CD digipak pressing of the 2007 album from this R&B beauty features one bonus track added to the album ('Cry') plus a bonus disc that includes a remix of every track on the album and boasts such revered producers as Seamus Haji, Steve Mac and Moto Blanco. After selling almost half a million copies of A Girl Like Me, the 19 year old beauty from Barbados, Rihanna, returns with her third album Good Girl Gone Bad which includes collaborations with Jay-Z, producer of the moment Timbaland and the new King Of R&B Ne-Yo. 25 tracks including the first single 'Umbrella'. Mercury.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The ultimate edition to get for club music fans and Rihanna completists.......2007-07-04

How often do we get a new CD release by an artist issued in a special edition with a bonus disc of FULL LENGTH club mixes of almost every song on the album from the uptempo tracks to the slow jams, remixed by some of the biggest names on the dance charts? That's exactly what you get here. Naturally, the big attraction is the full length version of the Haji & Emanuel mix of Umbrella, which was in an edited form on the CD single. But you also get mixes by Soul Seekerz, Steve Mac, Moto Blanco, and more of plenty of other future singles from the CD, as well as a remix of the past hit SOS. Remixes range from an electro house feel to disco influenced, to tribal and hardhouse, to latin influenced. Also, on the original CD you get the bonus song "Cry" (track 13 though it isn't listed here on Amazon), which is also in remixed format on the bonus disc. Track list and times for disc two are:

CD2

1. umbrella (haji & emanuel mix) (6:27)
2. shut up and drive (wideboys mix) (6:36)
3. breakin dishes (soul seekerz mix) (6:04)
4. don't stop the music (wideboys mix) (6:37)
5. question existing (wideboys mix) (6:12)
6. hate that I love you (k-klassic mix) (7:41)
7. push up on me (moto blanco mix) (6:37)
8. good girl gone bad (soul seekerz mix) (6:35)
9. haunted (steve mac mix) (6:25)
10. say it (soul seekerz mix) (5:48)
11. cry (steve mac mix) (7:23)
12. SOS (digital dog mix) (6:22)
Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A piece of heaven
  • Great CD
  • A bit of a yawn-er
  • Exquisitely good music!
  • Great Music!
Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00005KIZP
Release Date: 2001-07-03

Tracks:

  1. Short Trip Home
  2. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
  3. 1B
  4. Appalachia Waltz
  5. Soldier's Joy
  6. Sliding Down
  7. BT
  8. Butterfly's Day Out
  9. College Hornpipe
  10. Fancy Stops and Goes
  11. Old Tyme
  12. Emily's Reel
  13. Slumber My Darling
  14. Death by Triple Fiddle
  15. Amazing Grace
  16. Song of the Liberty Bell (folk version)

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The likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, and Mark O'Connor can be heard on Heartland, a compilation featuring the best tracks from Sony's ongoing Appalachian-themed series of CDs. Individually, these folk and classical stars have little in common, but when they meet to play these new bluegrass-meets-chamber-music arrangements, the results are pure magic. It's hard to pinpoint these Americana-tinged tunes--they could fit in either Carnegie Hall or a grange hall--but they're all great; this is as much Aaron Copland's version of roots music as it is Bill Monroe's. Whether on fast-and-furious breakdowns such as "Death by Triple Fiddle" or on mellow, almost New Agey instrumentals such as "Sliding Down" (featuring Bela Fleck on the banjo), these musicians excel. Guest vocals by James Taylor and Alison Krauss break up the instrumentals, though instrumental virtuosity is the real highlight of this disc. If you like what you hear on this sampler, check out the Grammy Award-winning Appalachian Journey next. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A piece of heaven.......2006-02-01

Heartland is a haven and a piece of heaven. I was transported.

5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2004-03-16

Great violin, appalachian music, brings out your country roots, beautiful song by Allison Krauss, good mix of slow and up beat songs, excellent cd!

3 out of 5 stars A bit of a yawn-er.......2003-04-22

If you are planning to open up a high-end gift shop specializing in handcrafted wind chimes and micro-bakery scone mixes and the like, then you must have this CD playing for your customers. It might have a certain appeal there that it did not find in my living room. Not to say that the musicianship is not utterly outstanding, which it is most certainly. Aside from Short Trip Home, which is why I purchased this CD in the first place, I found the rest of the pieces somewhat vapid considering the caliber of the artists. Again, it has its appeal in an easy listening realm, but this was not what I was looking for.

5 out of 5 stars Exquisitely good music!.......2002-05-04

Didn't expect an outstanding cd, don't know exactly why i got it,maybe because of yo yo and bela, but every piece is played
beautifully, even the vocal piece by James Taylor. The album is almost too good to be called Heartland, every piece is a class act. Bravo!

5 out of 5 stars Great Music!.......2001-11-09

I drive alot commuting to and from my job. This music has served as the perfect backdrop to an lovely Indiana fall! I'm sure I'll recall those colorful images as I continue to listen to this CD through the colorless days of winter!
Porgy & Bess
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Absolutely peerless
  • once-in-a-lifetime greatness
  • We love this album
  • Simply great
  • Porgy and Bess
Porgy & Bess
Ella Fitzgerald , and Louis Armstrong
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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  5. Ella & Louis Again (Dig)

ASIN: B0000046Z5
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. Summertime
  3. I Wants To Stay Here
  4. My Man's Gone Now
  5. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
  6. Buzzard Song
  7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  8. It Ain't Necessarily So
  9. What You Want Wild Bess?
  10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
  11. Oh, Doctor Jesus
  12. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Deh's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)
  13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
  14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
  15. Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way

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Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savors the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that inspired the cadences of the music and lyrics, and they fit his happy rasp like an old shoe; Fitzgerald, conversely, sounds almost prissy every time she has to sing the word "ain't," though her melodic genius gets Gershwin's bold, supple tunes over. The arrangements are full-throttle Broadway, with a few leaps into Dixieland (including some fine Armstrong trumpet solos), but the disc works best when the vocalists break character and let their jazz side out. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely peerless.......2006-11-17

"Porgy and Bess" has just opened (with some controversy) in London's West End, though as a musical and not as an opera as it was originally conceived. Reviews have been promising and I aim to go down and see it soon. I decided to listen to this CD to put myself in the mood. I hadn't listened to it for years and I'd completely forgotten how good it actually is. Ella's voice blends with Louis' perfectly and Russell Garcia's orchestration gives them a dreamy landscape to perform against. I have one or two other CDs by Louis and Ella but this one is by far my favourite. The CD opens with "Overture" and its orchestral performance of classics like "Summertime", "I Wants To Stay Here", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Neccessarily So" set the tone nicely, leaving one ever so keen for the vocal versions. Louis Armstong has a very rough tone to his voice but the emotion he packs with it is moving, most especially on the mournful "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" And we get all this and Louis' wonderful trumpet playing too?

Gershwin and Gershwin must be among the top composers of the last century and this opera showcases their talents more than anything I've heard. Ella and Louis are peerless as a vocal duo and though I doubt the West End performance will capture the magic in the same way they did, I still remain very keen to go see it. Is it opera or is it a jazz performance? I don't really know. I just know that I love it. And strongly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars once-in-a-lifetime greatness.......2006-10-06

Two thousand five hundred musicians have recorded "Summertime" --- it's a classic. (I bet most Americans can name Janis Joplin and no other singer.) As for "Porgy and Bess," the folk opera from which "Summertime" springs, it's such a classic that it's hard to believe anyone ever had a harsh word to say about it.

But after its premiere in 1935, no less than Duke Ellington said, "It has grand music and a swell play, but the two didn't go together. It does not use the Negro musical idiom --- the times are here to debunk Gershwin's lampblack Negroisms."

A quarter of a century later, the producers of the film version had trouble assembling a cast. Harry Belafonte rejected their offer to play Porgy. Sidney Poitier took the part --- and wished he hadn't. Poitier later wrote that the movie insulted black people; when he chose clips of his best performances for his tribute at the American Film Institute, he picked nothing from "Porgy and Bess."

And in 1985, when Grace Bumbry was a sensation as Bess in a Metropolitan Opera production, she slammed the opera: "I thought it beneath me, I felt I had worked far too hard, that we had come far too far to have to retrogress to 1935."

All that may be. All I know is that I have, in a long life, rarely been confronted with more genius than in the Fitzgerald/Armstrong recording of "Porgy & Bess." Set aside the achievement of George and Ira Gershwin in transforming DuBose Heyward's novel into a folk opera. Let's just focus on Armstrong and Fitzgerald, who were at the peak of their popularity when this record was made in 1957.

"Summertime" --- the first song --- sets the tone. A baleful horn figure, then violins. And then Armstrong's trumpet: slow, steady, dignified. But wait --- here comes a slurred note. And a cool little improvisation. Just enough of each. Very tasty.

Fitzgerald sings a verse. She is cool and formal. A lady. Not to be taken lightly. Now it's Armstrong's turn. Tender, but let's not kid ourselves --- this is not singing as others define it. This is melodic speech: rough, gutteral. And thus he is ideally cast: His Porgy may have his charms, but he'll have to stretch to keep Bess.

And so it goes throughout the CD. Trumpet mastery --- Armstrong has dazzling control. His tone is bright, but never shrill; there's a warmth in his playing no one else could produce. And Fitzgerald is just a study in inevitability; to hear her is to wonder how anyone could sing these songs any other way.

"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'." "Bess, You Is My Woman Now." "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing." "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York." "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way."

All brilliantly conceived, orchestrated and recorded.

The greatest trumpet player in this history of jazz.

The father of scat singing.

The queen of the jazz vocal.

There are no-brainers, and then there is this Ella Fitzgerald-Louis Armstrong collaboration --- music that imprints on your soul.

5 out of 5 stars We love this album.......2006-08-22

We hope they will someday bring this beautiful story back to the stage

5 out of 5 stars Simply great.......2006-03-04

The fusion between the great two voices and the orchestra is just brilliant. Very good brass and violins that accompany Fitzeralds and Armstrongs magic voices leaves you with your mouth open.

A must have for everyone!

5 out of 5 stars Porgy and Bess.......2005-10-14

Could not find this anyway locally. It is a great recording
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel Arias
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Legendary Singer.
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  • Glorious singing to treasure for decades
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel Arias

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ASIN: B00022LZW8
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

  1. Ah! Whither Should We Fly...
  2. ...As With Rosy Steps The Morn
  3. O Bright Example Of All Goodness!...
  4. ...Bane Of Virtue, Nurse Of Passions
  5. The Clouds Begin To Veil The Hemisphere...
  6. ...Defend Her Heav'n!
  7. Lord, To Thee Each Night And Day
  8. She's Gone, Disdaining Liberty And Life...
  9. ...New Scenes Of Joy
  10. Cantata
  11. Cantata
  12. Cantata
  13. Cantata
  14. Cantata
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  18. Se Bramate D'amar, Chi Vi Sdegna
  19. Frondi Tenere E Belle...
  20. ...Ombra Mai Fu

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If you think you've heard Handel's "Ombra mai fu" (known as his "Largo") so often, and in so many different arrangements, and sung by so many different voices, that you can no longer be moved or surprised by it, think again. This CD of Handel arias, mostly from his Theodora or the cantata La Lucrezia, ends with "Ombra mai fu," and as sung by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, it is so tender, so beautiful, so impeccably shaded, that you'll think you're hearing it for the first time. But that's only four of this disc's 67 minutes---a follow-up to Hunt Lieberson's extraordinarily successful CD of Bach cantatas. There's not a dull or disinterested moment to be heard anywhere. As the violated Lucrezia, Hunt Lieberson alternately rages against the man who raped her and turns her grief inward; the former is terrifying in its intensity, the latter makes us almost feel as if we're eavesdropping. The five arias for Irene, Theodora's friend, confidante, and the upholder of Christian beliefs are all magical prayers or statements of faith, and from Hunt Lieberson, they become real, with each word honestly conveyed and colored. The voice itself is unfailingly beautiful---warm, lush, never forced, agile when necessary---and her breath control is stunning. She is backed ideally by Harry Bicket and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the string soloists in the ensemble---the viola da gamba player, lutenist, etc.---are as gifted as she is. If you want proof that Handel was a great dramatist with a special gift for communicating emotion, all while listening to sublime sounds, this CD is a must. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Legendary Singer........2007-03-07

I simply don't have the heart to review Mrs. Lieberson's works.
If we call Ms. Bartoli a 'great' singer, then the description of 'legendary' more aptly depicts Mrs. Lieberson.
If ever a truly good artist lived, Mrs. Lieberson is one such.
The only singer that could be recalled singing in such style is Teresa Berganza; but still, they are different.
This is one of my favourite interpretators of Haendel. Having been 'treated' by those coloraturas of arias of Haendel's period by Ms. Bartoli and others, I find the singing of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson a great relief - at last, this is what Haendel would want it to be. And I equally enjoy the singing of soprano arias by Mrs. Lieberson - the timbre is warmer, but still with all the shimmer - so different from the dark mushy tones of other celebrated 'lyrical soprano' around.
Don't want to say more. Mrs. Lieberson's leaving last year is too heavy a news for me.

5 out of 5 stars Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's Bach: The mind of God revealed!!.......2007-01-06

These deeply felt performances of two of Bach's most moving cantatas show this transcendent singer's combination of emotional honesty and profound musicality, all combined to reveal the very mind of God through divine redemption from suffering. The disc is to be treasured even more in light of the Ms. Lieberson's recent untimely death from cancer. I'm an agnostic, but this music makes me envious of those who can believe. Roy in Pope Valley, California

5 out of 5 stars Glorious singing to treasure for decades.......2006-07-11

By any measure, America's Lorraine Hunt Lieberson is at least the equal of Italy's premier diva, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, although she does not have the same superstar status. It is difficult to recall past mezzos with clearer enunciation of English text, (as favoured in nine excerpts from Theodora), the richness of voice, displayed in full-throated fortissimo and sharply contrasted pianissimo of utmost delicacy, evokes fondest memories of the tragically doomed Kathleen Ferrier. Masterfully chosen to display every facet of Hunt Lieberson's consumate command of Handel's dauntingly difficult music, the disc's repertoire - recitatives and linkig arias from the operas Theodora and Serse, and the cantana La Lucrezia - is stunning. An unsung mezzo who makes the senses tingle!

5 out of 5 stars Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson (1954-2006), supreme Handelian.......2006-07-06

I have never heard a voice purer of tone, more flexible in phrasing, and so gorgeously produced in a homogeneous column of sound such as this artist in Handel's repertoire. It is very tastefully sung (unlike a certain person whose name begins with R and ends with enaaay Fleming) and so dramatically touching that one could not help but feel that this repertoire finally has found its instrument. And how sad it is to know that this instrument has passed away two days ago. Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson died two days ago in her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico of breast cancer. It is such a huge loss to the opera world, as she is an artist who is still experiencing the prime of her career. The voice is just so beautiful, the tone so pure, that I lament that we can no longer hear any great roles from this artist. She will be missed.

5 out of 5 stars The Stellar Hunt Lieberson.......2006-03-19

Simply put, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson is one of the very best classical singers alive. She combines vocal elegance and purity with an emotional delivery that raises her above the crowd of technically proficient singers who just don't possess her depth of musical understanding or emotional commitment. Hunt Lieberson is a true artist who resists easy classfication except to say she is perfect in what she does.
Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions
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Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions
The Avett Brothers
Manufacturer: Ramseur Rec.
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ASIN: B000E0IDJ6
Release Date: 2006-02-07

Tracks:

  1. Talk on Indolence
  2. Pretty Girl from Feltre
  3. Colorshow
  4. Distraction #74
  5. Sixteen in July
  6. Left on Laura, Left on Lisa
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  14. 40 East
  15. Gimmeakiss
  16. Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer)
  17. Four Thieves Gone

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Unamused..........2007-06-24

I reviewed this album at the request of a family member. In summary, it has most of the instruments of Don Williams with absolutely none of his beautiful vocals. True music lovers will realize that energy alone does not make beautiful music, just empty entertainment.

Take an old moldy garage and throw in Chrissy Hynde, Rammstein, George Strait, and the Ramones all at their worst and you have these guys. They sound like Clash wannabees with a banjo.


5 out of 5 stars An Instant Classic.......2007-06-11

Yes, no recording can capture the feel of their live performances (especially outdoor performances) but this CD is nothing less than classic. Almost every song is memorable as the more you listen to it, the more and more you come to appreciate just what this CD accomplishes. It is very difficult to pin down their sound (they won't do it), but I would describe it as a mix of punk rock and folk. They are now officially my favorite group and this is my favorite CD of theirs.

5 out of 5 stars The kind of music I've been waiting to find..........2007-05-20

Beautiful lyrics with real feeling... You can tell they put so much heart into it. It's a fantastic album with beautiful, lyrical slow songs and upbeat foot-stompin' songs that you can't help but dance with. Also highly recommend their new album, EMOTIONALISM.

1 out of 5 stars not so hot.......2007-05-12

I saw these guys at an art festival in Alabama last year. I'm all for high energy and making old sounds new, but these guys just seemed like hipsters playing really loud and without much substance. "Hey, I have an idea - punk rock on a banjo!" Wow, that's a new one. You need to have something more than that to make interesting music. This album seems a tad more subtle than their live show, but not much.

3 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected.......2007-05-11

I discovered the Avett Brothers reading an article on Ramseur Records. In doing further research, I discovered the Avett brothers were former guitar students of a good friend and the Avett family are friends with he and his wife. "Four Thieves Gone" was more or less a random pick of their albums. I read the Avett Brothers had a popular stage performance and played a rock'n bluegrass so I was expecting music more akin to something like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I have not listened to the band's other albums or a performance. But I didn't hear anything in this albums that would fit the stage performance image in the article. "Four Thieves Gone" may have been an studio experiment for the Avett Brothers....something like the Beattles' White Album was for the Beattles. I enjoy the album quite a bit but I am not sure fans of modern day bluegrass or even rock will agree.
Lost and Gone Forever
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The best guster CD if not the best CD ever
  • One of my favorite albums EVER
  • This album sucks
  • the best music is somtimes found by accident :)
  • An AMAZING album!
Lost and Gone Forever
Guster
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ASIN: B00001SIEW
Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

  1. What You Wish For
  2. Barrel Of A Gun
  3. Either Way
  4. Fa Fa
  5. I Spy
  6. Center Of Attention
  7. All The Way Up To Heaven
  8. Happier
  9. So Long
  10. Two Points For Honesty
  11. Rainy Day

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Guster's formula is quite simple: Take time-tested harmonies à la Simon and Garfunkel or the Hollies, pour them over pleasant acoustic guitars, and add a pinch of congas for toe-tapping made easier. Lost and Gone Forever all but screams "radio friendly!" (especially with hit-producing wunderkind Steve Lillywhite at the knobs), but luckily the final product is more palatable than that. The musical plan is occasionally augmented by an electric guitar or strings, but generally follows harmonious sounds over articulate voices. Some people will listen to Lost and Gone Forever and find it too slight and completely corny, but others will fall under the spell of Ryan Miller and Adam Gardner's full-bodied vocal blend. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best guster CD if not the best CD ever.......2007-04-28

I have bought this CD a year ago and to this day it remains in my stereo all the time. Every single song on it is an instant guster classic and each song is very catchy in its own way. What you wish for is easily the best opening song on any guster cd to date. The bongos perfectly blend with the acoustic and electric guitars creating the most perfect musical sound i have ever heard, even better than the catchiness of oar or even dave matthews band.

The barrell of a gun is easily my favorite guster song of all time and i have listened to it 95 times on my i pod alone. Either way and FaFa are both extremely catchy but either way is mellower. I spy is short leading into the cuter sounding center of attention and all the way up to heaven (the whistling is very catchy i whistled this song in the halls of school one day). Happier so long and two points for honesty are on the mellow side but they are still great listens. Rainy day starts off mellow and builds up to being another one of gusters best songs.

Bottom line, this CD is possibly the best CD ever made. Barrell of a gun is one of the best songs ever made. Look at their live album and notice that almost every song from this cd is played on that live album and they all sound amazing. Guster is an amazing band and once you listen to this cd it will be imprinted in your head forever.

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums EVER.......2007-02-05

I love all types of music (rock, alternative, folk, jazz, country, bluegrass, etc. etc.) and listen to a little bit of everything. Having said that, if I was on a deserted island for a year, this would be on my top 5 of CD's to listen to repeatedly. The harmonies are amazing, the songs are Beatlesesque, and the pacing is great (except for the last song, Rainy Day, which I think even the band admits is kind of a "downer" after the rest of the (fairly) upbeat album). I've liked every CD they've done since then, but I'm not sure if they will match the brilliance of this CD. They are great musicians, they seem to be great guys (in interviews, in concert, etc.), they have a sense of humor about themselves, and they deserve their success.

1 out of 5 stars This album sucks.......2007-01-16

After buying this album based on the excellent reviews, I will always, from now on, look at the negative reviews before buying. This album sucks. This music consists of brain-dead lyrics with a presumably emasculated lead singer(this surely is a modern guy capable of crying). This is not chill-out music - it is properly classified as "modern whining". And it's not good.

5 out of 5 stars the best music is somtimes found by accident :).......2007-01-04

If you are tired of all the same music you hear on the radio all day, then you should give a listen to Guster,they are original in the most perfect way.I love the powerful lyrics and great sound. just give it chance for the love of great music :)

5 out of 5 stars An AMAZING album!.......2006-06-29

This is the only album I have ever voted 5 stars in my entire life. Guster is a great band, and this is the pinncale of their works. If you are new to Guster, THIS is the album to get!

See the other reviews, listen to the samples, and you will know THIS is the one Guster album that everyone should own!
Red Gone Wild: Thee Album
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • (4.5 stars) Redman's Bak Inda Buildin!
  • YEAH!
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  • GILLA HOUSE!!!
  • The Illest MC In The Game Today
Red Gone Wild: Thee Album
Redman
Manufacturer: Def Jam
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ASIN: B0009VJWP4
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

  1. Fire
  2. Bak Inda Bildin
  3. Put It Down
  4. Gimmie One
  5. F**k Ur Opinion
  6. Sumtn 4 Urrbody
  7. How U Like Dat
  8. Freestyle Feestyle
  9. Walk In Gutta
  10. Wutchoogonnado
  11. Dis Iz Brick City
  12. Rite Now
  13. Blow Treez
  14. Pimp Nutz
  15. Mr. Ice Cream Man
  16. Hold Dis Blaow!
  17. Get' Em
  18. Merry Jane
  19. Gilla House Check
  20. No Mo Soopaman Luva
  21. Soopaman Luva
  22. Soopaman Luva
  23. Suicide

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Jersey boy, sometime actor, longtime rapper Redman ends to a five-year album hiatus with Red Gone Wild. "Thee Album," as its subtitle suggests, slings all the comeback bravado it can. From the opening bump of "Fire," Redman rolls out his own red carpet, strutting the whole way. "Rite Now" swipes and recalls the thumping throwback funk Redman first exploited well with 1994's Muddy Waters, and "Freestyle Freestyle" adds a heavy shuffle to that. Throughout, Redman and a bevy of guests saunter through backing tracks built around Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Rick James, and Bob Marley (the viscerally stupid and strangely arresting "Blow Treez"). In one of the album's wilder moments, "Sumtn 4 Urrbody," rappers Blam, Runt Dog, Ready Roc, Icadon, and Saukrates drop in to party for a verse each: suddenly, the line "Hair on my chest look like taco meat" never sounded so good. Lines that doggone dirty have stapled seams through the beats of every Redman record since 1994's Dare Iz A Darkside, at least. But Seattle producer Vitaman D cooks up the album's wildest cut, namely the abysmally thick pulse gunning beneath the ironic silliness of "Pimp Nutz." To his continuing credit, Redman's got no problem bringing more talented collaborators into the studio and letting them loose. After all, he himself was long ago gone wild. --Jason Kirk

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars (4.5 stars) Redman's Bak Inda Buildin!.......2007-06-26

It's been years since we had the pleasure of hearing a solo Redman joint...especially one that's worth listening to! The last good album was 1998's Doc's Da Name, although the dismal album Malpractice was released in 2000. But just listening to the intro track "Fire," it becomes clear that Red Gone Wild is the real deal. The album has the feel of a mixtape, but without the yelling deejays or the redundancy of tracks that serve no purpose. Even though "Bak Inda Buildin" clocks in under 3 minutes (just like "How U Like Dat" later in the album), it still delivers the energy we've been accustom to hearing from Redman and segues into the equally hyper "Put It Down" and "Gimmie One." "Sumtn 4 Urrbody" features virtual unknowns named Blam, Runt Dog, Ready Roc, Icadon, and Saukrates showcasing their best licks and it's amazing that the track still stands at less than 4 minutes. The Scott Storch produced "Freestyle Freestyle" is an enjoyable track with the feel of a true freestyle with its uncomplicated background and lyrical veracity. Veteran Def Squad members Erick Sermon and Keith Murray regroup for the convincing posse cut "Walk In Gutta" while R&B newcomer Melanie Rutherford [...] gives an impassioned hook for the indelible melody of "Wutchoogonnado." "Blow Treez" is a well-performed collabo that features partner-in-rhyme Method Man and Ready Roc. "Merry Jane" is a fun, entertaining tune that pairs Red with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg. "Dis Is Brick City" and "Rite Now" both showcase classic Redman while "Hold Dis Blaow" rocks an infectious beat that makes it one of many standouts on the album. He closes with the recurring "Superman Lova" featuring Hurricane G and Melanie Rutherford (it's presented as two connected tracks with the same title) and the tenacious "Suicide" that's embodies all the intensity that Redman has been known to display from time to time. Red Gone Wild personifies a rapper whose talent far exceeds most others in the industry today. Redman's future as a rapper is proven with Red Gone Wild, and he'll never have to worry about losing his appeal if he keeps putting out albums like this.

5 out of 5 stars YEAH!.......2007-06-20

this album is SOLID from beginning to end, best Redman album since Muddy Waters.

5 out of 5 stars Please enter a title for your review.......2007-05-30

I don't listen to rap music but I can't stop listening to this album. It's got like msg or crack or something in it to make you keep wanting more, listening to it over and over. From the beats through the vocal layering and party atmosphere to the incessantly repetitive lines on choruses prettymuch every song on it is better than any rap single released in the last couple years.

4 out of 5 stars GILLA HOUSE!!! .......2007-05-30

After making everybody wait quite a while, Redman is finally back and drops another solid album with "Red Gone Wild." Keeping it funky but not quite as grimy as his past releases, "Red Gone Wild" showcases Red's infantry of friends almost as much as Red himself. Most of the guest artists serve their purpose, however, and everything blends together rather seamlessly. Over and over again, Red and his crew chant "Gilla House!" over a plethora of prototypical Def Squad beats. When Red is at his best is when he spits the grime we've come to love from him, as on the intro track "Fire" which is one of the album's highlights.
Although "Red Gone Wild" suffers from the usual amount of filler most Redman albums have, it still holds its own as a solid "comeback" release from one of hip-hop's most consistent veterans.

4 out of 5 stars The Illest MC In The Game Today.......2007-05-22

Redman is one dope emcee. I love the fact that he doesn't have to adapt to today's hip hop scene...either you feel him or you don't. In the game right now...he's my favorite and has been for some time. His style is the illest. True underground. My favorite Redman album (not his best but my favorite) is "DARE IZ A DARKSIDE". Spark one up and check out that joint...TRIPPIN !!

This new joint "REDMAN GONE WILD - THEE ALBUM" is classic REGGIE NOBLE. I've been waiting on this for 6 years. I grabbed it the day it dropped. "PUT IT DOWN" is a certified club banger. Other favorites on the cd is the comical "PIMP NUTZ", "SUMTN 4 UR'RBODY" "WALK IN GUTTA" with the DEF SQUAD and my man BIZ MARKIE and "DIS IZ BRICK CITY". The whole album is worth the price of admission and of course it wouldn't be a REDMAN album without another chapter in the SOOPERMAN LUVA series (Peace to Hurricane G). It's time we get back to real hip hop. Tired of this snap and killing up everybody music. PEACE TO REDMAN, REGGIE NOBLE, FUNK DOC, SOOPAMAN LUVA or whatever he's calling himself this week. Keep it gutta baby! Represent for the underground. Be careful with those wires on the doorbell too homey ! WKYA Radio is on the air !!!! REAL HIP HOP LIVES and it's name is REDMAN !!!

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