Broken Arrow

Editorial Reviews
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The Youngian reaction principle--which dictates that our hero follow commercial monsters (After the Goldrush/Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps) with willfully difficult busts (Time Fades Away, Hawks & Doves)--finally kicks into effect after a long string of straightahead bestsellers. The man's unpredictability has been a major reason he's remained vital for nigh on 30 years, so it's good to see he's still cranky enough to serve up these raw, sloppy, and, for hardcore fans, invigorating jam sessions with his fave band. --Jeff Bateman

Tracks:

Big Time
Loose Change
Slip Away
Changing Highways
Scattered [Let's Think About Livin']
This Town
Music Arcade
Baby What You Want Me To Do

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The Youngian reaction principle--which dictates that our hero follow commercial monsters (After the Goldrush/Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps) with willfully difficult busts (Time Fades Away, Hawks & Doves)--finally kicks into effect after a long string of straightahead bestsellers. The man's unpredictability has been a major reason he's remained vital for nigh on 30 years, so it's good to see he's still cranky enough to serve up these raw, sloppy, and, for hardcore fans, invigorating jam sessions with his fave band. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Leviathan and wiser.......2007-07-01

Old man music - grizzled, abstruse, uncompromised.

Often maddeningly unambitious (the last track is slumming), all the better to stun the senses with strategic bolts of craft mastery, honed 35+ years. Sweet sounds quietly adorn the brighter cuts. "This Town" and "Changing Highways," however granite the chords, are pure saloon hoedowns - exquisite hippie soul. "Slip Away," more a scribble than a song, nevertheless offers the savviest guitar solo, quasiquoting "Norwegian Wood" and coaxing ambiguous spirituality from a thudding miasma. The executive number is "The Big Time," unfurling cosmic measures of consoling vocals and punishing guitars, terrifyingly heartfelt.

Tired, still epic.

monotonia incandescente.......2006-09-30

neil young a lo largo del tiempo nos ha sorprendido por su talento, vehemencia y audacia...tambien es cierto que a veces, en merito a su afan prolifico de permanente busqueda, suele ofrecer material de dificil acceso para el publico. hemos escuchado discos de young adelantados a su tiempo, incomprendidos en su aparicion y venerados luego, pero a mi sincera opinion, este no es el caso.....broken arrow no deja de ser un intento fallido de remontar al grunge. canciones monotonas, desprolijas, inconclusas que se pierden en divagues eternos..sonido atronador por momentos, muy sucio por otros..en fin, no estamos hablando de una obra que merezca mucha atencion....

An album for meditation and soul searching.......2006-08-25

This is actually my favorite Neil Young album (which may say something about me). I love it not for its quantity of great songs or tracks, but for its incredible depth and mystery. The image of American Indians on the cover and the title--a broken arrow, representing peace--indicates an appreciation of history and the fact that human thought and emotion over the ages is all tied together.

These ideas, of course, are recurring themes in Neil Young's work (overcoming generation gaps, imagining life in other times and places, and working through complex and difficult memories). It is music for lonely people, lost souls, or those searching for meaning in a dark world. At certain times, it is almost eerie, as though he is channeling spiritual messages.

Perhaps the final song, his version of "Baby What You Want Me to Do" could really be interpreted in a spiritual way. It could mean that his muse is a higher power that was telling him what to do when writing and performing the music (like the double-meaning of George Harrison's unintentional channeling of "My Sweet Lord...He's So Fine.") Young might have also chosen to do a cover of "Baby..." because the words of being in a state of flux and turmoil echo the lyrics of other tracks such as "Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')."

It is not an album to be listened to at a party or with commotion. Just as one wouldn't want to meditate or read under those circumstances, one probably shouldn't try to connect with this kind of music with distractions. As he says in "Music Arcade" : "Yeah, I'm talking 'bout getting down...Take it easy...There's no one around..."

JUST ROCKIN'.......2006-06-27

Neil Young put out more albums collectively with Crazy Horse than with anyone else in the nineties. For a while, us younger fans were unaware that Young was associated with anyone else. Although this relationship began in 1969, and has always been a power factory... it was in the nineties where they really harnessed the team, and pumped out the rawest rock and roll of their respective careers. This started in '90 with Ragged Glory, continued with live albums like Weld, and futher touched into the grunge/alternative spike with 94's Sleeps With Angels. After a break in 95 for Youngs most Alternative effort, Mirror Ball, recorded with Pearl Jam in place of the Horse, the team got back together to record BROKEN ARROW. A dive bar rock album, with much grungy-yet-smooth guitar jams. In my ears, one of the bands most perfect albums.
This one may never go down as a classic, or even as one of Neil Youngs most relevant discs. It in no way takes itself seriously, and was never a huge hitter for Young. However, ten years later, with Youngs Living With War currently on the shelves, some disgruntled fans may need to go back a few years to hear what Neil Young sounds like, when he doesn't have very much to say... just jammin in the garage on some nasty sounding shredders, and cool, serene atmospheres.
The first three tracks kick. Each one, no less than eight minutes long. The distortion is up in the good old Neil/Horse fashion. BIG TIME and LOOSE CHANGE being more uppaced, and SLIP AWAY being a dream like sequence, but with just as much crunch and distortion.
The latter half contains a few songs that are just a good time. I saw the tour for this back in '96, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. The band were in a groove that summer, and were really showing off the skills. I love the free style intro to THIS TOWN, I love the group effort of CHANGING HIGHWAYS, hell I even like the soft spoken MUSIC ARCADE. This whole thing is great. The final track is a bootleg style cover of an old Jimmy Reed tune, BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO. It's the icing on the cake for me. A real bar rocker, with the people in the background, and glasses clinking etc. Very cool.

The Glory of a Slow Turgid River.......2006-05-08

The term "grunge" has often been associated with Neil, and no one epitomizes the term better than him. Broken Arrow is rock at its slow, crawling, best. To understand why so many people virtually worship this guy's music, especially when he melds with Crazy Horse, you need to let yourself enter his music as if you were entering a dark and turgid river, and then just let it take you on a journey. If you try to analyze this album, you'll never figure it out.

Broken Arrow is all about deep longing, and struggling for some light in a dark world. The first three tracks on the album create a trance-like mood that can evoke a mystic state in the listener. There is a sense of the divine underlying the best music, from Beethoven, to Mahler to Robert Simpson. It's there in the jams of the Dead, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and Eric Clapton in his heroin days. If you let yourself go into this album, you will sense the mystic as strongly as in other great Neil and Crazy Horse jams (Powderfinger, Cortez the Killer, Change Your Mind, Love and Only Love, Down by the River, Last Dance, etc.).

In "Big Time," every pluck of Neil's guitar is a quest for something beautiful that has been lost, or a dream that is fading-an recurring Neil Young image. About six minutes into the song there's a classic Neil Young and Crazy epiphany that explodes with beauty.

"Loose Change" starts out optimistically, but becomes is a quest for something that is never found. It's like a cry for the sun during a horribly dark and gloomy day and, no matter how powerful the cry, the sun never seems to break through. About half way through the song, it's as if Neil and Crazy Horse get stuck in the mud, and the river just goes round and round the same notes. I've read somewhere that this part of the song was a sort of an aural wake for David Briggs, a long time collaborator and friend of Neil's.

"Slip Away" makes me thing of the great jams of the seventies (I was only a kid then) that are missing in the instant-gratification I-Pod stuffing music of today. Almost symphonic in scale, it's long, abstract, and has moments of true profundity.

Some folks have criticized the rest of the songs as throwaways, but they're not. The dark river runs through each of them and, although they seem lighter and more tuneful, oddly transcendent images of old souls flying through darkness ("Scattered) and not being asleep when he's lying down ("This Town") abound.

The last song on the album, "Baby What You Want From Me", sounds like a bootleg recorded from the back of a small but noisy bar while Neil and Crazy Horse were playing. The band is distant and you hear a lot of the clatter of drinks clinking. There's one part where someone in the audience actually says, "Where's the door?" When listening to this song with my friends, we'd wait for that line to come. Somehow it fits in with the song and finishes the album with a strong sense of otherworldliness.

Broken Arrow is Neil and Crazy Horse at their slow, dark, turgid best. It's not for surface dwellers, but once you get caught up in its powerful undercurrents, you will never be able to leave.

Spiderant.

Broken Arrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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CD
expanded score
Broken Arrow Soundtrack
A solid action score
Not Zimmer's best,but still worth the money...

Broken Arrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer
Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000015L1
Release Date: 1996-02-13

Tracks:

Brothers
Secure
Stealth
Mine
Nuke
Greed
Hammerhead
Broken Arrow

Customer Reviews:

CD.......2007-03-09

I ordered this with overnight delivery and did not recieve it that soon. It was in good condition when I did get it though.

expanded score.......2004-07-11

There is also the expanded score of "Broken Arrow" that has running time 65:17. It's rare but if you can find it get it!!

This is the tracklist :
Brothers - The Fight (8'06)
Stealth (7'34)
Secure (3'47)
Intruder (1'12)
The Map (1'59)
Mine Part One (3'46)
Nuke (10'47)
Mine Part Two (1'59)
Deakins (2'26)
Greed (7'50)
Hammerhead (7'51)
Broken Arrow End Credits (7'32)

Broken Arrow Soundtrack.......2003-02-06

The second best movie score ever.It is only topped by another Hans Zimmer score for Mission:Impossible 2. Which also has so of the same tune if you pay attention. I bought it because I remembered hearing that tune on this movie and liking it so much. Hans Zimmer is at his best when he does score such as this one. He has stummbled in my mind with not living up to this one with Hannibal and Gladiator, and I can't wait to hear another one like this.

A solid action score.......2002-12-21

Hans Zimmer does it again with this electronic score to Broken Arrow. Zimmer's trademark sound is found throughout each and every track. For the score, he uses his usual synths, this time with guitars, a harmonica, a synth trumpet, and a gigantic battery of percussion. The main theme is a 4 note guitar motif played several times throughout the score. A sampled children's choir can be found throughout as another motif, but is not heard nearly as much as the guitar motif is. The score is divided into 8 cues, several of which are over 10 minutes in length, but they run nicely together. The tempo for the most part is very quick and driving and hardly ever lets up. The action music explodes with force and power each time and keeps you listening. The best way to describe this score is kind of as a techno western like feel. The techno part is the tempo of most of the score and the western part is the harmonica passages and guitar theme. Zimmer fans will definitely enjoy this score, as well as those that are fans of solid action music. I think an orchestra would have sounded better than electronics, but nevertheless, the result is a good one. It never gets tiring and the fast tempo does not give you a headache. An all out great score.

Not Zimmer's best,but still worth the money..........2002-10-13

"Broken Arrow" is a wonderful score that lacks the power of Zimmer's more famous scores(The Peacemaker,Crimson Tide and The Rock)but there are some nice themes in this one as well.
Track one has a nice opening theme,Track 4 and 5 contain some powerful music and Track 8 is the best track in the CD.
If you are a fan of Hans Zimmer you won't be dissapointed.This is a great soundtrack,However,If you don't have Hans Zimmer's best scores(Crimson Tide,The Rock and The Peacemaker)buy them first and only then this one.

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alice's broken arrow a great album

Princess Alice & the Broken Arrow
Magnum
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-04-03

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When We Were Younger
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Album Description

Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow is not only the thirteenth studio album in the successful career of British art rock legend, Magnum, it also heralds the group's third CD after their come back album Breath Of Life. The album marks the resumption of the cooperation between the band's three masterminds, namely vocalist Bob Catley, guitarist Tony Clarkin, and keyboarder Mark Stanway. Not to forget bassist Al Barrow, whose accentuated style suits the homogeneous interplay between the three experienced musicians perfectly. Eleven brand-new songs, compositions and lyrics courtesy of founder member Clarkin - Magnum mark 2007 are a definite must for anybody who likes orchestral rock music!

Customer Reviews:

alice's broken arrow a great album.......2007-04-17

Not quite a vigilante or storyteller's night,but not very far away and definetly improving on the first two album's after the band got back together.Don't think that the last three album's from MAGNUM aren't as good as the other's because anything MAGNUM produce is alway's going to be great,so to all MAGNUM fan's out there if you want a GREAT new album by a classic hard rock band don't hold back and purchase this one NOW!!!
ROCK ON.

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Excellent Debut
Catchy without being trendy
Addictive & Classic
Outstanding songs, great voice
Melodic Excellence!!!

Lucky Girl
Kirsten Proffit
Manufacturer: Broken Arrow Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FOT9JY
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

Kissing Love Goodbye
Something I Can't Be
Chance & Circumstance (with Peter Malick)
Worth the Wait
Fallout
Lucky Girl
Tell That Girl
Let Me In
Girlfriend Potential
Redemption Day
Going Under
Marilyn

Product Description

Kirsten Proffit's debut release Lucky Girl features twelve tracks of memorable, hook-filled rock that showcase a powerful new creative talent in rock music. Of special note is her collaboration with Peter Malick ("Chance & Circumstance"), who was instrumental in giving Norah Jones her start. Produced by Bruce Witkin, Proffit's songs have already appeared in TV and film, and you can see why. Very catchy melodies to go along with her strong voice and guitar playing. When one hears the words "female singer/songwriter" one thinks of a single radio hit and a lot of filler. Not here, every song is a gem and a joy; it's hard to pick a favorite.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Debut.......2007-01-10

This CD is Kirsten Proffit's debut with a full CD release, and is excellent. She had previously collaborated with Peter Malick on a brilliant CD entitled "Chance and Circumstance," which includes two songs sung and co-written by Kirsten, and one of which is the Title Song of the CD. Kirsten has a great voice, which can be as sweet and creamy as a dreamsicle (on the song "Chance and Circumstance") and strong and sultry enough to sing the edgy rock songs (on "Whatever That Means," also from aforementioned Malick CD).

This debut CD, called "Lucky Girl," continues to show Kirsten's strong vocal and songwriting ability. As a bonus, this CD also includes the aforementioned song, "Chance and Circumstance." The backing band and the overall music production of this CD is good too, but none of the new songs are as good as the song "Chance and Circumstance" or her other previously released song called "Whatever That Means." However, this CD does give you a good opportunity to listen to Kirsten at the early stages of what will be a very promising career. I am a huge Norah Jones fan, and I believe that Kirsten will have a better career than Norah, because Kirsten exhibits greater desire and ability to write and sing the edgier rocker songs.

Catchy without being trendy.......2006-06-20

This artist will be around for a long time. Her songs are not only catchy but they have staying power. Kirsten is a very talented song writer and singer. Every song on this album is a hit which is so unusual. Everyone can relate to her songs because we've all been there at one time or another. I feel like she wrote these songs esecially for me and i'm sure you'll feel the same way. This album is FANTASTIC.

Addictive & Classic.......2006-06-16

Very rarely do you find music that is catchy and moving at the same time. Kirsten's melodies are amazing. Heed this warning - her music is extremely addictive and you will always want it to be part of your rotation, especially in the car! You will never tire of kirsten's songs - the sign of an instant classic.

Outstanding songs, great voice.......2006-06-14

If you're looking for an album with great songs, clever lyrics, and excellent production, this is it. Kirsten Proffit's vocals are amazing. Trust me, you'll be singing songs from this album in the shower!

Melodic Excellence!!!.......2006-06-12

Kirsten's voice and music is like taking a stroll into euphoric paradise. Highly recommended for easy listening and escaping from the everyday melodies. This is a perfect gift for a friend no matter what their music preference is!!

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Broken Arrow

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ASIN: B000QZQKE4

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9 Tracks Email {cdsbyrequest@comcast.net} for tracklist.

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Broken Arrow [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Manufacturer: FMA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FUJEMK

Product Description

Original soundtrack to the film Broken Arrow, composed by Hugo Friedhofer and conducted by Alfred Newman. The CD contains a couple bonus tracks. Tracks: 20th Century Fox Trade Mark, Main Title, Narration and Opening, Good Samaritan, Ambush, Torture/Return to Tucson, Smoke Signal, Tucson and Cochise, White Painted Lady, Accidental Meeting, Mail Montage, After Battle, Tom Proposes, Warriors Return, In the Woods, Tom and Cochise, Cochise and Nahilzay, Return/Peace Conference, Armistice, Primitive Ritual/Lovers, Tuscon & the Lovers, Death of Sonseeahray, End Title - Revised, End Title (two titles).

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Broken Arrow
Waterfront
Manufacturer: Polydor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KIVAN8

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Princess Alice & the Broken Arrow
Magnum
Manufacturer: King
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000R9TMLW
Release Date: 2007-08-06

Tracks:

When We Were Younger
Eyes Wide Open
Like Brothers We Stand
Out of the Shadows
Dragons Are Real
Inside Your Head
Be Strong
Thank You for the Day
Your Lies
Desperate Times
You'll Never Sleep

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Long Distance Runner

Manufacturer: Broken Arrow Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA47VQ
Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Great cause, great concept, good cd
This is not the place to go on a tirade
i'm looking for a real review
Who Asked You, Anyway?

Not In Our Name
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Broken Arrow Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Not in Our Name

ASIN: B0001J2IYQ
Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

Oh My God (Michael Franti & Spearhead)
War (Jonatha Brooke)
Evolve (Ani DiFranco)
Pa'Lante (Ozomatli)
Whoop-Ass (Charlie Hunter Quintet)
I Don't Have a Car and I Live in L.A. (Los Pachanga Pistols featuring Omar Sosa, Greg Landau & Manny Martinez)
The Calling (Martin Luther)
Connection (Shana Morrison)
Manzanar - Band Remix (The Looters)
David Makalaster II (Les Claypool's Frog Brigade)
Home (Garrin Benfield)
Stay Human - Stereo Steambath Remix (Michael Franti & Spearhead)

Album Description

A compilation CD benefiting the Not in Our Name organization.

Customer Reviews:

Great cause, great concept, good cd.......2007-02-04

In this benefit cd for the anti-war educational project "Not In Our Name", a diverse group of musicians ranging from hip hop to folk music and jazz artists have contributed an excellent selection of songs about peace and social justice issues. Most of the songs are great, and a few I'd even say are outstanding. I love the songs from Ozomatli and Michael Franti & Spearhead. I didn't however care so much for the contributions from The Looters and Les Claypool. But with musical taste being so subjective, who knows, you just may love their songs. Overall, this is a really good cd and a really worthwhile cause. Check it out.

This is not the place to go on a tirade.......2005-11-10

I don`t come here to read tirades such as Mr. Cornwhathisface`s. I come here hoping for honest reviews. Keep it up and I will be doing all of my book/cd shopping at Powell`s. Peace.

i'm looking for a real review.......2005-02-12

Mr. Cornwhathisface needs to step back with his wacky commentary - which, i'd like to point out is not a review of an albumn, but a review of a people group and an ideology opposite his own (if he has one). His raving has nothing to do with the music and only his warped view of what art and being a responsible artist is all about. Since the time of Aristophanes, the artist has been about giving voice to the people - not everyone liked what he had to say, but it was his responsibility to say it.

Who Asked You, Anyway?.......2004-12-02

"Not In Our Name." What a great opportunity for the following musical acts -- Michael Franti & Spearhead; Jonatha Brooke; Ani DiFranco; Ozomatli; Charlie Hunter Quintet; Los Pachanga Pistols featuring Omar Sosa, Greg Landau & Manny Martinez; Martin Luther; Shana Morrison; The Looters; Les Claypool's Frog Brigade; Garrin Benfield -- to let the rest of us America-firsters, red-staters and Christian anti-choice fundamentalists know that no, they did NOT authorize this war.

I was kept awake nights with one nagging thought tugging at my brain: "Gee. I wonder if Manny Martinez is for the war. Is Ani DeFranco for or against our bombing Baghdad? I've GOT to find out!"

Well, now we finally know where these folks stand.

How would you like to wake up to this kind of Kafkaesque nightmare: Suppose that George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld authorized American troops to invade and beat the stuffing out of some tinpot dictatorship, and you didn't hold a press conference or release a themed-CD disclaiming any involvement? Wouldn't you feel misrepresented, smeared?

At any moment, and without warning, peace activists at Berkeley, Madonna, Noam Chomsky or Jean Cretien could give CNN a live feed:

"We, the civilised narcissists of good taste and celebrity erudition deplore the unilateral actions of an ill-spoken American president, his war-mongering Secretary of Defense and his puppet Secretary of State, who have invaded a harmless third-world nation, Iraq, which is headed by a peace-loving and benign leader, Saddam Hussein. But, what is even more deplorable, more cynical and more heinous is that the American people, including Michael Franti, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and Jonatha Brooke authorized this violent pre-emptive strike. They, too, have blood on their hands, as do Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Sylvia Plachy and Michael Moore. We are waiting to hear from these complicit warmongers to account for their sins of omission."

As a working artist, I can empathize with them, knowing that at any moment any and all of us can be personally blamed for Dubya's wanton acts.

Think of how horrible it must be to hear Jello Biafra proclaim, appropos of nothing: "This illegal, corporate war was authorized by Mrs. Janet Rudebek, an art teacher, and her 32 finger-painting minions, who added dozens of propagandistic canvases to their fascist portfolio, as they told the war pigs, 'We Support You,' 'Come Home Safely, and 'God Bless America.' It's enough to make you wretch!"

I mean, who would want to walk around with that on their conscience?

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