Music Museum

1. Hidjaz Taksim

2. In Foreign Lands

3. Halay Dance

4. Hussein's Solo - Saz

5. Three Face Folk Dance

6. Reminisce With Oud

7. Return

8. Birds in the Sky

9. Hijaz Fantasy

10. Peshref Veli Dede

11. Mahour Saz

12. Stood Up Swaying

13. Rust Taksim - Saz

14. Welcome the Train

Music Museum,Various Artists,Thunder Creek,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Turkish,V/a Compilations,World Music

Average customer rating: Glorious indeed SGM continues to impress Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is in glorious times something is missing... From a non-fan...wow!

In Glorious Times Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Manufacturer: The End Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Anonymous Path of Most Resistance Grand Opening and Closing Given to the Rising Of Natural History ASIN: B000PFU9U6 Release Date: 2007-05-29

Tracks:

1. Companions
2. Helpless Corpses Enactment
3. Puppet Show
4. Formicary
5. Angle of Repose
6. Ossuary
7. Salt Crown
8. Only Dance
9. Greenless Wreath
10. Widening Eye
11. Putrid Refrain

Album Description

Rock-against-Rock pioneers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum celebrate the extremes of sonic debilitation, with this muffled cry into the dark night of the soul. Triumphantly smothered within the intricate stylings of musical evolution, the expansive world of literature and the pain and passion of one's emotions, the Oakland, California-based band have once again imbedded themselves deep in the creative process, allowing themselves to reach new plateaus on their latest album `In Glorious Times.' The band - known for their expressive and wildly entertaining theatrical live shows - gives justice to their eclectic music in the live forum and plan to stay on the road for the most of 2007.

Customer Reviews:

Glorious indeed.......2007-07-05

This is my first exposure to Sleepytime. Without a doubt, this is eclectic and intense music. At first, it's pretty overwhelmingly sporadic (in a good way). They mesh all different genres into a continuous flowing expression. There is a consistent mobility to the sound, sometimes drastic drops to quiet parts or abrupt returns to intensity. Some of these transitions are smooth and absolutely electrifying, some a little less interesting. SGM are great at mixing genres, sometimes better than others. The avant garde aspect is legitimate and honest, truly convincing. Oftentimes it will sound very Zappa or Mr Bungle-esque (especially in the vocals). One of the best aspects to this CD is the diverse instrumentation, definitely not your average metal band sound. I don't know who the female singer is but she is amazing, and at some points makes the album. Also they have sick aspects of carnival cliches, that work appropriately. My favorite tracks: Widening Eye and Angle of Repose. The best parts of the CD are the droning complex chord changes in the quiet(er) sections. Overall in a landscape of infinite mediocrity and boring ambiguous expression, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is actually doing something with their sound. I'm impressed, definitely worth checking out.

SGM continues to impress.......2007-06-26

This album spans more genres than any I've ever heard, and does so fluidly and naturally. The progressive moments never get corny, the metal moments are intense, and there are plenty of melodic moments that give this record some beauty. This album flows from start to finish very well. I never felt like skipping or cutting off any track. Definitely well worth buying.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is in glorious times.......2007-06-03

How to describe this... the entire album is really one long song, like Of Natural History, but this "song" is much more cohesive than before. And each "movement" (track) has a heavy or loud moment, which makes the dynamics quite impressive. Even though it's more cohesive, you can actually expect more genres, including black metal, jazz, funk, psychadelic, shoegazer, funk, grind, classical, doom, industrial, etc. Another thing, that even though the album is heavier than anything they've ever made, it's also more melodic with even more of the beautiful voice of Carla Kihlstedt. Violin is also more prevalent. Another important note, there is much less ambience from before, it's still there, but in concise doses that do not interrupt listening. Instead, you're given short clips of phone recordings of or about Pers, Nils' brother who died recently. RIP, it's horrible when great people die.

Favorites of mine off the album include: The Companions, Puppet Show, Formicary, The Ossuary, Salt Crown, The Only Dance, The Greenless Wreath, Widening eye.

Definitely tied with my current albums of the year.

something is missing..........2007-06-01

In one word... Moe!

don't get me wrong, I love this album but Moe!'s influence was bigger than I realized. I liken it to post-Mufti Einsturzende Neubauten, still great music but not so groundbreaking. The disc is solid through and through but the "industrial percussion" is now minimal and the drumming is VERY rock-n-roll and 'in your face'. It seems that this is an improvement for most listeners but I prefered it the other way around.

I suppose if you come at this band from the over-used "Bungle" reference then you'll think it's the best thing since sliced bread. If you see SGM as more of a blend of Swans, Neubauten, and Jacques Brel then it might seem a tad flat in comparison to previous SGM.

"In Glorious Times" is still a cut above the majority of music I buy.

From a non-fan...wow!.......2007-05-31

"In Glorious Times" is my first encounter with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, a band whose music and lyrics are much more passionate and serious than their name would imply. Defining the band's sound is no laughing matter either. Drawing influences from every conceivable corner of the music landscapes, this band is near-impossible to define or label. At times they can sound like the better moments of Mars Volta, before anthem-ing it up a bit and going the route of Dream Theater. But before you know it, they've thrown another curve in your direction, and it sounds like you're listening to an entirely different genre of music altogether (Metal to be precise). While it's a bit cliched nowadays to call your band "undefinable," to say that you break musical boundaries, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is one of the few bands I've actually heard that fulfill such a boast. If "In Glorious Times" is on thing, it is proof of that.

"Angle of Repose" utilizes angular guitars and frantic violins to accompany the beautiful female vocals. When the female vocalist sings "I buried the dead and they came up stories. I planted the stories, they grew up singing" it is unbelievably effective. It's even more effective when she later moan/growls the same line, crossing into Bjork territory in the process. It is avant-garde to be sure! The epic gothic-opera styling of "Puppet Show" only goes to further emphasize this point, with it's powerful vocals and creepy pianos.

The sort of talent displayed in these two songs is apparent throughout the album. The drums, guitar, and bass guitar on this album are also incredible, as can clearly be seen in tracks like "Salt Crown" and "The Ossuary." More often than not, complex orchestration is added into the songs to further accentuate the terrific instrumentation. In "The Greenless Wreath" for example, the song begins on a low note before being catapulted into the stratosphere by an amazingly composed string score.

My only real complaint with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is the bass-heavy, guitar-driven style of music that they often fall back on. Personally, I have never been a fan of this style of music. However, I have much respect for the band for separating themselves from the hordes of untalented metal bands out there today. "In Glorious Times" is a phenomenal achievement for any band of any genre! I highly recommend this album to fans of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and for people who have yet to hear the band, but have strong feelings for the metal and avant-garde rock genre. I cannot see how one could be disappointed by such an effort.

Key Tracks:
1. "Companions"
2. "Angel of Repose"
3. "Ossuary"
4. "Greenless Wreath"

7 out of 10 Stars

Average customer rating: Simply put, they rock Fantastically Fun and Talented Musicians GARBAGE Best album of 2006 Fully Loaded

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Tally Hall Manufacturer: Quack!Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Oh No Under the Influence of Giants Oh No The O.C. Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks The Warning ASIN: B000BPYKJG Release Date: 2005-11-22

Tracks:

1. Good Day
2. Greener
3. Welcome to Tally Hall
4. Taken for a Ride
5. The Bidding
6. Be Born
7. Banana Man
8. Just Apathy
9. Spring and a Storm
10. Two Wuv
11. Haiku
12. The Whole World and You
13. 13
14. Ruler of Everything

Product Description

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum showcases the songwriting, musicianship and unique “wonk” that embody the Tally Hall sound. Joining them on the album are choirs, string sections, brass ensembles, guest musicians of all kinds even some 5th graders. Genre bending and mixing influences as diverse as Bach and the Beastie Boys, there is something in Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum for every listener, in every demographic.

Customer Reviews:

Simply put, they rock.......2007-04-03

Alright, I have listened to this CD about a million times so far. It's simply that good. Tally Hall is amazing. I should specify: their music is definitely pop rock but its so unique, smart and funny that it's totally forgivable.

What is it that makes their music so good? Well, first of all, they can play and sing very well. A lot of their music is upbeat and quirky, with sudden changes in the tone of a song in the middle and they make it all sound really good. In general, the songs are funky sounding (in a good way). Oh and did I mention that they are able to carry a tune?

Their lyrics are incredible. most of them are funny and smart, with references to random (but relevant) things like Pavlov's dog. They discuss all kinds of things, most reflecting a positive and outgoing outlook. All their songs are also very original and unique. Basically, they rock. Now go buy the CD.

Fantastically Fun and Talented Musicians.......2007-03-20

I first ran into Tally Hall watching their video for Banana Man. Once I listened to Greener on their website, I was in love. Their talents are diverse: while still keeping things light and funny, their clever lyrics are unusually insightful, and two and three part harmonies flesh out an otherwise boppy tune into a real piece of music. They are refreshing and unique in a time of canned and cliched music that relies on computer-generated beats and auto-tuner.
I've had the privilege of seeing them live, in a very intimate venue where I was standing about 3 feet in front of the stage. Their energy is incredible! I was equally impressed that without all the fancy equipment of a studio, they are still very capable musicians. All of their harmonies were still very tight. They even sat in a circle in the middle of the crowd (summer camp style) and led a sing-a-long including acoustic versions of Be Born, Spring and a Storm, and (believe it or not!) Down By the Bay. (Their favorite crowd-suggested rhyme was "have you ever seen an elephant say something relevant"). It is truly a joy that their audience is expanding, and I greatly look forward to hearing much more music from Tally Hall!

GARBAGE.......2007-03-09

complete garbage. the whole album sounds like "being for the benefit of mr. kite." only listenable to people who enjoy the attempted baroque-ness and overwrought melodies and harmonies. tries too hard to be weird and ends up as soulless bile. not to mention that i guess it's supposed to be funny, but it's not.

Best album of 2006.......2007-01-06

This is the best album I purchased in 2006 -- its fun, catchy songs stay in your head and keep you humming long after the music ends. A nice departure from the bands that take themselves too seriously! Lots of talent and humor here.

Fully Loaded.......2006-11-27

Great tunes and talent. Fast moving, entertaining and smart. I'm a fan of Talking Heads, Beck, David Byrne, and They Might Be Giants in that order more or less. I hope these guys keep it going and find a permanent spot in my top 5. Be sure to check out the absolutely hilarious videos on their website.

Average customer rating: Where's the (T-Rex) beef? The SCORE to Night at the Museum by Alan Silvestri. complete fraud

Night at the Museum Alan Silvestri Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blood Diamond Eragon (Soundtrack) Apocalypto The Good German Happy Feet ASIN: B000KHX6AY Release Date: 2006-12-19

Tracks:

1. Night at the Museum
2. One of Those Days
3. Ordinary Guy?
4. Tour of the Museum
5. Civil War Soldiers
6. Out of Africa
7. Meet Dexter
8. Mayan Warriors
9. Where's Rexy?
10. West from Africa
11. Iron Horse
12. Saved by Teddy
13. Tablet of Akmenrah
14. "Tracking, Dear Boy"
15. Some Men Are Born Great
16. Sunrise
17. Study Up on History
18. Teddy Likes Sacagawea
19. Tearing Limbs
20. Caveman on Fire
21. Outrun the Sun
22. Show You What I Do
23. Table Gone
24. "Theodore Roosevelt at Your Service"
25. "This Is Your Moment"
26. Rally the Trrops
27. Tire Take Down
28. Cecil's Escape
29. Stage Coach
30. Teddy in Two
31. Cab Ride
32. Big Fan
33. Heroes Return
34. Great Man
35. Full House

Amazon.com

Since Night at the Museum takes place at a museum of natural history, you might have expected its soundtrack to reflect a bit more varied influences. Of the handful of exceptions, "The Iron Horse" has flashes reminiscent of Western music, while "Caveman on Fire" strives to evoke golden-age cartoon mayhem--though like most tracks, it ends before anything can really develop. Indeed, the bulk of the soundtrack is made up of short cues (most lasting around a minute), and they would need more zip than they have to make an impact at that length. Alan Silvestri is no Danny Elfman, (who can usually be counted on to inject a few surprising elements into the most mainstream of scores). Here, the Hollywood Studio Symphony huffs and puffs, but little levity transpires. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Where's the (T-Rex) beef?.......2007-07-11

Before buying, I read the Amazon reviewer's remarks and doubted their veracity. I generally love this guy's music - even stuff like THE PARENT TRAP, FATHER OF THE BRIDE and MOUSE HUNT, but she's right on. There's just nothing here to compare with his better efforts. I imagine these little bon-bons work well in the film, but, having listened through the CD 5-6 times, I can't honestly say that even a single track has made any kind of impression on me. 30+ miniature bits of surface without substance it seems to me so far. The second of the two main themes is a near carbon copy of the "sail away" bit of "Orinoco Flow" by Enya. Yawn. This is not one of Silvestri's better efforts and probably should have gone without a release. What a shame that is, especially in that he's done so few films recently. And given his immense talent, both POLAR EXPRESS and this are terrible disappointments. There are 25 or so other AS scores one would do well to purchase first, if collecting. Of his lesser-known work, RICOCHET and JUDGE DREDD are utterly chill-inducing and one could purchase the both of them on Amazon for under $5.00 plus shipping. DREDD may well be the best bang for the buck of ALL score CDs out there.

The SCORE to Night at the Museum by Alan Silvestri........2007-07-02

I was a bit shocked to read the review by "Fabian Hassel". This guy obviously doesn't know what a score is. Those of you who are movie buffs know that Alan Silvestri needs no introduction. The composer of Forrest Gump, the Back to the Future Trilogy, The Abyss, Predator, and The Mummy Returns, he is one of the finest film composers in the industry today. His latest work, Night at the Museum, required Alan to write pieces that would invoke a sense of wonder and adventure; he did so and the results couldn't be better. The main theme, heard in "Sunrise" and "Study Up on History" is absolutely SUPERB! If you want a great Silvestri score with a full orchestra then you won't be disappointed. However if you want a 1970's disco-fest, then this is not the CD to buy.....wait until they make a "music inspired by the film" CD or something.

complete fraud.......2007-05-24

this is cheating of the worst kind. everybody who saw the movie really got into the 70s disco music at the end and is longing to get the soundtrack. There was "Setptember" by Earth Wind and Fire and "Disco Freak" by Diliger, for example - the two determining songs of the movie. This soundtrack is the elevator rip of version thereof - they don't even try to copy these songs - just leave them out. pathetic!

Average customer rating: Secret Chiefs 3 and Mr. Bungle in structure Very wierd, very cool

Grand Opening and Closing Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Manufacturer: The End Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Of Natural History Palace of Mirrors In Glorious Times There Be Squabbles Ahead In A Flesh Aquarium ASIN: B000H4JGZE Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Sleep is Wrong
2. Ambugaton
3. Ablutions
4. 1997(tonight were gonna party like its)
5. The Miniature
6. Powerless
7. The Stain
8. Sleepytime
9. Sunflower
10. More Time (bonus)
11. Flinch (bonus)
12. Powerless (live) (bonus)

Album Description

Reissue and Expansion of the 2001 debut from Rock Against Rock pioneers, including 2 unrelased songs and a live bonus recorded by the new line-up.

Customer Reviews:

Secret Chiefs 3 and Mr. Bungle in structure.......2007-02-19

It would make sense why these guys will be opening for Secret Chiefs 3 in performance--Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, who even record on a similar label with Secret Chiefs, has that mixture of avant-garde noise with an almost death-metal sensibility, being somewhat reminiscent of pre-_California_ Mr. Bungle, when you had to wonder if maybe you were donating money with the purchse of your disc to some really sick creatures who might go an do something evil with your money--I know I had a little trepidation when I heard the 'street recordings' on the Mr. Bungle eponymous album and had to wonder if I was funding _Bumfights_ or something like that.

But there is an extra spin to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in that their music comes out of a lot of improvisation. Usually a term reserved for jazzy music and Zorn-noise, improvisation in Sleepytime Gorilla Museum seems to intone a kind of tribal perversity. With this in mind, I would tend to put this band more in the group of Master Musicians of Bukkake--wonderfully loud and quiet and disturbing music that gives you the wonderful sense of needing a shower afterwards. I am looking forward to seeing them live.

Very wierd, very cool.......2006-10-08

I found theses guys searching through The Dresden Dolls' links page. I checked out their free downloads and i was blown away. It was amazing. It's like Tomahawk meets Les Claypool. A lot of strange song structure with, in a word, intersting lyrics. Truly something to own for all those crazy music fans...like people to listen to The Residents or Primus. The album is lots of fun to listen to. and it's 5 bucks. Say "yes" to Sleepytime Grilla Museum.

Average customer rating: Great Album Nothing short of devastating... loose sphinctered & over ambitious what of natural history sounds like to me. Of natural brilliance

Of Natural History Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Manufacturer: Mimicry ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Grand Opening and Closing In Glorious Times Book of Horizons Palace of Mirrors Grand Opening and Closing ASIN: B0002Y4SQ6 Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. A Hymn To The Morning Star
2. The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion
3. Phthisis
4. Bring Back The Apocalypse
5. FC: The Freedom Club
6. Gunday's Child
7. The 17-Year Cicada
8. The Creature
9. What Shall We Do Without Us?
10. Babydoctor
11. Cockroach
12. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-06-05

Of Natural History was my first Sleepytime Gorilla Museum album, and which got me hooked on their music along with their beautiful family tree (Faun Fables, Tin Hat, Idiot Flesh, etc.). Only good albums can get me really stuck into a specific band for a long while. This is one of those albums. But there are some complaints... the monologues can get a bit monotonous, as well as some of the ambience, mainly the end of Babydoctor, which lasts over 3 minutes. 17 Year Cicadas is really the only track I could take out and I wouldn't really notice much a difference at all, it just doesn't provide anything to the album. One more thing that bothers me about this release is the flow, the first 6 tracks go in and out beautifully, but after that, it's a bit jagged, as the second half really isn't as important as the first in terms of quality and diversity. And Cockroach feels akward where it stands, right after the immense Babydoctor, which I think (Babydoctor) would've been an absolutely perfect album closer.

I love this album, most of the songs are great alone, but the album doesn't quite stand on its own the whole time through. My favorite tracks include TDHAOHOTD, Phthisis, Apocalypse, FC, and Babydoctor.

3.5/5

Nothing short of devastating..........2006-10-03

I've listened to a lot of extreme metal bands. I can recall listening to my first Cannibal Corpse album, and thinking, "Wow, that's intense."

Then I moved up to Meshuggah, which was quite a leap. I thought, "Wow, this is intense."

And then I have come to this. This might already be some sort of cliche, but if you can picture the way the apocalypse might sound, you're still not hitting this album. Seriously, I listened to "Freedom Club", went along with the soft part with the vibe-like instruments playing, and then the math professor dream, and WHAM!!!

I'm surprised I came out alive. Mind you, these were large speakers, and I didn't expect anything that infernal to come out. Think Meshuggah with more instruments, a more demanding singer, and an overall greater burden for a listener to bear. I was in shock for about ten minutes. Well, not really, but this song in particular just made me flip.

Even before that magnum opus, there's the opening song, which has to be some sort of tongue-in-cheek stab at evangelical music, or something. I was confused, but then the lyrics to the female-male sung part clued me in. "The greatest lie ever told" and a song about "the infant God" usually don't go together. But, surely enough, they do here. Great background harmonies, by the way.

"Phthisis" is another thing completely. The female vocals are absolutely amazing, in that they convey tons of emotion. One of the things I noticed about this album is that the lyrics are genius, something that doesn't stop on any one song. But the vocals on this song always make shivers go up my spine. They're not scary, they're just aurally arresting.

Oh, and don't let me forget "Babydoctor", which could be even more intense than "Freedom Club" plus all the other songs. If one song could define a band's career, it would be this one. Agonizingly brutal vocals, without all the cookie-monster/Dani Filth scream [...]. The guy sounds like he needs therapy. But, given the album's message, the assault might be necessary to implant an idea into one's head. Just a theory.

So, all ends with the twisted kid song parody "Cockroach", and then there's a hidden track that is basically just ambience. But you've made it through the abyss. The word harsh takes on a whole new meaning on this album.

Don't expect other types of intensity. There's no black metal, no gore metal, no stereotypical death metal, no stereotypical thrash. It's completely in its own little world. For instance, most percussion on this album was hand made from things like kitchen utensils and trash cans and other common "non-instruments". Who else does that? I can't think of any other metal band that uses homemade percussion.

It's not death metal. It's not really anything that's been documented previously. If it's not your favorite, you're eventually going to admit it was at least a memorable experience. Trust me, if you dig Bungle or Thinking Plague, you'll go apes**t after hearing this.

AWESOMELY AWESOME TOTALLY RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: Meshuggah, Mr. Bungle (or other non-FNM Patton metal projects), Thinking Plague, Rock-In-Opposition, Frank Zappa (although that's almost a stretch, almost)

loose sphinctered & over ambitious.......2006-06-19

OK so the production values & musicianship are great - but this is like if Trey Parker wrote a rock opera without any jokes in it and decided to get the fat shouty one from Penn&Teller to be the lead singer & put him way too far up in the mix. This band love the shroud of mystery invoked by acts such as the sun city girls, secret chiefs 3, and caroliner - and so they write & sing really clumsy "satirical" lyrics where big business, capitalism etc is represented by a mythical demon / beasty and have some other painful conceits to boot. oh dear. save your pennies.

what of natural history sounds like to me........2006-04-25

its almost like satan just f**ked an elephant riding a clown in a carnival while playing ping pong with a midget who is also the bearded woman and balding while lighting a pilot light in the oven in which the gas has been leaking all day while a leer jet passes 10 ft over the roof of that house.

In other words... pretty freaking wierd. good stuff. The musicianship of this band is amazing. The cd is very hard to listen to and definitly takes more than one listen to even come close to appreciating it. I do suggest listening to it if nothing else to expand your mind, and like another reviewer said you definitly have to have an IQ in the mid to upper 3 digit range.

Of natural brilliance.......2006-03-05

Much like Naked City and the Boredoms before them, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have staked out a comfortable niche as demonic stepchildren of the avant-garde genre, but one should definitely never infer that the word comfortable could be used in connection with their music. In contrast, Of Natural History is one challenging and distinctive album, sounding sort of like the mutant offspring of Mr. Bungle, Korn, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Meshuggah, and Nickelback (okay, I made that last one up). Vicious metal, highlighted by doomy guitar noise and jagged, contrapuntal rhythms, mixes with heavy symphonic elements and some out-of-left-field weirdness in a seemingly random and haphazard way, but that doesn't mean there isn't some method to SGM's madness, as the songs on this album are some of the most bizarrely fascinating of the decade thus far. Vocally, as well, Of Natural History is all over the map, incorporating fearsome howls, Jonathan Davis-style scat, haunting, ethereal female vocals, and some almost comically dark bass crooning and spoken word into its unpredictable pastiche of styles. Since the songs are so schizophrenic and wide-ranging, hopping from one sound to another without warning and often ending in a completely different form than that in which they started, it's sort of tough to describe them in much depth, but the album is probably best summed up by its twin 10-minute plus epics, FC: The Freedom Club and Baby Doctor. The former is a fierce, chugging monster whose warped metallic riffage and feral vox are underlain by dizzying string arrangements and clanging percussion for an effect that nicely conjures up the feeling of going insane; the latter steadily builds from a mournful, eerily minimal orchestral rock tune to something that sounds sort of like how early-70's Can might have sounded had they been fronted by Beelzebub himself. There are tons of other great songs here--the overbearingly heavy and evil The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion, the pile-driving Phthisis, and the hilarious tell-off Cockroach among them--but really, everything on this album is worth a listen. So if you're as bored by the current mainstream music scene as I am (and if your IQ is in the triple digits, you should be) Of Natural History should serve to jar you out of your doldrums for a few hours.

Average customer rating: towa tei (great DJ) Japanese Flava from Towa Tei! disappointing follow-up Funky...in a Japanese, kitschy, quirky style Good music!

Sound Museum Towa Tei Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Electronica | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Electronica | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | House | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | House | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Techno | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Techno | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Last Century Modern Future Listening Infinity Within Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities Dewdrops in the Garden ASIN: B000002HMU Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

1. Sound Museum
2. Time After Time
3. Happy
4. BMT
5. Higher
6. Corridor
7. GBI (German Bold Italic)
8. Tamilano
9. Private Eyes
10. Everything We Do Is Music

Customer Reviews:

towa tei (great DJ).......2005-09-18

nice songs.
G.B.I. is the best song of this album Kylie has got a great voice.
i also Privated eyes (whit bebel gilberto), time after time, Higher, happy, tamilano.
the only song i hate is B.M.T. 'cuz this song is diferent and break the nice style on this record.

Japanese Flava from Towa Tei!.......2002-10-08

As one third of Deee-lite, Towa Tei may have been the quietest member of the trio, but I think he had the most to offer musically. His second solo CD, "Sound Museum," is a head-bobbingly agreeable grab bag of sorts: deep house, hip hop, and elctro soul. "Time After Time" blends a rich, deep bassline against electronic bleeps; Kylie Minogue gets roped in for vocals on the house-injected "GBI," and then there's a personal favorite of mine, the funky and Dee-lite-ish "Higher." But the track that will most likely raise eyebrows is the low-key, bossa-nova reinterpretation of the Hall and Oates gem "Private Eyes." "Sound Museum" is a pretty hard disc to dislike; give it a whirl on your player, and you'll be bobbing your head to the groove in seconds.

disappointing follow-up.......2001-11-23

The title of Towa Tei's second solo album, Sound Museum, makes it seem like it's going to be a direct contradiction to his first album titled Future Listening. Actually, the style on it is very familiar. Towa loves prgramming his songs on a computer, writing lyrics in about 5 different languages, combining bossa nova, disco and hip-hop and having the beautifully voiced Bebel Gilberto sing on half of the tracks. But while Future Listening was an undoubted success at making a kind of quirky global dance music, Sound Museum retraces its steps but falters nearly every step of the way.

It kicks off with the dense and sampledelic "The Sound Museum" which is nothing more than a cut-and-paste affair. It's like he programmed the computer to be jazzy but I can't decide if he wants me to dance to it or to laugh at it. And just as this album starts off with a dense electronic song like Future Listening, "Time After Time" is this album's "Luv Connection." It's somewhere between 70's funk and En Vogue and I'll just say funk isn't Towa's strong suit.

"Happy" is a little more successful attempt at the same type of song, but that might just be because sweet Bebel Gilberto sings the chorus. I'm convinced that any song could be sung by her and it would sound good. But still, sadly, she just gets the chorus. "BMT" stands for Biz, Mos and Towa. In other words, Towa got two of my favorite rappers, Biz Markie and Mos Def to contribute to the same song! So it's a surprise that this song isn't better than it is. The music is buzzy and repetitive and the lyrics are surprisingly inane.

There's another bad funk song and another inane rap song and there's a song that shows off Towa's love of the strange and kitsch. "German Bold Italic" is about a font that he made up and is actually included in an enhanced part of the CD. The music is nothing to write home about and though he got Australian superhotty Kylie Minogue to do the vocals, all she really gets to do is talk her way through it, playing the part of the font. The last three songs are the only ones worth repeated listenings. The first really good song comes after 7 tracks and is worthy to even be on Future Listening. "Tamilano" sounds like it should be called "Daughter of Bambi" as it sounds just like "Son of Bambi" from the last album but is a lot more playful. Towa again makes a sitar seem like the most obvious instrument to put in a dance song. Then Towa Latinizes Hall and Oates' "Private Eyes" and my favorite Bebel croons her away across the strangely space-inflected bass, fender rhodes and strings arrangements.

But the final song is what makes the CD. If Sound Museum popped up in a bargain bin, "Everything We Do Is Music" would make it worth the purchase. This is where Towa really shines. The ten-minute opus starts with a cut-up gamelan recording and eventually lands at spots all over the world and in outer space. The song's title and message is repeated over and over in the song in different languages to drive the point home. This is a song that deserves to be heard by everyone at some point in time.

Funky...in a Japanese, kitschy, quirky style.......2000-11-14

Not quite in the same vein as his debut FUTURE LISTENING, Towa Tei's 1998 release SOUND MUSEUM left behind many of the Brazilian elements of his first album. SOUND MUSEUM, though just as loungy, is an exploration of funk.

The opening track, "The Sound Museum," is an odd electronica song with robotic samples ("Mr Smith would like to know...how many robots there are") and swinging brass. "Time after Time" is a soul-inspired almost-house track. The Biz Markie-accompanied rap song "BMT" is an interesting diversion that definitely would seem out-of-place to anyone who had only FUTURE LISTENING.

The album's standout single, "G.B.I.", features Kylie Minogue singing on a Chicago-style house song about a typeface. Despite its less-than-exciting theme, "G.B.I." might be the best song on the album. The songs after it include Towa's cover of "Private Eyes" by Hall and Oates, which is actually sort of ho-hum, and "Everything We Do is Music," a journey through samples of that phrase in several languages.

Not exactly revolutionary or must-have, SOUND MUSEUM is nonetheless a nice piece of ear-candy that would appeal to anyone who has a flair for offbeat music, especially of the inexplicable Japanese kind.

Good music!.......2000-05-29

Sound Museum is a good CD, I haven't heard his previous offering. Which everyone seems to like more than this one..... However, there are some good songs on here. I must say I was quite surprised at the "hip-hop" influence, but it's still all good. "Time after Time", "Corridor" and "Everything we do is music" are my favorites. I bought this because they said "If I liked Pizzicato 5, that I would like this one". Well it's not on the same vein as Pizzicato Five, but I still like it. I would classify this as a dance/hip-hop type of CD. Which is cool, but I just expected something different. I would recommend this to people who have a diverse music taste.

Average customer rating: An outstanding album

Museum of Heart Dave Alvin Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blue Blvd King of California Blackjack David Ashgrove West of the West ASIN: B0000005QG Release Date: 1993-09-20

Tracks:

1. Museum Of Heart
2. Don't Talk About Her
3. A Woman's Got A Right
4. Between The Cracks
5. Thirty Dollar Room
6. The Devil's Wind
7. Burning In Water Drowning In Flame
8. One Eye's Ballad
9. Longer Than I Thought
10. Six Nights A Week
11. Stranger In Town
12. As She Slowly Turn To Leave
13. Florence Avenue Lullaby

Customer Reviews:

An outstanding album.......2000-04-11

Let me cut to the chase - this is a great album, one that tends to stay in whatever CD player I put it in. I recently got turned on to Dave and his band, and all I can say is "Thank God for impulse buys." I've since had a chance to see the Guilty Men live, and they almost burned the house down. Killer blues riffs, tons of energy, gut-wrenchingly fresh lyrics. Dave rocks! Every song on Museum of Heart is quality stuff, from the soul-dripping slow numbers to the barrelhouse rockers. My personal favorites are A Woman's Got a Right and the title track. Buy this disc, and go see the Guilty Men ASAP!

Average customer rating: a gem SGM light...

Book Of Knots The Book of Knots Manufacturer: Arclights Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Traineater Vincent & Mr. Green In Glorious Times Anonymous Grinderman ASIN: B0002NY9FM Release Date: 2007-04-17

Tracks:

1. Scow
2. Tugboat
3. 40 Degrees
4. Crumble
5. Frank's Funeral
6. Back On Dry Land
7. Boston To Bombay
8. Assistance
9. Pearl Harbor
10. Captains Cup
11. Hook
12. Fastening

Customer Reviews:

a gem.......2006-08-02

Nevermind the 3.5 review. This album is a gem to those familiar with the works of Carla or other musicians involved. However; if not thought posssible it is more of an acquired taste than SGM or Secret Chiefs. The compositions within this album play a lot more on minimalism and abrasive soundscapes. I'd give it a five star rating if not for the risk of you not liking the unique sound that this album/band has to offer; but have settled for 4 with a warning that if you come expectations for SGM or secret chiefs you might find yourself disapointed. However; if you come looking for compositions that tweak more with sublteties in their tunes you can aprreciate this album for all it is worth.

-Sir SMudge

SGM light..........2005-07-15

Don't expect the kind of intensity or complexity that you'll find on a Sleepytime Gorilla Museum or Secret Chiefs 3 album. The Book of Knots, though consisting of SGM-members Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi, is far more predictable in it's melodies and song structures that one might expect and may not be a challenging enough listen for the average avant-garde/prog fan. There are some gems here (like "Tugboat" and "Frank's Funeral") and the dreamy atmosphere and Kihlstedt's creepy vocal approach may help captivate the listener. ...if only for the first 25 minutes. 3.5 stars.

Average customer rating: Amen, Amen, Amen

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Music of Byzantium Manufacturer: Cappella Romana ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dufay | Dufay, Guillaume | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Fall of Constantinople The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom The Glory Of Byzantium Chants de L'Eglise de Rome: Période byzantine Ambrosian Chant ASIN: B0002A2WH2 Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

1. Kontakion ("To You My Champion")
2. Imperial Acclamations For Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449-1453)
3. Kontakion For Theophany
4. Festal Trisagion (As Many Of You As Have Been Baptized)
5. Anagrammatismos for Theophany
6. Sticheron Apostichon Idiomelon For St. Basil
7. Kalophonic Coda For St. Basil/A New Addition
8. Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor
9. Kanon In Honor Of St. Thomas Aquinas: Ode 1
10. Communion For Mid-Pentecost
11. Lament For The Fall Of Constantinople
12. Lamentation Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
13. O Great And Most Sacred Pascha

Customer Reviews:

Amen, Amen, Amen.......2005-01-23

This is one of the few CDs of Byzantine Music on the market. Its release was prompted by a large display of Byzantine art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2004. This captures the mystical, otherworldly spirit of Greek Orthodox ecclesial music at its finest. Although the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Orthodox Christianity are synonymous, the music in this collection reflects the political and ecclesiastical climate of the 1400s when the Byzantine government signed a reunion with the Roman Catholic Church at the repudiated Council of Florence. The songs also contain references to various Emperors and the Fall of Constantionople to the hated Turks in 1453.

The songs:

1) Kontakion ("To you my Champion")
2) Imperial Acclamations for Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449-1453)
3) Kontakion for Theophany
4) Festal Trisagion ("As many of you as have been baptized")
5) Anagrammatismos for Theophany
6) Sticheron Apostichon Idiomelon for St. Basil
7) Kalophonic Coda for St. Basil/A New Addition
8) Kyrie Cunctpotens genitor
9) Kanon in Honor of St. Thomas Aquinas: Ode 1
10) Communion for Mid-Pentecost
11) Lament for the Fall of Constantinople
12) Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
13) `O great and most sacred Pascha'

Average customer rating: Get them both "Sound Museum" - the jazz recordings of the 1990s

Three Women Ornette Coleman Sound Museum Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hidden Man Colors: Live from Leipzig Complete 1968 Italian Tour At the "Golden Circle" in Stockholm, Vol. 1 Complete Science Fiction Sessions ASIN: B00000473K Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

1. Sound Museum
2. Monsieur Allard
3. City Living
4. What Reason
5. Home Crown
6. Stopwatch
7. Don't You Know By Now
8. P.P. (Picolo Pesos)
9. Women Of The Veil
10. Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
11. Biosphere
12. European Echoes
13. Mob Job
14. Macho Woman

Customer Reviews:

Get them both.......2003-11-24

If you look at the contents, Three Women and Hidden Man seem similar, and the question is, do I buy both? If you're an Ornette fan, yes. If not, it's a tough call. Overall, Hidden Man has a more bottom-heavy, accessible sound. Three Women can seem a little cool. However, if you don't buy Three Women, you miss out on one cut not on Hidden Man, and that is the meltingly beautiful "Don't You Know by Now?".

"Sound Museum" - the jazz recordings of the 1990s.......1999-06-15

If both of them don't go down as classic recordings, then that is the error of the jazz community. Get both "Sound Museum" recordings! More fresh, introspective, exploratory than anything else that has come out in the 1990s. Monumental!

International Music:

1. Music of France [Import]
2. New Day
3. New Life
4. Night in the Casbah
5. One Survive [CD-single] [Import]
6. Our Earth
7. Planet Passion
8. Portrait in Black and White [Import]
9. Prairies
10. Quiet Journey

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