title: Solitudes---NOT!!

text: This album lacks the seamless blending of music and nature found on a Solitudes album. I have spent months in Yosemite, over the years, and feel that I have a connoisseur's appreciation of what it has to offer. I also have many of the Solitudes albums that mix nature with music. This album doesn't work. The music is jarring and all wrong for the environment it is trying to portray. I shut my eyes and it does NOT take me away to the Yosemite that I remember and love so much. To me, this album is like listening to a synthesizer trying to replicate a symphony orchestra.


title: These techniques really work!

text: Sound quality and cd packaging is excellent. Robert Stone's voice is pleasant, clear and has enough tonal variation to keep me attentive and awake. Meditations are mixed in with information about applying the Silva Method to the topic. Each cd covers a different topic. Cd 1 is a general overview of the Silva method. Cd 2 is geared toward business people, especially managers and entrepreneurs, but is useful for anyone in the workplace. Cd 3 is about improving relationships with other people, particularly family members. In my opinion, cd 4 on health is the best, but all of them are excellent! The Silva Method has taught me how to abort migraines and the migraine "hangovers" that follow. As a long-time migraine sufferer, this benefit alone was worth the cost of the cds. Cd 5 teaches how to replace bad habits with good ones, using techniques that "stick." Cd 6 is about clairvoyance and ESP; to be honest, I haven't listened to it yet. Cd 7 is the Alpha Sound reinforcement exercise that is so important to learn for best results and lasting change. The last cd is the workbook in pdf form and can be read on your computer or printed by downloading the free Adobe Reader. If you have a program that allows you to edit pdf files, you can even write your responses in the workbook without printing it.  The Silva method is a must for anyone interested in becoming their best self.


title: The Rock Great Movie on Laserdisc !

text: Yes I had this movie on dvd and also vhs ... This is a good movie even though nicolas cage is ok connery was excellent.great action...


title: Three Stars

text: it's mine. I needed to work on it.


title: Sumpertramp fans Alert!

text: Best 2-CD collection of Supertramp gems, with excellent SQ (sound quality). Highly recommended.


title: Jet Red Rocks!!!! I AM the Jet Red Girl!!!!! Hahaha!!!!!

text:
This album is of course one of the most precious I own, From the first time I saw and heard them they had my loyally for life. I was blessed to know and love them, not only their music, but the lovely people they are and continue to be all these years later.
Musically, I adore this album, and hope that when MACH II is finally released, people will finally get to hear what an amazing direction they were taking at their demise. I am also hoping some live tracks will be released so that the public will know how exciting and wonderful they were to experience live.
Pick up The Willie Hines Band CD, YEAHRIGHT, to experience more of Willie's talents, at CD Baby...It has a little bit of rock, pop, jazz, blues, and even Celtic flavoring mixed in, it's fun, and honest and makes you feel good to listen to.
JR Forever!!!!!!


title: Good Albumn

text: I bought this CD as a gift. On the first listen I found that I liked it very much. The recipient was very pleased as she had wanted this CD for a long time.


title: Back it the day, this was twerking

text:
Thanks to L.Brown for publishing the track list.

 What's wrong with Torch songs?  Back in the day, it was  sexy. It was right in the middle of the cold war, there was the bomb sccare and we needed cheering up.  And these songs do it for me.  More sitting in a dark club than dance your head off.  Can't go wrong with Les, Bing, Nat, Patti, et all.  Not a groaner in the bunch.  Excellent accompaniment and arrangement.  Technically excellent

Bought used, was as advertised LIKE NEW.  Arrived on time and well packaged


title: Front Door to rock n roll

text:
First off, thanks to Jeff Feezle for listing the album content.
All the songs are first rate by original artist.  Perry, Les, Eddie, Tony, and the rest are excellent and their version has been the definitive this past fifty years. Not a groner in the bunch.  Arrangement and accompaniment is beyond compare.  Technically excellent.

While it takes awhile to get me in dance mode, each song foretells the coming rock n rock era. Never fails to put me in a good mode. I usually get in the mode along about Dragnet.

Bought it used, and was as advertized; like new.  Arrived on time, well packaged.


title: You need two to swing dance

text:
First off, thxs to L Brown for listing all the songs on this CD.
There's not one song on this album that I don't know.  The music is excellent, in the top ten in it's day.  All done by the original artist.  The list of artists is the best of the best.  Glenn, Fred, Lena, Bing, just to name a few.
I can listen to this kind of music all day long.  Back in the day, I'd have a zoot suit, and be dancing every night.  Yes, I frequently break out in a dancing while playing this CD.
I love it.  Bought it used and is as advertized, like new.  Arrived on time and well packaged.


title: Music I loved in the '80s

text: Back in the mid 1980s I first heard this music. I loved the jazzy sound and bought some of the artists records featured on it. If you like the 1980s style jazz with synth you'll enjoy this CD. Recently my cassette broke and I was looking for an inexpensive replacement. I bought a used CD and have been very happy with my purchase.


title: Great Songs, Great Deal

text: Bought as a gift, the song listing on these albums is awesome.  I am glad to have found this for such a great deal here.


title: James Hardman - Pleidian Suite

text: This is some of the most relaxing music. It's astral in nature and seeps deep into your conscience and sub conscience to just give a deep-down relaxing feeling; for when you withdraw; you feel refreshed and rejuvenated, with a cleared mind and lighter soul. Beautiful music. I would absolutely recommend this CD to anyone who might ask about it. To me it was money well spent….


title: Must have for Cash fans.

text: I have been waiting years for this album to come out on CD.  May not be from original master but is vintage Johnny Cash.  First album I ever bought, 1961.


title: It's okay...1 song over done

text: I bought the CD/DVD for a gift did not realize it was 1 song redone 7 different remixes... would have preferred at least 3 songs ... Manny he is a great fighter.. however the CD arrangement is like 7 different views of a knock out.<br />Good music...DVD is entertaining.


title: Awesome.

text: Has only 4 songs though


title: Just got it for the song "Spice" from Food War ...

text: Just got it for the song "Spice" from Food War. It come with 2 songs ONLY. A little overpriced but I needed to have that song.


title: LOVE LOVE LOVE this album

text: I brought this album back in the 60s.  It was my favorite album till someone stole it.  Bobby Rydell singing Bobby's Girl and Telestar are really great. I have looked for this album for years. This is the only version I have heard of Telestar that has words.  I highly recommend this album to everyone.


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: It was for my collection

text: I really need The Allman Brothers cd for my collection. It was excellent.


title: a true hero!

text: Pratchett at his best!


title: One of my all time favorite cd's. Timeless music and a great singer over ...

text: One of my all time favorite cd's.  Timeless music and a great singer over 6 decades. Thanks for the music


title: love this cd as well as his others over the ...

text: love this cd as well as his others over the past 57 years.  I listen to Cliff many times during the week and weekend.  Great music to play while doing housework.


title: Four Stars

text: great cd


title: Five Stars

text: one of my favorite cd's..  love these songs.


title: Wonderful!

text: This is a wonderful cd.  I had this recording on an old tape and wanted a cd and this cd is it.


title: Music

text: My dad gave me this album on tape years ago! I got it to relive memories and the album is as good now as back then! Recommended


title: Peaceful and lovely.

text: This is my go-to music when I need some calm and a little extra joy.  My daughter even played this in her labor room.  It’s just  lovely listening music.  A tribute by the artist to his family.


title: Exceptional

text: Quality of recording is excellent... just the very best


title: Five Stars

text: This is one of my favorite ever 21-day Meditation series by Oprah and Deepak


title: It’s cute and received a OT7 photocard!!

text: i love it!! i expected to get a photocard of a member itself, but i still love the ot7 photocard. i wish there was more extra packaging because my dog ripped the the bag when it was delivered on my front porch but luckily, my dog didn’t touch the album at all so i’m very blessed.

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title: Five Stars

text: Love It  !!!


title: Good Christian black metal, but somewhat disappointing. 2.5 stars

text:
Frosthardr's EP is a christian black metal album sung in Scandanavian (I believe) with 5 total tracks, but with really only 2 worth listening to.
It opens and closes with 2 tracks that contain pretty much nothing, more atmospheric type tracks that feel more like filler than anything else. The first song Koma is the best undoubtably, and the best on the EP. The next track who's name escapes me, is ok but way too long. Even Koma goes on too long when the song breaks into a gloomy mid-section which really offers nothing. It's sort of a cop-out, I feel like the band only put these parts in to try and make this EP as long as possible, but long songs don't equal good songs.
I would just recommend downloading Koma if anything.


title: Five Stars

text: wonderful


title: Would buy again

text: Excellent,  satisfied


title: Great CD for a Maroon 5 fan

text: If you like Marron 5, this is a must have CD.


title: Awesome & Helpful Music & Color!

text: This was ordered as a gift for someone who loved our set. They absolutely LOVE everything about it. Glad that we could share the Blessings!


title: Five Stars

text: easy listening for quilt time.


title: Enjoying a blast from the past!

text: Was a Christmas gift and the receiver LOVES it.  Sound quality is good and has the songs he enjoys.


title: Beautiful Christimas music...

text:
I am going to quit doing this.......
I don't have more to say
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!


title: Five Stars

text: Loved it.


title: powerful, captivating and anointed

text: This is one of the most powerful, captivating and anointed cd I have ever heard. Well done, beautiful voice and heart for the Lord. Every song brings you closer to the kingdom. More...more....more!


title: Mark Isham has done it again.

text: I love Mark Isham, when I watched this movie, I thought it was James Horner doing the music, but it was Mark Isham. It is hard to find one of his best score like this. I found this on ebay, and loved the music. Keep up the good work, Mark Isham.


title: Five Stars

text: Absolutely superb music of the Civil War with explanations of the various song selections.


title: Great album, but mine contained edited tracks...?

text: I have been listening to this album for a few months on Prime streaming and felt that I should support the artists and purchase it.  It's great, I love it!  However...  The disc I got has edited versions of the {Explicit} songs.  Curious. The case and j-card look legit, even has the parental advisory warning.  But, the editing is somewhat jarring to me as I've been listening to the original version for so long.  I am suspicious that I may have received a bootleg disc, which would completely negate the reason for my purchase.


title: Excellent Baby Developmental CD

text: I bought the Sleeptime version of this CD when my son was about a month old. I played it for him almost every morning. He really seemed to love the music and just played in his crib entertaining himself for 30 minutes while the music was on (which helped my husband and I get in a little more sleep!!!) I also really think that this music helped him love reading books as much as he does. He is only 7 months and gets so excited whenever it is story time! These two CDs (Sleeptime and Playtime) are any mother's new music must haves.


title: Love this music

text: Great condition!<br />I loved this song when I heard it on klove at night and cried! I said to myself I have to have this song and it was the last supper it is an amazing composition


title: Johnny Lee cds are hard to find. Love this one.

text: The seller was great. Product was awesome.


title: Hit and Miss (Mostly Hit)

text:
As a David Bowie fan, I've always enjoyed hearing covers of his work, and WE WERE SO TURNED ON has plenty of covers to choose from.  I wouldn't recommend this to the casual Bowie listener; the two-disc set covers a ton of material, and many of the best covers come from songs that weren't his most popular.  It's interesting that many of the covers here fall into electronic/indie territory (bands perhaps more influenced from the Berlin Trilogy than the early catalog).  Sadly, there isn't much material from early 90's and onward.  At its best, this compilation takes great Bowie songs and gives them new perspective; at its worst, bands seem to not understand what makes the song great in the first place and makes a misstep.  Because the quality of the covers vary wildly, I would either recommend streaming/sampling this album first before buying it.  The best option is probably buying individual MP3's of the songs that you enjoyed sampling; the overbearing length of the collection probably works best that way.

Highlights include Chairlift's slick rendition of "Always Crashing in the Same Car," Xu Xu Fang's dark and sexy take on "China Girl," and Carla Bruni's bare piano treatment of "Absolute Beginners."  If you are really into David Bowie, this compilation will both surprise and disappoint, but luckily, it leaves a good impression (even if it runs a little too long).


title: Four Stars

text: Product was just as advertised and delivered promptly!


title: Only One "Complaint": Too Short!

text:
A wonderful, wonderful CD. Just look at all the 5-Star ratings! Each and every one of them is right!

I too say "FIVE STARS!" and "BRAVO!" But I do have, for want of a better word, a "complaint." The CD is only 40-some minutes long!

And so, the sumptuous experience of listening... is over too soon!

There is, happily, a solution: Put your CD player on REPEAT. I'm also off to explore more Juan Luis Guerra. Any suggestions? : )

Kirtland Peterson


title: Great Seller

text:
Item arrived as described and in great condition.
I would buy from this seller again
Thank you for great service.


title: Five Stars

text: not what I expected but like it a lot thanks


title: Really nice music

text: I've been looking for these for years and am so pleased to have bought the whole set at once. These were my children's favorite music tapes growing up and now my grandbabies will be able to enjoy them too.


title: The Music of Broadcast News is a Character All It's Own!

text: Anyone who loves the movie Broadcast News knows the role music played in the film.  Bill Conti's score was one of the best and most memorable ever created for a film.  For anyone who loves this movie and wants to enjoy the energy that the music brings, I highly recommend this!!!


title: Four Stars

text: noisy but fun to listen too.


Decent quality (made in China) and work great. They do not come with nuts to secure. You will need to get some 10mm nuts x 1.25.


title: Great CD

text: Praise and worship the BEST on this cd. Definitely would recommend this to anyone who wants to do spiritual warfare


title: Great album

text: Probably their best album since 100% Columbian and Mimosa. Great blend of music. Start at song number 2 and work from there; not a big fan of the first song but after that this album is great!!


title: Been listening to this disc since 98

text: And then recently it broke in half. I bought this as a replacement and couldn't be more happy. Great music for relaxing/massage/going to sleep.


title: I Love YUI

text: Honestly I already had the regular version of this CD but I love YUI and is sort of a collector of her albums so I decided to get it.<br />The DVD is like Region 2 or something so I can't really play it since I live in the US but get this CD if you are a hardcore fan like me!


title: Great album, but the Retail for this version is $29.99!

text:
Someone is getting greedy and Amazon should do a better job of vetting it's vendors.

Anyway, the LP itself: What is obviously the definitive addition of a classic, this new version features greater clarity, punch and dynamics, especially compared to the initial US releases of the album. If you have an old LP, or a even worse, a thin sounding CD of this album, and want a record that does the music justice, this is the one to buy!

But don't be fooled by outrageous $99 price-tags folks: It's available for $29.99 even from otherwise pricey audiophile sites.


title: Best 80's New Wave CD Ever

text: I own almost all of these albums already (on vinyl and still play em!) but the track mix is fantastic. Sure you could argue over a couple, but this a fantastic compilation of the best the 80s had to offer. No Madonna, no FGTH, no Wang Chung = great New Wave/Post Punk!


title: Instant Love

text: LOVE LOVE this band now.....instant addiction!!!!!


title: Four Stars

text: enjoyed


title: Perlman's artistry is excellent as usual

text: Great inspiration for practicing my violin even harder.


title: Fantastic Music collection

text: Great music from an era long ago. Added this to my collection of Volume 1 & 2 Good Morning Vietnam music and was not disappointed, as it has a sound that is unique and unforgetable. I highly recommend  it.


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Mother loved it. Cute as can be.

text: Very cute, just as advertised


title: Five Stars

text: Very good


title: Great product.

text: I had this CD and lost it somewhere and was glad to find this replacement. It was in like new excellent condition very happen.


title: A Great Easy Listening Collection for Fans of the 50's and 60's

text:
A great easy Listening collection for fans of the 50's and 60's.

Catch A Falling Star  Perry Como 2:30
Climb Ev'ry Mountain  Tony Bennett 2:18
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)  Doris Day 2:06
Chances Are  Johnny Mathis 3:04
Les Bicyclettes De Belsize  Engelbert Humperdinck 3:14
Beyond The Sea  Bobby Darin 2:51
Love Letters In The Sand  Pat Boone 2:15
My Heart Belongs To Only You  Bobby Vinton 2:44
I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face  Rosemary Clooney 2:48
Moments To Remember  The Four Lads 3:19
It's Now Or Never  Elvis Presley 3:16
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)  Roy Orbison 2:34
Downtown  Petula Clark 3:12
Spanish Eyes  Al Martino 2:48
Blue Moon  Nat King Cole 2:16
The Very Thought Of You  Ricky Nelson 1:56
Puppy Love  Paul Anka 2:42
Paper Roses  Anita Bryant 2:53
Deep Purple  NinoTempo & April Stevens 2:43
Days Of Wine And Roses  Andy Williams 2:46
Oh! Carol  Neil Sedaka 2:19
Stranger In Paradise  Tony Bennett 3:05
This Can't Be Love  Rosemary Clooney 1:27
Canadian Sunset  Andy Williams 2:40
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)  The Four Lads 2:22
Moonlight Gambler  Frankie Laine 2:57
Fever  Peggy Lee 3:22
An Affair To Remember (Our Love Affair)  Vic Damone 2:49
My Foolish Heart  Hugo Winterhalter 3:02
Shrangri-La  The Four Coins 2:49
Are You Really Mine  Jimmie Rodgers 2:28
Red Sails In The Sunset  Nat King Cole Trio 3:18
I Could Have Danced All Night  Dinah Shore 2:28
Ivory Tower  Cathy Carr 2:37
If  Perry Como 3:07
No Other Love  Jo Stafford 3:01
Oh! My Pa-Pa  Eddie Fisher 3:08
Gigi  Vic Damone 3:03
Till The End Of Time  The Ray Charles Singers 2:23
Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago)  Roger Williams 2:40
To Each His Own  The Platters 2:51
I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter  Connie Francis 2:26
Gina  Johnny Mathis 2:48
A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine  Paul Anka 2:16
What The World Needs Now Is Love  Jackie DeShannon 3:06
Danny Boy  Andy Williams 2:58
September Song  Jimmy Durante 3:10
Just As Much As Ever  Bobby Vinton 2:22
I Only Have Eyes For You  The Flamingos 3:22
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons  The Cleftones 2:35
Never On Sunday  The Chordettes 2:43
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now  Bobby Darin 2:42
I'm In The Mood For Love  The Chimes 2:30
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte  Patti Page 2:34
Seattle  Perry Como 2:54
You'll Never Walk Alone  Elvis Presley 2:43
Magic Moments  Perry Como 2:42
Friendly Perduasion (Thee I Love)  Pat Boone 2:58
(You've Got) That Majic Touch  The Platters 2:31
Till There Was You  Anita Bryant 2:10
Because You're Mine  Mario Lanza 3:32
How Do You Speak To An Angel?  Gorden MacRae 2:51
Marie  The Batchlors 2:20
If Love Is Good To Me  Nat King Cole 2:49
Crying In The Rain  The Everly Brothers 2:02
Am I That Easy To Forget  Engelbert Humperdinck 3:08
Crying  Roy Orbison 2:48
Break It To Me Gently  Brenda Lee 2:40
It Only Hurts For A Little While The Ames Brothers 2:44
Make The World Go Away  Al Martino 2:26
I Went to Your Wedding  Patti Page 3:17
Goodbye Cruel World  James Darren 2:22
The End Of The World  Skeeter Davis 2:37


title: A very underrated band

text:
Such an underrated band.

Like many people, I found Grand Avenue from the movie Cashback.  I immediately downloaded all of their albums, and spent the next few years trying to find legal copies to buy.  I still need to find "She" for a reasonable price.


title: This is a great album.

text: I've purchased it for a 2nd time bcuz my last copy was stolen from me. Great music. Great artist. Awesome voice!


title: The quintessential album

text: If an artist ever embodied the very heart and soul of Crete, it was Nikos Xylouris. This collection is, by far, the most comprehensive and representative of his best-known, most beloved songs. Thrilled to own it.


title: Disappointed

text: This pillow was very uncomfortable, awkward to use. No matter how I slept it was uncomfortable for me. I had high expectations for this but it failed to deliver for me.


Excelente


title: Taylor strikes again

text: Love this little Lady and her music


title: Four Stars

text: Always liked his voice


title: To Love A Fool/Sparrow

text: Excellent!


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent! A+


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent!


title: As expected

text: It was fine.  Not very big...just the size of a CD case


title: Cardboard Cover - Disappointed

text: Music is great, but disappointed with the case.


title: Customer service.

text: Not many good songs.


title: For Music Lovers

text: This is music to enjoy for any Christian or, just music for easy listening.


title: Five Stars

text: Satisfied


title: Five Stars

text: Completely satisfied


title: Enigma - Greatest Hits (2 Cd Set).

text: Music CD  be very beautiful to listen to. Are beautiful and wonderful. The Enigma are very  good. The music give EMOTION. Congratulations.


title: Gayati Mantra. Anuradha Paudwal.

text: Contains the songs that are beautiful to listen to. With percussion. Use of vocals very well chosen, to excite. Is wonderful.


title: The Path.

text: Contains the songs that are beautiful to listen to. With percussion. Use of vocals very well chosen, to excite.<br />Is wonderful.


title: Five Stars

text: Nothing better than Johnny!!!! Excellant


title: Five Stars

text: Great C.D.!


title: Five Stars

text: Good condition, good content


title: The CD case didn't have any scratches on the front case only on the side, CD sounds great.

text: The sound quality on this CD is excellent I would recommend.


title: Five Stars

text: Great Album.


title: Jackie Evanko

text: I just love Jackie and her voice.


title: Four Stars

text: very good music


title: Awful, very disappointing

text: Only 2 decent songs (I Am Your Driver and Stay Alone) and the rest of the songs are absolutely terrible!!!  Get his new album and avoid this at all costs!


title: Great Compilation

text: This is the best single disc compilation available from Merle and it contians many great hits from several phases of his wonderful long career.  Highly recommended.


title: A cornucopia of hit laden and hooky melodies.

text:
When you hear most artists or bands record a covers album, typically it's songs that were written by someone else.  But Sia Furler's new studio album is the polar opposite; she wrote the tracks for other big-name artists like Adele, Beyoncé and Rihanna but they rejected the songs.  So does Sia decide to mope about it by resting on her laurels??  HECK NO!!  Being a DIY sort of person, she sings the songs herself.  It actually pays off once you've heard all of the 12 tracks.  Imagine what they WOULD have sounded like if the above artists tried to perform one of them; it wouldn't nearly be as superior as the way that Sia does it.

Sia is NOT your ordinary pop chanteuse.  Throughout the new millennium, the duo of Max Martin and Shellback were THE go-to hitmakers that catapulted Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to the top.  But over a decade later, it's now Sia's turn to be in command.  As for her own albums, there is always a personal story to be told; for example, her battle with alcoholism on 2014's "Chandelier."  And while she has never been shy about pouring out her emotions and heart on a sleeve, she refuses to show her face in public and even in concert (and going a step further by putting on masks), sometimes turning her back to the audience while performing.

But this isn't to say that it's necessarily a BAD thing.  Sia DOES have the goods to back it up by perfecting her crafty vocals in the vein of Pat Benatar or Barbra Streisand; the opening salvos of the Adele-inspired "Bird Set Free" and her angry, defiant "Alive" couldn't be further from the truth.  She also shows her more sensitive side on "One Million Bullets" ("How many will you take, how many will you take..."), the Beyoncé-inspired "Footprints", and "Broken Glass."  Then there are the fun, perky, not-taking-herself-so-seriously gems like the electro neo-dance "Move Your Body", "Unstoppable" (I'm a Porsche with no brakes/I'm invincible, I win every single game/I don't need batteries..."), the Kanye West-produced "Reaper", the bouncy castle hip-hop of "House On Fire", and the Madonna disco fusion of "Sweet Design", which is a call-and-response to "Baby Got Back."  Take THAT, Sir Mix-A-Lot!!

Other musicians or songwriters had BETTER start taking notice of Sia much more seriously.  They would be very remiss or unwise to pass on her songwriting or production craft a second time.  :)  The deluxe version of this CD features 8 new tracks.


title: Good replacement for lost 45 RPM copy

text: This LP arrived in good condition and as described / It is, as I hoped, an excellent replacement for the 45 RPM copy I lost when I moved. I highly recommend this vendor.


title: She enjoyed it!

text: This was a gift for my granddaughter, and she loved it. It was as described and arrived on time.


title: Five Stars

text: What can I say......she loves their music. And she loves the album.


title: Great 👍 cds

text: I love it 😍


Five Stars


title: Love the music, album is a waste

text: Evanescence has frequently encouraged fans to illegally download their older music from before their record deal and the release of Fallen. However, this album is a knockoff of Origin and the Evanescence EP, as well as the track "Forgive me" that Amy Lee wrote for personal purposes and never wanted published. If you want to support the band, this is not the way. If you want a new album, this is just as legitimate as something you could burn yourself.


title: Record

text: Great


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome Album


title: Five Stars

text: It's an enjoyable soundtrack if you like this sorta stuff.


title: Not Kelly's best album.

text: Not as good as her other albums. I'm nine years old. Got this album a few months ago. I like the song "Don't waste your time on me" and 3 others. I like her later albums better.


title: The best Various Artists album ever!

text:
Max 8 was released a long time ago, but I still love it and am going to buy the CD (I had the audio cassette).  It had all my favourite artists and then some.  Here're all the songs:
1)Jennifer Lopez: Love Don't Cost A Thing- This is a real nice song and has a cool video.
2)Destiny's Child: Independant Women Pt.1 (from Charlie's Angels OST)- An amazing song with very cool lyrics!  Definitely on my favourite song list.
3)Ricky Martin: She Bangs- A very intense song; very cool!
4)Christina Anguilera: Come On Over Baby- I love this song, typical Christina-style!
5)Madonna: Music- I'm not really a Madonna-fan, but this song rocks!
6)Joy Enriquez: Tell Me How You Feel- I have loved Joy Enriquez ever since I heard this song.  She has an amazing voice!
7)Pink: Most Girls- A very independant song with lovely lyrics.  Pink has definitely become one of my favourites!
8)A1: No More- A cool A1 song for the two-timing girl.
9)Sugababes: Overload- A cool song, first I've heard of Sugababes.
10)M2M: Everything You Do- An all-time M2M favourite!
11)The Corrs: Give Me A Reason (Cutfather and Joe Mix)- A lovely song with the magic of The Corrs!
12)LeAnn Rimes: Can't Fight The Moonlight- A very nice and intense song.  The video's cool, too!
13)Leigh Nash: Need To Be Next To You- A nice song, but not the best.
14)Westlife: My Love- A nice song, very soft.
15)Plus One: Last Fight Out- A very touching song.  Well sung.
16)Sade: By Your Side- Very disappointing; too dragy.
17)Craig David: Seven Days- Very catchy song, but lyrics a bit unappropriate for young kids.
18)ATC- La La La La La (Around The World)- A lovely song, good for dancing.
19)Bahamen: Who Let The Dogs Out?- Loved it since it came out!  A new craze at that time.
Well, I think that's all.  This album is amazing and all the songs, with Sade being an exception, are very nice and this album is definitely worth buying.


title: Five Stars

text: good job


title: What Truly is A Living Legacy

text: There will never be a voice so mellow yet very strong that has sang gospel music than Squire Parsons.  there has never been a more thoughtful song writer that has written so many gospel songs sung by numerous gospel artist.  So great a life, and truly "A Living Legacy".


title: Five Stars

text: Great music!


title: Excellent Indie Rock

text: Permanent Daylight is a wonderful indie rock band. Their influences run the gamut from The Beatles to REM. My favorite song is the alternative 90's rock feel of Close Your Eyes and Hum. The Promises We Break to keep is another favorite. It has a mellow hippie vibe.


title: Five Stars

text: All I can say is daughter loves it


title: Five Stars

text: A great album.


title: Five Stars

text: I've waited my entire life for this to be released!


title: The Greatest

text: There is nothing that I don't love abut David Cook as he is a home town guy, He lives in Blue Springs, Mo and I live in Independence,MO.


title: WAKE UP RECORD LABELS!

text:
The Foo Fighters' "Medium Rare" release turned me off from Record Store Day-the local store has two copies that twenty people wanted, and it was on eBay by the time I got home selling for upwards of $50. Why would you not release stuff that people want to buy in an era when all record labels are whining how rough they have it. There was also a CD issue given as a promotion with Q Magazine, but I missed that as well, and those go for more than $100 on eBay.

I came across this compilation, which has most of the songs on "Medium Rare," and although I am unsure of it's status (official release or bootleg), I was glad to be able to find this music on a CD at a reasonable price. If it is a bootleg, them shame on you RCA for not putting this stuff out.

This is a great collection of material that deserves a wider audience than the 5,000 or so people who got the RSD vinyl. It's a two CD set for under $20-a smokin' deal!


title: Three Stars

text: Highlight is Mary Wilson's "Dance My Heart Around the Stars"


title: The original line-up with Glenn

text: I just found this album was out w/o my knowledge.  Wish they had put Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 together as a double-album set.  Somewhat awkward to have to play the second disc before I found the first one.  Too bad they couldn't keep up the Limeliters records without taking a break in their recording careers.  Not the best battle plan, but I understand that after that first blockbuster folk album they had, most any album would have been hard-pressed to keep the excitement level as high.


title: Hard to find Legendary Broadcasts by Dylan

text: When it comes to Bob Dylan, it's always a great product.  Thank you.


title: Unique Yes 3-CD set flying just under the radar

text: A very unique album set.  Thank you.


title: Put this group on your radar.

text: They are going to be big.


title: Sounds good.

text: But then I knew it would.


title: Great

text: Cards great came in time frame


title: Fantastic CD

text: Definitely GOLD!  Songs I had not heard him sing before and he did them great!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Pass on this CD!

text: Absolutely the worst Hurdy Gurdy music I've ever heard!


title: Kamen Rider 45th Anniversary 3CD Compilation CD Rocks!

text: I am a fan of Kamen Rider and I really like all the TV Theme songs that is why I really like this 3 CD Compilation. I am learning to speak Japanese and I really like J-POP music and the TV Theme songs from Kamen Rider are really good songs. The Kamen Rider 45th Anniversary: Showa & Heisei Rider TV Theme Song 3CD Compilation (3 discs) CD is definitely worth the price! When I received Kamen Rider 45th Anniversary: Showa & Heisei Rider TV Theme Song 3CD Compilation (3 discs) the CD Case and the 3 Discs were not broken or scratched and played without any problems.


title: 90s

text: Some nice tunes from my last fun decade.  Plenty of songs I wish were on here but this is a good collection.


title: Five Stars

text: One of the best soundtracks of all time


title: The 19 Hungarion Rhapsodies

text: I wish I hadn't bought this recording.  Heavy, dark, dank piano music that is not pleasing to the ear.  Not something I would recommend to anyone.


title: Highlights from the Messiah

text: Beautifully done.  Too bad you can't get Musical Heritage Society products any longer.  This recording was very well done.  Wonderful.


title: Two Stars

text: poor


title: Four Stars

text: the best


title: Great Jazz

text:
And it goes something like this:

The hills are alive
With the sound of music
With songs they have sung
For a thousand years
The hills fill my heart
With the sound of music
My heart wants to sing ev'ry song it hears

Just kidding. No words Good album. Buy it


title: Mediterranean Cafe Volume 1 & 2 is a beautiful instrumental 2 CD set to listen to and immerse ...

text: Mediterranean Cafe Volume 1 & 2 is a beautiful instrumental 2 CD set to listen to and immerse oneself in the fine artistry of Chris Spheeris.  I was pleased to find this set, after looking for awhile, and finally talking myself into buying it.  This is a lovely, truly lovely, musical experience.


title: Marvelous Country Instrumentals

text: This is a marvelous instrumental cd of country music.  Every track is worthwhile to listen to time and again and I wish I could find more like this one.


title: Five Stars

text: Very relaxing.


title: Five Stars

text: Amazing album!


title: Very Accomplished Young Man

text:
An exchange student, Ella, from China, told me about this superb talent:  JJ Lin.

JJ Lin has made a VERY listenable album in Lost N Found.

Now, I don't understand Chinese, and most of the album is sung in that language, but in those cuts, I just consider JJ's voice a musical instrument of his very own.  there are a lot of different genres here: romantic pop--"Prologue" and "Never Learn;"  blues: "Cinderella" (sung in English);  techno:  "We Together;"  reggae:  "Aries."  JJ uses different time signatures (not hung up on 4/4).  There is a haunting tune called "Romantic Mystery."  (with a little Spanish-guitar flair, mixed with a very small amount of rap.  Love UU" is just flat-out gorgeous.

Overall, JJ reminds me of a Chinese Michael Jackson.  I mean that as a compliment.  :-)

Thanks, Ella!


Got this for my wife.  She seems to like it.  I can't comment on it since I haven't heard it.  I just can't get into her music.  I do like her voice- it sounds like it's coming from someone way older than she is.  I just can't seem to connect with the songs she sings.


title: Five Stars

text: Ok


title: good rare album

text: good rare album


title: poor cd

text: nothing new and poor quality


title: I don't know

text: Not a hit album at all


title: good voice but a monotone selection of songs

text: if you didn't listen to the words it would be one long song with little variation the music and words


title: this is a great cd

text: takes you back good cd I LOVE this album and its not expensive has quite a lot of oldies here


title: Five Stars

text: very good thank you.


title: Five Stars

text: very good.thank you.


title: Great album

text: Great album


title: great cd

text: great cd


title: Five Stars

text: Grate love David good riter


title: i got a deal !

text: very funny and an antique of an piece of comedy !


title: Five Stars

text: thanks for melting my face off


title: Great music.

text: Great music.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this music.


title: Five Stars

text: Top Notch Music!


title: Five Stars

text: Been looking for this a long time. Thanks


title: Yess Finley price come down

text: I've got cassette but CDs have been out of my bugget love theses bro's they rock for the Rock Jesus Christ not ashamed of him nore do they compromise Christianity or music ho needs none Christian music not me


title: Not their best

text: I wish I wouldn't have bought the city because it is more about animal rights what's on for but I also want to hear songs about the Lord because this man is Christian and the vote list is just okay that before album gazing at Medusa is a much better album


title: Wish they put out more music

text: This band Rock for danzing and motor head Fan's good Christian message led Singer mick Rowe Jamey Rowe of gardeian bra yes I'd recommend


title: Somewhere between scarecrow messiah&kenetick faith&little snakes in the playground

text: Now this is the bride i love like motly crue and ratt or harder stryper you'll love keep serving Jesus Christ Dale and troy glad last wasn't your last really missed y'all


title: Uncompromising Christianity or music

text: Very bold christian and top notch music simeler to metal church this band rocks and no compromise christian message unlike a lot so called christian music today bein trying to find cds sese seen reviews in heaven metal magazine in the 80s top notch power metal vocals and music fans early bloodgood will love thy have two other cd out to get you'll wear out speckers or earphones and CD player you'll play so much


title: not in English

text: Grat to find a new band standing up not ashamed of Jesus name or to put in lyrics and sing itvocalist reminds me of leta Ford rock on for Jesus never be ashamed ya take that devil!!!!!!


title: Four Stars

text: What a blessing!


title: Five Stars

text: thank u


title: Five Stars

text: good price was the price for a friend Lovegood but too damn short


title: Five Stars

text: Great music. All the songs from the beginning.  Love the Eagles!


title: Good score by a great composer.

text: An enjoyable score by a great composer.  Fans of "The Big Country" will recognize his sound, but it's quite different.


title: Movie soundtrack met my expectations

text: Salems Lot  movie soundtrack met my expectations.


title: Five Stars

text: awesome collection......my kind of music


title: Great band

text: Another great release. Keep 'em coming. Thank you!!


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome album


title: For Civil War Buffs

text: I taught the Civil War in middle school, and I like to give my students a multimedia experience. Unless you are a diehard Civil War buff or have some other reason for buying Civil War songs and sound effects, then you probably don't have a reason to purchase this CD. However, if you do have such a reason, the recording is crisp, clean, and well put together.


title: Excellent

text: This cd is worth the money. The music draws you into a different world.


title: CD

text: Very nice cd


title: *** ELIMINATOR gets the DELUXE treatment here and it comes away a sizzling winner in every way possible! ***

text:
FANTASTIC! This album really, really needed a remaster and then some! Not only do we get the original album, remastered in all it's glory,
we get bonus tracks on the audio CD, a DVD that has the promotional Videos, and vintage live concert footage!
The sound is really good over the previous low recording volume '80s CD. The DVD is quite good as well. Any ZZ TOP Fan Must get this!
I have taken a few pictures of the set I have below my review...


title: ~ HI INFIDELITY gets a 30th Anniversary Edition, remastered with 2nd CD of alternate tracks and nice liner notes! ~

text:
I can't believe I am the first to review this 30th Anniversary Edition, at least from this point. This is a wonderful 2 CD set that REO SPEEDWAGON put out!
1980 saw REO have perhaps their best commercially successful album to date. Every single song is a wonderful set and most of them were played on the FM radio back in the day. Once in awhile, you may still here a track or two from this album. I enjoyed all of it and not only do you get a nicely done remastered original album CD, you also get the 2nd CD of alternate takes, etc. on 9 of the tracks. The CDs sound really good and the album has nicely done 30th Anniversary Edition liner notes and graphics.
I highly recommend this edition! Sony Music puts it out, so look for that. I wouldn't buy from an overseas seller. You may not get this edition.
So, if you love this album like I do, you will not be disappointed!


title: ~ FLEETWOOD MAC'S "RUMOURS" gets a Deluxe Edition, Remastered with rare demo cds, the LP, and original album with added track ~

text:
I can't say enough about this Deluxe Edition of the best album by FLEETWOOD MAC. WOW! I love the whole package.
Not only do you get a nice folder that holds all of it together, it has a fold out that has many, many pictures of the band lineup and has the housing of the 5 discs in sleeve slots. Each disc is housed in it's own personal sleeve, with the Rumours theme color style and text.

The DVD is a 30 minute mini documentary called "Rosebud" and it shows them on tour for the new album. It is some great footage, but I would have loved it if there was a longer DVD, but I will take this any day as it is not for sale individually,

Then, you have the remastered deluxe album with the additional song "SILVER SPRINGS", making it 12 songs total.
Disc 2, is the "Live" 1977 Rumours World Tour.
INTRO
MONDAY MORNING
DREAMS
DONT STOP
THE CHAIN
OH DADDY
RHIANNON
NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN
GOLD DUST WOMAN
WORLD TURNING
GO YOUR OWN WAY
SONGBIRD
The other 2 audio discs are demos and early takes on the album songs. Great stuff there if you have never heard the songs other than what is on the album itself.

You then get the original full LP of the album in it's original sleeve. Very nice. (I have heard that the LP is not that great in quality).
If you love Fleetwood Mac and this album in particular, find a good deal, like I did (paid 45.98) and you will love this entire package!


title: ~ ABBA's "WATERLOO" Gets a DELUXE EDITION and it shines all the way through !!! ~

text:
This is the 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Deluxe Version of this CD/DVD combo package! Make sure you are ordering it with the 40th logo in upper right hand corner, you then will have the correct copy of it.
*****The OTHER EDITION HERE ON AMAZON is just the CD only.*****
I have it and the DVD is NTSC! It WILL play on ALL US PLAYERS. I recently purchased it and played the DVD in my Samsung Blu-ray player.
It was upscaled to 4K and looks FANTASTIC!
The DVD is a 14 Track video compilation, mainly of the Various Versions of WATERLOO and performances over the course of this album.

Track 6 is a short interview with Frida and Stig after The Eurovision Victory. A nice piece to watch for certain.
Track 8 is a video performance of HONEY HONEY and then again on track 10 and 12, different performances.
Track 14 is the International Sleeve Gallery with background music depicting the various photos of the songs, album sleeves, etc. Very well done!

The Audio CD itself contains the original album lineup with additional tracks, 8 in all. It sounds better than ever!
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS in addition with the other Deluxe Versions of ABBA CDs coming my way!! Will review those when receive and play.
Get this now before it becomes rare and out of print!!
I have attached photos to this review of the package and inside.


title: ~ U2 gets the "Unforgettable Fire" Remastered Edition done right and with awesome results! ~

text:
I was in High School as a Senior when this came out and I have to say, this is the BEST this album/CD has EVER sounded! I am loving this one disc Remastered Edition. Now, I am not an overly huge fan of U2, in that, I have to have every single song they ever recorded, but I do have my fave albums of them and this is definitely one!
The liner notes are wonderful and the CD itself is a picture disc. Love it! THIS IS THE WAY it should have been in the first place! I have "Joshua Tree" as well from 1987. AWESOME. You will not be disappointed if you get this edition. It is the single disc edition of which I am reviewing. I had the original CD for years and I tell you, there is no comparison to the Remastered Deluxe CD Edition. Get it while you can and their other Remasters if you like. Highly recommended.
My favorite songs on the album are "Pride (In the Name of Love"), "Wire", "Bad".
10 songs in all. All sound phenomenal!


title: ~ Genesis' second effort with Singer Phil Collins, some good efforts here ~

text:
This review is for the 1994 Remaster Edition CD. I love it and it sounds really good with the Sony Headphones through the Sony CD Recorder/Player. Sounds better than the original release of this CD!
ABACAB ~ The Title Track and an awesome song! One of Genesis' best songs, ever.
NO REPLY AT ALL ~ A good tune, catchy background beats. Definitely one of my favorite Genesis songs.
ME AND SARAH JANE. okay, a slow tune.
KEEP IT DARK ~ Catchy background music.
DODO/LURKER ~ A Strange tune with background music, okay.
WHO DUNNIT? ~ Not one of my faves.
MAN ON THE CORNER ~ A Good slow tune, had radio airplay. I consider it to be one of Genesis' good slow tunes.
LIKE IT OR NOT ~ A Great Tune. Reminds me a bit of "Taking It All Too Hard" from the next Album in 1983. Definitely one of the best on this CD.
ANOTHER RECORD ~ Okay Tune.


title: ~ EXCEPTIONAL 24K GOLD PLATED ELTON'S GREATEST VOL. 1 ~

text:
I have to say, without a doubt, this GOLD EDITION is THE BEST EVER FOR ELTON'S GREATEST Volume 1 !!!
There truly is no comparison to the original standard version and this one. The sound here is absolutely outstanding! If you can find one of these long out of print CDs, I say GET IT NOW!! 11 Tracks in all with bonus track "CANDLE IN THE WIND" added in pure audio bliss!
Tracks are ~
1) YOUR SONG (4:00)
2) DANIEL (3:52)
3) HONKY CAT (5:12)
4) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (3:13)
5) SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING (4:55)
6) ROCKET MAN (4:40)
7) BENNIE AND THE JETS (5:10)
8) DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME (5:35)
9) BORDER SONG (3:19)
10) CROCODILE ROCK (3:56)
Bonus Track
11) CANDLE IN THE WIND (3:50)


title: ~ Genesis single disc 1999 Edition ~

text:
While a band such as Genesis has been around for quite sometime, it is usually not a great idea by a record label to put out a single disc CD compilation of their "best:" work. I have to say, this is a slight overview of their career. I bought this pretty cheap recently at a local retailer, so I can't really complain too much. It's the 1999 Edition. Sounds decent, but I just ordered the "Tour Edition" 2 CD set from 2007. Not a bad price on that one, too. I do have to say that I started liking this group when Phil Collins came on board.
No doubt, they certainly gained more notoriety in the songs and "hits" that were made during that time period.
This CD has 18 tracks in all. Packaging and liner notes are pretty good also. I already own a few of the group's albums, so this one was another inclusion in the mix.
If you want a single CD overview sampling of the career of Genesis, you should get this. Perhaps even now, though, the 2007 Edition as it has been remastered in that year. Seek out a good deal like me, I paid $4.99 for it brand new.
Recommended for the casual Genesis fan that may want a song or two on here, but don't want to pay for the entire album it came on.


title: === PINK FLOYD's 2016 Reissue of this 2011 compilation sounds fantastic! ~

text:
This is a great CD set by one of the best rock groups to ever record music. It is basically the 2016 reissue of the 2011 Remaster edition of the same name.
I did not have it and did not have Echoes, either. I wanted their more familiar tunes, especially that of "Learning To Fly"/ OMG, I absolutely LOVE that song! I never get tired of it. If anyone wants an introduction to PF, they should get this one, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall. I have all the 2016 editions and they sound utterly fantastic! Each one is a nice package with nice liner notes included. The CD itself has been remastered in 2011 and it is stated on back of album.
The only songs I love also from PF that are not on here are ~ Welcome to the Machine, US and Them, One of these Days, Young Lust, Run like Hell.
With 16 tracks though, it is a fairly decent set.
1) HEY YOU
2) SEE EMILY PLAY
3) THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES
4) ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, Pt. 2
5) HAVE A CIGAR
6) WISH YOU WERE HERE
7) TIME
8) THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
9) MONEY
10) COMFORTABLY NUMB
11) HIGH HOPES
12) LEARNING TO FLY
13) THE FLETCHER MEMORIAL HOME
14) SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND
15) BRAIN DAMAGE
16) ECLIPSE


title: ~ Michael's THRILLER comes as a SPECIAL EDITION CD with added tracks and bonus audio discussion with Quincy Jones ~

text:
This is the "SPECIAL EDITION" of the CD, NOT the 25th Anniversary edition which came later in 2007.

It's a beautiful edition of the best selling pop album of all time. Still is to this day. The packaging is really good, much better than the standard epic CD that was released years before this one. New liner notes and some photos, the CD itself is black and gold colored, very nice! The sound is really good. This is the CD with BONUS songs added and Quincy Jones also talks about making the album itself and making it after the initial album is played.
So, that's a nice added feature!

Track listing is follows ~
1} Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2) Baby Be Mine
3) The Girl Is Mine
4) Thriller (5:57)
5) Beat It
6) Billie Jean
7} Human Nature
8) P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9) The Lady In My Life
10) Producer Quincy Jones discusses the making of the song "Someone in The Dark" from E.T. Storybook
11) "Someone In The Dark"
12) Quincy Jones discusses some of the songs on the album, rehearsing, making them.
13) Billie Jean DEMO recording
14} Quincy Jones discusses Beat It and the making of certain aspects of the album, bringing in Eddie Van Halen for the guitar work on Billie Jean.
15) Discussing the recording of the song Thriller and bringing in Vincent Price for the recording of the ending of the song.
16) Quincy talks more about Thriller and Vincent Price.
17) Michael and Vincent Price talking Thriller, with Vincent saying the 2ND VERSE ending of THRILLER, recorded audio in studio.
18) Discussing "Carousel" song and why it did not make the album cut.
19) Quincy discussing "Carousel", Michael Sembello wrote it.
20) "Carousel"
21) Final thoughts by Quincy Jones on making THRILLER and about it as a whole.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!


title: ~ Tina's 1997 Re-issue of her 1984 Smash album "Private Dancer" with 7 added Bonus Tracks ~

text:
This is the 1997 re-issue of her 1984 Album/CD "Private Dancer" with 7 added tracks plus the original lineup of songs on album. 17 tracks in all.
It sounds really good on my home stereo with the equalizer on and the Sony Headphones. I love this album and she doesn't disappoint.
The Title track "Private Dancer" comes in at 7:13 total time and sounds fantastic!
1. I Might have been Queen  4:10
2. What's Love Got to Do With It  3:48
3. Show Some Respect  3:18
4. I Can't Stand The Rain  3:43
5. Private Dancer  7:13
6. Let's Stay Together  5:16
7. Better Be Good To Me  5:12
8. Steel Claw  3:49
9. Help 4:30
10. 1984  3:11
Additional Tracks ~
11. I Wrote A Letter  3:24
12. Rock and Roll Widow  4:45
13. Don't Rush The Good Things  3:46
14. When I Was Young  3:11
15. What's Love Got To Do With It (Extended Version)  5:48
16. Better Be Good To Me (Extended Version)  7:03
17. I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Version) 5:43


title: ~ BELINDA'S 2nd Solo album gets the Deluxe treatment and it is nothing short of SUPERB!! ~

text:
1987, Belinda Carlisle's 2nd Solo Album. As records usually went in that decade, the second album was the hardest to come as a success.
This review is for the Edsel "Expanded Deluxe" Edition of this remarkable album of hers.
Not only is it remastered, it is LOADED with special single versions and remixes. In addition to that, we get the Bonus DVD to go along with it.

DISC 1 ~  ORIGINAL ALBUM plus Single Versions ~
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Circle In The Sand
I Feel Free
Should I Let You Go?
World Without You
I Get Weak
We Can Change
Fool For Love
Nobody Owns Me
Love Never Dies
*(The Single Versions)*
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (7" Edit)
I Get Weak (7")
Circle In The Sand (7")
World Without You (7" Remix)
I Feel Free (7")
Love Never Dies (7")

DISC 2 ~ THE REMIXES
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Heavenly Version)
I Feel Free (Extended Version)
Circle In The Sand (Beach Party Mix)
World Without You (Extended Worldwide Mix)
I Get Weak (12" Version)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Down to Earth Dub)
Circle In The Sand (Seaside Mood Groove Mix)
World Without You (Panavision Mix)
Circle In The Sand (Sandblast Multi-Mix)
I Get Weak (Romantic Mix)
I Feel Free (Dub Version)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Acapella)

DISC 3 ~ THE DVD
Mark Goodier Interviews Belinda about "Heaven On Earth", MAY 2013
The Promo Videos from the album:
1. Heaven Is A Place On Earth
2. I Get Weak
3. Circle In The Sand
4. World Without You
5. I Feel Free
6. Love Never Dies
Bonus Feature! A Full concert from 1988 "BELINDA LIVE" with 14 songs on DVD for the first time!
1. I Feel Free
2. Mad About You
3. Lust To Love
4. I Get Weak
5. Fool For Love
6. Circle In The Sand
7. World Without You
8. Nobody Owns Me
9. Our Lips Are Sealed
10. Vacation
11. Heaven Is A Place On Earth
12. Love Never Dies
13. Head Over Heels
14. We Got The Beat

These "EDSEL" editions are outstanding! Any Belinda Carlisle fan MUST get these before they stop making them. Look around for a good price, too while you are at it. Usually, the ones coming from England are the best versions of this.


title: The Bangles third delivers with edgy sound and fabulous songwriting...

text:
This is the original 1988 Columbia CD album. It sounds pretty good and still rocks to this day! The ladies really have an edgier sound on this one, with a few hits thrown in for good measure. It's their third original album together and their last, at least for several years until "Doll Revolution". Well known songs on this album are "In Your Room", "Eternal Flame", "Be With You" and "I'll Set You Free".
Although it didn't do as well commercially as their second, "Different Light", I still love it for their singing and the songwriting. Harder and edgier I think. With each of their albums, they have matured on how they sound. The track listing is as follows ~
~ In Your Room
~ Complicated Girl
~ Bell Jar
~ Something To Believe In
~ Eternal Flame
~ Be With You
~ Glitter Years
~ I'll Set You Free
~ Watching the Sky
~ Some Dreams Come True
~ Make A Play For Her Now
~ Waiting For You
~ Crash and Burn


title: ~Spring Session M 1995 Release~

text: Outstanding!! Besides the original lineup of songs on this album, we get two extra tracks from their first EP they made, "Hello, I Love You" and "Mental Hopscotch". This is their most commercially successful album from 1982. It sounds really good and highly recommended!


title: Drab......

text:
For those of you who have seen Interpol live, you know what kind of show they can put on.  Dark, moody, rockin, and usually pulling equally from their releases.  But this Live Ep is none of these things.  First the mood comes off as flat, much of this is due to the mixing.  The backbone of drums and bass that really defines much of the bands sound are pushed to the back of the mix (except for the cymbals) and the vocals and somewhat mundane guitar lines are pulled to the front, just creating a wash of blah.
My second point is about the mood of the Ep.  When you listen to Interpol, either live or on cd, you get wrapped up in the mood of the music and how it all eats away at your insides from song to song.  They didn't balance the highs and lows of the band well on this cd.  Choosing to showcase their new album instead of pulling some of their best live tracks out (i.e. "NYC", "C'Mere").  I do applaud their inclusion of "Obstacle 1", but even that song sounds out of tune and flat.
I would say that is Ep is a skip for even the biggest of Interpol fans.  Poor mixing, and poor over all example of what a great live show this band puts on.


title: Four Stars

text: good album


title: Great!

text: I love Jimmy's style and wish there were more albums out there.  This is the second one I've gotten because we and our friends have so enjoyed his first.


title: Good Oldies

text: Although I had most of the songs on this cd, there were a couple I didn't have and have enjoyed hearing them again.


title: Great Hymns

text: If you grew up with the great old hymns you'll love this cd.  We miss them in church so this is great!


title: Five Stars

text: Brings back memories for years goin by.


title: Available in digital format with booklet!

text: This wonderful analog recording is now available in digital format for download, including a newly written booklet.  For some reason, Amazon is not listing it at the moment but iTunes has it.  This 1963 recording is, to my ear, superior to the Emerson/Fleisher 2006 release.  I don't think anyone will be disappointed with the sound and the performance speaks for itself.


title: A joyous  feast....

text: The CD arrived today from the GREEK SHOP, Agios Nicolaos, Crete. It came fast, the packaging was fine. I just played it. I was (and am) a great fan of Mario Lanza, and I thought no one could do justice to the great American Caruso, as Placido Domingo once called him. Mario F has the vibrant tenor voice, range and charisma and his performance of many Lanza hits left me speechless. Not quite Lanza (as nobody could, I think) with pop classics, but Mario F is a new version on him, I am very happy to say.


title: The most beautiful piano music ever!

text: Di Scherling's music is so beautiful and relaxing as well as thought provoking. It is easy listening while driving, it is great if I want it soft as background music while entertaining or doing devotions. I have several of her CD's and hope to complete my collection of all of hers. I use this particular one as a special gift for friends. I work with Seniors, and this (as well as the others) are becoming a favorite for them. I bought 2 of hers many years ago and was searching for more when they recently appeared on Amazon for sale. Imagine my delight! Di doesn't hurry her music, she plays at a pleasant pace.


title: great group of guys

text: Especially if you like jazz, this is the group to buy - they're grrrrreat! We'd like to buy more of their albums.


title: Four Stars

text: Pretty good...


title: False Advertising

text: The product itself is great, but the information in this listing is inaccurate. It didn’t come with a poster even though I paid extra for the version that was supposed to come with one. So I’m pretty disappointed about that.


title: LOVE IT!

text: LOVE IT!!!! I've come to really like Jason Gray and now own three of his CDs that I truly enjoy. It was a pleasant surprise to find that my favorite female Christian artist- Sara Groves, on the things we hold back song -I LOVE IT lyrically very profound which is what I really like in a song.


title: Soft, and relaxing

text: So enchanting, soft and relaxing. Love the instruments.


The music in Doolittle is fantastic. BUT...I have the LP, not good audio. I bought the CD, not good audio. I bought these box with 3 CDs in France, and the sound of Doolitle continues not good. WTF these recording enginers do in life???


title: HIGH NOON WITH 3:10 TO YUMA

text:
Although the western film recently experienced a brief resurgence with Unforgiven, the number of quality ones has been few like Open Range.  With the remake of the 1956 cult western, 3:10 to Yuma, (itself adapted from a short story by Elmore Leonard), the genre is primed for another comeback with this tense, well acted film.

Set in the old west not long after the Civil War, a cattle rancher, Dan Evans (Christian Bale), and his family struggle to make a life for themselves as a local businessman threatens to foreclose on his property and make way for a railroad.  His cattle are poached by outlaws led by Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his lieutenant, Charlie Prince (Ben Foster in a surly, effective performance).  The criminals rob a money wagon (in a scene right out of Heat done western style) and stop at a local town.  Wade is captured by local lawmen and is escorted to catch the Yuma prison train, which is hours away from arriving.  Evans offers to join the group in return for some valuable reward money that will ultimately help his family's plight.  Thus begins a tortuous journey that has potential repercussions for Evans' family and Wade's bid for freedom even as his gang is in pursuit.  Will Evans and his motley crew get Wade to the railroad station in time and who will survive?

Director James Mangold, fresh from his successful biopic, Walk the Line, again elicits strong performances from his two leads, Crowe and Bale.  Crowe is everything we expect him to be, and his role is Oscar worthy.  His outlaw is a cultured, Bible-quoting man who effuses an animal magnetism that is appealing to men and women.  What is so satisfying here is that Bale is equally up to the task and really shines in a difficult, challenging role.  The supporting cast is uniformly sharp with special nod to a grizzled, unrecognizable Peter Fonda as a tough bounty hunter.  Logan Lerman is effective as Evans' older son who is ashamed of and gradually realizes a growing respect for his father.  Luke Wilson has an amusing bit role as a corrupt railroad hand.

The film has a plot similar to the 1950's westerns High Noon and Last Train from Gun Hill, and encompasses elements of the classic western formula, namely the cattleman versus the railroad; only in this case, it is used as a jumping off point to a deeper, more psychological conflict.  This is really a movie about what motivates people to do what they do.  Most of the dialogue involves Wade's hurling insults and quips at a stoic Evans.  We can see that Wade has a respect and growing admiration for Evans' seemingly hopeless quest, and the emerging facts have a strong bearing on what is to come.  We learn about Wade's childhood and about what truly guides Evans' reasons for taking such a risky mission.  His role in the Union Army during the Civil War comes to the fore.  And how did he get his leg maimed?  These shades of background and characterization enrich an already tense and interesting plot.  The memorable ending, which pushes credibility just a tad, truly tests each man's resolve and sense of justice.

Production values are strong with beautiful cinematography by Phedon Papamichael (Walk the Line, The Pursuit of Happyness).  The film moves at a deliberate, methodical pace (editor Michael McCusker) and is never boring. It gets to the conflict fairly quickly and reaches its finale, an agonizing chase across town that is quite exciting and riveting right to the startling end.

Make no mistake, this is a film that western enthusiasts will love while those who appreciate a strong, tense character study will find much to savor.  Although we expect gold performances from Crowe and the ever maturing Bale (hard to believe this was the boy in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun), it is Mangold's prowess in that delicate balance of critically acclaimed, popular filmmaking, that may become a major force in Hollywood for years to come.


title: America on Trial in GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

text:
Actor/Director George Clooney pays tribute to truth and decency amid distrust and uncertainty in the Communist witchhunts with his recreation of its greatest hero, the newsman of newsmen, Edward R. Murrow, in Good Night, and Good Luck.

In the early 1950's, the Communist scare and the subsequent subversion of citizens' rights was at its apex with blacklists and rampant accusations resulting in ruined lives and careers.  Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) was the grand master of the news airwaves in the infantile medium of television.  With his show's director, Fred Friendly (George Clooney) and his production team, he picks one obscure news item regarding an Air Force serviceman who is dismissed due to unspecified charges.  Murrow and CBS essentially take on the US Air Force amid this climate of suspicion and presumed guilt.  Later, Murrow's team takes on Senator Joseph McCarthy by making critical comments of the senator's own words and contradictions.  McCarthy retaliates with accusations of Murrow's supposed association with un-American groups just as the parent network, CBS, reels under sponsorship pressure and the unpredictable whims of network president William Paley (Frank Langella).  As Murrow and his own staff come under tense scrutiny by McCarthy and even CBS, public reaction and the response of the print media come to the forefront.

Nothing can compare to the words that were written and spoken with such conviction and honesty as those uttered by Murrow.  The title of the movie is a direct quote that Murrow employed to sign off each week at the close of his interview shows.  The filmmakers (including director Clooney and writers Clooney and Grant Heslov) were wise to let the text stand on its own.  They also benefit from good performances from a cast headed by Strathairn (L.A. Confidential, A League of Their Own), a journeyman actor who has finally found a core role to call his own, and he makes the most of it.  He gets the mannerisms and cadence down quite convincingly, and while Strathairn may not look exactly like Murrow, he has the persona nailed.  Frank Langella (Dave) is excellent as the mercurial Paley whose support of Murrow was tenuous at best.  Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) registers in what could have been a more defined role as a doomed newsman whose guilt by association triggers some life changing events. Patricia Clarkson (The Station Agent) and Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin) as secretly married staffers, Joe and Shirley, round out the cast.  Ironically, perhaps the best performance can be attributed to McCarthy himself as newsreels offer a fascinating, perverse glance at the infamous politician whose flamboyance and dogged theatrics doomed the careers of many government officials and film or television actors.  The duel between Murrow and McCarthy seems like two heavyweights going at it verbally in the public arena.

The cinematography by Robert Elswit (Magnolia) is crisp and starkly lit in black and white to evoke the past.  The production design and costumes are consistent with the period.  Just the sight of newsmen typing on old style typewriters or production assistants carrying around film reels instead of videotape or discs is amusing.  The editing by Stephen Mirrione (Traffic, 21 Grams) is tight and well paced.  At times the studio broadcasts of a female blues singer bridges various sequences in theme and mood. The broadcast of a live network news program is staged with realism and with the frenzy and excitement that only live television could bring.  One wonders what TV veterans like Sidney Lumet or Robert Altman could have brought to the table.

Murrow's show was kind of a precursor to the current granddaddy of all prime time news shows, 60 Minutes.  It was interesting to see that his was not a perfect career having to mix fluffy showbiz interviews with such personalities as Liberace on his Person-to-Person show with legitimate news reports.  At 93 minutes, the film surprisingly seems a bit short.  You almost feel like this is a big budget episode of the famous You Are There reenactment shows.  The story ends almost abruptly as it begins being bookended by a formal event honoring Murrow in 1958.

A couple of things don't quite work in the film.  The characters of Joe and Shirley must come to terms with the network's policy forbidding marriage among its coworkers, but this subplot doesn't significantly serve to move the story forward.  Clooney shows a workman-like approach to directing the film but it just doesn't grab you as emotionally as you would like.  You sit there entranced by the history but are never fully given to the pathos of its characters.  Instead, the film becomes almost a quasi-documentary bereft of much feeling.

As previous films have dealt with the Red Scare and blacklists, this film compares favorably with The Front and the great television movie Fear on Trial.  Although the Soviet Union was a major threat to the United States during the Cold War, the accusatory enemy from within was perhaps as great a menace.  The implications and parallels to today's political climate and the role television has in shaping perception are clearly the point Clooney and gang are trying to make.  Murrow's formal speech, which begins and ends the film's story, is itself a prophetic and sobering commentary and indictment of the possibilities of television and foreshadows the future with amazing prescience.  It shows that one man made a difference.  Such is the testament to a heroic reporter whose integrity this film manages to capture, albeit in a brief history lesson.


title: Great

text: One of Danny Elfman's best scores. If only it weren't so damn expensive.


title: Should be more well known, since the music is really good.

text: Not well known, but a really good score.


title: Not the best, but still worth it.

text: This is not the best JW score. The main theme is good, but the rest is forgettable.


title: Awesome

text: Great music.


title: OK

text: Pretty low on my list of John Williams scores. There are some parts that are memorable though.


title: Enjoyed

text: I enjoyed listening to this score. I only wish there had been more tracks on the CD. Would not mind a complete score version if one is ever produced.


title: Main theme is great. The rest is forgettable

text: I love the main theme. The rest of the score is boring. I hum John Williams music a lot when I am at work, at home, or walking outside. The main theme for this soundtrack is no exception.


title: Great!

text: I love this score, so when I heard there was a complete score version, I had to buy it. Well worth it. I especially love Abandoned in the woods, Mecha world, Cybertronics and Where dreams are born. I will confess, that a few years ago I hated the soundtrack. I did not feel the music was that good. Like a lot of John Williams scores, the more I listened to it, the more I fell in love with it.


title: Gets better and better

text: This soundtrack gets better and better the more I listen to it. It is not a grand soundtrack like his others, but it is still a John Williams soundtrack worth owning.


title: Great Album  ! From before they became boring and commercial.

text: From when they were worth listening to, don't bother with newer stuff as they have "commercialized" and are mediocre at best now, this album is their finest.


title: Five Stars

text: great blues cd


title: Five Stars

text: nice music


title: Okay music!

text: There are a lot of songs on this album that I liked, but quite a few that I didn't like.


title: Good music!

text: Love the music from this group.  Would recommend to anyone who is nostalgic rock and roll lover. Lots of cuts on the CD also.


title: Five Stars

text: Awesome song and album has several other very good songs.


title: Five Stars

text: great cd


title: Five Stars

text: Love her singing.  Perfect for my mood.


title: Track-by-Track Review

text:
**Originally posted on "#1 Hits From Another Planet" - 11/6/09**

Reality show albums are always a crap shoot. You never know whether the powers-that-be will treat them like actual, viable records or just throw a bunch of covers and rejects at the artist. On X-Factor, Alexandra Burke had talent and personality to spare, but did they give her a good album?

1. Bad Boys - By far the best track on the album, and the unquestionable single, this has a classic, mature melody. I feel like this could have been released in the heyday of Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston and been successful. Also, the beat is great, especially in that huge chorus. 10/10

2. Good Night Good Morning - An unnecessary duet with Ne-Yo (especially this early in the album), it's an instant comedown from the last song, with a repetitive chorus and repeated declarations that "this beat is amazing." It's really not. 5/10

3. The Silence - The first big ballad (of very few, thankfully), this is just a little too overwrought to be effective. Sure, Alexandra sounds great. That husky voice is in full display. But the song is too dramatic without really earning it. 7/10

4. All Night Long - My second favorite track, this is unquestionably a RedOne production, but has its own sound that really compliments Alexandra. Again, it's a flashback to the 80's and artists like Lionel Ritchie. The chorus is fantastic. 10/10

5. Bury Me (6 Feet Under) - This one has an odd sound. It's an uptempo, old-school soul track that doesn't really mesh well with what's come before. But, on its own this is quite good. Not sure if it really fits Alexandra, though. 8/10

6. Broken Heels - Another strong RedOne production, this is an excellent dance track with fun lyrics and a great beat. Definite single choice, here. This is the sound she should really stick to. 9/10

7. Dumb - The last really strong track on the album, this closes out the RedOne phase. It's got an interesting stop/start rhythm that explodes into a euphoric chorus. Why didn't RedOne just produce the entire album? 9/10

8. Overcome - Another big ballad, and it's nothing special. It sounds like a Whitney Houston or Jordin Sparks song, and I'm not necessarily meaning that as a compliment. It's meant to be inspirational, but I walk away from it feeling very little. 5/10

9. Gotta Go - I honestly never remember that this is even on the album. It's incredibly bland--too fast to be a ballad but much too slow to dance to. It's utterly forgettable. 3/10

10. You Broke My Heart - Taking the Duffy/Winehouse/Pixie route, this comes off sounding more try-hard than anything else. This retro sound has been done to death, and Alexandra brings nothing new to the table. It's a nice sounding track, but feels very copycat. 6/10

11. Nothing But The Girl - Back to dance music, which suits Alexandra much better than the past tracks have. This is the clubbiest track on the album, produced by the Freemasons, and I wish it had a stronger melody. Still, it sticks out easily as the highlight of the second half of the album. 8/10

12. They Don't Know - Another ballad that I scarcely remember after hearing it. It's better than Overcome, and there are some pretty harmonies, but I'd expect more from an album closer. 6/10

13. Hallelujah - I won't even review this one. It's not fair to Alexandra. The X-Factor winning song is tacked on as a bonus track. It's not much of a bonus for anyone.

Album Grade: 7.2/10


title: Ridiculously catchy power pop that the world needs

text:
The Alpine's major label debut revels in the inherent giddy fun of power-pop. On Feel Trips is practically engineered to be sung along to, and whatever genre the band's playing with on each individual track, they make sure to include at least one enormous hook. Fueling this drive is the interaction between the boy/girl vocals of Peter Boesen and Ida Strand.

Three songs in particular, Mondays Always Look The Same, No I In Team (which appropriately name checks Supertramp) and album-closer Adrian are full-out, cast-of-hundreds, singalong anthems, the kind of which most modern music is sorely missing. In between are a number of surprises. While the band's sound alternates between influences of glam, synth-pop and seventies AOR rock, it also manages to be rather fluid. Take Crazy Glue, for instance, an odd almost-country ballad that morphs suddenly into what sounds like a Broadway show tune. It's a far cry from the disco funk of Sham On or the Kasabian-meets-Anastacia rock of High Underground, yet it completely works because it's irresistibly catchy. Same deal for Iceland and Trigger, both of which wear their eighties influence on their sleeves.

On Feel Trips may not be incredibly deep lyrically, but who says that all music has to be? It would be easy to write The Alpine off as a guilty pleasure, a choice label for bands who make it their mission to write unabashed pop music, but the album's too good, too consistent to be dismissed.

Key Tracks: Mondays Always Look The Same, No I In Team, Trigger


title: Snakes and Ladders / Sleepwalking...

text: Good listening experience...  It is nice to find myself back in the earlier years, although distant these may appear to be these days...


title: Gospel Music of ELVIS

text: Well, if your a ELVIS fan, YOU may like a little Southern Gospel by this man. CD has about all of his popular Gospel songs. I would suggest to anyone that enjoys Quartets sing the southern style gospel music. I would suggest this album to ELVIS fans, he can really sing this style. Came from supplier as quoted on their web sight, well packaged, no problem at all.


title: The traditional gospel music is at it's best

text: I like the quality of the recordings.  I had digitized from vinyl but this is better.  These early recording are fantastic.


Wonderful choral arrangements and performance on LP.  Can't understand why this has never gone to CD.  It's among the best!
Fo'cle chanty "Tom's Gone To I'lo" is an especially exquisite heartbreaker.  I've had a treasured and now time worn album since
it's initial 1950's release, and now have a better recording via this well-cared-for used LP of the same issue, recently bought through
you all at Amazon.  Thank you.


title: Terrific Organ

text: I am loving this series of CDs being released of Aeolian-Skinner organs. This one is the Auditorium Organ at the enormous Community of Christ auditorium played by the wonderful Catherine Crozier on two discs. A fine program that shows off the very large organ [5/110] in Independence, MO. The trumpet is one of the finest I have ever heard. Skinner made them the best of anyone. Well worth having if you enjoy the best sound produced by the American classic concert organ.


title: The Very Best Organ

text: Having heard quite a few organ recitals at St. Paul and having been to many organ recitals over 50+ years, I believe this Beckerath is the best I have ever heard so finding this disc was a real joy--there aren't that many, yet. Better yet, if you find yourself in Pittsburgh, find out if they are having one of their regular concerts. Live is the best but this recording does the organ justice in a big way.


title: Summer music

text: For those enthusiasts of the pipe organ, this is quite a winning album, recorded on the very large (10,000 pipes) Ocean Grove auditorium organ, played by its principle performer, Dr. Gordon Turk. I have never been to Ocean Grove, but this recording makes me want to make the pilgrimage for one or two of its summer concerts. It does remind me of another place that we have visited every summer for at least 30 years, the Chautauqua Institution in New York state, whose Massey organ is roughly half the size of this one. The program is a very good blend of popular pieces that any fan of organ would find delightful to hear in an open-air auditorium seating at least 10,000, near the ocean.


title: Half a Gigantic Organ

text: I've been quietly watching the on-going renovation of the Atlantic City Convention Hall organs, the main one, the largest in the world. The sound of half the organ is pretty remarkable. I'm sure the restorers will be sensitive about whih stops should be fixed in what sequence so they can enhance the over-all sound.  I look forward, sometime in the future, to hear the whole thing. Fortunately, my Bose has no trouble reproducing the lowest sounds. Bravo!


title: Weaver, Liszt and Mozart

text: An excellent program of Liszt and Mozart on a wonderful Aeolian-Skinner organ in NYC played by the great John Weaver. Superb!


title: A fine Durufle classic

text: Skinner organ paired with the wonderful Durufle? What's not to love? An excellent program, beautifully played.


title: Mine was from Japan and it is perfect !!!

text:
To find these rare albums and cd's in such magnificent  shape is a dream
my two, personally meaning a lot to me cd's is a dream.
So happy


title: As fresh as ever

text: I can't get enuff of my life long love of surf sound pop music. I turn on these tunes and sing my heart out.


title: A Tale Of Two Sisters

text:
The audio track on this movie is just beautiful !
The screaming and shrillness of the movie tho spoils the movie.

I am please to see there is a soundtrack available,it's teriffic.


title: Gene Pitney was one of my top favorite artists as a teen

text:
This is a very,very good live cd.

It's recorded in UK,date unknown but suspect within the last 10 years or so.

It's clear and has excellent song selection.

If it was a soundboard recording it would be a 5.


title: New side of music from the Beach Boys

text: One album I had never bought. Very deep in music and thinking


title: Best Folk Songs By Glen

text: This is a great collection of folk songs with Glen's smooth, tenor voice. You won't find these types of songs on any other album by Glen.  It's truly a one of a kind album.


title: Jenny Oaks Baker CD

text: Jenny seems like such a wholesome, good example of what we all would want our youth to be.  She's a joy to listen to.


title: Jenny Oaks Baker

text: I try to get the sheet music for the numbers Jenny plays and then play a long with her.  She's an artist.


title: Just beautiful.

text: This gal has a gift. I love her stuff. Great album. Holy Spirit approved and anointed. Don't hesitate for a moment to get this album. You will be blessed.


title: Beautiful worship music!

text:
Absolutely beautiful worship and soaking music. So happy I bought it. Thank you previous reviewer for your encouragement about this album. Buy it and be blessed.

Jesus loves us so much!


title: Jack Jones Music

text: Good sound quality when he was a young singer. Great album for easy listening music fans.


title: Five Stars

text: Granddaughter loved it


title: Best of the Best.

text: This is the first best Billy Joel concert. Many known songs from Billy origionally done. From Travelin Prayer to New York state of mind. The proof of a great band recorded near Billy's home town. A real must to buy and never give up.


title: Get ready for greatness.

text: Billy Joel is great on this Cd. Also consider the Dvd. These 2 examples are why Billy is The Entertainer.


title: Amazon shouldn't be carrying this garbage.

text:
So a band named after a psychopathic racist concentration camp mass murder is full of "melodic" metal music...

I actually dug up a couple tracks from this real winner of an album.  The one star rating is justified.


title: my review on the Amazon

text: when out and bought this one because the first one was so good I can't believe the song quality I'll buy more at a later date


title: Obscured by other successes, Pink Floyd’s 1972 album is a quietly hidden gem

text:
‘Obscured by Clouds’ was quietly released in 1972 by Harvest Records without much in the way of promotion, so even at the time a lot of rock music fans either missed it or were only dimly aware of it. This is a pity, as it’s more than just good, and has stood the test of time well.

The reason for this album’s relative obscurity could be that the tracks were composed and recorded by the band as the soundtrack to Barbet Schroeder’s film “La Vallee”, about Bulle Ogier’s expedition to a remote stone-age tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The album’s title comes from the fact that due to the remoteness of the Papua New Guinea Highland location in the 1960s no-one had mapped it: maps simply showed a blank over the mountainous region and said “Obscured by Clouds.” In the same way the remote inaccessible landscape was so described, this very good soundtrack album has been obscured by Floyd’s more popular releases.

The music comprises ten separate pieces, four (including the two driving full-on rock openers) instrumental and the remainder with poignant, even poetic and whimsical lyrics. These are real songs, with sing-able tunes and sometimes with that quirky, trademark Floyd humour. It’s surprising some of these numbers have not been covered more by other artists. “Free Four” stands out in particular as an upbeat rocker in a similar vein to “Money” on DSOTM, the band’s next album release less than a year after OBC. The powerful “Childhood’s End” showcases David Gilmour’s palette of exceptional compositional, vocal and guitar-playing talent at its very best and sends a chill down the spine every time I hear it. The closer, “Absolutely Curtains”, features a chorus of tribal people from the New Guinea highlands singing in their native tongue: I have no idea what they’re singing about (if any reader knows, please enlighten us), but it gives the album a very distinctive conclusion.

So although it’s less known and less played than some of Floyd’s big-selling albums, give OBC a listen, and maybe you’ll discover this little gem for yourself.

The lavishly illustrated booklet offered with the CD version, wherein all the lyrics of the songs are printed, is a good addition to the package missing from the original vinyl record release.


title: Creedence Clearwater Classics

text:
CCR was a four-piece American rock & roll/blues band led by brothers Tom and John Fogerty popular from 1967 until their acrimonious demise in 1972. CCR wrote and recorded a string of hits and are still, 40 years on, a common sound on American local - and national - radio. If you’re too young to remember the band in their heyday, you will probably still recognise many of their best-known songs when you hear them. Although all four could sing well, John Fogerty emerged as the principal vocal sound of the band and became songwriter-in-chief.

This is a good collection of 20 of CCR’s best-known songs including all-time greats ‘Suzy Q’, ‘Proud Mary,’ ‘Lodi’, ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Travellin Band’, ‘Up around the Bend’ and the timeless ‘Have you ever seen the Rain?’.

‘Bad Moon Rising’ was later made famous with movie-going audiences as the soundtrack to ‘An American Werewolf in London’; an alternative 2003 compilation titled BMR contains identical track listing to the first volume of this this collection and in addition ‘Wrote a Song for Everyone’ & ‘Born on the Bayou’, so you may choose to go for that.

The band’s unusual name reportedly came from combining three disparate elements, and was finally decided on because it was “a name even weirder than Buffalo Springfield or Jefferson Airplane”.


title: Amy’s finest moment delivers a retro classic for the 21st Century

text:
Amy’s second and final album release in 2006 signalled her moving on from the jazzy debut ‘Frank’ and embracing a more R&B style to appeal to a wider mainstream audience. The resulting overall sound resembles the Motown/soul era of the 1960s and 70s with brass, strings and backing vocals later added to the basic rhythm section by producers Ronson & Remi. The album was a deserved Grammy winner and remains Amy’s defining work, containing five songs destined to become hit singles.

In addition to the 11 songs on the 2006 album, the 2007 ‘deluxe edition’ includes a bonus disc of extra tracks and performances in front of a live-audience.

What’s special about B to B? The overall sound is intentionally retro, but Winehouse’s edgy, often explicit lyrics are delivered with artistry, a brash, sassy urban confidence and rare mastery of her chosen style. She broke new ground in popular music which opened the door to a host of style-imitators: Adele, La Roux, Little Boots and a host of others. But B to B is the original style-defining musical statement, and will always be a classic.

RIP Amy.


title: 2015 3-disk Coda, a collection definitely worth the attention of the Zeppelin fan

text:
The ‘bonus’ material on the 2014-15 ‘deluxe’ remixes of Zeppelin’s back-catalogue has been of sometimes questionable value: often rough studio run-throughs of tracks eventually chosen for inclusion on the albums, sometimes without even a vocal track (the karaoke version of ‘Out on the Tiles’ entitled ‘Bathroom Sound’ on the LZ3 collection is one example of many).

The 2015 deluxe edition of ‘Coda’ however, bucks the trend. Here we’re offered thee disks containing about four times as much material as the original, rather thin 1982 album release of forgotten or unused Zeppelin material.

Pick of the bunch: the truly great ‘Travelling Riverside Blues’ originally recorded for John Peel’s Radio Show in 1969; the hitherto rarely heard (originally released an old 1970 vinyl single in the US) ‘Hey Hey What can I Do?’; a couple of tracks from a 1972 session with the Bombay Orchestra strongly reminiscent of Page and Plant’s superb 1994 collection ‘No Quarter’; and rough, more bluesy and radically different versions of ‘Bring it on Home’ and ‘When the Levee Breaks’ (here titled ‘It Keeps on Raining’). There’s also an extraordinary version of ‘In the Light’ entitled ‘Everybody Makes it Through’ which eclipses the version chosen for ‘Physical Graffiti’.

To sum up: although still a mish-mash of bits and pieces from Zeppelin’s career rather than an album as such, this collection does contain a fair bit of good stuff and a few truly great moments. If you don’t have any version of ‘Coda’ in your collection, this is definitely the one to go for. The package is nice, too, with a quality triple fold-out sleeve and 16-page colour booklet.


title: Lost and found: well worth the wait

text:
The music on this collection showcases the last studio work of the original and never-equalled MO line-up of McLaughlin, Hammer, Goodman, Cobham and Laird, generally acknowledged to be the greatest jazz-rock fusion band of all time.

Every MO fan knows the material on TLTS was studio-recorded in 1973 for a planned third album (to follow `The Inner Mounting Flame' and `Birds of Fire'); was subsequently played live on tour the same year with the great Central Park NYC gig released as the album `Between Nothingness and Eternity' to widespread acclaim - but for variously quoted reasons following the band's rather acrimonious split at the end of '73, the original studio material was 'lost' and not released until 1999.

Inevitably TLTS is compared with BNaT, as half the material appears on that live-in-Central-Park album and was known and loved through the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The studio versions of `Dream', `Trilogy' and `Sister Andrea' are tighter, less extended and with sound quality so superior to the rougher `live' cuts that if you've never heard these studio originals, prepare to be astounded. The remaining material on TLTS is `new', very much in the groove of TIMF and BoF and, most fans feel, superior to the watered-down feel of the later `Visions' and `Apocalypse' albums which featured a different line-up with orchestral-strings and choral-dominated sound.

If you liked MO's first two albums and BNaT, the chances are you'll like this collection - particularly `John's Song #2' which is the best of the bunch. MO's music is not the kind people are lukewarm about and is generally greeted with polarised reactions; suffice to say if you love TIMF, BoF and BNaE as so many of us do, you're going to love this too. As a bonus, of all MO'S recordings this has the cleanest, sharpest and richest sound quality.

For me MO's debut album TIMF remains unsurpassed. However, both BoF and TLTS are in every way excellent and run that seminal album a joint - and very close - second place. If you're wondering whether to bother with TLTS, my advice would be that it's unlikely to be a purchase you'll regret.


title: MO live in Buffalo NY in January 1973: an epic performance

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This 2x CD package is a Soundboard recording of the Mahavishnu Orchestra delivering an awesome live-on-stage performance at the Century Theater, Buffalo NY on 27th January 1973. It was released in Japan by Tachika Records in 2008 and is available only as an import.

This offering does not have the quality-presentation feel of an ‘official’ release, but nevertheless the sound is very good for a 1973 recording - if not perhaps up to today’s digital-audio standards.

The concert features only 7 numbers:

Disk 1:

1. Birds of Fire

2. Open Country Joy

3. Dawn

4. The Dance of Maya (titled “Dance of Maya” on the sleeve)

Disk 2:

1. Sanctuary

2. One Word

3. Hope > Celestial Terrestrial Commuters

All the pieces are extended into intricate jazz fusion improvisations and longer than the original studio album tracks by sometimes more than 15 minutes. This recording is a good companion to the Central Park NY concert in August the same year, released originally as ‘Between Nothingness and Eternity’ and (finally) made available in full on the 2012 ‘Complete Original Mahavishnu Orchestra Columbia Albums Collection Box set, Limited Edition’ which is also highly recommended if you don’t have it in your collection.

The visceral power and energy of this complex music has to be heard to be believed. The MO was something special, and we may never see their like again.


title: Gilmour takes over

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This 1987 release was the first Pink Floyd album ever recorded to exclude founder-member Roger Waters, who left the band at the end of 1985 and initiated legal action to prevent the surviving three members from continuing with the Pink Floyd name.

Having been `fired' from Floyd in 1981 by Waters, Rick Wright was legally prevented from re-joining by contractual restriction so although he made a modest contribution to this album he was not a formal band member but retained at $11,000/week as a session musician. Nick Mason confessed to being out of practice as a drummer, so most of the percussion on AMLOR is also played by session musicians and drum machines, with Mason busying himself with production and sound effects. So AMLOR is essentially a David Gilmour solo album under the Pink Floyd name.

As such the album is more than just OK with some definite high-points, but "lacks a theme" and is more a diverse collection of songs, mostly penned by Gilmour or Gilmour plus various collaborators; keyboard player Jon Carin, for example, composed and played the main theme to `Learning to Fly', probably the best-known track from AMLOR and a perennial PF stage favourite. Other good tracks are `On the Turning Away', `Signs of Life' and the great closer `Sorrow'.

So AMLOR is a good PF album, though by common consent not a great one. Its place in history is important in that it established Dave Gilmour as the undisputed band leader of the resurrected-in-midlife PF and has Gilmour's trademark compositional style stamped all over it, showcasing plenty of his unmistakably gutsy guitar passages and with him doing all the lead vocal work.

The best version of AMLOR is IMHO the 2011 Discovery Edition, which has a rich, clean and crisp sound mix.

The definitive statement of this final Waters-free incarnation of PF is 1994's `The Division Bell', indisputably one of PF's top-five career-best albums.


title: Yes making a Drama out of a crisis

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In retrospect this odd-ball 1980 album with Jon Anderson (uniquely) and Rick Wakeman (yet again) absent stayed faithful to the classic Yes sound and has worn the years well. The freshness Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes brought to the party was badly needed at the time, and the result is a lot more enjoyable than its disappointing predecessor ‘Tormato’.

Although Trevor Horn's vocal range does not quite match Anderson’s distinctive soaring falsetto, his vocal style is so close you hardly notice the difference (Horn had always been a big fan of Yes’ music) and his lyrical flourishes do fit the classic Yes mould. The more-than-competent Geoff Downes was Yes’ fourth keyboard player in 12 years, and as with Patrick Moraz his playing blends seamlessly with Steve Howe’s fast virtuoso guitar licks, Chris Squire’s masterful bass lines and the precise & energetic drumming of Alan White to create a mouth-watering cocktail whilst adding a uniquely individual flavour to the sound.

‘Machine Messiah’ for some fans easily makes it into the top 10 of Yes’ best numbers, and it’s a pity that on his return to the band, Jon Anderson always refused to sing it (or any of the ‘Drama’ songs) onstage.

Overall verdict: very good. It’s a pity so many diehard Yes fans can’t get past the absence of Jon Anderson on this album, but in Trevor Horn’s defence it’s difficult to imagine any replacement singer at the time who could have delivered a better performance. And Horn went on to produce the great 1983 follow-up ‘90125’ which saw Anderson return to the mike fronting the band.

Final note: it’s difficult to dissent from the general view that listeners are best to stick with the original six album tracks, and pass on the ‘pointless additions’ to the later CD releases which do not enhance the reputation of Yes.