Vanilla [Import]

Product Description
Description: Features 14 tracks. Track listings include: Spoon, Changes, Melody, Missing you, Days, Chocolate Heart, Scramble March, etc.

Vanilla,Ryuichi Kawamura,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: DA-DADA-DA-DA-DADA-DA-DA-DADA-DA-DA-DA-DAAHHH!!! I never did like FUDGE! Vanilla Fudge - 'Psychedelic Sundae: The Best Of.....' (Elektra) 4 1/2 stars ReMixing the Songs of the 60s::The Groovey Psychedelic Blender A great compilation of a great band

Psychedelic Sundae: The Best of Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 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: Vanilla Fudge In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Light and Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly The Time Has Come Cactology: The Cactus Collection ASIN: B0000032Y3 Release Date: 1993-01-19

Tracks:

1. You Keep Me Hangin' On
2. Where Is My Mind
3. The Look Of Love
4. Ticket To Ride
5. Come By Day, Come By Night
6. Take Me For A Little While
7. That's What Makes A Man
8. Season Of The Witch
9. Shotgun
10. Thoughts
11. Faceless People
12. Good Good Lovin'
13. Some Velvet Morning
14. I Can't Make It Alone
15. Lord In The Country
16. Need Love
17. Street Walking Woman
18. All In Your Mind

Album Description

A definitive collection showcasing the cream of the band's five studio albums, plus rare non-LP single sides. Heavyweight ear candy for the psychedelic set!

Customer Reviews:

DA-DADA-DA-DA-DADA-DA-DA-DADA-DA-DA-DA-DAAHHH!!!.......2007-04-06

I remember seeing the Fudge on Ed Sullivan performing YKMHO and SHOTGUN and it blew my mind (to a teenaged guy, loud and heavy was reason enough alone). However, these guys were far better than Blue Cheer or Iron Butterfly - more in the range of early Deep Purple (who - inspired by the fudge, began to also perform "slowed down" versions of other people's songs - "Help" comes to mind). I read in the great book "Strange Brew" that when the Fudge played London, everyone, including the Beatles, Beck and Clapton were in the audience. In fact, Bogart and Appice went on to form the great power trio BBA with the Beckster himself!! Sure, Vanilla Fudge was over the top. But, can you honestly say that Sgt. Pepper wasn't? If you like your music heavy, the Fudge are great. Overdriven B3 organ, fuzzed out 335 and a monster drum kit. Tim Bogert, with his vintage precision was one of the best heavy bass players of his generation, right up there with Felix Papallardi and Jack Bruce. This collection includes pretty well everything you would want from them. Unfortunately their original albums were a bit pretentious (one disc attempting to cover the history of western music - from Beethoven to Glenn Miller and on). You can also forget the rumors that this band was somehow a creation of mafia bosses. Who cares? Shotgun really rocks and You Keep Me Hangin' On is, to my ears, as creative and cool as the original. Vanilla Fudge were obviously influenced by Long Island bands like the Rascals and particularly the Vagrants (who also did a R&B cover - Respect). I would have loved to have seen the Fudge during their prime in NYC!! Check out this CD. Musically these guys are at the top of their game. ONE MAJOR PROBLEM, however. Most of these cuts are edited versions. I prefer the longer, complete performances. But for that, you must purchase the original alboms on CD. However, for a collection, you will NEVER find a heavier dose of in your face psychedelic hard rock music. VOLUME ON TEN, PHASERS ON STUN, PREPARE FOR WARP SPEED SCOTTY!!

I never did like FUDGE!.......2007-04-04

I've searched and searched for a copy of this CD. I finally found it on Amazon. I was really disappointed with it. Although I love the song "You Keep Me Hanging On", I really didn't care for the remainder of the CD. My recommendation is "Do Not BUY!".

Vanilla Fudge - 'Psychedelic Sundae: The Best Of.....' (Elektra) 4 1/2 stars.......2007-02-13

Vanilla Fudge is one band that for some reason(s), I just never got too much into. However, this generous helping of eighteen solid tracks (some are 7" single 45 versions) of Fudge's great numbers showed me a band that I even TECHNICALLY never knew existed. MY guess is SINCE I've only previously seen that old B&W clip of "You Keep Me Hanging On", I never felt a reason to find more of their material. Since I usually like my psych a bit more so trippy, I still found 'Psychedelic Sundae' to be a worthy compilation of this four piece band's work. This thing freaking S-M-O-K-E-S! Some of the tunes I enjoyed more than others include the Beatle's cover "Ticket To Ride" and the Donovan classic "Season Of The Witch. But Vanilla Fudge's own originals are first rate as well, like "Good Good Lovin'", "Need Love" and the inspiring "Street Walkin' Woman". Great thing is I believe they're currently involved in an off-and-on again reunion type of situation. Recommended.

ReMixing the Songs of the 60s::The Groovey Psychedelic Blender.......2006-12-24

This cd is awesome! Yet,i felt like the drugstore cowboy after his fifth Vanilla Fudge Sundae.How about a Root Beer Float for a change?What i mean is,this group had a way of just taking a rock song and putting their own groovey spin on it.When you put an early 60s doo-wop/motown classic into the "Groovey Blender",you get a magickal musical treat!When you put late 60s acid rock into the "Groovey Blender",hit 'Chop',you get Garbage ala Mode ! (Lady Madonna serves up the over-baked 'America Pie'?!?)Even the unchained Monkees started writing and doing their own song-records.The Beat didn't Go on for 'Vanilla Fudge'.Yet,this cd has the best swirls from Vanilla Fudge.This is a must for all repiners of the Classic Rock era!

A great compilation of a great band.......2006-08-07

The band is most famous for its atmospheric cover of The
Supremes' You keep me hanging on and two of its members Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice (bass and drums) who would later create the blues rock band Cactus and then join Jeff Beck to creat the BBA trio, but there is more to the group than that.
What you get here are terrific covers (My favourite has to be the extended moody take on Season of the witch) as well as the heavier and bluesier Shotgun. The originals, most of them coming from the band's third album onward (which were the best) including the fabulous hard rocking riff fests and great soloing on Street walking man, Good good lovin' and Need love, those who like more psychedelic and artsy sound get songs like Where is my mind, Thoughts or That's what makes a man with their dramatic, epic feel (Especially on the last one).
Vanilla Fudge was one of the most interesting bands of the late sixties and they are very overlooked nowadays. So if you are curious what they are about this is a very good summary of their career.

Average customer rating: My copy was COPY-PROTECTED!! IF YOU LIKE REGGAE: YOU'LL LIKE THIS! My least favorite by an artist I love Great remake of great roots Reggae Daring, Devoted...but...

Throw Down Your Arms Sinéad O'Connor , and Sinead O'Connor Manufacturer: That's why there's chocolate and vanilla ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Collaborations Sean-Nos Nua The Lion and the Cobra Aerial She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the ASIN: B000B6D6TU Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Jah Nuh Dead
2. Marcus Garvey
3. Door Peep
4. He Prayed
5. Curly Locks
6. Vampire
7. Y Mas Gan
8. Prophet Has Arise
9. Downpressor Man
10. Throw Down Your Arms
11. Untold Stories
12. War

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Much has been made in Sinead O'Connor fan circles and the pop music press about the controversy-courting singer's decision to revive her self-shelved career with a disc of reggae covers. After the critical breakthrough that was 2002's Sean-Nos Nua, an album of traditional Irish tunes artfully reimagined, a jaunt through Jamaica carried the whiff of a stunt--there she goes banging the drum of defiance again, went the popular gripe, just when the world had widely concurred it liked her riffling through the dustbins of her own musical roots. On closer inspection, though, O'Connor's sabbatical to Burning Spear country makes a lot of sense: rewind to 1992, when she famously ripped a picture of the Pope on "Saturday Night Live," and the memory that it was Bob Marley's "War" that struck her as suitable tearing music clicks into place. What Throw Down Your Arms reveals more than anything is that the rasta spirit has never fully left O'Connor. Separating "religious music" from "music about God," O'Connor gracefully insinuates herself into each of these songs, imbuing some (the sparsely done "Jah Nuh Dead," "Marcus Garvey," "War") with characteristic fire and indignation and others, including the title track and the charming "Curly Locks," with a fully realized and oddly audible sense of enlightenment. Significantly, her signature Irish lilt is fully tact here; it's her sole white-girl spin on a series of universally appealing, otherwise untouched songs. Groundbreaking producers Sly & Robbie and a real-deal reggae backing band lively up the proceedings without peeling away the message. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

My copy was COPY-PROTECTED!!.......2007-06-21

This is a great reggae album by Sinead, who shines at pretty much everything she does. I don't know if this is true for all copies of this CD, but mine came copy-protected, meaning that it can only be played... and not installed into iTunes etc. to be part of your collection. Great album though... and great artist!

IF YOU LIKE REGGAE: YOU'LL LIKE THIS!.......2007-05-09

It seems that I am in the opposite boat to most of the reviewers here: I am actually not a big fan of Sinead O'Connor. I heard her sing The Foggy Dew with the chieftans and loved it, but was disappointed with Sean Nos Nua because it was filled with computerized pop reworkings of traditional Irish songs. I thought my 12 seconds of fandom were over. Then I heard her singing Downpressor Man on an independent radio station and was blown away. She drives home all of her classic reggae covers and takes you down to the roots. It is produced by the legendary riddum section Sly Dunbar (drums) and Robbie Shakespeare (bass) both of whom played with Peter Tosh and Bob Marley as well as many other artists. The songs are sung with a powerfull conviction that can only come from a true respect for reggae/rastas. The expertise of Sly and Robbie cement Sinead's talent in a bedrock history. Hypnotic, chilling, and at other times warm and inviting, Sinead's voice is stellar and completely unaffected. If you like classic reggae this album is worth listening to.

My least favorite by an artist I love.......2007-03-28

I am a HUGE Sinéad O'Connor fan, and I think she's one of the most underrated performers of my generation (probably due to her political/social views, which conflict with much of intolerant America). Plus--she has been a little flaky--lesbian today, pastor tomorrow, etc. Still, this album leaves me lukewarm. There are some catchy tunes like "Vampire," but in general the songs sound like a singer outside her element.

Sinéad's hook for me has been her ability to elicit strong emotions: pain, injustice, love, longing. This collection doesn't do this much for me.

Great remake of great roots Reggae.......2007-02-28

Respect to Sinead O'connor everytime. This CD is great, the selections of songs are some of my favorites. Her remake of Door Peep, Y mas Gan, and Prophet has Arise are amazing. I defenitly recommend this CD

Daring, Devoted...but..........2006-12-24

No one can ever accuse O'Connor of being an insincere artist. She took what (for most anyone else) would be a "you gotta be kidding me" concept and made a drop-dead serious effort. Only someone with buckets of talent could pull such a thing off.

Luckily, O'Connor has never lacked for talent, though she may have lacked for timing. The woman is indeed, as most critics and All Music Guide note, one of the greatest "born" singers to emerge in 20th century pop. She's also had extensive experience with reggae fusions to great success in her strong back-catalogue. People apparently forget that she's still sold 20 million records in spite of the "Pope thing." Her ability to successfully fuse styles was outright pioneering in the late 80s and beyond.

That said, this is a flat-out "religious-experience" record. O'Connor fakes nothing here, from the non-mainstream (but *choice*) reggae/rasta tunes she is covering, to the classic line-up of authentic studio players (recorded with Sly & Robbie at Tuff Gong, for heaven's sake). O'Connor has always been able to throw darts at God and spiritual themes...this album lets her go full-throttle. The opening rendition of "Jah Nuh Dead" is creepy in the best way you could imagine. It's her statement that she means every word she sings. Her soul and passion on every song is the ticket here: sensuous on a great "Curly Locks," firing on Babylon with "Downpressor Man." The title track is, again, spotlessly sung, produced, rendered, you-name-it.

The downside? You have to either really like Sinead O'Connor or really like reggae music and its message. The sounds alone are great for any ear, but at heart (on sleeve) this is a serious work, and not for the casual listener at all. I champion O'Connor's bold talent and, some day, in a rational world, this woman will be given the major props she has earned.

Also, I'm really disappointed that O'Connor is allowing cigarettes to start hacking away at that unbelievable voice. It's evident on virtually every song. Her timbre and resilience has suffered, and it's a crying shame, given that her calling card has always been the pristine, multi-octave tone of her vocal instrument. It's also clearly the cigs that are doing it. But she hasn't lost a shred of soul. This very good, very worthy album is proof. Buy it as an O'Coonor fan or a fan of REAL reggae, and you'll be utterly thrilled. There's no middle ground... otherwise it's a complete novelty.

Average customer rating: Woefully incomplete (slight spoilers ahead) complete songlist in chronological order (updated) Song Before Roof While In Elevator Absolutely wonderful CD! Review and Question

Vanilla Sky Various Artists Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vanilla Sky Open Your Eyes Jerry MaGuire: Music From The Motion Picture ( ) Elizabethtown ASIN: B00005S8MF Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

1. All The Right Friends - R.E.M.
2. Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
3. Vanilla Sky - Paul McCartney
4. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
5. I Fall Apart - Julianna Gianni
6. Porpoise Song (Theme From 'Head') - The Monkees
7. Mondo '77 - Looper
8. Have You Forgotten - Red House Painters
9. Directions - Josh Rouse
10. Afrika Shox - Leftfield
11. Svefn-g-englar - Sigur Ros
12. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
13. Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren
14. Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan
15. Elevator Beat - Nancy Wilson
16. Sweetness Follows - R.E.M.
17. Where Do I Begin - The Chemical Brothers

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Given his status as America's top male sex symbol, there's a perverse irony to Tom Cruise's virtually simmer-free performances in would-be erotic thrillers like Eyes Wide Shut and this Cameron Crowe remake of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). But if Crowe stops just short of delivering another undercooked holiday Tom turkey, his vaunted early career as boy-wonder rock writer--and the help of frequent collaborator Danny Bramson--informs the film with an exceptionally rich and eclectic pop music score that leans heavily on unreconstructed psychedelia. Such was the Crowe-Bramson reputation that they secured original songs by no less than R.E.M. (the jangly pop of "All the Right Friends") and Paul McCartney (a playfully obtuse title track that would otherwise be a standout on any modern Mac album), wrapping them in one sublime surprise, original and otherwise: Sigur Rós's hypnotic "Svefn-g-englar," the gorgeous languor of "Have You Forgotten" by Red House Painters, star Cameron Diaz debuting as a singer (under the name Julianna Gianni) with Crowe and wife/film scorer/Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson in Wilson's equally dreamy "I Fall Apart," the Monkees' psychedelic "Porpoise Song," Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place," Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye." Constructed as the playlist of some strangely liberated FM broadcast that never was, this soundtrack is also a collection that proves that the best part of any turkey may well be the stuffing--sonic or otherwise. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Woefully incomplete (slight spoilers ahead).......2006-09-25

While it is certainly not possible to include all of the songs from the movie on a single disc (there are over 50), there are so many moving musical pieces that should have made it onto this CD.

Nancy Wilson's "Garage Beat" "Plate Removal", "Kick me when I'm down", etc.: All of her original pieces should have been included, as they were written for the film and tie so much of it together.

"Ágætis Byrjun" by Sigur Rós: The background music when David describes his comeback after his accident. ("People *will* read again!")

"Indra" by Theivery Corporation: The Trance music playing when David enters the club with his latex mask. His movement and personality change noticably when he is wearing it.

"The Healing Room" by Sinéad O'Connor: "Lucid Dream" presentation.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Elmer Bernstien: Edmund Ventura describes the "Iconography" of David's youth.

"njósnavélin (the nothing song)" by Sigur Rós: The haunting music in the final scene with David and Sophia ("I'll find you again")

I can only give this CD three stars due to what was left out. Otherwise it would have been a perfect five.

complete songlist in chronological order (updated).......2006-01-16

1. radiohead - everything in its right place
2. mint royale - from rusholme with love
3. paul mccartney - vanilla sky
4. red house painters - have you forgotten
5. rem - all the right friends
6. looper - my robot
7. john coltrane - my favorite things
8. the impressions - keep on pushing
9. looper - mondo 77
10. josh rouse - directions
11. creeper lagoon - wrecking ball
12. nancy wilson - piano love theme
13. nancy wilson - welcome to your face
14. peter gabriel - solsbury hill
15. nancy wilson - almost kiss
16. jeff buckley - last goodbye
17. julianna gianni - i fall apart
18. spacecraft - earthtime tapestry
19. nancy wilson - guitar beat
20. sigur ros - svefn-g-englar
21. nancy wilson - garage beat
22. sigur ros - agaetis byrjun
23. thievery corporation - indra
24. chemical brothers - loops of fury
25. leftfield feat. afrika bambaataa - afrika shox
26. underworld - rez
27. andrea parker/two sandwiches short of a lunchbox - too good to be strange
28. r.e.m. - sweetness follows
29. nancy wilson - the splice
30. joan osborne - one of us
31. nancy wilson - plate removal
32. bob dylan - fourth time around
33. u2 - wild honey
34. nancy wilson - submarine and helicopter
35. nancy wilson - the joenet project
36. radiohead - i might be wrong
37. nancy wilson - life part one
38. nancy wilson - kick me when i'm down
39. the monkees - porpoise song
(joan osborne - one of us)
40. bobby helms - jingle bell rock
41. tv commercials - its slinky
42. five americans - western union
43. todd rundgren - can we still be friends
44. rolling stones - heaven
45. nancy wilson - hall of heads
46. sinead o connor - the healing room
47. beach boys - good vibrations
48. freur - doot doot
49. elmar bernstein - to kill a mockingbird
50. nancy wilson - elevator beat
51. spiritulized - ladies and gentleman we are floating in space
52. sigur ros - the nothing song (njosnavelin)
(paul mccartney - vanilla sky)
53. chemical brothers - where do i begin

Special thanks to Stainless_Steel_Rat and grand_admiral_thrawn85from IMDB!
Without their help this song list wouldn't exist!

Song Before Roof While In Elevator.......2005-10-26

Song in elevator is "Doot-Doot" by Freur. I remember this song from the 80's. Its one of my favorites. However, it is not on the VS soundtrack.

This movie has a special meaning to me personally. You MUST see it at least 5 times to pick up the little clues and subtle hints through out the movie. The soundtrack fits perfectly!

Absolutely wonderful CD!.......2005-09-19

This CD has the most beautiful and inspiring songs on it,I recomend seeing the movie before you listen to the CD though.

Review and Question.......2005-09-11

I really loved the soundtrack in the movie, but like others said the actual soundtrack album doesn't have all of the songs.

Does anyone know what song is playing when David sees the elevator door open, and starts walking toward it, right before the rooftop scene. It's just some short beat.. but I can't seem to find the title to it.

Average customer rating: NOT BAD!!! One of the greatest debuts in history, and one of my favorite albums... A CLASSIC Great, like the Edsel! The Real Deal For Stoners Of The '60's

Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 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: Renaissance Psychedelic Sundae: The Best of Vanilla Fudge Near the Beginning Vincebus Eruptum The Time Has Come ASIN: B000002IAK Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Ticket To Ride
2. People Get Ready
3. She's Not There
4. Bang Bang
5. STRA (Illusions Of My Childhood-Part One)/You Keep Me Hanging On/WBER(Illusions Of My Childhood...
6. Take Me For A Little While/RYFI (Illusions Of My Childhood-Part Three)
7. Eleanor Rigby/ELDS

Customer Reviews:

NOT BAD!!!.......2007-02-04

kind of a classic album after all these years...after arriving in mail, i enjoyed the first listen (again) very much...had LP years and years ago, sounds as good today as it did then...you won't be disappointed.

One of the greatest debuts in history, and one of my favorite albums..........2006-06-24

This is a superb album. Whoever would have thought that an album of all covers would be so successful, artistically and financially? Vanilla Fudge's biggest hit, You Keep Me Hangin' On, is far superior to the original version. It's an epic cover, running 7 1/2 minutes. Elenaor Rigby and Ticket to Ride are fantastic too. These songs are not straight forward covers. The Fudge took them and changed them drastically, but in an original and dramatic way, which is why they work so well. Their playing is incredibly intense as well. I always thought Vanilla Fudge could have been an American Pink Floyd, with their spooky, epic sound, but after this album, they put out a horrible "experimental" album called The Beat Goes On. They did release 3 more albums (which were excellent), but the "beat" album really screwed up their career. This is their best one. Play it loud and often...

A CLASSIC.......2006-03-20

This is a great album with alternative versions of songs on it!
Bang Bang, You Keep me Hanging On, and Elinor Rigby are classics
This is a must have album!

Great, like the Edsel!.......2006-03-09

How do you rate an album like this? It is what it is, a classic. Listening to it now, it sounds totally over the top and sadly, out dated...but at the time, this was what it was all about! I remember I was 19 and doing the light show (remember light shows?)in 1968 for a knock off band that did all of these Fudge songs and a couple Hendrix and Doors songs...They were quite good, I think--much of their great sound, I'm sure could be attributed to what I was on! But the Fudge and psychedelic light shows were made for each other! It was 'the scene'! This album is probably extremely hard for youngers to get into...this was at the beginning of feedback, fuzz boxes, black lights, dayglo body paints, hooka pipes, paisley, bell bottoms, etc...dig? It was far out, man. But like the Edsel, the Fudge got old fast, but still, like the Edsel, they were special, one of a kind. I have to give this album 5 stars...they hold a special place in history. Truly a collectors item...honestly, an original decent Vanilla Fudge vinyl album cover can bring a pretty good buck these days....just like a nicely restored Edsel, very collectable.

The Real Deal For Stoners Of The '60's.......2006-02-12

I Was 21 in 1967, the summer of love. Most people today don't know what that means, because they weren't there.
Youngsters today can't understand why I say I am glad my youth was when it was, and not now. The people who wrote most of the reviews are hearing it as Classic Rock.
There was a time, however when it was a new & exciting kind of Avant Guard music that took lame songs & gave them a whole new dimension.
Many house band groups of the time changed thier entire concept of music after they heard The Fudge. Look at The Vagrants,that
were a Rascals Clone,but were much better than the Rascals. When they finally realeased a record, they sounded just like The Fudge. There's an unbelievable differance there for anybody that knows.

At the time, The fudge were so new & differant that many musical people discussed them at great length. The music people of the time didn't call them the pre-incarnation of metal. That's way off base.

The thing with The Fudge was that they s-l-o-w-e-d everything down, and put VERY exagerated emphisis on eveything in an attemt to create music that came as close as they could to sound like other music did when you were very stoned. The result was that when you were stoned, it was like music on a whole differant
dimention. Most young people of today will not like or understand
this music. Usually old people consider intense music to be noise. In this case, most young people will call this noise,but after they hear it a couple of times they will realize that it is
Alternative to even thier Alternatve and since it is new to them.
Some of them will find it unique enough to consider a real find.

To you kids (to me, anybody under 35)(that's stange, because we said & meant don't trust anyone over 30,which is still good advice) Many groups were going in the heavy direction, and many were going it the Metal direction to, but only one group deserves the name:
THE HEAVY METAL BEATLES=LED ZEPLIN

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Out Through the in Door Vanilla Fudge Manufacturer: Escapi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Good Good Rockin': Live at Rockpalast Live At XM Satellite Radio/ The Deluxe Edition Close as You Get Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 ASIN: B000MZGVEM Release Date: 2007-06-25

Tracks:

1. Immigrant Song
2. Ramble On
3. Trampled Under Foot
4. Dazed And Confused
5. Black Mountain Side
6. Fool In The Rain
7. Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
8. Dancing Days
9. Moby Dick
10. All My Love
11. Rock And Roll
12. Your Time Is Gonna Come

Album Details

2007 Album is a Tribute to Led Zeppelin. They have Reworked Such Zep Classics as "Immigrant Song", "Ramble On", "Dazed and Confused", "Dancing Days", "Rock and Roll", "All My Love", and More.

Average customer rating: Admit it . . . Rip off of Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure" Has its place in history.......... To the extreme past........................... Cool as Ice,Ice,Baby!

To the Extreme Vanilla Ice Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Totally Krossed Out 12 Inches of Snow Gonna Make You Sweat MC Hammer - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000DRBV Release Date: 1990-08-28

Tracks:

1. Ice Ice Baby
2. Yo Vanilla
3. Stop That Train
4. Hooked
5. Ice Is Workin' It
6. Life Is A Fantasy
7. Play That Funky Music
8. Dancin'
9. Go Ill
10. It's A Party
11. Juice To Get Loose Boy
12. Ice Cold
13. Rosta Man
14. I Love You
15. Havin' A Roni

Customer Reviews:

Admit it . . ........2007-06-20

You LOVED this CD in 1990. It was just good music that didn't take itself too seriously and it is still fun now. He's the one laughing . . . he made a mint off of it off of us young music lovers.

Rip off of Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure".......2007-06-10

The only reason this piece of garbage singer is known at all is because he stole a beat, sound for sound, from a song written by Queen and David Bowie. If you listen to them both you will hear the exact same thing. AND WHAT DO YA KNOW! Queen and David Bowie were around long before this joke!

Has its place in history.................2007-03-16

To all the snot nosed kids that listen to this for the first time and are just discovering it and think it is the greatest album of all time (that title probably would go to NWA's Straight Out of Compton), give me a break...... but to all of us late 20s-early 30s old timers, you know this album played in your boom box/car stereo around the clock. Hell, I still bump it sometimes in my Crown Vic sitting on 22s, heh. It still is catchy and everybody I know still sings along with "Ice Ice Baby" when it comes on, so act like you hate it, act like it is the worst album of all time, blah blah blah, but the next time it comes on at a party, you will fall right in with everybody else and sing along with it. Definitely has a place in history and I love instantly being mentally transported back to a simpler time in my life as a child when I listen to it. Every rap song samples these days, this album was made at the time all of that was starting, so give it its place in history and stop trying to compare it to anything made almost 2 decades later, give me a break. Word to your mutha!

To the extreme past..................................2006-10-12

I recently dug up this cd from its resting place of 16 years. And I hate to say it, but this cd did not stand the test of time. And for that matter Ice hasn't much either. However this cd does bring good memories and for a cd I haven't heard I was surprised to hear myself rapping along. That's why this cd deserves 3 stars for at least the hit single and of course "Word to Yo Mutha". I would buy this cd if you love the 90's. Oh and give the other tracks besides the hit song a chance, there are some tracks you might dig, then again maybe not. So here is the list:

1. It was either U can't touch this or this jam. This was the soundtrack for summer 1990. For those that don't know the sample comes from Queen & David Bowies 1982 track "Under Pressure".

2. Vanilla Ice with a voice equalizer

3. A reissue track off the Ep "Hooked". Contains a sample of "Express Yourself" by NWA. Mostly a filler track, most often skipped.

4. A reissue title track off the Ep "Hooked". Not bad.

5. An upbeat pop track. Lacks originality, put good for laugh.

6. Heavy Madonna influence (Justify My Love style) and samples heavily Tone Loc beats. However saying all that this is one of Bside favs. It might have been a good single to release instead of "Play That Funky Music". I like this one.

7. Second single of the album. I know all the words to this song, so I have nothing bad or good to say about this track. 99% of the time I don't skip this track.

8. Underrated track. I'm a big Jackson 5 fan, and Vanilla Ice sampled yet another big name act and mixed with his ice style. I like the flow of the rap and the mix with Michael Jackson and the turntables...is beautiful. Also check out Naughty By Nature's "O.P.P." featuring Jackson 5's "ABC". This of course samples the 1977 hit "Dancing Machine" by the Jackson 5. Love this track

9. Even James Brown and the Ed Lover Dance theme can't save this song. Terrible song.

10. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock influence. With help from a snippet of Thriller's Vincent Price laugh and a Beastie Boy rip off, the song has its moments. However after listening you really have this urge to hear "It Take 2".

11. Vanilla Ice with a voice equalizer again!

12. Ice Cold. Definitely left me ice cold. More samples of Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Pump Up The Volume, and etc. Skip this one too.

13. Rosta Man?? A spelling error perhaps. A white rapper now crossing over to Reggae. Sure as you can see on the liner notes he can't even spell Rasta. Good for a laugh.

14. Think LL Cool J's "I Need Love" without the talent, but boy does Ice have the vocal sounding very much like a cousin of LL's twice removed. Oh there is a pretty good rip off of someone who sounds like Kenny G. That is the wrong G to have on a rap album. Pretty bad.

15. Ice's attempt at beat boxing, you wish he had stopped after the reggae bit. After hearing this track I was glad it was the last song.

Cool as Ice,Ice,Baby!.......2006-09-18

One memorable line from the Top 10 smash ICE ICE BABY is,"You got a problem,I'll solve it,check out the beat while the DJ revolves it!". "Word to your mother!",is awesome also. Robert Van Winkle,aka Vanilla Ice,was one of a handful of flash-in-the-pan white rappers that,back in 1990,competed with M.C. Hammer who had the #1 album that year. This was one of '90's biggest-selling albums as well and Van Winkle became a sometime movie star with 1991's Universal film COOL AS ICE. I have to admit,for a white man,Van Winkle is very rhythmic. We can say he's a caucasian M.C. Hammer.

Average customer rating: Vanilla Fudge The Fudge were the real thing.... The Fudge at their musical peak! Hot Buttered White Soul (Rock) Great; after 35 years

Near the Beginning Vanilla Fudge Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Renaissance Rock & Roll Vanilla Fudge 'Ot 'N' Sweaty Cactus ASIN: B00000GX0E Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

1. Shotgun
2. Some Velvet Morning
3. Where Is Happiness
4. Break Song
5. Good Good Livin' (Unedited Version)
6. Shotgun
7. People

Album Description

Reissue of their 3rd album with the original cover art intact, plus updated liners notes and three bonus tracks added, 'Good Good Livin' (Previously Unissued Long Version), 'Shotgun' (Single Version) and 'People' (Single). The band featured drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert. 1998 Sundazed release.

Customer Reviews:

Vanilla Fudge.......2007-06-27

I saw these guys in concert back in the day and this recording brought it all right back to me. Just like being there. A great band during their time.

The Fudge were the real thing...........2007-04-12

This is Vanilla Fudge's 2nd best album after their first one. It starts with an absolute killer version of Shotgun. It really blows you away. Their take on Some Velvet Morning is equally haunting and good, and Where Is Happiness? is one of their better original tracks. The Break Song (recorded live) is a bit perplexing. It starts out great, keeps going, but then gets a little tired in the middle, but then picks up for a great finish. There's a studio version of this song as well. It was never released initially until it was included as a bonus track on Rock and Roll, Fudge's last album. The live version here is the better of the two. The bonus tracks are really good as well. This, along with their 1st album, are the 2 best albums Fudge ever did. It's a shame they only did 5 albums (4 great ones, and a weird, useless one), because this band was awesome live and in the studio. They had an intensity unmatched at the time, and it's difficult to find a band now that is as powerful as they were. But Near the Beginning is one of their best, one that you can play over and over again....

The Fudge at their musical peak!.......2007-01-14

Whilst this might not be the band's "best overall album" (that honour usually goes to the previous album, "Renaissance"), I would certainly have to argue that this album represents the band's best playing. Obviously, there's not many songs on this disc, because the "Break Song" takes up about 23 minutes of it, but there's a lot revealing about the Fudge's music from what little you do get to hear.
This album's release coincided with the release of the first Led Zeppelin album (early '69, and there were plenty of technological advancements taking place in the music world in the months between the release of "Renaissance" in mid-'68, and "Near The Beginning" in early '69. And at the point where better technology met the improved musical proficiency of EVERY member of this band, was no apparent than on this album.
The most noticeable improvement throughout this album was definitely the guitar playing and guitar "sound" of Vinnie Martell. The two previous albums, you hear Martell's guitar sound getting progressively louder, to where it is no longer overpowered by Mark Stein's organ. But on this album, not only is Martell's guitar getting louder--his playing is getting better! Whereas on previous albums, you hear mostly power chords and a few single-note 'freak-outs' from Martell, this album finds Martell playing genuine, bluesy, guitar solos! Not only that, but to aid in his soloing efforts, he finds not only better, clearer-sounding amplification, but he also discovers a new 'toy'--the "wah-wah pedal'. And, oh, what fun he had with that toy--particularly on "Shotgun" and the "Break Song"!
The best example I can find on this album of every member playing at their very best together is the "Break Song". That track, in particular, is full of surprises and technical abilities one would never have expected from VF. For those who have never heard, the "Break Song" is a rare glimpse of the Vanilla Fudge "live", and one step beyond the concept of the usual "let-me-introduce-the-guys-in-the-band" sort-of song. Every single member played at their very best--and perhaps even beyond--their own abilities! Imagine a jam with John Bonham on drums, Jon Lord (from Deep Purple) on organ, Jimmy Page on guitar, and John Mayall on vocals--that's exactly what the "Break Song" sounds like!! I don't know if this number was performed on one of the early tours that Led Zeppelin opened fot the Vanilla Fudge, but if Led Zeppelin had witnessed this performance from the sidelines, they had to be impressed! I know for a fact that John Bonham was a fan of drumnmer, Carmine Appice--and Carmine's drum solo on the "Break Song" has to have influenced Bonham's "Moby Dick" to some extent. Carmine's drum solo here has a little bit of what would become Bonham's "Moby Dick", but also a little bit of Ginger Baker's "Toad" from the first Cream album. It sounds like Carmine would carry some elements of his drum solo here, into his next band, Cactus, and their drum solo song, "Feels So Good" for the first Cactus album a year later.
But the "Break Song" has other surprises! This was the first introduction to the heavily-fuzzed out, "atomic bomb pyrotechnics" of Tim Bogert's bass solos--another element that Tim would bring with him to Cactus with Carmine Appice. And it also marked one of the band's first forays into "pure blues". The first time you ever hear Vinnie Martell play a very beautiful, slow blues guitar solo, reminiscent of the kind that Jimmy Page would later play in Led Zeppelin. It is also the first time Mark Stein sings "actual" blues lyrics, coming off sounding just like British blues singer John Mayall when he sings!
"The Break Song" is a treat--listening to a band going outside their formula, and moving into rare form, and new territory. When British hard rock bands of the '70s say that they were infleunced by the Vanilla Fudge, songs like the "Break Song" have to be near the top of the list of songs that infleunced them most!
As for the remainder of the tracks on "Near The Beginning", they're all good--even if they pale in comparison to the "Break Song'. Once again, Carmine Appice tries his hand at songwriting--"Where Is Happiness". It is rare to find a drummer in a band with that kind of songwriting ability. Like "Faceless People" on the previous album, "Renaissance", Carmine's songs convey a sense of loneliness and depression--but more in a dark, gothic, and mysterious sort-of-way, rather than a "bluesy" way. But you can tell that he wrote himself prominently into this song, as it is driven by a shuffle back-and-forth on the drums, swinging side-to-side, while Mark Stein's organ chirps along like crickets on a dark, gloomy night.
"Near The Beginning" is definitely worth your purchase--even for just the full-versions of both "Shotgun" and "The Break Song", which total 30 minutes. You wont even find some albums that long, and you certainly won't find the "Break Song" on any "best-of" compilations of the Vanilla Fudge. And yet, to me, "The Break Song" is "quintessential" Vanilla Fudge--not only showing where the Fudge were musically, but also where they were going after the Fudge was over! And after the Fudge was over a year later, it is a shame that Vinnie Martell didn't get pulled into Cactus with Bogert and Appice, as his talents were vastly improving, as evidenced by this album. Instead of Martell, Cactus would feature the talents of guitarist, Jim McCarty, whose skills on the guitar were at a level that Vinnie was approaching. Except that McCarty later proved to be more difficult to work with, and eventually led to the demise of Cactus. Sadly, Martell left the music business permanently after the break up of the Vanilla Fudge--Martell, once perhaps the band's least talented member, becomming one of the band's most prominent musical sounds on their final two albums, now having to waste his musical talent because Bogert and Appice chose a guy for their next band with more talent, yet harder to get along with.
Trust me, though. No collection of the Vanilla Fudge is complete without this vital piece of their musical history. "Near The Beginning" shows a band that is improving--and evolving!

Hot Buttered White Soul (Rock).......2006-04-20

In that era, Vanilla Fudge was much more than a glorified garage band. When many groups were hastily thrown together by record producers to support a top 40 hit, the live performance ineptness of these bands left a bad taste in the mouths of their fans. Often, their ability to play live was lackluster compared to the recording. Sugarloaf was one such group. But VF was the real deal. They developed a very large loyal following for their live performances. Their acumen on their individual instruments was so intense it was scary. I saw the Fudge several times, once at the Hollywood Bowl with Hendrix. I also was in attendance at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles when the live side of this album was recorded. Contrary to one reviewer's comment here, the audience did not go to sleep during the "Break Song." Every eye and ear was glued to the stage for the entire 23 minutes. Tim Bogert's bas playing was light years ahead of his time. Carmine Appice's drumming was in a class by itself, matched only by Ginger Baker's paradiddles. Mark Stein's Hammond Organ was a classic enhancement of a huge rock sound and Vince Martell's guitar was inventive and melodic. All four of them sang, and sang very well. Tremendous harmonies. But the thing that is missing is their visual performance on stage. They were as dynamic even more than they were bombastic. If you never saw them, you missed something. And they thrilled you to watch them, all without makeup ala Kiss. The Fudge have reunited and they are touring on the East Coast. Here is hoping they come out West the summer of 2006.

Great; after 35 years.......2006-02-19

No one but me seems to be impressed with the 23 minute-long Break Song. Sorry guys, nothing matches the 'wall of sound' heard here. The double bass drums, hammond B3 with leslie, Bogart's unique bass style and the wah-wah screaming guitar. Vince's guitar entry is the most soulful screaming blues guitar ever. The B3 solo (and blues entry) is epic and the drum solo; nobody puts it down like this anymore. ANY rock musician, be it guitar, bass, drums, keys, you need to hear this. As a musician, I could write pages on this live performance. Do yourself a favor. You will cherish this unique epic performance. I've worn out my vinyl copy and the cassette. Now I'm buying the CD.

Average customer rating: Can't Stop the Rock...

Little Pop Rock Sister Vanilla Manufacturer: Chemikal Underground ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Back On The Water Baby 81 Icky Thump Beyond Armchair Apocrypha ASIN: B000N3AW20 Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

1. Pastel Blue
2. Jamcolas
3. Slacker
4. Delicat
5. Can't Stop The Rock
6. Kissaround
7. What Goes Around
8. K To Be Lost
9. Angel
10. Down
11. TOTP
12. The Two Of Us

Customer Reviews:

Can't Stop the Rock..........2007-05-16

Welp,

Normally I don't review anything on Amazon or anywhere else but just as I suspected it would be this is a great album so I feel compelled to do so. I don't know maybe it's an acquired taste of those who truly appreciate The Jesus and Mary Chain, but I'll file this one away as yet another one of my favorate JAMC albums. But then again which one isn't? However, with Sister Reid fronting the vocals on about half or more of the tracks this time it takes on a new dimension with her significantly impressive and honed vocal skills. A tinge of that Manson Family Album style singing feel comes through on some tracks, "Can't Stop The Rock" being one, which is reminiscent of Munki from which this lineup originated. Great song writing overall in which all Reid siblings partake, although perhaps only the weird out there (myself included) will appreciate the deliberately f****d up and out of time guitar and/or piano break downs in the middle of and at the end of several of the songs. Amazing production that can only be fully realized after a few spins and at maximum volume. Just enough psychedelic JAMC guitar blues to getcha high and plenty of those eighties style JAMC loops and effects thrown in to make you want to wear your dark sunglasses. Plus the piano keys add alot to the mix on several tracks. It's worthy of tour support which although not likely I personally would rather see happen first before any other JAMC reunion tours or albums. Highlights include the opening track "Pastel Blue" a folkly ballad about a spaced out car crash with a strategically placed out of time piano guitar breakdown, the upbeat happy melodic Automatic era sounding "Jamcolas" with again some messed up out of time guitar riffing somehow making it's way through to the end but in a deliberate way, the really smooth and slow slide guitar country ballad "Slacker" which really shows off Sister Linda's vocal abilities, "Delicat", a country stomp rocker with some great lyrics by William, the Munki sounding "Can't Stop the Rock", the slow and super Velvety psychedelic "Kissaround" reminiscent
of some of those Stoned and Dethroned tunes but like on 45 rpm. The staight rocker "Down" has good piano backing and great minimalist wa wa pedal guitar lead. The retro/modern hybrid rockin "TOTP" creates a cool vibe with an even better pyschedelic wa wa guitar lead crescendo. The cover of The Pastels "The Two of Us" at the end is worth the price of admission alone. Just get it; it's the sleeper feel good sounds of the summer.

Average customer rating: Stands the test of time One of my stranded on the moon picks! great psych rock Vanilla Cheese Prog Great psychedelic rock

Renaissance Vanilla Fudge Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Near the Beginning Vanilla Fudge Rock & Roll The Beat Goes On Heavy ASIN: B00000GX0C Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

1. The Sky Cried-When I Was A Boy
2. Thoughts
3. Paradise
4. That's What Makes A Man
5. The Spell That Comes After
6. Faceless People
7. Season Of The Witch
8. All In Your Mind
9. Look Of Love
10. Where Is My Mind

Album Description

Reissue of their 2nd album with the original cover art intact, plus updated liner notes & three bonus tracks added, 'All In Your Mind', 'Where Is My Mind' and a cover of the Bacharach/ David hit 'The Look Of Love'. 10 tracks total. The group featured drummer Carmine Appice & bassist Tim Bogert. 1998 Sundazed release.

Customer Reviews:

Stands the test of time.......2006-12-10

1968 was an incredible year for rock music, and at that time, RENAISSANCE was my very favorite record.

My friends teased me no end; they said the album's lyrics were sometimes pretentious-- hey, so were parts of The Soft Parade, another 1968 release (this by the Doors). The Beatles white album had its lowlights, too and yes even Hendix was over-the-top occasionally-- dare I say so?

What I always loved about this greatest of all Fudge sets were the heartfelt emotions openly expressed in it, the sheer power of the music, and the beauty that lay within songs like "Paradise."

I recently heard RENAISSANCE for the first time in decades. Everything I found special about it so long ago still moves me the way it did when I was young. As a musical document of a brief time in my life this will probably always remain a touchstone for me.

For anyone who remembers those days, or for acid rock connoisseurs of all ages, RENAISSANCE is one of the finest examples of that musical genre you will ever encounter.

One of my stranded on the moon picks!.......2006-04-09

Here is Vanilla Fudge's magnum opus "Renaissance". Yes, the 60's was a Renaissance Era. The Psychedelic Renaissance. This is Vanilla Fudge's 3rd album released in 1968 on Atco Records shortly before Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, another psychedelic masterpiece. Every song on Renaissance is worth the price of admission with an exceptional rhythm section (Tim & Carmine), HEAVY Hammond organ (Mark), nasty guitar work (Vinny) and not to mention and their trademark ethereal vocal harmonies (group). This was released when the Fudge were at their peak and all the elements (life, beauty, acid, love and doom) came together and manifested in this masterpiece. Don't analyse the album too much, it is the best of the best of the major label psych rock albums of 1968 and if this was privately issued or on an obscure label, you'd be paying over $1,000.00 easy in the record collectors market and on Ebay. Vanilla Fudge is an organ lover's delight and this whole album is drenched in organ and when panned from the L and R channels as in "The Spell That Comes After", makes you dizzy, the sheer beauty of "That's What Makes a Man" makes you teary eyed and "Thoughts" makes you wanna fly. Shadow Morton did an excellent job producing the Fudge's solid musicianship into a sonic tapestry on display here. Every member shines on this album without a doubt. This is how you want to remember the Fudge! Their debut was also an exceptional record, very soulful, very beautiful, but the Fudge expanded tremendously on Renaissance and they knew it, hence the title (they had to redeem themselves after the release of their 2nd album The Beat Goes On flopped). Whether it's psych rock, prog rock, an early incarnation of heavy metal, symphonic rock, whatever. Proof is in the Vanilla Fudge pudding! To hell with a desert island, this is one of my stranded on the moon picks. Analyse that music critics.

great psych rock.......2004-07-25

"Where is my mind" and "season of the witch" make this worth buying. Great cd...some good music and psychedelic.

Vanilla Cheese Prog.......2004-01-17

If you can overlook some of the melodramatic corn in the vocals department (Bogert's in "When I was a Boy"; Vinnie's moans and groans, the producer Shadow Morton's soliloquy, and Bogert's demand and plea in "Season of the Witch"), here you have a great, yes, prog before there was prog album, complete with mature musicianship and complex arrangements far ahead of the psychedelia of the time. Bonus cuts on a classic LP usually spell "muck up", but luckily the ones on this Sundazed edition aren't too bad. (Has anyone noticed the master tape skewing at the end section of "Faceless People"? Compare it to the vinyl, when the tapes were new.) Over all, a surprisingly nice addition to any prog collection. The beat goes on, indeed!

Great psychedelic rock.......2002-06-07

I wouldn't agree with Tony Allen that this is the greatest rock LP ever made (that honour goes to "Every good boy deserves favour" of the Moody Blues), but it likely ranks among my all time top 15 CD's, and it features some of the best psychedelic music I'm aware of! I agree with other reviewers that there is no weak song on this album, my favorites being Thoughts, That's what makes a man, Season of the witch. If you like this type of psychedelic music, check out Jefferson's Airplane's "After bathing at Baxter's", or the 17 minute epic "In held twas in I" from Procol Harum.

Average customer rating: Great Movies have Great Soundtracks! Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything More of a propaganda CD Great selection of Film Hits! Older recordings, main themes only

Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration Simply the Best Movie Themes The Incredible Film Music Box Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection ASIN: B000068TN9 Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

1. Saving Private Ryan 'Hymn To The Fallen' - John Williams
2. Double Indemnity 'Prelude' - Miklos Rozsa
3. The Lost Weekend 'Finale' - Miklos Rozsa
4. The Heiress 'Departure/Morris Suggests Love/The Proposal/Finale' - Aaron Copland
5. Sunset Boulevard 'Prelude' - Franz Waxman
6. The Ten Commandments 'Prelude' - Elmer Bernstein
7. Breakfast At Tiffany's 'Moon River' - Henry Mancini
8. Hatari! 'Baby Elephant Walk' - Henry Mancini
9. Rosemary's Baby 'Main Title (Vocal)' - Christopher Komeda
10. Romeo & Juliet 'Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet' - Nino Rota
11. Once Upon A Time In The West 'Once Upon A Time In The West' - Ennio Morricone
12. Love Story 'Theme From Love Story' - Francis Lai
13. The Godfather 'Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)' - Nino Rota
14. The Godfather 'Love Theme From The Godfather' - Nino Rota
15. Chinatown 'Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title) - Jerry Goldsmith
16. The Godfather - Part II 'End Title' - Nino Rota
17. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 'End Title' - Jerry Goldsmith
18. Raiders Of The Lost Ark 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' - John Williams
19. Terms Of Endearment 'Theme From Terms Of Endearment' - Michael Gore
20. Flashdance 'Love Theme From Flashdance' - Giorgio Moroder
21. Beverly Hills Cop 'Axel F' - Harold Faltermeyer

Tracks:

1. Witness 'Building The Barn' - Maurice Jarre
2. Children Of A Lesser God 'Main Title' - Michael Convertino
3. The Untouchables 'The Strength Of The Righteous (Main Title)' - Ennio Morricone
4. Fatal Attraction 'Fatal Attraction' - Maurice Jarre
5. The Addams Family 'Main Title' - Marc Shaiman
6. Dead Again 'Winter 1948' - Patrick Doyle
7. Indecent Proposal 'Flashback & Photos' - John Barry
8. The Firm 'How Could You Lose Me?-End Title' - Dave Grusin
9. Clear And Present Danger 'Main Title/A Clear And Present Danger' - James Horner
10. Braveheart 'For The Love Of A Princess' - James Horner
11. Primal Fear 'Courtroom Montage' - James Newton Howard
12. Mission: Impossible 'Zoom B' - Danny Elfman
13. Star Trek: First Contact 'End Credits' - Jerry Goldsmith
14. Titanic 'Hard To Starboard' - James Horner
15. The Rugrats Movie 'Baby Shower Happenings' - Mark Mothersbaugh
16. The Talented Mr. Ripley 'Italia' - Gabriel Yared
17. Rules Of Engagement 'Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)' - Mark Isham
18. Mission: Impossible 2 'The Bait' - Hans Zimmer
19. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 'Main Titles' - Graeme Revell
20. Vanilla Sky 'To The Roof' - Nancy Wilson
21. The Sum Of All Fears 'The Mission' - Jerry Goldsmith
22. Forest Gump 'I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump' - Alan Silvestri

Amazon.com

Granddaddy of the Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures is rightfully proud of its century of contributions to both American cinema and the art of film scoring. But the first disc of this 43-track double-CD anthology merely hints at the studio's musical peaks, blithely skipping through its first seven decades in just 17 tracks. Indeed, the package as a whole seems more interested in marketing its post-'70s catalog of hits and blockbusters than it does in paying real homage to history and roots. Even rarities like Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend are served up via modern budget-line rerecordings, as is Ennio Morricone's epochal Once upon a Time in the West). Contemporary recordings of Aaron Copland's rare score to The Heiress and Franz Waxman's great Sunset Blvd. fare better, but soundtrack fans may miss the originals. The studio's rich pop-crossover successes in the '60s are documented via Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet and Love Story, while successful franchises like Star Trek and Raiders also get their due. Too often the '90s-focused second disc only underscores some uncomfortable trends in contemporary scoring--orchestral nervous tics punctuated by booming crescendos, treacly piano Muzak--and makes one wonder if the music of The Rugrats Movie and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider are really film music milestones. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great Movies have Great Soundtracks!.......2007-05-10

If you love movies and movie music, you can't go wrong with this two cd Paramount Anniversary set.

Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything.......2006-07-19

Normally I have a lot to say in my reviews, but not this time. The main problem with this collection is that all the most memorable film scores are just on one disc, with the second used mostly to play out stuff from the last ten years that, really, musically isn't very memorable and only includes three pieces anyone will recognize just because, like the movies they come from, they're based on old TV shows - The Addams Family, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.

And that brings up another problem. With all due respect to the late Jerry Goldsmith, who has provided some truly great classic movie scores, was it REALLY necessary to include TWO versions of the SAME Star Trek march in this collection? This seems evocative of the milk-it-for-all-its-worth attitude Paramount has had lately toward its now-tarnished crown-jewel franchise. Where's James Horner's theme music from Star Trek II and III? If they're gonna put Star Trek on here twice, they should have provided a little diversity. It wouldn't have taken much, I'm sure.

I'm sure that Paramount's had other films with far more memorable music (even Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun Anthem could have helped on Disc 2). This just seems like a lazy attempt at something that really could have been great.

More of a propaganda CD.......2002-10-30

There are some really great songs on this 2 CD set. However, those really great songs seem to be lightly interspersed amongst a large number of forgettable songs whose main purpose seems to be to remind you of those movies you enjoy(ed) so much.

It seems a little odd to me that out of 90 years of film making the most memorable scores have been largely released within the last few years. I was pleased to find themes from the Godfather, Indiana Jones and Witness. I was perplexed with the inclusion of songs from Rugrats, both Mission Impossible movies (one would have been more than enough) and Tomb Raider (memorable???).

This is my own personal bias, but I do prefer movie soundtracks that evoke a feeling of excitement. With this collection I just couldn't get excited. I kept finding myself being let down by songs that didn't in some way complement the preceeding song.

There are certainly some great tracks here, but overall I was disappointed. My advise would be to look elsewhere.

Great selection of Film Hits!.......2002-09-25

This one was a pleasant surprise! I thought- how could any CD that had "Baby Elephant Walk" be all that good? This one is. Lots of great scores- classics and a few hidden treasures. After hearing the beautiful title score for "Children of a Lesser God", I had to buy the entire soundtrack - very soothing. There are a few that may seem too overplayed ("Love Story", "Raiders of the Lost Ark",), but most are a welcome addition to any compilation. Try NOT loving "Building the Barn" from "Witness" or the "Hymn to the Fallen" from "Saving Private Ryan". Hours of great listening.

Older recordings, main themes only.......2002-08-27

This is a great album concept, but I really wish Paramount had re-recorded these scores as they deserve to be heard. The tracks range from 1944 to the present, and the older recordings sound just like the cleaned-up older recordings that they are.

I would also personally have enjoyed more "secondary" music themes (otherwise it becomes like reading book summaries that always only quote the opening paragraph), and I could easily have done without the "pop" tunes (like Baby Elephant Walk and the Rugrats theme). In fact, it would have been very nice to listen to an album comprised of tracks chosen for their strong musical value rather than apparently for their box office and/or hit song popularity. But, to be fair, that may be precisely what draws some people to this CD set.

Film score music constitutes the single most significant body of classical music of our time. I hope some of these tracks will entice listeners to buy entire soundtracks and listen to some of these works as a whole.

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