| 1. Everything |
| 2. Ai No Uta |
| 3. Everything (Hex Hector's Club Mix) |
| 4. Escape (Dj Watarai Remix) |
Everything,Misia,Bmg,World Music
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August and Everything After
Counting Crows Manufacturer: Geffen Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003TAP Release Date: 1993-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Round Here
- Omaha
- Mr. Jones
- Perfect Blue Buildings
- Anna Begins
- Time and Time Again
- Rain King
- Sullivan Street
- Ghost Train
- Raining In Baltimore
- A Murder Of One
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It's amazing the difference a year makes. Upon its release, August and Everything After sounded remarkably fresh, a welcome change from the crunch and screech of grunge. Blending the vocal athleticism of Van Morrison with the moody rock of The Band, the Counting Crows turned on a whole legion of fans turned off by modern rock. But what sounded fresh soon became stale as dozens of bands flocked to the radio with euthanized versions of the Counting Crows' sound. But you shouldn't hold that against the Crow boys. August and Everything After is a fantastic rock album. Though "Mr. Jones" was the moneymaker, the disc features such standout cuts as the dark lilt of "Anna Begins," the morose "Rain King," and the outstanding U2-meets-Grant Lee Buffalo anthem "Murder of One." Maybe time, and another listen, will heal the damage wrought. --Tod NelsonCustomer Reviews:
Favorite CD of all time.......2007-07-06
Brilliant debut album.......2007-07-02
Mr Jones, Round here and Rain king were the best songs on this cd but you could easily play from start to end and appreciate it. Their following albums are also good but their debut was certainly the best.
Soon after came Hootie and the Blowfish, Sister Hazel and Dave Matthews with similar sounds. But Counting Crows were first to bring back this sound.
August ... Is A Year-Round Classic!.......2007-05-23
Take my advice: BUY IT!
I have owned this album since its debut and I have found that it never ages. I listen to it often and find myself connecting with the deep lyric content. The timbre changes keep the songs fresh and interesting with the use of dobro, mandolin, and accordian. Adam Duritz's voice always seems to be fighting a battle that he is winning. This Translated West Coast sound employs a folk element, yet it is Rock; do not doubt it. The songs are finely crafted and you can listen to the whole album without ever hitting the skip button. The moods process from hopeful to meloncholy and back again. The lyric content is easily grasped and is a reflection of the feelings of most of Generation X, or anyone else that is still breathing. You will find it exceptional, I'm sure. So go ahead and order it.
A versatile collection of songs.......2007-04-22
The songs have been covered, re-done, played with a myriad of acoustic, electric, and string arrangements and they always hold up.
The lyrical potency of Murder of One, Anna Begins, Rain King, and ROund Here prove their timelessness again and again whether through individual listening or through application in film and TV.
This is a landmark album for the band, American rock,and the 90s
First Album I Ever Loved.......2007-04-11
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The Heart of Everything
Within Temptation Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000MQ3OSW Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
Tracks:
- Howling
- What Have You Done - Keith Caputo, Within Temptation
- Frozen
- Our Solemn Hour
- Heart of Everything
- Hand of Sorrow
- Cross
- Final Destination
- All I Need
- Truth Beneath the Rose
- Forgiven
Album Details
2007 Issued Fourth Studio Album by the Dutch Symphonic Metal Band. Within Temptation Once Again Prove Themselves as Peerless Purveyors of Quality Gotihic-tinged Rock, Produced Again by Daniel Gibson and Mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein). While the Epic Grandeur of the Band's Sound Remains, it Now Coexists with a More Contemporary "organic" Feel. Nowhere is this Highlighted More Than on the Single "What have You Done" (Featuring Life of Agony Vocalist Keith Caputo), which Manages to Be Both Passionate and Punchy. Elsewhere "Frozen" is a Classic, Streamlined Ballad and "The Howling" Swirling Tour-de-force.Customer Reviews:
Within Temptation keeps getting better.......2007-07-16
A solid effort.......2007-07-15
The focus of Within Temptation has always been lead singer Sharon den Adel. A natural untrained soprano who can sound amazingly like Kate Bush minus the screeching, Sharon still brings the angelic etherealness that is her trademark but shows off her lower range as well, particularly on "The Howling," "Final Destination" and "Our Solemn Hour," all of which stomp in the best possible way. I still don't quite understand why so many people believe that the first single "What Have You Done" sounds like Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life." It's true that the song is much more "commercial" than what WT usually does (although I still believe that "Angels" could have been a monster hit in America had it been marketed right) and both songs are essentially male/female duets, but the two songs sound nothing alike. If there is an Evanescence-like moment on the CD it's the closing song "Forgiven", which REALLY sounds like "My Immortal" both musically and lyrically. It's still a beautiful song, as is "Frozen," which in spite of a horribly overwrought video also has real American single potential. "The Heart of Everything" isn't perfect--the plodding "The Truth Beneath The Rose" and "All I Need" drag things down--but it's still one of the better CDs I've heard this year. WT got their first real U.S. exposure opening for Lacuna Coil this spring, but I have a feeling we're going to start seeing a lot more of them.
New WT Fan from USA.......2007-07-12
I am SO impressed and hopefully Within Temptation succeeds in their release here. I am so grateful that I stumbled across this group during a internet search. I listened to a few tracks on their myspace before buying this album and the 2004 "Silent Force". I can see after reading reviews of WT loyal fans the difference in the two albums; however they are both excellent and I see no room for dissappointment (Yes, I do like this 2007 album better than 2004 as it's more rock). Also, I have read loyal fans blogs and their dislike of reference comparing them to Evanescence, however, we don't have any other band to compare to for that awesome fantasy spine chilling night owl full moon gothic feel. They do not sound like Evanescence and you can't compare sharon and amy but they have the same fantasy like feel in a totally different sound that is excellent!
How this band has fallen!.......2007-07-10
Must have for Within Temptation fans! It does not disappoint!.......2007-07-03
Tracks:
1. Howling - Let's just say I cranked up the volume in preparation for the experience. When the Howling came blasting on with the haunting choir and Sharon's dark voice, it sent chills down my spine and brought tears to my eyes. This song is Within Temptation in true Silent Force mode with the music, choir, and Sharon's voice soaring high and beautifully. The song about killing and descent into madness definitely suits the music and singing. Rating - 10/10
2. What Have You Done - I was a bit put off at first that WT went with a guest singer in Keith Caputo on a song. I don't even know who that is. But surprisingly the guy doesn't have a bad voice (although one appearance is enough). I admit like the rest of the reviewers that this song sounds a lot like something Evanescence would do. But the issue is that I firmly believe Evanescence's last album to be a complete failure. This song is pretty good in tempo and dark mood in showing Evanescence how it is REALLY done. Rating - 8/10
3. Frozen - The first ballad of the album, but it is really a hard ballad when you really look at it. A haunting song about sacrifice that sees Sharon soaring with her voice in lamenting quality that will send more chills through you. As you can tell by this point as I did listening, this album has a darker overtone to it so far. Rating - 9/10
4. Our Solemn Hour - WOW! Just when you think another dark song would come out, this song literally explodes into a soaring melody of choir and Sharon's voice. I was a little put off at first by the guy talking a little in the background but you either learn to tune it out or accept it (it only happens at a few short points really, that's all). I accepted it as it fits the song well in talking about the destruction mankind is wreaking havoc in its sinfulness and Sharon pleading for the Holy Spirit to redeem and save us. Just the choir chanting "Sanctus Espiritus" is mind blowing! Then Sharon belting it out with everything she's got with her voice will blow it away even further! By far my favorite song on this album and would receive a 100 rating if I could! Unbelievable! Rating - 10/10!
5. The Heart of Everything - This song actually rather surprised me. Most all of us are used to Sharon soaring with her voice, but in this one she brings her voice down lower than I've every heard her before. And she pulls it off really well! Probably one of the most gothy songs on the album, reaching back to their earlier days with some of the subtle growling in the background. The darkest song yet to be sure. Rating - 8/10
6. Hand of Sorrow - If Our Solemn Hour wasn't on this album, this song would easily be the hit of the album. It is much like the song mentioned but with less choir. In Hand of Sorrow you can hear Sharon more clearly in her melodic voice. Again she cuts loose with her vocals in this incredible song about a tortured soul torn between his love and his oath of honor in which often makes pay the price in doing terrible things. Another hit! 10/10
7. The Cross - Track number seven isn't 'lucky number seven' for Within Temptation. This is the one song on the whole album where they tripped and fell flat on their face. It starts off with Sharon high pitched like Mariah Carey before you hear her "Ah ah ah ah ah aaaaahhhhh!" repeatedly! It sounds like some weird laughing that is seriously distracting and annoying. I gritted my teeth trying to listen through the whole song but I only made it 2/3 of the way through. WT would best be wise to avoid this kind of style like the plague in the future. Rating - 3/10
8. Final Destination - WT gets off the ground and dusts themselves off as they redeem themselves with this track about escaping death but leading into paranoia about death around every corner and how easily fragile life can be snatched away. Sharon once again drops her voice down but not so much of the time in this one as she is soon back to singing high with her angelic voice. Rating - 9/10
9. All I Need - The first real ballad of the album. No choir. Very little guitars. Just Sharon singing passionately with drum and orchestra about the hope found in love. A big contrast compared to the darkness of most of the album but a really nice touch. In this we get to see Sharon's versatility in being able to sing a great love ballad. Rating - 8/10
10. The Truth Beneath the Rose - Back to the darkness we go! The choir never ceases to fail as they explode into a haunting chant before Sharon comes in to sing this song about the inner turmoil and battle a person faces with the evil inside oneself while praying for forgiveness for sins committed. The longest song on the album is what it ends up being but you barely notice as the whole song captivates you all the way through! Outstanding! Rating - 10/10
11. Forgiven - Get your tissues out for this one cause you WILL need it. This song has only Sharon's voice, violin, and a Piano in a haunting song of grief over losing a loved one and being left behind. I was left in tears by the end of the song. Her voice is so bitterly sweet that it will no doubt touch most everyone's heart. It brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it, reminding me of loved ones I miss so much. Simply Beautiful doesn't begin to describe it. Rating - 10/10
Overall this album is much like a mixture of Silent Force and Mother Earth that really makes for memorable songs. While it falls just short of the incredible album Silent Force, it is another fine installment by Within Temptation that will keep me as a fan for a long time! This album is a must have for other fans and for anyone interested in this group. I love it!
Overall Rating - 9/10
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The Battle For Everything
Five for Fighting Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00012FNDG Release Date: 2004-02-03 |
Tracks:
- NYC Weather Report
- The Devil in the Wishing Well
- If God Made You
- 100 Years
- Angels & Girlfriends
- Dying
- Infidel
- Disneyland
- Maybe I
- The Taste
- One More For Love
- Nobody
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Math wiz and multi-instrumentalist John Ondrasik's third album under his rather misleading Five For Fighting rubric shows that he's lost little of the cranky ire that he unleashed on American Town, but this time his targets are a little closer to home. He skews faithless friends and bad habits on the tetchy opening track "NYC Weather report," oddly borrowing from both Guns N' Rose's "Paradise City," and Barbara Streisand's "People" to hammer his ornery point home, before training his sights on the human life span, fleeting relationships, and even Disneyland. But it isn't until "Girlfriends and Angels," that he shows his real brilliance, imagination and grit; Ondrasik finds the exact place where the Beach Boys intersects with the Velvet Underground and plants himself in that spot, spewing out his own hard won romantic philosophies, proving once again that the hunter does indeed get captured by the game. More ribald, sonically inventive, and lyrically edgy, The Battle For Everything, shows that Ondrasik's combative days may be behind him. --Jaan UhelszkiCustomer Reviews:
The Battle for Everything Five for Fighting.......2007-03-18
Very good! John is amazing!.......2007-03-09
trying to believe.......2007-03-05
The album's opener, 'NYC Weather Report', fairly lilts. Ondrasik's irony seems less bent on anger venting than on description of life as a stranger, one passing through with wistful memories of places and relationships that failed but somehow cast their expectation forward into destinations that await the end of this moment in the journey. Back, yet somehow forward, to New York City.
The man can also sing a mean love song. Shades of Sting's lyricism haunt 'If God Made You':
'Hey Kid .. Your time has come to change
Though I need you more than I've needed anyone in any way tonight
Hey Kid ... I know it won't be long
The Captain's calling .. come to see you back where we belong
Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this ...
Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire coulds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me'
Ondrasik places the chord transition exactly where it releases the listener's attentive energy. The man can score a song.
Then comes the high-air-play '100 Years', a wistful survey of live's brevity that conjures up Cat Stevens, John Mellencamp, and Billy Joel. Ondrasik stands up just fine in such company. It's a tune made for hearing over and over again, then once more.
'Dying' underscores Ondrasik's thickening credentials as a baladeer of lost love, though hardly with the campiness that such a description might suggest. It sounds real, not postured. Ondrasik has been criticized, of course, for the latter. This album should in part quiet that angle of criticism.
In my judgment, the balance of anger with deeper and more varied sentiments, together with Ondrasik's growth as a writer, make THE BATTLE FOR EVERYTHING his first five-star offering. One feels confident it will not be his last.
Five for Fighting-The Battle for Everything.......2007-02-25
A Winner!.......2006-12-08
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Everything Will Never Be OK
Fiction Plane Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008J2L7 Release Date: 2003-03-11 |
Tracks:
- Listen To My Babe
- Everything Will Never Be OK
- Cigarette
- Hate
- Soldier Machismo
- I Wish I Would Die
- Fallow
- Real Real
- Everybody Lies
- Sickness
- Silence
- Wise
Customer Reviews:
Good tunes!!.......2007-06-27
I also enjoy the style of music FP seems to gravitate towards. They're sort of mildly dark, a grey feel, and they tell stories without telling stories. I dunno, give em a listen and decide for yourself.
Some hope for rock?.......2005-05-26
I knew they were "Sting's son's band", but I am a jaded 54 year old who has seen it all starting with my first concert being Hendrix in the fall of 1968. I went in early to see.
There is so much junk being passed off as popular music these days, heck Philadelphia even lost its only decent Alt Rock station earlier this year. Sons of popular performers have really done very little but coat-tail on daddy's name.
In spite of or because of his Father's influence Joe has put together a band that really impressed me. Live they were an opening act that you didn't really want to get off the stage. I bought the album at intermission (sorry, Amazon) and have been listening to it since, wishing I had been familiar with them prior to seeing them. Interestingly enough, I recognized nearly every track from the live performance first time round.
An occasional sophomoric lyric belies Joe's youth, but generally for a debut from a famous son this is a very hopeful album that is damn good as a stand-alone. Somewhat remininsent of the energy and pathos that forged the Police and the occasional uncanny resemblance of Joe's voice to Gordon's (especially "Silence"), this band is its own and by any standard of rock a band to be eagerly followed.
I look forward to what is hopefully to come and the next opportunity to see them in a live show.
Fantastic debut. Recommended for those bored with pop!.......2005-05-18
While my evaluation was initially instigated by seeing the band perform, opening for Sting at 2 shows, actually listening to the CDs brings FP's package together. The band's lyrics shower the listener with an array of emotions, while the musical dexterity displayed by each member launches them into a genre all their own. Yes, FP has its share of faux-ballads discussing relationships and life-lessons, however they are subversively concealed behind boisterous and genre-leaping songwriting. While the band itself cites NIRVANA as a distinct influence, I am more inclined to believe that FP's style is a monstrous hybrid of RADIOHEAD, MAROON 5, early POLICE, PORCUPINE TREE (check out the `ghost track' following "Wise", loaded with esoteric, progressive rock overtones) and a touch of early DURAN DURAN (especially in the lyric department). I would guess that FP wanted to get out of the gates and show the world a little bit of everything that comprises them, and this debut CD does just that. That in itself is probably the album's one downside - the fact that they move in so many different directions during the course of one disc that the listener is not offered a solid impression of what the band is truly about.
However, one cannot hold that against a young band on its debut release. New acts are usually pressured by labels to create one or two strong `radio-friendly' cuts, leaving the rest of the album for the band to noodle with as filler. However, rather than play that game, FP went out on a limb and broke down walls that would otherwise limit them to one sect of listenership. As there may be one or two songs on the disc that I would chalk up as `growing pains', there are still ten very strong tracks showing the range and intensity of a band that is primed for evolution and success. Excellent standout tracks, in addition to the aforementioned ghost track, include the funky "Listen To My Babe", the incredibly cynical "Hate", and the mixed metaphor "Cigarette". I implore you, check out FICTION PLANE; the best band you've never heard on the radio!
What an Experience!.......2005-05-05
FANTASTIC~!!!!.......2005-05-04
once i found out who was opening for sting, and to find out that it was his son... i'd figure i'd wait and see how he sounded before getting the albums... Joe's voice is fantastic.. a nice cross between early sting and bono... and with good looks to boot!!.. thank god for nearly front row seating right in line with the mic... as soon as his set was done, i had to rush right out and get both albums (this and the ep) before they sold out...
"cigarette" is definitely one of my fav's...
definitely really great original music...
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Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends
Original TV Soundtrack Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009MAPXG Release Date: 2005-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Feelin' Good - Nina Simone
- Amazing Life - Jem (exclusive track)
- Everything Is Everything - Phoenix
- A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
- Breathe Me - Sia
- Lucky - Radiohead
- Time Is On My Side - Irma Thomas
- Angajou (The Latin Project Remix) - Bebel Gilberto
- Direction - Interpol (exclusive track)
- Don't Fear The Reaper - Caesars (exclusive track)
- Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
- Cold Wind - The Arcade Fire (exclusive track)
- Lonely Little Petunia - Imogen Heap
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It seems an easy task to put together a CD for a series about a funeral home...pick some songs about death and make people smirk on topic for a moment before they toss it into the soundtrack graveyard. But this is not a disc to be tossed away. Six Feet Under: Everything Ends is a collection of music that feels exactly like the series: a floaty-bordering-on-surreal batch of greatness. The disc starts off with an underrated track from Nina Simone, the sultry "Feeling Good." Fans of Coldplay and Radiohead will certainly be familiar with their previously-released tunes ("A Rush of Blood to the Head" and "Lucky" respectively) but the best element of this disc is that it gives lesser-known, musically-similar artists a push. After all, finding Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism" and Sia's fragile "Breathe Me" on pop radio is, well...let's stick to the theme and use the "snowball's chance in hell" analogy. There are a host of great, previously unreleased and exclusive tracks on this CD: Jem's Dido-esque "Amazing Life," the Caesars' "Don't Fear The Reaper" cover, Interpol's discordant and dark "Direction" and Arcade Fire's wonderful "Cold Wind"--a whispered, frail, and beautiful soundscape, perfect to watch hearses off drive into sunsets by. --Denise SheppardCustomer Reviews:
Six Feet and feeling good.......2007-07-13
Great soundtrack for a great show.......2007-05-11
Six Feet Under, Vol 2: Everything ends.......2007-04-11
Uneven Compilation.......2007-03-16
Sia's "Breath Me", which provided the soundtrack to the dying minutes of the terminal episode of Six Feet Under, brings back memories of the show and still sounds good without the wonderful elegiac visuals. Everything else on the CD sounds tired. Alan Ball & Co. deserve a lot of credit for including songs on the show from unknown bands, but not many of these choices stand the test of time.
If you like the music from Six Feet Under then you'll like this soundtrack.......2007-03-13
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Everything All the Time
Band of Horses Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000E6GBV2 Release Date: 2006-03-21 |
Tracks:
- The First Song
- Wicked Gil
- Our Swords
- The Funeral
- Part One
- The Great Salt Lake
- Weed Party
- I Go To The Barn Cause I Like The
- Monsters
- St. Augustine
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This Seattle-based band was formed from the ashes of the incredibly talented Carissa's Wierd [sic], whose mopey and self-deprecating songs were like some magical and baroque combination of the Magnetic Fields, Cat Power, and Leonard Cohen. Longtime friends of Iron and Wine, few fans in their native Pacific Northwest could understand why Carissa's weren't huge. But they weren't, and after three albums and few folks really caring, they naturally broke up. Band of Horses, led by ultra-charming CW bassist Ben Bridwell, is a remarkably different, though just as radically excellent, brand of indie-pop sulk. These songs are anthems to ambivalence, and Bridwell's lovely high-pitched trill will please any fan of Built to Spill, the Shins, and Modest Mouse. It takes a few listens to sink in, but Everything is transcendent, shimmering, layered, and smartass emo-pop fully ready for stadium saturation. --James CondeAlbum Description
Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa's Wierd. Carissa's Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band Of Horses rises from those ashes. Buoyed by Bridwell's warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which channel a strange brew of Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, and Doug Martsch), the group's woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing, and hope. Both raggedly epic and delicately pensive, this is an album painted gorgeously in fragile highs and lows.Customer Reviews:
some beautiful songs.......2007-07-05
whatever, i know i'm late but..........2007-06-18
Great melody........2007-05-27
good, but NOT great.......2007-04-04
Oh.......2007-03-30
Seriously. Use other vowels. They're all free.
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Everything Is Illuminated
Manufacturer: Tvt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AYEIMW Release Date: 2005-09-06 |
Tracks:
- Paul Cantelon--Odessa Medley
- Leningrad--Zvezda Rok-N-Rolla
- Csokolom--Amari Szi Amari
- Leningrad--Dikiy Muzhchina
- Paul Cantelon--Prologue/Babushka
- Paul Cantelon--Little Jonathan/The Wall
- Gogol Bordello--Bublitschki
- The Con Artists feat. Peter Miser Ya-takoy
- Leningrad--Malen'kiy Mal'chik
- Tin Hat Trio--Fear of the South
- Paul Cantelon--River Of Collections
- Paul Cantelon--Tank Graveyard/Valse de Suzana/Dee-yed
- Paul Cantelon--Sunflowers
- Paul Cantelon--War Is Love/eta-Ya
- Paul Cantelon--Trachimbrod/Ressurection/Requiem
- Paul Cantelon--Inside-Out
- Gogol Bordello Start Wearing Purple
Album Description
"Everything Is Illuminated" is the directorial debut of actor Liev Schrieber and an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling novel. A blend of high comedy and great tragedy, the film tells the story of a young American man, played by Elijah Wood (The Lord of The Rings trilogy), who journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman whom he believes saved his grandfather from the Nazis all those years ago.The soundtrack features two new songs from high energy New York City based gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, including one track not on their current cd. (Note: Gogol Bordello's lead singer plays a role in "Everything Is Illuminated"). Also included are gypsy folk songs from Russia and the Ukraine by Leningrad, Arkadie Severmie, Csokolom and Tin Hat Trio. And finally, Paul Cantelon's ethnic score ties together this nicely cohesive soundtrack.
Customer Reviews:
Marvelous.......2007-06-13
1. Odessa Medley: 9/10 - Enjoyable, with fun instruments. It builds up into an intricate array of instruments and melodies, and really picks up at the end, tempting you to let it sweep you along into the movie's crazy world. A great overture to the movie.
2. Leningrad, Zvezda Rok-N-Rolla: 8/10 - Oh, the drama! Leningrad is a Russian band. All of their songs on this album are crazy and fun and fit the craziness of the movie to a T. The horns are wonderful.
3. Csokolom, Amari Szi Amari: 10/10 - Superbly catchy, with that quirky, old feel dominant in the film, this song is a laidback sort of fun. It's the only song on the album not in Ukrainian, Russian, or English: it's Hungarian. This doesn't matter, however, because it fits so perfectly with the feel of the movie.
4. Leningrad, Dikiy Muzhchina: 10/10 - I LOVE this song. It's one my favorites here. The title means "Wild Man" in Russian, and it is definitely a very wild and (dare I say it again?) fun song. The lyrics really are just plain fun to sing along to, even if you don't speak Russian. You can practically feel the energy. In fact, I just now started to sing to it again...
5. Prologue/Babushka: 9.5/10 - This is where a darker mood begins to edge in. It sinks into a waltz that is more bittersweet than tragic, and then slows down to make way for a sweeping, haunting tune. Lovely.
6. Little Jonathan/The Wall: 9/10 - Playful, but once more in a bittersweet sort of way. After awhile it switches gears, swooshing up with energy, befores changing back to that haunting feeling of "Babushka" that I like to think of as simply The Past.
7. Gogol Bordello, Bublitschki: 8/10 - Time for some fun again. This instrumental piece by an immensely talented band (actually, Eugene Hutz, who plays Alex, is the lead singer of Gogol Bordello) mixes an irresistible beat with a traditional Slavic sound.
8. The Con Artists, Peter Miser, Ya-takoy: 9/10 - This definitely brings one back to the silliness of Alex in the beginning of the film. With snippets of his unbelievably hilarious dialogue and an urban beat going in the background, you'll be sucked right in.
9. Leningrad, Malen'kiy Mal'chik: 9/10 - Great fun! Leningrad never fails to entertain with this lazy collection of horns and vocals.
10. Tin Hat Trio, Fear of the South: 8/10 - Here's a piece to relax to. It's lighthearted and fresh.
11.Paul Cantelon, River of Collections: 9/10 - With breathy strings, "River of Collections" urges you quietly but with instistence along the river of The Past.
12. Paul Cantelon, Tank Graveyard/Valse de Suzana/Dee-yed: 9.5/10 - Here is the tragedy I've been referring to. It's sad. Almost unbearably so. It sweeps you up in the conflict of the characters, teasing you with peaks at the truth before fading back into the darkness.
13. Paul Cantelon, Sunflowers: 10/10 - Ukrainian, I believe. Haunting, with strong vocals that cast a spell.
14. Paul Cantelon, War Is Love/eta-Ya: 9.5/10 - It begins with lazy simplicity, but toward the end bursts into a powerful and urgent message.
15. Paul Cantelon, Trachimbrod/Ressurection/Requiem: 10/10 - Simply beautiful. About halfway through, the urgency of the previous tracks finally builds up for the climax, whooshing over you bitterly, sadly, and with almost a sense of determination. Again, it's tragic. You don't hear the lightheartedness of previous tracks, but the slight nudging of a past that doesn't want to haunt: it just wants to resolve itself. To exist.
16. Paul Cantelon, Inside-Out: 10/10 - And it does resolve itself. Here is another bittersweet piece. But this time, it carries a touch of enlightenment (illumination?) with it.
17. Gogol Bordello, Start Wearing Purple: 10/10 - This was the absolutely most perfect song the movie could have ended with. It switches the film seamlessly back into that feel of silly hilarity, single-handedly managing to leave the audience uplifted - a sore necessity for such a partly bleak film!
Overall, one of my favorite soundtracks out there. Whether you've seen the (remarkable) movie or not, get this! It is gorgeous, beautiful, fantastic, powerful, uplifting, and itching to tell you something you've known all your life but just can't quite grasp. In short, a brilliant piece of work.
music.......2007-06-02
Interesting.......2007-03-18
funny, amusing and often very moving. It's got a shocking thread to it,
but not without humor. I also liked the surprise ending. The music was great!
Should have won an Academy Award!!!.......2007-03-15
Anita in Albuquerque Nm ....also a collector
Just Plain Fun.......2007-02-02
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection
Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000I0XW Release Date: 1999-06-01 |
Tracks:
- The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera
- Song & Dance: Unexpected Song
- Aspects Of Love: Chanson D'enfance
- The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You
- Evita: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
- Evita: Another Suitcase In Another Hall
- Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything
- Friends For Life
- Cats: Memory
- Cats: Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Aspects Of Love: Anything But Lonely
- Cats: Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Tell Me On A Sunday/Song & Dance: Tell Me On A Sunday
- The Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- Requiem: Pie Jesu
- The Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night
Amazon.com essential recording
Sarah Brightman's career was launched by her success in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, so it's no surprise to hear the soprano paying homage to the composer on this disc. Really a Brightman best-of, the album includes the Phantom theme (a duet with Michael Crawford), the light-opera fare of "Chanson D'enfance" from Aspects of Love, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita, and numerous other Lloyd Webber classics. Throughout, Brightman's diminutive voice lends a fragility to these musical theater tunes that you'll either love or despise. On Evita's "Another Suitcase, Another Hall" and Cats' "Memory," she literally chirps through the vocal lines. No matter. The growing legion of Brightman fans wouldn't have it any other way. --Jason VerlindeAlbum Details
Another Compilation of Stage Favourites - Some Tracks Are Hard to Find Elsewhere.Customer Reviews:
The Andrew Lloyd Weber Collection.......2007-05-12
Andrew Lloyd Webber .......2007-02-12
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection.......2007-01-05
The Best You'll See from Sarah.......2006-09-09
I also recommend Charlotte Church - (in her earlier career) - including Voice of an Angel and her self-titled album. I also recommend Love Changes Everything - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection Vol.2 - just another grouping of Webber's classics. I also recommend Andrea Boucelli - he's awesome!
The Angel of Music.......2006-03-13
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Everything in Transit
Jack's Mannequin Manufacturer: Maverick ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000A1INNA Release Date: 2005-08-23 |
Tracks:
- Holiday From Real
- The Mixed Tape
- Bruised
- I'm Ready
- La La Lie
- Dark Blue
- Miss Delaney
- Kill the Messenger
- Rescued
- MFEO Pt 1 Made for Each Other
- MFEO Pt 2 You Can Breathe
- Into the Airwaves
Album Description
Jack's Mannequin, the angst-flavored, SoCal-vibed side project of Something Corporate's singer-song-writer Andrew McMahon, debuted live at SXSW and now debuts on album with Everything in Transit. Produced by Jim Wirt (Incubus, Alien Ant Farm), and featuring Motley Crue's Tommy Lee on drums, Everything in Transit offers yet another stage for the ethereal voice of an iconoclastic performer who is among alt-rock's most popular artists.Customer Reviews:
Best Yet .......2007-03-15
Call it a comeback.......2007-03-09
Brilliant and Intense.......2007-02-15
even north ,which i think is their less worst record,but mcmahon's jack's mannequin deliver amazing piano driven songs with so much grace that makes you wanna jump around the room,or just reflect a little bit 'bout life.
good music
i'm glad that he's ok
unbelievable.......2007-01-27
Good choice!.......2007-01-10
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Everything Under The Sun
Sublime Manufacturer: Geffen Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000IU3YFK Release Date: 2006-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Roots Of Creation
- Ebin (O.G.)
- Ball And Chain
- Date Rape Stylee
- Perfect World
- Johnny Too Bad Freestyle
- Smoke Two Joints
- I'm Not A Loser
- 91 Freestyle
- KXLU Interview
- DJ's
- Shame In Dem Game
- Get Out! (Acoustic)
- Angelo
- Mic Control
- Farther I Go
- One Cup Of Coffee/Judge Not
- Lou Makes Friends
- Greatest Hits
- Voodoo (Part 2)
Tracks:
- Youth Are Getting Restless
- Scarlet Begonias
- Right Back
- New Thrash
- Jailhouse
- Pawn Dub
- STP
- Badfish
- House Of Suffering
- We're Only Gonna Die
- Great Stone
- WBCN Interview
- Saw Red
- WBCN Interview 2/Minor Threat
- Legalize It (Dave Aron Mix)
- 5446
- All You Need (Ashworth Mix)
- Forman Freestyle
- Prophet
- Miami
Tracks:
- Marley Medley
- Paddle Out (Ruff Mix)
- Caress Me Dub
- Foolish Fool
- Westwood One Interview
- 89 Vision
- Sweet Little Rose
- Garden Grove (Take 2)
- Just Another Day
- Prince Of Sin
- I Love My Dog Dub
- At It Again
- Wrong Way (Acoustic)
- New Realization (Acoustic)
- Boss D.J.
- Real Situation
- Date Rape
- Soundcheck Jam
- Doin' Time (Snoop Time Remix)
- Doin' Time (Tricked Out Life Sentence Remix)
Amazon.com
Thank fans for this completist's dream: they petitioned the remaining members of the Sublime, a decade after Bradley Nowell's death by misadventure, to disgorge this collection of rarities, outtakes, and unreleased material. While a little overwhelming in its sheer volume, it deftly illustrates what a compelling shape-shifter Nowell was, even during his most discombobulated and boozy moments. Those unvarnished moments are captured here--taken from backstage parties, live radio shows, and their very first demos--along with some of the bands' more formed moments, whether sharing a stage with Gwen Stefani or being remixed by Long Beach crony Snoop Dogg before he became Top Dogg. Whether channeling the acerbic and fearless sound of Bad Brains (H.R. appears here on a cover of his "Shame in Dem Game"), duplicating the vocal idiosyncrasies and guitar angst of Jimi Hendrix on a song like "Voodoo (Part 2)," or inhabiting the righteous ire of "Catch a Fire" Bob Marley, this collection is a sonic history of a band in the process of becoming one the more seminal purveyors of ska punk, and multiplatinum artists as a result. An evolutionary history, really, this exhaustive collection includes some rather revelatory film footage, including an impish MTV interview prior to their Warped Tour appearance and another one conducted in tandem with Washington, D.C., hardcore avatars Minor Threat. --Jaan UhelszkiCustomer Reviews:
Just Plain Awesome........2007-06-18
On a side note; listening to these songs really makes you sad to realize how talented Brad and the band actually were, and what they could have became.
FYI, the next review..........2007-06-15
As for this boxset, I actually haven't heard it yet but am interested and wanted to see if it was any good when I came across this guy's post. Had to say soemthing. Michael Bolton...seriously????
WHY ?.......2007-05-28
Sublime...at their best!.......2007-05-14
Sublime Box DVD Easter Egg.......2007-04-26
To access "DJ," on the Main Menu keep the highlight on the option for 'Roll It' and press the arrow keys on your DVD remote in this order: Right, Down, Left, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up. This will automatically play the clip.
To access "Pool Shark," on the second menu page for 'The Cuts' put the highlight on "Main Menu" and press the arrow keys on your DVD remote in this order: Right, Left, Right, Left, Up, Up, Down, Down. This will change the highlight to the color green and then press the Enter/OK button on your remote to access it.
And if you haven't taken the time to notice, each menu is a full-length song, bonus tracks in their own right.
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