The Ataris - Welcome The Night
1. “The First Elegy”
2. “Begin Again from the Beginning”
3. “Cardiff-by-the-Sea”
4. “Secret Handshakes”
5. “When All Else Fails, It Fails”
6. “The Cheyenne Line”
7. “We All Become Smoke”
8. “Not capable of love”
9. “From the Last, Last Call”
10. “A Soundtrack for this Rainy Morning”
11. “New Year’s Day”
12. “Whatever Lies Will Help You Rest”
13. “The Ghost of Last December”
14. “Welcome the Night”
15. “Act Five, Scene Four; and So It Ends Like It Began”
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Ween - Craters Of The Sac
Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
Steely Dan - Aja
year 77 review: When Fagen and Becker started working on the Aja album in late 1976 the rock world was still divided from the disco world in no uncertain terms. After Aja was released in October 1977 the lines were blurred forever. I believe as a consequence, Aja, is perhaps the single most important album of the last quarte century of the 20th Century. It is a brilliant amalgam of what the rock, pop and jazz worlds had created up 'til then.....and to top it off, what a nice bunch of guys! Fagen, Becker, Katz, Nichols, Rainey, Marotta, Purdie and the rest are modest, humorous and very talented. Bravo!
Janis Joplin - Trouble In Mind
Here´s a bootleg collecting recordings Jorma Kaukonen´s home in Austin, Texas (spring 1965 and December 1964), from Monterey (June 1967) and San Francisco (December 1968).
Elvis Costello - very best of
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991 - 2006
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
David Gray - White Ladder
year 2000 review: Gray originally released White Ladder himself, after being dropped by EMI. The record was an immediate hit, eventually even breaking in the US after pal Dave Matthews put it out Stateside on his ATO label. The album features Gray's tender songs accompanied by lite techno beats. "Babylon" was the hit.
The Crystal Method - Vegas
Ricky Gervais - Politics
"Most comedians slog around the country for fifteen years playing to students, drunks and even women, in grotty venues, with the vague hope that someone will give them their own TV show. I'm doing it the other way round." Ricky returns with a generous second helping of standout stand-up, every bit as hilarious as Animals. "In my show," says Ricky, "I will be doing my usual brand of brilliant, irreverent yet observational comedy, covering such universal subjects as meeting Jack Nicholson, driving around in limos and not putting my hand in my pocket once." Sounds good to us. To anyone, surely, who likes a good laugh. Also up for discussion are Gandhi, Thora Hird, rubbish David Brent lookalikes and, most painfully, being mistaken for Johnny Vegas.
Lionel Richie - Coming Home
1. I Call It Love
2. Sweet Vacation
3. Why
4. What You Are
5. Up All Night
6. I'm Coming Home
7. All Around The World
8. Out Of My Head
9. Reason To Believe
10. Stand Down
11. I Love You
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Even after a few listens into Extraordinary Machine the musical paint quickly dries to reveal a thinly veiled cover-up job of a barrel load of average tunes done in a her now increasingly tepid and familiar style. Her familiar limited intonation, preferential treatment to the delicately played thunderous end of the piano and the stop/start song structure strain at the leash of niche appeal and look like a three trick waiflike pony. There is no defining feel (beyond the aforementioned clichés) or any notion of a diverse experimental record either; there’s just a lot of filler between the three great songs.
Dexys Midnight Runners - Lets Make This Precious
The original soul rebels are back with a new line-up, extensive tour dates and a forthcoming book, so you can't really blame them for rushing out this compilation that updates and extends the 1991 Very Best Of collection.
Dexys' blend of Celtic folk, soul and pop made them one of the most ubiquitous bands of the early '80s which is perhaps why, although it's good to hear the likes of Geno and Come On Eileen again, they suffer from over-familiarity. More interesting are the tunes that might have slipped out of the memory, such as the Brush Strokes theme Because Of You, the boozy after-hours sing-a-long Let's Get This Straight and the epic This Is What She's Like.
Alongside semi-hits like Show Me, and high quality album tracks I Love You and My National Pride (both from the excellent Don't Stand Me Down LP), the album features two new songs: Manhood, an apparent reference to Kevin Rowland's late '90s predilection for wearing women's dresses, and the touching, autobiographical My Life In England, both of which sound strangely out of place in this company. Long-time fans will, however, relish the inclusion of a couple of tracks from early BBC sessions, Let's Make This Precious and Until I Believe In My Soul.
Taken as a whole this compilation is a reminder of just how uneven Dexys could be, but also, on their day, how joyous. If the forthcoming tour, for which Rowland is joined by original members Pete Williams and Lucy Morgan, can capture at least some of the visceral energy of, say, The Celtic Soul Brothers or the Van Morrison cover Jackie Wilson Said, then few, surely, will go away disappointed.
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
year 92 review: okay, i'll be honest, Neil Young has done so many good songs over the years I lose count. But I can tell you that every single one of the songs on this album are incredible! My personal favorites are "You and Me", "War of Man", "From Hank to Hendrix" and "Natural Beauty". Highly recomendable album.
Simply Red - Men and Women
Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
Colin James - National Steel
Beach Boys - The Very Best Of
Bryan Ferry - Frantic
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Jet - Shine On
Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean Basically?
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Iggy pop - Rude & Nude
Cure - Bloodflowers
Closer to a ten than a nine, Bloodflowers is an excellent album. While it's highs are never as high as those found on Disintegration ("Disintegration", "The Same Deep Water As You", "Plainsong", "Pictures Of You"), it also lacks Disintegration's lows (the out-of-place "Lovesong" and "Lullaby"). A very sold listen with only one real flaw: Watching Me Fall is perhaps a minute or two too long. The title track is one of my favourite Cure songs of all time -- and that, my friends, is saying something.
Robyn Hitchcock - Moss Elixir
Those open to a full dose of Hitchcock's latest prescription will need Moss Elixir's limited-edition and quietly superior vinyl-only companion, Mossy Liquor. Besides alternate versions (some with strings and piano) of six Moss Elixir numbers – including "Alright, Yeah" translated into Swedish and a longer but no less beautiful "Heliotrope" – Mossy Liquor doles out six extra songs, most notably "Trilobite," which details several eons of paleontology in three comical minutes.
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
Children Of Men - Soundtracks
Eagles - Desperado
There is a long way between the recording of this album and many of our lives today but make no mistake_ this is one of there very best. This has truly stood the test of time and will live on as surly as any Beatles album. while some albumsx from this time sound dated, this sounds as fresh as the days it was recorded. I'll always love it and even my kids do.
Ani DiFranco - Out Of Range
Patti Smith - Horses
01 Cubano Chant.mp3
02 Aja.mp3
03 Time out of My Mind.mp3
04 Godwhacker.mp3
05 Caves of Altamira.mp3
06 Black Cow.mp3
07 Babylon Sisters.mp3
08 Slang of Ages.mp3
09 Peg.mp3
10 Home at Last.mp3
11 Steely Dan Show.mp3
12 Janie Runaway.mp3
13 Haitian Divorce.mp3
14 Things I Miss the Most.mp3
15 Parker's Band.mp3
16 Josie.mp3
17 Kid Charlemagne.mp3
18 Don't Make Me Alive.mp3
19 My Old School.mp3
20 FM.mp3
review:There's a reason some things are clichés. My choice of Patti Smith's Horses as an irreplaceable desert island keepsake must appear such a pandering to the canon that I winced when I settled on it. Although to be honest, as much as there were other candidates to consider, I really had little option when it came right down to it. Over the accelerating years, I've bought this album in vinyl form, cassette, and on CD (in England, Calgary Alberta, and Vancouver respectively).
Beach Boys - Party
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Width Of A Circle All The Madmen Black Country Rock After All Running Gun Blues Saviour Machine She Shook Me Cold Man Who Sold The World Supermen Lightning Frightening Holy Holy Holy Moonage Daydream Hang On To Yourself
review:the sound quality is excellent. but if your into david bowie music. im sure you will like this cd. the hits were more my style. i just have to give this cd some time to grow on me.
Bloc party - discography
Tom Waits - Discography
all Albums
The Real Gone
Mule Variations
Blue Valentine
Bone Machine
The Black Rider
One From The Heart
Live, State Theatre, Sydney, 1979- Triple J's 'Impossible Music Festival'
Blue Valentine
Bone Machine
Franks Wild Years
Mule Variations Japan Bonus Tracks
Music Festival
One From the Heart
Rain Dogs
The Heart of Saturday Night
Night On Earth
Swordfishtrombones
The Asylum Years
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
1 Lifebeats (1:14)
2 Prelude (2:14)
3 Silver Cord (4:29)
4 Re-Assuring Tune (1:11)
5 Memory Bank (4:20)
6 Best Friends (1:5
7 Critique Oblique (4:3
8 Forest Dance, No. 1 (1:35)
9 Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (4:1
10 Forest Dance, No. 2 (4:1
11 Foot of Our Stairs (4:1
12 Overseer Overture (4:00)
13 Flight from Lucifer (3:5
14 10.08 to Paddington (1:04)
15 Magus Perdé (3:55)
16 Epilogue (:43)
review:After the success of Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull moved to France for tax purposes and began recording their new album. They didn't finish recording there, but much of what they did do formed the nucleus for A Passion Play, which was completed back in England. This album was another single-song affair, but the musical style had drifted yet again.
This time the addition of saxophones played by Ian Anderson gave the band a very different sound; coupled with some somewhat unconventional melodies, this reminds me a little of Gentle Giant, though the Ian Anderson songwriting style is unmistakable.
Eric Clapton - Me & Mr. Johnson
01 Cubano Chant.mp3
02 Aja.mp3
03 Time out of My Mind.mp3
04 Godwhacker.mp3
05 Caves of Altamira.mp3
06 Black Cow.mp3
07 Babylon Sisters.mp3
08 Slang of Ages.mp3
09 Peg.mp3
10 Home at Last.mp3
11 Steely Dan Show.mp3
12 Janie Runaway.mp3
13 Haitian Divorce.mp3
14 Things I Miss the Most.mp3
15 Parker's Band.mp3
16 Josie.mp3
17 Kid Charlemagne.mp3
18 Don't Make Me Alive.mp3
19 My Old School.mp3
20 FM.mp3
review:I first heard of Robert Johnson 30+ years ago when I read that he was Clapton's favorite blues artist. At last, here is the finest collection of cover songs of all time. These songs are OLD..many from the 1930s, lovingly and respectfully done by one of the best artists the world has produced, and along with the venerable Billy Preston, Clapton pays homage to his hero.
If you are not familiar with Robert Johnson, now is the time. There is not a bad lick in the bunch. Also highly recommended is the video, "The Search For Robert Johnson." Thanks, Eric, for helping us learn more about our own music, and for keeping the memory of Mr. Johnson alive.
Steely Dan – Caves: Live
01 Cubano Chant.mp3
02 Aja.mp3
03 Time out of My Mind.mp3
04 Godwhacker.mp3
05 Caves of Altamira.mp3
06 Black Cow.mp3
07 Babylon Sisters.mp3
08 Slang of Ages.mp3
09 Peg.mp3
10 Home at Last.mp3
11 Steely Dan Show.mp3
12 Janie Runaway.mp3
13 Haitian Divorce.mp3
14 Things I Miss the Most.mp3
15 Parker's Band.mp3
16 Josie.mp3
17 Kid Charlemagne.mp3
18 Don't Make Me Alive.mp3
19 My Old School.mp3
20 FM.mp3
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Casino Royale 007 OST
Lenny Kravitz - Lenny
Bruce Sprignsteen - Devils & Dust
Paul Mccartney - Red Rose Speedway
Slightly primitive, but very melodic. I bought it because of the rare cuts like the medley "Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love(My favorite)/Power Cut." To my knowledge there is no other place to find these cuts. The bonus tracks were also not found on any album, as they were only released as singles--making it a good value for the money. Cuts like "C Moon" and "The Mess" were B sides of singles but favorites of mine. "Hi Hi Hi" was, of course, a hit and an A-side but also a favorite of mine. Overall, a pleasant surprise.
Genesis - Platinum Collection
David Bowie - Tin Machine
Since Bowie is an artist, in the whole sense of the word, he needed to take a brake of his solo career, and then we got tin machine, a musical ensemble with one-of-a-kind guitar-player Reeves Gabriels and the post punk influenced Sales brothers (iggy pop colaborators. its has the rawness and the beauty of the musicians skills, but maybe something is missing, i suggest that it worths a hearing, could be yes or could be no,or both.
Eels - Beautiful Freak
Born April 9, 1963, in Virginia, Everett became interested in rock music at an early age via his sister's record collection, and began playing drums at the age of six (as well as tinkering on his family's piano). After his father's passing just a few years later, Everett began leading a troubled teenage life, being arrested and expelled from school. But the turmoil led to an even stronger interest in music for Everett, as he taught himself how to play his sister's guitar, and shortly thereafter wrote his own original compositions. Eventually "E" moved to Los Angeles where he knew not one person. There, he eventually meet the other members and recorded their impressive debut, "Beautiful Freak"
Cat Stevens - Izitso
Izitso is good proof that behind Cat Stevens' sentimental and somewhat naive persona there exists a musician and composer more far-reaching than the wistful but cloying singer/songwriter who relies largely on soft acoustic instrumentation. Touching several bases, often in apparent opposition to each other, Stevens displays both the diversity and the maturity to match this seeming incongruity.
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
The band's derivative tendencies are everywhere: "Swallowed" borrows liberally from the Pixies' abrasive melodicism; "Synapse" looks a little too closely to PJ Harvey for inspiration. And let's not forget Nirvana – Rossdale's vocals in "Insect Kin" are a blurred xerox of Kurt Cobain's, just as the chord progression in "Mouth" uncomfortably recalls "Heart-Shaped Box." Moments like these make one wish that Bush would just accept their status as the Bon Jovi of grunge. When Rossdale sings, "We are servants to our formulaic ways," in "Greedy Fly," it hits a little too close to home.
Depeche Mode - Martyr
More importantly, it would have been one of the weaker tracks, resembling an incestuous threesome between ‘Suffer Well’ and B sides ‘Better Days’ and ‘Free’, complete with retro electronic bleeps and blips, dated octave jumping bass and Gore’s bluesy two note guitar riff that borders on self parody.
Lyrically, too, it has a “been there, done that” feel as principal wordsmith Gore reverts to the old pain and suffering shtick.
Still, at least vocalist Gahan is on top form, breathing life into this frustrating mix of overcooked production and underdeveloped songwriting.
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts
Personnel includes: Fiona Apple (vocals, piano); Jon Brion (various instruments); Tom Biller (guitar, synthesizer); Michael Breaux (woodwinds); Wendell Kelly, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo, Jean Martinelli (horns); Patrick Warren (Wurlitzer piano, Chamberlain); Greg Cohen (bass); Matt Chamberlain, Butch (drums, percussion); Jim Keltner (drums); Rich Costey (programming).
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Divine Comedy - Casanova
advantageous for Hannon; Casanova turned into a smash hit in the U.K., while the singles
"Something for the Weekend" (at once soaring, cheeky, leering, and truly weird, with
lyrics detailing a guy led astray by his lover and attacked by her secret thug companions)
and "Becoming More Like Alfie" (a sly '60s acoustic pop number with solid percussion,
sampling the Michael Caine movie in question and reflecting on how all the wrong people
in life seem to get the girls) became Top Ten charters. Recruiting the equivalent of a
full orchestra didn't hurt either, fleshing out the classical/art rock/pop Divine Comedy
fusion to even more expansive ranges than before, while drummer Allison and Hannon
continued overseeing and co-producing everything, again demonstrating their careful
collective ear for the proceedings. Hannon's lyrical music fires on all cylinders as
well, from the cockeyed vision of romance in "The Frog Princess" (with more than one
low-key French reference in both lyrics and sweeping music) to the wickedly funny and
elegant "Songs of Love," detailing how boys and girls seem to be in heat everywhere
while all the songwriters are stuck alone writing the title objects in question. In
the meantime, there are great one-off moments scattered throughout Casanova. For instance,
Hannon's impersonation of a modern dandy as fortune teller at the start of "Middle-Class
Heroes" is to die for. He also does one of the best Barry White takeoffs yet recorded in
the mid-song break of "Charge," packed with Tennyson references and army commands amidst
swirling strings and an increasingly loud beat. After topping that off with "Theme From
Casanova," a slightly tongue-in-cheek number detailing all the basic credits and
inspiration for the album, the result is a massive project that hits the jackpot with
smiles all around.
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
First off I’m reviewing the reissue of “Up the Downstair” which was released June 21st, 2005. The original was released in 1993. The Difference between the reissue and the original is that in the original he recorded the drums with a drum machine and not a real drummer. He then hired a drummer to re-record the track on real drum instead of a drum machine. The original drummer said he tried to stay as true to the original as possible which means that the drums are fairly simple beats. Nothing fancy. This drummers name was Gavin Harrison. Wilson also rerecorded some of the guitar parts as well, mostly the sloppy ones that he didn’t approve of. Like the acoustic guitars.
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Yes - Ultimate 35th Anniversary Collection
Dave Matthews Band - The Best Of Whats Around Vol.1 (Advance 2006)
R.E.M. - Up
I just picked this up today, and I'll have the gazones to say I think it's R.E.M.'s Kid A. I listen to it and can't imagine why people trash this and Reveal so much. No, they aren't recording stuff like Reckoning; no, they aren't the most innovative band out there today. I think people expect a typical R.E.M. album whenm they first heard this and Reveal, and were disappointed because it wasn't what they expected. If this were a new band, they would be lauded as excellent all around.
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Sleepy Jackson - Personality
I didnt interest myself with the sleepy jackson's first outting, as i couldnt really find a reason for it. On Personality, they seem to have added just that. although one could make comparatives of many iconic musicians from the 70s and beyond, this sounds very fresh and all their own. In a year where I'm still waiting for that one brilliant album to be released, I am very happy to have been given this. As it stands, even though there are a couple of tracks that fade away into white noise on the album, it is ranking very high for me right now. note a few key tracks, you needed more, devil was in my yard, god lead your soul, miles away, and how was i supposed to know.
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Bespectacled Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is a crooner from the old school, a frock-sleeved dandy who's not afraid to emote with exaggerated aplomb. And it's been tongue-in-cheek humorous, for most of his career, to hear the Brit turn that talent on sarcastic societal subjects, poking fun wherever he could. Things have changed this time around, though--Cocker hit 33 and began looking inward, for some of his darkest, most soul-baring work yet, all set to an elaborate quasi-cinematic score. As the CD booklet itself says, "It's OK to grow up. Just as long as you don't grow old." Maturity may not be encouraged in show business, but it sounds very appropriate here.
Suede - a new morning
While Hoffer's work seems to have sparkled with grace and ambition, this hack-job (bish-bash-boshed out by uberproducer Stephen Street) takes all the bland, tawdry, white-bread bits from the past two Suede albums, butters them up with a smear of Bon Jovi balladeering, chews them into gloop with nicotine-stained, plastic dentures and... well, ends up flushing a once-great career straight down the in-at-number-16-out-the-next-week toilet.
'Positivity' you know and ignored; clumsy next single, 'Obsessions' you'll hate too much to ignore; 'Beautiful Loser' has gnat's nads where even 'Elephant Man' had mammoth marbles; 'Streetlife' is half-dead, 'Astrogirl' brain-dead and '...Morning' dead in the water. All the lyrics are, inevitably, shit. Only 'Lost In TV' and 'When The Rain Falls' rekindle any interest, but the former languishes in cliché while the latter flounders forlornly without the experimental, android emotion Hoffer's original production lent it.
'A New Yawning' it is, then; lacking any trace of the ambition Suede desperately needed to conjure. You caught this bus 10 years ago. The route is still running, but you've already moved on.
Charlatans - Forever: The Singles
Rarely has a band been so criminally underrated and taken for granted as Tim Burgess and co. After the apathetic public response to the tepid Simpatico- their most recent, and worst, album- this compilation reeks of contractual obligation. However, it serves an important purpose. People- yes, you!- must now come to realise that The Charlies are one of the greatest singles bands of their generation. It may sound an idle exaggeration, but the proof is here for all to see.
Nickelback - Far Away
My husband lefted me along time ago. I thought I was over him and when I heard this song I knew I still loved him. Pete if you ever see this I'm sorry for our past. I forgive you and I still love you. I know you will never come home, and that is OK the kid's and I are OK things will never be the same I kepted my promise I stayed true to our family even when you were not strong enough to stay. Your son and daughter love you. Till we see you again. This life or the nexted.
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Hilarious, but no mere comedy record. Tenacious D -- the duo Jack Black (''High Fidelity'') and Kyle Gass -- attack acoustic guitars with a metal band's intensity, aided by Foo Fighter and fan Dave Grohl on drums, with the Dust Brothers producing. The D have a multitude of messages, most of them unprintable and having to do with wooing women, but also an overriding belief that the purpose of life is to create something aspiring to art, even if it is the magnificently detailed crud of Tenacious D-music. They're profane, bursting with rage and lust, and they deliver more laughs than anyone since Richard Pryor. In short, they are artists with a capital...