Revolver [Import]

Track Listings

1. Taxman

2. Eleanor Rigby

3. I'm Only Sleeping

4. Love You To

5. Here, There And Everywhere

6. Yellow Submarine

7. She Said She Said

8. Good Day Sunshine

9. And Your Bird Can Sing

10. For No One

11. Doctor Robert

12. I Want To Tell You

13. Got To Get You Into My Life

14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Editorial Reviews
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Revolver wouldn't remain the Beatles' most ambitious LP for long, but many fans--including this one--remember it as their best. An object lesson in fitting great songwriting into experimental production and genre play, this is also a record whose influence extends far beyond mere they-was-the-greatest cheerleading. Putting McCartney's more traditionally melodic "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No One" alongside Lennon's direct-hit sneering ("Dr. Robert") and dreamscapes ("I'm Only Sleeping," "Tomorrow Never Knows") and Harrison's peaking wit ("Taxman") was as conceptually brilliant as anything Sgt. Pepper attempted, and more subtly fulfilling. A must. --Rickey Wright --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Let It Roll
She Mine
Get Out The Door
She Builds Quick Machines
The Last Fight
Pills, Demons & Etc.
American Man
Mary Mary
Just Sixteen
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
For A Brother
Spay
Gravedancer
Re-Evolution

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When they exploded out of the gates on their 2004 debut, Contraband, Velvet Revolver were met with as much diffidence as appreciation. After all, supergroups have tended to detonate as often as succeed, and with vocalist Scott Weiland, bassist Duff McKagan, and guitarist Slash all vying to keep the lit match away from the fuse, the odds against this band ever seeing album #2 were even money at best. Surprise! Not only have Velvet Revolver survived three years with unreckless abandon, this album blows the doors off its predecessor. Save a pair of disinfected ballads ("The Last Fight," "Gravedancer"), Libertad is all about hand-grenade chords, drag-racing riffs, and circus-tent choruses. The ageless McKagan and Slash continually gun for the disorderliness of their former band (most notably on the punkish opener "Let It Roll" and its lewd brother "Spay"), while Weiland sounds--knock on wood--positively clean and like a voice of boisterous renewal on tracks like "Mary Mary," "She Builds Quick Machines," and the melt-in-your-mouth cover of ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head." Obviously egos have been checked at the studio door, as Velvet Revolver have already exceeded their anticipated existence. And now that existence goes back on the clock, trying to outshine a second album that's head-and-shoulders better than the first. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews:

Nice second effort by supergroup.......2007-07-17

Now if you liked the first album you will not be dissappointed by the second effort. Indeed they have chosen to consolidate by keeping on in their vein of glam-tinted hard rock. It starts off with Let It Roll and does not let down after that.

The Best Rock Album of 2007.......2007-07-14

A lot of people gave a mixed reception to the first Velvet Revolver album "Contraband." I loved it; I thought every song was great or pretty good. My only complaint was that Scott Weiland's lyrics (one of my favorite attributes of this incredibly talented man) were weaker than usual. Now, three years later, we have "Libertad" which I can honestly and easily say is the best rock album of 2007 and I will hate the Grammy Awards if they don't award it as such. I'd say an Album of the Year nomination/win wouldn't be stretching it either. Velvet Revolver has truly grown into a band rather than a "supergroup." This album is better than many GN'R records and better than at least two STP records. The album opens with "Let it Roll" which is quite different from the in-your-face opening track of the first album, "Sucker Train Blues." On the next song, "She Mine" VR shows what they meant a few months ago when they said the album was inspired by Prince (among other things). This song is kind of poppy, but instantaneously catchy. "Get Out the Door" features one of Weiland's best vocal performances. "She Builds Quick Machines" is the first single and took me a while to get into, but is now one of my favorite songs on the album. In fact, the weakest tracks here
are The Last Fight, Just Sixteen, and Spay. The Last Fight is thrown into the middle of the album, off-setting the balance a bit. "Just Sixteen" has weak verses, supported by a catchy chorus and "Spay" is just a generally weak track with no outstanding qualities. As for the other tracks; they're superb. "Mary Mary" sounds like it was lifted from the '70s and will get stuck in your head. "Pills, Demons, Etc." which I assume was written about Weiland's late brother Michael (whom the album is dedicated to) has some of the best lyrics on here. "American Man" turly sounds like a '70s anthem; The final track "Gravedancer" is a romantic-epic in the vein of "November Rain" and between Slash's whining guitar and Weiland's beautiful vocals; It's one of the best on here. I've always loved Scott Weiland and this album only proves to me further that he's one of the best rock vocalists alive. During the '90s, he was right up there with Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder, and Chris Cornell (although the latter could outsing all of them). And guess what? He still is. His lyrics are stronger than the first album and his vocals seem to just get better every year. He has got so much range. Slash is in top-form, Duff McKagen's bass is more prominent, Matt Sorum is in terrific shape, and Dave Kushner backs up Slash very well. I can not rave enough about this album; It's an album I've listened to every day since it's release date...And I still haven't burned myself out on it. This album could easily go down in history as a landmark, like that of "Appetite for Destruction" or "Nevermind." It's an album that should already be ranked as one of the greatest of all time, because never has an album hit me this hard. It's a masterpiece...Having said that, buy it.

GRADE: A++

Best album of '07 so far!.......2007-07-13

From begining to end this is a great rock record. Way better than the first album. Keep 'em coming. Everything else good and bad has already been said so ill keep it short. Rock on.

Another great album - but not as good as the first.......2007-07-13

This is another great album by one of the best rock bands to come around in the last five years.

Best cut on the album is "Mary Mary" while the most disappointing track is that throw-away country song parody that appears as a bonus track at the end.

Uh, I sure hope that song was a parody, right?

So Ya Need Even More Velvet Revolver...Eh?.......2007-07-13

First of all, I whole-heartedly agree with everyone who gave this album a 4 or 5 Star Rating. It does Rock. Let's just hope it keeps getting some good Radio Air-play to let EVERYONE Know that Rock & Roll is still Alive! Although, I'm sure the next single will be one of the "ballads". Just wait and see.

Now, while you are busy ripping these new tracks to your iPod, or making a copy for the car, don't forget about an extra track that the band did for the Fantastic 4 movie soundtrack in 2005. It's called "Come On, Come On". It's on the Fantastic 4 - The Album. Track No. 1. It's a straight up Rock song, that will fit in with either Contraband or the new Libertad cd. Check it out.

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Revolver is the best album of all-time
It's the freakin' Beatles
The epitome of perfection
Review of Revolver UK
Volume 2

Revolver [UK]
The Beatles
Manufacturer: Capitol
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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To
Here, There and Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said, She Said
Good Day Sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing
For No One
Doctor Robert
I Want to Tell You
Got to Get You into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows

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Revolver wouldn't remain the Beatles' most ambitious LP for long, but many fans--including this one--remember it as their best. An object lesson in fitting great songwriting into experimental production and genre play, this is also a record whose influence extends far beyond mere they-was-the-greatest cheerleading. Putting McCartney's more traditionally melodic "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No One" alongside Lennon's direct-hit sneering ("Dr. Robert") and dreamscapes ("I'm Only Sleeping," "Tomorrow Never Knows") and Harrison's peaking wit ("Taxman") was as conceptually brilliant as anything Sgt. Pepper attempted, and more subtly fulfilling. A must. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Revolver is the best album of all-time.......2007-07-16

and it's by the best band of all time (and I do know all the songs off of Sgt. Pepper).

Revolver comes at the midway point of The Beatles, and it is a peak for them. Every song on this album is good at the least (except maybe Yellow Submarine), and there are plenty of great songs, not only perfectly written, but perfectly executed by John, Paul and (sometimes) George's vocals, George's lead guitar (especially in "And Your Bird Can Sing"), Paul's bass, and, of course, Ringo''s drumming. The Great songs are, IMO "Got to Get You Into My Life," "I'm Only Sleeping," "Eleanor Rigby," "I Want To Tell You," "For No One" and "And Your Bird Can Sing." Through all these songs you can see the maturing song writing abilities of Paul, John, and George that you can see starting to surface in "Rubber Soul," going past the boy-girl relationships of the early Beatles, or at least making their boy-girl songs much more complex, instead of "I'm in love, It's a great day" (which you do see part of in "Good Day Sunshine," but John and Paul still found a way to make it a complex song).

I could go on and on about the greatness of this album and the bad that made it, but i'll just get to the bottom line: Buy it.

It's the freakin' Beatles.......2007-07-16

And Revolver is a freakin' great album. Revolver is probally the best balance between normal pop and serious themes (some that will get you thinking more than The early Beatles lyrics). That's probally what stands out from the rest, the instruments include piano and horns, and they work out well. Piano's were coming into more of a focus into The Beatles' music, and those instruments came into focus more, while avoiding the expiremental tracks of the later Beatles. It's a wonderful blend of pop with the piano and other instruments that The BEatles never used, yet still staying firmly to the ground and not going into the sky of Diamonds, on a magical mystery tour.

It sounds more different because of that. Yes, people have reviewed it better, but The Beatles never stopped suprising people with all different kinds of music and styles, and kept on evolving. I think that Evolver should have been the name, so 311 shouldn't have stolen (I like The Beatles better than 311, although they can't get me that energized as 311).

Like all other Beatles albums, they are kind of short, and I have to take off .5 because of I want To Tell You, which I didn't care for as much, but every other song sounded like The Beatles knocked themselves out making it perfect. Essential.

9.5/10

The epitome of perfection.......2007-07-04

This has been my favorite Beatles' album for years and years and years, as well as one of my top favorite albums overall. While of course some of the techniques used on certain of the songs aren't going to seem as revolutionary or current as they were back in 1966, that doesn't change the fact that at the time, they were very radical innovations, helped to change the face of pop music, and really marked the beginning of The Beatles' mature period. By this point they'd finally fully graduated from doing just love songs and simplistic pop to dealing with weightier subjects, and using a greater amount of studio experimentation, such as the backwards guitar in "I'm Only Sleeping" and the tape loops sounding like exotic birds in "Tomorrow Never Knows." Overall, I'd have to say that it's quite possibly their best album, maybe even the one that's stood the test of time the best (even allowing for how some aspects of the music may seem dated to some people today, it doesn't come across like some horribly dated period piece either). Every song is just so great; it really just seems like the epitome of perfection, the type of album one could listen to several times in a row or every day and not get bored of or skip any tracks on (though I must admit I don't really care for "For No One"). As great as they were, how many other albums did they make that one could say were truly as perfect as this one? One can also easily understand why this has been called their acid album.

Another great thing about this album is how balanced it is. While on some albums, one Beatle predominates (such as how John sings lead on 9 of the 13 tracks on AHDN and half of the songs on RS), here it's much more distributed. John and Paul each sing 5 songs, with the requisite Ringo song ("Yellow Submarine," one of his most famous), and the remaining three songs, including the opening one, going to George. Apart from the White Album where he had 4 songs, such a relatively generous amount of songs would never happen again. One can tell from these three songs that he was really growing and maturing as a songwriter even this early into having become the band's third songwriter. The musical styles themselves are also rather balanced; there are soft songs like "Here, There, and Everywhere," fun meaningless pop like "And Your Bird Can Sing," social commentary songs like "Eleanor Rigby," the Indian-influenced "Love You To" (one of my favorite tracks), partially autobiographical songs like "She Said She Said," and songs with a strong psychedelic influence, like the hypnotic "I'm Only Sleeping" (probably my favorite track) and the closing track "Tomorrow Never Knows." I won't even get into people who are genuinely wondering why this isn't the Capitol repackaging they remember from childhood; I can't imagine this album without such key tracks as "Dr. Robert" and "I'm Only Sleeping," and am baffled as to why anyone would find the repackagings to be superior to the authentic British originals other than sentimental reasons.

Overall, this album is the perfect midway point between their early, more innocent period and their later, more serious period, a transitional bridge between the two eras. I also couldn't think of many more of their albums that would be this much of an ideal introduction to a new fan.

Review of Revolver UK.......2007-07-03

I bought it mainly for one song, but should have purchased if off of Itunes. Its a good album, nice happy songs, takes you back in time.

Volume 2.......2007-07-02

Revolver was released after Rubber Soul. This album continues the evolution of writting and composing of the fab four. It sounds very similar to Rubber Soul and is another great album.

Overall it's a lot more "60s" in the sound. A lot more of Georges Indian influence in the music. A lot more randomness in the writting of Lennon/McCartney. A lot more great drumming by Ringo (He's great on Tomorrow Never Knows).

Taxman is a classic song by George. It's sounds very similar to Drive My Car and just has a nice groove to it.

Paul says he made up a lot of "characters" in his songs like Eleanor Rigby. The String section was first used in Yestarday and is a perfect opening to Eleanor.

Other notable tracks are Goodday Sunshine, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows. This is a great track written by John. He didn't want to come off the wrong way in his presentation so he used a saying Ringo came up with in "Tomorrow Never Knows." This was a huge step in moving forward in the music. It showed the audience a sneek peak as to what future music would sound like and I think it's a perfect song to end with to transition into the Genius of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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Super Group Super Great
Great first effort from the supergroup, now polished this year with a new album
4- Content 1- Disc
Almost Every Song Is A Hit !!!
Still Amazing

Contraband
Velvet Revolver
Manufacturer: RCA
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Big Machine
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You Got No Right
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Dirty Little Thing
Loving The Alien

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Scott Weiland. Slash. Duff McKagen. Matt Sorum. It doesn't seem like a good idea to put these people in a room together, let alone a band. But it was the same exact explosive element of danger and low I.Q. scores that made both of these players' former groups--Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses--sell billions, so why stand in their way? The music on Contraband sounds appropriately monumental, all window-quivering riffs, and ticker-tape parade choruses. "Do It For the Kids" and "Set Me Free" take direct inspiration from Nirvana, meaning they are brilliantly raw, raucous, and indecent. It's great stuff. The power-ballads like "Fall to Pieces" and "You Got No Right," however, are more heartburn than heartbreak when compared to past achievements like, oh, let's say "Sweet Child O' Mine." --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

The debut release from VELVET REVOLVER features Guns N' Roses founding members Slash and Duff, as well as Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland. The complete line-up is below...

SCOTT WEILAND - Stone Temple Pilots SLASH - Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit DUFF - Guns N' Roses MATT SORUM - Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, The Cult DAVE KUSHNER - Infectious Grooves

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Super Group Super Great.......2007-07-05

It was predicted that this band would save rock n' roll, and for me that's what they did. The combination of ex-Gunners with former STP frontman Scott Weiland is fantastic to say the least. If you like Rock n' Roll pick this album up immediatly.

Great first effort from the supergroup, now polished this year with a new album.......2007-07-05

I come back to review this album in the wake of VR second album release "liberated". Contraband is the orginal first effort of this group, made up of ex-Guns and roses members Duff, Slash and Matt Sorum (second drummer for guns After Steve), Stone temple pilots frontman Scott Weiland, and Dave Kushner, former guitarist for Wasted youth. Originally known as "the Project" and filmed for a VH1 documentary while rehersing and serching for a frontman, Weiland fell into their laps and they hit it off right away. Set me free was their fisrt song and released on the Hulk soundtrack. Next release was SLither. These first two has the old STP sound to them, with a kick of GNR guitar from slash. Final big release off the album was Fall to pieces, A great ballad and very GNR sounding. Overall, a great mix of sound on the album from both groups. I agree that the mixing was a bit rough, but still good. With their second album out now, the band has really come into their own sound, and comparing it to this album, Contraband was definitly a start, and seems a mix of their root groups sounds, but awesome anyway. Hopefully these guys will keep going and not fall apart like audioslave recently did, another supergoup of this decade. Check this album out. Unfortunately, this edition was a copy protected album, so making taking it to I pod, mp3 is not really possible. Oh well, still worth it.

4- Content 1- Disc.......2007-07-03

Bought this years ago.. When i switched to strictly using my PC for music, i went to rip and cant... Read other reviewers about their issues as well. I dont own an I-Pod but cant use the disc for that either... So i guess i wont be hearing this again until i hook my stereo back up.. Absolutely insane and RCA should be ashamed... I am sure there will be many used editions because of this.
Musically its great. I do like the cd itself. Solid Rock record.

Almost Every Song Is A Hit !!!.......2007-06-28

I love Guns N Roses and when I heard that Slash and Duff were going to make a superband I was hyped about it. It took me a few weeks to pick this up after it came out but when I did I fell in love with it :) Some of the best songs on it are Slither (the single), Big Machine, Headspace, Superhuman, and basically all of the others except for 1.

I'm really looking forward to the sequel to this and it's coming out in less than 7 days - so it's already a must buy for me :)

Still Amazing.......2007-05-20

I first heard about velvet revolver because I love guns n roses (slash in particular). I figured it would be cool to see what former band members were up to now. What I found surprised me - the sound was completely different then that of gnr, but it was amazing in a different way. More metal, less ballads. It all depends on what you're into. While Slash's guitar solos where arguably better in gnr songs, many songs on this album rock harder with loud powerful riffs. Plus scott weiland has the perfect voice for this type of music.

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Melody and the Tyranny EP
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Velvet Revolver is the Union of Two Celebrated and Respected Bands in Rock History - Guns N Roses and Stone Temple Pilots. Their First Album 'contraband' Received Critical Acclaim and Debuted at #1 in the Us (Best Ever Debut for a New Rock Artist in the Soundscan Era). This Enhanced CD EP Includes the First Single 'she Builds Quick Machines', a Cover of the Talking Heads Classic 'psycho Killer', Exclusive Video Content and More.

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Limited Edition International two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) pressing of the 2007 sophomore album from Velvet Revolver contains two bonus tracks ('Don't Drop That Dime' and 'Re-Evolution') plus a bonus DVD featuring a documentary on the making of the album. Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Libertad is the follow-up to Contraband, VR's debut album, released in June 2004, which earned three million in sales worldwide, debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #1 and was awarded a Grammy. 15 tracks including the first single 'She Builds Quick Machines'. BMG. .

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some great songs- overall good
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Eh....it's so-so.
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Come In, Come On- Velvet Revolver
Error Operator- Taking Back Sunday
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There are four good reasons to pick up the Fantastic Four soundtrack. The first three are kinda buried in the middle of the CD--and they all happen to be new songs. First, there's "I'll Take You Down," a nifty rocker by a combo called T.F.F. Never heard of them? They're an ad hoc supergroup featuring the Distillers' banshee Brody Dalle, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' guitarist Nick Zinner, the Datsuns' singer-bassist Dolf de Datsun, and Jet's drummer Chris Cester. Second, Joss Stone's "Whatever Happened to the Heroes" is a lot better than its obvious title suggests; it's a rollicking, old-school rock-soul track namedropping Joe DiMaggio (a hero in Stone's native Devon?) and Marilyn Monroe. Finally, there's "Everything Burns," which sees former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody collaborating with Anastacia on his first solo outing. It looks like an odd-couple combination but somehow it works--probably because Moody knows how to write bombastic power ballads. (It's certainly less icky than "Hero" from Spiderman.) The fourth good reason is the very last track: "Kirikirimai" is a hyperactive rock/hip-hop hybrid that introduces Japanese band Orange Range to the American market. The rest of the CD, which mixes new tunes and recycled ones, is surprisingly solid with muscular but melodic contributions from Velvet Revolver, Sum 41, Simple Plan, and Lloyd Banks's infectious "On Fire." Just try to get its organ riff out of your head. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Featuring new music from Platinum and Gold recording artists Velvet Revolver, Joss Stone, Ben Moody featuring Anastacia, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, Chingy, and much more.

Customer Reviews:

Pitiful,Mtv,Hip Hop,Clubb'in SHITE.......2006-09-25

This is one of those thrown together soundtracks.All the cookie cutter,whoever is on the "popular music chart" crap music.There was only one cool song in the entire film and it's not even on the soundtrack.I hope the band sues.Don't waste your money on this garbage.There is nothing remotely interesting about anything on this soundtrack,but if you are a gullable sheep who doesn't mind being led to the slaughter,by all means buy the C.D,we need stupid consumers like you out there,you help the economy.

some great songs- overall good.......2006-05-17

not all of the songs are great, but the 1 by simple plan is pretty good & Error Operator was sweet (in my oppinion error operator gave ths ablum 2 of its 4 stars!)

Three stars for Ten out of Twenty Tracks that were pleasing.......2006-03-13

As many have said before more this is not the "greatest Superhero themed soundtrack" to indeed purchase and their words could not speak a louder truth. But as long as your Radio has PROGRAM installed within its system then your days should be a whole lot better when listening to this SOUNDTRACK for the 2005 "Fantastic Four" film. MARVEL and WIND-UP RECORDS have probably released some decent soundtracks for the MARVEL movies that didn't make that big-buck in the theaters that made up for it in DVD sales. The following being, DAREDEVIL, ELEKTRA, THE PUNISHER, and now this one. While the two before the latter do not stand up to the original SPIDER-MAN soundtrack (2002) which also had its fair share of hits and misses, The Punisher soundtrack should've been able to please any hard rock/metal fan with the presence of Drowning Pool's "Stand Up" and Seether's "Broken" featuring Amy Lee (shudders) of Evanescence (glare). Getting back on track, the FANTASTIC FOUR soundtrack indeed reflects the mixed feeling and light atmosphere your most likely to receive when watching the film itself. However, unlike the movie, this soundtrack (or wind-up for that matter) feels as though it doesn't try hard enough to select some actual music worth listening to all the way through. Instead they throw a lot tone-deaf artists that probably have the lesser of the PR and reviews from the masses and attempts to advertise them on the soundtracks for films. A good example would be the little piece of paper that comes fluttering out of the CD case of the soundtrack egging you to buy Megan McCauley's "new" CD, a shameless advertising trick to blunt.

Seriously, I picked up on this long ago and while I knew this was just the case with this soundtrack, there are some redeeming points with this soundtrack. There's a little bit of something for everyone on "FF," the case being that the music genres span from Hard Rock --- the main reason I purchased this CD--, POP/POP-ROCK, SOFT ROCK, and HIP-HOP of the edited kind. You won't find any explicit lyrics on the four tracks featured on the CD. I'm not fan of HIP-HOP in general, but the tracks here like Chingy's "Relax" (here I thought movie/tv theme songs were limited children's television and movies!) ---which isn't a bad theme song for the film, the rapping is bearable---, and Miri Ben-Ari's "New World Symphony," which is also easy listen to, but at the same time corny to the point where you don't want anyone know your even listening to it. Other HIP-HOP songs like Loyd Banks' "On Fire" - had potential to be catchy like "Relax," but fails miserably with droll lyrics, delivery of vocal performance and musical overall. Missy Eight's "Now You Know," reminded me why I don't like HIP-HOP to begin with.

The POP-ROCK and HARD ROCK is a mixed bag to frank. Some of its good, the good spanning from Velvet Revolver's "Come on, Come In" to Submerged's "In Due Time," in truth isn't as good compelling as "Hollow" on the Elektra soundtrack but just as good. Megan McCauley's two tracks, "Die for you" and "Reverie" don't show off her vocal talents like "Wonder" had (also on the Elektra soundtrack). Nonetheless, "Die for you" is indeed the better of the two. Breaking Point's "Good-bye to you" is a bit lame and isn't as good as their first slow songs from COMING OF AGE, "Live for today" or "Phoenix," it isn't horrible, but lacks the convincing lyrics of their earlier CD. The bad spanning from Taking back Sunday to the Japanese Rock band Orange Range, which sounds like something that would've been stuck on the APPLESEED soundtrack if it were the better band. Boom Boom Satellites is the better of the invading J-Rock bands anyhow.

Anastacia's "Everything Burns" still isn't my favorite song, it doesn't utilize her vocals that well, but after listening a couple times more it isn't horrible. It could do without Ben Moody's vocals though. Its no "Hero" killer, I can tell you that; Quite far from it. By far the best song on the FF soundtrack is probably Sum 41's "Noots" which a good time, high energy rock ballad worthy of the repeat button. I honestly hadn't liked a song from them since "Rock (is what we're all about)." But all in all Its pretty clear to anyone that not this soundtrack isn't bad. The problem it suffers from clearly is that WIND-UP Records doesn't choose wisely in terms of entertaining and talented tracks from various artists. They just wanted to make a quick buck off an over hyped movie.

[THE GOOD]

(HARD ROCK):

15. Good-bye To You - Breaking Point - 3/5

9. Die For You - Megan McCauley - 3/5

1. Come In, Come On - Velvet Revolver - 4/5

10. Noots - Sum 41 - 5/5

18. Disposable Sunshine - Loser - 5/5

17. In Due Time - Submersed - 5/5

(SOFT ROCK)

7. Everything Burns - Anastacia/Ben Moody - 4/5

(HIP-HOP):

3. Relax - Chingy - 4/5

8. New World Symphony - Miri Ben-Ari featuring Pharoahe Monch - 3/5

[THE BAD]

(POP-ROCK)

2. Error Operator - Taking Back Sunday - 1/5

11. Surrender - Simple Plan - 1/5

12. I'll Take You Down - T.F.F - 1/5

(POP)

4. Whatever Happened To The Heroes - Joss Stone - 2/5

5. Waiting (Save Your Life) - Omnisoul - 2/5

6. Always Come Back To You - Ryan Cabrera - 1/5

(HIP-HOP)

19. Now You Know - Miss Eighty 6 featuring Classic - 1/5

13. On Fire - Lloyd Banks - 2/5

(HARD ROCK)

14. Reverie - Megan McCauley - 2/5

16. Shed My Skin - Alter Bridge - 1/5

(JAPANESE-ROCK)

20. Kirikirimai - Orange Range - 1/5 -------- [a 3 out of 5]

Eh....it's so-so........2006-02-17

I am not gonna say but the album, but again, it actually doesn't suck. If you compare it to the queen of the damned album, then it comes nowhere near it. It does have some pretty good voice talent in the way of ben moody, anastacia, lloyd banks, chingy, and others. You aren't doing yourself a favor by buying it, but it isn't worth skipping over. Look into it only if you liked the movie OR you like the artists. 'Nuff said.

hi.......2006-01-23

hi, I'm billy and i'm 8.
thid aoundtrsck is swesome!!!
i loove it!
my moom won't lemme wattxh FF...y not?
Grrr

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Libertad
Velvet Revolver
Manufacturer: Sony Bmg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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30 Minutes Documentary (Filmed On 2007 South American Tour)

Album Description

Limited edition international two disc (CD PAL/Region 0 DVD) edition of the Rock supergroup's 2007 sophomore album contains a 30-minute documentary filmed on the band's 2007 South American Tour. Libertad is a bold move forward from their blistering debut album while keeping their feet solidly on the foundation of searing Hard Rock. 13 tracks. Sony/BMG. 'LIBERTAD' IS A BOLD MOVE FORWARD FROM THEIR BLISTERING DEBUT ALBUM. WHILE KEEPING THEIR FEET SOLIDLY ON THE FOUNDATION OF SEARING HARD ROCK, THIS ALBUM BROADENS THE BANDS SOUND TO NEW LEVELS OF CREATIVITY. THE FIRST SINGLE 'SHE BUILDS QUICK MACHINES' SETS THE TONE WITH ITS MENACING AGGRESSION. ON 'LIBERTAD' THAT SONG IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. SONGS LIKE 'THE LAST FIGHT', 'GET OUT THE DOOR', AND 'FOR A BROTHER' SHOW THAT IN THE LONG TERM, 'LIBERTAD' HAS POTENTIAL TO TAKE VELVET REVOLVER TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS. Sony/BMG. * Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view.

Hey Jude (Or the Beatles Again) Digipack Version - The Beatles

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Folks...listen up....IT'S A BOOTLEG
THE BEATLES A CROSS SECTION ,NON ALBUM COLLECTION !
Some Wax?
good album, but not worth the money
The Ballad of John, Paul, George & Ringo

Hey Jude (Or the Beatles Again) Digipack Version - The Beatles
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Folks...listen up....IT'S A BOOTLEG.......2007-06-26

If you have all the British version Parlophone cd's...as MOST Beatle fans do....then you have all these songs in the format they are here.

Now....for the COMPLETISTS in the crowd.....If you are seeking the american versions that were mixed for Capitol.....You can find them all on the 3 Anthology sets....and if you purchased the first 2 CAPITOL ALBUM boxes...you have american versions there...They are planning to release a Vol 3 this year.

It really burns me to see these bootleggers passing off this stuff to thirsty collectors....

THE BEATLES A CROSS SECTION ,NON ALBUM COLLECTION ! .......2007-05-31

WHILE IT IS TRUE YOU COULD COLLECT 4 OTHER CDS AND HAVE THESE SONGS ,THIS IS A TIDY LITTLE PACKAGE OF WHAT WERE NON-ALBUM SONGS. THIS WAS RELEASED IN ALBUM FORM CIRCA 1970 ,WELL BEFORE 2 OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED CDS HAD SEEN PRINT. CONTRARY TO UNPOPULAR BELIEF THIS WAS ISSUED ON CD IN THE EUROPEAN UNION BY CAP/EMl,BREIFLY AND IS/WAS AVAILABLE INTERNATIONALLY. I AM SOMEWHAT AMAZED THAT CERTAIN "EXPERTS" DID NOT CHECK THEIR FACTS BEFORE MAKING SUCH SCATHING ASSESMENTS,BUT I SUPPOSE WE ALL RUSH TO JUDGEMENT SOMETIMES. THIS ISSUE IN PARTICULAR IS A RE-RELEASE, THAT HAS SADLY GONE OUT OF PRINT TOO. AS FAR AS S0ME WAX THAT ISSUED THIS,THE COMPANY THAT USED TO BE THE SUPPLIER STATES THAT THEY WERE A RUSSIAN AFFILIATE OF CAP/EMl.TO BE FRANK,I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS STILL TRUE AND THIS MAY BE THE REASON IT HAS GONE OUT OF PRINT YET AGAIN. MY UNCLE WAS ONE OF MANY BUSINESSMEN WHO FLEW OVER TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION BACK IN THE EARLY '90S TO HELP THE RUSSIANS ESTABLISH BUSINESS SENSE,INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GET THE ECONOMIC BALL ROLLING.THERE WERE MANY CONCESSIONS MADE TO THAT END.REMEMBER THE TIMES - WHILE MANY OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONALS WERE ALL FOR IT,THERE WERE STILL SEVERAL WHO WANTED THE COMMUNIST/SOVIET GOVERNMENT BACK. FOR THE WESTERN WORLD,THIS WAS CERTAINLY UNACCEPTABLE! THE U.S. AND IT'S ALLIES DID NOT WANT THE EMPIRE AS IT HAD BEEN CALLED,TO MAKE A COMEBACK. NOW YOU KNOW WHY THESE UNIQUE LITTLE CDS(AMONG OTHER ITEMS MARKETED),WERE ALLOWED.THIS PARTICUALR COMPANY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST(OVER THERE) TO ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT AS FAR AS FACTORY PRESSING,EXCELLENT REMASTERING AND SPECIALISED BOOKLET PHOTOS,POSTER TYPE INSERTS. FOR NOW THIS IS A SUPERB PACKAGE,TIL THE WESTERN BRANCH WAKES UP AND ISSUES IT HERE. AT THE RATE THEY ARE GOING,I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHOOSING BETWEEN PURCHASING DENTURE CREAM OR THE DOMESTIC VERSION OF THIS!

Some Wax?.......2007-03-30

As an avid Amazon shopper, I am surprised my previous comments regarding this release were deleted. Since when is "Some Wax" a legitimate arm of EMI? I wish, truly, that EMI would release "Hey Jude" on CD, but that has yet to happen. "Hey Jude" is currently out of print as a vinyl release, and unfortunately, this release is not official. Believe me, I've got the original vinyl of "The Beatles Again" on Apple and the reprint on Capitol (purple label), and I've got my share of pops and clicks on each of them. I'd love this release to be put out on CD from EMI!

good album, but not worth the money.......2007-02-05

the beatles are a great band, and this is a great album. but these songs can be found by much cheaper means. tracks 1 and 2 are on the A Hard Days Night soundtrack, and the last eight tracks are on the Past Masters releases. so unless youre a huge beatles collecter, this album isnt for you.

The Ballad of John, Paul, George & Ringo.......2007-01-04

As cobbled-together albums go, THE BEATLES AGAIN (also known as "Hey Jude") is about as good as it gets. The 10 songs presented on it are from singles and B-sides, and cover the majority of the band's stellar career. Not one of these could be considered throwaway or filler.

John Lennon's lead vocals on all four of his songs are some of his most powerful ever. The track of "Revolution" presented is the one Lennon tried (but failed) to place on the White Album. Commonly labelled "the fast-version," the spine-tingling guitar work on it is unforgettable. All of Paul McCartney's tunes on this record were some of the biggest hits the Beatles ever had. George Harrison's lone contribution, "Old Brown Shoe," is high-energy and has an infectious hook.

If you don't already own this one, here is a "fab" opportunity to enjoy... THE BEATLES AGAIN!

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Libertad
Velvet Revolver
Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
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Binding: Audio CD

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