The Rust

Product Description
Debut effort by The Rust, melodic rock with strong vocals and harmonies, a wide palette of rhythmic and sonic textures. The CD opens with the deceptively light guitar instrumental "2359", then roars into full-speed with the heavy guitars of "Midnight Encounter." From power ballads like "Unheard" to the synth-rhythm final track "New Arrival", this CD shines with Pat Yadon's clear tenor vocals and the bands thought-provoking lyrics.

The Rust,Rust,The Rust,Indie Rock,Light, progressive melodic rock with great harmonies and a dynamic lead vocal.,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: so good Rust Never Sleeps Captain Crunch Picks up right where Zuma left off! No rust on these songs

Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | 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 Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live Rust Tonight's the Night Zuma Comes a Time After The Gold Rush ASIN: B000002KDG Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. My My, Hay Hay (Out Of The Blue)
2. Thrasher
3. Ride My Llama
4. Pocahontas
5. Sail Away
6. Powderfinger
7. Welfare Mothers
8. Sedan Delivery
9. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

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Young has recorded many live albums, but none capture his two dominant musical personalities with as much power as 1979's Rust Never Sleeps. The acoustic side opens with "My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue)," a devastating anthem about the state of rock & roll. Comparing the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten to the late Elvis Presley, Young delivers perhaps his most famous line: "It's better to burn out than to fade away." Side 2 demonstrates the emotional power of Young's hard-rocking quartet, Crazy Horse, with the scathing political songs "Powderfinger," "Welfare Mothers," and the loud reprise of "My, My, Hey, Hey." --Steve Knopper

Customer Reviews:

so good.......2007-06-22

First let me mention that John Morgan's review below was an exciting read. I love those kind of reviews!

My review won't be as good, but I want to give a shout out to a very good rock artist- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Whoops, I meant, Neil Young and Crazy Horse. hehe

Rust Never Sleeps was a very popular record for Neil Young back in the late 70's. My dad thinks it was Neil's most popular album, but I can't say whether there's any truth to that.

Anyway, everyone knows track one. It's great. A dark, creepy and interesting tune that one is. "Thrasher" is almost straight-up country, and it's very good. I enjoy it. "Pocahontas" almost brings me to tears with its amazing beauty, along with "Sail Away".

After that, the album starts rocking out. Funny how it's a gradual build. "Powderfinger" shows what's straight ahead- hard rock dominated by none other than guitars. "Welfare Mothers" is catchy and "Sedan Delivery" is an acquired taste, but numerous plays reveals a highly enjoyable song. It's strangely written, which might turn people off at first. "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)" is like the first song but with heavy guitars thrown in, painting a darker image.

Neil at his best? Maybe.

Rust Never Sleeps.......2007-05-07

If you are a Neil Young fan, this is a must for your collection. Every song is great!

Captain Crunch.......2007-03-02

My wife and I were in the garage not too long ago and "we" decided that we would thin out my CD collection...actually, my wife decided and I just did the customary head nod, "Yes, dear...whatever you say, dear..." So she was going through it at breakneck speed and the "toss out" pile was growing increasingly larger than "keep" pile. I think I broke out of whatever hypnotic trance I was in when I saw her carelessly toss Neil Young's classic, Rust Never Sleeps in the discard pile.

"Hey, whaddaya think you're doing?"

"Oh, John, for God's sakes it's only Neil Young..."

The hackles on my neck immediately began to raise and my face got three shades redder, "Only Neil Young? I will have you know that this particular CD is a classic."

"Classic garbage..."

I grabbed the CD out of her hand and ripped out the Best of Abba (my wife's idea of classic music) out of the boom box and put this baby in. She sat there patiently listening to all the songs and after it was over all she could say was, "He's quite a whiner, isn't he?"

I took the CD out of the player and went inside and like a sulky teenager went in my room and put it in my CD player in the bedroom and put my headphones on and put on Hey Hey, My My on repeat and just let the King of the Fuzz guitar take me to deeper and deeper levels. Neil Young was crunching cords and distorting notes long before Nirvanna, Pearl Jam, or any other "grunge" group came on the scene. Neil Young needs his backup band Crazy Horse just like Crazy Horse needs him.

After the 12th listen my wife gently knocked on the bedroom door. "I want to apologize to you, John. I really didn't think you liked Neil Young that much. As a truce I made you a banana split."

I accepted the apology, the banana split and I got to keep my CD, but the next day I went looking for my Blue Oyster Cult CDs only to find out that they got tossed along with my favorite Hawaiin shirt...

Does anyone know of a good divorce lawyer?

Picks up right where Zuma left off! .......2007-01-30

The acoustic side contains his best folk song Thrasher, which is about CSN. The electric side has one of his best underrated rockers Welfare Mothers.

No rust on these songs.......2007-01-07

Rust never sleeps is a great accoustic electric mix.Mymy heyhey was a statement about rock at the time. Thrasher is one of Neils best. Ride my lima is clever good imagry. Pochahontas is abot the native american experence great song, Sailaway is pretty. Powderfinger is the best electric song. Wellfare mothers is good Sedan delivery is agreat fast rocker Heyhey mymy has real good electric guitar. Rust never sleeps is Neil young and Crazyhorse at their best.

Average customer rating: Consider the DVD Live rust my review Awesome Greatest Live Ever fade away so young, with so much left undone

Live Rust Neil Young & Crazy Horse Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rust Never Sleeps Weld (2 disc set) Tonight's the Night Unplugged Ragged Glory ASIN: B000002KDI Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Sugar Mountain
2. I Am A Child
3. Comes A Time
4. After The Gold Rush
5. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
6. When You Dance I Can Really Love
7. The Loner
8. The Needle And The Damage Done
9. Lotta Love
10. Sedan Delivery
11. Powderfinger
12. Cortez The Killer
13. Cinnamon Girl
14. Like A Hurricane
15. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
16. Tonight's The Night

Amazon.com

Mere months passed between the release of Neil Young's mid-career milestone Rust Never Sleeps and this 1979 tour recording, which documents a late-'78 San Francisco performance. Indeed, Live Rust boasts four songs from the album that gave it its name. It's also sequenced in the same spirit as its studio sibling. As with Rust Never Sleeps, Live Rust opens with steady-flowing acoustic numbers before swirling into an electric vortex. What was side 4 off the original two-record version--"Like a Hurricane," "Hey, Hey, My, My," and "Tonight's the Night"--is arguably Young and Crazy Horse at their peak as a live unit, with all due respect to 1991's estimable Weld and 1997's desultory Year of the Horse. Few rock bands rank with Young and his stalwart electric trio, and Live Rust presents them in all their raging glory. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Consider the DVD.......2007-02-26

After reading Garbageman's review, where he points out the butchering of "Cortez", I decided instead to pick up the DVD "Rust never sleeps". It is the same concert (Oct 22, 1978), and as I write this, costs exactly the same as this CD. It includes the complete Cortez, a few extra songs (Thrasher, Welfare Mothers, Tonight's The Night), and of course, visuals (which are sometimes tacky, it must be said). The audio of course uses a lossy codec, but I find it excellent -- with a 5.1 system it will probably be superior to the CD. And if you want the CD anyway, it is "fair use" in most countries to rip the audio and burn a CD for your own private use.

I haven't heard the CD: I give it 3 stars because Amazon requires some sort of rating, the DVD gets 5 stars, and the truncated Cortez would be sufficient to take away two stars for me.

Live rust my review.......2007-02-02

Live rust starts off great with Sugar mountain the best of the accoustc songs. Iam achild and After the goldrush are better than the studio versions. All the electric songs are great Like a hurricne Tonights the night and Cinnamon girl are better than the studio. I like Cortez the killer too The loner and when you dance are great to me every thing but Lotta love is great on here. This is like Neil Young and Crazyhorses greatest hits till 1979 with extra kick,

Awesome.......2006-07-20

Not going to comment on another reviewer's complaints about the sound quality compared to the vinyl - never heard it on vinyl and not qualified to compare.

But the music is awesome. It's pure angry beauty, Hurricane sounds better here than anywhere else, ever, except MAYBE Weld. (Weld's great too!) I Am A Child...Sugar Mountain...Needle and the Damage Done (his perf at the Grammies a while back of this was great)...all amazing songs.

Young is the genius.

Greatest Live Ever.......2006-04-28

MOst of the time I offer opinions in reviews. This time I am simply going to state a "fact." Live Rust is the GREATEST live record in existence. Nothing comes within 200 million lightyears of it. The songs chosen are perfect for the set, the performances stellar, and the music otherwordly. The last quarter of the album is the highlight of the divine Neil Young's career.

fade away so young, with so much left undone.......2006-04-14

This album is excellent. The opening of this CD is more acoustic and laid back and in the second half Young and Crazy Horse rock out. I have lots of memories listening to this album with friends either in the car or out drinking when we camped. My personal favorites are Powderfinger, Comes a Time, Needle and the damage done/Lotta love and Sedan Delivery. If you really love Neil Young though i'd buy "on the beach" if you don't already own it and you call yourself a Young fan you gotta buy that before this. Overall a solid album with Live Rust though.

Average customer rating: An excellent introduction to Baez' music Does Not Compare with her Earlier Work; Syrupy Gook An old favorite. Warm fuzzies and cold pricklies..... One of the most beautiful, most powerful voices on the planet.

Diamonds & Rust Joan Baez Manufacturer: A&M 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 Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The First 10 Years Joan Baez - Greatest Hits Joan Baez Joan Baez, Vol. 2 The Complete A&M Recordings ASIN: B000002GBM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Diamonds & Rust
2. Fountain Of Sorrow
3. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
4. Children And All That Jazz
5. Simple Twist Of Fate
6. Blue Sky
7. Hello In There
8. Jesse
9. Winds Of The Old Days
10. Dida
11. I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy (Medley)

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Perhaps the most outstanding folk album of the 1970s, this collection represents Baez's blossoming from a girlish folk icon into a mature interpreter of folk music. The title track (and, to a much lesser degree, "Dida" and "Children and All That Jazz") showcases her songwriting, but the intimate spin she puts on the music of others is what makes this the remarkable work it is. On Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow," Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate" and John Prine's "Hello in There," the purity of Baez's clear soprano (deeper and mellower than on her early albums) expresses the gentle pains of nostalgia and what-might-have-been. The medley of "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair/Danny Boy" reminds us that no matter what other directions she moves in, Baez will always be a masterful singer of traditional folk music. --Barrie Trinkle --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Album Details

Ms. Baez's Most Successful Album, Artistically and Commercially...and She Recorded it on her Own Terms and Direction. The Material She Chose to Cover Includes Songs Originally by Jackson Browne, Stevie Wonder, her Forever Love Bob Dylan and the Allman Brothers. But it was the Title Track that Must have Brought her the Most Satisfaction, as it was Self-penned. An Ode to her Fabled Affair with Dylan, it Speaks from the Heart Frankly, Affectionately and Unapologetically. She was Rewarded with it Becoming a Top 40 Hit (Something that Had Eluded her Since the 1960's), One of the Biggest in her Career. Musicians Include Crusaders Wilton Felder and Joe Sample Along with Larry Carlton, as Well as Joni Mitchell (With Tom Scott and the L.a. Express) who Duets on "di Da". Produced by David Kershenbaum and Baez, It's Simply One of her Best Albums Ever.

Customer Reviews:

An excellent introduction to Baez' music.......2007-05-27

I ventured to this album while looking to branch into less famliar territory. My familiarity with Joan Baez was limited, and I am thrilled with this album. She's a fabulous example of American folk music.

Does Not Compare with her Earlier Work; Syrupy Gook.......2007-05-16

Joan Baez "The First Ten Years" is far superior to this CD. Joanie sounds as if she has gone totally commercial here, singing tra la la syrupy gooey tunes to a commercial-sounding backup. I bought this CD because it is advertised here on Amazon as Joanie's artistic high point. That is certainly not true. This is an album for middle-aged women who read romance novels. JOanie is a great talent with a great voice, but I prefer her in less commercial venues.

An old favorite........2007-01-15

I lost my tape of this music and decided to repurchase it as a CD. It was part of my "formative" years and I'm truly enjoying it in this new part of my life. A true Gold CD of songs!!

Warm fuzzies and cold pricklies............2006-08-13

This disk brough back many long forgotten memories and emotions some were warm fuzzies that ellicited a *SIGH* and other were cold pricklies...

One of the most beautiful, most powerful voices on the planet........2006-01-05

This is the queen of folk music giving us folk/pop/rock music of the highest quality. Her versions of "Fountains of Sorrow" and "Simple Twist of Fate" are better than the originals. She is a leader, musically, spiritually, politically. It is worth the price of admission just to hear the song "Diamonds & Rust". This album is magnificent, don't miss it!

Average customer rating: The Best Metal Album Ever! the best metal album in the world Nothing New To Say Good thrash Mustaine and Friedman dominate

Rust In Peace Megadeth Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? Countdown to Extinction So Far, So Good...So What! Youthanasia Cryptic Writings ASIN: B0002EXH5O Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
2. Hangar 18
3. Take No Prisoners
4. Five Magics
5. Poison Was The Cure
6. Lucretia
7. Tornado Of Souls
8. Dawn Patrol
9. Rust In Peace...Polaris
10. My Creation - previously unreleased
11. Rust In Peace...Polaris (Demo) - previously unreleased
12. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Demo) - previously unreleased
13. Take No Prisoners (Demo) - previously unreleased

Customer Reviews:

The Best Metal Album Ever!.......2007-07-10

Megadeth's milestone album starts with two all-time ever green classics: Holy Wars and Hangar 18. They are both true Megadeth tracks with a message about the United States. The wars are a topic in the tracks of this album. "Take No Prisoners" and "Rust in Peace...Polaris" are the tracks about wars. Also "Five Magics" and "Poison Was the Cure" are a little bit war tracks I think. The riffs in this album are so great I could cry...how they can make these kind of tracks. "Dawn Patrol" and the end of "Hangar 18" (guitar solos) are absolutely amazing. Try also the albums "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying", "So Far, So Good, So What!", "United Abominations", "The System Has Failed", and "Countdown to Extinction".
Stars: Holy Wars...The Punisment Due, Tornado of Souls, Hangar 18, Take No Prisoners, Rust in Peace...Polaris

the best metal album in the world.......2007-06-17

This is masterpiece from dave 'metal pioneer' mustaine. Nothing to say because RIP is near perfect. The bonus track make it more exclusive. Buy it now and enjoy the cd.

Nothing New To Say.......2007-05-20

I can't really say anything that hasn't already been said.

This is Megadeth's best album and if you are a fan of metal or Megadeth (although, chances are if you are a fan of theirs you already own this). If you don't own this album and are/want to be a Megadeth fan, stop reading now and buy it.

My favorite songs (in no particular order):
- Tornado of Souls
- Poison Was The Cure
- Dawn Patrol
- Hangar 18

Not a single track on here that I don't like (although the demo versions on the reissue are kinda unnecessary, in my opinion) but those above are just my personal favorites.

Good thrash.......2007-04-19

Mustaine is a excellent guitar player and this cd has amazing riffs. The problem with the cd is the vocals. Mustaine has never really been my faviorte singer but still enjoy the music.

Mustaine and Friedman dominate.......2007-04-09

This thrash classic is considered by many to be the greatest thrash metal album ever recorded, and they have excellent reason to think so. This is Megadeth at it's finest and the only album to even come close to this masterpiece is Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? Even that isn't quite as good as this though. The real spotlight on this album is the guitars which Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman just shred on. This is pretty much a guitar players' dream. Just listen to Hangar 18. That song alone has enough solos to occupy a whole record alone. They're just insane. I don't know how those guys get their fingers to move that fast. This is exactly what thrash metal is supposed to sound like. So Far So, So Good...So What! was released two years prior to Rust In Peace and on that many problems arose, mainly due to Mustaine's drug addiction. And seeing that he is the front man, those problems kind of trickled down throughout the band. So what they released was a very good, but not great album. Rust In Peace marked a milestone for Megadeth in the sense that it was the first time the band worked sober in the studio writing music. What did that make for? An extraordinary, better than ever before album. This was also a hit to fans and most critics alike, marking it their strongest album to date.

The musical complexity on this album is unparalleled to almost all other albums. I don't know how Dave can sing and play guitar at the same time on these songs live. All the instruments are intrically played and extremely tight together. You would've thought Friedman and drummer, Nick Menza, were in this band for numerous years. There are three fan favorites on here, those being- Holy Wars, Hangar 18, and Tornado Of Souls. Tornado is my all time favorite Megadeth song. The whole thing is fast, agressive, non stop in-your-face metal, as is most of the album. There is real cool background singing about 1/3 of the way through chanting "who" when Dave belts out the rest. Holy Wars would be my second favorite song on here and maybe second favorite song ever by Megadeth. Of course it's a live encore staple. Hangar 18 is probably the most overall complex song on here, mainly because of the near ending, countless amount of solos. Five Magics is also a cool song with mythological lyrics. Take No Prisoners is lightening fast and the ending has an awesome metal chant. The only mediocre song whatsoever is Dawn Patrol, which is a tedious/noneventfull song with no guitars. Just drums, bass, and Dave talking the whole way through with a droning kind of voice. The bonus tracks are a cool extra, but I usually just stick to the studio tracks. My Creation is a real cool song though that would've have been a much better replacement for Dawn Patrol.

If you don't have this album yet, you are missing out on a huge part of thrash metal and metal history for that matter. This is one of the finest metal albums ever recorded and it is a must have for everyone. If you haven't heard Megadeth much and want to get into them or here more stuff, what better place to start then Rust In Peace. Believe me when I say that this album WILL NOT dissapoint.

Average customer rating: It's Dreamy My Favorite Composer of all time An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!! It's simply lovely

American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Thomas Hampson , Jay Ungar , Molly Mason , Garrison Keillor , David Alpher , Mark Rust , Michael Parloff , Peter Ecklund , John Kirk , Arnold Kinsella , and Stephen Foster Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song of Home Song of America Harvest Home Civil War Classics Stephen Foster Song Book ASIN: B000002SK7 Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

1. Opening Solo Violin
2. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
3. Hard Times Come Again No More
4. The Voice Of Bygone Days
5. Foster Favorites Medley (Ring, Ring The Banjo (1851) Oh! Susanna (1848) Camptown Races (1850)
6. Open Thy Lattice, Love (1844)
7. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
8. That's What's The Matter
9. Old Home Medley (Old Folks at Home (1851) My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)
10. Molly! Do You Love Me? (1850)
11. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851)
12. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
13. Dancing On The River (Nelly Bly (1850) The Glendy Burk (1860) Angelina Baker (1850)
14. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman (1863)
15. Gentle Annie (1856)
16. Linger In Blissful Repose (1858)
17. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)

Customer Reviews:

It's Dreamy.......2007-01-10

This is a very wonderful recording of Stephen Foster by a master singer.
Foster's songs are of a more innocent and naive time in the American psyche, a time that it would not hurt us to remember, given the wretched brutality of American culture today (something you'll appreciate after listening to this recording).

The songs are beautifully sung by Mr. Hamspon, and the musical accompaniment with piano, mandolin, tuba, banjo, etc. seems a perfect setting for this period music. I enjoyed the musical interludes of Foster songs (not sung by Mr. Hampson), such as "Oh, Suzanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Camptown Races." They are foot-stompin' and finger-snappin' good in a non-syncopated way.

Mr. Hampson's voice is so beautiful, and he has done such a wonderful job with these song's you'll just have to hear it, and when you do, tell me that you're not dreaming.

I remember reading a quote by John Phillip Sousa that decried the use of syncopation in American popular music. I never understood it until listening to this recording. The richness and intensity of American popular music (as experienced in the work of Stephen Foster) has been lost.
Everything has to be so cool today, thanks to syncopation, and "cool" really means no emotion.

If emotion is what you want, emotion is what you'll get with Stephen Foster's songs. It was a time when the death of loved ones (especially those who died in their youth) was experienced more often (see "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Gentle Annie"). And we were not protected from the vicissitudes of fate by myriad government programs, modern medicine and universal prosperity (see "Hard Times").
Husbands and wives had their differences then, as today, (see the amusing song "My Wife is a Most Knowin' Woman") The passion of the Civil War (Foster was a Unionist),is reflected in a wonderful, fun song, "That's What's the Matter."

If you love good music, and you have heart which can be stirred, and you love your country, this is for you.

I love this recording. It has opened up the door to my "beautiful dreams," dreams of bygone days, lost love, and whatever else we pine for.

I wanted to buy several copies for my friends, but somehow I felt that the impact of this recording was so personal, that it could not be shared with others. Not that they couldn't enjoy it, but that I could not begin to share the intense emotion and reverie stirred in my heart by these beautiful songs.

My Favorite Composer of all time.......2006-08-20

Growing up playing his stuff on piano, I love the instrumentality of this CD..the violins give off that wail that he speaks of..I am not sure what it is about Stephen Foster but these verses..grab me like no other..there is so much sensitivity to it..

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Born like a vapor on the summer air
I see her tripping where the bright streams play
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour

but the violins in this CD make this CD the best out there..
FYI should you be into astrology Stephen Foster is definition of Cancer...Sun and Moon conjunct in Cancer with mars in Scorpio..i love his lyrics..almost to the point of obsession..

An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears.......2006-07-17

Stephen Foster was the greatest American composer of sentimental parlor ballads--he so perfectly imitated folk songs that his music wound up turning into them. In an age of home music-making and later of families sitting around the radio, Foster's songs were a staple, often performed by crossover artists from opera like Lawrence Tibbett. Those were plump, ripe styles of singing, highly flavored by church hymns.

In this 1992 collection of 17 Foster favorites, plus a few rareties, Hampson drops the platform manner and goes straight for heartfelt sincerity. His tone is plain yet sweet, his expression intimate. He is accompanied by instruments redolent of the Victorian drawing room (guitar, fiddle, upright piano), and the mood they create brings tears and smiles of remembrance. This music is embedded in America's genes, and it's wonderful to realize that every note is still alive and throbbing with feeling.

OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!.......2005-11-25

Simply one word, WOW!!!
Thomas Hampson's voice is simply fantasic. His voice is very different from regular operatic baritone voice, very sweet, and rich. I really cant believe an operatic baritone can sing folk song like THIS good, in my opinion he sounds even better than his opera works in this album. His voice and the background music matches perfectly, the outcome would move u to tears, and u can feel the origin of MUSIC. This album really shows what the word MUSIC means, and the songs simply just ALL beautiful. I like his "beautiful dreamer", "my life is well knowing woman", and "jeanie with the light brown hair" the most. When I listen the songs I would just imagine that I am in the world of past USA, and I can feel the life of the ppl in the past USA~ just like watching an old classic movie, it would touch ur heart and fall in love with this album.

It's simply lovely.......2004-12-14

I didn't know Stephen Foster (I thought): wrong: Oh Susanna, etc, I knew, but had no idea who the composer was.

This CD is a revelation. The melodies are so beautiful, as are the poems, and Thomas Hampson just brings them to life as wonderfully as ever. I especially love "Beautiful Dreamer" - it gives me butterflies - and "My wife is a most knowing woman" - the way he makes the voices and the indignation is just brilliant. If one needed reminding what a brilliant singer Mr Hampson is - this disk does it.

Average customer rating: Taking a second, haunting listen My favorite Type O Negative album His voice will rock your soul and curl your toes! Happy Halloween, and beware the wolves at night... awesome!

October Rust Type O Negative Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bloody Kisses World Coming Down Life Is Killing Me Slow, Deep and Hard Origin of The Feces ASIN: B000000H57 Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

1. Bad Ground
2. Untitled
3. Love You To Death
4. Be My Druidess
5. Green Man
6. Red Water (Christmas Mourning)
7. My Girlfriend's Girlfriend
8. Die With Me
9. Burnt Flowers Fallen
10. In Praise Of Bacchus
11. Cinnamon Girl
12. The Glorious Liberation Of The People's Technocratic Republic Of Vinnland By The Combined Forces...
13. Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia)
14. Haunted
15. Untitled

Album Description

Australian release pairing their album 'October Rust' withrare three track bonus CD featuring two mixes of 'ChristianWoman' (New & Unimproved Version and Butt-Kissing Sell-OutVersion) and 'Suspended In Dusk' (Previously Too EmbarrassedTo Release). 18 trac

Customer Reviews:

Taking a second, haunting listen.......2007-06-12

I absolutely hated this album when I first heard it. I had heard "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" off of an independent radio station near me. Since it was upbeat and somewhat dark sounding, I figured I'd give it a try. I had already heard the cover of "Black Sabbath", and not expecting a full album of this slow pace, I picked it up used. I was so disappointed. At the time, I was kind of depressed, a sophomore in high school, and I needed something even more depressing. Generally, I'd reach for Cannibal Corpse or some extreme death metal. The growling and screaming usually did the trick. I put this cd in and sat in a corner in my classroom (we were watching a movie at the time) and I could only listen to the same two tracks, the previously mentioned one and "Wolf Moon" solely because Peter Steele's voice on that track freaked me out. Safe to say, I sold this cd and moved on.

Now, some 9 years later, I picked it up AGAIN, trying to give it a second whirl. I am not disappointed this time, and I wish I had never gotten rid of it. Sure, the pace is slow and dreary, but the fact that it still scares me is unbelievable. The songs, the lyrics, the vocals, the keyboards, all of it fits the mood. This album is unbelievable and should be heard by anyone who likes music.

The best song, by far, is still "Wolf Moon". Listen to this late at night, alone, and in a car ride through the country and you, too, will get shivers down your spine.

My favorite Type O Negative album.......2007-05-16

I love this album as a whole and songs individually. I can listen to it over and over, year after year and continue to love it after many years. Definately one of their finest albums.

His voice will rock your soul and curl your toes!.......2007-01-07

This was my first introduction to TON and still my favorite. Forget about it being "Goth" forget about it being metal, it's just great music. Peter's voice is one of the most...spiritual experiences ever. This is a must for any lonely woman. So light some candles, crank it up, and make sure you have plenty of batteries on hand!

Happy Halloween, and beware the wolves at night..........2006-10-31

Ah yes, Halloween is here again, and what better way to celebrate it than with an album like "October Rust"? It has become somewhat of a tradition for me to listen to this album every Halloween (but not only on Halloween, of course), and one listen should tell you why.

Taking the sludgy metal of Black Sabbath and the gothy atmospherics of the Cure, Type O Negative have crafted a distinctive style of doomy goodness that will fulfill all of your vampiric needs. Frontman Pete Steele's booming vocals drive these tracks perfectly, melding beautifully with the thick layers of guitars and keys. Songs like "Love You to Death", "Wolf Moon", and "Red Water" draw you in with their dark, enveloping melodies, with Pete's unique vocals underscoring them like no other vocalist could. But, all of the above are nearly a ray of sunshine compared to the closing track, the huge, epic "Haunted". This song crawls at a snail's pace for its 10-minute length, like some sinister creature emerging from the depths, and likewise Pete's vocals reach their peak of haunting evilness. The line "Oh, how I hate the morning light" is sung in such an impossibly low octave, you'd swear this fellow cannot be human. Purely awesome.

However, this album isn't all sludgy doom. There's plenty of diversity here, while keeping with the dark, sinister feel. "Die with Me" is more wistful and plaintive, while "Be My Druidess" has a vaguely Cure-like feel. The band also lighten things up a bit with the wacky pop tune "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend", and a fun cover of Neil Young's "Cinammon Girl".

Simply put, a Halloween without Type O is not complete. When you party with the ghosts and ghouls tonight, don't forget to put this on.

awesome!.......2006-08-09

I've always loved this alblum, and I guess my friends did too because it always comes up missing. This is my third copy I've had to buy. It's nice and dark and not too fast. It's a tie between this one and Bloody Kisses for my favorite Type-O album.

Average customer rating: One of the Best Mega masterpiece Definetely MEGADETH's best album !!! Don't Look Now to Is-Ra-El, it Might be Your Homeland One of the best metal albums ever.

Rust in Peace Megadeth Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? Countdown to Extinction So Far, So Good...So What! Youthanasia Cryptic Writings ASIN: B000002UUX Release Date: 1990-09-17

Tracks:

1. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
2. Hangar 18
3. Take No Prisoners
4. Five Magics
5. Poison Was The Cure
6. Lucretia
7. Tornado Of Souls
8. Dawn Patrol
9. Rust In Peace... Polaris

Amazon.com

With Rust in Peace, Megadeth reached musical maturity. While not as slick and stripped-down as their later releases, it does bring the style developed on their earlier albums-basically, high-speed progressive metal-to a high point. Guitarist and singer Dave Mustaine and guitarist Marty Friedman are in fine form here, making technically complex passages sound easy. The lyrics aren't as smooth, but it's almost not worth quibbling over when the music is so good. It's all gut-wrenchingly aggressive, from "Holy Wars" to "Lucretia" to "Five Magics" to "Dawn Patrol," but "Hangar 18" and the title track are two high points, standing above the rest on what is already a fine album. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

One of the Best.......2007-06-27

One of the best metal albums of all time, Megadeth hit their peak on this album. The opening song "Holy Wars" is filled with classic thrash metal riffage, followed by the great solo work of "Hangar 18". It'd be hard to maintain the brilliance of the first two songs, but the next seven do a fairly good job, with great thrash songs like "Five Magics" and "Tornado of Souls," and a couple off-color songs like "Poison Was the Cure". The only less than stellar song on the album, IMO, is Dawn Patrol, though even that isn't bad. The music here isn't the fastest, or the heaviest, or even the most technically amazing (though Mustaine certainly is a riff-master), but it's definitely among the best music the metal genre has ever offered. It's been 17 years since this album debuted, and it's just as enjoyable today as it was when it was first released.

Mega masterpiece.......2007-06-02

And so it arrives, the crowning achievement of the Megadeth catalogue, one of the contenders for album of the decade and really this is start of the art metal for 1990 and still sounds cutting edge at the time of writing. Produced by Mike Clink and Mustaine with mixing by Max Norman this is an album that can be listened to from beginning to end, there are just no dud tracks at all.

Holy Wars...the Punishment Due kicks off proceedings with one of the finest slices of metal you'll hear anywhere. It moves through a number of sections and guitar attacks finally descending into a maelstrom of metallic fury. And a pretty cool video for it didn't hurt sales figures one little bit.

Hanger 18's video was not so widely loved but was indicative of the sort of budget Megadeth now commanded. As for the song itself it consists of Mustaine and Friedman trading licks in a synchromeshed six string symphony, - awesome stuff. The trend continues with Take No Prisoners in that it's an excellent tune but, again, different to Holy Wars just as Hanger 18 had a different feel to it. And ultimately that is one of the main reasons this is such an excellent album, ie the tunes are different but each one is great metal. Five Magics is a simple rivethead workout, Poison was the Cure is a denser listening experience whereas Lucretia and Tornado of Souls hit the nail on the head with typical Mustaine lyrical and musical aggression.

Things are slowed down considerably for Dawn Patrol which is almost totally dependant on a steady bass line and it's unsurprising this was one of the tunes co-written by Ellefson. The tune has a stripped back feel utterly different to the rest of the album and a thoroughly different pace. It essentially is a vision of a post apocolyptic world as envisaged by team Megadeth.

Rounding out the album is Rust in Peace... Polaris. A tune where some of the lyrics don't seem to flow too well and the aggression seems somewhat forced providing for a jarring effect on the listener increased by the fact that the drumming is also riding a stop/start rhythm. After the bare bones Dawn Patrol it provides a different metal experience to finish the album.

All up this entire album is pretty much the definitive Megadeth statement only challenged by Countdown to Extinction for supremacy in the bands catalogue. An album that showed the band had outgrown thrash and segued into pure metal built on the foundations of solid chops and a will to conquer. The ensure tour levelled cities.

Definetely MEGADETH's best album !!!.......2007-05-23

This is my favourite Megadeth album along with Countdown To Extinction. But Rust In Peace is still better than Countdown in my opinion.
Rust In Peace is right up there with Metallica's Ride The Lightning. I know many people prefer Master Of Puppets over Ride The Lightning, but I don't, and I don't prefer Megadeth's Peace Sells... over Rust In Peace.
It's all personal preference. I like this, you like that. But that's not what this review is about, so let me get back to the album at hand.
In Megadeth's 1990 album Rust In Peace, Megadeth have accomplished an album equal to Metallica's 1984 Ride The Lightning. Even though these albums are 6 years apart, I find them to be very similar. And I am not saying Megadeth ripped off Metallica or that Megadeth are slow learners. Anyway the similarities that I find most stand out are the overall blue colour of the artworks, the crisp yet harsh sound, and the perfect mix of trash and progression, and also I must add that all the songs on both of these albums are my favourite songs by both bands. There is not one song I do not like.
I can't help comparing Rust In Peace to Ride The Lightning, just look at the artworks. Then listen to the music, and you too may notice the similarities.

Rust In Peace & Ride The Lightning FOREVER !!!

Don't Look Now to Is-Ra-El, it Might be Your Homeland.......2007-05-03

To this day, Megadeth's "Rust in Peace" remains my all-time favorite metal album, one of the few that hasn't grown ridiculous and/or cumbersome over time. It deserves this in-length review, 17 years after its release.

The first track, "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due," kicks off with a galloping bout of E-minor scale triplets--summoned from Dave Mustaine's enviable black-polished Jackson Flying V--which are soon accentuated by Nick Menza's tom tom pummeling. There are riffs galore, for nearly two minutes, before Mustaine's neutered wail of "Brother will kill brother" enters the scene, riffs that fluctuate from feverish, stuttering leaps to crunchy half-time power-chord progressions. The vocals soar over a rhythm figure that took me two and a half years to learn how to play while singing; with off-kilter switching between thirds and fifths, it smoothly adds fusion jazz into a fiercely distorted, decidedly metal mix. An over-the-top (yet somehow appropriate) flamenca lead from frizzy-haired Jewish guitarist Marty Friedman (making his debut as the only talented Megadeth lead guitarist to date) leads into an atonal caveman stomp with Mustaine's characteristic robot growl, depicting a first-hand account from soapbox leaders turned suicide bombers. Then the melancholy E-minor to C major bridge (my reason for existing, practically, upon hearing it for the first time in 9th Grade) unfolds, its denseness broken up by gorgeous open-string ringing; the same chord changes are played two steps up, with palm-muted arpeggios, under the two screaming Friedman solos that separate the bridge's vocal passages. Out of nowhere, a riff alternating between natural harmonics picked at Mach 10-speed and an earlier figure played double-time obliterates all the gloomy aesthetics of the bridge, and Mustaine's outro solo proves his rage at being kicked out of Metallica seven years earlier had scarcely subsided. "Holy Wars" is an incredible opener, maybe the best metal album opener besides "...And Justice for All's" "Blackened."

"Hangar 18" continues on the subtle theme of Mustaine's harbored bitterness towards his former peers. The four rapidly downpicked chords in the intro are identical to those used in Metallica's "The Call of Ktulu," which Mustaine received a writing credit for. Obviously, he wasn't about to see his original song mangled without proper revenge. "Hangar 18" tells of aliens cryogenically frozen somewhere in the Nevada desert, but this song is not at all memorable for its lyrics. It features no less than EIGHT guitar solos, each of them unpredictable, sometimes downright whacky. Spontaneously, the song shifts into an Arabian raga tempo midway through, with Friedman breathlessly mastering his Arabian scales. The song's five solo finale renders "Hangar 18" a veritable guitar aficionado museum, a textbook for wannabe shredders.

"Take No Prisoners" is a bit of a throwaway track, certainly lyrically (hell, they ALL are lyrically!) and somewhat musically, with a lot of stop-and-start teasing...and these are generic F# riffs from Mustaine's own back catalogue. Still, there's joy to be had in Mustaine's yowl of "Got one chance!" and the robotic response section bellowing "Infiltrate them!" There are a lot of "-ate thems!" to come.

"Five Magics," about sorcery, for Christ's sake, has some beautiful tritonal arpeggios and a 5/4 stomp showing off Megadeth's versatility.

"Poison Was the Cure" has a bluesy bass intro (this is the only album where bassist David Ellefson's range is shown off to proper advantage) that leads into a mercifully short quadruple-time thrash about Mustaine's past heroin abuse (a common theme on the album, beautifully stated).

"Lucretia" may be the jazziest song in metal history.

But the album's true highlight is "Tornado of Souls," a song adored by metal nutjobs and indie snobs alike. B-minor harmonics pave the way to the song's central riff; spidery yet simple, crunchy yet steadily soaring, it's laid out in the key of B, but later on, the same riff is played under shifting chords that clash perfectly with its notes. A very similar progression, just different enough to warrant attention with its harmonized thirds, leads into perhaps the best metal solo of all time: never too much nor too little, with octave chords, sweep picking and (tasteful) finger tapping, the solo is the ultimate manual for how to reign in rock god excess.

"Dawn Patrol," I believe, could have easily been excised from "Rust in Peace." Gimmicky and lame, it's dominated by irritating Cockney-accent vocals and a show-offy blues bass riff.

Who knows what to make out of the lyrics on the album's final track, "Rust in Peace/Polaris"? "Eradication of/Earth's population loves/Polaris." WHAT?! But never mind that. Alternating between tribal triplets and funky stomps, made memorable by Mustaine's crude yowl of "I spread disease like a dog," it's a fitting closer to an exceptional album. The band was never in finer form, before or after, and it's pretty much the only record in which it's evident that the volatile Mustaine kept his ego in check.

One of the best metal albums ever........2007-03-08

Marty Friedman makes this album what it is. I'm so glad they let him loose on it, otherwise it wouldn't be the classic it is today. Definitely check out Marty's album Dragon's Kiss and his Cacophony work with Jason Becker.
Rust in Peace has brought tears to my eyes at times...it's THAT awesome.

Average customer rating: Listener-friendly DMST -- quite a good album YEAH, THEY ARE "THAT BAND" Yet another consistent and engaging album from the group Doing, making, saying and thinking their most consistent album to date

You, You're a History in the Rust Do Make Say Think Manufacturer: Constellation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: And Their Refinement of the Decline Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun Cryptograms Mirrored Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? ASIN: B000KB49OM Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

1. Bound To Be That Way
2. A With Living
3. The Universe!
4. A Tender History In Rust
5. Herstory Of Glory
6. You, You're Awesome
7. Executioner Blues
8. In Mind

Customer Reviews:

Listener-friendly DMST -- quite a good album.......2007-05-22

I've been listening to DMST for some time now but this I'm enjoying this new CD more than any of their others. Apart from the ridiculous song titles, this is a great mix of jazzy, catchy but not simple- or "pop"-sounding songs; and the vocal parts are actually very well integrated into the songs. Not one track that I skip. Bottom line: if you've ever been "on the fence" with DMST, this album is a good one to hear. Too many post-rock outfits are little more than Mogwai sound-a-likes (e.g. MONO), but DMST has a unique sound. And by the way, DMST is surprisingly good in concert. --- P.S. Other lesser-known post-rock outfits to sample: SAXON SHORE, MASERATI, GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT, and EL TEN ELEVEN.

YEAH, THEY ARE "THAT BAND".......2007-05-18

The music here belongs pretty well solely to DMST. No need for comparisons. At times raw, at times elegant, majestic, upclose or remote and never afraid of the odd harmonic outcome, the CD not only sounds very live (pretty remarkable recording and mastering job for those who enjoy evaluating production) but the music itself is very, very alive: to the moment, to the ideas, to the possibilities this band pursues with such unvarnished alacrity. The result is music -- no matter how long you've followed the ups and downs of rock and postrock -- that can still make you turn your head and let you know you're listening to something different enough and smart enough to actually keep on listening and then listen again.

Yet another consistent and engaging album from the group.......2007-03-28

Many years ago, I took a chance and bought three albums on a little upstart label from Canada. At the time, the only band that I'd actually heard on their roster was Godspeed You Black Emperor, but that was good enough for me, and I picked up releases by Exhaust, Sofa, and a group called Do Make Say Think. The rest, as they say, is history, and after a series of steady albums that little unknown group with four verbs as their name became artists that I could simply count on to release great music time in and time out with every album.

Times change a bit, and with seemingly every member of the group participating in about 3 other projects, there was bound to be a period where their other obligations would pull them away. With several members sharing time in the successful Broken Social Scene and other members having children and generally living their lives, it's been almost four years between the release of Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn and the long-awaited You, You're A History In Rust. Like previous albums, there are places where the release doesn't sink in on first listen, and yet in most places it's like they haven't skipped a beat.

Opening track "Bound To Be That Way" is a perfect example of the group falling right back into things, as the song mixes gorgeous heavy strums of guitar with more propulsive sections that incorporate everything from banjo to buzzing bass while peaking in two delightful crescendos. "A With Living" follows, and it's a slight curveball, with vocal contributions from Akron/Family that really flesh things out in places while at the same time running a bit overlong at over nine minutes in length.

A nice mixture of upbeat and more measured instrumental work, the release shows off some nice dynamics from the group, with everything from cranked-up guitar workouts like "The Universe" to hushed acoustic guitar and ambience pieces like "A Tender History In Rust." In some ways, the release feels like sort of a fifty-minute compendium of all their work done to date, with songs that have similar feels to different tracks off past albums without sounding directly like anything else they've done before.

As a fan of the group, it's simply hard to argue with propulsive pieces like "Executioner's Blues," which scatters their insanely lush guitar chords and crisp polyrhythms over more guitar parts and synths that cascade and build to gleeful blowouts. Like their previous album, they even end things with a downright poppy track that's upbeat while holding just a hint of resignation (and an insanely loud ending). In the end, You, You're A History In Rust is eight more songs from a group who as mentioned above has become one of the more remarkably consistent and adventurous ones out there, especially considering the crowded playing field that they inhabit. One of my favorite albums so far in this very young year.

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Doing, making, saying and thinking their most consistent album to date.......2007-02-27

Impressive combination of growth and retrospect help earn DMST's latest their most compelling spin yet. It is a highly balanced album, never feeling drowned out in artistic grandeur, rarely missing an appealing transition in the band's collective array of melodic assaults, and hardly rambling on any of their thoughtfully constructed jams before producing some of post-rocks most non-generic musical celebrations. In short, their tightest album to date, as eclectic in band member's unique musical insight as it is unilaterally appealing in a non-pretentious way, quite the accomplishment for this rather pigeon-holed genre of pseudo-epic, mopey mope constructs.

It may not hold all the cathartic release of previous master-tracks, but side-by-side this album is a more musically captivating whole then anything previous, all we could have asked for is a longer album with more cuts. Unfortunately, the band may even be trying a little too hard to branch out into the uncharted territories of, gasp, vocals, bleeding through their BSC influence on the disc's only lapse from an underlying constructive integrity all other songs provide (which in the latter half, so blatantly molds an awesome guitar line after Enemy Airship's "Apartment Song" that I hope it was some sort of intended reflection, but probably isn't). Rest assured, everything else manages to keep this band completely relevant, confident that they remain in an awesome state creatively.



1st impressions track by track:

1.Powerfully tight, fluid opener capitalizing on all their upbeat strengths

2.Plodding, vocal laden track, latter half paying homage? to an earlier album's riff

3.Melodically intricate, spirited, unrelenting rock flow predicated upon the bombastic simpleton chorus

4.Spacey intro giving way to acoustic melancholy of an introspective order

5.playfull yet mesmerizing, beautifully woven soft/loud dynamics amidst the romantic, historical musicality

6.convincing synthesis of past album's drugbore cowboy essence

7.another hypnotic new-school psychedelic jam caves in a little on itself before rising to the bombastic level of genius the band has cultivated and rides it to a sunrise end

8. winning down-home ditty that blasts off and manages to use it's other vocal section effectively despite an overbearing distortion fading out

Average customer rating:

Bach: Preludes, Fughettas and Fugues Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Gould, Glenn | ( G ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: French Suites - 70th Anniversary Edition The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981) Glenn Gould Plays Bach & Scarlatti Gould Meets Menuhin ASIN: B0000CF33K Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

1. Prelude In C Major, BWV 933
2. Prelude In C Minor, BWV 934
3. Prelude In D Minor, BWV 935
4. Prelude In D Major, BWV 936
5. Prelude In E Major, BWV 937
6. Prelude In E Minor, BWV 938
7. Prelude
8. Fughetta
9. Prelude In G Major, BWV 902
10. Prelude In G Major, BWV 902/1a
11. Fughetta In G Major, BWV 902
12. Prelude In C Major, BWV 924
13. Prelude In F Major, BWV 927
14. Prelude In D Minor, BWV 926
15. Prelude In D Major, BWV 925
16. Prelude In F Major, BWV 928
17. Prelude In G Minor, BWV 930
18. Fugue In C Major, BWV 952
19. Fughetta In C Minor, BWV 961
20. Fugue In C Major, BWV 953
21. Prelude
22. Fugue
23. Prelude
24. Fughetta
25. Fugue On A Theme By Tomaso Albinoni In B Minor, BWV 951
26. Fugue On A Theme By Tomaso Albinoni In A Major, BWV 950
27. Chromatic Fantasy In D Minor, BWV 903a
28. Fantasy In G Minor, BWV 917
29. Fantasy In C Minor, BWV 919
30. Fantasy (And Fugue) In C Minor, BWV 906

Average customer rating: Excellent follow up to 'Signs of Life' Why aren't they here? I am jealous of all you Finlandians! From Finland with love... Finally I got it!!

Carnival of Rust Poets of the Fall Manufacturer: Rajon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Finland | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Signs of Life Carnival of Rust The Silent Force The Heart of Everything Alpha ASIN: B000J3OWVG Release Date: 2006-10-16

Tracks:

1. Fire
2. Sorry Go 'Round
3. Carnival of Rust
4. Locking Up the Sun
5. Gravity
6. King of Fools
7. Roses
8. Desire
9. All the Way/4U
10. Delicious
11. Maybe Tomorrow Is a Better Day
12. Dawn

Album Details

Finland's Poets of the Fall Present their 2006 Album "Carnival of Rust", the Dynamic Follow Up to their Phenomenally Successful Debut Album "Signs of Life". This Album Has Surpassed Gold Sales Status in Finland and features the Stunning Title Track as the First Single.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent follow up to 'Signs of Life'.......2007-06-12

Poets sophomore effort is excellent. Everything from love ballads to some pretty aggressive, straight forward rock n' roll. Don't wait to buy because you're afraid it won't live up to expectations. If you loved "Signs of Life", buy this album!

Why aren't they here?.......2007-02-02

Like many, I was originally turned on to Poets of the Fall by hearing their single "Late Goodbye" during the Max Payne 2 video game credits and being absolutely floored. It still seems like a silly place to discover a band, but who cares!
I own around 700 CD's, listen to XM radio, go to concerts as often as I can, and I write and play music. I can honestly say that Poets of the Fall spent way more time in my CD player than anyone else this past year, and if you listen to them, it is easy to see why. The musicianship is outstanding. Each song has a great hook that will have you singing along very quickly. The lead vocals and the harmonies are both beautiful and catchy and the lyrics will leave you anywhere from deeply contemplative in your listening to heartbroken or perhaps even to occasionally chuckling at the whimsicle observations of some of life's great questions. Not only that, but the production values are pristine, setting a standard for other bands to reach towards in their own projects.
There is not a single "bad" song on the CD, thought there are some that stand out more than others. Those that do stand out will keep you popping Poets into your system oveer and over again.
My only complaint is that they are still being overlooked by the American music conglomerates. Sure, there is a lot of great music in the US, but Finland has got it made with one of the greatest rock bands in the world right now in my opinion.

I am jealous of all you Finlandians!.......2007-01-26

This album is amazing, the way all rock music should sound like. I too discovered this band from playing Max Payne 2 and after owning the first album I know I had to buy this one without question. So here's my review of all the tracks....

Fire - Great way to open an album, the guitar solo rocks and everything about this song is awesome.

Sorry Go Round - The second single from the album, sadly no music video was done to this song at least not to my knowledge. Pretty cool chorus, you'll find yourself singing along to this one while driving over the speed limit down the highway. (not that I'm encouraging that)

Carnival of Rust - WONDERFUL!!! I seriously can't get enough of this song, first single of the album and with good reason. I actually kinda like this one more than Late Goodbye (which is an excellent song btw) this one will definitely grab anyone's attention even if you aren't that much of a fan. Wondefully written, and I can definitely relate to the lyrics.

Locking Up The Sun - EXCELLENT choice for the third single and cool video btw. Everytime I hear this I just have to sing along and head bang as if I were part of the lucky Finland crowd that watch these guys play live.

Gravity - Pretty cool song, it sounds like many productive jam sessions from the sound of the riffs and drumming, cool guitar solo too, love it!

King of Fools - Very nice laid back song, beautifully written song.

Roses - This song puts a smile to my face when I hear it, good song to sing to your girlfriends guys.

Desire - Beautiful song, if I started a band this is something I would love to play to a crowd.

All The Way/4 U - WOW, I mean seriously WOW!!! This one has to be my favorite song from these guys, This is the kind of music I would love to be able to write and play live. This is another one of those songs that you'd want to dedicate to your girlfriends. It starts out mellow and slow, then climaxes to this powerful chorus that will just bring tears to your eyes. AMAZING SONG!!

Delicious - Another one of their fast paced songs that will get ya singing along and speeding down the freeway, cool song!

Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day - COOL! Nice intro, brings goosebumps down my arm when I hear this song. This song has a good message just like pretty much all of their songs do, especially if you're having a crappy day. Excellent rock riffs in this song, I can just see the people crowd surfing to this chorus.

Dawn - Great way to end the album, meloncholy feeling to this song but of course that doesn't hurt to have these type of songs. Nicely done!

So as you can tell I'm a huge fan from the US and I cannot get over how awesome these guys are, they must have had great influences to write beautiful songs like these. I hope these guys can come out to the US and play some concerts. Thanks POTF for writing such great songs.

From Finland with love..........2007-01-06

The great lyricists return with their follow-up album to "Signs of Life", which in my humble opinion surpasses their previous effort. Ever since my exposure to their music via Max Payne 2's ending theme, I have been hooked on these talented artists. This is one of the few CD's that you will come across that you could listen from beginning to end without encountering a bad song. My personal favorites on the CD are Carnival of Rust, Locking Up the Sun, Gravity, Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day, and Roses. Whenever they get their music released in the US, they'll be a big hit.

Finally I got it!!.......2006-12-16

I have been waiting a long time for this to become available on Amazon so I could get here in the US. I have been following this band since I first heard their song "Late Goodbye" from Max Payne 2. As with their first album, I got it here as soon as I could and have been listening to it non-stop. I cant get enough. This album to me is better than the first. The songs are a little bit faster paced than "Signs Of Life" which is a big plus for me. It did cost quite a but of money to get it here, but I think its well worth it if you are a fan.

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1. The Thatcher Years
2. To Celebrate This Last Day [Import]
3. Together Forever
4. Underground
5. Very Best of All Woman [Import]
6. Vol. 1-Cream of the Crap [Import]
7. Watch It Glow [Import]
8. Wattle & Daub
9. Where We All Belong
10. Wilder Wassermann [Import]

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