Gravity

Track Listings

1. Stay Close

2. When Love Comes to Life

3. Gravity

4. So We Never Got to Paris

5. Weight of the Words

6. I Can Wait

7. Dreaming of April

8. Pretending

9. Bird on a Wire

10. Hope in Sight

Tracks:

Oh! Gravity.
American Dream
Dirty Second Hands
Awakening
Circles
Amateur Lovers
Faust, Midas, And Myself
Head Over Heels (In This Life)
Yesterdays
Burn Out Bright
4:12
Let Your Love Be Strong

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With Oh! Gravity, the San Diego-based modern rock act delivers their best album in years, one that fully reconciles their (Christian) faith with their (considerable) talent. It's diverse but not overly so, and while the production work of veteran Tim Palmer (U2, Tears for Fears) helps provide a radio-friendly sheen atop everything, it's actually their least compromised/mainstream sounding record since the group left the indie scene. From the chiming, revved-up, anthemic title song, which pairs compressed vocals with distorted guitars, to the moody and mildly schizophrenic single "Dirty Second Hands," this album is loud and dirty, the lyrics are thoughtful and plaintive. Lead singer/songwriter Jon Foreman clearly questions the meaning of the band's success, and the role they play in the scheme of things: "Like a puppet on a monetary string/Maybe we've been caught singing/Red, white, blue, and green/But that ain't my American dream." If only Switchfoot's conscience could be implanted in the bodies of other modern rock acts! The world might not necessarily be a better place, but the radio certainly would be. --Mike McGonigal

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Description

Oh! Gravity, the highly anticipated sixth album from the San Diego rock band Switchfoot, contains 12 new tracks written by the band and produced by Tim Palmer (Tin Machine, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Mother Love Bone, U2) and Switchfoot with Grammy-winning executive producer Steve Lillywhite. The new album expands Switchfoot's sonic palette while at the same time dealing with certain social issues. On songs like "Dirty Second Hands," Jon Foreman sings of the dehumanization that comes with technology. Other politically motivated tracks include "Oh! Gravity." the title track's generational appeal for love, peace and understanding, "American Dream," with its biting truth, "Awakening," about trying to recover the innocence of a child in the midst of an ever-harsher reality, the sawing alt-country of "Head Over Heels," the exotic instrumentation and Middle Easternflavor of "Circles," the REM-esque pulse of "4:12," the lush Brit-pop melodies of "Yesterdays," the Echo and the Bunnymen/Smiths influenced "Burn Out Bright" and Motown sound of "Amateur Lovers."

Customer Reviews:

Praise be to God.......2007-07-05

This cd is one a chritian can listen to i believe.

There are a few connotations to Christianity but not cleary stated in every song.

He sings about the largest current issue in the US, the war.
Also there is a song about a dream he has and turns gold. It was a story that I really enjoyed.

I wish i could see them perform.

It has a fun lyrical tone. And serious.

This was not a waste of money now.

grew into one of the best.......2007-06-15

I was introduced to Switchfoot with their excellent album 'The Beautiful Letdown'. Like a lot of people I have rated their subsequent albums on how well they mimic TBL.
And so I initially was quite disappointed with this album. But after some months I think it is one of their best. It is harder music, but still very tight and thoughtful. I encourage people to listen to it not as a 'Switchfoot' album, but as an album. In that light, it is excellent and speaks very well of Switchfoot's ability to write excellent music that is not easy to pidgeonhole.

Switchfoot's best CD yet!.......2007-06-15

I've always enjoyed Switchfoot as a band, yet in the past, every CD of theirs had at least one or two songs that I really loved, some that I was okay with, and a few that I tended to skip over. This has to be the first CD by Switchfoot that is great from start to finish! They were close to hitting a home run with "Nothing is Sound," but they weren't quite there yet. "Oh! Gravity" is right on the money. Switchfoot adds to their edgier material from their previous release, giving their songs even more depth and maturity. At the same time, some songs, such as 4:12 and Secondhand Lovers, bring back fond memories of their first release, "Legend of Chin." "Singability" is at an all-time high--songs like the title track, American Dream, and Head Over Heals have great choruses that you can't help but sing along with. As owner of all their previous work, I can honestly say that this is the best investment in Switchfoot material that I've made in years.

Great CD and..........2007-06-05

...through June 26, 2007 there's a FREE bonus track to download, "Revenge"! (There's an insert with the CD that has instructions on how to download it).

Anyway, the music on the CD is great. Switchfoot is always a great band to listen to. My favorite songs are the title track and "Awakening".

Oh! Another Great One.......2007-05-19

Switchfoot's music has shaken the secular scene for a long time. Their music is always a good listen, and despite how much you might deny that, it always is catchy.
I am absolutely in love with this CD. I would have to say "Faust" is one of the greater tracks on the CD (along with "Dirty Second Hands", "Oh! Gravity", and "Awakening"), but every track is an amazing listen.

And they were hoping that the larger public would take this CD in good hearts. They need not worry about the public. We love them. Oh! Gravity is a great mix of melodies, harmonies, and banging of cymbals (haha, joke about live concerts =P).

Jon provides a good look on material things and our lives as is. He always has something good to tell the world, and the world is out there just waiting for something to be said. I love his lyrics.

I am glad I purchased this one the day it came out. And I'm glad Switchfoot keeps rocking on...

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Love hearing new material from the "Rent" cast member--as well as dance mixes!

Defying Gravity
Idina Menzel
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Customer Reviews:

Love hearing new material from the "Rent" cast member--as well as dance mixes!.......2007-06-15

Idina delivers the voice and the remixes in this massive club single--an adapted solo version of a song from the play Wicked! Would be great to get an all new full length album from Idina. Tracks:

1. Tracy Young's Flying Monkey Club mix (8:05) (very circuity tribal mix)
2. Eddie Baez mix (8:42) (Eddie does his great dark hardhouse magic)
3. Hani's Flying So High Club mix (7:04) (funky disco house mix--but it's more like a dub with few of Idina's vocals)
4. Josh Harris mix (7:15) (more of an electro/filter house feel)
5. Funky Junction & Antony Reale mix (6:20) (real smooth, commercial house mix, best suits the vocals)
6. Single Version (3:47) (While I'm ALL about dance mixes, I must say, the pure arrangement of the original guitar ballad version shows off her stunning vocals--this is just an amazing, uplifting power ballad, and hearing the original version, I realize that NONE of the remixes do the song justice)

The Best of Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

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Some interesting choices, indeed
Great CD
Great selections, but bad transfers
Yes this is Some of the Best of Broadway!
The music of Broadway comes alive

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Tracks:

There's No Business Like Show Business
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Ol' Man River
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America
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If I Were A Rich Man
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One
Tomorrow
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A companion to the fabulous PBS series, the 21-song, 77-minute The Best of "Broadway: The American Musical" provides about as good a single-disc compilation as anyone could hope for. (There's also a five-CD version.) What sets it apart from so many other "best of Broadway" collections is its breadth--because it had access to a variety of record-label vaults it doesn't have to try to disguise gaps by using revivals or solo recordings. Here you get all the authentic stuff, including: Paul Robeson singing "Ol' Man River" from the first modern American musical, Show Boat; Ethel Merman singing "You're the Top"; the title song from Oklahoma!; Julie Andrews singing "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady; West Side Story's "America"; Betty Buckley singing "Memory" from Cats; Hairspray's "Good Morning Baltimore"; and "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, the newest show discussed in the PBS series. And it's hard to argue with the songwriters represented: Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, Bock and Harnick, Kander and Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, among others. Obviously, no single-disc compilation could ever please everyone (did we really need two ALW songs?), but as a sampler intended for people who watched the series and want to hear more of the Great White Way, The Best of "Broadway: The American Musical" can't be topped. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Some interesting choices, indeed.......2006-03-02

This is a pretty good compilation, but I have to wonder at some of the choices that went into it.
"Good Morning Baltimore" is almost the least impressive song from Hairspray. "You Can't Stop the Beat" was a much more anthemic song from that show.
I agree that it's too bad Les Mis didn't make it in. I would have traded that for anything Sondheim, although that's a personal preference :) .
Still, the opportunity to hear the original performers and orchestras perform these works, all in one place, is a great deal.

Great CD.......2005-11-01

This one plays in the car, on the ipod and in the house. When the kids were little they would ask if we could take them to "The Street". That is what they called Broadway (little did they know at that time how famous that street is). They still love it and we can not get enough of it. This CD covers the best and makes you want to go and see a live performance. You can not beat that.

Great selections, but bad transfers.......2005-07-27

This is a great taste of broadway. If you enjoyed the B'Way series at all, then you will probably enjoy this CD. My problem with it is that some of the songs sound like they were not remastered at all- the transfer to CD is terrible. The orchestrations in "You're the top" by Ethel Merman are muffled, and the song sounds like it was taken straight from an old record and slapped onto the CD without fixing it up. It doesn't sound very clear, which is a bit upsetting and annoying. Maybe this is just because that particular recording is older than some of the songs chosen to be on this CD. The more modern songs sound crisp and new and beautiful. "Swanee" is also very low quality as if it were just taken off of a record and put on the CD without any restoration. I just feel that these songs deserved better treatment and that we as customers deserve better treatment. Decca could have restored these songs and made them sound really good, but they decided just to slap them on the CD without touching them up.

I am surprised that nothing was chosen to be on this recording from Les Miserables since it had been on Broadway for 16 years and its tour is running until 2006. There were selections from Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Wicked, so I am not sure why nothing was chosen from Les Miserables.

Other than these few nit pickings, I think that this is a great introduction to musicals. It gives a little taste across the spectrum. Try getting the cast recordings of the songs that you really like on this collection. It's worth buying if you're a huge broadway fan.

Yes this is Some of the Best of Broadway!.......2005-04-08

This CD from Decca Broadway is a wonderful selection of some of

the "Greatest Hits" of the Broadway stage. Decca and Sony have

done an excellent job of remastering the various recordings, some

of which still show some of their age, but come across quite

well. Are there a lot of songs that I would have put on this

disc? Yes, but the ones on here are good choices. I may have to

get a copy of the Five disc set and the DVD's just to see if any

more of my favorites made it on the list. What this disc seems to

try to do is show the evolution of the Broadway song from it's

early days to the present. It succeeds quite well I think.

If you enjoy Broadway theater this CD is a must!

The music of Broadway comes alive.......2004-10-07

I loved listening to this CD. The music from Broadway's best loved musicals are on this album. I recogized most of these songs, even though I've only seen a few of them on the local stage. I have so many favorites on this CD. It is hard to pick one. I'm a big fan of Barbara Streisand. I loved her performance of People from Funny Girl. Memory is the hit song from the musical Cats. Betty Buckley's performance of this song is so emotional and sincere.

I loved the song Annie. It is a wonderfully optimistic song performed by the original Annie Andrea McArdle. Another highlight for me is the song One performed by the cast of a Chorus Line. Luck Be A Lady Tonight is another of my favorite broadway songs on this CD from Guys and Dolls. The music of the night is a beautiful song by Michael Crawford from Phantom of the Opera. Richard Kiley has such a strong and powerful voice. He sounds so inspirational singing The Impossible Dream from Man from La Mancha. My dream is to see some musicals on Broadway someday and listen to these songs performed live.

I'm surprised that there isn't any music from Miss Saigon or Jesus Christ Superstar included here. I think they are classic musicals with great songs Maybe they will appear on a future compilation from PBS.

Average customer rating:

Splendid re-issue!!
fantastic......
His voice is the sound of five hearts breaking...

Gravity (Bonus CD)
Alejandro Escovedo
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Customer Reviews:

Splendid re-issue!!.......2002-12-05

I don't know for the States, but Alejandro Escovedo is unknown in Europe (at least in France), except by special music lovers of course. I discovered him last year only myself, with his beautiful album "A Man Under The Influence". I'm so lucky to have found out this "Gravity" re-issue, along with the "Thirteen Years" one, both are nothing but splendid! Satisfying at any level: the quality of the sound, the beauty of the booklet, of the cover art, and especially of the music! "Gravity" is a masterpiece. As lyrical as the best of Pink Floyd (from "Dark Side" and "The Wall"), as beautiful and pure as the best of the Velvet Underground or Lou Reed (think of the violins of "Street Hassle"), with sometimes rocks as good as the Rolling Stones ones. What could I say more?? The voice of Alejandro is raw and moving. His music is simple and inspired. His subjects are experienced from life. "We fell in love and it's never funny" he sings in "Last To Know".
Bonus CD: eight live songs from the same album, recorded in Santa Monica in 1993, plus a cover of Ian Hunter's "I Wish I Was Your Mother". The customer is happy! :o)

fantastic.............2000-09-26

This earlier solo project is nothing short of incredible. Heartfelt lyrics with great acoustic instrumentation. "Gravity"was follwed by "Thirteen Years" (...), an absolutemasterpiece - talk about singing from the soul.

His voice is the sound of five hearts breaking..........2000-02-22

This album is incredible! The quote above is from one of his songs but can just as well pertain to him. Buy this record and enjoy and hopefully his live show will be coming to a town near you!

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

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Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
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Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
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Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
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Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
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Night And Day- Fred Astaire
Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
You're The Top- Ethel Merman
Summertime- Anne Brown
September Song- Walter Huston
My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

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Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
People- Barbra Streisand
Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

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Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
Come Follow The Band
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And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

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Memory- Betty Buckley
I Am What I Am- George Hearn
Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
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You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
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Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

Average customer rating:

Maybe a sappy review, but I'm willing to risk it...
Rather impressed
An Amazing Album From A Superlative Band
They never cease to impress me.
SEG is good but it's not LGBD

Super Extra Gravity
The Cardigans
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International pressing. 'Super Extra Gravity' was produced by Tore Johansson who worked with Franz Ferdinand & previously with The Cardigans on 'Gran Turismo'. Aside from the single 'I Need Some Fine Wine...', other highlights include the sparse album opener 'Losing A Friend', 'In The Round', 'Good Morning Joan' featuring a wall of guitars and the sad and beautiful 'Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)'. Every listen of the new record reveals another gem - The Cardigans have succeeded in their aim: to make a beautifully deranged album that never ceases to surprise the listener. 11 tracks in all. Universal. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Maybe a sappy review, but I'm willing to risk it..........2006-12-16

The Cardigans are incredibly creative, innovative, and completely fearless in making exactly the kind of album they want to make- a trait difficult to come by these days.

They are, in fact, so good that it's impossible to put into words how moving their music is, particularly with the release of Long Gone Before Daylight and Super Extra Gravity (each of which still give me shivers).

Everything about SEG is amazing- the music, the vocals, the lyrics, the power, the emotion, the rock and roll (!).

It kills me that The Cardigans have had to suffer the pop culture maiming they've received in America. People just don't know how much is out there by them, and that Lovefool is not the keystone of the kind of music they make. If you were ever interested in The Cardigans, I urge you to look into the band more deeply and check out what they have to offer.

Even though I love all the songs on SEG, I have to say that it took a bit more effort to fall into And Then You Kissed Me II and Losing A Friend, but now that I know the album, I have to say that it all dovetails wonderfully into three little song pockets.

The first four songs are banded together into something akin to a roller coaster ride. Losing A Friend starts slow, but climbs into a peak before Godspell "whiplashes you around and 'round" in the words of Nina.
Drip Drop Teardrop picks up at a lower velocity than Godspell, but leaves you feeling content and rounded-out with Overload.

The next little group gives you the perfect kind of musical high (and is my favorite segment), with Fine Wine (abridged title) being the perfect pick-up from Overload. It rocks, and to be quite honest, I think that after hearing that song, anyone would want to take commands from Nina Persson...
Enter the gorgeous downshift to Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds), where Nina's voice takes on the sort of softness that one can only dream about hearing.
Ending on the gliding feeling of a warm crescendo, you're then swept into the rock-y ethereal heights with Little Black Cloud (her vibrato alone is worth the price of the album, as silly as that sounds).

The last little group of four gives you a nice comedown from LBC into In the Round, which some fans have actually denounced as not worth being on the album.
I think the song is worth its steady heartbeat because it is the perfect launch for Holy Love, which blasts off like a rocket and doesn't quit until you hit the end of Good Morning Joan- which is one of those songs that sounds completely effortless, but certainly does its share of the heavy lifting.
Then the quietly rolling And Then You Kissed Me II. The lyrics in this song are cruelly beautiful, and its small, compact, but potent phrases are bound to stick in your head.

You will not be disappointed to own this album, and if you are, then you aren't listening correctly.

Rather impressed.......2006-10-25

I first heard songs from Life when I lived in Japan in the mid-90's. It was so wierd to hear "Carnival" when the music that was popular back then was the end of Grunge and the beginning of the ska wave that lead into pop-punk and this other nonsense that it popular now. This was an album that was so light and airy and upbeat, and fun, with no pretension of being something that it was not. And yet it was super innovative, because nobody else was making music that sounded anything like this. I was of course instantly hooked.

Needeless to say, I am willing to give the Cardigans a chance every single time they release an album. Their albums represent an evolution away from what made them popular. "Gran Turismo" was a radical departure, and I dug that. "Long Gone Before Daylight" was really pretty bad, in my opinion. I felt catatonic listening to it. I was pretty disappointed. But, you know, one cannot stay away from something like the Cardigans, and when I heard they released a new record, I was all over it.

"Super Extra Gravity" (should have been the title of the last album) is a great rock and roll album. This record would have fit in with the sound of the mid-90's when they were making lounge music. It is reminicent of the best of the Breeders or Veruca Salt, though, of course, the musicians in the Cardigans are much more talented than those mid-90's bands.

The album is a rollercoaster ride, with a good ballance of more upbeat tunes, and slower, darker tunes. The guitar work is great, and the production is polished. But there are some suprises in the structures of the songs themselves. What one expects from a song like "Holy Love" is altered by the last chorus, as the Cardigans experiment with range and dissonance. It's not too far out (in a way that the Sonic Youth were far out) but it just enough to add a new dimension of interest to the song.

The draw for most to the Cardigans is the voice of the singer, Nina Persson. Long gone are the delicate tones of sticky sweetness that she is originally famous for. On this record she gains some gravel, and many times sings not beyond her range, but at the very edges of it. It underscores the rock element of the record to the nth degree.

All in all great production values, innovative stylings, and a relatively coherent set list makes this album a really great listen, very enjoyable for playing while you are engaged in some activity. Enjoy it with a friend. "Super Extra Gravity" is a very impressive record from one of my favorite bands.

An Amazing Album From A Superlative Band.......2006-08-13

The Cardigans are my favorite band, and considering the quantity of music I listen to, that's a heavy compliment. I got hooked when I happened hear their "My Favorite Game" in the intro to Gran Turismo. I'm one of the fans, however, that prefers their later albums to their earlier work. Up until Super Extra Gravity, my favorite album was Long Gone Before Daylight, and I also found myself listening to Gran Turismo a good deal. I also like First Band on the Moon and Life, but not only do I prefer their later style- I think they've become more inventive and expressive especially in their last 2-3 albums.

Either way, the lead singer, Nina Persson, has a truly unique, emotive voice and all of their albums have that listenable quality where one songs manages to sound different from the next.

I had high expectations for Super Extra Gravity, and they were met. People are right to say that every Cardigans album sounds different, but with Nina's voice as a constant, this variability is a strength. Super Extra Gravity is rougher and rockier than LGBD, but I like it just as much. I especially like "Don't Blame Your Daughter" and "I Need Some Fine Wine...And You Need To Be Nicer", and "And Then You Kissed Me II". The entire album, however, is fantastic, clever, and holds some nice surprises for Cardigans fans, especially.

For new listeners, I recommend starting at Gran Turismo- it's very accessible, and I dare say that if you don't like that album, you aren't going to like the Cardigans. Go back to their earlier albums only once you're addicted to Nina Persson's voice (shouldn't take long). It's also worthy to note that Nina Persson released a great solo album under the title "A Camp"- not to be missed.

They never cease to impress me........2006-08-03

Every one of the Cardigans' albums is quite unique, so if you are looking for a part 2 of a previous album, this is not it. This is by far my favorite of their albums. People tend to call them pop, but this is not your vanilla radio pop, folks.

Nina Perrson has one of the most beautiful voices in music. With her, it's not the range, but the tone. It is unique and pure.

This album does not contain a single consistency like the others do. Many of the songs are edgy and fierce, some are bouncy, and others are slow and dreamlike. Most are moving and enjoyable. The only songs I did not take to were Good Morning Joan and In the Round. Favorites are Godspell and I Need Some Fine Wine...

If you are new to the Cardigans, I think this is a great album to start with. It is very accessible and not as solemn or quirky as their others (which are also great). I completely recommend this album, I doubt you will feel like you wasted your money but just to be safe, I always say to listen to a sample first.
I hope this album gets its due credit; the Cardigans are way underrated.

SEG is good but it's not LGBD.......2006-07-03

Super Extra Gravity is a great rock 'n roll album. I was so enamored by their melancholic, lush, previous album "Long Gone Before Daylight" that I had to get this album as soon as it came out in Europe. This album rather cleverly contains a sequel to the song "And Then You Kissed Me." I definitely enjoy the songs on this album. But because the songs are so intense and rock-based, I wouldn't say the album as a full listen through is entirely enjoyable. My favorite songs off this album are probably In the Round and Overload.

There is a powerful-sounding song called Godspell, which is a song about religion being an opiate for the masses, but after listening to the lyrics, I came to the conclusion that they are rather nonsensical and the message sounds more whiny than astute.

The album is decidedly brash and brave and each song has a unique sound, but I miss the vulnerability of Long Gone Before Daylight. I thought it deserved 4 stars, because I am not usually a person who likes harsher sounding rock 'n roll, and this album was more enjoyable for me than most would be in that genre. Not all of the songs are rock per se, but the album does have an edgy rock feeling throughout.

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Can it get any better?
A treasure
Defying Gravity by Cheryl Wheeler
Tears And Laughter
I'm a fan, but a disappointed one

Defying Gravity
Cheryl Wheeler
Manufacturer: Philo / Umgd
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ASIN: B000784WQ8
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Since You've Been Gone
Little Road
Must Be Sinking Now
Beyond The Lights
Summer's Almost Over
Defying Gravity
Clearwater, Florida
Here Come Floyd
Alice
This Is Me
It's The Phone
On The Plane
Blessed

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Few folk albums indulge in mood swings more severe than the ones on Defying Gravity. "A woman my age, sittin' here cryin'" are the first words Cheryl Wheeler sings on her first album of new material in six years. During the next four older-but-sadder songs, bittersweet is as chipper as it gets. Even the comparatively sunny "Summer's Almost Over" finds the veteran troubadour confiding "I'm crying but I don't know why." But then comes the Caribbean lilt of the title track--written by Jesse Winchester--and the mood lightens, as the instrumental "Clearwater, Florida," and the jazzy syncopation of "Here Come Floyd" continue to chase the clouds away. By the time the album shifts into a couple of live tracks of Wheeler regaling the audience with the cell-phone absurdities of "It's the Phone" and the travails of air travel in "On the Plane," she has her crowd on the verge of tears of laughter. As the reflective "Alice" and redemptive "Blessed" attest, Wheeler is a folksinger for all emotional seasons. --Don McLeese

Album Description

With six years having past since Wheeler's last full-length studio collection (1999's Sylvia Hotel), the much-anticipated Defying Gravity overflows with a wealth of exquisitely crafted, powerfully resonant original songs. While her compositions have been recorded by artists as diverse as Suzy Bogguss, Garth Brooks, Bette Midler, and Linda Thompson, Wheeler's burnished alto, nimble guitar playing, and sly sense of humor insure that she will always be her own best interpreter. Standout tracks on Defying Gravity, like the bittersweet "Summer's Almost Over," the aching opener "Since You've Been Gone," and the careful character study "Alice," are defined equally by Wheeler's gifts as a writer and performer. "On the Plane" and "It's the Phone," both recorded live in concert at the now-defunct Bottom Line in New York City, are priceless examples of Wheeler the satirist. Taken as a whole, Defying Gravity paints a portrait of a performer and composer continuing to discover rewarding new avenues in her finely-developed craft.

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Can it get any better?.......2007-04-05

After months of being unable to remove Cheryl Wheeler's Driving Home CD from my CD player years ago, I never really expected any of her newer albums, while excellent, to be able to hit the mark set by that album's sheer lyricism and poignancy. I was wrong. Defying Gravity pretty much matches it stride for stride. There are at least five "genius level" songs on it, in my view ("Alice", "Summer's Almost Over", "Here Come Floyd", "Little Road", and "Blessed"). I noticed how much I'd fallen in love with this album when my children asked me why I kept playing the same song over and over (in that case, it was "Summer's Almost Over", but "Alice" has evoked the same behavior in me). You honestly can't go wrong buying this album. Highly recommended.

A treasure.......2006-11-23

I met her in the Medford, Oregon airport-what a delight. I looked her up on Amazon and fell in love with her music. She is absolutely wonderful...what a talent.

Defying Gravity by Cheryl Wheeler.......2006-03-10

I found Cheryl during the "heyday" of Napster, bought all of her albums, she never fails to please!!!

Tears And Laughter.......2005-10-03

Cheryl Wheeler possesses one of the most beautiful and distinctive voices in the music business, and has (especially for these times) that rarest of talents: she writes memorable, TUNEFUL songs. Compelling lyrics are fairly common among the many accomplished "contemporary folk" artists working today. I would even venture to say that "poetry," as opposed to mere jingle-writing, is pretty much expected of anyone looking to rise above the crowd (and it is an ever-expanding crowd). But few have the ability to compose melodies that match or exceed lyrical content. A handful of artists are distinguishing themselves these days in this respect (Dar Williams, John Gorka, Lucinda Williams and Eliza Gilkyson come most immediately to mind), and many of them, like Cheryl Wheeler, have been toiling at the fringes of commercial success for quite a few years. Thankfully, Wheeler and Co. do not seem to care much about the mainstream, and those of us who value music that rises above the usual type of dopey love song that tends to make it into the Top 40, are all the richer for it. Not that Ms. Wheeler does not write about love. It is one of her main subjects, and among her loveliest songs are compositions about every kind of love; they are thoughtful and personal and deep, and have the ability to draw tears from a grown man. This grown man, anyway. On DEFYING GRAVITY, which contains a collection of the most gorgeous melodies she has ever written, Cheryl Wheeler is found at the top of her game. "Little Road," in which Wheeler wonders "how can there be trouble in this world," while marveling at the blissful flow of nature, is heartbreaking, and more potent than any political rant could ever be. "Alice" is equally moving, about a middle-aged woman who becomes nomadic after the death of her husband. "Summer's Almost Over" is of a type of song that Cheryl Wheeler has made her own particular specialty: careful yet emotional observation of the changing seasons, and of nature in general. This one is among her most quietly powerful, and I can't imagine anyone with a heart in their chest not being moved by it.

No losers here, but there is an awkward juxtaposition, as in most of Cheryl's albums, of gorgeous songs with very funny ones. She has a bit of a split personality, and her humor is by turns hilarious and scathing. This "other" Cheryl is best seen and heard live, and, indeed, the satyrical songs on her albums are often from concert performances, as are "It's The Phone" and "On The Plane," included on DEFYING GRAVITY. Thank you, Cheryl, for so perfectly articulating the outrage so many of us feel at the many rude, loud cell phone users that we all encounter on the train, on the bus, in crowds.

There is no such thing as a bad Cheryl Wheeler album, but if you've never explored the worlds of Cheryl Wheeler, this is as good a place as any to start. Simply brilliant.

I'm a fan, but a disappointed one.......2005-03-17

Having been known to go without groceries to attend one of her concerts, and owning most everything she's ever recorded on CD, on tape or on VHS, I would describe myself as a Cheryl Wheeler fan. And I have never failed to find on each of her productions three or four "stop what you are doing and listen to this" songs--until now. Listening to "Defying Gravity" over and over again, I find the accompaniement over-produced, at times amateurish, and often irritating. While the songs are "nice", there are none that grab you by the collar and swing your attention around to them. But, it's still Cheryl--the images are as clear and sharp as ever, her playing is clean and pleasing, and her voice is still as smooth and as sweet as honey-wine--and for this alone could I recommend this CD to another of her fans. Yet there's a big something missing that I cannot quite find the words to describe--I'm listening to her CD, "and I'm crying but I don't know why..."

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GREAT album!!!
PERFECT IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD....
WARNING
Always will be close to me
Sometimes Change is Good

Gravity
Our Lady Peace
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065V1W
Release Date: 2002-06-18

Tracks:

All For You
Do You Like It
Somewhere Out There
Innocent
Made Of Steel
Not Enough
Sell My Soul
Sorry
Bring Back The Sun
A Story About A Girl

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One of the most prominent mainstream rock bands in Canada, Our Lady Peace can't seem to get a break in the States. Their consistently engaging (if not always inventive) music deserves better. While slick, self-important songs like "Do You Like It" and "Made of Steel" may not help the group's case, they are more than compensated for by the expert playing and towering choruses of slow-burners like "Somewhere out There" and "Sell My Soul." Singer Raine Maida definitely has one of the more distinctive voices in rock & roll--part Scott Weiland, part Michael Stipe--and when it takes flight on the former track, Our Lady Peace truly sound like a force to be reckoned with. Here's hoping people are listening. --Aidin Vaziri

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GREAT album!!!.......2007-05-09

ALL tracks are great! Seriously you should buy this album! "Not Enough" is my favorite!!!

PERFECT IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD...........2006-01-06

i've been a fan of OLP since clumsy. their sound was different, their sound was truly unquestionable. while their older style contains songs that a little "weird" (Stealing Babies, All My Friends), the style heard of Gravity is more accessible...more mainstream i guess you could say. while, many OLP fans say that this album is a turn for the worst, i say this is probably their best work to date. it's down to earth, it's beautiful, and it's true. all the emotions are felt, all the words are true,and all the songs have meaning. songs about love, heartbreak, and all the pain that everyone goes through are truly the backbone of this album...that's whats so great about this album...it's about what everyone and anyone has gone through in their lives....everyone can relate. the album is probably the most depressing of any OLP album, but it is also beautiful. songs like Do You Like It and Not Enough really reach into your soul and just grab hold.While songs like All For You and Made of Steel are heavier, they still carry the melody and beauty of the rest of this album. This album, to me, is basically perfect. Powerful choruses, beautiful lyrics, and an excellent, beautful sound. It's really a shame that OLP isn't bigger than what they are...they truly are one of the greatest bands around right now...and this album definately proves it.

WARNING.......2005-09-08

The single "Somewhere out there" on this album is NOT the version Fievel sings in An American Tail. This one is about some purple haired girl who tastes good, probably like grape.

Always will be close to me.......2005-08-31

I'm a big music fan in general, so it's hard for anything to be labeled 'bad' to me. Music is about creativity. Such genre stipulations and dichotomies don't exist to me. Duke Ellington said that there were only two types of music, good and bad; and that's the way it should be.

This album is very good, I think. It's rockier than older OLP stuff(although I like that just as much), and I also think more heartfelt.

This album will hold a very special place in my mind always, because of who introduced it to me, and when. It's one of those albums that belong in the 'Hall Of Fame' in my mind, just because of its association to that timeframe of my life.

Anyway, Innocent is a highly underrated song. I think it's the best one on the album--probably their best song ever, actually. It's got a good rock sound, with soulful singing, and beautiful lyrics. That's a good formula for me, generally, and it definitely works here. I highly recommend this album to anyone that misses the 90's rock scene(a la Toad The Wet Sprocket or Soul Asylum).

Sometimes Change is Good.......2005-08-25

Well, this was another CD that was bought for my dad, but, again, I've now claimed it for my own. I love their sound, and it's partly what got me liking rock music. However, if you like classic OLP albums (like "Clumsy," which, I have to admit, I did not), this may seem a step in the wrong direction. However, it's helped to push them more into the mainstream, and Raine Maida's voice is certainly unique.

1. All For You- I've heard that this is more like their old stuff. Driving rock beat, rawer vocals, and a great track.

2. Do You Like It?- The verses are toned down quite a bit from the first song, but it has a good melody, and is a good song.

3. Somewhere Out There- Almost ballad-like for this band, but I love the song anyway, and the violins are a nice touch.

4. Innocent- Great song, got a lot of airplay, and probably one of the best on the album. Super catchy, and the choir sounds great.

5. Made of Steel- More great melodies in the chorus, and, again, very singable and catchy.

6. Not Enough- Probably my favorite song on the CD. The verses are quite mellow, but the chorus rocks, great melody, powerful, and the guitar solo is awesome!!!

7. Sell My Soul- Another toned down song, but Raine's voice sounds great, and it's an interesting arrangement.

8. Sorry- Another very catchy, singable song. Good lyrics, and is certainly more rock than some of the others.

9. Bring Back The Sun- Another of my favorites. It may be mellow, but the emotion is great, as is the ending. The vocals sound different towards the end, but I think it's a neat sound.

10. Story About a Girl- The verses may not be excellent in sound, but the chorus turns all that around. Has one of those "epic" sounds with the instruments, meaning the transition from verse/chorus is noticeable and sudden, and the sound changes. The drums bring the chorus in nicely.

A World Without Gravity : The Best Of The Jim Carroll Band

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Great poetry, good music
Jim the Amazing
Punk as street experience
Where's The HYPE?
JIM CARROLL ( STEVEN LINSLEY)

A World Without Gravity : The Best Of The Jim Carroll Band
Jim Carroll
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ASIN: B000003327
Release Date: 1993-08-17

Tracks:

People Who Died
Work Not Play
Differing Touch
It's Too Late
Wicked Gravity
I Want The Angel
Them
City Drops Into The Night (Live Version)
Dry Dreams
Jealous Twin
Plain Division
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Carroll was a New York poet living in California when punk exploded in the late 1970s. He rightly sensed that punk was as much a lyrical stance as a musical one. Inspired by contemporaries like Patti Smith and Richard Hell, Carroll found himself a band and started spewing his literate and often fatalistic verse over a solid 4/4 beat. His surprise 1980 hit "People Who Died" sounded both shocking and exciting as it roared out of bored radios all across America. The rest of this guitar-heavy set--including the classic "Wicked Gravity" and the previously unreleased "Differing Touch"--paints similarly edgy portraits of lurkers and fringe dwellers. The rote rock backing occasionally gets a little tepid, but Carroll's bitter-junkie tongue burns throughout. --Michael Ruby

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Great poetry, good music.......2006-01-03

Jim Carroll is by far my favourite writer. Read some of his poetry or his famous diary and you'll understand.
As a fan, i bought his band's cds as well...what can i say? It sound so 80s in a way, you can feel N.Y.C's 5 boroughs in it, and tight punky jeans with dirty white converse shoes...
The music is ok (honest 80s garage-rock) but lyrics are the best...lyrics are top!
Read some of his books before buying this album!

Jim the Amazing.......2005-08-09

In 1984 James Spader & Robert Downey (this movie is so old school the he wasn't even a JR yet) starred in a movie called
Tuff Turf and in that movie there is a scene in a warhouse where this band was playing live and I heard Voices for the first time
Jim Carroll was the voice I heard and the Jim Carroll band was the band I fell in love with. If you buy this CD at no time will it disappoint you.

Punk as street experience.......2004-06-02

Jim Carroll's personality comes through strong in his poetry and famous "Basketball Diaries", but seemingly even stronger in his music. To read about this guy's unbelievable experiences is one thing, but to hear him put work them into songs with a 70's punk flavor is another thing entirely. "People Who Died", "Crow", and "Catholic Boy" are probably the most autobiographical songs in Caroll's canon. One is never sure of Carroll's position on his extensive drug use. In a "World Without Gravity" there is a catching lyric "We need some pure pure white/Yeah we can nod all night" and only after one hears it a few times does one realize just what he's making reference to. I've always wondered what Carroll would himself say about drug use in general as a result of his experiences. The closest you'll get is this album and his other ones, since in the diaries and poems he is flippant with the issue. All in all this is a great album, the smartass junkie tongue coming through loud and clear with a kind of existential abrasiveness that reminds us:Carroll still has the rebellious heart of the teenager and twentysomething he once was.

Where's The HYPE?.......2002-12-08

Even those who know and love Jim Carroll best would describe his
music and poetry a "CULT" thing. WHY? I don't know. I can't
figure why these songs aren't perennial "80's punk."

Although Carroll's music has been successful, maybe the number of those who appreciate it as POETRY is limited, and maybe that's it's labeled "CULT." You can't turn poetry on in the background like a CD--you have to involve yourself in it. And THAT'S the best way to experience this CD.

I like this better than anything else Jim's done. The music didn't thrill at first, but when I opened the cover and read the lyrics along with the music, I was hooked, AMAZED at how I hadn't really been listening.

Carroll once mentioned that he can sometimes enjoy poetry on paper, but not when it's performed, and that some poets do it for him in performance, but not in a book. JIM, if you ever read this: I THOUGHT you did it for me on paper, but I didn't know what enjoying your poetry was until I heard THESE poems lyricized and told in your voice.

JIM CARROLL ( STEVEN LINSLEY).......2002-11-13

THIS BEST OF THE JIM CARROLL BAND IS ABSOLUTE SWEETNESS TO THE EARS. STEVEN LINSLEY BASS PLAYER HAS DEFINATELY PROVED HIS TALENTS.AND HE IS STILL PROVING HIS TALENTS IN A DIFFERENT AREA,
THAT OF THE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY FORM. THIS BAND WAS A DEFINATE TREAT FOR THE LOVER INTO PUNK,OR THE PUNK INTO LOVER,OR RATHER
THE PUNK MUSIC LOVER.THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
2 THUMBS UP AND ***** FIVE PLATINUM STARS.

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Gravity Kills' First
Dunno why everyone's so down on this one
Few FEW catchy parts, but mostly generic...
their best work!
The First and the Best!!!

Gravity Kills
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Manipulated
Wither Blister Burn & Peel
Darkest Days
Ungod

ASIN: B000000GSH
Release Date: 1996-03-05

Tracks:

Forward
Guilty
Blame
Down
Here
Enough
Inside
Goodbye
Never
Last
Hold

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Gravity Kills' First.......2007-02-19

Well, where do I start. This is Gravity Kills' first release and I must say it's their best. I had, for the longest time, had a tough time deciding on what was better "Perversion" or the "Self-Titled". Both are great but I feel the first has a much darker atmospheric style. The whole album seems to flow in and out until you reach your destination of the end. Even the opener "Forward" sets the tone, preparing you for what's to come. I don't think there is one below average track on this cd. My favorites from the release are probably "Guilty", "Here", "Inside", and "Hold". Here's the ratings...

2. Guilty - 10/10
3. Blame - 10/10
4. Down - 10/10
5. Here - 10/10
6. Enough - 10/10
7. Inside - 10/10
8. Goodbye - 8.5/10
9. Never - 10/10
10. Last - 10/10
11. Hold - 10/10

Overall: 98% A

It's a really good start for a pretty good band. I'm suprised they didn't get more popular than they did. The whole album is awesome. My only complaint would be that the track "Inside" is too short. Also, I would strongly disagree that this band is a ripoff of other Industrial acts like Nine Inch Nails just because of how different it sounds. The vocals make it unique and the fact that it never slows down and gives you a more sad side like with NIN's "Pretty Hate Machine". It's just much more angry unlike NIN which has a sad and angry side. Both are great though, and have plenty to offer. Anyone who enjoys acts like Filter, Nine Inch Nails, or even Ministry should check this out.

Dunno why everyone's so down on this one.......2005-11-20

I think Gravity Kills gets unfairly dumped on just because they happened to get famous after NIN and Skinny Puppy. Quite frankly, I don't know what it is you wouldn't like about this CD if you liked all those other ones. OK, so it's not the most original thing on the planet, but so what? It's fun to listen to, and that's honestly all I ask. Maybe others demand some kind of earth-shattering experince, but I think that's just being unreasonable.

There are some slight dragging moments in here, but overall it's a solid, if conventional, idustrial rock production. If "breaking the mold" is what you want, then maybe stay away, but its by no means a bad album.

Few FEW catchy parts, but mostly generic..........2005-05-13

I'm finding it hard to believe that this received a 4.5 cumulative review. Now I generally love this kind of music; I am a huge NIN, Skinny Puppy, and somewhat of a KMFDM and Stabbing Westward fan. This is just so lifeless, and by-the-numbers though and you really can tell listening to it. Take the lyrics for "Guilty" for instance (one of the higher points of the album). "1 and 1 and 1 make three. 1 and 1 why can't you see. Im killing you, you're killing me" Don't kill me if those aren't the exact lyrics but whatever, just generic uninteresting stuff. There's a reason you can buy this used for what was it....$1.94? OH and you can get there follow up (i think it was the follow up) "Perversion" for one cent!! Yes that's right one f**king cent. There's a little guilty pleasure to be found on here with (i didn't mean to do that) "Guilty" and "Enough" almost shows some promise. Everything else is predictable garbage with the same disco beat to all of it. I don't like being harsh on CDs I own, since I did buy the thing after all, and I did try to give it a fair chance. Some deserve it though. I'll sell you my copy for a quarter if you want it.

their best work!.......2005-03-11

I bought all three albums from here because i saved a bunch of money and I've been meaning to get their cd's for years. Their first is my favorite but they are all good. The first one is so innovative for its time 96 I think.

The First and the Best!!!.......2005-02-04

This cd kicks! The band started in '94 and this came out in '96, and I still listen to it alot. It's just a great album. Now, I consider myself to be a rock/metal type of guy, so this is about as close as I get to "BigBass/Techno/Pop/HipHop" kinda stuff... but I just gotta make an excep. for these guys. It's rock that can also appeal to your dance side, so just the hard-core people won't like it. Other than that it's all good; same with their other two or three albums after this one. All summer long, I love to roll-up at a stoplight with this stuff blasting! haha... GK forever!!!
...sorry to see you guys go:(

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