Mad at the World

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Living Dead

2. All the Lonely Sheep

3. I Want to See Heaven

4. No Room Left

5. Easy Way Out

6. Bad Motives

7. No More Innocence

8. It Can't Rain Forever

9. Here We Go Again

10. Dry Your Tears

See all 12 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2

1. Narrow Road

2. Seasons of Love

3. City of Anger

4. When the Wind Blows

5. Marshmallow Land

6. Summer's Gone

7. Promised Land (The Deception of Drugs)

8. So Insane

9. It's Not a Joke

10. Love That Never Fades

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Noel Coward Medley: I'll See You Again/Dance, Little Lady/Poor ...
Uncle Harry
Loch Lomond
Bar on the Piccola Marina
World Weary
Nina/Begin the Beguine
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Matelot
Alice Is at It Again
Room With a View
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Party's Over Now

Customer Reviews:

Sir Noel Coward is KING!.......2007-01-09

Very few of us lesser mortals can compete with the genius of Noel Coward, however we certainly can enjoy it! A master of lyric, pun, innendo, and rhyme, Noel will keep all laughing throughout this collection.

Caberet at its Best.......2006-07-11

This is a live recording of a Noel Coward performance in the 1950's at the Desert Inn. The songs are quite a bit racier than his usual studio recordings from the 1920's and 30's; all very witty and very fun. A stand out performance of Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" features references to everyone from Somerset Maugham to Senator Joe McCarthy. Unique.

witty, classic genius.......2005-12-13

My old LP was lost in a recent move! I have loved this album along with "Noel and Gertie" since I first heard it at the age of twelve. Sir Noel Coward is not to be missed.

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Dreamland Cafe
Mad At the World
Manufacturer: Alarma
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mad At the World + Seasons of Love

ASIN: B000008PHJ
Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

On The Stage
The Dreamland Cafe
Floating Down A River
I Need You
Still A Way To Heal
Another One Is Fooled Again
Living In The Shadows
This Is How We Get To Heaven
Don't End Your Dreams
If It Were The Last Day

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A Classic in Contemporary Christian Music

Flowers in the Rain
Mad at the World
Manufacturer: Frontline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mad at the World

ASIN: B00004RJSN
Release Date: 2000-02-15

Customer Reviews:

A Classic in Contemporary Christian Music.......2000-11-08

This CD contains two excellent full recordings from the heyday of 1980's CCM. They are marked by a high amount of technical polish and refreshingly forthright lyrics. While the lyrics don't achieve that simple, seemingly-effortless simplicity that Undercover managed on their "God Rules" recording--here they're a little awkward in spots--they are nevertheless well-suited to the straighforward messages.

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Mad At the World + Seasons of Love
Mad At the World
Manufacturer: KMG Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0009UXMVA

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Great album, now, if I only could get it in it's proper form.
Get ahold of Point Blank to order the CDs yourself!
one of the best
Great CD!!

Mad at the World
Point Blank
Manufacturer: Big Tyme Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Prone to Bad Dreams
Bad Newz Travels Fast
Born Bad?
Blowin' Up tha Scene
Six Foot Giant

ASIN: B00009RDFB
Release Date: 1988-08-01

Tracks:

Intro
Where Was Your Ass At
My Mind Went Blank
No One Can
One Way Out
Until It Hit Home
U Can't Gank the Blank
Thought U Was Down
Mad at the World
Forgive But I Don't Forget
Redd Zone
Show Me Some Luv
Hoes a Trip
Slipped into a Coma

Customer Reviews:

Great album, now, if I only could get it in it's proper form........2005-09-27

I am hereby advising any potential buyers to steer clear of this product, unless you 100% know what you're getting yourself into.

I was surprised to find out that there were so many copies of this floating around now (not to mention that it seems you can order it straight from Amazon,) but upon receiving the package in mail, I now realize why is that.

This new repress of this album is quite simply a pressed cd-r with crappy printed one-sided covers. Of course, I could try to pursue getting my money back, but I'm not about spending time to send cheap cd-r's back from Finland, so I gleefully shall swallow my loss and use this opportunity to notify any other hopefuls of what's happening here.

Get ahold of Point Blank to order the CDs yourself!.......2005-01-29

Point Blank's business cell phone number is 281-914-1428. Leave a message if no answer, and he will call you back. Let him know what Cd's you want, and he will send them to you. Finally, after all these years, we finally have a way to get his great Cd's!

one of the best.......2004-01-10

I have all of point blanks cd's except for his newest one. this cd is one of his best and one of the best rap cds ever.

Great CD!!.......2004-01-02

This is one of my favorite Point Blank albums...but I can't find it anywhere. I tried ordering it but amazon spent months but couldn't get it, so my order is cancelled. So far I only got this cd burned, but i don't want real audio quality, I want cd quality, so if anyone has a unit they can sell, put it up on this site. i'd appreciate it.

Tracks:

Look and Listen
Pretty Life
Black Comet
Borderline
Song in F
Elastic Days
Racetrack
Light Dressed Storm
Vacant
The Pale
A Revolution Away
The Witness

Album Description

Black Comet is dense, economical rock presenting full, raw performances in a chamber rock setting. From the classic rock style of "Look and Listen" and "Pretty Life" in the vein of Neil Young, Van Morrison and VU, to the southern rock gothic of "Elastic Days" that pauses for a Palestrinian lullaby right in middle of the song, this record is handling heavy equipment and handling it well. Horns join in for the "The Pale", a The Who-wants-to-party track, and they appear again on "Black Comet," a song that blends traditional "Cotton-eyed Joe" with Creedence's "Fortunate Son" into a manic coping song -- or is it a fighting song? Like the gas-powered rockabilly spirit of "Racetrack," most tracks on the record hit hard right out of the box, but for this very reason, don't miss the four songs that stray from the ring. Slow dance "Song in F" asks the dance partner to "Stand in, if you must, for the bones on the ground," before the music runs right into regret. "A Revolution Away" is a breathless waltz, a wordless giggle that puts innocence, mischief and hope in very close proximity to the cynical dragon. Funereal anthem "The Witness" might best be filmed at an English football match with the stands singing its Verdi-style chorus, except this is a song about what it feels like when defeat and victory can no longer be distinguished. Gypsy violins replace swooping synthesizers in "Light Dressed Storm," a dance track about the ground getting its revenge on the sky. (Baria Records on The Heavenly States album Black Comet)

Now that Bruce Baby (Springsteen) has taken it down a notch or a dozen, where has all the gusto, that larger-than-humdrum-life rock, gone? It sounds like it's safe in the hands of the Heavenly States. The Oakland band's Black Comet (Baria) dares to grab at that huge honking sound and scope, so rare and out of favor these days - thanks to the always energetic singing by Ted Nesseth, the up-front fiddling of Genevieve Gagon, and the band's tendency to sound as urgent as a 15-alarm fire and generally kick heinie whenever they play. When words fail Nesseth, and the sweet waltz of "A Revolution Away" fades into the poignant flute folk of "The Witness," you're prepared to hand over the keys to Brother Brucie's kingdom of inspirational rock. (Kimberly Chun, San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 2005)

Customer Reviews:

review from the Synthesis.......2005-09-01

The Heavenly States churn out rambunctious rock, like the spawn of The Replacements and The Wonder Stuff. The spirit of a rollicking bar band drives much of Black Comet, but what really makes the album click is the addition of Genevieve Gagon's violin and viola. These smokin' strings combine with occasional sax, trumpet and keys to expand the band's sound, enabling The Heavenly States to rock in a more unique way, which is always good. On songs like "Elastic Days" and "Look And Listen," Gagon's violin adds an extra emotional element and an urgent texture to the tunes. While Ted Nesseth's vocal range does not appear to be that broad, he compensates by having something just as important: a true tone of sincerity.

- Connell Burton McDaniel
Synthesis.net

New Kicks.......2005-07-17

In the past five or so years there has been an obvious trend in popular music. I have heard people refer to it as a "revival". There has been something missing from most of the albums that have been released in this new-old genre. Interpretation. A band of moderately versed musicians can mimic just about any riff or nostalgic mood that rock and roll has to offer, but that is not what makes something relevant. The Heavenly States are relevant because they lace up their musical shoes with their own soles, pockets, tongue and gription. The songs are all different and full of invention. They use their own particular illusions and fears and angst and love, and wrap it up in riffs that we've `almost' heard before. I swear there's a Van Morrison song in the vein of "Look and Listen" but the chorus takes it somewhere else completely. The title track is much like the comet Ted Nesseth sings about. It rushes by, beginning with a huge tribal drum beat that becomes a country ho-down. In the middle eight, the sax solo (yes - a sax solo) is like Clarence Clemons on speed with the rest of the E Street Band. I'm able to hear a multitude of influences and at the same time have a feeling I haven't had before. The album rolls seamlessly in and out of emotions and genres and that makes it stand out like the sore thumb home in the neighborhood -- the home you have to wonder about. This year, it's being subletted by The Heavenly States.

Truly Horrible.......2005-07-16

This is the Heavenly's second release and, like the first, it's a huge disappointment.

As a live band these guys are a visceral, raw, scream-your-head-off band that can live with any other band around.

As a studio band they seemingly have no idea. The drums sound as though they were recorded through a 30 foot steel door from six hundred miles away and the overall sound of the album suffers the same fate.

Songs like Racetrack and Pretty Life (so vital in concert) are limp wristed and lard assed.

How songs that sound so good when you see these people live can die such a horrific studio death is beyond me.

I think THS should really think about changing producers or do something positive for the next release, because this is 12 tracks of bad news.

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Wish I had found their first one...
A historical perspective
Great band, but does not pre-date the 77's...
Everything That's Wrong With "Christian" Music
Early and Groundbreaking Work

Mad at the World
Mad at the World
Manufacturer: Kmg
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009ZOY
Release Date: 1999-02-02

Tracks:

Living Dead
All the Lonely Sheep
I Want to See Heaven
No Room Left
Easy Way Out
Bad Motives
No More Innocence
It Can't Rain Forever
Here We Go Again
Dry Your Tears
Mad at the World
Chance of Luck

Tracks:

Narrow Road
Seasons of Love
City of Anger
When the Wind Blows
Marshmallow Land
Summer's Gone
Promised Land (The Deception of Drugs)
So Insane
It's Not a Joke
Love That Never Fades
Seasons of Love (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

Wish I had found their first one..........2006-05-09

So I was at church one night talking to my friend Kevin and I mentioned liking Depeche Mode and other synth pop / new wave bands ... he asked me if I listened to MatW, I said no and he told me I should check them out as they had a really really nice new wave sound. I ran off to the local Christian bookstore and picked up the only thing they had which was "Boomerang" on cassette. As soon as the music started my only thought was "Kevin, what the heck is wrong with you?" He failed to mention [or maybe didnt know] that the band had made a radical shift in musical styles. Eventually some of the songs grew on me, but I wish I had found their first album instead.

A historical perspective.......2005-11-13

This was a groundbreaking release for its time. Frontline was a brand new label that was willing to take chances on something new and different. MATW is second only to DA's "Fearful Symmetry" in the sucessful combination of innovation and artistry on those early releases.

I LOVE the fake British accents!!!

And finally just for the record, The Mad at the World is predated by The Seventy Sevens, whose first album, "ping pong over the abyss," was recorded in 1982.

Great band, but does not pre-date the 77's..........2004-10-05

5 Stars for the self-titled release, fewer for the others. Please ignore the comment about "Without this band there probably wouldn't have been 77's..." Problem is, the 77's have been releasing CCM records since 1982!!! Nice try kid, learn your history.

Everything That's Wrong With "Christian" Music.......2002-07-20

How can these two totally different sounds be from the same band? Artistic growth? NO. Pressure from the Christian Music Industry (which, FYI, is not controlled by Christians.)

Witness MATW's eponymous first CD. Pure musical creativity, dazzling keyboard crafted techno-pop reminiscent of Tears for Fears or Dead or Alive. A rarity in the world of CCM, to be sure; the same was true of the band's second album, "Flowers in the Rain"; though a bit grittier, the synth-driven melodies were still intact.

Then quite abruptly, loyal fans such as myself lay down their hard earned cash for this coaster called "Seasons of Love." Suddenly, Mad at the World became Mad at the keyboards, following the early nineties trend of Christian music: if you're not a) mellow, b)hard rock, or c) rap, don't expect the CCM business to back you. I interviewed Rose at a concert, and it was clear he was disappointed in the "direction" the band had been forced to take. So an inventive band becomes just so much mosh-pit background noise. Thanks, CCM industry, for so narrowly defining what we were allowed to listen to then.

My Rating:
MATW- 5 stars, Seasons of Love- 0 stars.

Early and Groundbreaking Work.......2002-02-11

I remember first hearing the first album in this set (Mad at the World) while I was in college and being blown away by it. At the time I was very much into the Christian Contemporary Music scene, but when I listened to secular music my tastes tended to run more towards New Order and Front 242 (Odd combination -- I know!) I was completely blown away by the fact that here was a band that sang undeniably Christian lyrics but that were driven by an industrial/goth beat.

OK, so the album is a bit rough in spots -- mostly due to Roger Rose's not being able to write a ballad -- but overall it turns out pretty well. It's aged at least as well as most of New Order's work, and certainly sounds less dated than a lot of other Christian bands from that period (compare this album to say, Whiteheart's Emergency Broadcast and you'll see the difference).

I look upon Mad at the World (together with Steve Taylor) as being the genesis of the entire Christian alternative rock genre. Without these guys breaking this ground there probably would never have been the 77's, jars of clay, or sixpence none the richer.

Too True To be Good
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Too True To be Good
Arsons
Manufacturer: Mad At The World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000PGTJZ6
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Magoo
Skunk
Ordinary
Grapes Of Wrath
Nova Speaks
McNasty
The Last Gang
White Noise
IMods
City Of The Dead
Lost and Found
The Final Chapter
Not Bloody Likely!

Product Description

"Too True to Be Good" marks Ernie Parada's highly anticipated return to playing guitars and contributing heavily to vocal duties for the Arsons, as well as the Arsons second full length for Mad at the World. Hardcore enthusiasts will note that the Arsons' last album, "Bridges Down," was the first recorded material featuring Ernie on drums since his days in TOKEN ENTRY. The Arsons continue to pack a melodic hardcore punch in a similar style to the one Ernie and co-conspirator Jason made popular with their last band GREY AREA. The band's signature guitar hooks and vocal melodies collide with an uncontainable energy and vigor that belies their collective experience. "Too True to be Good" serves as a refreshing reminder that melodic punk doesn't need an "emo" tag; not terribly surprising considering that members of the Arsons helped set the standard for the genre with their past bands, and led the BOUNCING SOULS' Bryan Kienlen to say, "Ernie Parada is a genius. Everything he does is better than everything I and everyone else I know does..."

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Sounds Like 1983
Major Conflict
Manufacturer: Mad At The World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009WV2WO
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Intro
The Message Of The Underground
Still Far Away
NYC
Stand By Your Guns
War On The City Streets
Fading Memory
Variety Sucks!
How Do Ya Feel
Outgroup
Not Just A Song
Show Announcement For World's Most Violent Club
No 1 Man System
NYC
How Do Ya Feel
No Patience
Outgroup
Outro
NYC Video (enchanced cd)

Product Description

Just short of an hour long glimpse into the wild and reckless world of early 1980 s New York hardcore. As fellow travelers Urban Waste dissolved following the release of their now classic EP, three quarters of that band, including original UW singer Billy Phillips, teamed up with other local hoods to form Major Conflict, then a veritable supergroup of NYHC. Destined to have become a classic were it not for the whirlwind speed with which they burst on the scene and left it, this record gives a detailed retrospective of Queens-style hardcore, and includes the band s unreleased studio recording featuring Kraut s Johnny Feedback on drums.

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The Ferris Wheel

Manufacturer: Frontline Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0009F2CHA

Product Description

TRACK LIST: 1) Not The Same 2) Eyes Of Heaven 3) Jesus Lead Me 4) No Secrets 5) When Life Has A Plan 6) Going Nowhere Again 7) Losing Game 8) All My Life 9) The Love 10) Inside Of Heaven's Gate

Music Review:

Music Review

Music Review

1. Living Dead
2. All the Lonely Sheep
3. I Want to See Heaven
4. No Room Left
5. Easy Way Out
6. Bad Motives
7. No More Innocence
8. It Can't Rain Forever
9. Here We Go Again
10. Dry Your Tears

1. Narrow Road
2. Seasons of Love
3. City of Anger
4. When the Wind Blows
5. Marshmallow Land
6. Summer's Gone
7. Promised Land (The Deception of Drugs)
8. So Insane
9. It's Not a Joke
10. Love That Never Fades