title: Blues + Country + Folk + Rock = Stills

text:
Stephen Stills took the opportunities presented by rock stardom seriously. He was just bursting with musical ideas for "Manassas" in 1972, and he transformed them into reality very well, aided by some top musicians like Chris Hillman and Dallas Taylor. The result was a 21-track double LP. Even though now it all fits on one CD, originally there were 4 vinyl sides which corresponded loosely to 4 general categories of music: blues, country, folk (or folk-ish) and country-rock. I stress "loosely", because with musicians as skilled and dedicated as these, those genres criss-cross and blend frequently, and hints of other styles can be heard too. "Move Forward" is an unusual track which barely fits into the folk category, subtly enhanced by light instrumental effects. It has lyrics that are unusual too - introspective, abstract, intellectual and philosophical. As a whole, the album amounts to 72 minutes of delight, with only 2 tracks that are too "country" for my taste, "Fallen Eagle" and "Don't Look At My Shadow", although in the latter, Stills does relate some fond and amusing memories of our home state: "Purple Peacock Honky-Tonk/Eunice, Louisiana/Bourbon whiskey free, son/Just tune up the piano/Workin' clubs in New Orleans/Bringin' down a dollar/College boys drink beer/And throw the bottles." Another very important factor is that for the most part, the tracks are not cluttered by over-production or smothered by choirs or dense harmonies. Most are loaded with guitars and little else. Although some tracks do feature harmonies like those CSN and CSN&Y were known for, on many tracks Stills is free to use his versatile voice on solos. I like the sound of his voice, so this is important to me. Layered harmonies are beautiful, but not every song needs them. Solo vocals offer a more intimate experience.

To enjoy some lazy blues with slippin' & slidin' guitar licks, sit back and listen to "Jet Set", in which we are warned, "Tryin' to be cool/You just be the fool" . On the other hand, "It Doesn't Matter", a song about resignation to lost love, shows folk influence rather than blues. The best of the country ballads is "Colorado", in which a man living alone is waiting for "...a woman who wants to be near/Me and my mountains, we'll be right here." Stills and Rolling Stone Bill Wyman infuse the bluesy rocker "The Love Gangster" with a little psychedelicized funk. "The Treasure" is an 8-minute fugue which takes  you on a musical journey that begins with a mid-tempo country-rock song in which Stills' solo vocal lines and some layered harmonies alternate with more of that psychedelicized funk guitar. Midway through the track, the tempo gets faster, and overlapping classic rock guitar solos take over, finally coming to a full stop, no fadeout.

The album's closer is "Blues Man", a slow, somber acoustic number which Stills wrote as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Al Wilson and Duane Allman. In the last two verses, we have a vivid snapshot of a blues man's lifestyle: "Played it mad/Played it sad/Blues is pain/The way men cry/Like tired rain./Blues is mean/The real thing/Three good men/I knew well/Never see again."


title: The hissing of social comment

text:
The commercial success and popular acceptance of "Court & Spark" must have frightened the artist in Joni Mitchell. For the next album, "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns" (1975), she departed from that mainstream template. This album is a potpourri of genres, deliciously blended musically, with typically beautiful vocals by Joni. I have read that it was the favorite Joni album for Prince, and I can certainly see why.

The music and vocals are, in turns, smooth, breezy, country-inflected, rock-n-rolling, glossy, trancy, atmospheric, primitive, unsettling, insidious, jazz-drenched, plaintive, earnest and/or spiritual. In the notes, Joni says that the album "unfolded like a mystery/It is not my intention to unravel that mystery for anyone." So, it's up to the listener. The lyrics are abstract to the nth degree, but some of the ground covered seems to be a middle class society that is "removed from romance...broken in churches and schools", the relationship between jazz and primitivism ("Rousseau walks on trumpet paths/Safaris to the heart of all that jazz...Thru huts thru Harlem thru jails and gospel pews"), pimps and prostitutes ("Women he has taken grow old too soon"), the bleakness of suburbia ("a roomful of Chippendale that nobody sits in"), and the fading of youth and beauty ("Sweet bird of time and change/You must be laughing.")

I will zero in on my favorite track, because to me it is a masterpiece. After a loud instrumental alarm, "Harry's House/Centerpiece" begins by describing, in a low-key, almost monotonous, tone, a man who arrives by plane, takes a taxi into town and gets a room "in the continental suite". In one of Joni's best images, he watches as "A helicopter lands on the Pan-Am roof/Like a dragonfly on a tomb." At a meeting, he and other "business men in button-downs" deal with "commodities and sales" while their "paper wives and their paper kids" are back at home. Later, when he has returned home, "He drifts off into the memory/Of the way she looked in school/With her body oiled and shining/At the public swimming pool." At this point, the music changes. Joni sings a 50's jazz song ("Centerpiece"), dripping with sexual allure and the promise of happiness: "I'm building all my dreams around you/Our happiness will never cease...nothing's any good without you/Baby you're my centerpiece." This vocal to me is amazing beyond description, and the piano accompaniment is blistering. It alternately sizzles and strikes out at you. The lyrics, the vocal and the music all combine to present, in compacted form, an unforgettable portrait of dreamlike seduction, in contrast to the reality that this marriage has reached, which is summed up in a brief return to the original song. This reality tale is just one  example of the themes presented which deal with some not-so-savory aspects of modern American life.


title: Awesome

text: All the ones I heard on the radio and even more that I didn't all in excellent playing condition for excellent listening enjoyment!


title: simply fabulous

text: My three favorites by Village People and 12"extended versions at that which are not on their albums are all here!  This discoholic is certainly satisfied! The third trak btw is Don't Stop The Music!


title: JT!

text: Bought this for my brother for his birthday and he had it playing for the rest of the weekend anytime we went somewhere.  Glad Amazon had the deluxe edition with the extra track(s).


title: By Far one the best

text:
This is by far one of best albums I've listened to in a while. You can'y go wrong with this one... if you put it on shuffle or play it as is you still get that sense of comfort when listening to this disk.

I would suggest that you go to target and get the Target exclusive - I got mine for $10 on salee... but seriously this is surely worth every penny and effort to go pick up!


title: No, no, nooooo

text: If you like live recording this might be for you. I expected the original songs. The songs are live recordings. So not a go for me.


title: the album you never heard of

text: Solid album. Of course this will appeal mostly to the underground crowd. The rhymes are on point as the beat. Thin line being one of my favorites and I think it might be the main single


title: Disappointment booklet for this epic CD

text:
This is really a "Best of Phil Collins" CD no denying this fact.
Normally,  "Best of" packages are marketed towards die hard fans or fans that do not own previous Phil Collins CDs.
However, I was disappointed with the booklet provided  for such an epic project  which is double CD, and spans  a career over 30 years.  The 21 paged booklet included with this CD has at least 4 bare pages and some promotional pics of Phil without any information.
I expected at least  an review of Phil's successful career written by someone or personal memories/comments/notes written by Phil himself on each songs or maybe the charting positions of each song when it was released. The names of the original albums the songs originally appeared on are not even mentioned in the booklet.
Not to take away from the selection of songs on this package which are timeless, but as a mere consumer observation for value for money.


title: I Can't Listen to the 2 Bonus Tracks?  What's Up With That?

text: Why would I spend twice the amount to buy the Deluxe Edition when there is no way to listen to the 2 Bonus Tracks?  If that's a marketing strategy, it's crazy and makes no sense!!  And why pay almost double for 2 extra songs?  Really disappointing.<br />Carol


title: Loved It!!!

text: Justin is a national treasure when it comes to contemporary music.  He's updated his sound with maturity and vitality that inspires and makes us want to dance!!!


title: Madonna's Album "Ray Of Light" Is A Magnificent Masterpiece!!

text:
Madonna's Album "Ray Of Light" Is An Astonishing, Unique, Masterpiece. It Appears That Evita, Kabbalah, And Motherhood All Helped Inform Madonna's State Of Mind When She Made "Ray Of Light" In The Late 1990's. It Is Dramatically Different, Musically And Thematically, From Madonna's Previous Albums- "Ray Of Light" Contains Some Of Her Most Adventurous Music To Date. Producer William Orbit Helps Create Fresh Soundscapes For Madonna To Express Her Personal Reflections, Her Quest For Enlightenment, And New Insights. Madonna's "Ray Of Light" Is An Inspirational Album.

The Demands Of Evita Are Evident In Madonna's Strengthened And Expanded Vocals On "Ray Of Light"- She Sounds Sublime! The Quality And Depth Of Madonna's Lyrics On This Album Are Amazing. Furthermore, Madonna's Brave Decision To Work Primarily With Underground Producer William Orbit Is Rewarded With An Album That Has Unique Sonics. The Music On "Ray Of Light" Contains Traditional Instruments Fused With Interesting Electronica Soundscapes- However Madonna's Vocals Always Remain In Clear Focus.

My Review Is For The Japanese 14 Track CD Edition Of "Ray of Light"- It's Not Radically Different To The Standard 13 Track Album- It Simply Contains One Bonus Track Called "Has To Be" Added To The End Of The Album. The Deluxe "Ray Of Light" Album Track Listing- With A Few Comments (All The Songs Are Glorious- Thus I'll Refrain From Commenting About All Tracks, Or In Too Much Detail)- Is Contained Below;

1) "Drowned World/ Substitute For Love": This Song Starts Very Slowly And Gently; It Gradually Builds In Scope And Intensity. Beautiful.
2) "Swim"
3) "Ray Of Light": One Of The Best Up Tempo Songs On The Album- Madonna Provides A Unique, Expanded Vocal Delivery. Futuristic, Spiritual, Fun!
4) "Candy Perfume Girl": Strong Guitars; Swirling Electronic Beats- Madonna Rocks On This Track.
5) "Skin"
6) "Nothing Really Matters": A Delightful, Mid Tempo Track- With Reflective; Candid Autobiographical Lyrics.
7) "Sky Fits Heaven": Best Up Tempo Album Track. Stunning, Spiritual, Electronica. Great Use Of Guitar, And Engaging Vocals.
8) "Shanti/ Ashtangi"
9) "Frozen": Smash Hit Lead Single. Madonna's Best, Melodic Ballad On The Album.
10) "The Power Of Good-Bye": Great Guitar Ballad; With Gentle Electronic Flourishes- Features A Strong Melody.
11) "To Have And Not To Hold"
12) "Little Star"
13) "Mer Girl"
14) "Has To Be": This 'Bonus Track' Deserves To Be On The Standard Album. A Bittersweet, Reflective Track- Features A Soft Vocal Over A Dreamy, Electronic Beat.

Madonna's "Ray Of Light" Was Released In 1998 To Widespread Critical And Commercial Acclaim. "Ray Of Light" Is A Timeless Classic Work; And Remains A Must Have Album.


title: Life Sex & Death

text:
This band should of change the world there that awesome.
Worth getting this in your collection also they should release human bomb (unreleased 2nd album).
It needs to be out there. What do you learn in school? nothing!


title: MOYP Rules!

text: Another great peace of work from this artist. Returns with his 3rd album marching on your parade.<br />This one deserves your undivided attention. 5 Stars without question.


title: Part 2 Is A Goodie

text: Chad Frey continues where he left off from his debut the beginning of something big.<br />2 years later and this follow up doesn't disappoint. It's flawless!


title: Future Classic In Its Own Right

text: I like this guys work. It's not total over the top cookie monster-ish, but is still intense.<br />This is a great album to get. ingore the trolls there just jealous.


title: This Album is definitely worth buying

text: I love this album from beginning to end! I reminds me of the days of how R&B used to be. It is definitely worth purchasing.


title: Five Stars

text: Fabulous band!!


title: My wifes cd

text: Bought this for my wife and she likes JT but said that she does not like the profanity that he now uses in his music. This part of the 20/20 does not have much.


title: Five Stars

text: Excelente!!!!!

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title: The time and place. This was on Rolling Stone's ...

text:
The time and place. This was on Rolling Stone's
Top 100. A completely different sound coming out
of San Francisco.


title: Hidden gem - Blue Ocean Floor

text: This album is definitely a departure from the poppy FututreSexLoveSounds. That being said, JT has really explored a different facet of himself; one that imbibes an air of smooth jazz swagger and Motown. Of course pop tracks like "Strawberry Bubblegum" point to his prior Pop influence, there are tracks such as "Mirrors" which offer up an entirely new JT styling and feel. A hidden gem is found in the backwards_playing_sound (remember the days you'd turn your record backwards with the needle on? Oh you don't? Shit I'm old) and a repetitive sound sample (my guess, a slide carousel) as backing track of "Blue Ocean Floor" a really tender, touching side of J.T. which as always appealed to me. I am anxious for Part 2!


title: Good stuff

text: J T putting out more fun music. A good listen, some fun songs. And some that really stick in your head. Great pop album.


title: greatest album

text: the first and only album ive ever bought online and it is excellent. bought it for my gf and she loved it. at a great price is why i love it more.lol.


title: Love it!!!!!!!

text: So proud of Justin Timberlake! He has always mad great music! But this one is soooo great! Hot! Sexy and Grown!!! Congrats JT! Love ya!


title: Beyond The Wall Of Sleep...First Dust

text: Beyond the wall of sleep was a german goth rock band with 4 members in the band, and they are as follows with r.o.c.k on [vocals], benden on [guitars], popcorpse on [drums] and yuc on [bass]. Beyond the wall of sleep originally debuted in 1995 and dropped their rare release of a cassette the "psychic burnout" and had 6 tracks on it. Then in 1997 beyond the wall of sleep released their first official 6 track ep "first dust" which was then distributed through the goth rock label imprint "alice in gothland" then the label re-released the ep again in the year 2000. Then in 2002 they later released their first full and last album "rock at a dead place" which had 11 tracks. To describe the playing style of beyond the wall of sleep i'd say it's quite mixed they have their fast tempo and slow tempo song's but either way i'd say it's an interesting style. To describe their style i'd say it has a very cold eerie atmosphere feeling in the background instrumentation surrounded by a cold very intense chilling echo performed by the vocals to accompany the song's. As far as the instrumentation goes the guitars are sharp yet somehow modified, for some reason the drums & bass are silent but the best part is the vocals. R.o.c.k has an amazing  voice i mean just the way he chooses to record his vocals when mixed with the guitars is just pure genius. To get the feel of beyond the wall of sleep's music style might i recommend another similar goth rock band in style which is catherines cathedral. Beyond the wall of sleep is a very talented and creative band but unfortunately weren't marketed and promoted thus having another band's talent go to waste. If my memory serves me correctly i don't even think beyond the wall of sleep were even recognised in the goth community. In conclusion this is a definite recommendation to fans of traditional/old school goth rock.


title: Bad Sister...On The Road To Nowhere

text:
Bad sister is an obscure female fronted heavy metal band from hamburg, germany and formed in 1988. While bad sister weren't very popular in germany let alone in the metal community this 5 piece band still kicks ass. In the band the names are as follows jörn saul [bass], werner kaul [keyboard], kai-ove Kessler [drums], sven lange [guitar] and suzie lohmar on [vocals]. As for past members there were 2 and they were petra degelow on [vocals] and kai beyer [keyboard]. Till today bad sister as a band is still active and has dropped 3 albums to date.
The album that i'll be reviewing will be their 2nd album "out of the business" which dropped in 1991. Bad sister's style of making music is more of a melodic style similar to the likes of "satanic rites", "black knight" and "black ghost". On this album there are 13 tracks and the first track to start this album off is "stop this game" which is track is a nice track it's fairly adequate it has decent solo's and riffs. Then the next track "bad attitude" again that was a nice track but does tend to leave a lot to be desired. Overall this album ONLY has a few misses that don't leave a lasting impression but does however at the same time have a lot of good song's that are memorable and are written and composed nicely. The album "out of the business" could have been a great album entirely but does tend to somewhat fall short of it's potential but does make up for the few good song's. I would totally recommend this product to fans of obscure old school heavy metal.
Here are the track listings:

1. Stop This Game
2. Bad Attitude
3. S.O.S.
4. How Much Love
5. Can't Do It Right
6. Heart's Diversion
7. Cry In The Night
8. Inside Out
9. Heaven Or Hell
10. No Scarface
11. Angel Eyes
12. Hide Your Love
13. Breakdown


title: Passing Through To Darkness

text:
Thunder rider is a very great obscure but underrated "heavy metal" band from montreal, canada and has been going strong and active since the early 80's. So far thunder rider has only released 2 projects an ep "tales of darkness & light" and the "tales of darkness & light 2". The members of thunder rider are john blackwing on [lead vocals], nick stilldream on [bass synth], phil hammer on [drums] and arion axmum on [lead rhythm guitar] and also a few more other members in between.
The debut album "tales of darkness & light" ep was originally released in 1987 then re-released in 1997 independently with 2 more brand new song's turning it into an official album. On this album should have 8 tracks of nothin' but killer heavy metal to jam to. I remember when i first discovered this great band and one of the first thing's i liked that drew me to them was their sound and common themes when composing music. I would describe thunder rider style of music as a very dark medieval theme with fantasy lyrics which makes for excellent metal and truly sets them apart from any other heavy metal band out there.
In conclusion to this review all of the song's here are all killer and NO filler, but my favorite tracks that i can't get enough of are "blackwing", "executioner", "electric chair" and "death to death". This band and album is strongly recommended to fans of tradional heavy metal, medieval themes, goth rock and thing's of a horrific nature.


title: Metal With The Angel's

text: Lordian guard is a tremendous underrated heavy metal band that started in 1995 and is originally from los angeles california and formed by the former guitarist "bill tsamis" from one of the greatest heavy metal band's in america "warlord" u.s. In some cases one could say that lordian guard has picked up from where "warlord" left off on their "thy kingdom come" album. Much of the composition in lordian guard's style are similar to that of warlord however the guitar's are toned down and they tend not to have that heavy sound that most traditional heavy metal band's have.<br />Lordian guard is also formed up with a female on vocal's who is also lead and she goes by the name of "vidonne sayre riemenschneider" along with drummer "michael cerularius". Vidonne sayre's vocal's on this debut album are quite impressive she seems to have this very melodic yet angelic voice, that when mixed with bill tsamis guitar playing is a match made in heaven. Lordian guard's debut album has 6 tracks of nothing but that unique heavenly metal sound that's quite rare and can't be duplicated and also strange how this band is overlooked. On the debut album they also may have a lot of religious implications  within' the lyrics, hence the picture on the album but make NO mistake this a true heavy metal band through and through. This is definitely worth the recommendation to fans of "warlord" and fans of just good traditional heavy metal.


title: No Use Crying...

text: Once again satanic rites is back to deliver more gut wrenching heavy metal classics and deborah webster and the boys bring you just that. This album has 10 tracks that start's off with "good times now" which is somewhat of a metal ballad, which is a great start and sets of the tone for this album then gets complex later on as the album progresses. This album is well worth the purchase after acquiring their debut album "Which way the wind blows", if your looking for old skool heavy metal and a fan of it or if you've just got into heavy metal or if your looking for something unique this worth the recommendation. I could just hope satanic rites comes back, i mean after all heavy metal band's chastain and U.S. warlord have made a return to the metal scene.


title: One Of Heavy Metal's Lost Cause

text: Attila is and was a 3 piece american "heavy metal" band from new york going by the names of vincent paul [vocals], john deleon [guitar], and A.T. soldier on [drums] that formed in 1983, and unfortunately they released only one album which was "rolling thunder" in 1986. At face value judging by the album cover one could make that distinction that the theme to this album was about nuclear warfare and the atmosphere of the permanent fear in the times of the cold war by just looking at the album cover and the titles of the songs on the album, although it was allegedly put that there was this kind of mission statement that is printed on the back of the jacket that was written by the guitar player that is about four paragraphs long, and I quote (in part): "...through endless technological advances in the name of progress, man has created nuclear power beyond our control and has contaminated our world with carcinogenic chemical waste, leading to the social decay and toxic sewer in which we live".<br />The album "rolling thunder" has 10 tracks which starts off with "turn up the power" which is very fast up tempo song and a definite headbanger with 4 songs in between about nuclear warfare. This album and band overall is truly underrated and should actually be looked on favorably for what they have done in the metal community even if it is 1 album. It's truly unjust how attila are being over looked and seriously hope they come back and save the metal scene from all the black metal and deathcore garbage that's going on right now. In conclusion i would definitely recommend this band/album to the old school metalhead's and those who are looking for real serious heavy metal or music acts period.


title: Bloody Awful Movie

text: I really don't think this movie is really worth reviewing so i'll just be brief, this movie since the 3rd installment has lost it's origin in terms of it's storyline development and tarnished the franchise this movie sucks beyond recognition and should have stopped after the 2nd entry...avoid at all cost


title: Does this  CD even exist??

text: I discovered Moony last year while Dj'ing in England.  She has a great voice, so when I found she had an entire disc available, I jumped at the chance to buy it.  However, waiting weeks after weeks, and then a month from Amazon.uk I did not receive anything.  Then, I get an email from them telling me the release was put off indefinately.  Now I see it's out here on amazon.com.  WHat's the deal?? Does it or does it not exist??  Can it be ordered via this website??  I've downloaded 9 or 10 tracks from a link that was listed on her website, but I'd like to purchase the entire CD if possible.  Could someone please shed some light on this performer's music availability??  Thank you.


title: J. Cole is HERE!

text: It's J. Cole's 1ST mixtape FRESH off making it as the 1st member of the Roc Nation team (nothing more to be said).


title: Rip Off Artist...Target Exclusive...go to *Target*

text: Justin Timberlake...all songs great !...not really anything to say about the album other then OMG...Kick As*...however $$ for cd ///REALLY anything over $10 don't waste your time & go to Target to get it ...I DID & more then happy w/what i got...I am AMAZED!!!!!!!!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great Christmas album, wished I would of bought it long ago.


title: Expensive

text: Expensive .would not buy again


title: Ronnie Dunn Is Amazing

text: I love anything Ronnie sings...an incredible talent, and I especially love his ballads...can't wait for his next release that's coming soon!


title: Five Stars

text: Helpful


title: Five Stars

text: Enjoying Wholetones, so far. Looking forward to positive results.


title: Ol' Banjo!

text: Professor Tuckahoe is a national treasure - his style of playing the banjo is unique and when you close your eyes he takes you back to an era long gone.  We've seen him live and he and family members are very talented and put on a very entertaining performance.  He is a gem if you want a bit of the Civil War or Victorian era.


title: An Underrated Treasure

text: This recording has probably received the least air time of all of Mr. Robinson's works, but is well worth the listen.


title: Five Stars

text: Very Convenient


title: Sounds good

text: Bought for mother-in-law. As advertised. Good price. Sounds good!


title: great piano music

text: Great smooth jazz piano music ...


title: excellent album.

text: This is a must for every Nickelback fan, excellent album.


title: I ordered wrong one

text: I purchase some music just to get a certain song.  The Song I thought was on this one ( Star, I Are by Caroline Sunshine ) was on another album sold at Target.  But the granddaughters love it.


title: so beautiful

text: Leah's voice is so melodic and gets to the soul. I even got stamps from the UK for my collection and there was a note inside written by Leah. The music is very deep and enchanting. I hope she soon makes it big so she can tour in the US. Jewel, look out. My Last Mistake is going to be big!


title: buyer beware

text: Buyer beware. This is a bootleg. This is not an official Apple or Beatles release. Proceed with caution & be sure to research before you purchase.


title: Buyer Beware


title: Buyer beware


title: Buyer beware.


title: Nice Interview Disc

text: Nice interview disc. People should research more before they just give this one star. If interviews aren't your thing, so be it. Don't ruin the rating to get people to shy away from what is a good product. There is no music, but there's not supposed to be.


title: great ambient experience

text: I have no idea why the sugar people isn't the biggest act in the world. from the haunting vocals of une'ka to the "fresh cut grass" sound of jacobe, the sugar people has a little something for everyone. at times you feel like they're refrencing portishead, then a politically charged zack de la rocha esque tune comes on, followed by what i could only describe as an homage to 70s porn. it's like listening to magic mushrooms, hallucinations and all.


wonderful Cd remaster and  wonderful francescatti as always . It is a very nice idea to transform the old LP recordings of this master violinist in to CD formats. I hope sony continue making this in the future . Congratulations.


title: replacement copy

text: i bought this to replace the second album that has been missing for most of this records pack's life. ;)


title: A Group Worth Listening To

text: Willis Pittman & The Burden Lifters have a beautiful sound that gets you caught up with emotions. The title of this album says a mouthful - Listen To What The Word Is Saying. In this day and time we need to just listen to what the Word is saying. Their Words are powerful and strong. Just listen. People who love Spiritual and/or Christians music would love this album.


title: Must have for BTS fan

text: I love it


title: Must for kpop fans

text: Love it


title: Scam!!!

text: It was a blank DVD. No picture.


title: Excellent music and sound quality

text:
This is the only version of any of the Brandenburg Concertos that I own, so this review will not be a comparison with any other version(s) of the Brandenburg Concertos.

What I will say is that the sound quality of this disk is very full and vibrant.  It feels almost like being in the room with the performers - the recording seems very close-up, but not so much that you are overwhelmed.  All of the instruments are equally presented, and easy to pinpoint in the audio image.  None of the performers seemed bloated or unusually out of proportion with reality.  Every note was easily discernible, but there was also this silkiness to the whole disk that reminds me of vinyl, without the surface noise.

Additionally, the performances seemed just perfectly sunny and quite competent.  The whole affair gives a feeling of a laid-back afternoon on the lawn, maybe late in spring, listening to these wonderful players present a very upbeat (and sometimes mellow) series of pieces.  The violins take center stage, but so do the harpsichords.  The other instruments are given equal volume, but occupy different spots on the sonic stage.

I've never liked harpsichords until I listened to this performance. The harpsichords on this disc sound and feel like strings plucked right out of still air - they are just pinpoints out in 3d space.  The violins and all the other instruments are wonderfully recorded, the the harp's stole the show.  Check out track #4, which I equate to being like "dueling harpsichords".

There's another aspect associated with "dueling harpsichords" worth relaying, and that is the technical proficiency of the performers.  It seems clear to me that the performers have worked with each other often.  I will try and find more in this series of the Brandenburg Concertos.

By the way, I bought this disc for $4.88 at a specialty CD place.  As I write this, the amazon options are much higher priced than what I am sure you can find elsewhere.


Great CD.  No wonder they won the Sanremo Event!  It's the finest in the new Pop-Opera Genre.  All songs are sung in Italian and are all prior Sanremo winners.  Il Volo is an amazing trio composed of three talented very young men..  "Three voices, one soul."


title: Don't miss this!  Its so good its a major motion picture!

text: I have to have the Audio books because of my eyes.  80% of them are either cops and robbers or romance novels that lean towards porn.  I am thrilled when I find a book that is different!  Tremendous story, great characters, and not like anything you have ever read!  Better yet, there are 3 of them!!  it took me a long time to find this in an Audio Book, but when I did, I bought two!  I took one of them down to my public library for their collection. I haven't seen it on the shelf since I took it there, its that popular!  The whole series is!  Its a must read!


title: Make me High (in a good way)

text: I loved their first album Ocean Drive and when the first single from this CD "Raincloud" was playing in the radio, I rushed to the store to buy this one too. And I was amazed with the whole collection. It was better  than the first album with the songs like High, Lost in Space, Raincloud and  Postcards From Heaven. This is one of my favorite CDs


title: Good book but not good for listening to in car

text:
Memo to self: books I listen to in the car should not have
- a complex plot (because if I miss something I'm out of luck)
- a wealth of detail (because it makes the book just too slow-moving)
Unfortunately, this book has both, which drastically limited my appreciation of it. It didn't help, either, that Muller reads with a fast, low, conspiratorial tone, which is appropriate to the book but makes it very hard to hear when driving at the speed limit on I-95.
That being said, LeCarré does a great job of giving one an inside feel of the espionage trade, and he has well-drawn characters. But I think to do the book justice I'd have to read the text rather than having it read to me. Too many times I just didn't understand what was going on or else I let my mind wander as someone's facial expression was described in excruciating detail.


title: S. Dot Hot

text: Hot mixtape w/true hip hop feel.


title: good

text: good


title: Five Stars

text: great music


title: Lovesexy is the Glam of them all

text: Love this album! A classic Prince record coming right after the infamous Black Album which Prince made during a night of partying on E for Sheila Es birthday. He put it out, but quickly pulled it deeming it too dark and even said that God told him not to have it to be in print. Then he struck back on a more gospel positive vibe with Lovesexy. Prince wanted this album to be one track so even if you bought it as a CD (or digital download or stream) it would be a continuing body of work. I have always loved this album and hear many stand outs. The beginning has a kind mythical beginning with rain dropping and a sexy lady saying the lines of the classic track, “Everybody knows, when love calls, you gotta to go.” The only song from The Black Album that made it to Lovesexy is baby maker When 2 R in Love. This track on Lovesexy fits into the mood where on the black album it did always sound a bit out of place to me. This album is a masterpiece and one of Princes last classic albums of the 80s. Do yourself a favor and check it out!!


title: Very good!

text: Over the years ive warmed up to sly and while i was at the peak of my sly jammin i saw this box set and as soon as i could snatched it up. And it was no dissappointment actuallly the oppostie. some tracks of the unlreased stuffren;t the greatest but for the classic sly its remasterd meaing sounding better then ever. I read someone complaing that it has the single versions of the osngs and not the album but i compared and noticed that length has nothing to do the single versions for most of the songs its actaually the sound that is diffrent. whcih to me is awesome beacuse i wasnt born in the late 60's to early 80s so its refreshing to my ears. Good boxset and the 5th disc is awesome and exclusive to amazon pick it up you crazy mug!!


title: LOVE IT

text: DIEGO GALE DOES IT AGAIN.  GREAT CALABO OF ARTISTS AND GREAT CHOICE OF SONGS.  I WISH THE ACTUAL CD WOULD HAVE COME WITH THE SAME SONGS OF THE DVD.


title: AWESOME SALSA

text: EX ADOLESCENTE DIRECTOR/LEADER AT HIS GREATEST ON HIS OWN.  STILL THE SAME SOUND WITH A TWIST.  ALL THE SONGS ARE GREAT.


title: LOVE IT

text: GREAT CHOICE OF SONGS AND COLABO OF ARTISTS.  CD HAS YOU DANCING FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.  LOVE IT!!


title: GREAT CD

text: JAVIER VASQUEZ ON A SOLO TIP.  I WAS HESITANT AT FIRST BUT HE DID AN AWESOME JOB.  GREAT SONGS AND GREAT MUSIC.


title: Love it

text: Guayacan did not only round up a group of great artist but chose the greatest songs of all their albums and made a great 25 yrs of rememberance!!


title: YOUNG SALSA

text: THIS KID HAS A TREMENDOUS VOICE!!  SALSA COLOMBIANA AT ITS BEST.  IT SHOWS THAT EVEN THE YOUNGSTERS CAN SING AND SING!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great audio and track list.


title: Thalia's Best!

text: I used to have this cd when it came out and I loved it, the only thing that bugs me is that it used to come with great art and lyrics, now, it barely comes with the front cover, for $20 I think the record company can afford more printing...


title: love it

text: I am a great Lana Del Rey fan, in excellent condition and arrived on time perfect service and to listen to all these songs that are on this cd is great.


title: Great  Album

text: This is a great album really good tunes and great  music. You won't be sorry about this one.


title: A terrific surprise!!!

text: A cousin of mine introduced me to this CD. It is one of those records that I fell in love with immediately!!<br />His melodies and stories are superb!! The vocal qualities are also superb. Just a wonderful album of beautiful music!!


title: A gem from a long time ago!!!

text:
I've had this record since the very early '60s. Today I pulled it out, placed it on the turntable and heard one of the best jazz records once again!!
Pete Fountain was using Jack as his drummer for several recordings and decided to show his talent off by featuring him on this record!
As a drummer I learned an immense amount about classy drumming from this record.
I am so glad I took good care of this album because it is playing flawlessly as we speak!!
This should have been released on CD!!


title: Most!

text:
Of their music is "anointed" and well recorded.

Their combos dvd+cd are an unequaled value.

Very happy i bought this.

R


title: R&B Hits

text: This Hits Album has some really terrific artist on it & is a great listen!


title: Best R&B Album

text: This R&B album really has some great artists on it, great listen!


title: Funk

text: Funk Volume 2 The Original Masters, is really great funky music. Recommend this product!


title: Love me some Brownestone!!

text: This is such a great cd, love Brownestones music! Got the cd on time & in good condition.


title: Love Marren Morris & this collaboration was great.

text: marren Morris has such a beautiful voice, look forward to more music from her!!


title: Love OAR!

text: Love this group, every cd is great!


title: HATED it!

text: Didn't know this was a "live" recording or would have avoided it.  The song for which it was primarily purchased, "Let's Go Dancing" from 1982 or so... was barely recognizable, much faster, just plain stank!  Donated the album yesterday to the Salvation Army!  Didn't even listen to the rest of it.


title: Beautiful music.

text: I loved the whole CD...Just beautiful.Thank you.


title: Climb

text: Climb is such an inspirational song.It says a lot about life and about never giving up.It isn*t how fast you get there,it is about the journey of the climb.There will always be mountains to climb...just keep climbing..keep moving, Miley Cyrus is such a talented young performer who seems very grounded for such being so young.


title: We love our Jesus music

text: My toddlers love these songs, as do I. My son asked for Jesus music and we turn on these CDs. They are short in length and so cute.


title: Five Stars

text: I love this cd. I had it when my oldest was a baby and re ordered for my youngest.


title: Five Stars

text: We had lost this cd and were very happy to find it again.  EXCELLENT MUSIC.


title: It was a good vaule-cd and video-vhs

text: I love the song "Stay Night" and also like the work of this sister NaNa Cherry. So I saw this and decide to get this. I have not listen to the whole album. How ever if you love his music, this is a good purchase.


title: Gift

text: Gave as a gift.


title: Fantastic cd

text: Excellent cd.


title: Came clean and on time as described

text: CD and other content were in excellent condition.


title: Not her best

text:
My wife and I generally like Jill Phillips a lot, but this one isn't great. Her voice is still excellent, but the slow-paced, almost sleepy style of this CD does not do justice to the great words! The songs do start to sound the same as another reviewer said.

Check out one of her other albums instead!


I bought Ray's "Other People's Lives" on CD when it was originally released. Since I was just listening to parts of it again, I've decided to give my overall impression. "Other People's Lives" is a sleeper with consistently great lyrics and creative rhythms. Every song has its strengths. The production is excellent and Ray's singing is consistently very good on "Other People's Lives". Believe it or not, my favorite song on "Other People's Lives" is "Run Away With Time", but it isn't an easy choice amidst such overall excellence.

Way to go, Ray!.


title: no problem

text: Shipment was fast. Received Item as described.


title: i happen to like this cd i was growing up in the 80s ...

text: i happen to like this  cd i was growing up in the 80s and i was at my dads house  i got into 80s music as well as the 70s  i am born in 1968 at the time during the late 70s early 80s i got into 70s music and 80s music until then so here i am now enjoying my time life cds


title: One Star

text: thats including this cd cd to


title: Four Stars

text: let me know when it come in ok thanks  i would love to have this cd  if i can i just waqnt ti know when it comes out  thanks


title: thanks all i need was one disc

text: thanks  all i need was one disc


title: i grew up in 1968 so i know how it ...

text: i grew up in  1968  so i know how it feels to be born in the late 60s


title: it is a good cd

text: i think this cd is a little expensive dont you think i did have this cd before  but can ic get this at a cheaper price


title: Five Stars

text: next time when i order  this cd i need the front and back covers  understand


title: ... CD an i am proud of it i would like to more of these cds frm 1970 through 1978 ...

text: i just got this CD an i am proud of it  i would like to more of these cds frm 1970 through 1978 cds thanks again


title: Five Stars

text: i remember having something like these CDS before from time life before i just would  have  these again


title: Five Stars

text: loved it


title: Decent song

text: I wouldnt buy it for the crappy price. the song lacks decent lyrics. but the beat is good. arent cd singles usually a penny? who would buy it for the price? HA


title: Thank Deee-Lite Everyday!

text:
Although they only released three albums during their career, Deee-Lite's career was very fruitful and they group produced many gems along the way. Although it was one of their least successful singles commercially, "Thank You Everyday" is a wonderful '90s house anthem that, in my opinion, is one of their very best tracks.

1. Spirit Edit (4:04) - Edit of track 3, with a fade out.
2. Infinity Edit (4:00) - Edit of album version, with a fade out. It's worth noting that this is still longer than the very short music video edit. Tracks 1 & 2 are fine for casual listening, but you miss the sick instrumental break(s) at the end.
3. The Spirit Mix - Parts 1 & 2 (10:12) - This is the reason to get the single. A slammin' 10 minute track with an amazing break towards the end. Just a fun track all around.
4. Infinity Mix* (6:20) - The album version, and still probably my favorite version of the song. It has a (different from track 3) break at the end that is so epic and fun.
5. Boom! Bonus Groove (3:47) - If you got lost in the breaks from the 12" mixes above, you'll love this. No vocals, but a true "groove" in every sense of the word.
6. Transcendental Dub (4:30) - Very vocal heavy for a dub, the first half is closer to an acapella with a stripped back instrumental. Just some vocals, synth chords, and bass until about the halfway mark where it becomes the instrumental break from the album version. A fun, but inessential addition.

*US copies of the single don't have this track, whereas European copies do. This shouldn't make much difference if you have the Infinity Within album, as it is just the album version!

All an all, a fun maxi, although basically only two mixes exist here: The Spirit Mix, which is tracks 1/3 and The Inifnity/Album Mix which is the basis for the rest of the mixes. It makes for a fun collectable and as of right now, The Spirit Mix is not available for digital purchase or streaming so it is still worth seeking out.


title: No bonus tracks

text:
I read on multiple sites that the Victoria's Secret edition of Spice Girls' Greatest Hits came with bonus remixes, so I ordered this edition. Turns out the CD just has the standard fifteen tracks on it, and these remixes are only available through a download code that you can no longer access in 2013. Pity.

The music itself gets five stars. If you want their Greatest Hits, just get the regular one. Or better yet, the one with the DVD.


title: Hex & Mac Have RETURNED

text:
This EU import single is great for several reasons. One is that the original song by Christina (it actually appears here in a slightly altered version called "Radio Remix") is a beautiful ballad where Christina's voice sounds better than ever. But the really winner here is the bonus remix by Hex Hector & Mac Quayle. It's only an edit, but it's a great dance track, as are practically any mixes by that duo. Recommended for dance music fans or collectors. Not recommended to the casual fan of Christina that doesn't get the point of paying $10 for a CD with 2 songs.

Track listing:
1. You Lost Me (Radio Remix) (4:19)
2. You Lost Me (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Remix Radio Edit) (3:38)


title: Get this for the amazing remixes!

text:
First of all I'm glad this single has more than just the album version and a remix edit. Britney always releases quality CD maxi singles (although the cancellation of Radar's CD single release combined with 3's album/instrumental two track release worries me about future singles.)

1. Album Version (3:39) - Not much to review here. Pure Britney dance-pop goodness.

2. Bimbo Jones Radio Remix (2:56) - Short, even for a radio edit. Although I would have loved to have the full club mix, but nontheless, Bimbo Jones did a great electro take on this song.

3. Crookers Remix (4:29) - Not sure why this is the remix that received the most attention. It's a short dub, but it's not bad, just not that fun or memorable. It has a very "electro" sound like the Bimbo Jones remix.

4. U-Turn Remix (6:11) - U-Turn gave this song a classic disco vibe that sounds great! It slows down the tempo and is a nice change from the previous electro sounding mixes. I would consider this remix my favorite on this single.

5. Video Enhancement (3:46) - Good video, but the quality on this single is not that great.

All in all, I think this is a great single. I do wish Junior Vasquez and Mike Rizzo's great remixes were also included, espcially Junior's Big Room Mix, since the mixes here lack the "anthem" feel, but since it actually has more than one remix on it and the original songs great, I'll give it a five.


title: Fun but short CD single

text: For those who don't know, this is the EU CD single of "TiK ToK" which includes the album version as well as a club mix (and it's a full one clocking it at 7 minutes, rather than an edit) by Tom Neville. The remix is a lot of fun and will definitely get the party started. Highly recommended for remix fans and collectors.


title: Great song, good remix.

text:
Although this song didn't gain as much attention as it deserved, (it peaked at #37 on the Billboard Charts), it's a very catchy little number that's sure to have you singing along. I'm not sure why "Carry Out" with Justin Timberlake from the same album was the one that received all the attention. Maybe because people want to hear about sex? I don't know, but while they're listening to that, I'll be enjoying my new CD single.

1. International Radio Edit (3:57) - While I enjoy this version very much, I was really hoping for the album/video version, which runs about a minute longer and has an amazing extended outro.

2. Digital Dog Radio Remix (3:26) - This is the main reason I got the single. A good remix, no doubt. But when will the labels learn to also include the full mixes? I normally don't even mind edits, but this one is just too short. If the original song is five minutes long, the remix (in edited form) should be at least four.


title: No Swearing!

text: I got this for my 10 year old daughter.  She loves Pink, but has only listened to her on YouTube.  This CD has the wonderful songs without any swearing!  The songs simply cut the vocal track where the swearing would be.  This makes the songs sound a little choppy in places if you're listening to it closely.  The YouTube versions sound more natural which is why I'm only giving 4 stars, but this does achieve the goal of letting my daughter listen to Pink without normalizing swearing.


title: Five Stars

text: Rob Thomas has surpassed himself with this CD.


title: Disappointing

text: I prefer her later work.


title: To listen to this recording............

text:
.....is absolutely to be in the presence of royalty. Bidu Sayao and Jussi Bjorling are a vocal match made in heaven, and this performance cooked. Hot. Really Hot. The Met Orchestra and Chorus were in perfect form, and well led. Emil Cooper was not one of the all-time greats, but, that night, he sure conducted like one. The supporting cast may not be well known outside the opera community, but they were every one a rock solid performer.

Of course, one listens to "Romeo et Juliette" for the title characters...Bidu Sayao was the Juliette of the ages [and Mimi and Violetta], as well as the most gorgeous girl ever to grace a stage. She was truly a gift from God, and she never sounded better than right here. I know that were I Romeo, and she Juliette, I'd sure try to find another way for the story to end. Smitten? Crush? Please... Bjorling is, sadly, another matter...he, too, was a voice of the ages [though Alfredo Kraus remains my ideal as Romeo], and, this night, he was in top form. Absolutely note perfect. Apparently sober, too. That's the sad part...he was an ill-mannered drunk, who was difficult to work with, and died of alcoholic cardiomyopathy at 49.

The sound is vintage 1947 up close and personal. This is a very good recording, though you can certainly find clearer, more modern, sound. So what? THIS is the "Romeo et Juliette" for all eternity! Ten stars wouldn't be enough!!


title: Jeezy's Usda

text: I got say this second album by USDA brought so heat but the coldest summer mix tape was still the top between these twos. However Jeezy revamped the roster and add some talent to the second LP.


title: One Star

text: I received a bad copy


CD did not work. My Bose just kept reading it!


title: Good

text: Had some great songs.  That old blues love music that is relaxing to the soul.  Many like it and will order more of his music


title: Buddy Holly Lives!

text: Very little here...if your a Buddy Holly collector who must have everything recorded in his 1 1/2 years of fame...your really getting 3 songs here maybe 4 recorded in better than passable sound...the rest is fluff and not really essential or something you'd want to listen to in order to get pleasure but more of a scholary view...and i'm not condemning the CD by any means i encourage ALL Buddy Holly collectors to get this...i got it and will keep it but i can say there's not much here but i'll probably listen to it again and again...but the best tapes i ever heard were his apartment tapes.


title: Got to get the Deluxe Edition!

text: Who wants Reincarnated to end with only 12 tracks? The Deluxe Edition has got 4 Bonus Tracks: Boulevard (f. Jahdan Blakkamoore), Remedy (f. Busta Rhymes & Chris Brown), La La La & Harder Times (f. Jahdan Blakkamoore)! Want to keep Snoop Lion going!


title: Love Love Love my CD

text: Love Love Love my CD! Thank you for sending it in such a timely manner!  Enjoying it as I write! Thank you! :-) G Infield


title: She's Back!!

text:
From the second that I heard "Tell Me" & "Keep Tryin'", I was sold on any and everything Amel Larrieux. I purchased the CD singles but for some reason I had never picked up the CD. I was going through a female friend of mine's CD collection in college and I was like, "Yeah, I'm going to have to rough this Groove Theory from you for a minute so I can listen to it." Obviously, when I listened to the CD, I was upset that I hadn't bought it when it was originally released. My favorite song ended up being Amel's remake of The Isley Brothers' "Hello It's Me" but I also liked songs such as "Hey U", "Good To Me", "Ride", etc. I was looking forward to hearing future projects from them but after I heard "Never Enough" on The Love Jones soundtrack, that would be the last song that I would heard from them. Groove Theory broke up and Amel went solo. Her first CD ended up being "Infinite Possibilities". This CD was in heavy rotation for more than a minute. I enjoyed songs such as "Get Up", "I n I" and "Sweet Misery" but the album's closer "Makes Me Whole" ended up being my favorite song. Amel went on to release "Bravebird", "Morning" and "Lovely Standards". During this time my favorite Amel song "For Real" was released on "Bravebird" and I did like other songs such as "No One Else", "Weary" and others but I didn't enjoy those albums as much as I did "Groove Theory" and "Infinite Possibilities".

"Ice Cream Everyday" was released on October 1st. After listening to this CD, I have no problem with saying that Amel is officially back. I can't say that she ever left but this is clearly her best CD since "Infinite Possibilities". Songs like "Afraid", "Urrr The Shhhh", "Moment To Reflect", "A Million Sapphires" and my favorite, "I Do Take", will make anyone see what I'm talking about. She even includes the songs "Orange Glow" and "Don't Let Me Down", which had been songs that Amel had released since 2007's "Lovely Standards" CD.

Highsmith's Top 5

1) I Do Take
2) Afraid
3) A Million Sapphires
4) Urrr The Shhhh
5) Moment To Reflect


title: Five Stars

text: Love his music all are good


title: Four Stars

text: Great singer


title: Five Stars

text: Hilarious, all of them are funny


title: Five Stars

text: Love her voice.


title: Five Stars

text: Real good


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: A great Milton Nascimento album.

text: I bought this album years ago (nearly 30) in the cut out bin of my record store. After falling in love with it and playing it constantly, I wore it out. i needed to find another copy. It took some time, but I did and it's as good to my older ears as it was to my younger ones.


title: Absolutely Beautiful Praise and Worship CD

text: Chris Tomlin is one of the most popular Contemporary Christian Music artists, and The Noise We Make is a good example of why.  All 12 of the songs on this CD (Forever appears twice) are absolutely beautiful and uplifting contemporary songs of praise and worship.  As best I can tell, a few of them are among Chris Tomlin’s biggest hits, including title track, The Noise We Make, Forever, The Wonderful Cross, and This Is Our God.  I found The Noise We Make at a used book sale this summer, but hadn’t gotten around to listening to it till a couple of days ago-and now I can’t stop, it’s that infectious.  I was really surprised to see only 4 reviews for this CD on Amazon.  It’s such a good CD, I would have thought that a lot more people would have wanted to recommend it to others.  Whether  you like Chris Tomlin, in particular, or Contemporary Christian Music, in general, getting this CD is a no-brainer.  Highly recommended.


title: I love this cd

text: I love this cd. If you are a Miranda fan and you don't have this one you NEED to get it.


title: Enjoyable AM radio pop music

text: A fine assortment of '70's pop music.  All original artists, all original recordings.  A lot of songs you do not get in other collections.

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title: Received today - I should have been a little more patient - Thank you - Thank you - Thank you.

text: Emmylou Harris - 5 cds - beautiful voice, she is so talented


title: Surprisingly good!

text: You never know how these types of recordings are going to sound. I took a shot on this air cuts release and you know what? It's pretty damn good! It clearly is not an official Dokken release, in fact I didn't even know it existed, but the sound is much better than a regular bootleg, so if you're on the fence concerned about that - don't be as this sounds only small step down from a major label recording and that may not be a bad thing.... I was driving around and had this playing rather loud. There is some background hiss, but not enough to throw you unless you're looking for things to be negative about. I got this the day the Return to the East CD was released which I only got today, so this was a great way to scratch the itch to listen to something "new" from Dokken.


title: From A Professional Standpoint...

text: I am a underground newspaper writer in SC and I cover Hip Hop because of my history with it and my industry connections. I will be honest, When I first saw Asher I thought it was a train wreck waiting to happen and changed the channel. I was browsing through mix tapes one day and I came across this one. Once I saw the list of colabs and producers i figured it was worth a listen. I was AMAZED with this kids talent! His delivery is on time, he isn't bragging and boasting and the production is nothing less than perfect. So what, He's a skinny white kid from the burbs but he can flow and that's real talk! Asleep in The Bread Isle was way under-rated and is good the whole way through. He separates himself from most rappers by being himself and for that he gets 5 stars. To sum it up, his flow is dope, His lyrics have substance and he isn't afraid to be himself. Em is talking about putting him on so there could be a future there and that I look forward too!


title: Verdi deserves better than this.

text: This is unacceptably bad.  Please give the marketing-driven Bocelli veneration a pass and purchase a recording of a real operatic tenor singing a Verdi opera: someone who can sing without miking and heavy studio manipulation.  The only reason I'm writing this, because writing a negative review is not generally a productive way to go about things,  is in the hope that someone who is dipping into opera for the first time won't mistake the drek on this album for the real power and beauty of operatic singing.  Give this pop crooner who seems to really want validation as an operatic tenor a pass in favor of any of the greats, and you'll be rewarded for doing so.


title: Great band. Still have cassette new from 86

text: I still have a brand new cassette never played. When moving my grandson opened it. I still have about 500 cassettes left of christian rock metal 70s through 90s. Mostly 80s though


title: Super Group

text: Christian Metal Super Group! When you have pro players like Terry Russell of Holy Soldier and Neon Cross on drums and singing lead vocals as well as Larry Farkas of Vengeance Rising and Die Happy on guitars along side Don Webster of Neon Cross on guitar and lastly featuring the bass talents of Terry’s son Colton Russell on bass one might say it’s got a bit of that going on here. BUT, the sound here is something completely different then all the aforementioned bands, this music is on straight up heavy metal


this CD contains many of the cuts from other cd that he has recorded, but these have been sped up a little, the recording or burning of the songs on this CD is not the best I have heard or used. All'n all this is a cheaply made CD.


title: The CD was in good condition.

text: The CD was in good condition.


title: Hurry up to order & wait, wait, wait, and wait.

text: I received the product 7 weeks later after ordering on July 28th. The used product was  in fair condition.


title: Origins, BWE0002 or BWE0003?

text:
I believe I have an original "2500" copy that has no credits under songs, band members name hodges mispelled and also All Rights spelled All Right on back of case insert. The cd has the correct CRT BWE0002 X0A21C, but no IFPC code. It is made by BIGWIG, 2000 release with 11 tracks. This seems more like a limited release "concert demo" version to me, with over looked errors.
There is no hidden track. Would a re-release version remove the credits under songs and mispell a band members name? If it is a photo copy of the original inserts, then the original inserts should have the same errors. My songs sound clear, not "giving a headache" and the song "Imaginary" is changed from later releases. Which version do I have? I have read multiple differences between amazon, ebay, and evanescence websites. Most say that main thing to verify is the ring code, but the evanescence website now is saying the true reading for the "2500" is BWE0003.
Would like this confirmed.


title: I LOVED IT!

text: MAN!!!,I LOVED IT!!!,I WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THIS MUSIC TO COME OUT!!,.IT EVERY THING I DARE HOPED FOR!!,GREAT MUSIC FROM THE BRAIN FROM AROUS!!!..I JUST LOVED IT!!!,.WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!!!...


title: The Song on this Album Are Written, But Not Sung By Aaron Wilburn

text: I was expecting the songs to be sung by Aaron Wilburn, but it turns out they were song by various artists.  Only the one song "One Day" was sung by Aaron Wilburn.


title: Five Stars

text: awesome cd.


title: Relaxing

text: I have always fond this to be relaxing. This is the second CD that I have bought.


title: Four Stars

text: Very happy with the quality as usual.Thanks.


title: Buying a US 11 Track verion vs EU 19 Track version

text:
Only 2500 of the original 11 track version where release and sold at a few shows before Evanescence made it big.  This was never distributed.  These are almost impossible to find anymore and sold on the aucion sites for about $250.  This was a few years ago.

11 Track US Version
I've purchased 3 here on amazon and They didn't have a full booklet and after checking on my computer all where on CDR.  None where $250 though all cost plenty.  The sound was fine.  None where actually original.  None where factory manufactured.  These where copies of the original.

19 Track EU Version
I first had seen this version back in 2002 when I worked at a music import house.  A few music distribution companies in Holland & Germany were selling this.  These where legitimate companies but it was available for only a few months.  Wish I had purchased one back then.  I have purchased 2 here of the 19 track version.  Both of these where factory manufactured and not CDR's.  They included real inserts.  The sound quality was very good but not as polished as the major releases.

I believe a deal went back between BigWig Records and Epic.  Big Wig will not re-release this album for the US and doesn't want the EU version to be sold anymore as it was showing up here in the US.  Wy they don't is beyond me.  If you can find a copy of either then get it and hold on to it.  An 11 track is more likely to be a fake.  There are still a few of the EU versions around and more likely to find as it was actually imported and distributed (for a very short time).


title: Ok

text: Ok


title: Good

text: Another good one. Selling the whole set $ 350.00


title: Great listening

text: A great composite of really well thought out tunes. Nice easy listening with some very obscure recordings included!<br />Grab a copy there available at great price!


title: Great CD

text: If you already like their music, I would recommend buying this CD as well. I love all the songs on that CD. Even if you haven't heard their music, you may still end-up liking. Definitely recommended.


title: Five Stars

text: good cd


title: The real Zen - not the new-age fluff

text:
This album is amazing.  It is a magnificent creation by two masters who clearly have a very deep understanding of the essence of each other's work.
It is the true Zen - full of contradictions seemingly impossible to reconcile - like a song that is both full of unfathomable anguish as well as tranquil joy at the same time. These contradictions resolve themselves the more time you spend listening and the more deeply you listen.

If you meditate or have some understanding of Zen practice, if you're musically adventurous this is a potentially a life-changing album.

If you want pure, classical, by-the-book shakuhatchi music the I do not recommend this album to you. It's is more modern and creative and doesn't paint within the lines. It's bigger and more artful than that.  But then again, maybe you should branch out a little - in which case this would be a wonderful album for you.
If you want to play shakuhatchi in your massage parlor or day spa, then I also can not recommend this album.  It is relaxing at a deeper level, requiring more of the listener and may confuse or stress people who are expecting more easy-listening new age music.

Still... a masterpiece!


title: Good Price

text: Love Eric Church


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: Five Stars

text: Another great album by my 5 favorite guys!!!


title: If you love the bee gees you'll love this cd

text: It's a  very beautiful  cd I play it all the time thank you


title: Great for fans of BOTH bands!

text: SUPER CD


title: Five Stars

text: The cd is in new condition and works.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Five Stars

text: Love it but wanted the actually CD. But that's ok


title: How was this not a hit?

text: One of the greatest original songs Celine has ever recorded, the lyrics, music and vocals are all superb. Too bad it wasn't a hit.


title: Where great Gatton comes from

text: I have any music From Danny Gatton that I can get my hands on. This collection, while containing a few syrupy clunkers, usually emanating from the person Gatton was playing for, nonetheless has more of his brilliant esoteric and fabulous playing that left us WAY too soon.There's enough "knock you on your behind "playing to qualify this as a couple of semesters worth of study at any Music college you could wish to attend. If you can find it Get it . As a guitar player it's more than your duty. You don't ask whether you need strings do you.?


title: They should have been the Extremely Fabulous Rhinestones...

text: A fellow student in college, back when I was a bit younger, said "hey listen THESE guys Mr. Guitar player"Whether he said it sarcastically or to be informative mattered little ,cause "These guys were the Best"!!There are few bands that had such a distictive and put a s*** eating grin on your face debut album with one cut after the next different, played to the nines and sure to get your fingers snapping, rear end bopping, or for you players, a leap to the amp and a snap of the cord into the guitars jack and wail right along.(only Moby Grape's first, The Dregs stuff and Steely Dan's first were in this league for my money). Kal David was(is) just the tasty meister on the 6-string, with great vocals, Harvey Brooks on the bass and Mr. Greb saxing away. from the opening whump of "Nothing new" to the wall of horns etc in "Free" to the sax solo ending "What a wonderful thing we have"(which they reproed live with I believe Marty playing dual saxes when I saw them at the old Lone Star in Manhatten when they were there). The second albums good If and when it comes out but this one?....GET it you idiot, it's cheap at twice the price!!!!!!


title: Ordinary girl is also an out of the ordindary album for me !!!

text: I absolutely love this CD album.  I listen to it in the car on virtually every time I drive.  Especially long trips, every song is amazing, it was very hard to find, but worth looking for.  I really hope Kady does another album soon!


title: great driving tunes - 5 stars!!!

text: Great album variety albums don't get any better than this!  Transferred it to cd great driving tunes of course!!!


Pia Zadora is a multi talented star, I have all albums/cd's and she performs all styles of music, it's always a pleasure to listen to her music, very few performers cross styles with great success throughout, and watch her films as well.  This CD collection is one of my favourites! - William Brooks - Toronto.


title: ugh.

text: what a waste of money.  there were no remixes.  just the song and another song added to the cd.


title: wow

text: at first i did not like this song.  then i saw her performing it at a british music award show.  it is a bouncy song.  the remixes are good also.


title: greatest hits.

text: it is a nice cd that has all of her hits in one package.  she is a good singer. i have the songs that i enjoy listening too.


title: love this song.

text:
wow!  she has a strong voice.  love all the remixes on this cd.
it has made me love "yaz"!
she has always been underrated.  she is a great singer, but did not fit the mtv image.


title: in my arm.

text:
the first single, in my arms, is just from the cd "X".
the 2nd single is a remix of can't get you out of my head.
if you don't have this remix of the song, it is worth purchasing this cd.


title: Great introduction to a great artist.

text:
I heard Christina Aguilera's name several times, but still didn't know who she was.

Then in May, I finally heard a full song of hers (Ain't No Other Man) online.

After browsing her albums and the many version of KGB on Amazon, I finally decided to buy this and Bionic (Clean).

This was indeed a great introduction to the woman that is Christina Aguilera. "Fighter", "Hurt", "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", and "Beautiful" among others show her true vocal talent.

"Genie In A Bottle" - her first #1 is about Christina wanting a boy to rub her the right way. Even with that in mind, it's not as explicit as it may sound.

"What A G irl Wants" - this song is DEFINITELY what a g irl wants. Or at least what I want. Christina thanks her date for knowing exactly what she wants and needs.

"I Turn To You" - a great cover. Christina talks about turning to the person she likes in times of need.

"Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" is about Christina wanting a boy to come over and "play that game" with her. It's NOT the radio version, so the F word isn't censored.

"Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)" is the Spanish version of "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".

"Falsas Esperanzas" is another Spanish song. I don't speak Spanish, so I don't know what it's about, but it's a great rhythm.

"Lady Marmalade(feat. P!nk, Mya, and Lil' Kim)" is a soundtrack hit, for the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge.

"Dirrty (feat. Redman)" - one of those songs where the title pretty much gives away everything. This song is all about starting a party at the club and getting "dirrty".

"Fighter" is a very upbeat self-empowering song. It's all about Christina breaking up with someone who caused her lots of pain, but in the end made her so much stronger. Definitely a song to listen to after a bad break-up.

"Beautiful" is, well, beautiful. It's all about loving who you are, no matter what anybody else says. If you're ever upset or feeling down about yourself, listen to this.

"Ain't No Other Man" - another song where the title gives it away. All about Christina loving a boy so much that there's no other man for her. (Then why does she have "lovers from past AND present tense"? ;))

"Candyman" is like Christina's version of "Sugar, Sugar". It's all about a boy she thinks is as sweet as candy.

"Hurt" is about the loss of a loved one. Will make you cry if you've ever lost someone before.

"Genie 2.0" is a very different version of her #1 hit, "Genie In A Bottle". I think the original is better, but you'll be the judge of that.

"Keeps Gettin' Better" is where Christina talks about some days being a super witch (although that's not the word she uses), then other days being this person's super g irl. And it keeps gettin' better.

"Dynamite" - basically a song where Christina wants her special someone to "electrify her all night", because "she won't fight".

"You Are What You Are (Beautiful)" is a different version of "Beautiful". Not as powerful as the original, it experiments with her lower range, but still very beautiful.

If you're looking for a good introduction to Christina Aguilera, definitely look here. Also listen to "Can't Hold Us Down (feat. Lil' Kim)" which was left out of this CD but was a great hit.


title: Miley's gonna drag us through this, kicking and screaming!

text:
I finally got Miley's second album away from HM a few weeks ago and was so excited for it because she's my favorite artist.

Sure enough, this album doesn't disappoint. Miley starts us off by telling an ex what he'll be missing with "Kicking And Screaming", then it's everybody's favorite "Party In The USA" where she tells us what it was like when she first went to Hollywood.

In "When I Look At You", nothing seems to be going right with Miley, so she looks at her love and feels so much better. Onto a completely different vibe, Miley just won't stop having fun with her friends in the title song "Time Of Our Lives".

As for the song that's got everybody talking: Yes, Miley does say the P word and mentions someone else (not her) smoking in Talk Is Cheap. So while I do think she should've put a warning on that for her younger fans, it doesn't affect the overall quality of the song.

"Obsessed" is where she talks about being well... obsessed with someone she really likes. It's not inappropriate for children though, so don't take the title the wrong way.

I haven't really listened to "Before The Storm" yet, but when I do I'll tell you.

Anyway, all in all, even though "Talk Is Cheap" is not for the younger ones, this is another great album for Miley fans. I just can't wait to see what she comes up with next. :)


title: UK/Japan Deluxe Edition Is the Best Buy 4 This Album

text:
I bought this album from an independent seller, and my copy is the UK deluxe edition. For CD, the UK release has three more tracks than the US release: "Lady Marmalade", "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" and "The Voice Within".

To me, "Lady Marmalade" is the only thing that makes the UK release special, as I would never buy a CD single, this is the only Christina album in which I can have that song. As for "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely", I'm also a Ricky Martin fan, that song is also included in the US release of his latest greatest hits album. But if you're not a Ricky Martin fan, and you don't like buying CD single either, this is also the only Christina album that contains that song.

About the 4 new recordings, I love 3 of them: "Keeps Gettin' Better", "Dynamite" and "Genie 2.0", but as they are all available in the standard US release, so they're not that special for this particular version.

the big flaw of this album is the missing singles like "Reflection" and "Can't Hold Us Down". I even think they should have removed "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely", for it's actually a Ricky Martin song, to include those two classics.

As for the DVD, it's same with the DVD from the US deluxe edition that is exclusively available at Target.

So just consider before your purchase, see if you really want it. For me, UK/Japan Deluxe Edition is the best buy.


title: ... is one of my favorites and I would highly recommend it.

text: This 2CD set came from Russia and at first I thought I got ripped off but out of all my Prince CDs this is one of my favorites and I would highly recommend it.


title: Historic performance

text: I had to have this because it was Hendrix’s last concert. The recording itself is poor. Jimi sounds strained vocally, and doesn’t play his best. But for historical reasons it’s a must have for me.


title: Five Stars

text: xlnt


title: Artist: Ray Boltz Format: CD Release Year: ...

text:
Artist: Ray Boltz
Format: CD
Release Year: 1994
Record Label: Word Distribution
Genre: Contemp. Christian, Gospel

Track Listing
1. When He Calls
2. Thank You
3. Church Hop
4. Heavenly Father
5. Shepherd Boy
6. Here Comes a Miracle
7. Lion of Judah
8. Stand Up
9. Someone Stood Up for Stephen
10. We Are His Heart

Details
Playing Time: 42 min.
Producer: Steve Millikan
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo

Album Notes
Personnel: Ray Boltz (vocals); Rex Thomas, Jon Herington, Randy Melson (guitar); Jim Farrelly (saxophone); Steve Millikan (keyboards, Synclavier, background vocals); Dane Clark (drums); Larry Sauer (percussion); Joe Baldridge (programming); Craig Patty, Karl Hinkle, Scott Kemper, Cozette Byrd (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Lynn Fuston.Recording information: Aire Born Recording Studio, Indianapolis, IN; Pinebrook Recording Studios, Alexandria, IN.Unknown Contributor Role: Greg Imboden.Arrangers: John Higgins; Jon Herington; Steve Millikan.


title: Contents

text:
Virgin VLEP323 1983 Red Flame 10 label.  Dave Jackson vocals.
Includes these 6 songs:
Ringing
Numb
The Ride
Never
Sleep Tight
On The Beach


title: Five Stars

text: very nice


title: Five Stars

text: This is a pretty good song


title: LOVE IT!!

text: Great price,super fast shipping!!


title: Five Stars

text: Very good


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: What a BAND!

text:
I first heard about Shake 'em Up on YouTube, not long after finding about trumpeter/vocalist extraordinaire Marla Dixon and her own band, the Shotgun Jazz Band, thru the same avenue.  Bought every CD available of both, and will buy everything else they put to disc too.  Or try to...  All these players play in other jazz bands, and probably other kinds of music...

Anyway, If ya wanna hear hot New Orleans jazz done right, this (and their other CD's) are the place to go!

I love this band so much that when they were making a rare West Coast appearance last fall, I drove 300 miles to go see for myself...  OMG, did they live up to the hype inside my head!  And this was despite the fact their fabulous trombonist was back in New Orleans, busy having a kid..  I hope to make it back to Pismo Beach for their 2019 appearance!


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title: Rain + Flute = RainFlute?

text: This is a very soothing cd. It has the rain sounds with a very quiet flute playing in the background.


title: Five Stars

text: no comment


title: Five Stars

text: Great compilation to complete my entire Warped Tour collection.


title: Five Stars

text: Album is beautiful


title: Four Stars

text: A beautiful looking coffee table book. Includes cd of not original material brings it down a star.


title: So fun! We used it as 'background' music when celebrating ...

text: So fun!  We used it as 'background' music when celebrating my parent's 60 anniversary (they were married in 1955!).


title: Amazing album

text: I can’t stop listening to it!


title: Worth it to get the deluxe edition.

text: I've never been a huge Foo Fighters fan - I've always liked their music, but didn't buy a Foo Fighters CD until just last year.  The first CD I bought was their greatest hits album, which was a good buy.  I read that this CD is heralded as one of their best (if not the best) album that they have released.  Over 15 years after its original release, this album does not disappoint!!  Aside from the tracks like Everlong and Bakerstreet, which were radio hits back in the day, this album is filled with track after track of good music that puts most of today's rock music to shame.  The extra tracks are great, and in my opinion its well worth it to get the deluxe edition, but you don't have to pay the high price, since Best Buy is currently selling this CD for about $8.  Certainly one of the best (if not the best) $8 CD I've ever bought.  An easy 5 star rating for this album.  If you don't own it / have never heard this full album before, buy it... you  won't be disappointed.


title: Splendid item

text: Love how it is packaged and everything came as listed in description. I especially like the nice photo book and standing photo. So cute. Great gift for yourself or a member of army.


title: Pretty Interesting Remix Album

text: I'm not a big fan of Remix albums, but this one is pretty interesting.  I still prefer the original Love and War album versions, but the extra strings and things added here do provide a different take on a few of the songs.Cynicism (one of the B-sides) is a really cool track and holds up well with the tracks on the Love & War album.  My suggestion is make sure you check out Josh's other stuff first, and if you're hungry for more then you won't regret this.


title: hey Rosetta deserves a break

text: Here is a great but little known band from the Canadian Atlantic coast. It's classified as garage rock, which it may be, but with a distinct twist that absolutely grabbed me. What press they get is very good but it seems to me, they don't get enough. though this is only a 6 track (debut) album, I am very happy to have it in my collection. it's obvious that there is lots of potential, which I feel is realized in their new full length release. I have seen them live and it was a great show, no weakness anywhere.


title: Why you no want to liff anymore?

text:
It's hard being a Unicorns' fan. They galloped onto the scene sometime around 2003 from Montreal, with the album "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone", luring unsuspecting listeners. Everyone was having fun. Everyone was looking forward to the unicorns flying high. But, before fans could find their saddles, before the dust had even set, the Unicorns went missing. Shortly after, it was confirmed The Unicorns had split up.

Nobody knows exactly why. Some sort of bickering? In any case, the devastation that followed is ever present. Thousands of wondering fans clogging up message boards. Lying siege to whatever b-side track they can find. It seems after all that was said and done... there are still plenty of people around to cut their hair.

So something is given to you and then taken away. Its hard to get over it. And now frontman Nick Diamonds and drummer J'aime Tambeur have managed to salvage what's left of the band. It seems these two had split up only to find they were floating in the same direction anyway. Washed ashore, bruised and battered the surviving members take refuge on an Island. Ironically, the final words "I woke up thirsty on an island in the sea" on the last track of Unicorn's album, was spot on. And in many ways Islands is a band that continues the legacy of The Unicorns. Picking up the pieces, but, somewhat wiser, more grown up, and a little more cautious.

Its difficult to pick this up and pretend the Unicorns never happened.

The band has lost much of its naivety, youthful invincibility, and with that, lost the charismatic care free (almost careless) antics. Its not as fun. Its lost its cartoonish rocky horror show spectacle. Short balloon-popping tracks, are traded for more tamed and expansive songs. Smoother in production and fuller in sound, brought about by an addition of 5 new members including  guest stars from Wolf Parade and Arcade Fire.

It still retains many qualities, still structureless (for the most part no choruses!) and relying heavily on sweet hooks that often just come out of nowhere. In fact, there are cheeky references to the Unicorns, where there was once jelly there is now brittle bones. There are running themes like death, and still an inconsolable voice behind a crashing of colourful instruments.

Opening track 'Swans' is a mammoth drawn out arrangement, almost orchestrated but in a messy lo-fi way. The mumbling vocals sweep through and I cant help but smile.

'Humans' is an innocuous call to arms! Momentum builds, as a marching parade assembles, trumpets out, drums pounding. Gather the kids!

'Dont call me Whitney, Bobby' is a light hearted sugary sample. Palms waving and blue skies, but with their signature underlying despair.

'Rough Gem' is very unicorns... the bells, chimes and the swaying motion of the verses will have you whistling corruption!

The dark natured, 'Where there's a Will there's a Whalebone" has to be one of the best songs. Not because of the hip hop incorporated (which they have insisted on for so long) but for those darn catchy one liners. The building blocks that these men have founded their careers on. If anything the convoluted hip hop helps to contrast and bring out the hooks.

Following the well title 'Jogging Gorgeous Summer', 'Volcanoes' continues with an epic maze of striking tunes, building up into a  sing along frenzy towards the end.

'If' tones the vibrations down, with a mellow thoughtful piece, whilst the closing track 'Ones' brings the story to an end with a somewhat uncharacteristic radioheadish soundscape edge.

"Return to Sea' could pass off as a solid follow up album, which is remarkable for a band who imploded because everyone wanted to do something different.


title: Bitterly disappointing

text:
Fans of the original Star Wars trilogy hoping for a franchise revival with "Attack of the Clones" will be surprised to find a film that is, to be kind, badly written, badly acted and, shockingly, badly edited.  Which is fine if you're watching the Star Wars Christmas Special, but not here.
Even for casual moviegoers who are looking to "just be entertained," the newest Star Wars film even fails to deliver on that task. Unlike the original three films, which put a simple story of good versus evil in a world formerly unseen by moviegoers, everyone involved with Attack of the Clones seems to have lost any sense that less is more. Why have two Jedis fighting when you can have 100? Why have one Jango Fett when you can have an army of them? Why have a simple good guy/bad guy story when you can create a plot much more needlessly complicated?
It's that mentality that hurts the film more than anything else. The film is overstuffed with effects sequences so long you feel like you're trapped watching someone else playing a videogame. In between are scenes of political dialogue so flat and dense it belongs on C-SPAN, and not in a fantasy film.
There are certain aspects to the film that are well done. Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi is, at last, allowed to be an action hero, and McGregor gives his scenes a gravitas that melts away whenever he's off screen. A chase through an asteroid field is also extremely entertaining in its use of sound design. And we finally get a two-minute glimpse at the evil emperor (which prompts a question: Does George Lucas know that we all know the emperor's true identity, or does he plan on making this a plot twist of some kind?).
But all of the good parts are such a small part of Episode II that it doesn't make watching the rest of it worthwhile. Of particular agitation is the love story between Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman. Portman, who is the equal of Audrey Hepburn in looks only, looks like she'd rather be anywhere else but on screen reciting her lines. And, try as Christiansen might, he can't overcome dialogue so poorly written it reduces the audience to unintentional laughter. Is real teen romance this cheesy? Of course it sometimes is. That's why it's best left out of movies altogether.  This is a romance that plays out like an extended version of the animal cracker scene in "Armageddon."
And even while those scenes have unquestionable camp value, the overlong action sequences in the film reduce the viewer more to boredom than anything else. Add in the return of Jar Jar Binks (who apparently learned Spanish while he was away), and a computerized Yoda, who now does his backwards-grammar thing every sentence to the point of annoyance, and the film's computer work ends up grating rather than gratifying.
Editing is also a problem. Because Episode II is basically an animated film with live actors, the challenge of the filmmakers is to have the two worlds blend seamlessly together. This is not the case here, as many scenes where people are computerized, and then are not, are handled clumsily. And for the viewer there's always a disconnect that won't allow you to get deeper into the story. There's no sense of danger, or urgency. And that's what ends up making the whole affair so dull.
Look, it's a tribute to the first three Star Wars films that fans continue to keep coming back to this series. They're looking for the magic, the excitement, they got when they saw those films the first time. But Episode II doesn't provide that, and neither will the trilogy's next installment, unless George Lucas hires a new screenwriter and a skilled director of actors. That likely won't happen. Still, Star Wars fans still have the original trilogy, and that's awfully tough to beat, as George Lucas should now be able to tell you.<P...


title: Another Pot Of Briliant Gold

text:
Lighthouse Family's second cd 'Postcards From Heaven' could have been called Ocean Drive Part Two or bonus tracks from the Ocean Drive album and it still would be priceless.

I say this because the formula, style and instrumentation remains the same yet is still refreshing and you can never grow tired of this two man band.

For many months, the song 'High', the chart topping single from this cd would make me cry. Tunde's voice is very breezy and earthy, the lyrics are inspiring and hold so much promise and Paul's insrumentation in the background lends it's own magnetism.

'Raincloud' is a bit of a stretch for them, more dance Euro-pop than easy listening but it is an awesome song and I dont know why and I'm not sure I recall seeing the video but the song reminds me of a train speeding past.

'Question Of Faith' is one of my favourite Lighthouse Family songs of all time. Enough said.

'Once In a Blue Moon', 'Let It All Change' and the haunting 'Lost In Space' are slower but very good.

The title track is very good but strangely for me not as strong as the others.

Another winner from one of the coolest duos ever.


title: I Just Absolutely Love the Oldies

text: Every time I get this CD, something happens to it.  I just love this collector's series and, wouldn't you know it, so do my children.  They've practically taken it and possessed it for themselves.


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Five Stars

text: If your a fan of Wings and Paul McCartney's talent this is what you need.


title: Phenomenal CD Showcase

text:
It may only include four songs from "Sunset Boulevard", but just be thankful that the marvelous Betty Buckley was granted the good fortune to preserve even a sampling of her incredible performance as Norma Desmond - an honor few replacement cast members are granted. This CD is a rare find nowadays, but it's a must own for fans of the show.

Betty is simply sensational as Norma Desmond. She inhabits the character both emotionally and musically, and acts the songs with total conviction and gusto. You truly believe she is Norma Desmond with every word she utters. Seeing her live must've been a sight to behold. Thankfully this terrific album is around to allow future generations to appreciate the magnificence of this particular interpretation of a legendary character.


title: Love me some Doobie Brothers!

text: Love all of the songs. This is a great collection!


title: Robin Beck

text: This is a great cd.I have been listening to it on ROBINBECKROCKS.com for a few months.My favorite songs are 1 Hide Your Heart 2 Save Up All Your Tears 3 Tears InThe Rain 4 Lost Summer Days 5 Love is Divine 6 Superstar 7A Heart For You 8 First Time 9 Sleeping With The Enemy. Have fun with this one..


title: Ear Splittingly Bad

text: I love horror film scores; nearly half of my cd collection is scores and this one is just terrible. But then the movie it was written for was terrible and the F13 series isn't known for it's scores. With the exception of Harry Manfredini's score for the original, the scores just got more and more generic sounding. It sounds as if Manfredini knew this was going to be the last composition he would write for this series and decided to throw in cues he had previously left off from other F13 scores instead of trying to come up with something new with the minor exception of a cue that sounds like one of those toy horns that, when held up or down, makes that descending sound.  And wtf are people trying to pull asking for $95 for this junk?  You guys are crazy. I got my copy for $5 and still overpaid.


title: Some of the versions are worse than a bad garage band but a many of ...

text: I lived in Spain during the late sixties so I was familiar with a lot of the versions of the Beatles from those days. Some of the versions are worse than a bad garage band but a many of them are good covers some in English others in poorly translations to Spanish, but I love covers.


title: Five Stars

text: Great album, happy that I got it on vinyl


title: Almost forgot ...

text: how much I liked this in the day. I had it on an 8-track. If you only have the need for one Nils Lofgren album, then this is the one. Good 70's-era live album.


title: Great !

text: If you like Warren Haynes in particular, or guitar-driven Blues/Rock in general, then you need to own this album. Great live renditions of Haynes first album, Tales of Ordinary Madness.<br />A no-brainer.


title: Beatles classics

text:
Nice to get so many Beatles originals in one place.
It all sounds great too.
Just a little pricey but if you are a Beatles collector, this is a can't miss. Impossible to post a negative review for this one.


title: Great vintage Brothers

text:
Four disks at the price is outstanding !
You get 3 different shows - 1971 just before Duane passed. 1972 - as a quintet (2 disks). 1986 - when they were not officially back together yet. Great song selection and excellent sound.
If you are an Allman Brothers fanatic (like me) this is must-buy.
Good to hear a young Gregg Allman again ....


title: Five Stars

text: Great music as always.


title: Brilliant !

text: Absolute superb album. Flawless production, outstanding songwriting and the arrangement are wonderful. Even if you don't know 'Swiss German' you will enjoy this beautiful cross over somewhere in-between Britpop and Traditional Swiss music (but much closer to the 'Rock' side of this mixture). Florian Ast has released 4 albums so far, each one is excellent but Gringo is the ultimate CD ! Trust me on this and buy this album, you will not regret it !


title: Volz' solo debut is an all-time top 10 Christian Rock album.

text: This is a great disc. Any young believer can benefit from the Godly themes on this album. The message is delivered in a tight and aggressive musical style. Greg's voice is unique and, on this album, dynamic. I went to a local used CD store and found a copy on cassette for 50 cents. I guess that will have to do!


title: good quality

text: considering this product came a long way through the mail, the shipping was good


title: excellent

text: excellent


title: As good as you can get!

text: A well made, trouble free device.  It does what it claims to do, which is: to be auditorially transparant.  Most volume pedal cause volume and tonal loss between instrument and amplifier. This does not.


title: Great cd with enhanced live stagedound

text: Great sound and energy.  I wish they would make more cds from both Beatles and Rolling Stones concerts from the 60s.


title: Great selection

text: Loaded with great songs


title: Excellent product and service

text: Great seller. Everything as advertised and more.


title: Great Seller

text: Product as described an excellent service over all.


title: Good tunes

text: All the their great tunes to enjoy again


title: Two legends on one album!

text: Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera on the same album?  Now THIS is heaven!  I'm elated.


title: This is a must buy for any fan of the movie

text: I just got this in the mail a few hours ago, and can't believe how crisp the sound quality is! Big Trouble In Little China is my all time favorite movie, and I've always loved the soundtrack. After downloading most of it off various torrent sites, I finally have the whole thing and it is much better quality than any other recording. They are only making 3000 copies of this version, so I recommend ordering it quickly. My copy is number 1086/3000. I also recommend going on wingkong.net because they have signed copies of it from the other composer, Alan Howarth. I bought mine off of LaLa Record's website. Either way, it is a must have for any BTILC fan!


title: Please reissue at fair price.

text: Nice set of widely varied popular themes.  My only gripe, is this volumeand it’s reissue are both out of print; hence what was $17 new is now listed at $150.00-$200.00 OR MORE! Could Timelife reissue this again, at a more reasonable price?  The price gouging is unconscionable.  (This comment also applies to the companion Perfect Harmony cd for the same am gold series)


title: Mathis is the king of romance

text: Love as defined by Johnny Mathis  The king of romantic ballads, still unequalled, as this incredible bargain set proves.  For couples of all ages and generations!


title: Almost Unheard Of

text:
Looking for good music you've never heard of? Well I've got a treat for you - check out Almost Charlie, a German band with just a hint of Belle & Sebastian, perhaps some James Blunt and a little Rufus Wainwright thrown in. A simple acoustic style rendering of awesome proportions is found on the album Loving Counterclockwise.

The best part of this insanely talented band is the fact all the lyrics are written by Charles Mason of New York. A hilarious and fun loving man from New York City, who Swivek (my band) fans may recognize as the lyricist of the songs "Cocksure" and "Come Alive".

Just like me, who has never officially met Charlie, neither have the boys of Almost Charlie, but to incorporate the man who doesn't play any instruments of his own, the band included him in their moniker.

You can find out all about the band and their story, and listen to the songs on their own website at [...] But first get this exceptional album, I promise you won't be disappointed, I mean with the band's incredible talent and delivery and Charlie's incredible sense of irony, pain and humor, you can't go wrong when you're loving counterclockwise.

Songs to definitely check out include the title track, "I Can't Be Your Friend", "Part Hurricane" and "Roberta Did".


title: This collection is excellent!

text: On tour as Emilo Estefan in "On Your Feet" Mauricio is one heck of a singer! This collection is excellent!


title: It’s a drag. 🙁

text: The tape won’t play. It drags. I’ve tried other tapes in the same player and have no problems.