Visions & Rhythms 2

About the Artist
Various artists include Koljademo, Douglas Spotted Eagle, Brule', Red Nativity. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description
A sampler collection of some of the finest instrumental artists in the Native American and Native influenced genre today. Each artist has individually sold countless numbers of their recordings worldwide and are in constant demand for personal appearances throughout the country. An outstanding musical presentation from the sound of Indian America. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Visions & Rhythms 2,Red Nativity,Koljademo,Raven,Natural Visions,Int'l & World Music,Pop

Average customer rating: Still the Best! Great Value for Money Excellent! You Gotta Love Stevie! A Great Retrospective Collection

Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (CD / DVD) Stevie Nicks Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Read Between My Lines: The Musical And Life Journey of Stevie Nicks Rocket Man: Number Ones [CD/DVD Package] Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac ASIN: B000N3ST8O Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Edge Of Seventeen (CD)
2. I Can't Wait (CD)
3. Sorcerer (CD)
4. If Anyone Falls In Love (CD)
5. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty) (CD)
6. Silver Springs (with Fleetwood Mac) (CD)
7. Dreams (with Deep Dish) (CD)
8. Rhiannon (Live) (CD)
9. Rooms On Fire (CD)
10. Talk To Me (CD)
11. Landslide (Live with The Melbourne Symphony) (CD)
12. Stand Back (CD)
13. Planets Of The Universe (CD)
14. Rock And Roll (Live) (CD)
15. Leather And Lace (with Don Henley) (CD)
16. Edge Of Seventeen (Live with The Melbourne Symphony) (CD)

Tracks:

1. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty) (DVD)
2. Edge Of Seventeen (DVD)
3. Stand Back (Scarlett Version) (DVD)
4. Stand Back (DVD)
5. If Anyone Falls In Love (DVD)
6. Talk To Me (DVD)
7. I Can't Wait (DVD)
8. Rooms On Fire (DVD)
9. Whole Lotta Trouble (DVD)
10. Sometimes It's A Bitch (DVD)
11. Blue Denim (DVD)
12. Every Day (DVD)
13. Sorcerer (with Sheryl Crow) (DVD)

Amazon.com

With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful invitation to join Fleetwoood Mac, the singer who now bills herself as the most successful female artist in rock history looks back on the various facets of her iconography with this 16-track career retrospective and its accompanying DVD. The mystic-folkie ethos that has long been her caricature are well showcased via the cult fave Rumours outtake/B-side "Silver Spring," the muscular Sheryl Crow collaboration "Sorcerer," and a live version of the moody "Rhiannon" that casts it in even longer shadows. Yet Stevie Nicks has always displayed a willingness to push herself beyond her hippie muse, as witnessed by the dense aura of Deep Dish's remix of Mac's "Dreams" and such disparate, pop-savvy solo highlights as "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," and shrewd, successful duets with Tom Petty ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"). Indeed, bookended by the original version of the hit "Edge of Seventeen" and a live revamping with the Melbourne Symphony that amps its every melodramatic nuance, reinvention often seems the anthology's subtext. The included DVD compiles 13 of Nicks's evocative videos with new commentary by her, as well as an insightful, previously unreleased home video shot during the Bella Donna sessions. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

How beloved is Stevie Nicks? All six of her original solo albums, spanning 1981-2001, plus two "best of" collections,have been certified at least gold. With rock's superstar chanteuse about to go back on the road after guesting on Tom Petty's Highway Companion tour, Crystal Visions... covers her entire solo career for the first time in a CD+DVD package. Featured are several previously unreleased live tracks on the CD, as well as Stevie's voice-over commentary for each video and her artwork on the DVD. Crystal Visions...The Best Of Stevie Nicks is exactly that.

Customer Reviews:

Still the Best!.......2007-07-17

As with anything Stevie Nicks - I eagerly awaited the arrival of "Crystal Visions", and it doesnt disappoint.

Although some of the songs have been covered before in the Enchanted Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nickscollection, the extra features included in this set are well worth the purchas - Including audio from her Melbourne concert in January 2006.

As for the DVD - there is clips and concert footage that I hadnt seen before that I am now very happy to have in my collection.

Great Value for Money.......2007-07-12

It is worth the money for the DVD alone! I have all her cd's and all her videos including the ones in concert with and without Fleetwood Mac so I was really skeptical about getting something new with this cd/dvd compilation. It wasn't until I checked out the reviews from Amazon that i realized she added her own personal commentary on her videos. it is SOOOOO worth it for that alone! She cracked me up! Totally unepected. I was pleasantly surprised at how she absolutely does NOT take herself too seriously. so even if you have all her previous cd's, and dvd's. please consider getting this. there is definitely NEW material here. The makings of Belladonna were revealing too. really really good stuff here.

Excellent!.......2007-07-05

An excellent compilation of the greatest hits. If your a "new" fan looking to hear some of the more popular songs from this artist--here's a one-stop shop! Great sound quality on the "live" songs.

You Gotta Love Stevie!.......2007-07-04

Stevie Nicks is my all time greatest female vocalist. I loved this CD. The DVD disk that accompanies it is a real bonus! At the end of the DVD were the best clips...Stevie in the recording studio just being Stevie. You really got to see her at her most natural. I thought adding those video clips were a great treat for her fans. I did miss Beauty and the Beast though...I wish she would have included that song in this collection.

A Great Retrospective Collection.......2007-06-30

The CD is fabulous, of course, but the real surprise was the DVD. If you watch the videos with the commentary on it's a real treat. Stevie gives us an insight into what was going on in her life at the time each of the videos were made and she does so with a sincerity and self-effacing sense of humor. Very nice. I was fortunate enough to have caught this tour in Norfolk and I will forever treasure the experience in my memory. Every track is a hit. I just don't see any talent like this out there on the scene today. There will never be another Stevie Nicks. Great stuff.

Average customer rating: Really the Best Simply Stevie New CD, please!! 95% A Stevie Nick's fan must have

Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (CD / DVD) Rocket Man: Number Ones [CD/DVD Package] Read Between My Lines: The Musical And Life Journey of Stevie Nicks Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection ASIN: B000N3ST7A Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Edge Of Seventeen
2. I Can't Wait
3. Sorcerer
4. If Anyone Falls In Love
5. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
6. Silver Springs
7. Dreams
8. Rhiannon
9. Rooms On Fire
10. Talk To Me
11. Landslide
12. Stand Back
13. Planets Of The Universe
14. Rock And Roll
15. Leather And Lace
16. Edge Of Seventeen

Amazon.com

With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful invitation to join Fleetwoood Mac, the singer who now bills herself as the most successful female artist in rock history looks back on the various facets of her iconography via this 16-track career retrospective. The mystic-folkie ethos that has long been her caricature are well-showcased via the cult fave Rumours outtake/B-side "Silver Spring," the muscular Sheryl Crow collaboration "Sorcerer," and a live version of the moody "Rhiannon" that casts it in even longer shadows. Yet Stevie Nicks has always displayed a willingness to push herself beyond her hippie muse, as witnessed by the dense aura of Deep Dish's remix of Mac's "Dreams" and such disparate, pop-savvy solo highlights as "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," and shrewd, successful duets with Tom Petty ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"). Indeed, bookended by the original version of the hit "Edge of Seventeen" and a live revamping with the Melbourne Symphony that amps its every melodramatic nuance, reinvention often seems the anthology's subtext. The album is also available in a deluxe edition featuring a DVD packed with videos, commentary, and more. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

How beloved is Stevie Nicks? All six of her original solo albums, spanning 1981-2001, plus two "best of" collections, have been certified at least gold. With rock's superstar chanteuse about to go back on the road after guesting on Tom Petty's Highway Companion tour, Crystal Visions... covers her entire solo career for the first time in a CD+DVD package. Featured are several previously unreleased live tracks on the CD, as well as Stevie's voice-over commentary for each video and her artwork on the DVD. Crystal Visions...The Best Of Stevie Nicks is exactly that.

Customer Reviews:

Really the Best.......2007-07-12

Excellent CD! I couldn't wait to get it and listen to it all the time.

Simply Stevie.......2007-07-12

It's the best of the best of Stevie Nicks and this CD is simply WONDERFUL just as she is!

New CD, please!!.......2007-05-31

I love Stevie Nicks, but it would be great to see her putting out a new CD. Doesn't she already have at least two greatest hits packages (Timespace and the Box Set)? Anyway, I don't know if she is planning to retire or has hit a song-writing block, but I really get tired when these artists continue to re-release compilations over and over again. I guess there is money to be made; otherwise, record companies would not do it. Still, to me, the point of "art" is art; not rehashing and repackaging old stuff over and over again for the almight dollar.

95%.......2007-05-30

I agree alot with R. Kyle's review of this CD, and ordered it even though it does not have all of her number 1 songs. BUT it does have 90% of them and on a CD, that's a gold mine.

Amazon lately has been out doing itself in getting my orders to me in less than 2 weeks. Way to go Amazon.

A Stevie Nick's fan must have.......2007-05-23

I love Stevie, therefore this was the perfect long awaited box set.. I've always loved the music because it's food for my soul but the dvd was wild to say the least because it got you that much closer to her as an artist.

Average customer rating: Great Literature, Delivered Very Elegantly Great cut. A new fan of Kate Wolf The Enduring Mystery of Kate Wolf Here in California...

Weaver Of Visions: The Kate Wolf Anthology Kate Wolf Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf Give Yourself To Love (Volumes 1&2) (Live In Concert) Gold In California: A Retrospective Of Recordings, 1975-1985 Close to You Evening in Austin ASIN: B00004S7LY Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

1. Although I've Gone Away
2. Green Eyes (Live)
3. Emma Rose
4. Like A River (Live)
5. Old Jerome
6. These Times We're Living In (Live)
7. Sweet Love
8. Across The Great Divide
9. Brother Warrior
10. Unfinished Life
11. Eyes Of A Painter (Live)
12. Safe At Anchor
13. Give Yourself To Love (Live)
14. The Trumpet Vine
15. Slender Thread
16. Muddy Roads
17. Early Morning Melody
18. Telluride

Tracks:

1. Here In California
2. Looking Back At You (Live)
3. The Minstrel
4. Picture Puzzle (Live)
5. Cornflower Blue (Live)
6. The Wind Blows Wild
7. You're Not Standing Like You Used To
8. Carolina Pines
9. Medicine Wheel
10. Two-Way Waltz
11. The Lilac & The Apple
12. Shadow Of A Life
13. She Rises Like The Dolphin
14. Poet's Heart
15. Friend Of Mine (Live)
16. Pacheco/The Redtail Hawk (Live)
17. Back Roads

Amazon.com

Ahead of her time and somehow beyond time, Northern California singer-songwriter Kate Wolf now has a collection to represent all her craft, wisdom, and radiance. Produced and compiled by Wolf's son Max, the 35 songs on Weaver of Visions include every track from the previous anthology, Gold in California (less only "Full Time Woman" and the antinuke ballad "The Sun Is Burning"), and adds 10 live performances and two previously unavailable songs. The selection is impeccable, focusing on what Wolf's guitarist Nina Gerber has called "Kateness": an intimacy born of hard times, a communion forged in love's fire, a delicate soulfulness that few of her acoustic-oriented peers--Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams come to mind--have captured. Even if you own every Wolf album, Weaver of Visions will be a revelation--from the sparkling remastering to the elegant photographs to the intelligent, 42-page liner notes to the songs and voice that will tear out your heart, then mend and renew it once again. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Great Literature, Delivered Very Elegantly.......2007-04-08

I am 64 and have been listening to various types of music for 50 years but only recently discovered Kate Wolf. She immediately became my favorite singer/songwriter. It seems that her music is the music I have always been looking for but had never found. I agree with another reviewer who noted that one can listen to Kate almost continually without tiring of her. I was very saddened to learn of her untimely passing just when she was reaching her pinnacle.

I have now acquired almost all of Kate's recordings and this album contains most of her best songs but a few are missing like "Love Still Remains" and "Great Love of my Life".

All Kate Wolf fans should watch the "Evening in Austin" video to see the refined professional she had become just a few months before she came down with leukemia.

Great cut........2007-03-09

As someone who attended Kate's funeral years ago, I remember walking into the service in Marin with "Give yourself to love" playing over the PA system. This is a great album that defined a generation of activists, new age values, and a group of interesting people.

A new fan of Kate Wolf.......2007-02-23

I'd heard Kate's name from time to time, over the years, but never really got to know her music - until now, with this compilation.

As one of the other reviewers said, I'm also curious why she isn't better known.

Yes, there is a bit of similarity among the songs, but by becoming familiar with them one can hear and feel all the differences. Spread the word, and spread her music!

The Enduring Mystery of Kate Wolf.......2006-07-04

I first discovered Kate Wolf's music twenty years ago while traveling the Mendocino Coast. It's not really about Northern California, but like a fine wine it has a certain regional stamp to it which adds to its quality. In time I bought all of her CD's and her music, which gradually intertwined and merged with my life until it seemed as if the songs were a personal gift from her to me, which I eventually learned was an illusion held in common by just about all of her fans. And in all those years, whenever I brought up the subject of Kate Wolf with my friends in Southern California, I invariably got a blank stare in return, followed by the question, "Who's Kate Wolf?"

The mystery of Kate Wolf is why her enormous popularity is still mainly confined to Northern California, why such a great artist has only produced twelve reviews on this page, and why this quintessential Kate Wolf album isn't even among Amazon's top ten thousand selling CD's.

I don't know how many (if any)other musicians have an annual music festival dedicated to their memory, but Kate Wolf does and last week up near the Redwoods, the 11th annual such festival took place. The music was bluegrass, folk, and singer/songwriters with only an occasional Kate Wolf number thrown in, but her spirit was invoked from the stage more than once, and the festival closed out with the singing of one of Kate's signature songs, "Give Yourself to Love." The audience stood and sang along just as if it were a national anthem (and maybe it should be.)

So if this is your genre, if Kate's advice to "Give Yourself to Love" makes sense to you, or if her gentle warning that "We've Only Got These Times We're Living In" rings true, give her a listen, and you too can become part of California's best kept secret.

Here in California..........2004-05-04

Nobody has ever captured the spirit of the rural West in music better than Kate Wolf. This generous set will satisfy almost anybody but those who have to have it all; for those who are just new to this astist, this is the best place to start - all killer, no filler. Some tracks are immediately addictive, while others reveal their pleasures more gradually.

Kate's songs are a celebration of passion, humanity, nature, healing, friendship, love, and much more. Her partners supported her with expert skills and arrangments that explored all the roots of American music, yet her style, concept, and delivery were completely her own. If Weaver of Visions is your first introduction to Kate, it may be a revelation.

Average customer rating: Visions of the emerald beyond Marvelous creation from McLaughlin. John M has really gotten into the jazz and funk with this! Probably their best Mahavishnu I Is Better. So Is Apocalypse

Visions of the Emerald Beyond Mahavishnu Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Apocalypse Between Nothingness and Eternity Birds of Fire The Inner Mounting Flame The Lost Trident Sessions ASIN: B0000027EU Release Date: 1990-12-29

Tracks:

1. Eternity's Breath Part 1
2. Eternity's Breath Part 2
3. Lila's Dance
4. Can't Stand Your Funk
5. Pastoral
6. Faith
7. Cosmic Strut
8. If I Could See
9. Be Happy
10. Earth Ship
11. Pegasus
12. Opus
13. On The Way Home to Earth

Amazon.com

Even though it is not as consistently convincing as Mahavishnu's first two albums, this fifth, 1975 outing nonetheless provides plenty of the same listening rewards--urgent, inexorably forceful jazz-rock fusion with an intense interactivity among the players. Jean-Luc Ponty provides the fresh interest. Always most convincing when employed, rather than in charge, here he revels in the open spaces and blissed prompting that McLaughlin's celestial-run formula provides. The album was one of a few later Mahavishnu recordings that announced that the revolutionary band's mission was near completion, and perhaps already played out. McLaughlin's playing soars at some points, but it was time for him to leave the capsule, and settle into a new phase: his extraordinary Shakti collaborations. --Peter Monaghan

Customer Reviews:

Visions of the emerald beyond.......2007-03-30

All the great groups seem to hit that stride of 3 or more great albums. This is one of their best 3 along with the inner mounting flame and birds of fire. They really made their best music on these records.

Marvelous creation from McLaughlin........2007-02-21

The title of this review summarizes my feelings.
Fantastic playing, recording, mixing & production.
As an historic MO fan, I had already bought this gem in LP format in the seventies, but this CD edition is incomparably better.
The 1990 issue adds clarity, quality and emotion.
Although some people may attribute "commercial" aspects for the MO-2,
I believe "Visions" is still MO best album ever.
Ponty added dynamic, rhythm and speed to the music, a master amidst the masters...
I agree that both lineups have this pros & cons, and this is not under trial.
Worth each cent you pay and more....

John M has really gotten into the jazz and funk with this!.......2007-01-10

What an etherial display of John Mclaughlin's and Jean Luc Ponty's collaboration attempt. This Attempt works well.
PLeased to own it.

Probably their best.......2005-12-30

This is a classic and probably their best recording.
I would skip track four as it spoils the work here,
but otherwise a classic rock/jazz/fusion at the height of this band career.

Mahavishnu I Is Better. So Is Apocalypse.......2005-12-02

The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Apocalypse
The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Visions of the Emerald Beyond

Mahavishnu II was nowhere as good as MI, but it had its good points in this inaugural album, most notably the pristine of electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. McLaughlin still generates the heat but sounds like he is recycling more forceful work from earlier albums. The drumming, bass and keyboards are unexceptional but not notable. There is a pretty vocal solo by keyboardist Gayle Moran on "Smile of the Beyond." All in all, there's too much recycled in this album, the musicians (Ponty and McLaughlin excepted) are mediocre at best, and the Buddhist propagandizing seems egregious. But at least it's better than the next album, Visions of the Emerald Beyond, which has almost nothing to recommend it, except for its moments of ersatz funk ("Cosmic Strut," "Can't Stand Your Funk").

Average customer rating: I'd say this is their best.

Trinity Visions of Atlantis Manufacturer: Napalm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ghost Opera Tarot Cast Away The Heart of Everything Unia ASIN: B000PHW2LI Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. At The Back Of Beyond
2. The Secret
3. Passing Dead End
4. The Poem
5. Nothing Left
6. My Dark Side Home
7. Wing-Shaped Heart
8. Return To You
9. Through My Eyes
10. Flow The Desert
11. Seven Seas

Album Description

With their third offering, Trinity, the Austro-American sextet takes Symphonic Metal to a new level as majestically powerful Metal songs complete with heavy guitars and unrelenting drumming meet emotional ballads and romantic soundscapes. The distinctive epic string arrangements compliment the multi-faceted compositions, superbly crowned by fantastic soprano vocals and the equally strong singing talents of the male counterpart. By masterfully merging their classic roots with powerful modern elements, Visions Of Atlantis deliver an album that is not only mystic and heavy but also insightful and bombastic.

Customer Reviews:

I'd say this is their best........2007-07-18

Unlike VOA's two previous releases, I'd say this one is actually pretty good. They have a new female vocalist who, while faulting only a bit on her lower notes, really outshines the old vocalist when she goes for those higher notes. The songs are also a lot better. They still maintain the band's creative symphonic metal sound, but also have some catchier choruses, some nice guitar solos and some excellent drumming. Some really touching duets between the male and female vocalist are featured also.

The CD's only downfall would have to be its lyrics. The words can get a bit corny at times. Lines like "I'm so sorry 'cause you're dead" don't do it for me, personally. It'd also be nice if the vocalists put a bit more emotion into their voices and concentrate on what they're singing about instead of getting a perfect, crystal clear sound.

I'd recommend it, nonetheless, for symphonic metal fans.

Average customer rating: last album with Steve Walsh Kansas - The Album That Broke Up The Original Lineup Of The Band Kansas Rocks!! A more listenable Kansas A great Kansas CD!

Audio-Visions Kansas Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Progressive Rock | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Progressive Rock | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Monolith Masque Drastic Measures Power In the Spirit of Things ASIN: B000002ARR Release Date: 1996-02-27

Tracks:

1. Relentless
2. Anything For You
3. Hold On
4. Loner
5. Curtain Of Iron
6. Got To Rock On
7. Don't Open Your Eyes
8. No One Together
9. No Room For A Stranger
10. Back Door

Customer Reviews:

last album with Steve Walsh.......2007-07-08

Kansas have always been able to gain my respect with every one of their releases. This is probably one the last great albums they've done.

The songs here are well written and every song here is a standout track. There are a few weak ones (Got to Rock on and Anything For You) but even those are still decent.

The songs are sequenced very well which helps. The end of Hold on where Steve sings the final 'hold oonnnnn' is great and there's a bit of an echo there before the next song starts with him yelling 'LONER!' It's a great moment.Even Loner has a great quick ending that brings in the two notes that start Curtain of Iron. So this is a nice FLOWING album and probably one of their best in that respect.

So this album is really only 4 stars. You can hear some of the tension between the band members here but this is some really good stuff. They could have broken up after this, but chose instead to reform with a new singer. Thankfully that only lasted a few years.

So buy this album. This is the last great album Steve sang on before they parted ways. Of course Steve came back later, but that's another review. Happy listening!

Kansas - The Album That Broke Up The Original Lineup Of The Band.......2007-06-21

"Audio Visions" would prove to be the album that broke up the original lineup of Kansas. The album is pretty much split between Kerry Livgren's blatantly Christian oriented songs and Steve Walsh's rebellious rockers. Walsh has made it clear in interviews over the years that he was no longer comfortable singing many of Kerry's lyrics and he would leave the band because of it after the tour for this album. Although this album is not as good as the first 5 I like it quite a bit better than its predecessor "Monolith". The band got back on the singles charts with Kerry Livgren's Christian ballad "Hold On". He also contributes the great rocker "Relentless" and the two most prog oriented pieces on the disc "Curtain Of Iron" and "No One Together". Walsh's songs display very much where he was coming from at the time. The lyrics for rockers like "Loner" and "Got To Rock On" pretty much predict his eventual departure from the band. Both are great tunes by the way. Robby Steinhardt's violin is used much less here than on previous discs, an unfortunate trend that would continue on their next album and lead to his eventual departure. Overall this is a very good (but not great) Kansas album and defiantly worth owning.

Kansas Rocks!!.......2007-01-04

uumm , great to be reminded why I loved this music way back when :)

A more listenable Kansas.......2006-12-01

I don't really know what was going on internally within the Kansas camp leading up to the recording and release of this album, but the results were incredible. The sound on this album is true Kansas, however, less progressive sounding with limited violins. I believe they produced it themselves and the fuller sound of that production is obvious. The drum sound on this album is the best I've heard - so unlike the tinny trash can-like snare sound of today's bands. I'm sure Phil Ehart had something to do with the fuller drum sound. This is not Point of Know Return or Leftoverture and that is a good thing. Diversity in a band's catalog is good if it does not compromise the integrity of the band and Audio Visions is awesome without being a clone of previous Kansas albums. Even with some corny lyrics here and there, I rate this as my overall favorite Kansas album.

A great Kansas CD!.......2006-09-05

I had this on on LP vinyl and am replacing it now with a CD. It is excellent Kansas music! One of my favorites never became a hit "Curtain of Iron"

Average customer rating: I bought this based on the great reviews THERE IS NONE BETTER THAN BRULE THE BEST ALBUM YET Captivating and enchanting

The Collection Brulé Manufacturer: Natural Visions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Native American | North America | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Passion Spirit Star People We the People One Nation Kinship ASIN: B00078JZ4M Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

1. All My Relations
2. Spirit Horses
3. And Justice For All
4. Peace Is All Around Me
5. Buffalo Moon
6. Celebration Of The Heart
7. Stomp Dance
8. The Chosen One
9. A Warrior's Song
10. One World, One Nation
11. Dakota Stardust
12. Man In The Sky
13. Dance Of Life
14. Fast Horse
15. Star People

Product Description

One of the top selling contemporary Native American artists today presents a collection of some of his most requested songs from all of his previous recordings. A must have record!

Customer Reviews:

I bought this based on the great reviews.......2007-02-13

I'm not disappointed. This is a great into to Brule.
I can't believe such great music exists.

THERE IS NONE BETTER THAN BRULE.......2006-09-24

This Group Speaks Directly To The SPIRIT Of Life That Stirs In Us All. The Music Is Uplifitng and Takes You TO A Higher Place In Your Mind. It Is A Great Escpae From Life's Let Downs. The Exhilarating Beat Of The Music Allows You To Escape To A Place Of Power.

THE BEST ALBUM YET.......2005-12-25

I am pleased to share with everyone my thoughts on this album by the Brule Native American Sioux Nation. I just got this CD for Christmas and it makes my heart feel really good. It is such an Acomplishment for Roche and I wanna say congratulations. As I take a musical journey throught my culture I am reminded of where I came from and what tradition we hold dear to us. So many people will be touched by this ablum and have been I am sure. And to let people know the true meaning of this vast and wonderful culture is also very pleasing to me. Anybody who is anybody should get this Ablum and enjoy the richness of the music. Thank you. T.J

Captivating and enchanting.......2005-07-04

While on vacation in the Southwest, primarily to visit the Grand Canyon, I heard music from this album over a loudspeaker at a restaurant where we stopped for dinner. When the last song played--it was "Star People"--I had to know what this music was. So I asked the restaurant owner, he told me, and I bought the CD right then and there. Both my husband and I listen to it quite frequently. For some odd reason, it brings about peace, contentment, excitement, and joy. It is both upbeat and serene. We like all kinds of music, but this album is turning out to be our favorite.

Average customer rating: perfect score for a perfect movie Pleasant "ethnic" melodies Third Man & Other Original Records The first man of the zither This is the one you're looking for.

Third Man & Other Original Recordings Anton Karas Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Greece | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Anton Karas The Third Man The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection Austrian Zither Vienna, City of Dreams ASIN: B00006J9M2 Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

1. Third Man Theme (The Harry Lime Theme) (Original Version)
2. Anton Karas Second Theme
3. Cafe Mozart Waltz (Original Version)
4. Carol Theme
5. That Dear Old Song (Original Version)
6. Rendezvous Waltz (Previously Unissued)
7. Farewell To Vienna (Previously Unissued)
8. Alt Wiener Tanz In C-Dur
9. Visions Of Vienna
10. Danube Dreams
11. Anton Karas Medley Pt. 1
12. Anton Karas Medley Pt. 2
13. Im In The Middle Of A Riddle (V. Kay Arment)
14. Where Do I Go From You? (V. Kay Armen)
15. Zither Rhythm Of Anton Karas
16. Vienna, Women And Song (Later Version)
17. Cherry Stones
18. Wo Grunes Kranzel Hangt
19. Silent Night, Holy Night
20. Vienna, City Of My Dreams
21. Vienna, Women And Song (Original Version)
22. Third Man Theme (Later Version)
23. Cafe Mozart Waltz (Later Version)
24. That Dear Old Song (Later Version)
25. Wenn Der Herrgott Net Will / The Third Man Theme (Brief Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

perfect score for a perfect movie.......2007-02-19

Carol Reed's veteran cinematographer Robert Krasker's quirky angles under Reed's direction perfectly framed the ready-made-for-an-art designer bombed out shadows and stark, isolated street lights of post-war Vienna and its underworld. Unique to cinema history the whole score (but for some canned incidental cafe music) was just the brilliant zither playing of Anton Karas, adding his nuances to every dramatic transition. Krasker won an Oscar, and Karas was nominated.

The "Third Man Theme" (also known as the "Harry Lime Theme") is alternately brittle, jaunty, bittersweet, romantic, wry, and even sardonic piece of music--which fits the mood of the story and the film perfectly -- that, once heard, can't be forgotten.

The "Third Man Theme" turned Anton Karas into a wealthy man after 28 years of toiling in obscurity an relative poverty in Vienna.

One night, Carol Reed was passing by a wine tavern where growers offer their own wines for sale directly, and heard Anton Karas's playing in the background. Reed had never heard a zither before and found the sound to be attractive. He approached Karas and persuaded him to play for him at his hotel, and made a recording, which Reed brought back to the studio to test. He liked the effect when the zither's sound was placed against the recorded dialogue and, ignoring the protests of many around him, hired Karas and brought him to London for 12 weeks.

Anton Karas screened the movie hundreds of times, devising music for each scene. The Third Man ended up with a vast amount of music, scored in virtually every scene of its 104 minutes. Ironically, the piece that became known as the "Third Man Theme" was something that Anton Karas had written two decades earlier and hadn't played in over 15 years. As he later explained to Reed, playing the zither for a whole night for tips was hard work, and one tended to play the easiest pieces the most often, to save the fingers.

Other zither players never got it to sound just right. The truth was that as recorded for the movie, "The Third Man Theme" was one of the first practical examples of overdubbing on a hit record, rivaling Les Paul's work--Anton Karas had gotten just the right effect working underneath Reed's kitchen table, and had gotten the piece just right by recording and mixing more than one zither part.

The Third Man was finished and prepared for release, and Reed and the production company, London Films, tried to raise interest in it through the music. None of the record companies, however, was interested in recording Karas or releasing the "Third Man Theme." The music was too strange and different, and although British movies had produced some soundtrack successes in the past, those were usually more conventional light classical pieces, not a jangly piece of music played on a central European folk instrument.

Pleasant "ethnic" melodies.......2007-01-22

The tunes on this disc have a nice, comforting sound. Some of the selections are haunting, some have a peasant-liveliness. Nothing great or revolutionary, but plain good zither music, very enjoyable.

Third Man & Other Original Records.......2006-11-10

We bought it for a friend. They loved it.

The first man of the zither.......2006-03-10

The CD didn't sound as good as the movie sound track. Ity sounded a bit rushed as if the sampling during the transfer was not sufficient

This is the one you're looking for........2004-04-26

You've been looking for the original version of the music in "The Third Man", right? Every other CD on the market wouldn't work for you. But lucky for you, this is the one! Don't go wrong.

Average customer rating: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter Concerto Not Quite Perfect Prokofiev and Richter's pianistic magic Definitive Eighth

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Richter, Sviatoslav | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Richter, Sviatoslav | ( R ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Schumann: Piano Concerto / Sviatoslav Richter The Sofia Recital 1958 Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos / Richter Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Webern, etc / Maurizio Pollini Brahms: Concerto No.2/Beethoven: Sonata No.23 ASIN: B000001GXD Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

1. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 2. Moderato ben accentuato
3. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 3. Toccata - Allegro con fuoco (piu presto che la prima volta)
4. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 4. Larghetto
5. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 5 In G Major: 5. Vivo
6. Sonata For Piano No. 8 In B Flat Major: 1. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato - Andante
7. Sonata For Piano No. 8 In B Flat Major: 2. Andante songando
8. Sonata For Piano No. 8 In B Flat Major: 3. Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace
9. Visions fugitives op.22: No. 3, No. 6, No. 9

Amazon.com essential recording

Sviatoslov Richter was a friend of the composer, and he played all of this music in Prokofiev's presence. His performances have since acquired almost cult status among pianists--a reputation they richly deserve. The Fifth Piano Concerto is a pithy, technically difficult work in five short movements, which Richter plays as though he had composed them himself. The Eighth Sonata, by contrast, was composed during the Second World War, and the contrast between simple lyricism and horrifying violence leaves no doubt whatsoever as to what the composer was attempting to describe. These mid-price reissues sound better than ever, and artistically speaking, they are priceless. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter.......2006-08-31

excellent recording. prompt service frm amazon

Concerto Not Quite Perfect.......2006-03-11

Don't get me wrong these performances, esp. the ones forom the keyboard have all of the energy, stength and heart that you would expect from Richter. I can not find one fault with his playing here. It is the recording itself that I have an issue with. The recording balance in the concerto is way off. The piano is always (incorrectly) projected as being louder than the orchestra. If you've ever been to a paiano concerto concert, you know that this is simply not true. Therefore, I give it 4 stars.

Prokofiev and Richter's pianistic magic.......2002-11-23

Prokofiev considered his 5th Piano Concerto to be unjustly neglected at the expense of his ever-popular 3rd. On the evidence of this September 1958 recording, he was right! Richter and the Warsaw National Philharmonic are flawless and sparkling with the spirit of Prokofiev, a light, urbane wit seldom heard since Mozart. The 8th Sonata is another spirit entirely, perhaps Prokofiev's most profound and complex work. There are gentle passages following turbulence and darkness that are of the utmost beauty, and Richter's playing is a marvel.

Other than his 2nd Symphony, Prokofiev's modernist impulse is clearest in his works for piano. The 7th and 8th Sonatas especially are masterworks of the early 20th century, and Richter's is THE 8th!

Definitive Eighth.......1999-12-25

I usually have in mind a list of the ten greatest piano recordings of all time. Luckily, having no particular label affiliation, I am compelled to make my choices solely by personal preference, Millenial Collections notwithstanding. The Fifth Concerto is rarely if ever, played. Richter's version is superb. But the Eighth Sonata receives the most excruciatingly beautiful performance. The lyricism, drama, colour are all qualities in this performance that have remained with me for decades. An essential recording for anyone who loves the piano.

Average customer rating: Tha' real more like a 3.9 great beats, horrible lyrics another great album from jmt Tight

Visions of Gandhi Jedi Mind Tricks Manufacturer: Babygrande Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Legacy of Blood Violent by Design The Psycho-Social CD Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell The Torture Papers ASIN: B0000AGWIL Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Tibetan Black Magicians [feat. Canibus]
3. Blood In Blood Out
4. The Rage Of Angels [feat. Crypt The Warchild of Outerspace]
5. Demonwomb Interlude
6. Animal Rap [feat. Kool G. Rap]
7. Nada Cambia
8. A Storm of Swords [feat. Planetary of Outerspace]
9. Boondock Saints Interlude
10. The Wolf [feat. Ill Bill and Sabac Red of Non Phixion]
11. Walk With Me [feat. The Rhyme Inspector Percee-P]
12. Rise Of The Machines [feat. Ras Kass]
13. Pity Of War Interlude
14. Kublai Khan [feat. Tragedy Khadafi and Goretex of Non Phixion]
15. What's Really Good [feat. Rocky Raez]
16. The Heart Of Darkness Interlude
17. Raw is War 2003

Amazon.com

The menacing, cryptic style of Philly boys Vinnie Paz and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind has served them well on cult classics The Psycho-Social CD and Violent By Design, making them champions of the underground. On the highly anticipated Visions of Gandhi it's Stoupe's production--split evenly between moody, down-tempo beats and not-quite-commercial, mariachi- and salsa-inflected rhythms--that once again carries the day. Unfortunately, the lyrical content--a mélange of clichéd hip-hop signifiers and mixed religious metaphors--just can't match up to Stoupe's beats. The copious guest appearances (including Kool G Rap, Non Phixion, and Ras Kass) are sure to draw curious bystanders to JMT's special brand of esoterica, but they can't hide the fact that lyrically the duo seems to have lost a bit of their visionary edge. If you're looking for dope Stoupe beats with lyrics to match, you might do better to check out another 2003 Stoupe production, Canibus's Rip the Jacker. --Rebecca Levine

Customer Reviews:

Tha' real.......2007-01-04

This album is probably JMT's syckest one, if not Violent By Design. Both are incredible but this one stretches beyond the limits of dope beats and syck lyrics. Anyone who says Vinnie Paz isn't a good lyricist, check to see if your head's screwed on straight. Stoupe is incredible on the boards as well, and the two make a deadly combination not to mention dope collabs with Canibus, Kool G Rap, Non Phixion crew, etc. If you like in your face hip hop, cop this c.d. If you don't, why are you reading this?

more like a 3.9.......2006-10-26

beats are amazing. lyrics.. Vinnie Paz is often outdone by his guests unfortunately. good, hardcore rap if you're into that. in my opinion, album is worth getting just for the song Animal Rap (ft. Kool G. Rap). Vinnie Paz's first couple lines in this song gives me tingles every time i hear it. def a group worth checking out.

great beats, horrible lyrics.......2006-07-31

Stoupe The Enemy of Mandkind has really amazing beats and tight samples, but the lyrics on this album are wack and unoriginal. Sorry to say, I would rather have an instrumental version of this album and spit my own rhymes over them to do them justice, or rather, imagine tight lyrics being spit over them. The lyrics that are provided with these beats don't do the beats justice. Violent, semi-medaphoric religious lyrics just don't cut it. They are mad tight beats that deserve some intellectual stimulation, not violent homages to death and destruction.

another great album from jmt.......2006-05-08

Vinnie Paz and Stoupe are indeed one of the greatest MC, DJ duos ever. The album is super raw hard hittin on both beats by Stoupe and lyrics by Paz. Paz is an official "lyrical wrecking ball" completely demolishing other MC's abilities here - a pure battle rapper. While I do miss Jus Allah's absence from the group, I will say that the many guest rappers on the album did fill the void he left on this album. My favorites were Percee P and Tragedy Khadafi. Also rap legend Kool G Rap is on here as well. If your a fan of blingy rap, dance club anthems, or love songs then stay far, far away from this album, because its only raw hardcore tear the wall down "fight music" that you'll find here - stuff that gets your adrenaline flowin.

Tight.......2006-04-01

This is the first "Jedi Mind Trick" I got, I heard about em not too long ago heard a couple songs also they were tight. I saw this cd, so I decided to pick it up, and I was impressed. The production was on point, along with the lyrics, a lot of these songs are up beat which I like. So ya if you a fan of rap, or underground rap, or whatever. Go out and get this cd, you'll like it.

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