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| 1. Kosciu Sko - Shihad |
| 2. Read About It - Area 7 |
| 3. The Dead Heart - Frenzal Rhomb |
| 4. Short Memory - The Superjesus |
| 5. Stand In Line - Rejugatator |
| 6. Dont Wanna Be The One - Brinspoon |
| 7. Brick On The Borderline - Bodyjar |
| 8. When Generals Talk - Jewedial |
| 9. Forgotten Years - Skuller |
| 10. Power And The Passion - David McCormack |
| 11. Hercules - Waylayd |
| 12. Beds Are Burning - Augie March |
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All Aussie tribute to Midnight Oil, arguably the most important band to emerge from Australia - ever! 13 tracks, Something For Kate 'Dreamworld', Shihad 'Kosciusko', Area 7 'Read About It', Frenzal Rhomb 'The Dead Heart', The Superjesus 'Short Memory', Re
The bonus DVD is a joke, unfortunately, as it contains the video for "Ghost Opera" and then a replay of the same video which shows how the special effects were added and such. That's it. However, the bonus track "The Pendulous Fall" is excellent, so I heartily recommend purchasing this "Enhanced" version of the album for that reason alone.
Track one is a one minute violin solo that blends smoothly into the power of the second track. And here we immediately encounter the striking words "sometimes I tremble like a little child/that faces morning with a broken smile." Rule the World is the song, but it is about ruling your life. In fact, this whole CD is about life...and death.
You will notice a considerable contrast between The Human Stain (track 4) and track 10, Anthem, a beautiful ballad. In Anthem we have "what's a miracle/if life itself is not" and "I do know this/I'll be the best I can." Compare that to "but it hurts to be alive my friend/in this silent tide we're driftwood passing by/don't you wish you were a child again" and "but it hurts to be alive my friend/in this masquerade where all one day must die/don't you wish you were unborn again" in The Human Stain. And there in two songs, Kamelot has condensed the whole conundrum of being human. It can be wonderful just being alive and being able to comprehend life, but that package includes the knowledge of death.
Just as Black Halo had a connection to Epica, here we have two connections to The Black Halo. The first, Simone Simons beautiful voice being again included in one of the songs (Blucher, which seems to be about the death of a German sailer in World War I), is minor, but I find the second intriguing. Black Halo has the haunting Abandoned where Khan sings the part of Christ in the Agony in the Garden. In Ghost Opera, Khan moves to a subsequent setting and plays the part of Pilate. I'm wondering if the next release will fittingly end with the Crucifixion. (I may have to send Kamelot a copy of this review.)
Now, since two of the songs here, Love You to Death and The Pendulous Fall, deal with suicide, and the others with life/death in general, I again, as in my previous review, must ask myself if the subject matter has not overly influenced my attraction to the music. Again I say that the music itself is enough. However, nearly everyone has experienced the grief of loss, or considered, to some extent, their own death. Therefore, this is part of the attraction, just as it is in many examples of the best books, poems and movies. I've said it before, I'll say it again, these guys can write. (Please see my profile for a brief discussion of my rating philosophy.)
It took me about 4 complete listens, but I have come to find that every track is a highlight. My favorites are the title track, "The Human Stain", "Blucher", "Love You to Death", "Mourning Star", and the track that I probably consider my favorite, "EdenEcho".
So all in all Ghost Opera proves once and for all that Kamelot are here to stay. Sure, it isn't quite as good as The Black Halo, but lets be honest people: Did you ever expect to outdo that album?
Fond nostalgia aside, the whole 'retro' thing is forcing the 80's upon us once again and you might as well admit that you were one of the characters from The Breakfast Club! (Mmmmmm....Ally Sheedy.)
Dropping these discs into my player and hitting shuffle just makes it all come flooding back!
But to tell a shameful truth? I really HAD to buy this set because of "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner and Garcia and "Sweetheart" by Franke & the Knockouts. I've never seen these songs anywhere else!
I'm not sure I even looked at the other songs before my credit card was being swiped by the good folks at Amazon!!
So, yeah, again, I bought on impulse but I damn sure don't regret it!! In fact, I'd suggest we embrace the "ME, ME, ME" decade just once more and "BUY, BUY, BUY" this set.
If you went to high school in the 80's like I did, simply put, this will bring back some great memories.
(Unless, of course, your high school years sucked. To which, I say, "That's too bad. I'm sorry for you.")
Either way, just admit that the 80's were a great time for music and pastel suits and thin leather ties.........(chicks dig the thin tie still, right? Right? Anybody? Can I get a witness?)
Where's Don Johnson when I need him?
Oh, here he is....Disc 6, Song 19!
this set. The 80s were my high school and college years and I was
certainly guilty of listening to the radio .... This set is awesome and
is really made indispensable with the booklet. My only gripe lies with
the artists that were huge in the 80s, but evidently could not be licensed
for this set....Notably U2, REM, Hoodoo Gurus, Wall of Voodoo, etc
I love you Johnette... (long time fan).
their music over the years. I found this on Amazon and went to her website
to listen to the complete tracks and I've been really surprised at just
how amazing this collection is. The sound, vocals, writing all have
an edge you don't hear anymore so it stands out. Its different than
the Concrete Blonde days but you can't deny its got some great melodies
and off the wall vocal treaments and wide open raw lyrics. It rocks hard
in places and the acoustic guitar weaves its way around some great grooves. This is one of the best offerings this year so far and it would
be nice to see Johnette and these songs out on the road. so many favorites
but I do love the songs "My Diane", and the Coldplay cover "The Scientist",
"Amazing", the first single, & "Crazy Tonight", "Everthing for everyone".
Six years (?) after the fact, the SpiritWorld is graced with this FANTASTIC cd-of 19 tracks, thank you very much-GET IT NOW!!
I was only familiar with the high inducing 'Falling For The First Time' track that's on the Malcolm in the Middle soundtrack, and only vaguely familiar with a few of the others, so I come to this as a newbie and I LOVE IT!!
Their quirky loquacious lyrics are funny, smart, smiley, honest and paranoid, the music is played with heart, it's beautiful and even the slower tracks you can snap to. A couple of the tracks are live versions which makes a nice change to the polished studio feel and it's sweet because you can hear the fans singing along in the background.
I can honestly say there's not a Homer's favorite brand of beer track on here; they're all FABOO, and some that are the faboo-est include the aforementioned Falling..., If I Had $1000000 and the spectacular Pinch Me.
I'd like to buy a doll house, use a shrinkomatic on these guys and have them play for me every time I opened the door. Or we could all just live together. I am so getting their entire back catalog and all their new and future ones, which, considering I'm more of a soundtracks girl, is saying a lot.
Lyrics aren't included in the booklet, but you do get a funny little story behind each song, and besides, they sing clearly enough, and you won't be able to stop playing it either, so you'll pick up on the words.
Bottom line: I HIGHLY recommend this, especially if you have a red cadillac and are going for a road-trip across America. Even just in your head. It's like pure musical sunshine.
As a rule, "best of" compilations tend to be littered with bad songs, but BNL really nailed it with this fantastic collection of songs. If you've heard and enjoyed any of their music, you owe it to yourself to check this one out!
So that's why I'm happy as hell for the return of the band and in this metal-happy musical climate of today I wholeheartedly wish Schaffer has finally his revenge and gathers the recognition that always eluded the band through 15 years of hard work and excellent music.
So what we have here is a taster of the forthcoming new album and a reworking of the classic "Something Wicked" trilogy from 1998's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'.
Well, the new song "Ten Thousand Strong" is the first Iced Earth song we've heard written specifically for new singer Tim 'Ripper' Owens (since the 'Glorious Burden' album was written with Barlow in tow and only later was resung by Owens), and it shows; the guy is a monster singer. The song is pretty much 'Glorious Burden' fare, except perhaps a bit better. This is killer, even if simple, stuff.
No doubt the eyeopener here is the remake of the old trilogy, and so Ripper is *again* cast to repeat a Barlow performance, and one much loved by fans no less. And again, he falls short; clearly he is no match for Matt's tone and emotional delivery and comes across a bit forced and shrill sounding. The re-recording itself (I mean the music) is cool, even if I still prefere the original.
One very cool feature of this record is the return of 'Alive in Athens's excellent skinsman Brent Smedley, and if you fear after 8 years out of the band he may have lost his touch, well rest assured it's not the case because he is an absolute monster, even more than on the old days. If someone said it's Richard Christy playing, no one would doubt it, it's that good, stunning machine gun precision all the way. Another thing to mention are new axeman Tim Mills' lead guitar breaks, which are probably the best lead guitar ever featured in the band.
Finally a special mention to the excellent cover art, depicting the return of the Set Abominae character.
So all in all a very nice taster for what I hope is a killer CD to come in September, and one to finally put this great band where it has always deserved: at the top of the metal world :)
Let's just hope Schaffer manages to keep a lineup together long enough to see it happen.
If Iced Earth and its fans can manage to look forward to the future instead of looking back at what was, then there is reason to be optimistic. This single will serve as a good primer for the full-length.
This is only four songs on a single, and only one of them is new. The new song "Ten Thousand Strong" is great. It bears traces of old Iced Earth without being the same old crap or repetitive.
Why do I scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" for the title then? The other three tracks.
The other three tracks are not re-recordings, but new versions of the "Something Wicked..." trilogy at the end of "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "Prophecy", "Birth of the Wicked", and "The Coming Curse"
I don't mind having Tim Owens sing over songs that were originally done by Matt Barlow. But they completely RE-DID these songs! They sound very little, if anything like the originals. I am sort of a music traditionalist by nature. Cover songs don't appeal to me as much as originals, re-recorded albums are never better than originals unless it's an unchanged remastering.
It's not just the lack of Barlow's deeper, more husky voice in these songs, it's a completely new guitar, bass, and drum lines used. The rhythms are done at different speeds, the moods are changed. Where once "Prophecy" was a darkly moody, brooding song, it's now something resembling generic "demonic" metal.
I look forward to the new Iced Earth album. I love Iced Earth, and if Schaffer continues to get better with age like his previous albums, I will love it. What I do NOT like is the "rewriting of history" so to speak, the re-writing of these three classic songs of the "Wicked" trilogy. Please... if you don't want Barlow's voice on them, just record Owens over the song as it was! Don't totally rewrite the rhthyms, tempos, moods, etc! It ruins it for traditionalists who have stuck with IE through the ages.
First off, the trilogy sounds more produced than ever. Some parts sound really cool and dark, but in general the song just sounds more computerized and polished than the original's. One good thing, however, is the ethnic addition. The song sounds very middle eastern now, which it sort of lacked before. Anyway, I'll take the original version any day. But this version is still pretty good. Makes for a good recap before the new album comes out, but like I said it just sounds too computerized and polished. Also, I like Owens, but he can't match this song which was written with Barlow in mind.
"10,000 Strong" is unremarkable. It's just a single, so I can't complain to much, but it doesn't feel as heavy as it should be. I blame this on the mix and the production.
Ten Thousand Strong: This first track is the new single, fresh material from the upcoming album, and I have to say that I love it. The riffing is a little similar, perhaps reminiscent of Declaration Day or Attila from Glorious Burden, but this song in my opinion is better than anything from that album. The harmonizing between Ripper and the backround vocals is just amazing and Ripper himself is at the top of his game here. I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Ripper as the IE vocalist (mostly because I'm still missing Barlow) but here I think he really works. The Glorious Burden felt like an album meant for Barlow but with Ripper filling the void. This track was meant for Ripper, and I can only hope the rest of the album sounds like this. Bravo to Schaffer! 9/10
Prophecy: Here I was not so pleased. As I said, I really love the original trilogy, perhaps a little too much to deal with the changes they've made to it. This song starts out interesting, almost on a more ominous tone, but the great part about the original track is the mellow tone in the first few minutes. Here the mellow tone is replaced with heavier slow tempo guitars, so when the actual main riff starts, it doesn't pack the same punch. And the main riff itself seems palm muted to the point of not even being the same riff anymore. Instead of the loud open chords we used to have, it sounds restrained and totally misses the same feel. Ripper's vocals are pretty good here, though of course he doesn't quite capture Barlowe's haunting tone. This is a fairly dissapointing take on this track. 5/10
Birth of the Wicked: The second track is more of a success. Not much is lost in the rerecording. The guitairs, while not as chunky as in the original, aren't as badly muted as in Prophecy. There are some interesting solos in here too, really impressive ones that I dig. Ripper's vocals work pretty well here as well. It is weird to hear the clocks after the song ends and not before however, but this change is fairly insignificant. Overall, while still not as good as the original, this is a good track. 7/10
The Coming Curse: Like Prophecy, this remake severely dissapoints. I loved the piano intro in the original and they decided to omit that here. It really provided a great buildup to this epic track and jumping right into the main riff doesn't have the same affect. And once again, the main riff is greatly muted and severely loses it's punch. The drums sound way too prominent over the guitars and I keep waiting for the riff to sound more meaty, but this really never happens. Another one of my favorite parts about the original was the backing vocals, the haunting choruses that were put in about halfway through. The vocals are similar, and still fairly haunting, but here it's not as prominent and not as affective. You can really tell it's just a couple of people instead of the overwhelming presense they gave before. This once has some interesting guitar work in the middle, and Ripper's vocals still work on some level, but overall I'm dissapointed. 5/10
The new material is great, and I hope the new album stays that way. The remade trilogy is interesting as an experiment, but by no means should it be a replacement. Perhaps it will work better incorporated into the album, I don't know. Overall, I'm still greatly anticipating this album. While the trilogy does lose something, musically it is still technical and harmonic just as we expect from Schaffer. I would still recommend getting this, just take into consideration what I said about the rerecordings and you might enjoy them. This is still one of my favorite metal bands and recommend them to any fan of old school metal.
Every single riff on this album is memorable -- Neither too refined nor too dissonant to be hooked by. The tempo gets your heart racing without intaking in sort of uppers. Dimebag Darrell's guitar leads are on the prodigy level of those best guitarists who have ever lived. He both knew how to shred, and write really creative and rocking music. Phil Anselmo's lyrics may be raw and often juvenile, but his aggression and passion is totally raw and genuine. Every time he pushes a guttural scream, you can feel his anguish escaping. Vinnie Paul is a master of solid drumming with the perfect use of double-bass without overdoing it. All of Rex's bass lines are bluesy solid and compliment all the solos.
The production on this record is razor-sharp and huge sounding. Both tight sub-tones, and crisp distinguishable highs. A pristine sound that seems to have been lost with todays' home Pro-Tools studios and infatuation with lofi Indie rock. The drums are very attacky but unlike with usual triggers, you can hear the resonant decay. The guitar sound is like that of being crushed by a brick wall. Unlike todays' recordings with background guitar, and overly loud vocals, the mix is extremely well-blended. At nearly an hour, this is truly a full length, with never a dull moment. Not one song sounds exactly like the next, yet they all sound like they belong on the same record.
Highlight tracks are the intro "Mouth For War" which starts with a hard-hitting groove, and ending with a fast-paced thrash outro, transitioning into "A New Level" which rings in with a truly heavy beat that makes you want to stomp your feet into the earth and punch through cinder blocks. "Walk" is one of the simplest songs, yet is heavy and captivating in such a way that it never feels dull or stale. "F***in' Hostile" is a short and to-the-point Thrash Metal hymn that just exudes shredding and anger, with a totally flaming solo. "Hollow" begins with acoustic guitar topped with a sweet harmony. The first half of the song entails clean singing. The song is beautiful without ever sounding soft for like a ballad, and the song transitions into an ultra-heavy finish to close the album. My absolute favorite track on the album (and one of my favorite Pantera songs) is the often overlooked "Rise". It instantly begins with relentless thrash with a Mouth For War groove verse. The solo clocks in at nearly a minute, and is one of Dimebag's raddest solos of all time, double layered in part like something Tony Iommi would do, with no rhythm guitar to fill in the void. The solo is so quick and precise, that you never need background distortion to fill it. The walking bass line does the trick.
There isn't an angle on this album that isn't nailed down (with the exception of ballads, which are totally unnecessary to complete a record).
In conclusion, it is rare these days to hear an album that never tires over the years; where the music is strong enough to actually cause your body to release endorphins and raise your heart rate. Vulgar Display of Power is a pinnacle in heavy metal music that is completely original, and has inspired thousands of bands thereafter. I doubt this album will ever be topped.
Pantera is the most important band in underground scenarium. Unfortunately, the band splited-up in 2003, but its compilations will always show how excellent is its work.
So what would Cat Power think upon hearing that she'd receive a hefty recording budget and play with Al Green's hit-makers at the same studio as Dave Matthews and R.E.M.? If you said, "She would run screaming into the night," you're wrong. Abandoning the oblique, quietly angsty indie rock of You Are Free, Cat Power cuts her teeth on Southern soul for her seventh LP, The Greatest. She recorded the album in Memphis at the world-famous Ardent Studios with veteran soul musicians Mabon Hodges, Leroy Hodges and Steve Potts, for a detour into a singer-songwriter's take on Memphis blues-lite.
This is indeed an impressive setup, but The Greatest still falls a bit short. Yes, Potts and the Hodges brothers are supposed to ballast Marshall, not upstage her, but they're not given nearly enough to do--a twang here, a lazy drum fill there, and all performed with a disappointing lack of élan. Fault the studio, too, for rendering the album's second half somewhat limp and same-sounding, and for some of the album's biggest blunders: in roughly half the songs, for example, Marshall's voice appears as a ghosted backing vocal, like a gospel singer from beyond the grave. It's sillier than it sounds.
Cat Power hardly lets these flaws derail the entire album, however, since the strength of her records has always been in the arrangements, vocals and lyrics--not the studio techniques or the backing band. Marshall's voice has never sounded better than it does here; coarsened by whiskey and time, her vocals take on a torchy, sultry tone that fits the music like a glove.
The album's first half also features some of Cat Power's loveliest songs to date. If the gently swinging ditty "Could We" is perfect for playing over the barroom juke as young couples sway on the dance floor, "Lived in Bars" is the moonlit slow-dance after the barroom has closed down for the night. The title track is the album's crown jewel, beginning as an archetypal Cat Power piano arrangement and adding guitars, strings, and a slowly loping drumbeat like ripples in a pond. Far from being a song of fist-pumping glory, "The Greatest" is actually a saddening white flag; Marshall begins, "Once I wanted to be the greatest / No wind or waterfall could stop me." Anyone who knows Cat Power can easily conjecture what becomes of our narrator from here.
Yet what's missing from The Greatest are those gripping moments found on You Are Free and earlier, more overtly tense albums like Myra Lee. There's more drama in a song like "Names" (from You Are Free) than in anything The Greatest has to offer, and it's not because Marshall holds back lyrically; she doesn't, if bald-faced confessions like "I hate myself and I want to die" are any indication. It's because she allowed the Memphis soul theme drive the work to its final destination, and somewhere along the way it became more important to sound pretty than to create something meaningful. The Greatest is Cat Power's most listenable record thus far, but for an artist this willfully difficult, is that really a success?
All Aussie tribute to Midnight Oil, arguably the most important band to emerge from Australia - ever! 13 tracks, Something For Kate 'Dreamworld', Shihad 'Kosciusko', Area 7 'Read About It', Frenzal Rhomb 'The Dead Heart', The Superjesus 'Short Memory', Re
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Ghost Opera
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ASIN: B000PA9PMY Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Solitaire
- Rule The World
- Ghost Opera
- The Human Stain
- Blücher
- Love You To Death
- Up Through The Ashes
- Mourning Star
- Silence Of The Darkness
- Anthem
- EdenEcho
- The Pendulous Fall (bonus track)
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Kamelot's latest power metal offering seems unlikely to win the collective the kind of major attention its sought for more than a decade now. While vocalist Roy Khan still emits his signature siren wail and guitarist Thomas Youngblood crafts riffs that crunch with more power than your average fast food taco, the band still lacks a unique identity, alternating between its status as a Queensryche retread or vying for listeners more attuned to Korn and Avenged Sevenfold. "Rule the World" certainly stands as one of the outfit's heaviest works to date and "Mourning Star" carries with it its own kind of majestic beauty but repeat listens reveal that Ghost Opera is little more than by-the-numbers power metal, of the kind that didn't really work when Helloween released Keeper of the Seven Keys two decades ago and still fails to satisfy today.--Jedd BeaudoinAlbum Description
American Melodic Metal masters Kamelot are back with the follow-up to their breakthrough epic The Black Halo. Ghost Opera is simply one of the most diverse metallic listening experiences of the year, containing all of the melody, power, passion and crunch that have earned them the undying respect of metal-heads around the country and around the world. The first pressing contains a bonus DVD featuring the video of Ghost Opera and a making of feature. Catch Kamelot on tour across North America late this summer!Customer Reviews:
"Sometimes I tremble when the shades unfurl".......2007-07-20
The bonus DVD is a joke, unfortunately, as it contains the video for "Ghost Opera" and then a replay of the same video which shows how the special effects were added and such. That's it. However, the bonus track "The Pendulous Fall" is excellent, so I heartily recommend purchasing this "Enhanced" version of the album for that reason alone.
"WELCOME ALL/TO CURTAIN CALL.......2007-07-17
Track one is a one minute violin solo that blends smoothly into the power of the second track. And here we immediately encounter the striking words "sometimes I tremble like a little child/that faces morning with a broken smile." Rule the World is the song, but it is about ruling your life. In fact, this whole CD is about life...and death.
You will notice a considerable contrast between The Human Stain (track 4) and track 10, Anthem, a beautiful ballad. In Anthem we have "what's a miracle/if life itself is not" and "I do know this/I'll be the best I can." Compare that to "but it hurts to be alive my friend/in this silent tide we're driftwood passing by/don't you wish you were a child again" and "but it hurts to be alive my friend/in this masquerade where all one day must die/don't you wish you were unborn again" in The Human Stain. And there in two songs, Kamelot has condensed the whole conundrum of being human. It can be wonderful just being alive and being able to comprehend life, but that package includes the knowledge of death.
Just as Black Halo had a connection to Epica, here we have two connections to The Black Halo. The first, Simone Simons beautiful voice being again included in one of the songs (Blucher, which seems to be about the death of a German sailer in World War I), is minor, but I find the second intriguing. Black Halo has the haunting Abandoned where Khan sings the part of Christ in the Agony in the Garden. In Ghost Opera, Khan moves to a subsequent setting and plays the part of Pilate. I'm wondering if the next release will fittingly end with the Crucifixion. (I may have to send Kamelot a copy of this review.)
Now, since two of the songs here, Love You to Death and The Pendulous Fall, deal with suicide, and the others with life/death in general, I again, as in my previous review, must ask myself if the subject matter has not overly influenced my attraction to the music. Again I say that the music itself is enough. However, nearly everyone has experienced the grief of loss, or considered, to some extent, their own death. Therefore, this is part of the attraction, just as it is in many examples of the best books, poems and movies. I've said it before, I'll say it again, these guys can write. (Please see my profile for a brief discussion of my rating philosophy.)
Kamelot delivers and never disapoints!!.......2007-07-16
buen disco.......2007-07-15
Wail My April Moon..........2007-07-14
It took me about 4 complete listens, but I have come to find that every track is a highlight. My favorites are the title track, "The Human Stain", "Blucher", "Love You to Death", "Mourning Star", and the track that I probably consider my favorite, "EdenEcho".
So all in all Ghost Opera proves once and for all that Kamelot are here to stay. Sure, it isn't quite as good as The Black Halo, but lets be honest people: Did you ever expect to outdo that album?
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Power of the Pontchartrain
Tab Benoit Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000Q9OD1M Release Date: 2007-06-26 |
Tracks:
- Don't Make No Sense
- Good to Ya, Baby
- Shelter Me
- Power of the Pontchartrain
- For What It's Worth
- Midnight and Lonesome
- Sac-Au-Lait Fishing
- Somebody's Got to Go
- I'm Guilty of Lovin' You
- Addicted
- One Foot in the Bayou
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Tab Benoit's album titles leave little doubt as to where he's from or the music he plays. Brother to the Blues, Fever for the Bayou, Wetlands, and now Power of the Pontchartrain exude the sweaty Louisiana swamp, blues, and R&B inherent in their names. But that only tells part of the story--the rest is in the grooves where Benoit's distinctive, grainy voice and tough Telecaster leads bring soul, grit, and intensity to a sound already infused with an earthy sensibility. There's more of the same on this disc, but that's no criticism. Benoit generally sticks with others' songs here, yet he unearths hidden gems. Julie Miller's "Midnight and Lonesome" is dragged into the murky swamps as a driving ballad with eerie qualities that live up to its name. Miller and husband Buddy are also credited with the righteous-yet-rugged gospel of "Shelter Me." "Somebody's Got to Go," originally by Lonnie Johnson, gets a crisp, frisky makeover, and even Buffalo Springfield's crusty "For What It's Worth" takes a swim in the muddy waters of Benoit's home state, with a little help of some altered, post-Katrina lyrics. The guitarist lets his Cajun influences fly on the bouncy rhythms of "Sac-Au-Lait Fishing," the album's only original, and shifts into pleading Otis Redding mode for the aching blues ballad "I'm Guilty of Lovin' You." The Chicago-by-way-of-the-Delta shuffle of "One Foot in the Bayou" is also an apt description of Benoit's approach. He touches on a variety of Americana styles, yet always keeps part of himself planted firmly in the wetlands of his roots. --Hal HorowitzCustomer Reviews:
Knock out!!.......2007-07-16
Just The Best Blues Guitar Around.......2007-07-15
Tab Never Disappoints.......2007-07-02
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Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)
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ASIN: B000068ZVP Release Date: 2002-07-02 |
Tracks:
- Whip It - Devo
- Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
- Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco
- Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
- Celebration - Kool & The Gang
- The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow
- Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
- Call Me - Blondie
- Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
- Turning Japanese - The Vapors
- Lost In Love - Air Supply
- 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
- I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
- Sailing - Christopher Cross
- Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. w/ Bill Withers
- Cars - Gary Numan
- Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
- Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts
- Shake It Up - The Cars
- General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights
- The Stroke - Billy Squier
Tracks:
- Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
- Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
- Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
- Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
- Centerfold - J. Geils Band
- At This Moment - Billy & The Beaters
- Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
- Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
- Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
- Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie
- Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James
- 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
- Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
- Time - Alan Parsons Project
- Gloria - Laura Branigan
- Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
- The Theme From "Hill Street Blues" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
- Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
- Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio
- You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band
Tracks:
- Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
- The Look Of Love (Part 1) - ABC
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell
- Rock This Town - Stray Cats
- Lies - Thompson Twins
- Words - Missing Persons
- Don't You Want Me - The Human League
- Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
- Down Under - Men At Work
- Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
- I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
- Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
- Mickey - Toni Basil
- Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
- You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
- Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
- Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
- Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
- Africa - Toto
- Goodbye To You - Scandal
- Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco
Tracks:
- Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
- She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
- Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
- Our House - Madness
- The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
- Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
- Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
- Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
- In A Big Country - Big Country
- One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
- Der Kommissar - After The Fire
- Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
- Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
- Let's Go To Bed - The Cure
- Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
- Maniac - Michael Sembello
- Sister Christian - Night Ranger
- Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
Tracks:
- Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
- Mr. Roboto - Styx
- I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
- Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
- I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
- Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
- Missing You - John Waite
- 99 Luftballoons - Nena
- Tenderness - General Public
- They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
- Heaven - Bryan Adams
- White Horse - Laid Back
- Let The Music Play - Shannon
- Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
- Cool It Now - New Edition
- Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
- Footloose - Kenny Loggins
- We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
- Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
- The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
Tracks:
- Obsession - Animotion
- Shout - Tears For Fears
- Take On Me - A-Ha
- Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
- Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
- Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
- Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
- You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
- "Miami Vice" Theme - Jan Hammer
- Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
- Kyrie - Mr. Mister
- Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young
- We Built This City - Starship
- St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
- Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
- Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
- Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
- You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal
- Heartbeat - Don Jonhson
- Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Tracks:
- Venus - Bananarama
- Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
- Paranoimia - The Art Of Noise w/ Max Headroom
- If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
- What You Need - INXS
- Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
- Rumors - Timex Social Club
- Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
- Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
- I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
- Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Since You've Been Gone - The Outfield
- Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
- Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
- La Bamba - Los Lobos
- Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
- Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
- Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
- Roam - The B-52's
Album Description
You want your '80s! Fer sure! This is the mother of all tributes to the era of skinny ties, Reaganomics, and Pac-Man! Seven CDs, 142 hit songs, from New Wave to Pop to R&B to Hip-Hop to Novelty, including an incredible 49 #1 tracks! Starring Queen, New Edition, Duran Duran, Richard Marx, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Men At Work, Toto, The Cure, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Simple Minds, Bangles, New Kids On the Block...and many more. Plus a 90-page book with hundreds of historical photos, facts, and memories from the decade that wanted it all! Limited edition sculpted rubber cover! Approx. 10 x 8 x 3/4 inches. 2002.Customer Reviews:
"Totally Gnarly" or "Gag me with a Spoon"?.......2007-05-31
Fond nostalgia aside, the whole 'retro' thing is forcing the 80's upon us once again and you might as well admit that you were one of the characters from The Breakfast Club! (Mmmmmm....Ally Sheedy.)
Dropping these discs into my player and hitting shuffle just makes it all come flooding back!
But to tell a shameful truth? I really HAD to buy this set because of "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner and Garcia and "Sweetheart" by Franke & the Knockouts. I've never seen these songs anywhere else!
I'm not sure I even looked at the other songs before my credit card was being swiped by the good folks at Amazon!!
So, yeah, again, I bought on impulse but I damn sure don't regret it!! In fact, I'd suggest we embrace the "ME, ME, ME" decade just once more and "BUY, BUY, BUY" this set.
If you went to high school in the 80's like I did, simply put, this will bring back some great memories.
(Unless, of course, your high school years sucked. To which, I say, "That's too bad. I'm sorry for you.")
Either way, just admit that the 80's were a great time for music and pastel suits and thin leather ties.........(chicks dig the thin tie still, right? Right? Anybody? Can I get a witness?)
Where's Don Johnson when I need him?
Oh, here he is....Disc 6, Song 19!
Time Warp.......2007-05-23
this set. The 80s were my high school and college years and I was
certainly guilty of listening to the radio .... This set is awesome and
is really made indispensable with the booklet. My only gripe lies with
the artists that were huge in the 80s, but evidently could not be licensed
for this set....Notably U2, REM, Hoodoo Gurus, Wall of Voodoo, etc
Shut up!.......2007-03-04
missing tracks.......2007-02-26
Excellent CD Set!.......2007-01-18
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Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls
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ASIN: B00006JIBS Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
Tracks:
- Waltz #1 - Sam Phillips (cue)
- What A Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
- Child Psychology - Black Box Recorder
- Know Your Onion! - The Shins
- I Found Love - The Free Design
- Car Song - Elastica
- Oh My Love - John Lennon
- Getting Married (Sam Phillips cue)
- Where You Lead I Will Follow - Carole King & Louise Goffin
- Clear Spot - Pernice Brothers
- One Line - PJ Harvey
- I'm The Man Who Murdered Love - XTC
- Maybe Next Week (Sam Phillips cue)
- Thirteen - Big Star
- Human Behavior - Bjork
- I Don't Mind - Slumber Party
- Tell Her What She Wants To Know - Sam Phillips
- It's Alright, Baby - Komeda
- God Only Knows - Claudine Longet
- Smile - Grant-Lee Phillips
- O'oh - Yoko Ono
- Rory And Lane (Sam Phillips cue)
- Girl From Mars - Ash
- My Little Corner Of The World - Yo La Tengo
Album Description
Full Title - Our Little Corner Of The World - Music From The Gilmore Girls. First soundtrack of music from the hit WB series. The show is packed with musical references and refreshing songs which Gilmore Girls audiences are seeking. Includes newly recorded, original songs, and music by Sam Phillips and Grant-Lee Phillips just for the soundtrack, plus opening theme song 'Where You Lead I Will Follow' by Carole King & Louise Goffin. Other artists include Joey Ramone, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Yo La Tengo, XTC and more. Rhino. 2002.Customer Reviews:
For the true Gilmore Fan.......2007-07-16
Music from Gilmore Girls.......2007-06-29
Gilmore Girls Sound.......2007-03-11
Gilmore Girls Soundtrack.......2007-01-18
Great music.......2007-01-10
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Scarred
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ASIN: B000PFU9XS Release Date: 2007-05-29 |
Tracks:
- Amazing
- The Scientist
- Scarred
- Poem For The Native
- My Diane
- Just Like Time
- Save Me
- Like A Wave
- Crazy Tonight
- Everything For Everyone
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- I'm Up Here
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johnette is the Queen.......2007-07-16
OUCH!!!.......2007-06-17
I love you Johnette... (long time fan).
This CD is awesome.......2007-06-15
Raw and open, surprising!!.......2007-06-10
their music over the years. I found this on Amazon and went to her website
to listen to the complete tracks and I've been really surprised at just
how amazing this collection is. The sound, vocals, writing all have
an edge you don't hear anymore so it stands out. Its different than
the Concrete Blonde days but you can't deny its got some great melodies
and off the wall vocal treaments and wide open raw lyrics. It rocks hard
in places and the acoustic guitar weaves its way around some great grooves. This is one of the best offerings this year so far and it would
be nice to see Johnette and these songs out on the road. so many favorites
but I do love the songs "My Diane", and the Coldplay cover "The Scientist",
"Amazing", the first single, & "Crazy Tonight", "Everthing for everyone".
Scarred.......2007-06-07
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Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001
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ASIN: B00005R1Q8 Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Tracks:
- The Old Apartment
- Falling for the First Time
- Brian Wilson
- One Week
- Be My Yoko Ono
- Alternative Girlfriend
- It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)
- If I Had $1000000
- Call and Answer
- Get in Line
- It's All Been Done
- Jane
- Lovers in a Dangerous Time
- Pinch Me
- Shoebox
- What a Good Boy
- Too Little Too Late
- Enid
- Thanks That Was Fun
Amazon.com
Electrifying performers and pure-pop songwriters of the highest order, Toronto's Barenaked Ladies have emerged over a decade as that strangest of beasts. They'll never land a dishy cover story in Mojo Magazine, but as they reflect on those ribald years between 1991 and 2001, the five can allow themselves wry smiles, knowing that sometimes, just sometimes, the cream rises to the top. In addition to familiar radio staples such as "Pinch Me," "The Old Apartment," "Jane," "Alternative Girlfriend," and the ubiquitous "One Week," there's a trump card on All Their Greatest Hits that will prove irresistible to completists: the Ladies' buttery, acoustic version of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Recorded eons ago for a Cockburn tribute disc that almost immediately went out of print, the song has until now been a rare and highly coveted collector's item. Two news songs--"Thanks That Was Fun" and "It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)"--were recorded specifically for this collection, while two others ("Brian Wilson" and "What a Good Boy") are captured live. But what really brings this album home is, ironically, "If I Had $1,000,000." One of their very first hits cut as the Ladies were learning to dovetail their so-called "acoustic hip-hop" into slicker pop sensibilities, "$1,000,000"--a simple knock-kneed love song with harmonies so tight they're practically braided--is a snapshot of a band with all the pieces in place just as the planets were about to align. --Kim HughesCustomer Reviews:
Awesome.......2007-07-12
Musical SUNSHINE Baby!!.......2007-03-14
Six years (?) after the fact, the SpiritWorld is graced with this FANTASTIC cd-of 19 tracks, thank you very much-GET IT NOW!!
I was only familiar with the high inducing 'Falling For The First Time' track that's on the Malcolm in the Middle soundtrack, and only vaguely familiar with a few of the others, so I come to this as a newbie and I LOVE IT!!
Their quirky loquacious lyrics are funny, smart, smiley, honest and paranoid, the music is played with heart, it's beautiful and even the slower tracks you can snap to. A couple of the tracks are live versions which makes a nice change to the polished studio feel and it's sweet because you can hear the fans singing along in the background.
I can honestly say there's not a Homer's favorite brand of beer track on here; they're all FABOO, and some that are the faboo-est include the aforementioned Falling..., If I Had $1000000 and the spectacular Pinch Me.
I'd like to buy a doll house, use a shrinkomatic on these guys and have them play for me every time I opened the door. Or we could all just live together. I am so getting their entire back catalog and all their new and future ones, which, considering I'm more of a soundtracks girl, is saying a lot.
Lyrics aren't included in the booklet, but you do get a funny little story behind each song, and besides, they sing clearly enough, and you won't be able to stop playing it either, so you'll pick up on the words.
Bottom line: I HIGHLY recommend this, especially if you have a red cadillac and are going for a road-trip across America. Even just in your head. It's like pure musical sunshine.
A great album filled with hits at every turn!.......2007-02-23
As a rule, "best of" compilations tend to be littered with bad songs, but BNL really nailed it with this fantastic collection of songs. If you've heard and enjoyed any of their music, you owe it to yourself to check this one out!
Norms One.......2007-01-20
It's Barenaked Ladies, how could you go wrong!.......2007-01-03
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Overture of the Wicked
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ASIN: B000PA9PME Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Ten Thousand Strong 3:53
- Something Wicked Trilogy: Prophecy / Birth Of The Wicked / The Coming Curse 18:31
Album Description
America's most successful pure Heavy Metal band has returned with the kickoff for their most ambitious project to date! Iced Earth have long been known as the champions of American Metal and have consistently delivered absolute quality for their legions of fans. Overture Of The Wicked is the opening salvo in their forthcoming two-part series that continues their famed Something Wicked This Way Comes series. The Overture Of The Wicked CDS contains a brand new song along with a re-recording of some of the Something Wicked... material. The first shot has been fired and Iced Earth is back!Customer Reviews:
Very cool return.......2007-07-13
So that's why I'm happy as hell for the return of the band and in this metal-happy musical climate of today I wholeheartedly wish Schaffer has finally his revenge and gathers the recognition that always eluded the band through 15 years of hard work and excellent music.
So what we have here is a taster of the forthcoming new album and a reworking of the classic "Something Wicked" trilogy from 1998's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'.
Well, the new song "Ten Thousand Strong" is the first Iced Earth song we've heard written specifically for new singer Tim 'Ripper' Owens (since the 'Glorious Burden' album was written with Barlow in tow and only later was resung by Owens), and it shows; the guy is a monster singer. The song is pretty much 'Glorious Burden' fare, except perhaps a bit better. This is killer, even if simple, stuff.
No doubt the eyeopener here is the remake of the old trilogy, and so Ripper is *again* cast to repeat a Barlow performance, and one much loved by fans no less. And again, he falls short; clearly he is no match for Matt's tone and emotional delivery and comes across a bit forced and shrill sounding. The re-recording itself (I mean the music) is cool, even if I still prefere the original.
One very cool feature of this record is the return of 'Alive in Athens's excellent skinsman Brent Smedley, and if you fear after 8 years out of the band he may have lost his touch, well rest assured it's not the case because he is an absolute monster, even more than on the old days. If someone said it's Richard Christy playing, no one would doubt it, it's that good, stunning machine gun precision all the way. Another thing to mention are new axeman Tim Mills' lead guitar breaks, which are probably the best lead guitar ever featured in the band.
Finally a special mention to the excellent cover art, depicting the return of the Set Abominae character.
So all in all a very nice taster for what I hope is a killer CD to come in September, and one to finally put this great band where it has always deserved: at the top of the metal world :)
Let's just hope Schaffer manages to keep a lineup together long enough to see it happen.
IE Shouldn't Look Back.......2007-07-05
If Iced Earth and its fans can manage to look forward to the future instead of looking back at what was, then there is reason to be optimistic. This single will serve as a good primer for the full-length.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!.......2007-07-03
This is only four songs on a single, and only one of them is new. The new song "Ten Thousand Strong" is great. It bears traces of old Iced Earth without being the same old crap or repetitive.
Why do I scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" for the title then? The other three tracks.
The other three tracks are not re-recordings, but new versions of the "Something Wicked..." trilogy at the end of "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "Prophecy", "Birth of the Wicked", and "The Coming Curse"
I don't mind having Tim Owens sing over songs that were originally done by Matt Barlow. But they completely RE-DID these songs! They sound very little, if anything like the originals. I am sort of a music traditionalist by nature. Cover songs don't appeal to me as much as originals, re-recorded albums are never better than originals unless it's an unchanged remastering.
It's not just the lack of Barlow's deeper, more husky voice in these songs, it's a completely new guitar, bass, and drum lines used. The rhythms are done at different speeds, the moods are changed. Where once "Prophecy" was a darkly moody, brooding song, it's now something resembling generic "demonic" metal.
I look forward to the new Iced Earth album. I love Iced Earth, and if Schaffer continues to get better with age like his previous albums, I will love it. What I do NOT like is the "rewriting of history" so to speak, the re-writing of these three classic songs of the "Wicked" trilogy. Please... if you don't want Barlow's voice on them, just record Owens over the song as it was! Don't totally rewrite the rhthyms, tempos, moods, etc! It ruins it for traditionalists who have stuck with IE through the ages.
This really didn't need to be done. But it's still pretty cool........2007-07-02
First off, the trilogy sounds more produced than ever. Some parts sound really cool and dark, but in general the song just sounds more computerized and polished than the original's. One good thing, however, is the ethnic addition. The song sounds very middle eastern now, which it sort of lacked before. Anyway, I'll take the original version any day. But this version is still pretty good. Makes for a good recap before the new album comes out, but like I said it just sounds too computerized and polished. Also, I like Owens, but he can't match this song which was written with Barlow in mind.
"10,000 Strong" is unremarkable. It's just a single, so I can't complain to much, but it doesn't feel as heavy as it should be. I blame this on the mix and the production.
Fantastic single, but the redone material loses something in translation.......2007-06-28
Ten Thousand Strong: This first track is the new single, fresh material from the upcoming album, and I have to say that I love it. The riffing is a little similar, perhaps reminiscent of Declaration Day or Attila from Glorious Burden, but this song in my opinion is better than anything from that album. The harmonizing between Ripper and the backround vocals is just amazing and Ripper himself is at the top of his game here. I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Ripper as the IE vocalist (mostly because I'm still missing Barlow) but here I think he really works. The Glorious Burden felt like an album meant for Barlow but with Ripper filling the void. This track was meant for Ripper, and I can only hope the rest of the album sounds like this. Bravo to Schaffer! 9/10
Prophecy: Here I was not so pleased. As I said, I really love the original trilogy, perhaps a little too much to deal with the changes they've made to it. This song starts out interesting, almost on a more ominous tone, but the great part about the original track is the mellow tone in the first few minutes. Here the mellow tone is replaced with heavier slow tempo guitars, so when the actual main riff starts, it doesn't pack the same punch. And the main riff itself seems palm muted to the point of not even being the same riff anymore. Instead of the loud open chords we used to have, it sounds restrained and totally misses the same feel. Ripper's vocals are pretty good here, though of course he doesn't quite capture Barlowe's haunting tone. This is a fairly dissapointing take on this track. 5/10
Birth of the Wicked: The second track is more of a success. Not much is lost in the rerecording. The guitairs, while not as chunky as in the original, aren't as badly muted as in Prophecy. There are some interesting solos in here too, really impressive ones that I dig. Ripper's vocals work pretty well here as well. It is weird to hear the clocks after the song ends and not before however, but this change is fairly insignificant. Overall, while still not as good as the original, this is a good track. 7/10
The Coming Curse: Like Prophecy, this remake severely dissapoints. I loved the piano intro in the original and they decided to omit that here. It really provided a great buildup to this epic track and jumping right into the main riff doesn't have the same affect. And once again, the main riff is greatly muted and severely loses it's punch. The drums sound way too prominent over the guitars and I keep waiting for the riff to sound more meaty, but this really never happens. Another one of my favorite parts about the original was the backing vocals, the haunting choruses that were put in about halfway through. The vocals are similar, and still fairly haunting, but here it's not as prominent and not as affective. You can really tell it's just a couple of people instead of the overwhelming presense they gave before. This once has some interesting guitar work in the middle, and Ripper's vocals still work on some level, but overall I'm dissapointed. 5/10
The new material is great, and I hope the new album stays that way. The remade trilogy is interesting as an experiment, but by no means should it be a replacement. Perhaps it will work better incorporated into the album, I don't know. Overall, I'm still greatly anticipating this album. While the trilogy does lose something, musically it is still technical and harmonic just as we expect from Schaffer. I would still recommend getting this, just take into consideration what I said about the rerecordings and you might enjoy them. This is still one of my favorite metal bands and recommend them to any fan of old school metal.
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Vulgar Display of Power
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ASIN: B000002JOH Release Date: 1992-02-25 |
Tracks:
- Mouth For War
- A New Level
- Walk
- Fucking Hostile
- This Love
- Rise
- No Good (Attack The Radical)
- Live In A Hole
- Regular People (Conceit)
- By Demons Be Driven
- Hollow
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Probably the heaviest album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power proved that, even in an era of alternative rock supremacy, heavy metal fans were still a force to contend with. Blending eerie, surging grooves influenced by Black Sabbath with thrashy speed metal riffs, Pantera created a bleak, oppressive disc that captured both ends of the speed spectrum without resorting to cliché, abrupt tempo shifts. Guitarist Diamond Darrell plays with as much crunch as the best Metallica, while vocalist Phil Anselmo screams loud enough to satisfy any GBH fan. Coupled with Vinnie Paul's insistent, double bass-drum onslaught, you're left with a record that's a dentist's wet dream--an album that'll shake the fillings out of even the strongest teeth. --Jon WiederhornCustomer Reviews:
Metal in your face.......2007-06-08
Metal at its best.......2007-04-03
Its time to have a new reign of power..........2007-03-28
Every single riff on this album is memorable -- Neither too refined nor too dissonant to be hooked by. The tempo gets your heart racing without intaking in sort of uppers. Dimebag Darrell's guitar leads are on the prodigy level of those best guitarists who have ever lived. He both knew how to shred, and write really creative and rocking music. Phil Anselmo's lyrics may be raw and often juvenile, but his aggression and passion is totally raw and genuine. Every time he pushes a guttural scream, you can feel his anguish escaping. Vinnie Paul is a master of solid drumming with the perfect use of double-bass without overdoing it. All of Rex's bass lines are bluesy solid and compliment all the solos.
The production on this record is razor-sharp and huge sounding. Both tight sub-tones, and crisp distinguishable highs. A pristine sound that seems to have been lost with todays' home Pro-Tools studios and infatuation with lofi Indie rock. The drums are very attacky but unlike with usual triggers, you can hear the resonant decay. The guitar sound is like that of being crushed by a brick wall. Unlike todays' recordings with background guitar, and overly loud vocals, the mix is extremely well-blended. At nearly an hour, this is truly a full length, with never a dull moment. Not one song sounds exactly like the next, yet they all sound like they belong on the same record.
Highlight tracks are the intro "Mouth For War" which starts with a hard-hitting groove, and ending with a fast-paced thrash outro, transitioning into "A New Level" which rings in with a truly heavy beat that makes you want to stomp your feet into the earth and punch through cinder blocks. "Walk" is one of the simplest songs, yet is heavy and captivating in such a way that it never feels dull or stale. "F***in' Hostile" is a short and to-the-point Thrash Metal hymn that just exudes shredding and anger, with a totally flaming solo. "Hollow" begins with acoustic guitar topped with a sweet harmony. The first half of the song entails clean singing. The song is beautiful without ever sounding soft for like a ballad, and the song transitions into an ultra-heavy finish to close the album. My absolute favorite track on the album (and one of my favorite Pantera songs) is the often overlooked "Rise". It instantly begins with relentless thrash with a Mouth For War groove verse. The solo clocks in at nearly a minute, and is one of Dimebag's raddest solos of all time, double layered in part like something Tony Iommi would do, with no rhythm guitar to fill in the void. The solo is so quick and precise, that you never need background distortion to fill it. The walking bass line does the trick.
There isn't an angle on this album that isn't nailed down (with the exception of ballads, which are totally unnecessary to complete a record).
In conclusion, it is rare these days to hear an album that never tires over the years; where the music is strong enough to actually cause your body to release endorphins and raise your heart rate. Vulgar Display of Power is a pinnacle in heavy metal music that is completely original, and has inspired thousands of bands thereafter. I doubt this album will ever be topped.
The best Pantera's album.......2007-01-18
Pantera is the most important band in underground scenarium. Unfortunately, the band splited-up in 2003, but its compilations will always show how excellent is its work.
What's wrong with your mind?!?.......2007-01-12
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The Greatest
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ASIN: B000HKCUI8 Release Date: 2006-09-12 |
Tracks:
- The Greatest
- Living Proof
- Lived In Bars
- Could We
- Empty Shell
- Willie
- Where Is My Love
- The Moon
- Islands
- After It All
- Hate
- Love & Communication
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If you are an artist at a crossroads/ "maturing point" in your career, it's a great idea to seek out the original musicians who played on music you adore and that inspire you greatly-it's the opposite of what Rick Rubin does with the old folks. The results, however, are often lackluster; it can just be too hard to forge a connection in a short period of time with studio dudes twenty to thirty years older than you. Chan Marshall, who took just three years between albums this time, returned to Memphis to record with many of the architects of Southern soul music at Ardent Studios on The Greatest. And from the first and titular tune, a mournful and gorgeous ballad with swelling strings, backing singer and shimmery guitar accompaniment that tells the tale of a boy who wants to become a great boxer, it's clear that the results of this experiment are uniformly awesome. The sultry-voiced artiste sounds fully at home within these songs, these lovely analog Southern sounds that bridge black and white musics. It's not like she's on a trip of trying to be Aretha or anything; besides, the arrangements on all the songs are different. The loping, fiddle-accented "Empty Shell" sounds like the Unholy Modal Rounders backing Bobbie Gentry. All the songs are pretty, slow and melancholy; there's nothing like "He War" on here. We are not in the habit of quoting press releases, but it's hard to beat this line from the Matador one-sheet: "If Alex Chilton were today a beautiful young woman, he'd sound like this." Amen, or something. -Mike McGonigalAlbum Description
This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title. It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshal (professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality. The limited first digipak pressing and regular single vinyl contain a bonus track. After the first pressing sells out, the regular jewelcase version will not contain a bonus track.Customer Reviews:
Best yet.......2007-06-15
The Greatest.......2007-06-08
So what would Cat Power think upon hearing that she'd receive a hefty recording budget and play with Al Green's hit-makers at the same studio as Dave Matthews and R.E.M.? If you said, "She would run screaming into the night," you're wrong. Abandoning the oblique, quietly angsty indie rock of You Are Free, Cat Power cuts her teeth on Southern soul for her seventh LP, The Greatest. She recorded the album in Memphis at the world-famous Ardent Studios with veteran soul musicians Mabon Hodges, Leroy Hodges and Steve Potts, for a detour into a singer-songwriter's take on Memphis blues-lite.
This is indeed an impressive setup, but The Greatest still falls a bit short. Yes, Potts and the Hodges brothers are supposed to ballast Marshall, not upstage her, but they're not given nearly enough to do--a twang here, a lazy drum fill there, and all performed with a disappointing lack of élan. Fault the studio, too, for rendering the album's second half somewhat limp and same-sounding, and for some of the album's biggest blunders: in roughly half the songs, for example, Marshall's voice appears as a ghosted backing vocal, like a gospel singer from beyond the grave. It's sillier than it sounds.
Cat Power hardly lets these flaws derail the entire album, however, since the strength of her records has always been in the arrangements, vocals and lyrics--not the studio techniques or the backing band. Marshall's voice has never sounded better than it does here; coarsened by whiskey and time, her vocals take on a torchy, sultry tone that fits the music like a glove.
The album's first half also features some of Cat Power's loveliest songs to date. If the gently swinging ditty "Could We" is perfect for playing over the barroom juke as young couples sway on the dance floor, "Lived in Bars" is the moonlit slow-dance after the barroom has closed down for the night. The title track is the album's crown jewel, beginning as an archetypal Cat Power piano arrangement and adding guitars, strings, and a slowly loping drumbeat like ripples in a pond. Far from being a song of fist-pumping glory, "The Greatest" is actually a saddening white flag; Marshall begins, "Once I wanted to be the greatest / No wind or waterfall could stop me." Anyone who knows Cat Power can easily conjecture what becomes of our narrator from here.
Yet what's missing from The Greatest are those gripping moments found on You Are Free and earlier, more overtly tense albums like Myra Lee. There's more drama in a song like "Names" (from You Are Free) than in anything The Greatest has to offer, and it's not because Marshall holds back lyrically; she doesn't, if bald-faced confessions like "I hate myself and I want to die" are any indication. It's because she allowed the Memphis soul theme drive the work to its final destination, and somewhere along the way it became more important to sound pretty than to create something meaningful. The Greatest is Cat Power's most listenable record thus far, but for an artist this willfully difficult, is that really a success?
Cat Power- The Greatest.......2007-05-20
overall worth it.......2007-05-19
decisions decisions..........2007-03-25
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I Can Only Imagine: Ultimate Power Anthems of the Christian Faith
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ASIN: B0006419L4 Release Date: 2004-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Basics Of Life - 4Him
- I'll Be Believing - Point Of Grace
- Place In This World - Michael W. Smith
- The Word - Sara Groves
- I Can Only Imagine - Mercyme
- In Christ Alone - Michael English
- Shout To The Lord - Darlene Zschech
- God Of Wonders - Paul Baloche
- Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle
- Thy Word - Amy Grant
- Above All - Paul Baloche
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- God Is In Control - Twila Paris
- Great Is The Lord - Michael W. Smith
- Awesome God - Rich Mullins
- Crucified With Christ - Phillips, Craig And Dean
- El Shaddai - Amy Grant
- Praise The Lord - The Imperials
- Rise Again - Dallas Holm & Praise
- We Shall Behold Him - Sandi Patty
- Open The Eyes Of My Heart - Paul Baloche
- We Will Stand - Russ Taff
- He's Alive - Don Francisco
Album Description
Never before have CCM artists of this magnitude been brought together in a single collection! This essential collection features the ultimate power anthem sogns that shaped the CCM genre over the past quarter century, and many have never been on a collection before! With Mercy Me, Michael W. Smith, Bob Carlisle, Point of Grace, Rich Mullins, Amy Grant, 4Him, Sandi Patty, Darlene Zschech and more, I Can Only Imagine highlights the most beloved stars that brought CCM to the masses over the years.Customer Reviews:
My Power Anthem Review.......2007-06-12
I Can Only Imagine.......2007-03-26
I Can Only Imagine: Ultimate Power Anthems of the Christian Faith .......2007-02-01
I Can Only Imagine.......2007-01-16
Great CD!.......2007-01-09
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- Reality Channel
- Reece Nasty Ep
- Richer For Rain
- Rotting in Pestilence [Explicit Lyrics]
- Running from Ghosts
- Second To None
- Seeking Shadows
- Shouting Silence
- Sole Intention
- Sweet Gene Vincent [Import]
