Salt

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The release of the long-anticipated debut from this talented, 20-something, Georgia-bred chanteuse shows that Norah Jones isn't the only "it girl" out there. Wright's cool contralto, which was previously heard on Joe Sample's The Pecan Tree, is a southern stew cooked with ample helpings of soul, jazz, R&B, and gospel. This CD, equally produced by Tommy LiPuma, John Cowherd, and drummer Brian Blade, features mostly mid-tempo renditions of a jazz-fusion ditty, a spiritual, a Broadway tune, a Latin number, light classical, and original compositions. Wright's vocal weight and fluent delivery echoes the talents of Lalah Hathaway, whether she’s putting her own sepia spin on Flora Purim's '70s gem "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly," Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" (with pianist Danilo Perez), or "Soon As I Get Home" from The Wiz. Though this record is a promising debut from Wright, one gets the sense that she’s a soul singer at heart, as evidenced by the down-home title tune. One thing's for sure: the road to Lizz Wright's future is wide open with no barriers in sight. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Salt, Music, Lizz Wright, Folk-Pop, Jazz, Jazz Music, Pop, R&B, Soul, Vocal Jazz
Salt
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • good debut
  • Move Over Cassanda Wilson
  • A Masterpiece...
  • Smokin' Gun
  • A voice so fresh it will lift your spirit, songs so strong you will want to sing along!
 Salt
Lizz Wright
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ASIN: B00008ADAP
Release Date: 2003-05-13

Tracks:

  1. Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly
  2. Salt
  3. Afro Blue
  4. Soon As I Get Home
  5. Walk With Me, Lord
  6. Eternity
  7. Goodbye
  8. Vocalise/End Of The Line
  9. Fire
  10. Blue Rose
  11. Lead The Way
  12. Silence

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The release of the long-anticipated debut from this talented, 20-something, Georgia-bred chanteuse shows that Norah Jones isn't the only "it girl" out there. Wright's cool contralto, which was previously heard on Joe Sample's The Pecan Tree, is a southern stew cooked with ample helpings of soul, jazz, R&B, and gospel. This CD, equally produced by Tommy LiPuma, John Cowherd, and drummer Brian Blade, features mostly mid-tempo renditions of a jazz-fusion ditty, a spiritual, a Broadway tune, a Latin number, light classical, and original compositions. Wright's vocal weight and fluent delivery echoes the talents of Lalah Hathaway, whether she's putting her own sepia spin on Flora Purim's '70s gem "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly," Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" (with pianist Danilo Perez), or "Soon As I Get Home" from The Wiz. Though this record is a promising debut from Wright, one gets the sense that she's a soul singer at heart, as evidenced by the down-home title tune. One thing's for sure: the road to Lizz Wright's future is wide open with no barriers in sight. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars good debut.......2007-01-26

I actually went in reverse. I bought dreaming while awake first. So, the two cd's have a different feel. Salt is more blues,jazz,and gospel . I do however love :Open your eyes, you can fly,then Blue rose and finally Vocalise. The rest of songs were good too, but it's just a matter of taste. I prefer those songs the most.
Dreaming while Awake is Incredible as her 2nd cd. There is not a song that I don't love on this one! This one is Neo-soul. Just smooth and laid back. I loves it!I may burn a whole in the cd,how much I play it!
Buy both and see.
But you could never lose with a voice as commanding and incredible as hers!

5 out of 5 stars Move Over Cassanda Wilson.......2006-11-13

I became SO addicted to this particular album that I bought 2 copies for personal usage, and I played it over the phone to my companion who was stationed in Iraq during the time. Lizz's voice is so powerful and detailed when it comes to setting the mood for each track on this album that when the song is over you will reach for the remote to demand an encore. I guarantee that every track will leave a positive impression amongst its listeners for the combination of Lizz's voice and song selections is what I have been waiting for Smooth Jazz to introudce to the scene- and I am 100% satisfied!

5 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece..........2006-04-22

There are many great female vocalists....Lizz is of godess stature!

Since the very first time I heard Lizz on the radio during an interview - her singing moved me to tears. No one else has ever had that kind of effect on me so quickly. 'Afro Blue' really gets to me. The jazz piano perfectly accompany her tremendous voice - which takes me away and hypnotically consumes me....

'Vocalize/End of the Line' is also another favorite song of mine. 'Blue Rose' is also a great song. Every song on this CD is great listening. You won't be disappointed. Very highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars Smokin' Gun.......2006-04-19

I first would like to say that I almost never give a CD five stars. I am very critical and I evaluate the entire project. Lizz Wright has managed to come up with 12 gems and she did it on one CD. Now as a consumer, this is great. I was able to pop in this CD and get a variety of quality sounds that touched every emotion that one could feel. I don't see a comparison to anyone out there. Lizz is an original!!! If I have to pick favorites, then here they are:

1. Salt 2. Soon As I Get Home 3. Open Your Eyes 4. Eternity....You know, they are all favorites. Do yourself a favor and buy this CD. Your ears will thank you.

5 out of 5 stars A voice so fresh it will lift your spirit, songs so strong you will want to sing along!.......2006-04-16

This is a most amazing album. I think I have played it so many time I am surprised I have not literally worn it out. I first heard her deep, richly expressive vocals on Joe Sample's album, The Pecan Tree, and had to hear more. What hooks you on every last song on her debut album is the strong storytelling quality of the lyrics and her phenomenal ability to deliver with both uplifting strength as well as a vast range of emotional sensitivity that I have not heard in a vocalist in awhile. Open Your Eyes is awesome, and many of the songs have a strong gospel and blues drive to them (Walk With Me, Lord, Salt) as well as classic song appeal (Soon As I Get Home, Eternity). There is down home deep rhythm and blues (Lead the Way, Fire, Silence).
The arrangements of the songs are well done, providing variety as well as consistency to support and complement Lizz's vocals, which have fantastic dynamic range. This is an album that will grow on you over the long haul, a masterpiece!
Very Necessary
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • What can I say?
  • Very Necessary ~ Salt-N-Pepa
  • Salt N Pepa
  • great hip hop
  • Simply The Best Album Ever!
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ASIN: B000001FHM
Release Date: 1993-10-12

Tracks:

  1. Groove Me
  2. No One Does It Better
  3. Somebody's Gettin' On My Nerves
  4. Whatta Man
  5. None Of Your Business
  6. Step
  7. Shoop
  8. Heaven Or Hell
  9. Big Shot
  10. Sexy Noises Turn Me On
  11. Somma Time Man
  12. Break Of Dawn
  13. I've Got AIDS (PSA)

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There are two ways of combating the blazing misogyny of gangsta rap: with water or with fire. Journalists, teachers, and ministers have been trying to douse the flames of sexism with intellectual and moral arguments. The reasoning is persuasive, but it's doubtful it reaches rap's hard-core young audience. For that crowd, you have to fight fire with fire, and that's just what the female rap trio Salt 'N' Pepa have done so successfully with Very Necessary. With their explicit rapping about bedroom gymnastics, Salt 'N' Pepa are unlikely to be held up as role models in classrooms or churches anytime soon. For a sexually active teenage girl, however, the trio shows how you can get your pleasure without putting up with any disrespect. Salt 'N' Pepa's hit singles "Whatta Man" and "Shoop" are both sensual appreciations of the men they like, but the album also contains some hilarious, pitiless putdowns of the men who don't treat them right. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars What can I say?.......2007-04-11

It's Salt and Pepa. Soooo good! The only thing I wish was on this CD was 'Push It' but this CD will not disappoint you if you choose to buy it

4 out of 5 stars Very Necessary ~ Salt-N-Pepa.......2007-01-09

I like this CD. It can get me uplifted in the mornings so that I may begin my day!

5 out of 5 stars Salt N Pepa.......2006-02-23

I enjoyed recieving this CD. I had it before, but it was stolen by some near-do-wells who couldn't buy there own. Anyway, it is an excellent CD for you old school-ers by a group of ladies that knew how to rap. You won't find this type of sophisticated rapping anymore (at least not in my age bracket).

5 out of 5 stars great hip hop.......2005-08-06

salt n pepa knew how to make some of the most memorable hip hop hooks of all time

5 out of 5 stars Simply The Best Album Ever!.......2004-10-15

Salt 'N Pepa's "Very Necessary" is one of the few albums where you never think of skipping a track. Every song is not good, not great, but EXCELLENT. They were, of course, the first and best women in hip-hop music (not to mention the cutest). Although only three of the songs on Very Necessary made it to the Billboard Top 40, they're all on the list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. If you were a kid in the '90s, you'll certainly love Salt 'N Pepa's 1993 album Very Necessary.
Hot, Cool & Vicious
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Hip Hop CD EVER
  • Can't Knock A Classic
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  • Hot,, Cool, & Vicious debut album from the ladies.
  • ADD THE SEASONINGS .......
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ASIN: B000001FHE
Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

  1. Push It (Remix)
  2. Beauty And The Beat
  3. Tramp
  4. I'll Take Your Man
  5. It's Alright
  6. Chick On The Side (Remix)
  7. I Desire
  8. The Showstopper
  9. My Mic Sounds Nice

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One of the first albums to challenge hip-hop's machocratic sovereignty, Salt-N-Pepa's Hot, Cool & Vicious takes as its musical model Run-D.M.C.'s potent distillation of streetwise repartee, hard-ass bluster and beatbox rhythms. Determined to say it loud and say it proud, r-r-r-rappers Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandy "Pepa" Denton wield their womanhood like an urban-jungle machete, busting unfaithful lovers in "Chick on the Side," threatening female competitors "just for spite" in "I'll Take Your Man," dishing distaff disses at Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick in "The Showstopper," and condemning mindless male promiscuity in "Tramp." With its aerobic BPMs and synth-pop hook, the Top 20 hit "Push It" is the album's most obvious--and most effective--bid for dancefloor immortality. --Greg Siegel

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Hip Hop CD EVER.......2007-06-08

This is my favorite CD of all time. As soon as I lose it or a friend "borrows" it, I have to get another! Hard to find songs....
If you're a Doug E Fresh fan or even Beastie Boys- you will LOVE this! Check it out! You'll love it a much as I do,fo sho!

5 out of 5 stars Can't Knock A Classic.......2007-03-08

If you "like" SNP, you will "love" this album, particularly if you enjoy the simplicity and creativeness of old school hip hop. The beats are clean, the lyrics are fun, and the variation provided by the tracks keeps the album moving. And of all, knowing the signature track "Showstopper" and how it vaulted SNP's career takes the album up a tier.

5 out of 5 stars Love it.......2007-03-07

Brings me back to high school when these songs were rap anthems for us. So glad to have Amazon to buy these old skool records (as we used to call them!)

4 out of 5 stars Hot,, Cool, & Vicious debut album from the ladies........2006-05-27

When I was young I use to write down all the words to my favorite songs on this album by rewinding the cassette playa numerous times till I got it down pack.

This is one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group, Hot, Cool & Vicious is paced by its opening track, "Push It," one of the first rap songs to hit number one on the dance singles charts. Considering how little Salt-n-Pepa actually rap on "Push It," which is all about its instrumental hook, they maintain a surprisingly strong presence over most of Hot, Cool & Vicious.

Written and produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor and recorded by the original Salt-N-Pepa line up -- Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandy "Pepa" Denton and Latoya "Spinderella" Hanson (later replaced by Deidre "Spinderella" Roper) -- HOT, COOL & VICIOUS made Salt-N-Pepa the first female rappers to earn a Grammy nomination.

No, they aren't technical virtuosos on the mic, but their fairly basic raps are carried off with brash confidence and enthusiasm. Some of the other key tracks borrow ideas from outside sources: the single "Tramp" is a rap remake of the Otis & Carla soul classic, and "The Show Stopper" is an answer record to Doug E. Fresh's "The Show." The duo's sass comes across very well on "My Mic Sounds Nice" and "I'll Take Your Man," and they're equally assertive on "Chick on the Side."

If I would have to choose my favorite party tracks would be "Chick on the Side," "My Mike Sounds Nice," "Tramp" and "Push It," which topped the pop charts in 1987.

4 out of 5 stars ADD THE SEASONINGS ..............2005-11-05

SALT N PEP DEFINATELY ARE ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF FEMALE RAP AND HIP HOP PERIOD. STILL TILL THIS DAY HAVE I SEEN OR HEARD A FEMALE GROUP ROCK THE MIC AS MANY YEARS AS THESE WOMEN. I LOVE THIS ALBUM MOST OF ALL. I THINK THEIR SOUND WAS MORE B BOYISH WITH THE 1ST SPIN THAN THE 2ND BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO MAKE HITS... THEY ARE FEMALE LEGENDS IN THE RAP GAME !!!!!
American Thighs
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Like getting high
  • represents the good and the bad of its era
  • A must own classic....
  • "You can go and burst my tiny bubble..."
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 American Thighs
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Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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ASIN: B000003TBD
Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Get Back
  2. All Hail Me
  3. Seether
  4. Spiderman '79
  5. Forsythia
  6. Wolf
  7. Celebrate You
  8. Fly
  9. Number One Blind
  10. Victrola
  11. Twinstar
  12. 25
  13. Sleeping Where I Want

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Like getting high.......2007-07-03

There was a stretch of time in the mid 1990s that women were making ballsier, and therefore better, rock than their male counterparts, and this was one of the best examples of that phenomenon.
While bands like Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, and eventually every band with a number in its name were making good pop, it was acts like VS, Belly, Throwing Muses, The Breeders and others that were making the most noteworthy contributions to the rock lexicon.
'American Thighs' made me feel like I'd just gotten high even while stone cold sober. Its atmospheric production and at times otherworldly lyrical content was enough to blow me away.
Of course "Seether" is the tune that most remember, if they remember at all. But Louise Post's howl at the beginning of "All Hail Me" is enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end, and the remainder of the song doesn't disappoint the announcement of its beginning.
"Victrola" is one of the best short, straight forward rock songs in a long time, and that's fitting seeing how it's simply an ode to a record player.
"Spiderman 76" was always the one that just set me over the edge in terms of the ethereal stuff. The mention of Ritz in a can made me remember being a little kid in the 70s like few things ever have brought back that feeling.
This is a great record, and though the pop ambitions of Nina Gordon ultimately led to Post's rather odd personality taking over what left of the group after Gordon's departure, it's a must-have album for anyone trying to put together a collection of the best releases of the 90s.

3 out of 5 stars represents the good and the bad of its era.......2007-02-02

This album would have faded completely into obscurity if not for the pop-perfection single "Seether". Beyond that song, the rest of the album represents to me the best and the worst of the early '90s alternative explosion. The good was that you had people like Nina Gordon and Louise Post making hit records, people who if born five years earlier probably would not have advanced their music careers further than their own basements. The traditional rules about how to "make it" went out the window after grunge broke, which was refreshing at a time when music had gotten real stale. I can recall listening to this album and almost being transfixed by the unusual melodic structure, slightly off-key vocals, and unusual harmonies. It was like two fragile adolesent girls with decent songwriting skills were given a record contract, and it was like nothing I'd ever heard before. However, with the good always comes some bad, and the sad fact is that the things which give songs their staying power such as resonating lyrics, quality musicianship, and good production, were missing in action on many albums of this era. However relevant American Thighs might have been in 1994, the album comes across as utterly irrelevant today. There are a few tracks that still draw you in, such as 'Forsythia' and 'Victrola' (despite the latter's cringe-inducing solo), but overall VS should be thankful that they were able to unleash "Seether" on the world before fading into obscurity.

5 out of 5 stars A must own classic...........2006-10-22

This is probably the most important post-grunge album that doesn't get anywhere near the praise it deserves. Louise Post and Nina Gordon formed a singing duo that could easily be compared to a female version of Lennon and McCartney. Like Lennon and McCartney, Louise and Nina shared lead vocal duties and both wrote equally powerful songs. But the comparisons stop there because Veruca Salt was formed out of Chicago, not Liverpool.

The greatness of this album is its rawness and sincerity. It's poppy, yet grungy, dark yet cheerful, a whirlwind of emotions are captured in this unforgettable 13 track debut. This album is a must-hear for anyone who is fan of 90's rock/grunge/alernative etc. Though no Veruca Salt album is a let down, this is arguably the best.

5 out of 5 stars "You can go and burst my tiny bubble...".......2006-04-26

Veruca Salt's American Thighs is an under-rated American masterpiece. What a great band they were, well they still play today but Louise Post is the only original member left standing. Nina Gordon and her were very special and gifted girls. This album is produced by Brad Wood who also produced Liz Phair's highly-acclaimed Exile in Guyville the same year as this record. All the tracks are great and low-key. Half the songs are written by Louise Post and the other half is written by Nina Gordon. Post's songs include: the terrific Celebrate You, the completely cool Wolf, Spiderman 79, Victrola, All Hail Me, and the soothing Fly. Gordon's songs include: the catchy Forsythia, Seether, Twinstar, Sleeping Where i want, Get Back, the epic 25, and Number one Blind. There is something special about this album, it doesn't grab your attention right away but after a few listens, you appreciate its simple and mellow texture. American Thighs is a piece of Americana. Also check-out their follow-up record Eight arms to hold you produced by Bob Rock.

5 out of 5 stars Please enter a title for your review.......2006-01-02

You know what really makes this album awesome? Well the fact that it's awesome. But aside from that, the fingers scratching across the strings on every chord change. Oh my god I luv that.
IV
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Definitely worth the wait
  • Excellent Music!
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 IV
Veruca Salt
Manufacturer: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
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ASIN: B000HCO854
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

  1. So Weird
  2. Centipede
  3. Innocent
  4. Circular Trend
  5. Perfect Love
  6. Closer
  7. Sick As Your Secrets
  8. Wake Up Dead
  9. Damage Done
  10. Blissful Queen
  11. The Sun
  12. Comes and Goes
  13. Save You
  14. Salt Flat Epic

Album Description

Veruca Salt skyrocketed to fame in 1994 with the alternative radio mega-hit "Seether" off their Minty Fresh debut album "American Thighs," and followed with an equally successful sophomore effort, 1997's "8 Arms to Hold You." After co-founder Nina Gordon left to pursue a solo career, lead singer/guitarist Louise Post reformed the band with guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick and drummer Kellii Scott, to produce 2000's critically acclaimed "Resolver," described by Chicago Sun Times' Jim DeRogatis as "the best album to be released under the band's Willy Wonka-inspired moniker, as well as one of the strongest albums of the year ... a galvanizing rock 'n' roll statement in a pop-dominated time." The success of Veruca Salt's 2005 EP "Lords of Sounds and Lesser Things" and its accompanying US tour secured the band a record deal with indie label powerhouse, Sympathy for the Record Industry. Now six years after Resolver, Post and Fitzpatrick have been joined by bassist Nicole! Fiorentino (Radio Vago), and rejoined by drummer Kellii Scott (Failure, Blinker the Star, Enemy), to create the fourth and latest full length Veruca Salt album, "IV," which is slated for release in September 2006. Produced by Rae DiLeo (Filter, Army of Anyone), "IV" features the classic heavy guitar thunder, pop sensibility, and soul-wrenching lyrics of previous Veruca Salt efforts, coupled with the stirring musical maturation of Louise Post and Co. Songs written and performed live to worldwide acclaim over the past six years (such as "Blissful Queen," "Save You," and "The Sun") have been combined with powerful new material, and the resulting effort promises to be the greatest Veruca Salt album to date. TRACKS: So Weird Centipede Closer The Sun Perfect Love Blissful Queen Wake Up Dead Save You Circular Trend Sick as Your Secrets Comes and Goes Damage Done Salt Flat Epic

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Definitely worth the wait.......2007-07-16

I've loved Veruca Salt ever since American Thighs came out in 1994. I always thought of their music being likened to a female Smashing Pumpkins type grunge rock and the perfect subject of the angry feminine prior to Alannys Morrisette. After waiting so long after their last album, Veruca Salt continues to add to their great sound. I have to agree with the repeat listenings as I was not impressed with the first spin, but I've always had that problem with Veruca Salt. It took me forever to get to really enjoy Resolver, which I had til now, considered the best VS.

The raw, grungy emotion is there in songs like "Damage done" and "So Weird". Veruca Salt always seems to have a lighter song in the mix to throw you off the crashing wave of sound to a deep, dreamy and lyrically lifting groove and IV was no exception. "Sick as your secrets" has a wonderfully rhythmic guitar play and soft to hard female vocals from Louise Post as does "Salt Flat Epic". Its a very clean and well produced album and it was worth the wait.

However, I wold not recommend this for the first time Veruca Salt listener. My suggestion would be to start with American Thighs to get the first real bite into a truly extraordinary band. Veruca Salt IV delivers more each time I listen to it.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent Music!.......2007-06-12

There is lot of extraordinary groups that aren't the famous they should be (it may be selfish, but in a certain way it's also great that this happens because they produce excellent music that it isn't compromised; they are no commercial groups)... Veruca Salt is one of these great and non common Groups!

3 out of 5 stars Not living up to their potential?.......2007-04-18

I have been a Veruca Salt fan for a long time. I drove from Kentucky, to Chicago, to Champaign, IL and back to see them on tour in 2005. I loved Resolver, and the EP that they sold on their 2005 tour. I was greatly anticipating the new album.

When I purchased the cd, I was beyond disappointed. I thought the band sounded amateur, not like it was fronted by a seasoned music veteran. I would never guess that the woman singing on this album was the same woman singing on Resolver or the earlier albums. The only new song that I really enjoy is 'Circular Trend'.

I was glad to see that Blissful Queen was put on the album since I loved the demo, but I was confused why they put two songs from the just released EP on there. I thought that to be a waste of track space, any diehard VS fan knows that they have a large selection of demos and unreleased tracks that could've gone on the album instead. Also, since the EP and the album sound so different, they stick out like a sore thumb.

However, if they did a show within a hundred miles of me, I would drop everything to see them in a heartbeat. Louise and Stephen still put on an incredible live show.

2 out of 5 stars This album was DOA.......2007-04-06

I've been a long-time fan of VS, ever since hearing Spiderman '79 on American Thighs, way back in the early 90s. They have always producing great songs, full of witty lyrics and tight production. I've been to several shows - both pre- and post-breakup. I actually liked Resolver and I REALLY wanted to like this album (especially having to wait 5+ years for it!) but this album is trash, pure and simple.

There is no coherent "theme" to the CD, making it seem like the songs are disjointed and slapped together haphazardly. Previous albums had a certain "flow" to them, each song nicely transitioning from one to another. Not here. Louise has seemingly lost a lot of her vocal talent as well, as her two ranges seem to being either screaming at the top of her lungs or speaking in a conversational tone. Gone are the sexy whispers and actual singing Louise was known for.

I'm also not impressed by the "talent" of her new backing band members. Lackluster at best.

One other thing as well (to address certain previous reviewers comments) - just because someone doesn't like this album, isn't because they're bitter about the Gordon/Post break. But, if Louise didn't want the "new" VS to be compared to the "old" VS, why keep the name? Answer: It's easier to ride the coat-tails of an established band name, then strike out on your own. It's only logical to compare the two and quite reasonable

5 out of 5 stars thank you.......2007-04-02

this was an easy pick for me. bought it as a gift for someone close to me and she loved it!
Below the Salt
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Relive Olde Times
  • Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span...
  • The best of the best
  • Beautiful British folk music
  • Steeleye Spans Their Talent in Their Fourth Album, "Below the Salt"
 Below the Salt
Steeleye Span
Manufacturer: Shanachie
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ASIN: B000000E75
Release Date: 1989-08-08

Tracks:

  1. Spotted Cow
  2. Rosebud In June
  3. Jig: The Bride's Favorite/Tansey's Fancy
  4. Sheep-Crook And Black Dog
  5. Royal Forester
  6. King Henry
  7. Gaudete
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  9. Saucy Sailor

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Like Fleetwood Mac would five years later, Steeleye Span had lost its most celebrated members, Fairport Convention alumnus Ashley Hutchings and guitarist Martin Carthy, when they reconvened in a comparatively anonymous lineup that proved to be their most successful. This 1972 album found vocalist Maddy Prior and guitarist Tim Hart (who'd worked as a duo prior to joining Steeleye) taking the reins, with violinist Peter Knight providing an instrumental foil for the then-drummerless quintet's electric and acoustic guitars. Prior's regal alto and a carefully chosen program of traditional songs (including a medieval Christmas hymn, "Gaudete," that's among the few rock songs extant boasting a Latin lyric) sustain the album's decidedly pre-industrial mood. Below the Salt stands as a British folk-rock classic. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Relive Olde Times.......2007-06-08

This has always been a personal favourite of mine - having done it to death on vinyl, it was pure joy to listen again to the amazing vocals of Maddy Pryor and the instrumental genius of Peter Knight et al. One of the best Steeleye Span albums in my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars Quintessential "Classic" Steeleye Span..........2007-05-02

Steeleye Span pioneered folk rock along with Fairport convention (whose music I still haven't picked up yet, though I've been meaning to for variety's sake). If you're a Steeleye Span fan, you will like this CD. Period. It's a Steeleye classic, and one of my many favorites.

Skip the newer releases, like: They Called Her Babylon, Bedlam Born, Bloody Men.

Go for the Classics: Tempted and Tried, All Around my Hat, Sails of Silver, Storm Force Ten, Rocket Cottage, Hark! The Village Wait, Please to See the King, Ten Man Mop, Commoners Crown, Now We Are Six, Parcel of Rogues, Below the Salt, Back in Line.

If you must pick up "modern" Steelye albums, pick up: Time (one of their best "modern" releases) and Horkstow Grange (their other good "modern" release). "Winter" is supposed to also be good, on par with the classics (traditional arrangements of holiday songs), though I haven't yet seen it.

The above "classic" albums cover the early and middle years.

5 out of 5 stars The best of the best.......2007-02-17

I don't suppose there's really any need for me to join the chorus, but what the hell: I can say without hyperbole that Below the Salt is one of the greatest albums in the universe. Listening to the band's mostly-uninspiring post-seventies albums, it's easy to lose perspective about how awesome Steeleye Span was in their prime, but listening to BtS brings it all back. This is just sublimely beautiful, deeply evocative music.

The opener, "Spotted Cow," is a very sweet love song--certainly a rarity for this band. Then the acappella "Rosebud in June" shows off the group's vocal abilities to breathtaking effect. It's a sort of fertility song, equating human and ovine fecundity. I suppose in this instance the word is being used in a manner similar to the French "jolie," but I can't help but smile at the line about the jolly, jolly sheep. The instrumental jigs are fine, if inessential--but then there's another stunner, "Sheep-Crook and Black Dog." It features some of Maddy Prior's best vocals--which, given her track record, is high praise indeed. I suppose that, broadly speaking, it's about feeling incapable of following societal expectations, in spite of the pain this causes--but that makes it sound way more like a sociology lecture than it should. It's beautifully sad, and the denouement is quietly devastating: "But she wrote that she's led such a contrary life/She said that she'd never be a young shepherd's wife."

Then there's "Royal Forester," which takes a mischievously proto-feminist approach to the "stolen maidenhead" trope that's so common in the band's oeuvre--even if the conclusion, wherein the maiden in question's violator's "punishment" is being forced to marry her, forcibly drags things back to a more medieval context.

"King Henry"--man, seriously, what can you say? At eight minutes, with several phases and complex arrangements, it's the album's obvious centerpiece. It's a tale of hospitality and duty with obvious echoes in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Wife of Bath's Tale, among others. It sort of feels like there should be another verse or two--but there I go, applying modern narrative sensibilities to an ancient song. Bad! I suppose I'd also be guilty of that if I noted that Henry's "hospitality" seems, in places, remarkably indistinguishable from plain ol' cowardice--but regardless of how you read it, it's a great song.

"Gaudete"--eh, it's decent enough, very pretty, great singing, and so forth, but, while I know it's one of the band's best-known (best-loved?) songs it doesn't exactly set me on fire.

"John Barleycorn" gets things back on track, however--there are innumerable variations on the "patron saint of alcohol" theme, including a number of well-known versions of this same song, but this one is, predictably, one of the best. "Saucy Sailor" finishes things well, even if the instrumental section at the end drags a bit.

So yeah. In summary: fantastic stuff. Easily the band's best album. Commoner's Crown is another popular candidate, and I think (somewhat surprisingly) that their reunion album Time ought to be another--but, great as those albums are, I don't think they can really touch Below the Salt. If you think you might be at all interested in archaic British folk music, this is the only place to start--and even if you don't, give it a try. You may well surprise yourself.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful British folk music.......2006-10-26

British folk music has really grown on me over the years, and this is one of the best cds of the genre. I am especially fond of the lovely vocal harmonies in Rosebud in June and Gaudete, the instrumental Jig/The Bride's Favorite/Tansey's Fancey, Maddy Ryan's disarming vocal in Royal Forester, and the seductive strings in the closing Saucy Sailor.

This will make you want to further explore Steeleye Span's catalog of cds, and you will want to delve further into Irish Celtic music. I highly recommend this beautiful, catchy, folk music cd.

5 out of 5 stars Steeleye Spans Their Talent in Their Fourth Album, "Below the Salt".......2006-05-28

In medieval times, the monarchs and rulers of the house would sit at the north end of the table. Salt, being a rare mineral, would be put in the center to symbolize its extreme superioriority above all other foods. The salt would also serve as a divider from the servants and dependants, and the family and intimates. As you can see if you flat out your album, they symbolize this in the front and back photographs. The poor people eat below the salt. Below the Salt. Being probably the only Steeleye Span fan under the age of twelve, I would asure you that my tastes have been delighted by this collection of sad mellodies clashed with joy unparalleled by the most joyful recorder. Steeleye's amazing knowlegde of folk music broadens as they excel even without a steady percussion section to back them up. Their true magic is portrayed in Guadete, (Pronounced, Gaw-day-tay), the only true Steeleye hit, which made to the UK's top ten list. Gaudete, which in Latin means rejoice, is a beutiful vocal-only short, with Maddy Prior's sheer soprano voice cracking your strongest window. Saucy Sailor, a beautiful love story, will make your eyes water.The charming jigs will get you kicking your feet in joy. The album is so harmonizing it will give you chills. And just to let your know, the small child on the cover isn't an instrument, nor a prop. He is just a child, a small child.
A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
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ASIN: B000001FHG
Release Date: 1992-12-08

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  1. Intro Jam
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  3. I Like It Like That
  4. Solo Power (Let's Get Paid)
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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Salt With a Deadly Pepa.......2007-03-09

I have been trying to find an inexpensive copy of this CD for quite a while and finally, success. The purchase was swift, easy, and with Paypal totally painless.

5 out of 5 stars I used to love me some Salt............2006-09-22

Salt n Pepa came hard on their second release back "88". The undisputed first female sex symbols of rap repped hard with tracks like Syncopated Soul Power (Salt's Solo), Everybody Getup and Let's Get Paid(Pepa's Solo).
Shake your thang was also hot(Which could have been called Doin the Butt Part II).

4 out of 5 stars Very old school, timeless vintage rap.......2006-01-29

I know I know, comparing this trio with modern day rappers is like comparing apples to watermelons, But these ladies was so real with their stuff you cant put a candle to them. I feel that salt n peppa had the market when it came to rap as a female trio and yes most of their songs everyone could listen to without having to chase little kids out of the room! if you have the old LPs of this little gem, it is worth some money......

5 out of 5 stars Here is another old school hit.......2004-10-21

This SNP album is hot. I liked when I first listened to it. I think I was in the 5 or 6th grade. If you want some old school to listen to, this is a must have. Hits like "Get Up" and "Solo Power (Get Paid)" are most memorable.

4 out of 5 stars "Okay now here's the deal, Pep bust it...".......2004-03-25

You HAVE to had grown up during the era of this album to TRULY appreciate it. I used to carry my radio around EVERYWHERE and play this TAPE, yes I said TAPE, ALL the time!! Salt n Pepa are true pioneers in the rap game that was, back then, dominated by men. With this being their sophomore album, it stil stands strong even today. Maybe it's just me being nostalgic and all, but I was feeling this album when it came out and if my tape hadn't worn out, I'd still be rockin' it today! So now I have to buy the CD...
Eight Arms to Hold You
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B000002RBT
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

  1. Straight
  2. Volcano Girls
  3. Don't Make Me Prove It
  4. Awesome
  5. One Last Time
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There's more of producer Bob Rock (AC/DC) here than the feisty band that recorded Seether two years previously. That's a good thing on the single "Volcano Girls," complete with its squealing guitars and "I Am the Walrus" nod. Titles like "With David Bowie" and "Venus Man Trap" are the best thing about the rest of a rather one-dimensional package. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional.......2006-10-02

This was a great record. Even better than the first record that was also quite good but simply better than the EP "blow it out". This is really exciting pop-punk with beautiful female harmonies.

1 out of 5 stars One hit wonder worth one star.......2006-09-18

C'mon! I was struck with terror when I saw all the good reviews on this one. At it's best this is a mediocre album. My copy of the album hasn't seen daylight, nor laserlight for a good ten years, but since I'm in the process of burning my CD's to my Itunes catalogue I gave "Eight Arms To Hold You" another chance. After having heard the entire CD again - almost ten years after, my conclusion is the same as when I bought back in 1997!! One star for the catchy power rock hit "Volcano Girls" with a nice touch of the Bob Rock sound and production. Why Veruca Salt sounds like a high school band on the rest of the album is beyond me.

5 out of 5 stars "My heart skips around when i hear the sound...".......2006-04-26

This is my favorite album by Veruca Salt. Eight arms to hold you is a staple in female/male rock music. Louise Post and Nina Gordon were at their best both vocally and musically on this record. Post's songs include:Venus Man Trap, The Sound of the Bell, Shutterbug, One Last Time, Straight, and Don't Make me Prove it. The best song from her creation is Shutterbug with lyrics like:"It's freezing in Bristol, there's love on the telly, a girl grinning at me, she's doing the shimmy..." Gordon's songs include: Volcano Girls, Loneliness is Worse, Earthcrosser, The Morning Sad, Benjamin, With David Bowie, Awesome, and Stoneface. Her best song is a toss-up between Loneliness is Worse:"Dont you wanna be happy with me, if you don't come around soon I'll turn sadder than you ever were..." and Benjamin,"When you were falling from my tree i was not scared, I thought you'd meet me back up there, it never dawned on my you were home-free..." Eight Arms to hold you is a great and rip-roaring fun time. Just listen to the way Nina Gordon holds the the note: "Where's my lip glossssssss.....!" it will blow you away. I miss this band dearly, also check-out Nina's solo record Tonight and the rest of my life and Salt's first record American Thighs.

5 out of 5 stars what a moron.......2006-03-22

the editorial review on this album is ridiculous. the way that veruca salt managed to seamlessly work out a 14 song album that frequently flops back and forth between arena rock and power pop and have it be one coherent and beautiful collection of music that addresses a variety of topics is anything but "one dimensional." people who don't like music shouldn't review music.

5 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2005-10-23

If you like awesome music I suggest you buy this cd. I listen to it unstop. It's addicting
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Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B00000815V
Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

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A dreadful "Let's Do It" by Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg is the only lame moment on the soundtrack of a flick that's destined to become the Rocky Horror of the '90s. The contemporary A list--Björk, Portishead, Belly, Veruca Salt, Hole and L7--all weigh in with new tracks; Björk's "Army of Me" and Portishead's "Roads" are standouts. "Season with Mockingbird Girl" by a Stone Temples Pilots spinoff called The Mad Bastards adds to the film's considerable hip quotient. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Tank Girl Rocks.......2007-06-14

Loved the CD - lot's of great tunes, including L7's Shove, Joan Jett's version of Let's Do It (great running song) and Bjork's strange, but compelling Army of Me.

4 out of 5 stars pot of sound variety.......2000-11-29

When I first got this CD after compulsively watching the movie several times over, I have to admit that I was a little bummed that not all of the songs I was expecting to hear were there. Over time it really grew on me and I have been quite please with the CD. I've picked up more of the music of the different bands featured on it. It's a great choice for someone who likes to keep a nice variety of sounds swimming in her ears. It has given me a taste of artists that I wouldn't normally have stumbled upon otherwise. See the movie if you want a fun & funky chick-flick. If it gets you revved you can expect to be dancing, hopping, bobbing & lipsynching to the soundtrack!

4 out of 5 stars Tank girl rules.......2000-01-11

This is a great cd and although it doesnt have all the songs from the film i wanted it is well worth a listen
Salt Rain
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Trust in Me
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 Salt Rain
Susheela Raman
Manufacturer: Narada
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ASIN: B00005BJIG
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

  1. Ganapati
  2. Maya
  3. Mamavatu
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  5. Mahima
  6. Trust In Me
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If the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" is one of the classic examples of raga rock (emphasis on rock), fusing the ancient Indian modal pattern of raga with western rock & roll, Susheela Raman's entire output on her remarkable debut Salt Rain can well be called raga blues, (emphasis on raga). Trained to sing classical Indian music from childhood, the Londoner by birth began experimenting with the vocal style of American blues in adolescence, finding in her early 20s a richly exotic multitextured sound. African rhythms, Asian-chordal dissonance, and a deep womanly voice make for an intoxicating listening experience. Add to this a band of players with origins from Romania to Greece, Spain, Kenya, and beyond. Rather than run together as an ineffective mishmash of multicultural styles, Raman and crew offer up a stunning circus of sound like a masala-Gypsy-klezmer band with one foot in the Delta. Familiar as the soaring voice of Joi, Raman is an intensely exciting new voice not in just world music, but in music as a whole. Salt Rain is both bountiful and devastatingly beautiful. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Trust in Me.......2007-02-10

Susheela Raman has a strong, smooth, almost hypnotic voice. The material is beautifully arranged and well chosen. Tracks are varied and playful, while remaining unified.

Raman and a diverse collection of musicians mix jazz, blues, ambient, and South Indian classical influences with skill and charisma, from the hilarious and cheeky "Trust in Me" to the traditional meditation on "Ganapati".

Her voice blends well with guest vocalist Ayub Ogada on "O Rama" and she really shines on the title track. There is also a lovely rendition of Tim Buckley's "Song To The Siren". I am looking forward to hearing many more songs from this siren.

5 out of 5 stars Richly Textured.......2007-01-05

This is a beautiful CD and I'm so glad to have taken a chance on it. I very much like the songs in English unlike many other reviewers, but I feel the songs sung in Indian languages are equally spectacular and together they add texture to the CD making it a rich musical journey and keeping all songs distinct from one another.

5 out of 5 stars the wonders of inter-national music..........2004-05-01

i have about 12 albums where if even one track is scratched i immediately buy another of the same. this is without a shadow of a doubt, one of those twelve.
salt rain is very ambient, completely relaxing but most of all has the ability to 100% please you when you're on your own listening to it but also not be too invasive if you need to focus on something else or if you're chilling with your mates or whatever. another great thing about this album is you won't get tired of it, it's utterly timeless, you'll still be playing it in fifty years time.
the components that make this album so beautiful is the vunerable yet clear-cut voice of susheela raman, the sexy and seductive rhythms and beats, the clearly defined yet soft melodies that carry the songs through and the haunting lyrics of the songs written english. as for the ones sung in arabic (i think that's the language that she's singing in), they are also truly beautiful and strangely enough it is easy to grasp the tones reflected off the songs due to all the other components especially her voice.
my only criticism of the album is that it has left me needing more of this kind of music which would not be a problem if i knew where to find it but i don't...

5 out of 5 stars Supreme Ensemble.......2002-10-30

If youre looking for some of the smoothest music you could listen to .This is it.Soulful,beautifully constructed songs backed by superb musicians from all points of the globe all gel together for some rare quality listening.Put this on top of your buy list.Personally I'm just hanging out for for her next release.Oh, and don't worry about not understanding most of the lyrics because it simply doesn't matter.Her voice just carries it off.

5 out of 5 stars Velvet.......2002-10-22

Susheela Raman blends Western blues, Eastern chanting, and a little soul-searching into this uplifting work of art. Salt Rain will soothe you like a long lazy Saturday morning. Expect to be surprised, haunted, enchanted, and addicted!

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