Japanese reissue of 1972 album from one of the most successful brother acts in popular music. Universal. 2004.
To Whom It May Concern,Bee Gees,Rock/Pop
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To Whom It May Concern
Lisa Marie Presley Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008MNYT Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
Tracks:
- S.O.B.
- The Road Between
- Lights Out
- Better Beware
- Nobody Noticed It
- Sinking In
- Important
- So Lovely
- Indifferent
- Gone
- To Whom It May Concern
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Blessed--or is it cursed?--with a visage that's a distinctly haunting echo of her father's, Lisa Marie Presley has either spent most of her adult life assiduously avoiding a music career or engaged in Machiavellian schemes to secure one, depending on your spin source. But here it is, informed by no small amount of tabloid-ready living (three failed marriages, including two bizarre years the King's daughter spent playing Princess of Pop to Michael Jackson) and a slate of modern record-biz heavy hitters. The album's first single, "Lights Out," is a countryfied pop collaboration with Glen Ballard in which the singer's tough, bittersweet lyrics obliquely confront the daunting legacy of her father and the Memphis where her "family's buried and gone." Her husky alto isn't the only thing that recalls Sheryl Crow; the bristling textures of Andy Slater (Wallflowers) and Eric Rosse (Tori Amos) are a veritable textbook of modern-rock techniques, wed to some smart cover choices that bolster her music's moody, introspective bent. But that gloss sometimes makes Presley seem like a guest artist on her own album, making one curious to hear her in the setting where her father was so often riveting: Alone in the spotlight. They don't call it the gene pool lottery for nothing. -Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
buy it........2005-10-21
Love this CD.......2005-09-24
Better Beware... This CD is awsome!!!.......2005-09-20
Tracks:
S.O.B - 10/10 I love this song and it's one of my favs on the CD.
The Road Between - 9/10 really good slow song. I can relate to this one.
Light's Out - 10/10 What can I say about this one??? It's freaking awsome and another fav from the CD.
Better Beware - 8/10 Funky little song that grows on you after awhile. I didn't really like it at first but have grown to like it.
Nobody Noticed It - 10/10 One of the most heart felt songs on the entire album. Talking about her father. You can feel her sadness and loss on this one.
Sinking In - 10/10 THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM!!! I love this tune that she wrote to her first husband, Danny.
Important - 7/10 An "ok" song. I like her sound on this one; however, I don't really understand the lyrics.
So Lovely - 9/10 Sweet song about her two children.
Indifferent - 10/10 Another one of my favs. I love this song and she sounds really amazing on this one!
Gone - 6/10 Song on the album that I like the least. If I had to take but one song off the album this one would be it.
To Whom it May Concern 9/10 - Awsome little song about children hooked on medication.
Hidden Track Excuse Me - 10/10 Love this song! Sad and beautiful at the same time!
Lisa Marie steps out of her father's shadow.......2005-08-25
Awsome, Love it.......2005-08-20
S.O.B. 10/10 killer opening track
The Road Between 10/10 a very good slow song
Lights Out 10/10 My FAVORITE song on the whole CD!
Better Beware 6/10 Ehhh...the worst, its to funky, and it just wasn't my song.
Nobody Noticed It 10/10 I really like this song, love the meaning, beautiful ballad
Sinking In 10/10 Great song, really love this one.
Important 9/10 Good Song, not the best still a good track!
So Lovely 10/10 love the meaning to this one to, one of the best!
Indifferent 10/10 Great Song, Like this one, good lyrics!
Gone 9/10 Good song, not my favorite
To Whom It May Concern 10/10 I really like this song as well.
*Hidden Track* 9/10 Like this song, very cool!
You need this CD, my second favorite CD I have (my favorite being Now What.) Pick this and Now What up, you won't regret it!
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To Whom It May Concern
Splender Manufacturer: J-Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006FI91 Release Date: 2002-09-03 |
Tracks:
- Happier This Way
- High
- But, Anyway
- The Loneliest Person I Know
- Save It For Later
- Maybe Someday
- Here I Am, There You Go
- No Big Deal
- Wide Awake
- Good Evening
Customer Reviews:
splender fans read this.......2005-04-04
I LOVE THIS GROUP!!!.......2005-02-05
Excellent Songs !.......2005-02-04
great,great,great.......2004-07-08
TOTALLY Underestimated band.......2004-06-16
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To Whom It May Concern, 1966-1970
Al Stewart Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000744H Release Date: 1993-11-01 |
Tracks:
- The Elf
- Turn Into Earth
- Bedsitter Images
- Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
- The Carmichaels
- Scandinavian Girl
- Pretty Golden Hair
- Denise At 16
- Samuel Oh How You've Changed
- Cleave To Me
- A Long Way Down From Stephanie
- Ivich
- Beleeka Doodle Day
- Lover Man
- Clifton In The Rain
- In Brooklyn
- Old Compton Street Blues
- Ballard Of Mary Foster
- Life And Life Only
Tracks:
- You Should Have Listened To Al
- Love Chronicles
- My Enemies Have Sweet Voices
- A Small Fruit Song
- Gethsemade Again
- Burding
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Manuscript
- Black Hill
- Anna
- Room Of Roots
- Zero She Flies
Album Details
Double CD. Contains the Original LPs Bedsitter Images, Love Chronicles, and Zero When She Flies, plus a Rare Early Single-Only Release. A Must have for Singer-Songwriter Fans.Customer Reviews:
Great music, but beware of CD rot.......2006-12-08
So it's great to have Al's first three albums (including "Love Chronicles" which was infamous at the time for one of the earliest appearances on record of the F-word, used entirely appropriately) all together on a double CD. It's also good to have all the songs from both versions of "Bedsitter Images", which at some point was reisssued with a few tracks changed.
BUT... I have now owned two copies of this set, purchased a couple of years apart, with different cover art, and both have suffered from CD rot. I don't know the quality of current pressings, but I am reluctant to spend my money a third time to check this out.
Whatever you do, buy this from the UK site, rather than here!.......2006-10-18
This is the early stuff, showing the promise of future brilliance, and is highly recommended if you like any of the later albums at all.
This particular collection is welcome because of the inclusion of tracks left off the later pressings of the first album - I was confused for years when my vinyl copy seemed to have some of the songs missing from those I remembered from listening to older friends copies; once I bought this set I realised that my memory was in fact more reliable than I'd thought.
Great early works by Al.......2006-08-17
After you've purchased the above works, you may wonder what Al Stewart to listen to next? I like this two CD collection better than any of Al's post-Time Passges albums that I've listened to. This collection has a folk rock sound to it that's completely lost in Al's more polished but less interesting later works. It reminds me of Simon and Garfunkel.
Intelligent MASTERPIECE !.......2005-10-17
I've had a cassette copy "The Early Years" since high school in 1979. It featured many of the songs on this collection and the album "Orange". I saw this collection and jumped at the chance to get those songs on cd. What blew my mind was hearing how good the other songs were.
Astonishingly good.
This is not music for impatient people. Time seems to slow down as each song washes over you. It feels like being on a long vacation. Unhurried, and completely satisfying. I think the songs benefit from not being played to death on the radio. They become yours, free from previous associations.
The lyrics are brilliant, of course, but the arrangements are so tastefully timeless. Because of that, I have never grown tired of these songs. When I discovered them in high school, my musical I.Q. went up several points. An experience I would later have when listening to Nick Drake, The Lilac Time, and Belle and Sebastian. (hint, hint)
The booklet included is a wonderful read. The photos quite fun. No lyrics, but you'll probably memorise them eventually.
Don't forget to check out "Orange" which, in my mind, goes perfectly with this collection. And if you haven't heard "Modern Times" and "Past, Present and Future", you're in for a treat.
David A. Magnusson.......2005-08-16
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To Whom It May Concern
The Bee Gees Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001FNI Release Date: 1992-05-05 |
Tracks:
- Run To Me
- We Lost The Road
- Never Been Alone
- Paper Mache, Cabbages & Kings
- I Can Bring Love
- I Held A Party
- Please Don't Turn Out The Lights
- Sea Of Smiling Faces
- Bad Bad Dreams
- You Know It's For You
- Alive
- Road To Alaska
- Sweet Song Of Summer
Customer Reviews:
Perfect Little Record.......2007-01-19
It's Not Odessa, but It's Pretty Darn Good.......2006-05-16
I enjoy the open Beatles references throughout this album. "Bad Bad Dreams" sounds like John singing an updated version of Paperback Writer. "You Know It's For You" openly apes Paul's Ram-era output, and it's surprisingly effective.
The pyschedelic "Paper Mache, Cabbages, and Kings" could have fit easily on Odessa, a bizarre song with inexplicable lyrics and musical changes. "Road to Alaska" is another highlight, with a Stephen Stills/Manassas country-rock feel to it. The closer, "Sweet Song of Summer" brings it all home, with nice Moog effects to round out this unpretentious, laid-back, and very enjoyable addition to the Bee Gees canon.
One of a kind.......2006-03-06
THIS IS A GOOD BEE GEES ALBUM!.......2005-09-07
MY NEW FAVORITE SONGS ARE NEVER BEEN ALONE PLEASE DON'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS ROAD TO ALASKA ROBIN SOUNDS GREAT!
I'M GOING TO GET THIS BEE GEES ALBUM!
FROM A BIG BEE GEES FAN FOR 15 YEARS NOW KIRSTEN
¿Perfección y diversidad en 1972? Los Bee Gees aún pueden.......2004-02-16
Como ya es característico, las baladas se llevan la mayor parte de los créditos, comenzando por la emotiva Run To Me y siguiendo con la similar We Lost The Road, 2 temas que dejan en claro la inagotable capacidad creativa de los hermanos. Never Been Alone es una típica canción melodramática escrita en solitario por Robin. I Can Bring Love y Please Don't Turn Out the Lights son también dos cortas baladas con acompañamiento orquestal y cierra los números lentos la notable Alive.
Moviéndose a terrenos más pop, Paper Mache, Cabbages & Kings parece retroceder a fines de los sesenta con su contagioso ritmo, en tanto Sea of Smiling Faces es una perfecta melodía con aires optimnistas. Los números de Maurice, al igual que en Trafalgar son gratas sorpresas. Con ritmo de vals, el genial clavecín y coros casi gregorianos I Held a Party rompe el tono sereno del álbum, lo mismo que el pop beatlesco de You Know It's for You.
No contentos con dar una verdadera lección sobre hacer temas agradables y memorables, Bad Bad Dreams y Road to Alaska le imprimen al conjunto un toque de hard rock y country blues, dejando para el final un experimento con moog ejecutado por Maurice, cerrando el disco en un tono inquieto pero que no hace olvidar los 45 minutos de un grupo en plena cúspide.
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To Whom It May Concern
Freestyle Fellowship Manufacturer: Basement (Revolver) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000083GLN Release Date: 2002-11-05 |
Tracks:
- We Are The Freestyle Fellowship
- My Fantasy
- 7th Seal
- Let's Start Over
- Sunshine Men
- Physical Form
- 120 Seconds
- We Will Not Tolerate
- It's On
- Sike
- 5 O'Clock Follies
- Legal Alien
- Convolutions
- Jupiter's Journey
- For No Reason
- Here I Am
Customer Reviews:
To Whom It May Concern........the original mic kings!!.......2007-03-28
Freestyle Fellowship-To Whom It May Concern.......2006-04-27
I don't know what order this was in the Freestyle Fellowship collection, but I can tell you that with the rap I've heard from this time they were in their peak when they made this CD. I like to think of this CD as a De La Soul like flowing CD and a misc. subject CD. The thing I like best about this CD is the flow, something you might expect from a group called "Freestyle Fellowship." Their flows aren't simple rhyming, they run some iambic pantamoter and will often do the rhyme layering that has become a staple of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Another thing that I like about this CD is that although this group could be comparable to the modern-day Living Legends, everyone can flow, they don't have one dude rhyming streets ten times in a row (see Night Prowler), and almost as important as flow in group raps, their voices are all distinctly different.
The production is pretty good...basically as good as it's gonna get when the artist themself isn't doing the production, and when there's no real "mood" dictated, and therefore there can't be any really dark piano hooks or a violin or anything. Basically they do the best with what they have in terms of production. Another thing that can help the production is emcees who can rap on beat, which FF demonstrates enormous ability at in almost every song.
Basically this is an excellent hip-hop album of the early 90's, and definetly one you should pick up.
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To Whom It May Concern
Pasadenas Manufacturer: Boss Sounds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006HCKJ Release Date: 2005-07-11 |
Tracks:
- Funny Feeling
- Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man
- Enchanted Lady
- New Love
- Riding On A Train
- Give A Little Peace
- Tribute (Right On)
- I Really Miss You
- Justice For The World
- Something Else
- I Believe (Live)
- All Night Long (Live)
- A Little Love
- Riding On A Train (Clapham Junction Demo Mix)
- Tribute (Right On) (The Q Street Mix)
Album Description
The CD features the 10 original tracks from the 'To Whom It May Concern' album including the 3 hit singles 'Tribute' (Right On), 'Riding On A Train' and 'Enchanted Lady'. The album also includes 5 bonus tracks, 'A Little Love', 'I Believe' (Live), 'All Night Long' (Live), 'Tribute (Right On)' (Q Street Mix) & 'Riding On A Train' (Clapham Junction Demo Mix). Boss Sounds. 2002.Customer Reviews:
A wonderful blast from the past for British Motown group.......2003-11-11
Blending the sound of Motown, and house dance music, this CD is a collection of fun songs reminiscent of the Temptations, or the Four Tops. This was the debut CD for them and one stand out track, "Tribute", is a fitting song about the legends in soul music which played ever so briefly in the USA charts and was the song that inspired me to purchase this CD nearly 14 years ago. I have now officially worn it out from overuse, and recently purchased the re-release with bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are worth the effort as well.
If you are unfamiliar with this band, but enjoy the uplifting toe tapping funky sound of Motown music; give this CD and this band a chance. You won't be disappointed.
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To Whom It May Concern
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008KL3N Release Date: 2003-04-07 |
Tracks:
- SOB
- The Road Between
- Lights Out
- Better Beware
- Nobody Noticed It
- Sinking In
- Important
- So Lovely
- Indifferent
- Gone
- To Whom It May Concern
- Excuse Me (Bonus Track)
- Saviour (Bonus Hidden Track)
- Lights Out (Video)
Album Description
Japanese edition of her debut album features three bonus tracks, 'Excuse Me', 'Savior' (hidden track), & the video for the first hit single, 'Lights Out'. Also includes Lisa Marie Presley's behind-the-scenes look at the making of her video. 14 tracks (including hidden track & video) in all. Toshiba-EMI.Customer Reviews:
No need for concern...........2003-08-08
So Lovely.......2003-07-27
songwriter and a singer, her music and lyrics envelops you in Lisa Marie's world and all of her experiences. Her voice, deep and rich resonating when you turn up the speakers, provides a quality of experience, one possessed by someone who has come a long way. A lovely escape to a world unbound by pretentious emotion and enlightened by salvation.
A Must Buy For Anyone!!!!!.......2003-07-25
EXCELLENT.......2003-06-22
Lisa Marie Presley Rocks!!!
Tammy
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To Whom It May Concern...
Freestyle Fellowship Manufacturer: Beats & Rhymes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IZ64 Release Date: 1999-12-28 |
Tracks:
- We Are The Freestyle Fellowship
- My Fantasy
- 7th Seal
- Let's Start Over
- Sunshine Men
- Physical Form
- 120 Seconds
- We Will Not Tolerate
- Dedications
- It's On
- Sike
- 5 O'clock Follies
- Legal Alien
- Convolutions
- Jupiter's Journey
- For No Reason
- Here I Am
- The Future?
Amazon.com
One of the best underground classics you've probably never heard, Freestyle Fellowship's little-known, long-out-of-print first album was brilliantly conceived and executed. As much as we abuse the concept of "ahead of its time," the Fellowship's 1991 debut predicted a sound and approach to Left Coast underground hip-hop that not only eschewed the omnipresence of gangsta rap but also issued a bold challenge to all other corners of the hip-hop nation that L.A. was not to be taken lightly. Songs like "Sunshine Men," "For No Reason," and "Here I Am" let MCs like Aceyalone, All in All, Mikay 9, P.E.A.C.E., and Self Jupiter strike out bold statements of lyrical prowess over masterfully sampled tracks that pulsed with insight, energy, and inspiration. Your underground collection is not complete without this addition to the library. --Oliver WangCustomer Reviews:
Good Concept -Bad Business.......2005-03-03
this is the greatest rap album ever created.......2005-01-26
A Los Angeles Underground Classic.......2004-03-13
Great wierd style rapping that is Great all of them are classics
all of them every fan should buy this.
Music To My Ears.......2002-12-17
If Intercity Griots was a great album, that makes this album indispensible to anyone who claims to be a hip hop head.
BUY IT.
If you like this album then you should check Buhloone Mindstate by De La Soul and the other Freestyle Fellowship l.ps.
Hip hop masterpiece........2002-05-25
This album is a moment in hip hop history, that no true hiphop fan should be without. (If you want to delve more deeply into this history, pick up Mikah-9's Timetable for a few more tracks of early rap styling from 90 and 91). If you don't believe me, the heralded DJs Q-bert, D-Styles, and Shortkut (of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz) all listed "To Whom It May Concern" as one of their top 10 favorite hiphop albums of all time. Yes, it's that good, and that important in the chronology of hip hop. Nobody else was rhyming like this in 1990, and nobody else even tried it till years later.
All respect due to the mighty mighty Freestyle Fellowship!
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To Whom It May Concern
Nat King Cole Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008O89 Release Date: 1995-01-24 |
Tracks:
- To Whom It May Concern
- Lovewise
- Too Much
- In the Heart of Jane Doe
- Thousand Thoughts of You
- You're Bringing Out the Dreamer in Me
- My Heart's Treasure
- If You Said No
- Can't Help It
- Lovesville
- Unfair
- This Morning It Was Summer
Customer Reviews:
To Whom It May Concern.......2004-10-08
A Truly Lovely Experience.......2003-11-26
Whether the atmosphere brings to mind a beautiful park (amazingly like the cover!), nice suburban digs, a cozy club on a golf course in the '50's, or just plain suspended bliss, it's a lovely painting in sound. Nelson Riddle's orchestrations utilize both brass and strings with his typical dexterity. The colors are appropriately light yet soft for this project.
My favorite track is the title track, with its delicate mood of loving, wistful sorrow. Another choice would be 'Can't Help It', another airy if ardent piece of bliss that goes from Ultra-smooth to roof-blasting (brilliantly recorded!) Big Band, all in the same breath so to speak. Nat's singing holds an obvious sensitivity and affection, in fact this may be the single best showing of that particular quality to his work. Listen to the tag on 'The Heart Of Jane Doe' and of course the title track for prime examples of this special quality he had.
The stereo sound was magnificently recorded (in that prime year for "natural" stereo sound, 1958), and sounds rather good here, if definitely over-processed in the digital transfer. No "improvement" was called for, but they couldn't leave great enough alone. The results of the tampering can sound anywhere from negligible to harmful depending on listening conditions. An audiophile issue of this CD would be a heavenly listen.
Also of note to Nat's fans is the fact that the title track was written by Nat, and the song "Unfair" was recorded by Nat a couple of years prior to Nat rerecording it for this album. There were many other tracks recorded in the sessions producing these songs, and many may well make great bonus tracks for a future reissue (hint hint).
I would have to say that some may have found it a bit "precious," but it has aged in a way that its appeal is still potent. If one gives it a fair try, they may find themselves fond of it. If you enjoy good vocals, ballads and/or orchestration and can get a copy of this CD, odds are you'll never part with it unless it's to get a better reissue of it in the future.
- CJ
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The Pasadenas Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000DSBV Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Funny Feeling
- Living in the Footsteps of Another Man
- Enchanted Lady
- New Love
- Riding on a Train
- Give a Little Peace
- Tribute (Right On)
- I Really Miss You
- Justice for the World
- Something Else
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