Everybody, Everybody

1. You and Your Beer and How Great You Are

2. Everybody, Everybody

3. American Women Act and Dress

4. In Heaven, There Are Only Green Lights

5. Leisure Giants

6. New Nightmare

7. Theodore Is Not Fit to Join Our School

8. Bury Me in Makeout Creek

9. Songs We All Know

10. Air and Light and Time and Space

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Average customer rating: Old enough to change your name sound quality not good a suggestion A Classic----Everybody Knows an absolute rock and roll classic.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: After The Gold Rush Harvest Neil Young Zuma Tonight's the Night ASIN: B000002KD7 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Cinnamon Girl
2. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. Round And Round (It Won't Be Long)
4. Down By The River
5. The Losing (When You're On)
6. Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)
7. Cowgirl In The Sand

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Opening with the methodical, hard-rocking "Cinnamon Girl"--still one of the singer-songwriter's most-hollered requests in concert--Young's second solo album introduces the cockeyed harmonies and sloppy, chiming guitars of Crazy Horse. His wide swings from soft-spoken country-folk ("Round & Round [It Won't Be Long]") to menacing metal (the punch line to "Down by the River" is "I shot my baby") indicate the multiple personalities in Young's future. His second album of 1969 broadcasts a sincere passion for the peace-and-love '60s (dig the long guitar solos) but also predicts the dark introspection of "Tonight's the Night." --Steve Knopper

Customer Reviews:

Old enough to change your name.......2007-07-19

From the opening seconds of "Cinnamon Girl," it is quite apparent this is not the same young man who offered the searching, uncertain "Neil Young" only months prior. This, the second album from former Buffalo Springfield songwriter, is a dark masterpiece full of beautiful imagery, and lush guitar solos that are dripping with sheer emotion. The production quality is distinctly more loose on this album, allowing the interplay of Young and the newly-named Crazy Horse to shine through in a way that still sounds revolutionary today.

The fact that songs like "Round and Round" are present on this album serve as a bit of a legend for the rest of Young's career. On one hand, you have the dark, hard-rocking band frontman, and on the other you have a sensitive song-craftsmen who molds melodies the way a skilled carpenter does cabinets. This dichotomy will become more and more apparent (and more polarizing) on subsequent Young releases, but here, it simply shows two sides to one of the most deservingly celebrated artists in rock history.

sound quality not good.......2007-06-12

The sound quality did not sound as good as my old album.

a suggestion.......2007-05-30

You know what i think would be great?
If they gave this album one of those "Deluxe Edition" jobs like they've
done with so many others such as the first Weezer album and Blind Faith and on and on. Out-takes,demo's,alternate takes/mix's....it would all be catnip to the millions who love this album.
Actually, now that i think of it....if a "Deluxe Edition" job isn't possible, they could make a nice pairing of this along with the Neil and Crazy Horse at The Fillmore 1970 CD. That would be pretty deluxe!

A Classic----Everybody Knows.......2007-05-14

While sniffing around in the wine cellar, I looked into my considerable archive of music and this one, inexplicably, shuffled it's way off the shelf into my bony hands. Some people say that it's Universal Force and Enlightenment that did it. I suspect Guido from the empty bottles. In any event- it is an excellent choice.
What can one say about this album? Neil Young expanded beyond Buffalo Springfield with this one and, I think, came into his own as a considerable artist in his own right. With Crazy Horse, he examined and extended his creativity with pastoral landscapes, jagged-edged cliffs, outerworldly musings, and just plain country meets city sensibility. Not that it always makes sense, but that people is the magic of music. Interpretation is up to you, not the artist.
Even now, I am awed by the consistency Neil displays so early in his solo career. We are never relaxed, for one moment, that the sequence of songs will resemble sameness in any shape or form. It begins with "Cinnamon Girl" which, in some way, reveals the dilemma that many young people have a problem with. That is the in-between phase of being a child and adult. He wants to spend his life with her, but then again, "Ma, send me money". The need to be free but not quite there yet. This theme reveals itself in many of his tunes. It is a slow rocker but with such a memorable riff. Next up "Everybody Knows", a jumpy, sprightly groove that, again, reveals where he's at - between a dream and reality- essentially nowhere.
"Round and Round" is a slow acoustic sadness that, I feel at least, is about loss. A loss of yourself? Or perhaps someone close. "Down By the River", aside from allowing Neil to stretch his jagged lead guitar, proposes another dilemma for the astute listener. The protagonist is lead to possibilities with this woman - but is her non-compliance a reason to shoot her? Down by the River? An enigmatic song at best and I dare not ask Neil the meaning.
We then get to "The Losing End" which reveals an easy-going country groove with some electric guitars helping it along. The theme? Good ol' country heartache. A mainstay in that genre - now and always. The mood then changes, into some outerworldly, ethereal regret and deception. This song reveals a darkness of the mind, and this is brought forth so effectively with the inclusion of violins. An eerie offering, but so very different.
"Cowgirl in the Sand", I think, is one of Neil's most potent songs. It can be taken on many levels. It is hard drivin' (but, it takes on a whole new perspective if you heard him do the acoustic version). Neil pleads with her to stay in her company. But, her place of command is the desert. Desolation. And, this song tries, desperately, to make her see her worth. Neil knows she is a beauty. She feels she is "purple words on a gray background". I feel that this song is an aching plea. It also allows Neil to experiment with lead guitar breaks, gritty and rough and insistent on it's purpose. In all, a brilliant conclusion to a brilliant album.
This album (plus the next two- After the Gold Rush and Harvest) complete the superb triumvirate of Neil's early career. As we know now, he was to go on to more creative terrain. Some of it successful, some of it not so. In any event, plain and simple, he is an amazing artist and, I think, one of the greats in popular music.
This one is definitely a classic and well worth the investment.
Now - if only Guido would replenish my bottles!

Your personal roadmap to reflection and music of worth--Metamorpho

an absolute rock and roll classic........2007-03-30

"tonight's the night" is my favorite neil young album. what's number two, though? "on the beach," "after the gold rush," or "everybody knows this is nowhere." hard to choose from those three great albums. might be "everybody knows..." though. such great songs. such stunning performances. "down by the river" and "cowgirl in the sand" have some of the most originally stunning guitar jams in the history of rock and roll. and the first of those two songs is simply about as haunting a piece of work as you will find in all of the rock and roll canon. "cinnamon girl," with its power chords and great melody is another classic. the whole album is just outrageously fantastic. don't miss it.

Average customer rating: December's Children has too much filler Their best early release in the US Not an SACD Not the Best, but pretty important Stupendously Fantastic

December's Children (And Everybody's) The Rolling Stones , and Rolling Stones Manufacturer: Abkco ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Out Of Our Heads England's Newest Hitmakers 12 X 5 The Rolling Stones Now! Flowers ASIN: B00006AW2R Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

1. She Said Yeah
2. Talking About You
3. You Better Move On
4. Look What You've Done
5. The Singer Not the Song
6. Route 66
7. Get off of My Cloud
8. I'm Free
9. As Tears Go By
10. Gotta Get Away
11. Blue Turns to Grey
12. I'm Movin' On

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Before this 1965 blues-rock masterpiece, the Stones were the best of the many British bands living out their Muddy Waters dress-up fantasies. They continue giving new life to old songs, such as Arthur Alexander's soul tearjerker "You Better Move On" and the Nat King Cole standard "Route 66," but there are several exciting new developments. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discover their songwriting talents, coming up with the enduring "Get Off My Cloud" and "As Tears Go By" as well as the underappreciated "I'm Free." And drummer Charlie Watts focuses the swing-jazz fills that have defined the Stones as much as the writing, voices, and guitars. --Steve Knopper

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Dig how even a tossed-together cash-in by the Stones' U.S. label--the group's third American album of 1965--ends up smoking like all but their very best. They invent thrash with the opener, "She Said Yeah" (a Specialty Records obscurity penned, under a pseudonym, by Sonny Bono!) before laying down a leering "Talkin' 'Bout You," a frenetic "I'm Movin' On" and their most consistent, varied list of originals yet. Dig, too, how even "As Tears Go By" sounds like a sneer in the midst of "Get Off of My Cloud," "Gotta Get Away," "I'm Free" and the dourly off-key "Blue Turns to Grey." --Rickey Wright

Album Description

This Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) recording offers high-resolution sound and is playable on both standard CD players and SACD-compatible devices.

Album Description

Full Title - December's Children (& Everybody's). Remastered reissue of 1965 album, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players. Digipak. Abkco. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

December's Children has too much filler.......2007-03-16

This is perhaps the weakest album in the Rolling Stones 60's catalog. But don't blame the band, this is the record companies fault. Sure there are some great tunes here like She Said Yeah, Get off of My Cloud, As Tears Go By and some decent tunes like You Better Move On and I'm Free. But there's just too much weak material, songs like Talking About You, Look What You've Done, The Singer Not the Song, Gotta Get Away and Blue Turns to Grey feel flat. Then the live renditions of Route 66 and I'm Movin' On are alright, but feel like fun filler.


December's Children (And Everybody's) ~ The Rolling Stones: 2 1/2 stars

Their best early release in the US.......2007-02-02

Even though it's a US compilation of British leftovers that weren't on the previous US albums. No matter, this record plays as the Stones best and strongest pre-aftermath album.

Not an SACD.......2007-01-31

I bought this because it is listed as an SACD.
What I was sent is a DSD disc. It does not register as an SACD on my player. It sounds miserable.
What gives, has the SACD been replaced by this other format?
It's one of my favorite Stones albums. I am not pleased.

Not the Best, but pretty important.......2007-01-16

December's Children comes off as a rather uneven document of the Stones' song-writing prowess and a scattershotrock record in its own right. Nonetheless, their identity as a band distinct from the British invasion clones really emerges on these tracks.

Stupendously Fantastic.......2006-06-13

This is an absolute stunner of a record. The bad boys of Rock and Roll really go to town with Chuck Berry's "Talkin' About You," and Bobby Troup's "Route 66." The latter being one of the two live songs on the record. The timeless "As Tears Go By," written by Mick and Keith along with group manage Andrew Oldham," has got to be one of the signature songs of a generation. According to my folks, it was the Boomer's big make out song. Hey, I've made out to it too, the song really is timeless. The other Mick and Keith songs that I really like are "Blue Turns to Grey" and "Get off My Cloud." Brian's slide guitar on the live version of "I'm Moving On" is stupendous, in fact the whole record is stupendously fantastic.

Average customer rating: A return to form exactly. Soundtrack for a Slow Summer Day Best Sea and Cake album ever A Rocking Return

Everybody The Sea and Cake Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sky Blue Sky God Save the Clientele The Reminder New Moon Armchair Apocrypha ASIN: B000O170Y4 Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

1. Up On Crutches
2. Too Strong
3. Crossing Line
4. Middlenight
5. Coconut
6. Exact To Me
7. Lighting
8. Introducing
9. Left On
10. Transparent

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A new record from the Sea and Cake is like a cool breeze, floating in off the water after a hot, sunny day. Unlike the dark, cerebral vibe of label-mates Tortoise (for whom drummer/producer John McEntire also plays and produces), The S&C plays loose. Still, the new record from Sam Prekop and company is especially relaxed, with songs that melt down into colorful smears. While 2003's One Bedroom was pointing in a more pop-oriented direction, Everybody is even more straightforward and stripped down, with only peripheral references to the jazzier sound of past efforts like 1995's The Biz. They're still capable of it though. Check out the free-form, jam-band vibe of "Left On," as McEntire's rollicking percussion dissolves over Prekop's gentle fadeout. But songs like the lead track, "Up on Crutches" are more representative, full of momentum and dynamics. Even the instrumentation is simpler; listen to the hand claps and the fuzz pedal on "Crossing Line." The Sea and Cake have never sounded uptight, but at times their beachy sound has seemed a little forced, like they were straining to suppress their experimental chops. But in challenging themselves to simplify, the band finally achieves a state of laid back clarity. It's the perfect soundtrack to lazy Sunday afternoons, letting Prekop's breathless voice dissolve like vapor against diffuse melodies and gliding guitars. Put on Everybody and tune out of the world. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Their first full-length in over four years continues to perfect their singular brand of dreamlike, hot-buttered pop music that sounds delicately handcrafted, yet effortless all the same. Sheets of glowing guitar tones skip along propulsive percussion underscored by gently funky, introspective bass lines, all adorned by breathlessly delivered lines of lyrical poetry.

Customer Reviews:

A return to form.......2007-07-04

With straight-up guitars, lyrics that are easier to follow, songs that are bit more tightly focused, "Everybody" is a step away from the process-heavy sound of "One Bedroom" and more in line with earlier work. Overall, the songs are way too short for how good they are. I frequently listen to this disc twice in a row. Not the masterpiece that is "Fawn" but highly recommended.

exactly........2007-06-21

I sat up and listened, immediately liking this release. It certainly pays off on The Sea And Cake's ability to seamlessly both rock and swing. There's just the right amount of dissonance underneath the propulsive grooves and guitar lines, which acknowledge a debt to West African polyrythm.

This was a very welcome listen, I'd hazard that The Sea And Cake is at the top of their game.

Soundtrack for a Slow Summer Day.......2007-06-19

I am new to The Sea and Cake, having bought the CD based on a strong review on The Onion's AV Page. I like this band's sound a lot. No song really jumps out at you, but they are all good. Their sound is not radio-friendly, you'd probably find them on a "light jazz/easy listening" station if at all, but that does their music a disservice. Their sound fits a slow drive through the wine country, or a breezy afternoon on the patio while reading a good book. The music is gentle without being boring. They sound like nobody else, probably best described as a mellower Sonic Youth, with less dissonance and more melody, with a little Modern English mixed in, only with more emphasis on mood rather than beat. The lead vocalist, Sam Prekop, has a soft, mid to high octave voice that sounds somewhere between a '70s folk-rocker and a present-day EMO warbler. In short, everything about this band is balanced and multi-influenced in a way to make their sound unique, accomplished, and worth hearing. I recommend this CD for everyone.

Best Sea and Cake album ever.......2007-06-11

I've been listening to this band since about 2000. I think I have pretty much all their music. Anyway, I originally heard of them when looking around for Tortoise CDs (both bands are apparently from Chicago). In my opinion, this is the best and most consistent album I've heard from them yet. I sure hope they put out a lot more music in the future.

As my girlfriend said, "I just don't understand why they're not the most famous band in the whole world!"

A Rocking Return.......2007-06-08

I really enjoyed this CD, I purchased it in pre-order status so that I'd get it ASAP. My friend got some tickets to see them in Solana Beach in the San Diego area, and I wanted to prep before their show with new music. Sounds great in concert and on CD. Can't really think of a song that I don't like. I particularly like Up on Crutches and Transparent, Too Strong is a really cool upbeat song too. Great addition to the Sea and Cake sound.

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Average customer rating: I want to make one thing perfectly clear Good Album Wow Overexposed The 5 star ratings here are a bit much

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? The Cranberries Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: No Need to Argue To the Faithful Departed Bury The Hatchet [Explicit Cover] Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Stars: The Best of the Cranberries, 1992-2002 ASIN: B000001DXL Release Date: 1993-04-20

Tracks:

1. I Still Do
2. Dreams
3. Sunday
4. Pretty
5. Waltzing Back
6. Not Sorry
7. Linger
8. Wanted
9. Still Can't...
10. I Will Always
11. How
12. Put Me Down

Product Description

Practically BRAND NEW condition, never played, includes original CD, case, and paperwork, First class shipped, ask me for my CD List! :)

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Their first full-length shows a band fully formed, with faint debts to the Sundays and the Smiths, but turning out more-than-tuneful pop behind the gorgeous lilt of Dolores O'Riordan. "Dreams" and "Linger" both seem to weave magic spells that remain even after the tracks pass, and there is a glorious freshness to the performances that's impossible to resist. It remains their most satisfying outing. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

I want to make one thing perfectly clear.......2006-08-14

Despite your album title not everybody was trying to imitate 10,000 Maniacs in 1993, and so therefore the title doesn't apply to you. If you wanted to just say you were recording an album then that's fine, but don't say you are doing this because everyone else is SO THERE!!!!!! Now that my venting over the title is over now onto serious business: "Linger" is my first introduction of the Cranberries, and let's just say that it was as bad as getting a manly handshake from a woman. The melody is despicable, and the lyrics are too, and it was one of the bad memories of the first months in FL. That's where I was first introduced to this, so I feel that if everyone was rocketing to the moon in their underpants would you?

Good Album.......2006-08-04

I think this is a good album in the whole. Most of the songs are well written and well performed. The lead vocals do sound a bit the same after a while, but she has a nice voice so I don't mind hearing it over and over. I think this album still sounds good, it's better than most of the stuff out today.

Wow.......2006-08-01

In lieu of all of the recent negative reviews I've read, I feel this weird need to defend The Cranberries, and I don't know why.

So The Cranberries were a 90s band, sorry to all of you who think it's cool to rebel against gen x and hate the 90s. This cd doesn't sound dated really, just take a look at any given current 'indie' band, and you'll get pretty much a similar, softer sound to it. And even if one were able to identify this as a 90s band, this isn't horribly dependant on the age in which it was written like oh so many 80s pop/synth/rock acts.

I don't think anyone is going to accuse The Cranberries of being the most innovative, intelligent band ever, but they weren't trying to be. They made pop tunes and actually put a little heart into them, and thats a rare thing, I think. This is a very gorgeous, yet subtle cd; nothing is really going to jump out at you, and it may take more than one listen to really appreciate it.

So songs to listen to:
Dreams
Waltzing Back
Linger
Still Can't...
How

If you like the sound of these songs, then you won't be disappointed in the least. If they're not your cup of tea, then don't bother.

Overexposed.......2006-02-22

I originally purchased this album over nine years ago and, although I liked the songs and Dolores O'Riordan's voice, I find myself rarely listening to it now. For me, the excessive radio airplay of the songs "Dreams" and "Linger" killed the longevity of the album as a whole. It seemed as though throughout most of the nineties a person couldn't listen to the radio, walk around in a shopping mall, or watch TV without hearing "Dreams" or "Linger" at least once, if not more than once. I must have heard those songs a hundred times at least. Now I groan internally whenever I hear them. To me, this album will always sound like the nineties, and, unfortunately, the nineties haven't been gone long enough to make me want to reminisce. The Cranberries were a great band and it is a shame that much of their subsequent output wasn't as good. This is not a terrible album by any means, it has just been, to use a photographic term, overexposed.

The 5 star ratings here are a bit much.......2006-02-04

Yes, Dolores O'Riordan has a beautiful voice. Yes, many of the tunes here waft delicately and create a slightly melancholy ambiance.

The problem is that the songs rest TOO heavily on her voice without the songwriting to carry it. Too few of these tunes have solid bankable hooks that draw you back to them again and again and that counts against the longevity of this in the end.

In addition, the lilting quality of O'Riordan's voice takes on a near yodel affectation at times that means her singing style may take some getting used to. That's not to say this album is "bad"..just that much of it possesses a tendency to bleed into the background.

HIGHLIGHTS:
Driving drums and shimering guitar made "Dreams" a big hit as was the string-kissed "Linger". Outside of those, "Still Can't.." and "How" with its "Never before and never again" chorus settle in with repeated listening. It closes on a nice note with the otherworldly soaring backing vocals on "Put Me Down".

LOWS:
"I Still Do" is a prime example of a tune that I just can't recall once it stops playing and it was allowed to set the stage for the disc. While that's truth in advertising at its most extreme, it certainly doesn't start the CD to best advantage.

BOTTOM LINE:
A great voice can't carry songs on its own and this album is hit and miss but the best bits are majestic. Definitely one I'd borrow from a friend first before buying, though.

Average customer rating: If only for one song alone, you'll love it. Happy Music!!! At last I found it!! THE MAN IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic Album From A Modern Master

Something For Everybody: Baz Luhrmann Various Artists Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Wear Sunscreen William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture, Volume 2 (1996 Version) William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture (1996 Version) [Enhanced CD] Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom / Romeo + Juliet / Moulin Rouge) ASIN: B00000634X Release Date: 2004-07-12

Tracks:

1. Bazmark Fanfare - Baz Luhrman
2. Young Hearts Run Free (The Overture Mix) - Kim Mazelle
3. Loverfool (Snooper Version) - Snooper
4. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps - Doris Day
5. Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Mix - Quindon Tarver
6. Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen) - David Hobson
7. When Doves Cry (Extended Mix) - Quindon Tarver
8. Love Is In The Air (Fran Mix) - John Paul Young
9. Nutbod (Houseboats Of Kashmir Mix) - Christine Anu/Royce Doherty
10. Happy Feet (High Heels Mix) - Jack Hylton
11. Angel (7in MIx) - Gavin Friday
12. Os Quindos De Ya Ya - Stanley Black
13. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Helana
14. Time After Time (The S.F.E. Version) - Tara Morice
15. I'm Losing You - Lani
16. Now Until The End Of The Day (Single Version) - Christine Anu/David Hobson/Royce Doherty
17. Jupiter (From The Planets) - The London Symphony Orchestra

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One of the most surreal singles in memory, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" has an even stranger story than you'd imagine: in 1998, a student lifted the text of an article columnist Mary Schmich had written for the Chicago Tribune and started sending it around the world, crediting it as a commencement speech given at MIT by Kurt Vonnegut. Film director Baz Luhrmann (who had taken a big part in designing the soundscapes of his films Strictly Ballroom and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) got his hands on it just as he was working on a remix of Rozalla's 1992 dance hit "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)." Within a day, Luhrmann had hired a local actor to read the text, and a single was born. It's a wonderfully surreal pop-cultural moment on an album that strives for such things. Luhrmann's modus operandi involves the remixing and customizing of tracks until they have a fabulous sheen, and it owes a lot to the equally media-attuned Malcolm McLaren (and especially to McLaren's 1989 album Waltz Darling). Though he throws in a handful of time-tested songs (Doris Day's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps," La Bohème's "Che Gelide Manina"), Something for Everybody is very much of a specific moment--and though the moment may pass, fans will enjoy revisiting it time and again. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

If only for one song alone, you'll love it........2007-07-06

I could tell you that song, but that would perhaps have you unscrupulously downloading it from some nefarious site. Besides, the whole album is a trip through musical spaces that no other compilation I have has taken me. It's that good.

Happy Music!!!.......2007-04-02

As described, it is truly is "music for all..." The "Wear Sunscreen" song is My personal favorite...

At last I found it!!.......2006-07-11

I'm from Spain and I really like Baz Luhrmann's music. I used to have this Cd but I lent it to somebody and never got it back. You can't imagine how difficult is to find it in Spain! And at last, I decided to buy it here because I really wanted theis album again.
I'm really happy with the service. I recieved it very fast! Thanks very much!!

THE MAN IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-12-11

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM. IT IS TRUELY SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY!

Fantastic Album From A Modern Master.......2003-03-01

If you've ever had the good fortune to see STRICLY BALLROOM, ROMEO + JULIET or MOULIN ROUGE, then you've been exposed to the pure visual and musical genius that is Baz Luhrmann. This pre-MOULIN ROUGE album covers a wonderfully wide range of music - mainly original and remixed music from Luhrmann's first two films, two of his theatrical productions for the Australian Opera (LA BOHEME & MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM), his production of HAIRCUT for the Sydney Theatre Company, and music from LAKE LOST.

Fans of STRICTLY BALLROOM will again recognize the original versions of Doris Day's classic "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" and Stanley Black's "Os Quindos De Ya Ya" as well as remixed versions of "Happy Feet," "Love Is In The Air" and Tara Morice's "Time After Time." ROMEO + JULIET lovers can hear fantastic remixed versions of "Young Hearts Run Free," "Everybody's Free," "When Doves Cry," and "Angel."

The real treat for Baz Luhrmann fans, however, are the tracks from and inspired by his works for The Sydney Theatre Company and the Australian Opera. They range from the purely operatic "Che Gelida Manina" from LA BOHEME (which has since been brought to Broadway) to the fantastically funky electronic "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" from HAIRCUT.

If you've ever seen and loved a Luhrmann film, you shouldn't be disappointed by this fantastic album. It celebrates the works you know and love and introduces you to this modern master's other, equally wonderful works.

Average customer rating: jazz to drive to Second album is even better than the first! Outstanding A worthy addition to any music collection Billie Holiday of modern days!

Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Manufacturer: Fat Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: One Hour Mama Insect Ball Indigo Swing Mugzy's Move Come Out Swingin' ASIN: B00002SWYI Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

1. Busy Woman's Blues, The
2. Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing
3. Big Fine Daddy
4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
5. Now or Never
6. I've Got A Feelin'
7. Roll the Boogie
8. Honey Pie
9. I Want a Little Boy
10. Blow Me a Fat Note
11. Voo-It
12. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped
13. Hootie Blues
14. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
15. Sent For You Yesterday
16. Winter Wonderland [Special Bonus Christmas Track]

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And just like that, the "swing thing" disappeared. Of course, San Francisco's Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers were at it years before the revival took hold and were always a cut above the rest of the pack anyway. That's because Smith and her pianist and musical director Chris Siebert have such a deep wealth of musical knowledge to draw on, the courage and good taste to recruit world-class veteran players from across the jazz world, and a passion and respect for the style of music they play. Boasting a buoyant mix of boogie-woogie, jump blues, sophisticated swing, and even bebop, 2000's Everybody's Talkin' follows up their enormously successful indie debut, One Hour Mama, which sold nearly 40,000 copies in the 3 years after its release on their own Fat Note label. The crafty arrangements, courtesy of Siebert and big-time Ellington expert David Berger, never get in the way of momentum or mood. It all revolves around Smith's versatile voice, which can convey strength and vulnerability, innocence and smut, sweetness and wickedness--often all at once. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

This is quirky pop record from 2 guys from Canada. This is great CD for those who like a little variety, satire and spirituality in their music

Customer Reviews:

jazz to drive to.......2007-05-13

enjoyed her piano jazz sultry voice- every song on the album is worth listening to.

Second album is even better than the first!.......2007-04-02

Nice job with songs that hit the spot! New and exciting singer - great backup talent also.

Outstanding.......2005-12-03

Lavay Smith brings back the torchsongs of the 40s, backing herself with some of the best musicians from the Big Band era. A welcome respite from the overprocessed music being churned out. Truly spectacular.

A worthy addition to any music collection.......2005-11-24

This album conveys everything you want in in a jazz album with a swing emphasis. A great introduction to those not already immersed in jazz, yet satisfying to those with an understanding of the evolution of jazz and possessing a music collection to match. Lavay Smith has a voice that transcends genre, emotion, and the vast majority of modern singers of any category. The musicianship stands out on this album; she is backed by a top-notch band. Great music for parties, driving, and as a conversation backdrop.

Billie Holiday of modern days!.......2004-06-24

She's singin' like a Billie Holiday, and Red Hot Skillet Lickers is great band! But they don't just imitate! This is one helluva record!

Average customer rating: Quality Quality Quality I LOVE A Happy Ending Great CD Great album thanks corporate radio, for dropping the ball yet again!

Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Tears for Fears Manufacturer: New Door Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Raoul and the Kings of Spain The Seeds of Love The Hurting [UK Bonus Tracks] Songs from the Big Chair Elemental ASIN: B0002M5T34 Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
2. Closest Thing To Heaven
3. Call Me Mellow
4. Size Of Sorrow
5. Who Killed Tangerine?
6. Quiet Ones
7. Who You Are
8. The Devil
9. Secret World
10. Killing With Kindness
11. Ladybird
12. Last Days On Earth

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Among the benefits of picking up the new Tears for Fears album--the band's first since 1989--maybe the least obvious is looking cool in front of friends. Flick it on over cocktails, say, and brows will furrow: Few would think to match the heaving, synth-heavy boys who lit up the '80s with "Head Over Heels" to this new material. Which is mostly a good thing. The vocals of lead singer Roland Orzabal, powered by some all-cylinders thing, still squash all traces of irony in their path, and there's a moodiness to the music, minus a lot of the old broodiness, that borders on the masterly. Yet the sound has changed completely. Old-school overproduction has fallen away in favor of real guitars, pounding pianos, and a melody-driven, Beatle-y sensibility. It's there on the title track and first single "Call Me Mellow," and only slightly eclipsed by something pleasantly Bacharach-ish on "Secret World." Everybody who loves a happy ending will find one here: Tears for Fears skirts the has-been trap impressively, translating years of experience into play-it-again, sophisticated modern pop worth paying attention to. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

UK version of 2004 album contains 2 bonus tracks 'Pullin' A Cloud' & 'Out Of Control'. Chrysalis. 2005.

Album Details

Includes Two UK Bonus Tracks Not on the USA Version.

Customer Reviews:

Quality Quality Quality.......2007-06-04

Wow. This is Tears for Fears at their quality best. There is no throw away track. Each is a true work of art. Each is distinct from the others. Takes you on a journey that you'll repeat again and again.

I LOVE A Happy Ending.......2007-05-18

How lucky were we as fans to have this new TFF album dropped upon us after ALL these years?? I saw the tour twice, such talent. Roland has one of the best and most versatile voice of almost anyone I have ever listened too. This album picks up where THE SEEDS OF LOVE left off. Of course all the Roland - only TFF through the ninities was also very ggod, but even better when Curt is in the mix. Yes, tff can carryon without Curt, but it cannot carry on without Roland. So glad they got back together, my ONLY complaint on this album would be that Oleta Admas din't sing on it. She is such an important part of The SEEDS OF LOVE, I was rather surprised she wasn't on here. I wonder if she was asked? My favorite song has to be "Ladybird". this is "Perfect" Tears for Fears, deep topics, great lyrics, chords and melodies. You will be singing along with in no time just like all the other albums. The tour waas also great, so many fans, all types, all ages dancing together singing. A total pleasure. I consider myself lucky to have been there.

Great CD.......2007-05-07

Every song but one is great and it was so exciting to hear new stuff from the guys now they are back together.
Only complaint is the basic rhythm tracks lack that live groove that
gave their songs so much punch.
It sounds like it was recorded a bit here and bit there on computer and then thrown together in the mix, it lacks a real "Band" feel.
Still a great album though.

Great album.......2007-01-26

In my opinion this is the best album the two of them have ever done. I really love all their albums, the early ones they did together and the ones with just Roland. In fact my favorites are the ones Roland did by himself. Everytime I listen to the new one it gets better and better. I hope they do another.

thanks corporate radio, for dropping the ball yet again!.......2006-09-22

i've always enjoyed the songs i've heard from them on the radio, but this is the first TFF album i've actually listened to.

this album describes perfectly the reason i stopped listening to top 40 radio in the early nineties. you don't hear stuff like this anymore. i don't wanna go off on my corporate radio rant so i won't. i'm here to praise this album and everyone involved with the making of it.

it's a masterpiece. if you love great music, get it. if you listen to corporate radio, don't bother. you're not qualified to appreciate this.

i keep wondering how long it will be before corporate radio comes full circle and starts giving the exposure deserved to artists like this. my guess is that it'll never happen. why? i'll never know...

thanks roland and curt. you'll probably never read this but i want to say thanks anyway. we need more artists like yourselves. hope to hear more from you soon.

spaceboy

Average customer rating: This may be a long review - but this is one important album How shopping should be One of Bill's finest works.... A crossroads The Magic and the Power

Everybody Digs Bill Evans Bill Evans Trio Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Moon Beams Explorations Portrait in Jazz Waltz for Debby Sunday at the Village Vanguard ASIN: B000000Y47 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Minority
2. Young & Foolish
3. Lucky To Be Me
4. Night & Day
5. Epilogue
6. Tenderly
7. Peace Piece
8. What Is There To Say?
9. Oleo
10. Epilogue
11. Some Other Time (mono)

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The superb pianist recorded this album, his second as a leader, in December 1958, more than two years after his debut. In between, of course, he was an integral part of Miles Davis's legendary sextet. Spurred by a rhythm section of bassist Sam Jones and drummer Philly Joe Jones, Bill Evans shows amazing versatility on these sides: his playing on "Minority," "Night and Day," and "Oleo" is surprisingly robust and even bluesy at times--certainly not adjectives usually associated with the cool pianist. He's delightfully playful on the midtempo "Tenderly." Then there are the slow, meditative numbers for which he's known, including three unaccompanied showcases. "Peace Piece," which was actually conceived merely as an introduction to Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time," is the most famous, but his reading of another Bernstein song, "Lucky to Be Me," is equally mesmerizing. Although the original record dropped it, the CD reissue does include a version of "Some Other Time," complete with the "Peace Piece" intro. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring an LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing.

Customer Reviews:

This may be a long review - but this is one important album.......2007-07-03

Everybody Digs comes right after Bill Evans's brief stint with the Miles Davis Sextet. Exhausted from the band's busy touring schedule, stung by the criticism that he received from many who thought Davis should have hired a harder-swinging (which in this case meant African-American) pianist, and still sort of amazed that Davis insisted he remain in the group: according to Evans biographer Peter Pettinger, in the must-read How My Heart Sings, this is the emotional backdrop for the pianist's second major trio album. Moreover, "for most of November [1958], burned out after leaving Miles...Evans relaxed on his father's driving range in Florida. He reportedly took great satisfaction in shooting 41 for nine holes of golf. He also visited his brother Harry in Louisiana. "One of the reasons I left Miles was because my father was ill," [Evans] said. "I spent some time visiting my folks, and went through a rather reflective period. While I was staying with my brother in Baton Rouge...I remember finding that somehow I had reached a new inner level of expressiveness of my playing. It had come almost automatically, and I was very anxious about it - afraid I might lose it - I thought maybe I'd wake up tomorrow and it wouldn't be there" (Pettinger 66).

Perhaps all of this explains the blistering "Oleo," Night and Day," and "Minority," which at times consciously seem to assert, "I can swing my f*ck%n' a*s off with the best of them - just take a listen." I think it also explains the very moving rendition of "Lucky to Be Me," whose title Evans finds at once painfully ironic and blessedly true.

So what is there to say? Too much about all the astonishing things he does with these tunes. Evans sounds like the heir apparent to Bud Powell, only harmonically more "modern" and more fluid technically. Tons of credit also goes to Bill's favorite drummer (and fellow junkie in the Davis sextet) Philly Joe Jones, who swings his f*ck%n' a*s off, himself. Although Jones is sympathetic to everything the pianist does, even on the rather piano-centric ballads, he is absolutely explosive in the uptempo numbers. What a killer groove this guy could lay down! Meanwhile, Sam Jones keeps everyone grounded and shines in his unfortunately rare solo interludes.

There is an awful lot of talk about (and rightly so, for the most part) about the LaFaro-Motian-Evans trio - especially the way they expanded and tinkered with the time feel. But the germs of it (I'd say better than the germs of it) are all here. Take "Tenderly," a short waltz, but an absolute tour de force. Philly Joe gets this relaxed thing going; Evans goes all over the place, displacing the beat with sly interjections and letting loose with dizzyingly virtuosic scale passages; Sam Jones is strong, right there with them. Every time I hear it I almost have to restrain myself from laughing out loud it's so good. Why was this kind of exuberance so rare with LaFaro and Motian? In the end, I'm left feeling robbed of some great music knowing that Philly Joe, Sam Jones, and Evans didn't form a working group first.

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Some of the '61 Vanguard fanatics might also carp that the pianist hadn't yet perfected the elaborate system of inner voicings that became one of his trademarks. But as one who was first exposed to his later albums, I find the starker (and still extremely logical) harmonic and emotional content here both refreshing and invigorating. In an essay on Jean Sibelius, James Hepokoski says about the composer's Third Symphony, "A watershed in his career, the Third Symphony sets out...to restore the possibility of experiencing...the major triad...as a progressively deepening, revelatory event." Although Bill Evans certainly adds some 9ths, 13ths, and other extensions to his triads, he brings the same meaning to the most fundamental western harmony on this watershed album in his career and his art. After all, what is "Peace Piece" but a study of the I-V-I harmonic relationship foundational to all western music? The startlingly inventive improvisation (which dabbles in bitonality as much as the blues)'s startlingly simple two chord figure (CMaj7 - Dmin7/G), derived from an introduction to "Some Other Time," becomes the album's central meditation, showing up in the closing vamp of "Young and Foolish" and the final measures of "Lucky to Be Me," as well.

And there are no extraneous notes expended exploring this fundamental relationship or any other progression. Indeed, the open fifths left ringing at the end of "Peace Piece," or accompanying the devastating final chords of "Lucky to Be Me," are almost spiritual in their nakedness. Really more than ever, the pianist makes each added voice, each sustained pedal count. Pettinger writes, "With the two remaining ballads, Evans creates an illusion that overcomes the simple fact that tone dies on his instrument. Working this magic requires a certain mental attitude; it is necessary to "think through" a phrase to connect dying notes. On "What is There to Say?" and "Young and Foolish" he is the master at this, sustaining the lines with intensely yearning tone and melting harmony....But it is his ravishing use of tone that makes "Young and Foolish" his first truly lyrical trio track and one of those that goes deepest; played with muscular strength in the singing, it touches the heart" (Pettinger 69).

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Ultimately, Bill's quotation about finding "a new inner level of expressiveness" and fearing that he would lose it says it best. Everybody Digs is the result of an artist who is burning to say something and now - finally - knows how to say it. Compare it to the first flush of a great romance or the steady flow of a stream where there once was only a trickling brook. Either way, Bill Evans reinvented jazz piano on this album, with the big heart, probing mind, and hitherto unimaginable sensitivity of touch that made him the giant he is.

How shopping should be.......2006-02-22

Item was in mint condition as advertised. Shipped quickly too. A+++

One of Bill's finest works...........2003-11-24

I've listened to this CD many times, and it never fails to enthrall me. One of the things I love about Bill Evans is the care with which he seems to select each note. "Peace Piece" is still my favorite track, Bill seems to bare his soul on this one. Anyone interested in building a serious jazz collection would do well to start with this one. Go for the 20-bit remastered version, I have both versions, the 20-bit is cleaner.

A crossroads.......2003-03-10

This album reflects a crossroads in Bill's career. Bill had two current's flowing--his romantic style and his bop style. His prior album New Conceptions, which caused a stir, was almost a hard bop album. His lines at that point reflected Horace Silver's influence. Hard driving, mostly right hand extremely long lines; the ballads were somewhat arranged and not with his characteristic emotion. He knew he had more work to do (rec hiatus for almost 2 years)
With Everybody Digs however, Bill hit his stride. He had tempered and became more choice with his vocabulary-around this time he was a member of Miles Davis group. Oleo is a stunning effort. It is bop based, but it is a highly original take on it. None of his contemporaries were quite able to take the bebop idiom and loosen it up from Powell's reigns in terms of a new direction. This harder driving style on this record(a la All About Rosie/George Russell) as other reviewers commented seem to have been abandoned after the 50's. You see a little of it on Undercurrents on
Funny Valentine.
The ballads--lucky to be me, what is there to say. That ballad touch--so characteristic and identifiable was now permanently stamped to vinyl. And Peace, Peace is really a wild experiment with fantastic results. Bill could often be very tidy and preprogrammed but when he did odd things like this he really showed his unique depth. Another example of Bill's capricious and often humorous side can be seen on "With a Song in My Heart" from Empathy with Shelly Manne and Monty Budwig. Anybody interested in this period of bill's playing would be interested in checking out his work as a sideman with Dave Pike, Art Farmer, Charlie Mingus and Eddie Costa.

The Magic and the Power.......2003-02-11

There may be a temptation to pass up this album in favor of the more "characteristic" Bill Evans of the later trios beginning with Lafaro and Motian. With a relentlessly swinging, earthy, "straight-ahead," bop and soul-oriented supportive team of Sam Jones and Philly Joe, Bill might be expected to fall into their insistent groove, providing at best a neo-Bud Powell impersonation. But the opposite is closer to the final result: the Jones' boys come under the spell of Evans' romantic, lyrical individualism. At the same time, Bill's lines are etched in bolder relief than is the case on the recordings of the later, more impressionistic and democratic trios. Take, for instance, "Night and Day." First, Philly Joe's tap dancing rhythms reference the musician for whom the song was written (Fred Astaire), then Sam lays down an irresistible dance beat, then Bill becomes the dancer--alternating between being a graceful, composite Fred-Ginger and a dazzling soloist, executing several stunning breaks without benefit of help from either accompanist.

Average customer rating: Totally awesome and innovative guitar Great music, even better guitar work love it Kaki carries the torch (and its an ADAMAS!) a lump of coal in my Christmas sock

Everybody Loves You Kaki King Manufacturer: Velour Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Until We Felt Red Beyond Boundaries: Guitar Solos Aerial Boundaries La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings Only ASIN: B00008V5TI Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. kewpie station
2. steamed juicy little bun
3. carmine st.
4. night after sidewalk
5. happy as a dead pig in the sunshine
6. the exhibition
7. close your eyes and you'll burst into flames
8. joi
9. everybody loves you
10. fortuna

Customer Reviews:

Totally awesome and innovative guitar.......2006-10-22

If you want to hear new things from an acoustic guitar, this album, and King's Legs to Make Us Stronger are the ticket. Kaki is extremely talented. I'm eagerly awaiting to hear more music from this stunning artist. Very unconventional, so maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I love it!

Great music, even better guitar work.......2006-08-23

Kaki King is amazing, any fan of good music will love this.

love it.......2006-06-21

Its artistic and beautiful...if you like the "plastic" popular music and feel that a song should have A point and not many points than dont buy this cd. Its been said that its unfocused but i feel it is very focused on the feeling at the time...Her songs are like a dream vacation packed into 4 minutes.. ...if you like music to stimulate every emotion in a short period of time then go for it...but if you choose not to think fast enough then don't buy it... I also love the raw sound of the recording.. So stimulating, it takes me away to my memories of chilling with friends sipping dark brew, and letting the music go while hitting record.

Kaki carries the torch (and its an ADAMAS!).......2006-05-16

Kaki is a phenomenon. The very fact that she perplexes some listeners (like Hedges did) is good. NOT smmoth, NOT new age. She brings the freshness of youth to a wonderful synthesis of "newer" techniques that just jump out at you. I'll give her just shy of five stars because she needs some room to grow. I'm thrilled that the wonderful Adams (cousin of Ovation) is also getting some of the glory it deserves. Fantastic!

a lump of coal in my Christmas sock.......2005-12-27

Reecived this as a gift on Christmas. Never heard of Kaki King before.

Can't make any sense at all out of this sound (can't even bring myself to call it "music"). It's just a lot of aimless, unfocused, and shapeless sound. Sometimes she gets a rhythm going, but then she loses it, and the entire piece falls apart. This happens in several tracks.

There is not a single melody anywhere on this CD. How can anyone record an entire CD with a complete absence of melody? What is the point of that?

It's like writing a novel with a lot of loose words and phrases, but nary a complete sentence. Just lots of words, but no story, no characters, no plot. It's pointless.

This CD is pointless.

There are so many truly fantastic acoustic guitarists out there. This poor girl is no match for any of them. I much prefer Muriel Anderson to Kaki King.

This is a very weak effort. This music should never have been released. What a shame.

Average customer rating: garbage His best work Great album from big-haired wannabee My First Lovett - I love it Best Lyle Lovett CD!

I Love Everybody Lyle Lovett Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Joshua Judges Ruth Pontiac Lyle Lovett and His Large Band The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett ASIN: B000002ONW Release Date: 1994-09-27

Tracks:

1. Skinny Legs
2. Fat Babies
3. I Think You Know What I Mean
4. Hello Grandma
5. Creeps Like Me
6. Sonja
7. They Don't Like Me
8. Record Lady
9. Ain't It Somethin'
10. Penguins
11. The Fat Girl
12. La To The Left
13. Old Friend
14. Just The Morning
15. Moon On My Shoulder
16. I've Got The Blues
17. Good-Bye To Carolina
18. I Love Everybody

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"I Love Everybody," is a return to Lovett's early Texas-cowboy-poet style. In fact, it's a return to those earlier songs. While all 18 tracks on the album are previously unreleased, most of them date from the 1980s when he was writing far more high-quality material than anyone was interested in recording. This is sure to please his longtime fans, who believe Lovett has never written a better song than the early efforts "If I Had a Boat" and "God Will." Lovett has raided his attic trunk and has found a surprising number of lost treasures.

One of those gems, "Skinny Legs," kicks things off with a confession of jealousy. If he only had skinny legs, a new Toyota and a cute rear end, the singer laments, he'd have a girlfriend like that boy over there. Lovett's dry, deadpan drawl falls on the bouncy, catchy melody with enchanting ease, and he refuses to use a single word more than he needs.

The lightly swinging arrangements are as simple as the songs; Lovett and his acoustic guitar are backed by John Leftwich on stand-up bass and either Kenny Aronoff or Russ Kunkel on drums. Cellist John Hagen is added to five cuts, fiddler Mark O'Connor to six, the Tower of Power Horns to one, a gospel quartet to three, and a choir featuring Rickie Lee Jones and Julia Roberts to two others. At least half a dozen songs are slight one-liners which didn't deserve revival, and they dilute the album's impact. Nonetheless this is a welcome reward for all those who believe the funny Lyle Lovett is the best Lyle Lovett. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

garbage.......2007-03-27

Lyle Lovettt began his recording career with three astonishing, poignant, funny, eerie, poetic crossover cds. The high points include his humorous bluesy sparring with Frances, his toying with his odd image, the breath-taking "Pontiac" which manages in a hundred words to knock the wind out of you, etc. How nice it would have been if he had continued executing deep, interesting work. Sadly, Lyle had other plans.

Instead his 4th, "Joshua Judges Ruth," was mediocre at best. By the 5th (this) he had accelerated into freefall, and really hit some all-time low mark for a collection of songs. 18 songs here and only one of them is any good. And he knows it because he puts the good one "Skinny Legs" first. Horrid lowpoints on the album inlcude "Penguins" "Fat babies" "Goodbye to Carolina" "Record Lady" "Hello Grandma" "Creeps like Me." What the hell is this stuff? It's not folk, it's not country. It's not alternative or rock. It's some horrible, horrible new genre. It seems like he accepted some sort of dare to record the stupidest things he's ever written, with a straight face. And if you fell for it, well, too bad for you.

Let's cut right to the insanely stupid lyrics to make the point:
I don't go for fancy cars / For diamond rings / Or movie stars / I go for penguins / Oh Lord I go for penguins / Penguins are so sensitive / To my needs.

Absolutely assinine! And the equally insipid "Fat Babies:"

I said I don't like hippies / And I don't like cornbread / And I don't like much / Fat babies have no pride / And that's okay / Who needs pride.

Mmm. You're really connecting with me Lyle.

Adjectives that come to mind when I think of this cd are exhausted, stupid, trite, rotten, heinous, masturbatory, indulgent, jaw-droppingly bad... and he continued in this vein, never to be relevant again. I hear some later work is good, but the immense bad will created by this CD prevents me from even considering a listen.

His best work.......2005-11-28

Strip away the big band, vivacious backing vocals and sometimes amusing lyrics and Lyle Lovett is still one heck of a songwriter and singer. This CD proves it -- and is probably his finest work. Simple, mellow, yet profound, its perfect Saturday morning listening music. Enjoy with your favorite coffee and pajamas.

Great album from big-haired wannabee.......2004-11-25

This album is among lyle's worst. The arrangements are all plodding and unimaginative. The musicians sound bored. Lyle is at his most pathetic and whiny. Listen, if ANY of the original Texas blues artists heard this guy singing like this and claiming to be from Texas, they would have shot him on the spot (not that I'm advocating violence, but they were a different breed). Fortunately (for Lyle) they've passed on. Its really Brittany Spears for a little more sophisticated crowd. Great for people with a lot of money who drive Subaru Foresters, wear Birkenstocks, SmartWool socks, listen to A Prarie Home Companion, and love nice safe unchallenging music.

My First Lovett - I love it.......2004-10-21

I'm by no means a country music fan - I was shocked to find out that this was classified as country. Accoustically, this is a dynamic recording which adds to the dynamic musicianship going on in most of the songs.
I'm really writing this to add some praise for the song Sonja - which I find to be a fantastic example of his lyrics - alot of fun and alot more depth to it than it seems at first.

Best Lyle Lovett CD!.......2004-09-02

This one is my favorite of all Lyle Lovett CD's. Almost every song is a gem! The wit of "Record Lady," the grace of "I Think You Know What I Mean.," the sharpness of "Skinny Legs" or the absurdity and fun of "Skinny Legs"...it's all gold, as you will find out when you buy or borrow "I Love Everybody."

We need more original songwriters like Lyle. He may be a loner, but he carries some profound messages.

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