| 1. Giorni Infiniti |
| 2. L'altra Parte Del Cielo |
| 3. I Bambini Ci Guardano |
| 4. Piu Amo Piu Ti Amo |
| 5. Terry B |
| 6. Amore E Dintorni |
| 7. C'est Difficile Mais C'est La Vie |
| 8. Venti |
| 9. Mon Si Puo Rifare Il Mondo In Due |
| 10. Goodbye |
Giorni Infiniti,Pooh,Wea,World Music
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Infinity on High
Fall Out Boy Manufacturer: Island Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000LC4ZIK Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Thriller
- The Take Over, The Break's Over
- This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
- I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You)
- Hum Hallelujah
- Golden
- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
- Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?
- The (After) Life Of The Party
- The Carpal Tunnel Of Love
- Bang The Doldrums
- Fame-Infamy
- You're Crashing, But You're No Wave
- I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers
Amazon.com
After the success of From Under the Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy earned the right to indulge their whims. Fortunately, their instincts tend to serve them well (not counting those infamous cell-phone photos). On their most adventurous album, Def Jam prez Jay-Z introduces "Thriller," while Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds produces groove-heavy hit "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs." A few new flourishes aside, however, like guitarist Joe Trohman's Metallica moves on "Thriller," the Chicago-bred band remains true to their punk-pop roots, even if vocalist Patrick Stump sounds like Mr. Sexyback on "This Ain't a Scene" and "I'm like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me + You)." You can thank bass player/songwriter Pete Wentz for the unwieldy song titles. As he explains in "Fame < Infamy," "I am God's gift / Why would he bless me with such wit without a conscience." Whether spicing up their recipe with R&B swagger or playing it straight, FOB are at their best when they crank up the volume. Hence, the piano-based "Golden" is the weakest track on an otherwise solid outing. Hey, maybe they just wanted to see what a stadium looks like bathed in the glow of a thousand lighters. Taking its title from a letter Vincent Van Gogh sent to his brother Theo ("Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high"), Fall Out Boy's fourth seems likely to follow its predecessor into the platinum stratosphere. --Kathleen C. FennessyCustomer Reviews:
To Infinity and Beyond.......2007-07-10
They also come up with hooks a-plenty. The slapping drum and bass that kicks "The Take Over The Breaks Over" is irresistible. The hit "This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race" will have you football cheering and stamping your feet in no time flat. There are so many memorable moments on this CD that pointing them out is beyond the point...they just craft themselves elegantly into each song. The Choir in "You're Breaking But You're No Wave" is probably my personal favorite.
Be that as it may, there are times when the band teeters close to smart-aleky. Especially the unwieldy song titles and frequent self-referencing. There is a touch of the clever-clever here that makes me wonder if the band can transcend "being poster boys for the scene" (as they sing in "Thriller") in the way My Chemical Romance did on "The Black Parade." But for the 14 catchy rocking tunes on "Infinity On High," Fall Out Boy show that they are hungry for more.
Besides, any band that can work both The Simpsons and Vincent VanGogh into their overall view is OK by me.
Skip this one.........2007-07-06
Sellouts?....No. Dissapeared off the radar?....uh no. Follow up to a great debut?....Yes!.......2007-07-03
Anyway. Great hooks, Great melodies, Great lyrics (which don't really have a "plot" or "story" to 'em, but hey who cares!). One million out of ten. And will ALWAYS be in my top 3 albums ever.
FOB RULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111.......2007-06-18
Now, press repeat!!.......2007-06-17
Opening with an introduction from Jay Z (yes) as well as on outro, opening cut "Thriller" is an energetic number with machine gun-like guitars.
"The take over, the break's over" is a catchy upbeat song, while lead off single (and US & UK #2 hit) "This aint a scene, it's an arms race" - one of those rare FOB cuts to feature the song title in the song - shifts tempo from plodding to frenetic. It is produced by Babyface, as is "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (great jangly guitars).
Other standouts are the hand clap filled "Don't you know who I think I am", the more downtempo "I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You)", "The (after) life of the party", "The carpal tunnel of love", the sing-a-long "Bang the doldrums" (which is remniscent in parts of The Smiths), and wickedly catchy "Fame infamy" which seems to race at the speed of light.
"You're Crashing, But You're No Wave" is a Killers/Franz Ferdinand-like rocker with lyrics telling the story of a court case. Brilliant!!
Lead singer Patrick Stump, has an earthy, soulful voice, sometimes remniscent of Terence Trent D'arby.
Like the voice says at the end of the disc, "Now, press repeat!"
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Infinity
Journey Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000G7PNKY Release Date: 2006-08-01 |
Tracks:
- Lights
- Feeling That Way
- Anytime
- La Do Da
- Patiently
- Wheel In The Sky
- Somethin' To Hide
- Winds Of March
- Can Do
- Opened The Door
Customer Reviews:
One of the best Journey albums.......2007-05-25
Awesome!.......2007-05-18
perry & rolie.......2007-05-08
LIGHTS 10/10 BEAUTIFUL VOCALS BY STEVE PERRY
FEELING THAT WAY 9/10 GREGG ROLIE SINGS A HIDDEN GEM HERE
ANYTIME 8/10 TAKES YOU BACK TO A BETTER TIME
LA DO DA 6/10 POP/METAL ENOUGH SAID
PATIENTLY 7/10 KIND OF A SLOW BURNING POWER BALLED
WHEEL IN THE SKY 10/10 TURN IT UP LOUD!!!!!!
SOMETHIN' TO HIDE 9/10 STEVE PERRY SINGS A MASTERPEICE!!!!!
WINDS OF MARCH 7/10 WISPS YOU TO A COLD DAY IN MARCH
CAN DO 5/10 FILLER
OPENED THE DOOR 5/10 FILLER
One of the great late 70's rock albums.......2007-03-03
What can you say - probably "the" Journey Album to have.......2007-01-10
There are some great songs (lights, Wheel in the Sky, Feeling That way/Any Time) and whenever I listen to this album I'm always transported by to a better time (or forward to my current relationships :D )
Anyway - you might be like a "best of" album better than this but Invinity is probably the best journey album from composition, songs, performance, etc. :D
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f#a# (infinity symbol)
Godspeed You Black Emperor! Manufacturer: Kranky ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007T2Z Release Date: 2007-01-08 |
Tracks:
- The Dead Flag Bues
- East Hastings
- Providence
Amazon.com's Best of 1998
On first listen, Montreal collective Godspeed You Black Emporer sounds familiar, like sonic-landscape architects the Dirty Three. But pay closer attention to this debut full-length and you'll find something much more compelling: G.Y.B.E. mix found sounds, voices, lilting string sections, and musique concrète into structures that tell a story. With each listen, a new plot twist is unraveled, a new movie sample identified--you start to listen closely with headphones to pick up new subtleties you couldn't hear previously. Three tracks, a bit over an hour, of great music that defies categorization. --Jason VerlindeAmazon.com
It's hard to imagine this disc coming out of Montreal or, really, any urban habitat. The postrock instrumentals on f#a#(infinity symbol), distantly related to the sounds made by the Australian band Dirty Three, serve as walking music for a loner hoping to hitch a ride in the middle of the Arizona desert and dealing with the inevitability of another night in coyote territory. Godspeed's swelling array of guitars, bagpipes, cellos, violins, trumpets, and drums is riveted together with an understated hope that is emotionally clutching, often devastating. This core of heavy Midwestern stoicism, saturated with waves of strings, hardcore interludes, and ripples of Morricone guitar, leaves listeners with the understanding that there is no escape from the badlands that surround and permeate us. --Michael WoodringCustomer Reviews:
great debut.......2007-06-16
I remember when I first heard this album many years ago I was totally captivated.
-- I have.......2007-05-18
blew my mind........2007-04-12
it sends me through a roller-coaster of emotions!
it is totally epic.
this was the first album i ever heard by godspeed in my life, so it was a pretty much life changing moment. haha.
it needs to be listened to in one sitting though,
no other way should be allowed.
A Post Apocalyptic Soundscape.......2007-03-26
And those sounds fit perfectly with the style of this album. Unlike conventional rock or pop music, this album has more in common with classical music. Each of the three songs on F#A#oo is over 15 minutes long. Each song could subsequently be broken down into multiple movements, almost like a symphony. The band has over 10 members and lots of instruments at their disposal (everything from violins and brass to guitars). The resulting sounds are varied but minimalist in nature. But because of the obvious departure from conventional bands this album can and will be a complete turn off to most first time listeners. While I may have a hard time convincing people with bad first impressions for whatever reason they may have, I can try to let them know what makes this album such a gem. Anyone who is willing to push aside any initial qualms with F#A#oo will certainly appreciate it.
The first track is titled "The Dead Flag Blues" and seems to float around theme present in the monologue spoken at the start of the album. There are no lyrics in F#A#oo, only spoken words. After nearly nine minutes the music seems to have gone no where. Just airy, grim, chords and a faint high pitched fluttering of a guitar string acts as the build to the main theme which begins about 10 minutes in. There's no melody present in these first nine minutes, just the sounds of instruments emulating what you could perceive as environmental sounds. As if you were standing in open barren landscape with a cold wind blowing over dark skies.
One might be quick to lash out that that could be nine minutes of filler but they would be mistaken. Those nine minutes set the scene. Those sounds swirl around in your mind and put you in the mood of the song. The artists then takes that and very very slowly speeds it up, adds a few notes here or there. Over that time, almost without notice, the music is rising in tension and building up. Eventually you become aware of the build up and the song will explode into a melody or a solo which in time tapers back off into barely nothing, all while remaining elegant and smooth.
The music never gets technical and doesn't display any sort of virtuosic instrument playing by any means, but It's these moments that make F#A#oo so great and memorable. Not only do the artists craft sound-scapes that can truly get the listener thinking, they do so with a certain elegance that's present because their minimalist approach. They're able to make sounds on their instrument that anyone can produce, but they craft them into situations that leave the listener thinking, "How could they possibly know to put that violin note with that trumpet sound? They fit perfectly together."
Like a movie, F#A#oo is best if experienced in long sessions. The whole thing could very well be listened through in one sitting, and that's not so hard because it's possible to get sucked into not want to come back out. This music leaves a lasting impression on the listener. The textures and production quality easily hypnotizes and keeps the listener enthralled as the songs progress. By the end of it all you're bound to leave with a deep melancholy feeling of lose. It's rare to come across such music that can hit all the right notes to trigger a response within the listener, and F#A#oo will have you in a different state of mind when the final sounds taper off. And while F#A#oo can easily be one of the most morbid, dark, and sad pieces ever written, that's also why it leaves such a lasting impression that sets it above a lot of music. Sometimes the saddest music is also the most beautiful.
All in all, F#A#oo is quite possibly one of the most thought inducing CDs I've ever heard. The apocalyptic sound-scapes almost instantly bring to mind scenes of devastation and barren, desolate landscapes. This runs through your mind the entire album which leads to a movie-like experience. To me, one of the greatest qualities that make up good music is the ability to move you and to transport you to another place and F#A#oo succeeds at doing this perfectly. The long track times and drawn out build ups may not be for everyone, but for us who are willing to look into something different for a change will be pleasantly surprised. Everyone should at least give this album a shot and experience some of the most thought provoking music ever.
A New Age Arises...And Rock Dies.......2007-03-21
This album summarizes the above questions perfectly to me. The music moves slowly from a near stop to peaks of pure anxiety and back down again. As if a dying person was able to conjure enough energy every 5 or 10 minutes to express all of their lifes feelings...and then resting their eyes while they grasp for enough energy to continue their story...over and over until they ultimately pass.
Slow moving progessions of a story well told slowly but anxiously build to extremely energetic peaks of excitement. All of this done with a powerful guitar and drum supported by a symphany of instruments...almost like a soundtrack to life, thus my point.
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93 'Til Infinity
Souls of Mischief Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000506 Release Date: 1993-09-28 |
Tracks:
- Let 'Em Know
- Live And Let Live
- That's When Ya Lost
- A Name I Call Myself
- Disseshowedo
- What A Way To Go Out
- Never No More
- 93 'Til Infinity
- Limitations
- Anything Can Happen
- Make Your Mind Up
- Batting Practice
- Tell Me Who Profits
- Outro
Customer Reviews:
Stone Cold Classic.......2007-06-19
4 1/2 stars?.......2007-06-16
BACK TO BASICS.......2006-11-05
Amazing album.......2006-09-26
West Coast Boom Bap.......2006-09-18
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Falling Into Infinity
Dream Theater Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002HPT Release Date: 1997-09-23 |
Tracks:
- New Millennium
- You Not Me
- Peruvian Skies
- Hollow Years
- Burning My Soul
- Hell's Kitchen
- Lines In The Sand
- Take Away My Pain
- Just Let Me Breathe
- Anna Lee
- Trial Of Tears: It's Raining / Deep In Heaven / The Wasteland
Customer Reviews:
Uneven and inconsistent, but still Dream Theater.......2007-06-29
I sometimes look at albums in terms of the good, the bad, and the ugly, but this is Dream Theater we're talking about, so I'll revise my criteria a bit.
The Good - Despite the most un-prog use of the word "baby", album opener New Millennium is actually a pretty good song. Peruvian Skies is also quite good, and reminiscent of something you'd find on Awake. The instrumental Hell's Kitchen and the ballad Hollow Years are also good songs. The James LaBrie-penned ballad Anna Lee is quite nice, though a bit out of character for the band. I get the feeling the band blamed LaBrie for this album's shortcomings, as it would take a full decade before they let him anywhere near the songwriting process again.
The Decent - You Not Me, Burning My Soul, Take Away My Pain, Just Let Me Breathe. These aren't bad songs per se, but they just don't reach Dream Theater's high standards. Compared to the better moments on Falling into Infinity, these sub-par tracks only serve to distract from an otherwise good album.
The Brilliant - The highlights of this album are the songs Lines in the Sand (featuring Doug Pinnick of King's X) and Trial of Tears. These two lengthy epics represent everything I love about Dream Theater - the synergy of technicality, progression, melody, and emotion. If the album contained only these songs, it would be worth 5 stars easily.
I suppose if I'm truly honest with myself, Falling into Infinity would get a 3.5-star rating, but the presence of Trial of Tears and Lines in the Sand make it worth at least 4 stars. It's uneven. It's inconsistent. It's also the album that served as a wake up call for the band and inspired them to take control of their destiny and make the kind of music their fans wanted to hear (see Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory for proof).
Most underatted DT album.......2007-06-28
Let me start off by saying that if you want to get into DT, this is not the album to start with. DT is way far away from what they usually do in this album, so you won't get the right impression.
If you're a hardcore fan, SAVE THIS ALBUM FOR LAST. After really getting into all the other albums b/c I ignored this b/c I heard it was a flop, it was a real treat at the end.
If you're somewhat of a fan, don't prioritize it over Images and Words, Awake, or Metropolis 2.
Ok so the REAL review:
New Millenium: Wow, this is an awkward song. Loose feel, and pretty groovy, in a good way. All right, but this is DT, and when in the WORLD would they ever put the words "baby" in there music? NOWHERE but here. And it works too. Not a good intro, but there isn't anything else that would work better choosing out of the songs on this album. 9/10
You Not Me: You see, John Petrucci worked with some other non DT member in writing the lyrics, and this is what happens. Its so one-dimensional, and, I hate to say it, boring. Worst song on the album. 6/10
Peruvian Skies: Wow, this is one of the best DT songs. Its good. LaBrie isn't weak on this one either. Nice slow build to the jamming session with JP and MP. 10/10
Hollow Years: Oh man, this would have been AWESOME if it was done before LaBrie injured his vocal cords. Nice slow beautiful lyrical song. I wouldn't even classify it as metal, maybe soft rock. Catchy too, but LaBrie is real exposed and it keeps the song from scoring a 10. 9/10
Burning My Soul: Lousy lyrics. Lousy catchy little noises. This is NOT Dream Theater. Second worst song on the album, but still better than most mainstream music. 6.5/10
Hell's Kitchen: Not one of their instrumental tracks that shines like The Dance of Eternity or Stream of Consciousness, but there's nothing really bad to say about it. 10/10
Lines in the Sand: Beautiful, lyrical, unfortunately LaBrie's accident doesn't help it. 9/10
Take Away My Pain: Lovely song dedicated to JP's father. Unfortunately, LaBrie makes a few notes kind of ugly, but not too many. 9.5/10
Anna Lee: LaBrie is exposed, but he sings quite well despite his accident. Beautiful song. 10/10
Trial of Tears: Whoa. Up there with Learning to Live, a Change of Seasons, Octavarium, etc. 15/10
Very good music by amazing musicians.......2007-05-15
Where they started to lose me.......2007-04-18
I hate doing this but this is really more like 3.5.......2007-04-10
Anyways, I'm sort of rambling now so I'm going to end it. Basically in a nutshell, this is still Dream Theater so I can't say it's a bad cd but don't expect the usual high par musicianship you generally will get with Dream Theater. This is their weakest effort by far.
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Infinity on High - Deluxe Limited Edition
Fall Out Boy Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000LW7UWS Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Thriller
- The Take Over, The Brakes Over
- This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
- I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Mee & You)
- Hum Hallelujah
- Golden
- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
- Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?
- The (After) Life Of The Party
- The Carpal Tunnel Of Love
- Bring The Doldrums
- Fame < Infamy
- You're Crashing But You're No Wave
- I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers
Customer Reviews:
Excellent album........2007-07-12
Now leaving Happyville, all aboard..........2007-06-29
I know. It sounds like an odd number, however, I have good reason for it.
To prep you, this album is much more emphasis on the rock than previous albums have. I'd describe it as prevous albums as more punk, with this being the Fallout Rock. As in it's rock but it's filled with that dark adn gloomy yet also cheerfuly sounding lyrics that make FOB just who they are.
While much of the cd is amazing(sans 2 songs) there are 3 that shine above the rest.
First is Your crashing, but your not a wave. It has that feeling of a political messege but at the same time it has this feeling like it's all jsut a joke.
Second is Thnks fr th mmrs which is catchy, dark, and classic FOB. It gives a sense of irony and a sense of FU. It should be noted that some people have objected to the song for it's gay implications that can be interpeted from the lyrics acording to several listeners, However, The song is still quite good,regardless of what a person thinks it implies, and furthermore anyone who listens to FOB should not be expecting something tame in terms of middle class, closeted white, america.
the third song is The Carpal Tunnel of Love. Filled with the classic play on words that makes FOB enjoyable to listen to and in many eyes their trademark sound, There is a feeling that comes along with this song that blows out of the water everything sans the above two.
now while much this review is my own opinion, the following is purely the reason i don't give the cd a perfect five is that i am not fond of golden and Hum hallej.
aLL in all, i consider this cd a very good purchese.
Now onto the Regular vs limited edition talk. unless your a diehard FOB fan and must own every version of each cd or just desperately need some tarot cards that say falloutboy on them and a happy cardboard case as opposed to the plastic jewel case the other version comes in, I'd say buy whichever version is cheaper.
Most certainly a buy.
loved this album.......2007-06-11
My favorite tracks:
I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears
The (After) Life Of The Party
Bring The Doldrums
Hum Hallelujah
I'm Like A Lawyer
A Great Way to Find a New Favorite Group.......2007-05-25
Just about any of the tracks on Infinity on High could have been singles; it's a shame that more of them didn't make on the air. What's interesting about them is the differences between them. They are all Fall Out Boy tunes to be sure, but each has different arrangements and instruments - even more so than their other releases. There's just an amazing range here. It's definitely not fourteen tracks of the same stuff using different cords. After buying this one and worried I must have missed some great music, I went back and got the releases I was missing. Most people tout the debut album, which was very good, but I've got to say, this one's my favorite of them all.
Great Cd, great sophomore album!.......2007-05-17
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Calculating Infinity
The Dillinger Escape Plan Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00001SVM6 Release Date: 1999-09-28 |
Tracks:
- Sugar Coated Sour
- 43 Percent Burnt
- Jim Fear
- *#..
- Destro's Secret
- The Running Board
- Clip The Apex...Accept Instruction
- Calculating Infinity
- 4th Grade Dropout
- Weekend Sex Change
- Variations On A Cocktail Dress
Customer Reviews:
Yikes.......2007-07-13
As good as it is, about 92.312435438973465% of people will probably absolutely hate this album. The reason why is each note is like getting shot in the face. Dissonant, jagged guitars pummel you while the insanely fast double-bass-prominent drumming kicks you in the balls while a man who must have swallowed a box of thumbtacks screams and screams and screams and screams at you.
But then, the instrumentals...
The band must have said, "OK, we don't want people to die by listening to this, so we better stick in some more mellow stuff". It's like going from eating cement to eating ice cream. Even when the instrumentals use dissonant guitars and fast drums like the songs with vocals, at least there's no screaming, and they just as often veer into jazz-rock territory or weird, ambient sound effects. More than anything, these show that the band can do more than kill you with sound.
I have made slight reference to, but never really overtly mentioned, the quality of the musicianship on this album. Even if you hate these guys, you have to admit they're really talented. Almost scary time signatures are played at insanely fast tempos, and then they do the mellow thing. Not only can they pull off multiple, usually very difficult things very well, it generally results in a great song.
Not all the songs sound the same, either. They did to me the first time I listened to them. But if you really pay attention, there's a world of difference and they are all cool.
In conclusion, just buy the @#$! thing. Even if it all sounds like sped-up sludge at first, you'll get accustomed to it and then, once you start to like it, you won't be able to live without it.
BUY NOW!
Beyond the apex!.......2007-06-14
The group's much hyped musical chops are indeed stellar in a psychotic way with blistering keyboard like guitar work and an impossibly tight rhythm section. There is a ton of stuff happening at once and in a short amount of time, so it's possible to hear the same song several times and still miss out; watch out for the twisted circus melody that gradually takes shape in "Jim Fear". Yet, despite the blazing guitars and god like rapid fire drumming the music is often paced at a jerky steady grind without the driving momentum often associated with speed metal or thrash. The experience of this album is more on par with getting tossed and slammed around in rapids than speeding down the highway. Musique concrete is also explored on several tracks with cryptic, sometimes creepy paranoid samples. Chris Pennie also has two lengthy drum solos on the instrumentals "*#" and the jazzy "Weekend Sex Change."
It should be noted that the music isn't really expressive or soulful, as evident by the cover art and album title the music is intentionally robotic, caculated, assaulting, and cold. When your ear does catch a funky head bopping groove, it often brings to mind a factory assembly line or clunking gears; this is most evident in the drill like riff that sandwhiches "43% Burned" and the album's surprisingly appealing title track that would borderline on smooth jazz if it wasn't for the crunchy guitars that puncutate the closing. The vocals are often barked or spoken word nonsense with a few memorable hooks chants and lines; an aspect of the band that would improve in the future with more rangeful and creative front men. Though later work would see DEP exploring simpler but even more creative and out their ideas, this is still the band at it's most complicated and endurance pushing; eclipsing the apex indeed. The appeal of this album lies in the creative cliche free way the songs provoke unease and paranoia, the sheer brutality of the album's assualt, and the stamina/technical talents of the musicans to dare bring these crazy ideas to life.
Classic of both extreme metal and experimental music.......2006-09-13
To give you a slight idea of what compromises a The Dillinger Escape Plan song, I'll take the longest track on the album "43% Burnt" (not including "Variations on a Cocktail Dress" because it finishes with 5 minutes of silence). It starts off with a strange breakdown that, just as you are getting used to its odd rhythm, launches into an incredibly strange and fast riff. Within less than 20 seconds this riff has switched between distorted and clean guitars, and then is replaced by a flurry of dissonant chording while a clean arpeggio is played over top of the chaos. The first riff comes back briefly before you are treated to Ben Weinman frantic lead guitar work. After another chaotic assault of arpeggios and dissonant chords the song hits a high point of intensity around the minute and a half mark. Before this climax really has time to sink in it is quickly funneled off into a strange jazzy clean section that transitions into a spurt of staccato chording. After this the band rockets back into the adrenaline rush of the climax of the song, letting it play itself out more fully and powerfully this time. Then the last minute or so of the song is take up by the same breakdown that was played at the start.
As you can tell, a lot goes on during Calculating Infinity, but there are two things about this density of ideas that make it great. First is the way the songs all flow cohesively from idea to idea. While at first it seems like a frantic mess of style switches, but as you listen to it more it becomes apparent that the songs do flow in a logical, though far from normal, manner. Nothing on the album is just a random style switch thrown in for fun, and everything is extremely well thought out. Second is the intensity that comes from the unsettlingly fast pace of the songs, the energy that The Dillinger Escape Plan put into the music, and the how ridiculously fast and complex the musicianship is - most notable Chris Pennie's drumming and Ben Weinman's lead guitar. While its originality and the fact that it practically created the technical metalcore genre on its own are the reasons that Calculating Infinity could be considered a classic in the realms of extreme or avant-garde music, I think The Dillinger Escape Plan's songwriting and intensity are really what make it a great and enjoyable piece of music.
noise? please..........2006-07-26
the arguments above, don't work, they don't stand for anything, they are invalid, they are nonsensical, this release is amazing and there is nothing else to it, and the people who hate it and claim it to be a record by "untalented people" is because they are so close-minded that they can't take some screams along with their daily dose of music, so they throw it away and never take the time to listen to it patiently
want some real noise? google the term "masonna"
Math Metal at its best.......2006-07-21
Being a music student for the past 6 years of my life, and playing guitar for the past 3, was still not enough preperation to completely understand this album. The guitarists are phenomenal, being able to pull off any key signature (7/4 what?) and any musical style, jazz or shock rock or math metal and fuse it all together in an incredibly catchy way. Their drummer is insane being able to be all over the place and yet go in a single direction all at once. In perspective, my friend who has played drums for 10 years and practices at least 2 or 3 hours a day, is still unable to play most of their songs. While some people criticize the band for the vocals being unnecessary, due to the amount of screaming, they fail to realize that the music that they listen to involve screaming as well, since pretty much ALL metal (despite newer bands like Trivium, and bands before the early 1990's) involves some sort of guy sounding like he's trying to channel satan himself through his throat (perhaps they're jealous since they can't write music like this).
All-in-all, if you are looking for something that you have never heard before, which I can guarantee you haven't, or are just curious to see what the hubbub is about, then you should definetly pick this album up.
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Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008WI90 Release Date: 2003-04-22 |
Tracks:
- The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
- The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
- Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
- Witness (Maurice Jarre)
- Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
- Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
- Halloween (John Carpenter)
- A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
- The Fly (Howard Shore)
- RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
- The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
- The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
- The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
- The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
- Brainstorm (James Horner)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
- My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
- The Dead (Alex North)
- Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
- The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
- Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)
Tracks:
- Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
- Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
- Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
- The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
- Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
- City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
- Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
- While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
- Babe (Nigel Westlake)
- The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
- The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
- A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
- Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
- Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
- Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
- Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)
Tracks:
- To Die For (Danny Elfman)
- The Player (Thomas Newman)
- Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
- Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
- 2001 (Alex North)
- Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
- The Crow (Graeme Revell)
- Blade (Mark Isham)
- The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
- Scream (Marco Beltrami)
- The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
- Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
- Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
- The Matrix (Don Davis)
- The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
- Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
- A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
- Pleasantville (Randy Newman)
Tracks:
- Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
- L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Rounders (Christopher Young)
- The Score (Howard Shore)
- The Replacements (John Debney)
- Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
- The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
- Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
- XXX (Randy Edelman)
- Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
- The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
- Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
- The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
- Cleopatra (Alex North)
- Life As A House (Mark Isham)
- Emma (Rachel Portman)
- In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
- Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
- One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
- Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
- Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
- Ice Age (David Newman)
- Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)
Customer Reviews:
A good value.......2007-05-17
The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25
Very good value.
Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.
A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23
Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06
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Dopes to Infinity
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002G30 Release Date: 1995-03-21 |
Tracks:
- Non-Audio Content
- Negsonic Teenage Warhead
- Look To Your Orb For The Warning
- All Friends And Kingdom Come
- Ego, The Living Planet
- Blow 'Em Off
- Third Alternative
- I Control, I Fly
- King Of Mars
- Dead Christmas
- Theme From 'Masterburner'
- Vertigo
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One of the last great heavy metal/psychedelic combinations, the early '80s tour "Black & Blue" featured Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult laying waste to stoned freaks nationwide. First you'd get blitzed by BOC's post-Armageddon, intellectual metal space show--"Don't Fear the Reaper", "Godzilla", and so on--and then, while everyone's brains were still reeling from too much rat weed and cheap booze, Sabbath would come out and bash everyone square between the eyes with two-ton riffs. Black and blue indeed. The members of Monster Magnet no doubt took in a few of these shows as whelps and have absorbed and regurgitated everything that made that tour so great on their record Dopes to Infinity. Witness some of the heaviest riffs you'll ever hear, and be dazzled by subtle acoustic numbers and instrumental wizardry. And if that's not enough for you, they've even thrown in a certified hit in "Negasonic Teenage Warhead", equal amounts BOC's "Godzilla" and Cream's "White Room." Like Kyuss and Corrosion of Conformity, Monster Magnet has suckled at Sabbath's teat, and though they owe the Sabs their existence, they've grown up and created their own vision. This is by far the best, most fully and successfully realized Monster Magnet record and will no doubt stand as one of the classic psychedelic metal albums of all time. --Adem TepedelenCustomer Reviews:
There is no such thing as bad MM........2007-05-21
Amazing...........2006-07-13
Build up the cosmic temple baby.......2006-05-19
Disappointing.......2005-06-10
butt!! However after listening to the whole album, nothing else even comes close to the energy
of that song. If you are looking for more of the same, you too, may be disappointed. I'm not a
stoner, so maybe I am missing something in this music. I was able to get this through the Amazon
marketplace for a couple of bucks, so I just think of it as the purchase of a really long CD
single :).
It's totally "Dope"........2004-07-14
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inFINity
Trout Fishing in America Manufacturer: Trout Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005NNKL Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- My Best Day
- Are We There Yet?
- Everything That's Made Of Wood
- You Can't Go
- Your Name Backwards
- Junk Food Jump
- Sailing
- It Did It All By Itself
- Happy That You're Here
- Dinosaur In Your Bathtub
- Simon Says
- It's Better Than That
- Something Sweet
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Trout Fishing in America records are the musical version of face licks from floppy-eared hounds--it doesn't get much friendlier than this. InFINity, the duo's 10th album and their fifth for kids, carries forth the warm, wet tradition. Here, Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood cast their nets far and wide, reeling in tunes that range from folk to Cajun to general kid stuff to a Shaft-meets-Charlie Brown brand of funk, as Grimwood aptly puts it. The result is a fun, musically faultless wackfest, which, even with all its varied influences, never once dips below a loyalist's expected pizzazz level. A case in point is "My Best Day," whose Paul Simon-ish intro paves the way to lyrics about kid euphoria: sister's evicted from her bedroom, a blue sparkle drum set is scored, etc. While it's snowing whipped cream and raining chocolate on that tune, trouble's brewing on "You Can't Go," on which a player piano teases the song's slothful target. "Your daddy tried to warn you and your mama told you so," but the homework didn't get done and the dog didn't get fed, so it's sayonara, Charlie. A few songs cast a line toward the very young--"Your Name Backwards" works spelling wonders on the just-learning-to-read set, and "Simon Says" and "Dinosaur in Your Bathtub" set standard cases of the sillies in motion. Older folks will want to take the bait too, and not only because songs like "Are We There Yet" beckon backseat bickerers to play along. This record, with its unmatched gloom-chasing quotient, isn't apt to cause parental embolisms, even after a seemingly inFINite number of spins. --Tammy La GorceCustomer Reviews:
Great for young kids!.......2005-09-28
The best children's band that has ever existed........2004-08-17
But after awhile, you begin to notice something that sets this album apart from the many other children's albums you've heard - the music is GOOD. It doesn't sound like children's music, it sounds like real, good folk music. And the lyrics... they're GOOD. They make sense. And they're funny. Oh, and they're not limited to folk, either. Check out the soft rock "Dinosaur In Your Bathtub" or the jazz "Everything That's Made of Wood".
This band has managed to create an album that not only is similar enough to children's music to hold kids' attentions and make them laugh, they've also made a great album for anyone who enjoys music.
And, adding on to their greatness, they have a great sense of humor. Tune to the second-to-last track, "It's Better Than That". The lyrics begin... "I got news for you kids who think adults are lucky - 'They own their own cars and everything's just ducky.' 'Going to bed whenever they want to.' If that's what you think, I've got a flash for you."
"Oh no," you think, "Not another song that's so filled with 'be good' messages, there's no room for real music or lyrics." Then the rest of the song continues. The surprise value of this song will have you laughing your head off the first time you hear it, so I won't reprint they lyric here. But let's just say that the song doesn't go the way you'd expect it to.
This album is the PERFECT children's album in that it combines good, clean music for children with good, funny music for adults.
I love Trout!!.......2003-05-14
The music is silly, intelligent, sly, outrageous and the fun comes through in every note. Having seen Trout in concert twice now, I can truthfully say that these are guys you want your kids to hang out with. In fact, you'll want to listen too.
The song "My Best Day" came out of a workshop Trout participated in with a bunch of kids all talking about what they wished they could have for their very best day. I think the part about "raining chocolate" came from Keith though. If you listen to Trout music, you will hear a distinct prejudice regarding all things chocolate.
Get this album, put it on loud and let the kids have a ball! I guarantee you will too.
These guys just keep getting better!.......2002-02-14
More Trout, please........2002-01-18
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