Face the Music

Track Listings

1. Won by One

2. Sixteen

3. Talk to Me

4. Modern Man

5. Mercy Seat

6. Again and Again

7. Change

8. Rock of Safety

9. Lamb of God

Tracks:

Stupid Girls
Who Knew
Long Way To Happy
Nobody Knows
Dear Mr. President (Featuring Indigo Girls)
I'm Not Dead
'Cuz I Can
Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
U + Ur Hand
Runaway
The One That Got Away
I Got Money Now
Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self
I Have Seen The Rain (Featuring James T. Moore)

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Some music is celebrated for its elegant subtlety; Pink's slams you over the head. Four albums in, she's not changing her formula. I'm Not Dead touches on bulimia ("Stupid Girls"), war-mongering politicians ("Dear Mr. President"), teen angst ("Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self," "Runaway"), overheated pickup artists ("U + Ur Hand"), and gross materialism ("I Got Money Now"). None of it, in other words, is for featherweight listeners. Then again, none of it suits eggheaded college tastemakers either. Where this translates, then, is with those willing to man up and embrace what makes Pink Pink: her spellbinding ability to render rebelliousness in all the many colors of the rainbow. Neil Young-inspired acoustic guitar is sketched into "The One That Got Away," but it's just as quickly scribbled over by Joan Jett-style ranting (on "Long Way to Happy") and Janis Joplin/Joss Stone-fueled howling (on "Who Knew"). Even R&B gets its turn ("I Got Money Now"). The album also includes appearances from the Indigo Girls, who duet on "Dear Mr. President," and Pink's father, who joins for the hidden track "I Have Seen The Rain." Pink pulls all of this off, and probably without even breathing hard. She's not dead. --Tammy La Gorce

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Customer Reviews:

Pink Rocks It.......2007-07-17

First, I think Pink just has a raw power to her voice that so many of the other pop starts don't have. Second, she sets herself apart by having tracks with relevant topic, a couple of ballards and then tunes you can dance too. Lasly, she deserves at least music award nominations.

love it, I've played it a lot!.......2007-07-14

LOVE HER! Tracks 7 8 and 9 are continually played in my car. I love the whole album including the song with her dad (no credit though, why not?). She's real, shares a lot in her lyrics, and real artists are hard to come by these days.

Fantastic discovery!.......2007-06-28

I never was a fan of hip hop/dance/rap music, so I never really paid attention to Pink. I'll be the first to admit that was a big mistake. I heard "Who Knew" on the radio and was absolutely bowled over! I immediately went out and bought the album based on that one song. Turns out the album is full of fantastic musical gems. I didn't realize she changed her style to more of a rock/pop style. "Stupid Girls" is a great social statement (and totally made me think of Paris Hilton). "Who Knew" is one of my favorite songs of all times. "Long Way to Happy" is so catchy and awesome, it's my 2nd fave on the album. "Nobody Knows", "Dear Mr. President" and "I Got Money Now" are all great slowed down songs. I almost cried the first time I heard "Dear Mr. President". Extremely political and so very true, beautifully sung and deserves a lot of attention. "U + Ur Hand" and "Leave me Alone" are fun and full of attitude.

I'd like to add that not only is this album awesome, but I finally found out that Pink is an incredible vocalist and performer. Based on that, I ended up buying Misunduztood and there are several songs on that album I loved as well. I just wish I had noticed Pink long before this! Buy the album, you won't be disappointed!

Fantastic.......2007-06-10

Great album! Pink has really shown some great range! This cd is way beyond some "Stupid Girls".

AH! SHE OUT DID HERSELF!.......2007-06-06

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. A PINK MUST HAVE.

Intelligent, thoughtful, inspiring!

Face the Music (2007 Encores! Cast Recording)

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Can't face the liner notes
WONDERFUL - JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED . . . .

Face the Music (2007 Encores! Cast Recording)

Manufacturer: Drg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-07-03

Tracks:

Overture
Lunching at the Automat
Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee
Two Cheers Instead of Three
The Police of New York
Reisman's Doing a Show
Torch Song
You Must Be Born With It
Castles In Spain (On A Roof in Manhattan)
Crinoline Days
My Beautiful Rhinestone Girl
Soft Lights and Sweet Music
If You Believe
Well, of All the Rotten Shows
I Say Spinach (And the Hell With It)
How Can I Change My Luck?
A Toast to Prohibition
I Don't Wanna Be Married (I Just Wanna Be Friends)
Manhattan Madness
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Customer Reviews:

Can't face the liner notes.......2007-07-06

It is always terrific to have another "Encores!" recording; if one includes the Broadway transfer of "Chicago" this makes the thirteenth CD. The usual talent onstage and off are apparent, but the score this time seems distinctly second-rate Berlin (which is still beter than first-rate most everyone else). There is a sameness to the tunes and flatness in orchestration that is not apparent in, say, "Louisiana Purchase." Worst of all, though, is the sloppy packaging by the usually impeccable DRG: the tracking goes wrong midway (cuts 6 and 7 are linked together, throwing all subsequent numbering off); songs that are solos as presented are listed with multiple artists (e.g., "Crinoline Days," etc) and vice versa ("Soft Lights & Sweet Music"); an entire verse is left off of the libretto to "Crinoline Days;" and there are textual errors throughout ("I needed a faithful lover/And..." rather than "lover/Who." Not quite a glittering diamond, this is more of a rhinestone disc.

WONDERFUL - JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED . . . . .......2007-07-03

I defy anyone to listen to this glorious show and not sustain a wall-to-wall grin from beginning to end. Written (in 1932) to lift the spirits of depression-weary Americans, FACE THE MUSIC is a brilliant example of a bygone Broadway era and the genius of one of America's greatest songwriters, Irving Berlin. I can picture Berlin and his collaborator Moss Hart, one of America's most successful playwrights, doubling over with laughter while putting this show together, a show that ". . . sends up showbiz, political corruption, Helen Morgan, nudity, optimism, parades, chorines, cows, and Catskill Resorts, among other things." (The quotes come from David Ives' terrific liner notes.) Ives further writes, "Frankly, I'm a sucker for any show with an elephant and somebody named Meshbesher, even when I have to adopt out the elephant for budgetary reasons. Of Mrs. Meshbesher, the more said the better." Mrs. Meshbesher, incidentally, is played by the incomparable Judy Kaye.

In these times of "budgetary restraint," one might have to make do without the elephant, but thanks to City Center Encores!, you can hear this marvelous score in all its glory, with orchestrations faithfully restored by Bruce Pomahac and vocal arrangements by Guest Musical Director Rob Fisher. Just close your eyes and let your imagination take over, furnishing the sets and costumes (and the elephant) missing from semi-staged concert versions. And if its necessary to choose between extravagant sets and costumes, lackluster "new" orchestrations & choral arrangements, puny pit bands and decimated choral forces OR legitimate voices that don't require amplification, a sparkling 30-piece orchestra [not a synthesizer in sight], and a singing ensemble numbering at least 20, then it's goodbye helicopters, falling chandeliers and the aforementioned elephant and hello concert versions.

FACE THE MUSIC reveals Irving Berlin as a superlative tunesmith and an unparalleled lyricist. Besides producing at least three bona fide standards ("Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," "Soft Lights and Sweet Music," "If You Believe" - with Judy Kaye doing some marvelous Florence Foster Jenkins trilling above the chorus and orchestra), the show is chock-full of splendid novelty numbers like "The Police of New York," "Two Cheers Instead of Three," "How Can I Change My Luck," "I Don't Wanna Be Married (I Just Wanna Be Friends," the truly amazing "Torch Song," "Toast to Prohibition," "Manhattan Madness," and "I Say It's Spinach (And To Hell With It)." There's also a wonderful rumba, sung by ingénues Jeffry Denman and Meredith Patterson, entitled "(Castles in Spain) on a Roof in Manhattan."

Some sample lyrics: "While the panic's on/If you look for Otto Kahn/You will find that Otto's gone/To the automat" . . . "I longed to sit upon a piano or an organ/Pouring out my heart - the same as Helen Morgan" . . . "Here's to the eighteenth amendment/Long may America be dry!/Things are going very well/For the gentlemen who sell/To the many thirsty gentlemen who buy" . . . and, from the Gilbert & Sullivan-ish finale, "Once scene in Eden/The girls were naked, I know./One girl, your honor, /Who had nothing upon her/Is here to prove that it's so./Please tell the jury/How you came from Missouri/And joined this terrible show."

Yes, FACE THE MUSIC is just what the doctor ordered for the depression blues and just what we need today. With the price of gasoline and tickets to Broadway shows going through the roof, perhaps we, too, might sing . . . "So when we cheer the stars and stripes/Here's what we'll do,/We'll cheer the red and cheer the white/But not the blue."

Extremely highly recommended.

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It's only rock -n- roll to me
Absolutely spellbound by NO NAME FACE
Soooo Good!
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No Name Face is an auspicious debut from a band seemingly made to rule the airwaves. The insinuating melodies that mark Lifehouse's radio-friendly sound are not unlike those of matchbox twenty or Live in their softer moments. From the first single, "Hanging by a Moment," to the emotive and uplifting "Quasimodo" and the wonderful "Trying" (think Crowded House at their lilting best), Lifehouse are self-possessed and focused. Young singer-songwriter Jason Wade (the son of two ministers) imbues Lifehouse's vibe with a spiritual quality that's never heavy-handed, delivering the goods with the authority of an experienced troubadour. No Name Face may be a first offering from a young band, but it looks to signal the beginning of an estimable career. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews:

It's only rock -n- roll to me.......2007-07-16

I love this cd! It isn't rock as hard as creed but not as soft as Barry Manilow. I would consider it moderate rock. Not mellow and Not heavy. Just a good rock cd.

Absolutely spellbound by NO NAME FACE.......2007-04-23

It strikes a distinguished peculiarity how easy it is to forget Lifehouse's No Name Face. This disc helps me relate to the high school that is vastly past me yet pending. The aforementioned disc has some melodies that confront you with a jolt of emotion absent of any sort of devious ploy whatsoever. The vocalist's voice is deep, true and quite earth shattering when need be. The modulation is quite unique. Almost every song displays weeks and years of integrity and passion. The kind of music one does not have to acclimatize to or get unsober to appreciate. In a mood not quite different from your every day mood, this album will guide your thought flow. I love the album cover no less than I love this disc. Now, I'll discuss my favourite songs. Breathing seems to stand out because of it's unquestionable unconditionality in love, Hanging By A Moment was the popular single all 20 somethings still linger to, Sick Cycle Carousel was the vocalist's anthem for his girlfriend who he later married (sounds a bit too happy? Try hearing the song) , Somewhere in Between reminds me of a bridge over water that my city never had while "Everything" is *sigh* inducing in it's listless scope.

"There is in me as there is in you, a morbid belief in Lifehouse."

Soooo Good!.......2007-03-14

This album is packed with awesome songs. In fact, I love this album so much that I bought it a second time when the first CD I had was too scratched to listen too. "No Name Face" is Lifehouse's best work indeed. Unlike other albums, I will always be able to pop this in my cd player anytime and enjoy it just as much as I did when it first was released! It never gets old! If you haven't listened to Lifehouse much, buy this album first! It's the best one they've done!

Good Start.......2007-01-31

So, your thinking, 'Should I or Shouldn't I buy this one?'. You should. Its Lifehouses best work and you'd be a fool not to own it!
'Hanging By A Moment' is a great opener, but not the best song on the album. 'Everything' is the best in my opinion, especially the build up to it, you can really feel the energy these guys put into their music with this song.
From the beginning of the Album to the end, theres not a track you would not want to listen to. I recommend for the new listener to Lifehouse to buy this Album and then buy 'Stanley Climbfall' and 'Lifehouse'. Hopegfully the fourth album coming up will be just as good as the current works.

No Name Face - Lifehouse.......2007-01-09

LOVE IT!!! I could listen to Lifehouse all day and still love them!

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awesome

Class of 3000: Music Volume One

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Binding: Audio CD

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Fall in, funketeers: the first soundtrack to "Class of 3000," the Cartoon Network show executive-produced by Andre 3000 of OutKast, mashes up a melange of beats and styles so beautifully conceived, so inner-city cool, that parents who once grooved to the "Fat Albert" gang will find themselves in thrall (cartoons able to make the grade with school-age kids while putting across a message happen once every 30 years, apparently). Here we have the whole "3000" crew cutting up to Andre, a.k.a. Sunny Bridges', whip-smart concoctions--Li'l D, Kim and Kam, Tamika, Madison, Philly Phil, and Edward trade the spotlight on weird but wickedly fun tracks like "Banana Zoo," "Oh Peanut," and "We Want Your Soul." The messages seep through, but in the end the grooves matter most. Future funkers of America, take note. And tune in immediately. --Tammy La Gorce

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Class of 3000 is the critically-acclaimed Cartoon Network original series from creator and executive producers Andre "3000" Benjamin and Tom Lynch. Each episode features a new, original song written and performed by Andre "3000" Benjamin accompanied by an animated music video. In addition, Benjamin contributes his visual direction for the series and its original music videos. The Class of 3000: Music From The First Season CD is comprised of 15 songs from the show, performed by the kids/characters in the show, and executive-produced by, who else...Andre Benjamin!

Customer Reviews:

awesome.......2007-07-08

the kids and i are jammin'!! great fun for the whole family... finally something we can all enjoy!

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Bob Seger is back, and it's about time!
It's a great comeback!!!
Still the Same -- Still the Best
Bob Seger Face the Promise
Good all around

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This may be his first album in over a decade, but veteran Detroit rock icon Bob Seger shows he's lost none of his signature songwriting chops, sense of blue collar yearning or distinctive vocal prowess during his record biz sabbatical. Rather than reinvent himself for a turbulent marketplace that's regressed from alt.rock to teeny-pop in his absence, Seger stays largely true to his roots here. The album's Nashville recording locale and Seger's winning duet with Patti Loveless on "The Answer's in the Question" reaffirm how much the lines between roots rock and contemporary country have blurred while he was on the sidelines, a notion that's underscored on Seger's raucous turn with fellow Motor City native Kid Rock on their cover of Vince Gill's "Real Mean Bottle." Yet forceful ballads like "Wait For Me" and "Won't Stop" show there's still gold to be mined in the vein of the singer's epochal '70s work, while "Wreck This Heart" rocks admirably and the melancholy closer "The Long Goodbye" showcases Seger as accomplished one man band. All in all a compelling musical argument for the notion that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. --Jerry McCulley

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Bob Seger is back, and it's about time!.......2007-06-18

I found out about Bob Seger after I came back from Viet Nam, and I was pretty wild and wanted nothing to do with the establishment and "society". All I wanted was a big motorcycle, a willing woman, a bottle, good friends, and to never call anyone "sir" ever again. Among those friends I found Seger on the speakers and he pumped my brain full of fire and soul. We were the "live to ride, and ride to live" crowd, and "Horizontal Bob" was almost a life style. Well, all I can say is that I changed, and so did Bob. We both weathered the years, became respectable, and rounded off the rough edges. When Bob did a duet with Martina McBride behind a black piano, I thought it was over. But, with FACE THE PROMISE Bob Seger has opened a door to the past, and let is some fresh air amongst the sillyness that passes for rock and roll these days. He just turned 62 the other day, and a comic radio jock said, as I was commuting (yes, sometimes I feel like I've had a sex change operation) to work that "Bob had lost the lead in his pencil". Well, that radio "personality" has obviously never heard FACE THE PROMISE. If you are over 40 (or like me over 50), and want that hard driving sound and entrancing lyrics that do not have to be hidden behind shredding guitar, buy this album. Of course, you may find yourself buying a motorcycle, wearing black leather to break the wind, and heading for the promised land.;-P If this is your first Bob Seger, his catalog is available, and you have a world of serious and true rock and roll to experience. Rock on!

It's a great comeback!!!.......2007-06-08

Thank you Bob...It's a great comeback...I'm looking forward to even greater performances for the future.

Still the Same -- Still the Best.......2007-06-04

As another reviewer wrote, this was worth the wait! Seger has lost none of the edge in his voice or the message in his songs. I can't add much to what the other reviewers have written except to say; buy it, you won't be disapointed!

Bob Seger Face the Promise.......2007-05-31

This is a good decent middle America rock and roll effort by a true to your roots original. I saw Bob Seger in 1975 when he had flowing black hair mid way down his back and he could really work it brother could he. He tapped into some energy like all over the place in yo face get down dude. I had never heard of him before I saw him at the University of Montana and a girl from Detroit, Michigan had to tell be to go check him out. Was I glad I did and how. If waiting years at a time to get new Seger product is what we have to do then alright Bob...no wine before it's time man.

Good all around.......2007-05-25

This is probably the best CD I have ever purchased. I was buying it for one particular song, but after receveing it I was very happy to realize that 10 of the 12 songs were just as good as the one I bought it for. I even bought another copy for a friend that is a big Seger fan anyway and she has enjoyed it just as much.

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Another fantastic performance by PINK
good second album
great... i suppose
Okay, but nothing special
Can't Take Me Home

Can't Take Me Home
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The contrivance level is high on this debut by an R&B singer named for her out-of-bottle hair color. La Face Records' latest female discovery is positioned midway between mainstream hip-hop soul and poor imitations of Kelis-style anger. Producer-writer She'kspere brings out his trademark machine beats for "There You Go," a pale copy of "You Oughta Know"; still, that single's more artful than "Split Personality," which clumsily attempts to acknowledge three-dimensional human reality but really sounds like a fit of whining until Pink unleashes the inevitable melisma over the song's coda. Elsewhere, she makes nice on standard-issue ballads ("Stop Falling") and lite-reggae proclamations of love ("Private Show"). "I just wanna make you feel things," Pink sings at one point. Unfortunately, the emotion the cynical Can't Take Me Home inspires most is annoyance. --Rickey Wright

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Another fantastic performance by PINK.......2007-06-10

Once again another beauty album by Pink. They just keep getting better and better!

good second album.......2007-03-26

This album builds on lessons learned from Pink's first release "Misunderstood". It has some more polish and finese, but still maintains that hard edged "I'm gonna tell it like it is" style that makes Pink, Pink. I really love her bold confidence and pure scrappy attitude. She is a good performer and has a strong sultry voice. I am collecting her work in reverse order starting with "Try This" and finding the early albums great glimpses of what was to come later in her career. She is a strong person and will be around for a long time.
Go Girl! You kick major A## Pink !

great... i suppose .......2007-01-18

i heard all the stuff that pink has done since lady marmalade and i was curious about this album.
First of all, i was prepared for hear some r&b stuff but i was really suprised with this album.
I'm not a r&b fan, i'm a pop fan but pink makes something special with this rythms... she demostrates once more that she rocks for real!

Okay, but nothing special.......2006-11-10

I purchased Pink's later three albums before I picked this one up. I really like Try This and I'm Not Dead, both are really solid albums and show how Pink has matured as an artist. Can't Take Me Home is not a bad album just doesn't compare well with the later work.

Can't Take Me Home .......2006-09-06

I really dragged me feet on getting this disc because I have a real pet peeve about music artists who debut singing a particular genre of music then switch up on their sophomore releases saying "THIS IS THE REAL ME - THE LABEL MADE ME SING THAT OTHER STUFF". I was disgusted by Pink's switcheroo but remained curious enough about her debut cd that I finally decided to buy it.

After a few listens, I am decidedly underwhelmed by the disc mainly because Pink's voice is unrecognizable on most tracks and also to me there are no real stand out tracks. The only tracks I enjoyed listening to are:

HELL WIT YA - love her quick almost talking vocals a la Beyonce

MOST GIRLS - although the lyrics are monotonous, Pink sounds fantastic along with the interesting beats

LET ME LET YOU KNOW - beautiful ballad

LOVE IS SUCH A CRAZY THING - honestly, the music production & background harmonies are more interesting than Pink's solo vocals

STOP FALLING - very pretty ballad that showcases her voice

I really wouldn't recommend this disc because it's pretty generic "hip pop" with no truly standout songs unless you're really curious about Pink's debut to the music world (and can get the disc real cheap).

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Speaks to Your Soul
Summer is here !
Fantastic Album
Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer...
Collins' first, best, most well rounded album.

Face Value
Phil Collins
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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The beginning of Phil Collins's massively successful solo career coincided with the discord in his first marriage, turning Face Value into a compelling churn of emotions, from the utter disgust of "In the Air Tonight" (where Collins dryly comments, "If you told me you were drowning / I would not lend a hand") to the delight he feels in exploring a new relationship ("This Must Be Love"). Collins's thundering drums and punchy horn arrangements--a close approximation of Earth, Wind & Fire's sound, actually--clicked with the public, turning "I Missed Again" and "In the Air Tonight" into Top 20 singles and launching Collins's career as one of the biggest and most unlikely stars of the '80s. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Speaks to Your Soul.......2007-05-30

What can I say? It's Phil Collins, and it's wonderful.

Summer is here !.......2007-05-13

Whenever I listen to Phil Collins music, i think it's summertime. He makes you feel it in the air !! Sun...See...Swimming.. if you know what I mean...

Fantastic Album.......2007-04-03

Phil Collins wrote these lyrics as he experienced the dissolution of his marriage. The lyrics are fantastic. He collaborated with some excellent musicians and created fresh, brilliant sounds. This is a great album.

Huge solo debut by established frontman/drummer..........2007-02-16

1981 - Where do you start? I massively respect Collins as a drummer, producer, soloist, arranger, etc... When he released this album in '81 many thought genesis was through. In fact shortly after it's release genesis was in the studio working on abacab. So that issue was put to rest in a hurry. Collins brought alot of experience to the studio with him including phoenix horns (EWF), eric clapton, shankar, jon martyn, john giblin, daryl stuermer (genesis), & others. Hugh Pagham engineered the album with collins. Hugh Pagham continued to work with collins, genesis, & the police in the 80s. By this time Collins had established himself as a musician who wanted to create & expand & had earned the respect of his peers. The main reason he made this album is because he finally realized (around DUKE 1979-80) that he could write & arrange songs alongside banks & rutherford. Up until then he didn't write much. Around DUKE he brought misunderstanding, in the air tonight, please don't ask, I missed again, & if leaving me is easy to banks/rutherford & they chose misunderstanding & please don't ask for DUKE. They didn't hear a hit in in the air tonight. After the DUKE tour collins used the remiaining tunes for his own album & of course, in the air tonight was huge & still is. The others made it on the album as well. The album as a whole is largely uneven & it encompasses alot of R&B & jazzy sounds which collins enjoyed. Although good, some of the songs sound as if they should be on different albums. The album is largely organic & simplistic. Apart from in the air tonight & hand in hand there is little drum machine. The rest of the album is acoustic drums & persussion. Don't get me wrong, the musicianship is good, just a little inconsistant. There are some good jazzy moments showing Phil's vocal range, solo drumming style, & love for horns (which are awesome) including I missed again, thunder & lightning, & tomorrow never knows (beatles tune). Daryl's guitar work is good but limited & less complex. The roof is leaking is a good acoustic piano tune showing phil's ability to play piano which obviously develops in the 80s (You can hear a Tony Bank's pattern here). In tomorrow never knows there are tracks of hand in hand being played backwards. All in all a classic album showing phil's well-rounded chops & his love for R&B music. It is also a departure from the genesis sound. Many say that when abacab (genesis album following face value) was recorded in late 1981 they could hear a heavier hand of phil collins in the arranging. This is probably true as collins gained alot of confidence in writing & singing. the drumming was obviously not a problem. I think too that genesis lasted longer because they had solo projects. They worked with others & came back with unfinished bits & put them together to make an album. Collins has said it made the group stronger...

Collins' first, best, most well rounded album........2006-07-30

To those unfamiliar with Collins-Genesis history, this album was recorded after Collins took a break from Genesis to dwell on his recent divorce. That is reflected painfully throughout this album in the lyrics to his own songs, and the covers he chose to include, such as the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". In no future albums would Collins recapture the soul put into this album, though "Hello, I Must Be Going" might be a slghtly better, more polished album. Painful ballads like the jazzy, smoky "If Leaving Me Is Easy" are balanced by R&B selections like "Missed Again, Thunder and Lightning" the pulsating, toe tapping "Hand in Hand," (appreciated best when played full blast or with head phones), or the jazzier version of the Genesis tune "Behind the Lines". Yet the best selections are indeed the ones that let him bleed from his divorce. "You Know What I Mean (the ballad lead-in to)/Thunder and Lightning" seems the theme to Collins' failed marriage. "This Must Be Love" poses those questions we ask ourselves about our relationships. Of course, we all know about the tune "In the Air Tonight". This album had a 2-fold effect - the introduction of Collins as a genuine soloist, and the rise, or fall (depending on how you look at it) of Genesis. Future Genesis albums would pack more radio play wallup due to Collin's take over in direction, but at the cost of departing from their progressive roots for the sake of commercial success. There have always been 2 such camps in Genesis following, though their earlier fans are more passionate obout that era than the newer fans are about their newer music. Anyone looking for a Genesis type album, look elsewhere. This album was to get the Collins musical side out of his system, to express himself without any Genesis conflicts. Regardless, anyone who's ever had their heart broken or just likes to indulge into some brooding, Face Value is a sumptuous listen.

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Ray Davies Hits His Stride
A Great Transition
Tales of drunkeness and cruelty...
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Face to Face
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ASIN: B0001XLXBQ
Release Date: 2004-05-03

Tracks:

Party Line
Rosie Won't You Please Come Home
Dandy
Too Much on My Mind
Session Man
Rainy Day in June
House in the Country
Holiday in Waikiki
Most Exclusive Residence for Sale
Fancy
Little Miss Queen of Darkness
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I'm Not Like Everybody Else [*]
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Ray Davies Hits His Stride.......2007-04-18

This was the first album of the Kinks' new era. Ironically, it was also this album that contained their last big international hit of the '60's --"Sunny Afternoon." Although it contained a couple of their simple love songs from their earlier era, likely put there to fill out the tracks, the strength of the album is in the social commentary and personal observations of the rest of the songs.

When I bought the album in 1966, "Party Line" (a Ray & Dave composition) intrigued me. I remember party lines, but few people, at least in the US do. Dave's line "Is she big/ Is she small?/ Is she a she at all?" could just as well apply to e-mail or IM today, though. The voice asking who was there belonged to the late Frank SMyth, who wrote the liner notes. I was hooked after "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home," a song about the Davies' sister Rose who emigrated to Australia. Nicky Hopkins' harpsichord laid over the bands decending arpeggio just bounced along and Ray's slightly off-key singing captured my imagination, and I was a Kink Kultist from then on.

"Session Man" is about session musicians, supposedly specifically Hopkins. "Rainy Day in June is a mood piece, the motfs of which popped up later in "Wicked Annabella." "Dandy" (covered by Herman's Hermits, of all people), "House in the Country," "Most Exclusive Residence for Sale," and "Sunny Afternoon" completed the story of the social climber started with "Well-Respected Man" and "Dedicated Follower of Fashion." "Holiday in Waikiki" is more than slightly snide and basically Ray venting about commercialism in paradise. Reminds me of the line "American tourists love to see the Village Green" from "Village Green." "Little Miss Queen of Darkness" was a forlorn figure Ray met in a discotheque, sort of Lola's ancestor. This album really established Ray as the voice of the Kinks, and they never looked back. Ray wrote "You're Looking Fine" for Dave to rave on, and Dave still does it in his live shows. That one really jumps in the "Live at the Kelvin Hall" show from 1967.

The extras do round out the Kinks' saga in this era. These songs were relased on the compilations "Kinks Kronikles: and "The Great Lost Kinks Album," but it's nice to have them here. The magnificant "I"m Not Like Everybody Else," which was "Sunny Afternoon's" B-side, and two great singles from 1967: "Dead End Street"/ "Big Black Smoke" and "Mister Pleasant"/ "This is Where I Belong." (I have these singles in my collections.) "Mr. Reporter," written by Ray and sung by Dave for his projected solo album is listed as unreleased but it had appeared on Dave's "Unfinished Business" compilation. "Little Women" is a new find.

Ray hit his stride with this one. From "Face to Face" (1966) through "Everybody's in Show Biz" (1972) they put out albums full of insightful, great bopping rock.

A Great Transition.......2007-03-31

The Kinks were adequate with the hard rock n' roll, but they came into their own with Face to Face. Ray Davies combined a few Brit pop styles with his own eccentric commentary. The band is great, and they have fun developing their form until their next album, Something Else, which is, in my opinion, their absolute best.

Tales of drunkeness and cruelty..........2007-03-03

'Face to Face' is the reason I love the Kinks! This may not be their greatest album, but it is my favorite lp by the Brothers Davies and will always hold a special place in my heart. This is what England sounds like! English culture, the people, the pubs, the disenfrancised, the mods and the upper crust. I heard this record first in college and was immediately hooked though "Sunny Afternoon" was the only 'classic' that I knew of before hearing the album in total. How many songs am I in love with from this lp, one of a slew of incredible rock albums released in 1966? Well before 'Face to Face', the Kinks were a hard rocking British Invasion band that had single success but whose albums were not fully realized collections of songs. 'Kink Kontroversy' was a step in the right direction but even this very good album pales in comparison to 'Face to Face'. "Too Much on My Mind" and "Rosie" break my bleeding heart!.."Party Line" and "Dandy" pump me up on British pomposity and the lifestyles of Swinging London. "Fancy" and "Holiday in Wakiki" are awesome in their unconventionality. Ray Davies was in many ways comparable to Bob Dylan in his social observations, especially as he describes many of the characters in this pseudo concept album - which as some reviewers have commented could be the continuing saga of the "Well Respected Man" although on "Face to Face", he is fast losing his shirt ("Dandy", "House in the Country", "Most Exclusive" and of course "Sunny Afternoon"). Dave only belts out "Party Line" and "You're Looking Fine", the later could be seen as something from previous records. The remastered version includes the classic B side to "Sunny", the Dave droned "I'm Not Like Anybody Else" which is now featured in an American advertisement (IBM?), how's that for respect! "Dead End Street", "Big Black Smoke" and "Mr. Pleasant" (is he the "Dandy's" victim?) all feature on this amazing collection of Ray Davies gems. It is absolutely criminal that this record was barely released in the States and had paltry sales figures. Classic rock fans need the Kinks and "Face to Face" which began a run of music that celebrates the genius of the boys from Muswell Hill.

Ray's drastically improving..........2007-02-08

The Kinks are getting serious here and are an equal here to that "other" British pop group. Ray Davies creates an ode to British working class and this is part 1 of his 3 album trilogy. Face to Face, Something Else and Village Green may be the best albums British invasion band has ever produced that speaks to the common man and that includes those other 4 guys from Liverpool.

The Kinks Weren't Like Anybody Else.......2006-10-25

Face To Face was the first of several albums that would eventually earn The Kinks their rightful place among The Beatles, The Stones, and The Who as one of the most revered and influential English bands of the 1960s. The fact that they were the least commercially successful of these bands made them more of a personal favorite to rock fans than the darlings of screaming teenagers. Since The Kinks were nothing if not quirky, they were probably willing to trade financial rewards in order to secure their own niche among the somewhat congested world of 60s rock music.

The record starts off with "Party Line", a rocking tale of daily minutiae. While sly social commentary had popped up in previous Kinks songs (eg, "Well-Respected Man", "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"), this tune shows Ray Davies taking "think globally, act locally" to a bit of an extreme. (Was this really a good enough reason for him to not be "voting in the next election"?!) Other straight-ahead rockers on the album include "Dandy", "Session Man", "A House In the Country", "Most Exclusive Residence For Sale", and the inspired, tongue-in-cheek "Holiday In Waikiki". This handful of songs alone demonstrates Ray's wide range of topical interests: swinging bachelors, under-appreciated musicians, insufferable millionaires, and fish-out-of-water Englishmen. Just as Ray's social commentary was flourishing, so was his introspection. This is also strongly felt on Face To Face, as on the heartfelt pleas of "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home?", the plaintive "Too Much On My Mind", and the vivid, funereal contrast of "Rainy Day in June", the biggest downer on the record. There are also the old-fashioned ditties "Little Miss Queen of Darkness", "You're Lookin' Fine", and "I'll Remember", the George Harrison-esque "Fancy", and "Sunny Afternoon", their last major US hit single until they resurfaced in the top 10 four years later.

Simply put, Face to Face is a remarkably rich collection of songs. It is accessible and listener-friendly, but challenging and deep as well. Dave Davies' buzzsaw guitar riffs are nowhere in sight, and Ray does more that simply shout out the same few lyrics for 3 minutes. The lyrical and musical variety is very impressive, including the ivory tickling by Nicky Hopkins, the ultimate Session Man. This album is a far cry from the cookie-cutter, hodge podge records of the early 60s (those by The Kinks included). And it is particularly amazing that bonus tracks like "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - arguably the first punk song ever - "Dead End Street" (US #73), and "Big Black Smoke" were minor hit singles and B-sides that nevertheless sit comfortably among Ray's best work.

It is disheartening to know that while the their peers were reaching the tops of the charts between 1966 and 1969, The Kinks were barely making a dent in them. (The Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur didn't even chart in the UK.) And yet their albums were at least as ambitious, consistent, and enjoyable as anything by these other bands. Four decades on, the fact that so few people have heard this music makes it all the more fresh to the newcomer's ears. Face To Face was the first of four records in four years that would snowball into what may be the richest body of work to come out of the UK or US in the late 1960s. Thankfully, it has proven to be hugely influential on subsequent generations, such that this record and its follow-ups can be said to be the bedrock for the entire spectrum of Britpop, from The Jam, to The Smiths, to Blur and Pulp.

Give me Face to Face over any other UK record from 1966 any old day of the week.

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Remaster is a HUGE Letdown
maybe elo's best, but i am not committing myself.
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Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

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Waterfall
Evil Woman
Nightrider
Poker
Strange Magic
Down Home Town
One Summer Dream
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Remaster is a HUGE Letdown.......2007-04-14

Don't get me wrong, this is a great collection of songs! I love them!
I owned the vinyl, I bought the Gold cd remaster, too. I think the problem lies with the poorly recorded basic tracks, especially the drums, which are mostly distorted, and lack any dynamic range (cardboard boxes?). Drums, bass, guitars, and synths sound as if they were squeezed onto one track in order to make room for more guitar, synth, voices and string overdubs. I was hoping that Jeff would RESCUE and RESTORE this album, and free up all those elements with a nice stereo mix. Have you heard the restoration on 60's Beatles tracks that make up the remixed/remastered Yellow Submarine? Pet Sounds in Stereo from the original Mono? The awesomely improved sound of Aqualung? Who's Next? My G-G-G-Generation? It HAS been done. The sound is a bit better, but Jeff Lynne, I am disappointed, sir!

maybe elo's best, but i am not committing myself........2007-03-17

elo doesn't get much respect from the prog-rock crowd as far as i can tell. that's too bad, because there is a lot of great music on this album that i would call classic prog-rock. this recording is not as commercial sounding as there later albums, and has more variety of sound overall. it opens with "fire on high," a stunning prop-rock instrumental, then moves into a gorgeous mid-tempo song "waterfall." this, and two other mid-tempo tunes: the hit "strange magic," and "one summer dream," are, to me, the best stuff on the album. "poker," is a fine rocker, and "down home town," sounds like a fine lost ringo starr track. fantastic album overall, and the remastering has a wonderful sound.

ELO's Answer To RUBBER SOUL, Now Given The Proper Remastering Treatment.......2007-02-22

Just as ELDORADO and A NEW WORLD RECORD are ELO's SGT. PEPPER and REVOLVER, respectively, and OUT OF THE BLUE their WHITE ALBUM, FACE THE MUSIC is their answer to RUBBER SOUL, and it's even better now that it's been remastered and had bonus cuts added. The opener, "Fire On High", was a big interpretive dance number for me- why it was never included on any anthology is anyone's guess, but now you get it in full digital glory. The other best songs here are the hard rocker "Poker", the psychedelic love song "Strange Magic", and the scathing "Evil Woman", which anyone who's seen the play or movie ANNIE would say is about the character of Miss Hannigan. I haven't heard the bonus cuts, but they provide a new window into ELO's creative process.

LYNNE WEAVES HIS STRANGE MAGIC.......2007-01-27

This is the album that pretty much to me, was the beginning of that ELO "sound" that I love so very much and was pretty much the time when ELO was really just starting get very popular. I like this album very much and their next album A NEW WORLD RECORD proved to be even better. Jeff Lynne, at this point, seemed more comfortable with the sound that he was trying to achieve for ELO. This album from start to finish is such a wonderful listen, pretty solid, and the re-mastered sound is clean and crisp. I only wish there were more songs on it, but oh well, at least the extra bonuses are a real treat. I definately recommend this album, especially if you are just starting to listen to ELO, this is beginning of what I think is the start of the great ELO sound and song writing.
Highlights: "WATERFALL","EVIL WOMAN","NIGHT RIDER" and "STRANGE MAGIC"

Perfect edition.......2007-01-05

FACE THE MUSIC one of my favorite albm in ELO and i recomended to buy that album to all fans. Inside full colour booklet with great photos and also include a few bounus tracks. I believe FACE THE MUSIC it monumental album and one of the best in ELO

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ASIN: B0000CAQ26
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

Trouble
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While detractors may grouse that Pink's third album doesn't have a dance floor anthem on it like the incendiary "Get The Party Started" from 2001's Missundaztood, some prefer their Pink straight up and damn the paper drink umbrellas and crepe paper. She's at her very best raiding her own troubled autobiography for inspiration, spitting out vituperrious vocal epitaphs like seeds from a ripe watermelon instead of the angst-ridden confessional romp she took through Missundaztood. Maybe she's worked all that out on a psychiatrist's couch, because this time out her anger is much more arch and entertaining; likely due to her pairing with Rancid's Tim Armstrong, who co-wrote and produced most of the disc and certainly knows the value of turning rage into a well-crafted musical punch line. As unlikely as the collaboration looked on paper, it works perfectly because the Pennsylvania native has always brandished a punk sneer beneath the corsets, gaudy hair color, and naughty girl demeanor. Armstrong and his Rancid cohorts (Lars Frederiksen and Matt Freeman) inject feral rock action into the disc with their truncated guitar sounds and trash can drumming and provide a perfect foil for Pink's foul-mouth rants and backstage laments like "Last To Know." But Pink hasn't shaved her spiky coiffure into a Mohawk. She still smolders on a soulful ballad like "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping" or trades vitriol with raps' redoubtable sex kitten, Peaches. --Jaan Uhelszki

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SKANK.......2007-05-27

WOW PINK is ust another a no talent skank(Avril, britney, Cristina, jessica, ashlee)....who knew....

It Was Worth The Trouble.......2007-02-04

So how do you like your Pink? She's not PG13 anymore, and frankly I'm delighted with that. This album is much darker, sexier, and more subversive than her previous two efforts. It has a more rock-oriented, slightly punk-tinged feel to it and the irony comes out in spades, particularly with song titles like "God Is A DJ" and lyric lines like "I swallow down all my fears/With a bottle made of silver/I've only been here for 27 years/But already my life is over" from the song "Unwind." Her voice is in top form and with the exception of "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping" and "Love Song," both of which sound rather half-baked, the remainder of the songs are excellent. This album served to surprise many dyed-in-the-wool Pink fans who expected this to be "Missundaztood, Part II."

The album artwork is also worth mentioning and leaves no doubt as to the direction that Pink wanted to go with the album. The front and back covers and the inside booklet contain beautiful photographs (both in black and white and in color) of Pink in a variety of different cabaret-inspired costumes. Her poses and expressions range from sultry to menacing.

It is easy to see that this album was not meant to be a rehash of "Missundaztood," nor is it an attempt to go completely rock. It is somewhere in the middle. Regardless of how one feels about pop singers making rock music, rock singers making pop music, or everyone making dance music, at least we can all be thankful that all of the rap and hip-hop guest singers had other things to do when this album was recorded, for they are present nowhere on it, and that may be the biggest surprise of all.

Horrible.......2006-10-04

I went back and BMGed this one since everyone and their brother gave Im not dead such good ratings. Another stupid moved by me, never buy or listen to the majority, I like the opposite of them.

Y'know what, I WOULD like to try that!.......2006-10-03

Dayum, girl, you're so fine you're almost a black girl. I bet you holla! And dayum if you can't sing better than most black girls. You sure you're white? I think you might have a little dab of color in the mix, Pink!

Could've been better.......2006-07-29

I like Pink. I like her music, and her as a person. She's pop-rock, and Try This shows off every aspect of her music. She writes lyrics as good as the rest of the music, and this album shows that well. My problem is that she goes out of her rock stage for part of the album, which are my least favorite songs. They are good, but they're placed at odd points in the album. It has four fast-paced songs, then it goes to Catch me While I'm Sleeping, an extremely slow song, to Waiting for love, another slow song, to Save my Life, a faster song. I would've put Catch Me after Waiting for Love, but before Save my Life.

Trouble: 8.5/10 Great song, great single, and the best song to start off the CD.
God is a DJ: 8/10 Good, not great. Good dance track though.
Last to Know: 9.5/10 You want angry? You got angry.
Oh my God: 9/10 Fun song, good guitars.
Catch me While I'm Sleeping: 5/10 Ugh. It's slow, and not even a good slow song.
Waiting for Love: 10/10 Awesome. Sounds like a song Suzanne Vega would do.
Save my Life: 8.5/10 Happy-sounding song, and another dance song.
Try Too Hard: 7.5/10 Has potential, but fails to get it.
Humble Neighborhoods: 9/10 Great, and fun to sing along to.
Walk Away: 9/10 Awesome song, but isn't as catchy as some others on here.
Unwind: 9.5/10 The trumpets make the song.
Love Song: 3/10 Compared to Catch me, Catch me is a 9/10. Only reason to listen to it is...
Hooker (hidden track): 10/10 Second-best song, and especially a better angry song than Last to Know.

Overall, a buy. Only two songs are weak, but they're WEAK. Nothing holding them up. But if you like the singles, get it. If you like any of Pink's other material, buy it.

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