Mono [Import]

mono [import]

Track Listings

1. Love Is Hapiness
2. You Make Me Nervous
3. L O S T
4. Enemies In High Places
5. In Lieu
6. Feed A Cat To Your Cobra
7. Oh Faithless
8. Please Fire Me
9. Keep Your Eyes Peeled
10. Best Two Out Of Three
11. Rape Of The Holy Mother
12. SPMC
13. Kill Cupid With A Nail File (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese edition of 2001 debut album for L.A. band compared to the Murder City Devils, At the Drive-In & Drive Like Jehu. Includes the bonus track 'Kill Cupid With A Nail File'.

Mono,Icarus Line,Jvc Victor,Punk,Rock
Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Greatest bargain
  • Cruisin' Music Extraordinaire
  • Essential Musical History
  • $15 is about right
  • 60 classic "Spector" produced tunes + His Christmas Album You'll get your "Phil" here with this awesome 4 CD Set!!!
Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Phil Spector
Manufacturer: Abkco
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003BDM
Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

  1. To Know His Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
  2. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
  3. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
  4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
  5. Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney
  6. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters
  7. Under The Moon Of Love - Curtis Lee
  8. There's No Other Like My Baby - The Crystals
  9. Uptown - The Crystals
  10. He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals
  11. He's A Rebel - The Crystals
  12. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  13. Puddin' N' Tain - The Alley Cats
  14. He's Sure The Boy I Love - The Crystals
  15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  16. (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love
  17. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
  18. Heartbreaker - The Crystals
  19. Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Veronica
  20. Chapel Of Love - Darlene Love
  21. Not Too Young To Get Married - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  22. Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love
  23. All Grown Up - The Crystals

Tracks:

  1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
  2. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
  3. A Fine, Fine Boy - Darlene Love
  4. Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes
  5. I Wonder - The Ronettes
  6. Girls Can Tell - The Crystals
  7. Little Boy - The Crystals
  8. Hold Me Tight - The Treasures
  9. (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up - The Ronettes
  10. Soldier Baby Of Mine - The Ronettes
  11. Strange Love - Darlene Love
  12. Stumble And Fall - Darlene Love
  13. When I Saw You - The Ronettes
  14. So Young - Veronica
  15. Do I Love You? - The Ronettes
  16. Keep On Dancing - The Ronettes
  17. You, Baby - The Ronettes
  18. Woman In Love (With You) - The Ronettes
  19. Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes

Tracks:

  1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
  2. Born To Be Together - The Ronettes
  3. Just Once In My Life - The Righteous Brothers
  4. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
  5. Is This What I Get For Loving You? - The Ronettes
  6. Long Way To Be Happy - Darlene Love
  7. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - The Righteous Brothers
  8. Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
  9. This Could Be The Night - The Modern Folk Quartet
  10. Paradise - The Ronettes
  11. River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
  12. I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner
  13. A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - Ike & Tina Turner
  14. Save The Last Dance For Me - Ike & Tina Turner
  15. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine - The Ronettes
  16. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - The Ronettes
  17. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles And The Checkmates
  18. Love Is All I have To Give - The Checkmates

Tracks:

  1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
  2. Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes
  3. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
  4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Crystals
  5. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
  6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
  7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
  9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
  10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
  11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
  12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
  13. Silent Night - Phil Spector and Artists

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Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled "the Phil Spector of rap." That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is to Love Him," its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he was head of A&R for Atlantic Records. By the time he was 22, he'd founded his own label (Philles) and was churning out Wall of Sound hits at an unprecedented clip, beginning with the Crystals' "He's a Rebel." The four-disc Back to Mono befits its singular subject in both presentation (the richly annotated booklet includes a piece by Tom Wolfe) and content (60 songs cut between 1958 and 1969, plus the entire classic Yuletide LP A Christmas Gift for You). --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Greatest bargain.......2007-05-16

A few months ago I ordered this set for only about $20 & it is the best CD bargain I've ever had. This set originally sold for about $75 back in the 90's (glad I waited to buy it!)& I keep wondering why it's so cheap now. (Is Spector not allowed to make money on his music anymore?) It is a BIG set in an LP size box (I store it with my old LPs on my shelf),comes with a great big book printed on high quality paper, comes with the Christmas album & even a button. Only thing not big about this set is the sound quality, it's typical 80s & early 90s thin-sounding CD quality, not exactly what I'd call a wall of sound. Also the book has the lyrics to all the songs except the ones on the Christmas album. So if you can get past the fact that Spector may have killed someone 40 years after these recordings (if he did,how could he? He produced John Lennon's "Imagine" for goodness sake!)this is still some of the 60s greatest music.

5 out of 5 stars Cruisin' Music Extraordinaire.......2007-05-15

When I saw the "Back to Mono" box for 20 bucks, I first thought of the barrage of criticism that greeted this set when first released more than 15 years ago and, in particular, the near universal condemnation of the absolutely horrendous digital remastering that marred what should have been an unbeatable compilation. Then I thought, "So what? I LOVED this music 45 years - AUGH! - ago! This is the background music of my life! And a great collection! And I don't have much of it, vinyl or otherwise." So I bought it.

And yes, the remastering is indeed horrible, particularly when listened to through earphones. But if you can pump this music through a tinny 5-inch speaker, perhaps boosted from a '57 Chevy, it all sounds pretty damn fine. So: don't play it on your audiophile equipment: my vintage boom box does the music all the honor it requires.

And what music. A lot of this stuff didn't chart in the New York metropolitan area, so I'd never heard several tracks, but it's all vintage, no filler, hits and non-hits, lots of Ronnie Spector and the Ronnettes, the Crystals, and fewer, but important, sides from Curtis Lee), Ben E. King, Bob B. Soxx, the Righteous Brothers, the majestic Tina Turner and that sidekick of hers, and, of course, the patented Spector Wall of Sound, complete with timpani, maracas, glockenspiels, strings, horns, full brass section, yackety sax, everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink. On the tree of rock, Phil Spector is a taproot (and Bruce Springsteen the most celebrated emulator/branch).

But let's be serious: these are very basic sentiments, harking back to a very different, much simpler time, before Vietnam, Watergate, and universal irony really invaded our consciousness (the first 29 tracks before the Kennedy assassination). The Spector chronology tracks along through LBJ's "Great Society" and civil rights legislation, Nixon, and the onset of cynicism, skepticism, and the beginning of a much more complicated social and political fabric. Through all this, we underestimate the role this and other top-forty music played in shaping our imaginations: it played, constantly, to GROUPS of people in packed cars, at parties and dances, not to one solitary listener through iPod earphones, shaped romantic vocabularies, taught kids how to say "I love you" and how to rebel against parents who screamed "that guy's no good!" My wife's parents.

In short, this music and its peer recordings helped fill in pieces of our emotional identities. In this set we hear lots of 16 year olds pouring out their hearts into diaries via girl-group doo-wop. From the Righteous Brothers, a more mature, wistful kind of heartbreak with full choirs of strings. And from Ike and Tina, my god - River Deep, Mountain High has enough emotional energy to blow a bank of Marshalls, a clear high-point on a collection of high points.

The 96-page booklet is almost worth the price of the box. I didn't need the lyrics - many of them, goofy, saccharine, maudlin, trite as can be, are grafted into my brain, courtesy of that Chevy speaker - but the photos of those wonderful, innocent, vibrant faces, the essays (one by Tom Wolfe), and the discography are all splendid.

So: if you've ever loved this music - that's a significant qualifier: my kids (all in 20s and 30s) think it's virtually unadulterated corn (with the exception of River Deep, Loving Feeling, and a few other tracks) - forget about the atrocious remastering. (I'll bet Rhino will take care of that, sooner or later, and we'll hear these in gorgeous, layered monaural.) Just buy this now while you can get all four discs, the big booklet, and the huge box for 20 dollars or less. Then boogaloo or slow-dance your baby to these legendary tunes.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Musical History.......2007-05-13

With his name in the news, it is easy to dismiss Phil Spector for current accusations, but you can never deny his place is Rock'N'Roll pantheon of musical touchstones.

This collection is an absolute must have for all those who love great rock and roll and the extras in this box are phenomenal. The booklet documenting these historic recordings is amazing, as are the collection musicians that sat in on these sessions (Sonny Bono, Brian Wilson, Leon Russell, etc.).

Just having the classic recordings of The Ronettes (Be My Baby, Walkin' In The Rain, Baby I Love You), The Crystals, Darlene Love -- along with Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" (referred to by George Harrison as the greatest single ever made) and the complete "Phil Spector's Christmas Album" -- makes this collection indispensable!!!

2 out of 5 stars $15 is about right.......2007-04-08

I have no idea whether Mr. Spector is guilty of the serious charges against him, but he stands convicted of allowing his retrospective box to be released with some of the muddiest, dullest mastering in memory. Sound-wise, a total mess. Of course, many of the tracks are indispensable.

5 out of 5 stars 60 classic "Spector" produced tunes + His Christmas Album You'll get your "Phil" here with this awesome 4 CD Set!!!.......2007-03-25

Absolute classic rock and roll!!! With that awesome "Wall Of Sound"!!! Phil Spector produced some of the greatest classic tunes in history,nuff said,forget about his recent problems with the law,it's the songs that matter,like the 60 ones(on the first three CD's) contained on this 4 CD set which also includes His classic: "A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector" (on the 4th CD)!!! Classic sides from The Teddy Bears,Ray Peterson,Ben E. King,Curtis Lee,The Crystals,Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans,The Alley Cats,Darlene Love,Veronica,The Ronettes,The Treasures,The Righteous Brothers,The Modern Folk Quartet,Ike & Tina Turner,and Sonny Chareles and The Checkmates!!! Absolute essential listening!!! A delight for the ear!!! They just don't make great music like this anymore!!! Includes a beautiful full-color 96 page book and even a red and white "Back To Mono" button,just like the one Spector wore himself in his Santa Claus garb!!! Way to cool!!! Over 3 hours of the finest music ever waxed!!! I can't believe I found this superlative box set for less than 20 bucks,quite a bargain!!! Two thumbs up!!! Way up!!! Five stars!!! A+
Life in Mono
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • WOW. This album is FAB baby.
  • Another great release... destined to be ignored in the US
  • Great follow up!!!
  • Almost a Pop Masterpiece
  • The Next Chapter
Life in Mono

Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000KJTDF4
Release Date: 2006-12-11

Tracks:

  1. All I Need to Know
  2. Life in Mono
  3. Mischievous
  4. Perfect Strangers
  5. He Loves Me Not
  6. I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)
  7. Take Me to Another Town
  8. Undressing You
  9. I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays
  10. All That You'll Be
  11. Downtown
  12. Something Tells Me (Something's Going to Happen)
  13. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
  14. Por Favor

Album Description

Limited Edition UK-only pressing of the 2006 album from Emma Bunton (AKA Baby Spice) features three bonus tracks: 'Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen', 'Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps' and Por Favour'. Life In Mono is Emma's most honest album to date, an intimate reflection of Emma's life and loves that reveal more than she was ever expecting. Musically it sounds like a rich pop album even at first listen, with rich orchestral backing, gorgeous harmonies and the sort of chorus' Burt Bacharach could be proud of. It moves from the stunningly tender 'All I Need To Know' to cheeky jazz of 'Undressing You' and the luscious Carpenters style of 'I'm Not Crying Over Yesterday's' . Above all it captures Emma's thoroughly modern take on elegant 60's Pop. Universal.

Album Details

The Third Solo Album from the Former "Baby Spice" Girl and the UK'S Pop Sweetheart. For a Limited Time this Edition Comes with Three Bonus Tracks : "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen) ", "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps" and "Por Favour '.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars WOW. This album is FAB baby........2007-06-30

I left this review for a few days so I could give it few listenings.
Free Me was a really great album, which I did not buy until March this year.
When I first listen to it I was blown away, I just did not expect this from Emma.
Now over to Life In Mono, First listening to It did not seem as good as Free Me.
But its a grower Emma has a sweet singing voice, which is pleasant to listen to. All the songs are good, still having the 60s bossa nova sound to most of them. Best tracks are. Life In Mono, Mischievous, He Loves Me Not, I Wasn't Looking, Take Me To Another Town, I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays, All That You'll Be, and Something Tells Me.
All in all this is a solid album, and is as good as Free Me if not better.
well done Emma for a third fantastic album, and the best so far.
Rating Six stars, yes it really is that good.

5 out of 5 stars Another great release... destined to be ignored in the US.......2007-06-20

Emma has given us another really great 60's influenced pop album. Out of all the Spice Girls, who would have imagined that the one called "Baby Spice" would end up with the most accomplished pop career? She chose substance over commercialism and really hit a home run with pop fans. Why hasn't she been asked to sing the next 007 theme song? Or alteast be a Bond girl in the next film?
All 3 releases have been laid back, and thoroughly enjoyable. I'm happily looking forward to more of the same.

4 out of 5 stars Great follow up!!!.......2007-05-12

Former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton's new album Life in Mono is a great step forward. It follows the same vein as her last album and I would highly recommend it if you loved her first.

4 out of 5 stars Almost a Pop Masterpiece.......2007-04-26

Its really ironic that the most 'untalented' of the Spice Girls bunch would consistently provide us with such good material into the 2000s. Her last album "Free Me" was a classic that still finds plays on my Ipod.

1. If you love 1960s 'girl-group' melodies, you will love this.
2. If you like film-noir, and the soundtracks to the James Bond and Austin Powers series, you will love this.
3. If you like very poppy verse-chorus-verse, you will love this
4. If you're into Bossa Nova, Brazilian beach pop, and a little bit of reggae, you will adore this.

At its best, this sounds like a lost soundtrack to some 1960s French masterpiece by Truffaut. Very "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" but with a lot more zest and pep. You really have to get it and find out what I'm talking about.

The only downside is that the opening track is the weakest here, so many people may be put off. Do get this and discover a fabulous artist you may have neglected until now just because of her "Spice Girls" tag.

To sum up, Emma is a million times more accomplished and a real artist when compared to the remaining Spice Girls. This one album is better than all the others' solo releases combined. Seriously.

4 out of 5 stars The Next Chapter.......2007-03-28

Life In Mono continues in the same vein as Free Me... sort of.

While there are a few tracks with that same sun-drenched bossa nova sound (Mischevious, He Loves Me Not), this is not Free Me II, but the next chapter of Emma's journey. The album opens with a lovely ballad, "All I Need To Know"- gutsy move! Next, the title track is a cover of a song by the group Mono. Where the original was like a dark music box tune, here it's been reworked like a James Bond theme (Anyone else think Ms. Bunton should REALLY do a Bond theme?).

The standouts are "I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)" and "Take Me To Another Town", both with catchy melodies and lush cinematic orchestrations. On "Undressing You", and especially the bonus track "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps", Emma shows she can convincingly go from sweetie to seductress in a heartbeat.

As wonderful as Free Me was, Life In Mono is a more mature affair. This is music for grown-ups, for lounging around on lazy Sundays or sultry late nights. Once again, Emma has proved her talent. She has found music that suites her voice perfectly, and she delivers it with sensuality and class- a rarity in today's popular music.

It remains to be seen if this album will be released stateside as Free Me was, and if it will be sucessfully pitched to the American market, which might too easily mistake it for "Easy Listening", which it most certainly is not. Let's keep our fingers crossed. We need more music like this.
Formica Blues
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Worth Repeating
  • I revolution that never took full form
  • i'm sure noone will agree with me on this, but i don't care one bit...
  • Amazing Despite de Mare's Lame Lyrics
  • Cool Album
Formica Blues
Mono
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006MX5
Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

  1. Life in Mono
  2. Silicone
  3. Slimcea Girl
  4. The Outsider
  5. Disney Town
  6. The Blind Man
  7. High Life
  8. Playboys
  9. Penguin Freud
  10. Hello Cleveland!
  11. Life in Mono (Alice Band Mix)

Amazon.com

Steeped in placid, retro innocence, the updated sounds of Mono may have you nostalgic for pastel plaid patterns in a tripped-up Brady Bunch groove. Nonetheless, Formica Blues offers plenty of modern tricks that won't leave you hanging on the dance floor reaching for your platform shoes. Oscillating between current trip-hop standards and blameless wanderings, the album presents harpsichord turns, abstract jungle beats, slithering guitar, and spacey whirls. Perhaps the most notable distinction is the dainty female vocals of Siobhan De Maré which suggest influences ranging from St. Etienne to Hooverphonic. On the whole, it's a striking album with enough cross-generational reference to keep the masses cultivated. --Lucas Hilbert

Album Description

The British pop duo's hit debut album coupled with a 10track bonus CD featuring mixes of four of the hit singlesfrom it thus far: two apiece of 'Life In Mono' (BananaRepublic Dub & Propellerheads) and 'Silicone' (Les RhythmesDigitales Mix & Mr Scruff Mix)

Album Details

Includes a Bonus 10 Track CD with Remixes by Aloof, Les Rythmes Digitales, Mr Scruff, Propellerheads, 187 Lockdown, Natural Born Chillers and More.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Worth Repeating.......2007-05-14

I love this cd! It's too bad they only came out with one. I first saw/heard Life In Mono on MTV of all places and had to check them out. I love every single song on this cd and often listen to it on repeat in the car while driving.

4 out of 5 stars I revolution that never took full form.......2007-01-22

Portishead, Olive, Esthero, Poe, Fionna Apple sound can be completely thought about with this album. Quite a bit off kilter than the others, but a contolled adventure. Mono has a varied sound enhanced by her voice.

There is much comparison but the contrast highlights all above. If drum and bass and some raw hip hop is your game this would be a great addition to your collection.

4 out of 5 stars i'm sure noone will agree with me on this, but i don't care one bit..........2006-10-27

I happen to enjoy this album much more than I do Portishead's "Dummy". Funny how people mention this album/group being overrated: I see Portishead as being the overrated one... "Sour Times" was the only PH song i really liked, and that got played out FAST.

Not 5 star because I don't see it as a 'classic'... but I give it 4.5 - i think it comes close. Great sounds and styles at work here.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Despite de Mare's Lame Lyrics.......2006-08-15

The lushness and smooth, flowing sounds of this CD are what have kept me coming back to this CD for the past 10 years. Listening to them transports you back to 1965 and Bakelite telephones that never ring when you want a call from your man in his leisure suit and loafers. It's not quirky or chattering music, but it's so svelte and velvety in texture and rhythm that you just sit there and feel a contented sort of melancholy just to hear it.

Then, you hear a screeching banshee hiss her "s"s and whine in a nasal tone about how she can't find love and how her life is all messed up and her man is this and that. In about half the songs, it works, since you sort of close your eyes and imagine a nice 1960's drama set in a Londonian penthouse overlooking the Thames. Visions of avocado green and taupe carpet swirl in your head and you can get into that vibe...but on the other half of the songs with vocals, she's just plain irritating. You want to hear the complexities and little samples firing and there's this high-pitched keening going on. It's really hit-and-miss and de Mare's voice doesn't particularly add to the overall musicianship of the album, other than to render of slightly off-key notes that sort of fit the minor chords in some of the songs. The overall effect of her singing is to basically pigeonhole each song she sings as a wistful and brooding unrequited love/my-life-sucks paean so that there's no way you could play this at a party unless that was the mood you were going for. Hello Cleveland! is mysterious, deep, dark, intriguing and can be played anywhere and at anytime, but the vocals on the other tracks sort of limit the amount of playtime this CD can get outside of 1960's TV drama viewings.

I would say this is a definite buy since the music is good enough (you'll get relief from Siobahn's whining on Hello Cleveland! and if you get the Formica Blues single, a couple of those) to succeed in spite of Siobahn's best effort to blow the membrane out on her microphones and shatter the studio glass.

Mono hasn't been active since I was a college kid, but Marty Virgo's music is so good, I am not sure if he could have done anything afterwards that could even come close to this.


A MUST BUY.

4 out of 5 stars Cool Album.......2006-08-04

Nice mix of electronics and other types of music. I find this CD very relaxing, I am glad I found it.
Temptation Come My Way
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Just incredible
  • Hard Southern Rock At Its Finest!
  • From an experienced Showdown fan...
  • Aww Sh*t
  • Simply Incredible...
Temptation Come My Way
The Showdown
Manufacturer: Mono Vs Stereo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MM0L8M
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

  1. Fanatics And Whores
  2. Head Down
  3. Six Feet Under
  4. We Die Young
  5. Breath Of The Swamp
  6. It Drinks From Me
  7. Temptation Come My Way
  8. Forget My Name
  9. Spitting In The Wind
  10. I, Victim (Here's To The Year)
  11. Carry On Wayward Son
  12. Death Finds Us Breathing

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just incredible.......2007-05-16

THis has to be the best album ever... Every song is absolute superb:) From the very beginning of the first song, through the ending of the last is pure magic. I'm never getting tired of listening to this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Hard Southern Rock At Its Finest!.......2007-05-09

Wow! What a great sophomore effort from the Showdown! Very little screaming, especially when compared to their debut, and that's a good thing. This band is clearly finding its voice. Edgier and harder than traditional Southern rock (Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, 38 Special), The Showdown reveals maturity beyond their years. Begining with the raucous Fanatics and Whores, possibly the best track on the CD, Temptation hits on all cylinders throughout. The fact this is Christian Rock should not sway you from purchasing. These guys hold their own against any secular band out there. The Showdown rocks!

4 out of 5 stars From an experienced Showdown fan..........2007-04-27

New album = good. Old album = metal masterpiece.

Ok so the new album is a huge change from A Chorus of Obliteration, and I, like many others, was at first a little unsatisfied after the first listen. I'm gonna say that a few songs got me snakebit, but probably more of a python bite as opposed to the full on venomous Black Mamba bite that the A Chorus of Obliteration will strike you with. The name of the game for the Showdown has always been High-Voltage heavy metal. It stands true, just not quite as true as it did on the first album. The songs are incredibly slower than the first and there is definitely a lack of screams. That said, I am not one of those metalcore guys who only gets their kicks of screaming. BUT David Bunton has the best scream known to man. Hands down. So I was hoping for more of that on this album and was slightly disappointed in the lack of it. Fact is, David just has an amazing voice all around. Every song on this album is full of his voice which compliments the songs perfectly, like peanut butter and jelly. If any of you have ever seen The Showdown live, you have experienced getting snake bit, lightning bolts and all, and this new cd doesn't quite fit their live shows as well as A Chorus of Obliteration, but it still gets the job done. Now I find the cd very satisfying, it just took me a while to deal with the total change of pace. The cd is a great listen all the way through (with the possible exception of "It Drinks from Me" i still can't get into that one). I highly recommend this record, but not quite as much as I recommend the first one. Buy them both.

P.S. I don't mean to bash anyone else, but please for the love of Pete, do NOT believe what someone else said about there being a dash of Nickelback in there.

Pax

1 out of 5 stars Aww Sh*t.......2007-04-25

Well, lookie here, we have yet another band that decided to go ditch their previous sound and make a boring radio rock album. Okay, here's the problem, I picked up The Showdown's first album, "A Chorus of Obliteration", because it was a catchy metal album with some excellent leads. It took me a while to get into, but I enjoyed it. But here, with "Temptation Come My Way", you might as well be another copy of Avenged Sevenfold's "City of Evil", which is just bland formulatic arena rock. I downloaded this CD, because I wanted to hear how it would be. Well, it was deleted from my hard drive after I listened to every track on this album. I am so disappointed with this CD. If you're into southern rock or radio music, you'll cream yourselves over this. Old Showdown fans, don't even bother.

5 out of 5 stars Simply Incredible..........2007-04-03

This album starts out totally different than their first effort, actually, the whole cd is a masterpiece. Let me say it like this, If you took Metallica, Def Leppard, Randy Rhodes, Joe Satriani, Eddie VanHalen, AC/DC, Ozzy, Megadeath, Iron Maiden with a drop of Skynard, threw them all in a blender, cranked the volume and ripped the knob off you would have the sound that emits from these guys. They start with Whores and Fanatics and melt every track, including the heavy southern bluesy sound of It Drinks From Me, this is a powerful album with a great message to boot. Their cover of Kerry Livgren's "Carry On My Wayward Son" is a great move on their part to show the diversity of this album. This is a must if you are looking for a great Christian Metal Album that will completely rock your socks off. I could continue but get it for yourself, you will not be sorry.
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • New Beginning
  • Awsomeness
  • Break out your Jack Daniels
  • Wahha, waaawaaawaaaawaa!
  • Excellent CD
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Manufacturer: Mono Vs Stereo
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ASIN: B000BH4Y9A
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Caution: Dangerous Curves Ahead
  2. Road Home to Panther Creek
  3. Bang! The Witch Is Dead
  4. Tough as John Jacobs
  5. Gusty Like the Wind
  6. Mind of a Grimes
  7. Lady at the Gate
  8. Never Stop Haunting
  9. Hell on the Rise
  10. Just Wanted to Make Mother Proud

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars New Beginning.......2007-04-10

This is a great album, great songs beginning to end. This new "Southern Hardcore" is a breath of fresh air. Very innovative. I don't know if there are other southern hardcore bands, so I can't compare Maylene to any others, but it seems they've really got this thing nailed down. I typically listen to Norma Jean, The Chariot, Underoath, but Maylene is now my most listened-to.

5 out of 5 stars Awsomeness.......2006-09-27

I love this band! Their guitars freakin rock and i like the singers unique singing style. Hes doing alot better job on this band than he did with Underoath with Changing of times. I think all the tracks are pretty awsome. tHere is not one that i do not like. So quick, go buy this album, there is no time to waste. And if you like these dudes you should listen to He Is Legend, cause He Is Legend sounds a bit like these guys.

5 out of 5 stars Break out your Jack Daniels.......2006-06-21

And fix up your bar because this will put hair on you where hair doesn't belong. Crunchy riffs, clean solos, and ferocious vocals. It's a mix of hardcore and southern rock. The truth is in the music folks. Dixie-core...or Kentucky Fried Hardcore? Whatever you call it, it's an evolution. Give it a listen, you'll be out of Jack and back on your Harley and to your favorite bar in no time.

5 out of 5 stars Wahha, waaawaaawaaaawaa!.......2006-06-12

This music makes me want to beat people up and crash my head through concrete structures. Dirty, dirty guitar and Dallas' voice sounds better than ever. Love this stuff, actually prefer them to The Showdown, these guys are more gnarly and fun. I don't see why anyone who likes metal or balls out rock would not love this album. Five stars.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent CD.......2006-04-14

Riffs that would make Dimebag jealous, overlain with the competent yawp of frontman Dallas Taylor (of Underoath fame). Guaranteed to make you pump your fist and reach for a bottle of Jack Daniels. Will evoke images of cowboy bar fights. Christian, southern metalcore? You bet your ass.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great disappointment on amazon's shipping method
  • The Greek Music-
  • Great flick but bad cd
  • The Greek Music is Great
  • Amazingly Relaxing CD!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00006AAUC
Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

  1. Stalia, Stalia
  2. Xekina Mia Psaroboulla
  3. Orea Pou Ine I Nifi Mas
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Amazon.com

Ask anyone who's attended one and they'll tell you: there's nothing quite as colorful--and emotionally melodramatic--as a Greek wedding. Based on Winnipeg actress-comedian Nia Vardalos's one-woman show and brought to the screen by Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks, the film tells (with some parallels to Moonstruck) the story of a thirtysomething Greek spinster for whom falling in love with a "Xeno" (non-Greek) is surely the easiest part of a wedding that more than lives up to its billing. The film's soundtrack perfectly captures those swirling clouds of ethnic and romantic tension. Its first half largely sets up the rich cultural atmosphere with a lively sampling of traditional Greek folk music (featuring selections by Alexandros Xenofontos, John Tsifliklis, Eman, Nick Kutsukos, Daghan Baydur, and Richard Thomas), while the score proper from Alexander Janko (with help from Chris Wilson) slyly segues from similar fare ("Moose Caca," "Yasoo," "Yiayia") to more traditional orchestral film music. That sometimes electro-pastoral, compelling music has parallels with Rachel Portman's and offers the collection a sense of emotional completion. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Great disappointment on amazon's shipping method.......2007-07-07

I had ordered this particular CD. However, After the second tried. i am yet to receive the CD. And i was really hoping the second CD could appear in my doorstep on the expected arrival date or 1 week later.

To be honest, This is the first time i didn't manage to receive my good from E-commerce Portal. I totally didnt expect this happen from reputable Amazon.

Nonetheless. I must admit your friendly customer service, they are always willing to assist me to reprocess or the refund the marchant.

Please kindly review your shipping method. or perhaps let me know what had happened to my shipping address or my goods. so i could still have confident to make purchase on your website again.

5 out of 5 stars The Greek Music-.......2006-02-10

The cd is so phenomenal. The music is so traditional and it show so much of the greek culture. The bouzoki that they use which is a greek instrument was such a musical sound. In my school we are doing a GREEK PRESENTAION and we are going to use this music. We will dance to it and are going to be a success. So overall this is a superlative cd after all!!!!!!!!!!

-MICHAELA

1 out of 5 stars Great flick but bad cd.......2004-04-29

Check out my big phat cd cuz I'm a greek musician

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4 out of 5 stars The Greek Music is Great.......2003-05-05

I loved the strong rhythms and colorful harmonies of the traditional Greek numbers. The film score is lyrical but bland. This truly is a combination of "apples and oranges!"

5 out of 5 stars Amazingly Relaxing CD!.......2003-03-08

This is a great instrumental CD! Not only great greek music that you can get up and dance to, but also the soft contemporary songs that you can just relax with. I enjoy it very much!
Fiends
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Fiends of Victory
  • A Solid Sophomore Effort
  • I might not call this abandonment......
  • Solid Experimental Rock
Fiends
Chasing Victory
Manufacturer: Mono Vs Stereo
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ASIN: B000OYC7J4
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

  1. King Of the Carp
  2. G.O.B. Vs Tony Wonder
  3. Selling Out Ain't Easy
  4. The Skeleton Key To a Skeleton
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  6. Doctor Jekyll/Stephen Hyde
  7. Oceans Away the Sequel
  8. The Groom Of St. Albany
  9. Miaminions
  10. Crackle Rotcha Tee Thout

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Fiends of Victory.......2007-06-21

A truly remarkable album that sounds like 'My Chemical Romance' and 'Fall Out Boy'. Even rock fans that don't like screaming shound'nt turn this one down.I personally hope this band makes it big. 'Fiends','Janus',and Queens are some of the best tracks on this album. 'Chemicals' has a catchy chorus:"C-c-c-chemicals and cannibals!/This kiss b-b-becomes medical,yeah!" I know it does'nt look catchy in review form,but it is very catchy in music form. I have'nt heard this CD in a few hours,and I can still hear it in my head! A 'must' for fans of rock and catchy tunes.

4 out of 5 stars A Solid Sophomore Effort.......2007-05-18

"Fiends" by Chasing Victory is much different than the band's wonderful debut album "I Call This Abandonment", but it is good nonetheless. As mentioned by other reviewers, CV have decided to head in a brand new direction, musically speaking. On this album, you will hear similarities to bands such as The Classic Crime (in The Skeleton Key to a Skeleton), Matchbook Romance (in G.O.B. vs. Tony Wonder), or even The Bled (in the lead-in to Rapture Raptors). Though CV have cut out much of the screaming, it is still present in spurts. The first four songs on this album are solid, then the quality declines a bit. Overall, however, this was a very good effort.

4 out of 5 stars I might not call this abandonment.............2007-05-15

I've been listening to Chasing Victory since their EP was released a couple of years back. It's amazing to see the progress that the band has made over the years. This new album is a mixture of old and new. The band has taken a more melodic approach toward their music by combining their signature guitar riffs with Adam Harrell's Jeff Buckley esque vocals. This is no longer a screamo outfit, but more a defined alternative band. Highlights of the cd include, "Zombies", "Wolves" and the unforgettable "Fiends" which is a track that takes a shot at phony music fans and kids that tend not to listen to music, but listen and act upon the trends. CV has made a huge stride from their debut album and this is a strong sophomore effort. This is a very good conceptual album that should be given a chance by all. Even all you old CV fans. You just might find something that you like.

5 out of 5 stars Solid Experimental Rock.......2007-05-08

This album veers off the course set by their first album and enters into a more experimental zone of rock rather than just plain emo. And its a perfect fit for them. The singer can sing high and weird and the guitars and tones used in this album swirl about with a beautiful ambient effect remenicent of Mars Volta. I also like this album because the lyrics are more practical than in the last. Each album title deals with a sin that must be faced. Great effort.
Dual Mono
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Greenhornes garage rock brashness
  • I LOVE THE GREENHORNES!!!!!!!!!
  • Best Greenhornes Yet
  • Rock Comes Full Circle
Dual Mono
Greenhornes
Manufacturer: Telstar Records
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ASIN: B00006NSGW
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Greenhornes garage rock brashness.......2005-12-27

The more things change, the more things stay the same. If you're into late 60's garage-rock/psychadelia, 'Dual Mono' captures the defiant spirit and bluesy swagger of another time, eg, The Pretty Things, early Stones, chunky guitar riffs and snarling vocals. Just think the grit and rebellious spirit of The Nuggets 2 compliation.

5 out of 5 stars I LOVE THE GREENHORNES!!!!!!!!!.......2005-09-19

when my friend went 2 the white stripes concert, she told me 2 listen 2 the band that opened 4 them. i did and i am so glad i did! my fave song is Satisfy My Mind. They are very 60's British Rock. think of them as the Rolling Stones meets the Beatles.

5 out of 5 stars Best Greenhornes Yet.......2003-01-04

I don't know what happened to the chubby keyboard player, but I don't miss him. This is the best Greenhornes release yet.

Is there a weak spot on this album? I don't think so.

Along with the Mooney Suzuki these guys rank amoung the best (although not the most hyped and written about) of the current revival of 60's garage rock.

Step aside Hives and White Stripes... let the real garage rockers take over.

4 out of 5 stars Rock Comes Full Circle.......2002-12-01

The Greenhornes "Dual Mono" is a definite must have for the true "Garage Rock" fan. With frontrunner Garage rock bands, like The Whitestripes, The Strokes, and The Vines, getting well deserved national attention more and more people are learning that modern rock had gone as far as it could go back in the early 90's. Now bands are going back to the era of music that revolutionized the industry. The 60's and the British Invasion. The Greenhornes do a fantastic job of capturing the finer parts of that era in "Dual Mono". Yet they are one of the best kept secrets in Garage Rock. I think they may soon step up where they belong, alongside The Strokes and The White Stripes.
A Chorus of Obliteration
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • decent
  • The Showdown
  • Good Album, Great Band, Okay Song-writing
  • Classic thrash meets numetal
  • Solid.
A Chorus of Obliteration
The Showdown
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ASIN: B00068CV8K
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

  1. A Monument Encased In Ash
  2. Hell Can't Stop Us Now
  3. Epic: A Chorus Of Obliteration
  4. From The Mouth Of Gath Comes Terror
  5. A Proclamation Of Evil's Fate
  6. Dagon Undone ( The Reckoning)
  7. Iscariot
  8. Your Name Is Defeat
  9. Your Name Is Victory
  10. Laid To Rest

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars decent.......2007-03-28

a number of really good songs and well done heavy metal. Their best CD.

4 out of 5 stars The Showdown.......2007-03-24

Excellent tunes with that hard core advantage. If you like the Showdown your in for a treat.

4 out of 5 stars Good Album, Great Band, Okay Song-writing.......2007-02-21

Again, I want to rate the album 5 stars, but like with their latest offering, flaws prevent me...I know, the Children-of-Bodomish "Hell Can't Stop Us Now" is great, and so is the next three tracks after that. I would even say that the first five songs are flawless and smart, but then it gets a little worse...I agree with Timothy Perrine that this album in places sounds too formulaic or downright uninspiring. Even the first five songs lack originality, I can handpick its counterparts in other band's discography if I wanted to...This is a solid debut, but it is way overrated, as the problem is actually 99% of modern metal sounds exactly like The Showdown's debut...Oh, and the name has got to go...But after all I am giving this 4 stars because the band shows signs of potential greatness, and it is especially evident on the closing song, a slow semi-balad turns death metal scorcher...To fast forward to present day, I prefer "Temtation Come My Way" a lot more...But that is another story...To sum up, The Showdown could be great and their two albums are the evidence. They are with no doubt very skillful and talented bunch, but to achieve greatness of Mastodon, 80's Metallica or ANY Megadeth record,not to mention Dark Tranquility or Opeth,well, THAT takes to quote "Syriana" "Luck and hard work". The Showdown seem to show singns of both so let's give them a few years...Megadeth wasn't built in a day...

3 out of 5 stars Classic thrash meets numetal.......2006-10-10

I first saw these guys play with Project 86... My first reaction was that they are damned talented and they know how to put on an entertaining show, but I have never really been into the screaming. Well, since this show, my friends have gotten really into The Showdown and I have to admit, this cd has really grown on me. The instrumentation is remeniscent of 80's/90's thrash metal like Metallica or Tourniquet. The singing features mostly screaming, which is admittedly not my favorite style, but the strength of the guitars (with tons of great metal riffs and solos) and drums (excellent double-kicking and blazing hands fills) take me back to that great show with Project 86 and I am quickly caught up in the intensity and authentic energy that is a stark reminder of what metal used to be... now that I think of it, this cd could easily pass as an unreleased early 90's Tourniquet album. If you miss the good old days of thrash metal, do yourself a favor and buy this cd.

5 out of 5 stars Solid........2006-06-18

This album is incredible. Very solid metal, I think it is the best metal cd to come out in the past 5 years. Buy it for sure, you will not be dissapointed at all. Five Stars.
You Are There
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Beautifully heavy
  • Addictive Post-Rock
  • a masterpiece
  • pretty
  • That album will give you chills
You Are There
Mono
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ASIN: B000EMSY2U
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

  1. The flames beyond...
  2. A heart has asked for the pleasure
  3. Yearning
  4. Are you there?
  5. The remains of the day
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Album Description

Throughout their six-year career, this Japanese quartet has ascended consistently in both popularity and critical acclaim. But still elusive is the successful translation of their powerful and violently beautiful live performances to their recordings, until now. Once again recorded by Steve Albini, the album extends the cinematic drama of 2003's "Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined" while surpassing the sinister heaviness of 2002's lauded "One Step More And You Die". If "Walking Cloud" was a nuclear winter, then "You Are There" is the post-war rebirth. This band isn't heavy like Black Sabbath. They're heavy like Beethoven.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautifully heavy.......2007-06-10

Mono can be compared to Explosions in the Sky, and it is understandable. Their songs start off soft and builds up slowly to a raging climax just like Explosions in the Sky. You Are There will please all fans of EitS and all fans of beautiful instrumental music in general.

5 out of 5 stars Addictive Post-Rock.......2007-05-23

I can never seem to get enough of this album. While Mono's melancholic post-rock sound reminds more often than not of Explosions in the Sky, their progression into the songs' climaxes are less steeped and lead to less bombastic "explosions", which help make the overall style of the Japanese band a bit "quieter" than that of their Texan counterparts.

Having heard three other of their albums, including their work alongside World's End Girlfriend, I can say this is their best production so far. Too bad I was sick when they came through town...

5 out of 5 stars a masterpiece .......2007-01-05

beautiful just like the stars in the sky being swallowed whole by a merciless black hole and you know you're next.

5 out of 5 stars pretty.......2006-10-06

Is the word I would use to describe the sound that this record brings, same goes for the like the album art. The opening track "the flames beyond the cold mountain" is an epic start to the album and builds anticipation and suspense, just what I look for to begin a cd such as this one. Although the record is extremely beautifully sounding I also found at times being drawn into the music so much that it conjured up a mixture of feelings and images, maybe that was due to a lack of sleep. Apart from that every other time I listen to it I am soothed with beautiful sound scapes and relaxed but on the tips of my toes at the same time. This album shows a great example Tokyo's finest, most epic and fixating band. I suggest if you really want to be astounded by an album buy this one. Extremely swooning

5 out of 5 stars That album will give you chills.......2006-09-03

Why does it seem to be so important to categorize bands and music in general? I saw a lot of "post-something" in the reviews of this album, and it just doesn't make any sense. Do you really think that these musicians care about what category their art is gonna fall into as they craft it? These Japanese geniuses do what they do best without caring for labels, if you people had been fortunate enough to see them live, you wouldn't try to fit them anywhere...
If you want to write a useful review for readers to know a bit more what they're getting into, comparing Mono to their buddies in Pelican and their labelmates Explosions In The Sky seems slighly more relevant to me, rather than trying to figure out what the hell kind of music they're making.
I saw these guys open for Pelican, and I just had to buy "You Are There" at the show. You're not likely to find this kind of hauntingly beautiful experience with any other band. Their 10+mn compositions go crescendo, making your legs shake as the walls of noise follow the quiet melodies.
Just listen to "The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain" or "Moonlight" with your eyes closed, and you'll see what I mean. "You Are There" is an enchanting experience, it's not the most technically complex album ever, but it simply swallows you in its own universe, leaving you in awe when it's over. Oh, and it's produced by Steve Albini by the way...
No need to classify this release, except in the masterpiece section.

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