Payola [Import]

Product Description
Australian pressing. Payola is an ambitious release, which borrows some of its aesthetic from the plethora of experimental guitar noise bands of eons past. Sidekick. 2005.

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Average customer rating: Even a best of is better than nothing THE BEST OF...? PLEASE! The Payolas -- a great Canadian band of the '80s

Between a Rock & a Hyde Place: The Best of the Payola$ The Payola$ Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Under the Volcano The Essentials Valley Girl: Music From The Soundtrack Sidewalk Underneath the Radar ASIN: B0000072TW Release Date: 1993-02-01

Tracks:

1. China Boys
2. In A Place Like This
3. Soldier
4. Romance
5. Eyes Of A Stranger
6. I'll Find Another (Who Can Do It Right)
7. Where Is This Love
8. Never Said I Love You
9. Stuck In The Rain
10. You're The Only One
11. It Must Be Love
12. Here's The World

Customer Reviews:

Even a best of is better than nothing.......2004-01-01

Wishing all their releases were available on CD but must be satisfied with this small taste. At least I still have the records. Maybe someday......

THE BEST OF...? PLEASE!.......1999-12-21

Once the music critic darlings of Canada, the Police-esque Payolas have all but faded into obscurity when they were one of the best of the 80's bands. So this is the best the Payolas are to be remembered by?Most of the cuts are from the same album! How about the incredible Won't Be Any Prisoners, or the anti-domestic violence Hammer on a Drum, or the giddy Waiting for the Light to Change or the perennial x-mas favorite Christmas is Coming? The Payolas deserve much better. The only reason they even get 2 stars is for the band themselves! And where are the original recordings, anyway. I can't find them on Amazon or anywhere else, much like the great missing CDs of bands like Dave Edmunds, the Dellords and Roman Holliday!

The Payolas -- a great Canadian band of the '80s.......1999-02-24

This great Canadian band of the '80s led by Bob Rock and Paul Hyde deserved a much wider audience. But fortunately their greatest hits are available on this compilation. "Where Is This Love," "Romance," "Eyes Of A Stranger," "It Must Be Love," and "You're The Only Love" are the gems of this varied collection. But don't let the love theme of these titles fool you -- the other songs have a much harder edge that will appeal to those who liked the post-punk echoes in New Wave. But this band is at its best when they just let the music flow and the songs sell themselves. The expansive sound and compelling lyrics of "Where Is This Love" make it the crown jewel of the collection -- the gradual layering of acoustic guitars with synthesized sounds suggest both the vastness of space and wide-sweeping earthly vistas. The lyrics with their "hammer on a drum" metaphor deal with a boy's desire to escape from an abusive home, but the mood of the song is surprisingly uplifting as it also expresses the longing for a spiritual love. This song alone is worth the price of the CD. The Payolas are a unique band and it's hard to describe their sound. You might call it a marriage of New Wave and mainstream rock with an occasional tropical flavor. The fresh, joyful exuberance of "It Must Be Love" reminds me of Men At Work's "Upstairs In My House" and "People Just Love To Play With Words." "You're The Only Love" is a superbly crafted romantic ballad, and the mysterious reggae-influenced "Eyes Of A Stranger" won a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy) for single of the year. If you like music from the '80s and the skillful integration of natural and synthesized sounds, Best Of Payolas might become one of your favorite CDs.

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Langford, Pt. 1 The Payola$ Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000RZO7AW Release Date: 2007-07-26

Tracks:

1. Bomb
2. Goodbye To Rock N Roll
3. Revolution
4. Phone Hell
5. We Are Failing
6. At The Angels Feet

Album Details

Bob Rock and Paul Hyde Are Back with a New Payola$ CD. After Close to 20 Years of Working with Other Artists (Metallica, Areosmith, Motley Crue, the Tragically Hip and Offspring) and Various Solo Projects, Accomplished Producer and Recent Inductee Inductee Into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Bob Rock Has Reunited with Paul Hyde under the Payolas Banner, with the Result Being a 6-track Recording.

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Payola Terrapin Manufacturer: Sidekick Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009SQ3RM Release Date: 2005-05-02

Tracks:

1. Pixelated
2. Numbers Man
3. (My Shadow Chases Me Down the Street...)
4. Foolscap
5. Heart of Gold

Album Description

Australian pressing. Payola is an ambitious release, which borrows some of its aesthetic from the plethora of experimental guitar noise bands of eons past. Sidekick. 2005.

Album Details

Hailing from Sydney's Inner West, Terrapin have Haunted the Traps for Almost Three Years, Playing under a Couple of Different Names Before Settling on their Current Moniker. They Are an Art-rock Band Without the Uni Bar Theology, a Rock Band Without the Testosterone Arrogance, and a Pop Band Sans 'idol Aspirations, Terrapin Create Melody-laden Psych-rock So Full of Hooks You'll Feel Like a Side of Newly Slaughtered Beef. They Boast a Sound that is Alternately Searing and Soothing; Where Evocative Lyrics Skip in and Out of Ropes of Intricate Guitars, Building Twisted Towers that Crash Down on Drums as Sleek and Tight as Silk Knit Stockings. Other Times You'll Be Treated to Visceral Vocals that Punch Along Atop Some of the Catchiest Riffery You'll Hear all Year.

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For Those Who Know Payola Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000508NB Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. Warming Up The Needles
2. Just To Let U Know
3. Born On Dude Ranch
4. Smell The Sweat
5. 25 To Life
6. Dog My Day
7. The Pimp Sneaks
8. Mary Prankster
9. The Fonz
10. Deathtrap California
11. Dancing Days
12. Gimme Regards To Vandam
13. The Shepherd's Dead

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Dirt'n'Stars Payola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RRI4E0

Product Description

1 Hanover (intro) 2 Oscillator 3 Dirt'n'stars 4 Got to Get Around 5 Blessings Are Here 6 Something to Believe 7 Haunt Me 8 The Cold Six Thousand 9 Scorsese

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Lay in Wait Manufacturer: Payola Reserve ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000B8ILHA Release Date: 2005-01-01

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One Long Apology ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JHZ2AM

Product Description

Another indie band, another record. What else is new? Well, these Maryland boys known as The Payola Reserve actually have something here. A mellow "Music is Not Music" begins the record. At first listen it may sound bland, yet midway through the song it pops into a nice piano rock song. Later on in the song comes a harmonica. As funny as that may sound, it actually works really well with the jam they have going on. The third track titled "Brave New Radio" reminds me of a Panic! At the Disco like song mixed with an 80s rock song. The chorus' are very fast paced and the back ups are interesting to listen to "wooooooah." The breakdown is what got me, I felt like I was in the middle of a police chase. I enjoy the choice of instruments that TPR have chosen. "Illegal" begins with a shaker, staying through the majority of the song. "Lay in Wait" is a much slower track in which lead singer Ben Pranger sings beautifully over the lighter music. The ending tracks are nothing but good ending songs. The songs continue to get quiet, leading into "Antiquing" in which the instruments headed into a major jam session for a great outro. Overall, they have a very clean sounding record. I don't know if they could be the next big thing (see: Fall Out Boy) but at least they are going in the right direction. --Anthony Dobrini / themusicedge[dot]com

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Tod Mother Motel Payola Manufacturer: Exile On Mainstreem ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008WVL4

Tracks:

1. Tod Motor Check-In
2. Ragged Broom
3. Still Around
4. On Short Legs
5. Chosen M.C. Loser
6. Sleeper in Disguise
7. Got Me Bleeding
8. Room 8
9. White Letter Boogie
10. Queen for the Day
11. Count the Monkeys
12. Spider
13. Better Americans
14. Selfish Haircut
15. Born a Liar

Average customer rating: Well-mixed, thoughtful lyrics, original music.

Payola Capital 8 Manufacturer: Sparkler Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007JNZJ Release Date: 2002-11-23

Tracks:

1. May
2. Be Enough
3. Closer
4. Decide
5. I Before E
6. Today
7. Rain Vanilla
8. Never Happen
9. May (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Well-mixed, thoughtful lyrics, original music........2003-01-14

This sophomore CD builds upon the band's first release, "Reason", but it is better mixed (I can hear Michelle singing now!), and offers up even more enigmatic lyrics that really prompt you to think. Great tunes abound, keeping your toes tapping...

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Get on the Buzz! Payola Manufacturer: Exile On Mainstream ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005Y2JN

Tracks:

1. Mass Hypnosis
2. Unsung Heroes of el Salvador Aren't Unsung Anymore
3. Emesis
4. Bigger the Cat
5. Crimopol
6. Hidden Charme of Dr. Yak-Fu
7. Leroy's Lament
8. Fallen Fellow
9. Red Leather
10. Yes, The Answer Is No
11. Most Succeeding Way to Professional Alcoholism
12. Twelve Minutes of Honesty
13. Big City Love

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