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Classic E.L.O. music has always been stuck in its own retro-futuristic time warp of recombinant pop. Inside that image of E.L.O.'s spaceship (here updated without the 8-track docking bay), one imagines a ye olde discotheque stuffed with Beatles mannequins and powered by pump organ synthesizers. The genius of Jeff Lynne is to fuse kindergarten rock & roll, ultra-Liverpudlian choruses, and faux-symphonic instrumentation with a pop that's both sappy and supple. With only a few duff tracks, this timeless, invigorating disc is a rocking, left-field surprise. Talk about a comeback--Zoom is nothing short of a revelation for fans of this critically underappreciated group. Lynne sings on the opening cut, "Alright," that "You've got to hold onto something that you believe / Hold onto something that makes you feel alright," and the entire album bears this out with grace and wit. --Mike McGonigal

Tracks:

Machine Gun
Slippery When Wet
Sweet Love
Just To Be Close To You
Fancy Dancer
Girl, I Think The World About You
Easy
Zoom
Brick House
Too Hot Ta Trot
Three Times A Lady
Still
Old-Fashion Love
Lady (You Bring Me Up)
Nightshift

Customer Reviews:

Old Skool.......2007-05-04

You tend to forget just how good the Commodores were, but this perfect collection is a concise reminder of songs that were all over the place 25 years ago, but not so much today. Way back before Lionel Richie became best known as Nicole Richie's pere. Timeless production and great mastering make this one of Motown's better CDs.

Brick Houses.......2006-03-05

There is just so much in this industry these days to where a lot of artists in R&B seem to be more pop oriented, rather than having the feeling of traditional soul. That has been the case with acts like Beyonce', Usher and Mariah Carey. Nevertheless, there are some acts from the past that have absolutely delivered towards what the essence of traditional soul has been like from Motown back in the 70's, and The Commodores were absolutely no acception. Their essential mixture of Funk, R&B and Soul have been a absolute mainstay on the classics of R&B radio, and that feeling Lionel Richie and company have mixed together is all in one convient collection.

The Commodores Ultimate Collection is a fine mixture of the groups most recognized tracks from the 70's. The songs here are just simply the best the soul legends from Alabama had made all of their own. The songs here were remastered very well, and stay as definitive to what made them classics. The album includes tracks ranging from the essence of funk like Machine Gun and the classic party anthem Brick House, to contemporary ballads from Lionel and company that have withstood the test of time like Still, Easy, which was recently used for Levis Jeans, Just To Be Close To You, and Three Times A Lady. While the album does maintain being definitive, many die hard fans were just hoping for a bit more from this collection, but The Ultimate Collection does stand out well enough for newcomers to this legendary R&B group.

It is just sad that Lionel Richie and company of The Commodores haven't done anything new together since they departed back in the eary 80's. Nevertheless, the legacy of these songs is still alive and well. I absolutely love The Ultimate Collection by The Commodores, and you will love this album too just as easy as Sunday morning.

Album Cover: B+

Songs: B 1/2+

Price: A-

Remastering: A-

Overall: B+

Pure musical Genius- Classic.......2006-01-25

This is one fantastic CD despite a few classics left out.That said, I will focus on one specific song. You could buy this CD for this song only. It is " Nightshift ". It is pure musical Genius. If you know any talented individual who has died before his time, you will understand this song. It is simply heartbreaking. Substitute " Heaven " for Nightshift, and you will understand. It will bring tears to your eyes. Play it 5 or 10 times, and listen for the background vocals . Search Lyrics on Google. It is not just a song, but a tribute to lost souls who needed just a little more time here with us....

GOOD ALBUM!!!!.......2006-01-16

I LIKE THIS ALBUM. THIS ALBUM DOES THE COMMODORES JUSTICE. THIS ALBM CONTAINS ALL OF THEIR TRADEMARK HITS. I LIKE THIS ALBUM. I ENJOY THE COMMODORES THEY WERE A GREAT GROUP AND I WISH THAT I COULD GIVE THEM MORE THAN 5 STARS. THEY WERE ABLE TO SING AND DANDCE AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN TRADEMARK STYLE WITH THEIR ELABORATE CLOTHING. AND LIONEL RICHIE HAD HIS DISTINCT TRADEMARK SINGING. THIS ALBUM CONTAINS ALL OF THE GOODIES FROM THE COMMODORES THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ULITIAMTE COLLECTION AND I RECOMMEND ANY COMMODORE FAN TO PURCHASE THIS ALBUM....

Great, but not "The Ultimate.".......2004-05-21

I love The Commodores and this is one awesome collection of songs. They left the full album versions of "Sweet Love" (my favorite Commodores song) and "Zoom." But where is "Sail On?" Where is "Jesus is Love?" The were both huge hits for The Commodores and I can't consider this "Ultimate" with the absence of these songs. I have them on vinyl but, unfortunately, I don't have (and can't afford) a turntable right now. Still this is a good disc and I would consider it a must own.

Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores

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Great Movies have Great Soundtracks!
Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything
More of a propaganda CD
Great selection of Film Hits!
Older recordings, main themes only

Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000068TN9
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

Saving Private Ryan 'Hymn To The Fallen' - John Williams
Double Indemnity 'Prelude' - Miklos Rozsa
The Lost Weekend 'Finale' - Miklos Rozsa
The Heiress 'Departure/Morris Suggests Love/The Proposal/Finale' - Aaron Copland
Sunset Boulevard 'Prelude' - Franz Waxman
The Ten Commandments 'Prelude' - Elmer Bernstein
Breakfast At Tiffany's 'Moon River' - Henry Mancini
Hatari! 'Baby Elephant Walk' - Henry Mancini
Rosemary's Baby 'Main Title (Vocal)' - Christopher Komeda
Romeo & Juliet 'Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet' - Nino Rota
Once Upon A Time In The West 'Once Upon A Time In The West' - Ennio Morricone
Love Story 'Theme From Love Story' - Francis Lai
The Godfather 'Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)' - Nino Rota
The Godfather 'Love Theme From The Godfather' - Nino Rota
Chinatown 'Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title) - Jerry Goldsmith
The Godfather - Part II 'End Title' - Nino Rota
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 'End Title' - Jerry Goldsmith
Raiders Of The Lost Ark 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' - John Williams
Terms Of Endearment 'Theme From Terms Of Endearment' - Michael Gore
Flashdance 'Love Theme From Flashdance' - Giorgio Moroder
Beverly Hills Cop 'Axel F' - Harold Faltermeyer

Tracks:

Witness 'Building The Barn' - Maurice Jarre
Children Of A Lesser God 'Main Title' - Michael Convertino
The Untouchables 'The Strength Of The Righteous (Main Title)' - Ennio Morricone
Fatal Attraction 'Fatal Attraction' - Maurice Jarre
The Addams Family 'Main Title' - Marc Shaiman
Dead Again 'Winter 1948' - Patrick Doyle
Indecent Proposal 'Flashback & Photos' - John Barry
The Firm 'How Could You Lose Me?-End Title' - Dave Grusin
Clear And Present Danger 'Main Title/A Clear And Present Danger' - James Horner
Braveheart 'For The Love Of A Princess' - James Horner
Primal Fear 'Courtroom Montage' - James Newton Howard
Mission: Impossible 'Zoom B' - Danny Elfman
Star Trek: First Contact 'End Credits' - Jerry Goldsmith
Titanic 'Hard To Starboard' - James Horner
The Rugrats Movie 'Baby Shower Happenings' - Mark Mothersbaugh
The Talented Mr. Ripley 'Italia' - Gabriel Yared
Rules Of Engagement 'Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)' - Mark Isham
Mission: Impossible 2 'The Bait' - Hans Zimmer
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 'Main Titles' - Graeme Revell
Vanilla Sky 'To The Roof' - Nancy Wilson
The Sum Of All Fears 'The Mission' - Jerry Goldsmith
Forest Gump 'I'm Forrest...Forrest Gump' - Alan Silvestri

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Granddaddy of the Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures is rightfully proud of its century of contributions to both American cinema and the art of film scoring. But the first disc of this 43-track double-CD anthology merely hints at the studio's musical peaks, blithely skipping through its first seven decades in just 17 tracks. Indeed, the package as a whole seems more interested in marketing its post-'70s catalog of hits and blockbusters than it does in paying real homage to history and roots. Even rarities like Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend are served up via modern budget-line rerecordings, as is Ennio Morricone's epochal Once upon a Time in the West). Contemporary recordings of Aaron Copland's rare score to The Heiress and Franz Waxman's great Sunset Blvd. fare better, but soundtrack fans may miss the originals. The studio's rich pop-crossover successes in the '60s are documented via Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet and Love Story, while successful franchises like Star Trek and Raiders also get their due. Too often the '90s-focused second disc only underscores some uncomfortable trends in contemporary scoring--orchestral nervous tics punctuated by booming crescendos, treacly piano Muzak--and makes one wonder if the music of The Rugrats Movie and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider are really film music milestones. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great Movies have Great Soundtracks!.......2007-05-10

If you love movies and movie music, you can't go wrong with this two cd Paramount Anniversary set.

Only Disc 1 Is Worth Anything.......2006-07-19

Normally I have a lot to say in my reviews, but not this time. The main problem with this collection is that all the most memorable film scores are just on one disc, with the second used mostly to play out stuff from the last ten years that, really, musically isn't very memorable and only includes three pieces anyone will recognize just because, like the movies they come from, they're based on old TV shows - The Addams Family, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.

And that brings up another problem. With all due respect to the late Jerry Goldsmith, who has provided some truly great classic movie scores, was it REALLY necessary to include TWO versions of the SAME Star Trek march in this collection? This seems evocative of the milk-it-for-all-its-worth attitude Paramount has had lately toward its now-tarnished crown-jewel franchise. Where's James Horner's theme music from Star Trek II and III? If they're gonna put Star Trek on here twice, they should have provided a little diversity. It wouldn't have taken much, I'm sure.

I'm sure that Paramount's had other films with far more memorable music (even Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun Anthem could have helped on Disc 2). This just seems like a lazy attempt at something that really could have been great.

More of a propaganda CD.......2002-10-30

There are some really great songs on this 2 CD set. However, those really great songs seem to be lightly interspersed amongst a large number of forgettable songs whose main purpose seems to be to remind you of those movies you enjoy(ed) so much.

It seems a little odd to me that out of 90 years of film making the most memorable scores have been largely released within the last few years. I was pleased to find themes from the Godfather, Indiana Jones and Witness. I was perplexed with the inclusion of songs from Rugrats, both Mission Impossible movies (one would have been more than enough) and Tomb Raider (memorable???).

This is my own personal bias, but I do prefer movie soundtracks that evoke a feeling of excitement. With this collection I just couldn't get excited. I kept finding myself being let down by songs that didn't in some way complement the preceeding song.

There are certainly some great tracks here, but overall I was disappointed. My advise would be to look elsewhere.

Great selection of Film Hits!.......2002-09-25

This one was a pleasant surprise! I thought- how could any CD that had "Baby Elephant Walk" be all that good? This one is. Lots of great scores- classics and a few hidden treasures. After hearing the beautiful title score for "Children of a Lesser God", I had to buy the entire soundtrack - very soothing. There are a few that may seem too overplayed ("Love Story", "Raiders of the Lost Ark",), but most are a welcome addition to any compilation. Try NOT loving "Building the Barn" from "Witness" or the "Hymn to the Fallen" from "Saving Private Ryan". Hours of great listening.

Older recordings, main themes only.......2002-08-27

This is a great album concept, but I really wish Paramount had re-recorded these scores as they deserve to be heard. The tracks range from 1944 to the present, and the older recordings sound just like the cleaned-up older recordings that they are.

I would also personally have enjoyed more "secondary" music themes (otherwise it becomes like reading book summaries that always only quote the opening paragraph), and I could easily have done without the "pop" tunes (like Baby Elephant Walk and the Rugrats theme). In fact, it would have been very nice to listen to an album comprised of tracks chosen for their strong musical value rather than apparently for their box office and/or hit song popularity. But, to be fair, that may be precisely what draws some people to this CD set.

Film score music constitutes the single most significant body of classical music of our time. I hope some of these tracks will entice listeners to buy entire soundtracks and listen to some of these works as a whole.

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Jeff Lynne is ELO. So this is an ELO Album.

Sometimes the truth hurts, at least to write it.

OK IT'S PRETTY MUCH A JEFF LYNNE SOLO PROJECT, BUT WHO CARES!

AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT BY JEFF LYNNE AND HIS BAND, I THOUGHT ALL FOUR BEATLES THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE JOINED IN...................

Not quite ELO

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Tracks:

Alright
Moment In Paradise
State Of Mind
Just For Love
Stranger On A Quiet Street
In My Own Time
Easy Money
It Really Doesn't Matter
Ordinary Dream
A Long Time Gone
Melting In The Sun
All She Wanted
Lonesome Lullaby

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Classic E.L.O. music has always been stuck in its own retro-futuristic time warp of recombinant pop. Inside that image of E.L.O.'s spaceship (here updated without the 8-track docking bay), one imagines a ye olde discotheque stuffed with Beatles mannequins and powered by pump organ synthesizers. The genius of Jeff Lynne is to fuse kindergarten rock & roll, ultra-Liverpudlian choruses, and faux-symphonic instrumentation with a pop that's both sappy and supple. With only a few duff tracks, this timeless, invigorating disc is a rocking, left-field surprise. Talk about a comeback--Zoom is nothing short of a revelation for fans of this critically underappreciated group. Lynne sings on the opening cut, "Alright," that "You've got to hold onto something that you believe / Hold onto something that makes you feel alright," and the entire album bears this out with grace and wit. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Jeff Lynne is ELO. So this is an ELO Album........2007-03-17

Alright so Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy are the only old time ELO members on this Album. Who cares! Jeff Lynne is ELO. Jeff has always written all the songs, done the arrangements, produced the music, sang lead and played many instruments. Case closed. --- Sure, I too wish the whole gang had come back together but they didn't, atleast we have "ZOOM". What a great Album!! --- Okay, it doesn't sound just like "Out of the Blue" but remember, Each ELO album was unique unto itself, which was great. (if I wanted the same sound every CD I'd listen to BOSTON)sheesh! -- Well, that's my two cents worth. -- Jeff Lynne is a genius and The ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA is my all-time favorite rock group. Iv'e been listening to them continuously since the '70s and I'll continue to buy anything Jeff Lynne records.

Sometimes the truth hurts, at least to write it........2007-03-04

I'm a huge fan of ELO. I've got all the ELO studio albums, the Xanadu soundtrack, and even some of the less known live ELO albums and the more recent "ELO II" stuff. I love classic ELO at that's all there is to it.

The problem with this album is that although it certainly has the ELO style (being a Jeff Lynne album essentially), there's nothing so moving or memorable to me that I ever really miss it or want to listen to it again. I'm not ever sure where my copy is. So, I was built up for a let down.

Now, if you don't already have the Zoom DVD, that's worth getting! You get to see what the album tour would have looked like and hear what it would have sounded like, and you get a lot of tunes from this CD performed live and a lot of ELO classics too.

OK IT'S PRETTY MUCH A JEFF LYNNE SOLO PROJECT, BUT WHO CARES! .......2007-01-21

Just got this cd the other day, and all I can say is WOW! I was really surprised how pretty solid this album is. From the beginning track, Jeff Lynne hooks you in. My personal favorite " STRANGER ON A QUIET STREET" is a real treat. Jeff Lynne, to me, brings the great ELO sound back. And rightfully so. Great cd! And I highly recommend it! Hope Jeff Lynne does more in the future and soon!
Highlights: "ALRIGHT","MOMENT IN PARADISE","JUST FOR LOVE","STRANGER ON A QUIET STREET", and "LONESOME LULLABY"

AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT BY JEFF LYNNE AND HIS BAND, I THOUGHT ALL FOUR BEATLES THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE JOINED IN..........................2006-12-05

Jeff Lynne has made an incredible milder sounding recording with Zoom. Even though Zoom might seem slower than old Elo recordings Zoom still has an amazing bite to it. I know some of Jeffs influences are 50s rock-n-roll and Beatles music. I will say one thing with Zoom, "If Jeff Lynne and Elo never existed, and John Lennon and George Harrison were still alive this cd Zoom could be a new Beatles recording either in the 1980s or 1990s into the 21st century". Songs like "Moment In Paradise","Just For Love", "Stranger On A Quiet Street" "In My Own Time""It Really Doesn't Matter" etc. reminds me of "Rubber Soul" and "Abbey Road", The White Album, and a little of each Beatles solo efforts. Jeff Lynne wrote and produced Zoom and has done an incredible job, this cd captures a more mellow Jeff but still amazingly creative even without the other original members of elo. Each drum, guitar and piano key is placed correctly in each song. The Beginning guitar riff of "State Of Mind" reminded me of a Rush guitar rip. Excellently produced and written by Lynne and kudos to engineer Brian Gardner. Jeff Lynne still has an awesome voice as he did back in the in the 1970s, early 1980s. There were times while listing to this cd I almost swear the Beatles themselves would join in with Jeff. An incredible ten star effort from Jeff Lynn and his band on Zoom. Jeff sprinkled in some of everything with Zoom, now if we could have a reunion with the original Elo members????????????..............

Not quite ELO.......2006-08-16

I love Jeff Lynne but it was the dynamic between the members of ELO that made that band what it was.

Anything that Jeff Lynne touches sounds amazing (Tom Petty, George Harrison & Ringo production work as an example) but to call this an ELO project? I don't know...

I don't think I'll be picking this one up. It just sounds a little too Wilbury-ish with Jeff singing all the songs minus the benefit of the other Wilburys singing any leads.

The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957

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The Carl Stalling Project Vols 1 & 2
Better Stalling's CD
The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2
A nice follow up
Now, every time I watch cartoons, I listen to the music!

The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957

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ASIN: B000002MN3
Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

Zoom And Bored
Stage Fright
The High And The Flighty
Bad Swiss Band
Marching Pink Elephants
The Slap Hoppy Mouse
Orchestra Gag
Variation On Grandfather's Clock
Variation On Chinatown My Chinatown
Variation On Lucky Day
Wind-Up Doll
Guided Muscle
Fall And Splat-SFX
Ghost Wanted (1940)
The Unexpected Pest
Drunk La Cucaracha
Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog
Golf Cue
Barbary Coast Bunny
Satan's Waitin' (Excerpt)
Rubber Dog
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Variations On La Danza
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The second volume of the master Warner Bros. cartoon composer's work downplays the head-spinning montage of the first in favor of just-as-head-spinning complete scores. They aren't from the studio's best-known cartoons but from some of Stalling's most impressive tempo-warping, all-systems-go pieces, augmented by a few mini-pieces that illustrate the way he could transform barely familiar show tunes and classical themes into wild, rubbery jokes. Even without images, Stalling could make an orchestra suggest a "Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog" in 24 seconds flat and run enough changes on Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" to match every mood in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The head-snapping reversals of his scores anticipate much later avant-garde music. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

The Carl Stalling Project Vols 1 & 2.......2007-01-11

Are the names Mel Blanc, I. Freleng or Chuck Jones familiar to you? Then you will get a charge out of these albums as they remind you of Warner Brothers cartoons you saw. I even used these albums instead of "spooky music" for the trick-or-treaters at Halloween, and got appreciative comments from the parents who recognized the music. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Better Stalling's CD.......2006-05-09

As well as Stalling Project Part I, These recordings are more modern fidelity, less classic and more musical techniques. The improvisations appreciate me more than Part I. I like all tracks especially one from "Zoom and Bored" Salute Maestro!!!!
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The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2.......2005-09-12

More music from Warner Brother Cartoons 1936 to 1958.
Carl Stalling was one of the foremost composers of music for cartoons and wrote virtually all of the scores for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. This is a compilation of some complete soundtracks and other snippets. In my opinion, this disk is not quite as well done as "The Carl Stalling Project Volume I."

A nice follow up.......2003-03-09

I really did like the slice-and-dice format of the first disc : I think it helped keep that cartoon zaniness without the visuals. I would recommend both volumes - I listen to them alot while I'm programming!

Now, every time I watch cartoons, I listen to the music!.......2001-08-07

Carl Stalling. We all know who he is, but we don't know that we know. Who is he? The guy who did cartoon background music for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for more than 20 years, that's who. Maybe you're thinking, "Oh, come on! Cartoon background music??! How good could something so trivial be?!" The answer to that question is.. VERY. Very entertaining. I just love Carl Stalling's great "scores". When you take away the context of it's being CARTOON music and just sit and listen to the damn thing, it's WONDERFUL music in and of itself! He goes from violins and a piano playing "agitato" simultaneously to a single oboe note and back again in five seconds. Not only that. He does that and, as random as it may sound, he mannages to segue it together beautifully. Now, every time I watch cartoons, the thing I pay most attention to is what aural miracles Mr. Stalling sneaked in. Maybe, after listening to this, you will too. If anything will change after you listen to this, it would be that you'll never think of cartoon music as trivial again........That's a GOOD thing.

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I remember this piece of poo
The pedestrian reviewer knows no rock!
Pedestrian and generic hair metal.
love loaded?

Vices
Waysted
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The Christmas edition of NOW never fails to please - packed with the best singles in the run up to the Christmas season. 2 CD set featuring Blue, Maroon 5, JoJo, Ronan Keating, Daniel Bedingfield, Black Eyed Peas, Joss Stone, Dannii Minogue vs FlowerPower and more. Virgin. 2004.

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A Digitally Remastered Reissue of this Classic Debut Album from Pete Way's Post Ufo Outfit. Features Ufo's Paul Raymond on Rhythm Guitar and Keyboards and the Original Def Leppard Drummer Frank Noone. Housed in a Deluxe Six X Eight Digipak and Strictly Limited to 1,000 Copies Only.

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I remember this piece of poo.......2004-12-26

I am walking down memory lane. I remember this cover, and I also remember I didn't like the album. In those days I liked just about anything so this must totally suck. Get Heavy Pettin 'lettin loose' or Riot 'fire down under' instead.

The pedestrian reviewer knows no rock!.......2004-12-17

Vices is a unique sounding, hard rocking release. Actually, this album depicts 'sleaze' hard rock at it's best, totally unadulterated, natural and more honest than later poser bands proclaiming to be 'sleazy'. Waysted were truly pioneers in the genre and they certainly lived a sleazy/wild rock'and'roll life-style. Nobody sang his guts out with such ferocity as Fin did back in those days. As usual, Pete Way's solid and colorful bass playing is among the best in rock. Recently snatched from MSG, ex-UFO guitarist/keyboardist Paul Raymond is hard to notice in Vices, though. Drummer Frank Noon (ex-Def Leppard) also does a great job. The big surprise here is the astonishing and original guitar playing of Ronnie Kayfield, a complete uknown entity then who very sadly went to oblivion after Vices. Kayfield reappeared in the late '80s with "Ron E. Kayfield's Saints & Sinners", but the production sound was meagre. At any rate, Kayfield's solos are inmortalized in Vices. Not for the pedestrian type of listener, Vices is for true hard rockers... and it ranks very high within my 2000+ CD collection.

(Check out the "Love Loaded" video from youtube... if it doesn't rock your socks off, then you are dead!)

Pedestrian and generic hair metal........2004-09-05

This album is terrible. It's a shame that Pete Way, from UFO's greatness, decided to go completely into the "glam/hair metal" bandwagon of the middle eighties. Absolutely forgettable, dated, mechanized. Im'm really sorry to tell this, but it's no a good rock album.

love loaded?.......2004-08-30

This is one of the great early 80's metal albums that few heard. The album features the excellent gritty work of Ronnie Kayfield on guitar who brings to life songs "Love Loaded", "Night of the Wolf" and "Women in Chains". The album is heavier than the usual UFO fare but retains sufficient melodic backdrops to Fin's (vocalist) screams. This is an epic hybrid album that moved the melodic metal sound pioneered by UFO (then stolen and trashed by Def Leppard) in a gutsier direction. Many Waysted fans prefer the Paul Chapman work (who I acknowledge did some of the best UFO work and had some good chops on the later Waysted albums) but this album is one of those hard to find gems from an era that many only recall for bad hair, parachute pants and awful music. But those early 80's metal pioneers may remember this. What happened to Ronnie Kayfield? You were great, man.

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Great CD
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ASIN: B0006HWFY6

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1992 BMG/ Zoom Music/ Fight Records; Tracks: 1) Capital - (with Rockapella) 2) Everything To Me - (with Rockapella) 3) Beautiful Place - (with Urban Blight) 4) My Home - (with Rockapella & The Persuasions) 5) Amazing World - (with Tito Puente/ Nestor Sanchez) 6) Feeling Fine - (with 3 Brave Woodsmen) 7) Let's Get Away From It All - (with Rockapella) 8) Violin, The - (with Brian Dewan & Eileen Ivers) 9) Indiana - (with Rockapella) 10) Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? - (with Rockapella)

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Great CD.......2007-07-03

For anyone who remembers the PBS show, this is the perfect CD...there's also an "easter egg" of sorts...at the end of the song "Indiana" (track 9), there is audio of Greg Lee congratulating a gumshoe, then telling him that there is "one more thing I want you to do, and you know what it is!" You can then hear the studio audience shout the next line, "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!" The CD then goes immediately to "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" (track 10), making it seem exactly like the TV show.

Rock on Rockapella!.......2005-02-06

Airing from 1991-1996 on PBS, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? was one of the most popular kids game shows of all time. The show had some great actors as part of its cast (Lynne Thigpen) and didn't dumb down to kids, it built on their knowledge of geography and made them feel smarter instead of silly. The show also boosted it's own acapella singing group, Rockapella. The group sung the show's famous theme song and during the five years WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? was on the air, Rockapella sang countless other tunes, some that were there own original material, others that were not. This album is the "official" album of the WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? tv show.

Half of the songs on the album are songs sung by Rockapella, but there are a few exceptions. Tito Puente has a tune to sing, as do the 3 Brave Woodsmen, Brian Dewan & Eileen Ivers, and Urban Blight. Also, Rockapella sings one tune on the album with another famous acapella group, The Persuasions. My favorite songs on the album are:

"Capital" (Rockapella)

"Everything to Me" (Rockapella)

"My Home" (The Persuasions & Rockapella)

"Indiana" (Rockapella)

"Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" (Rockapella)

These songs are fun, entertaining, and educational. They don't make many kids albums like this anymore.

Great CD.......2005-02-06

As a huge fan of the PBS series Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? I loved this music. The show ran from 1991-1996 and helped bring Rockapella fame. Even as a young adult I would still watch the show if it were on today. It is a shame it did not continue because the music on this CD and on the show was exceptionally good. And as a result of the show's discontinuing the CD Soundtrack is out of print. All of the Rockapella songs are vocals only with no drums or instruments. The theme song is probably the best but Capital is good as well. If you can ever find this music anywhere jump at the opportunity as it will be worth the money. Believe me, I payed just over $20 for this CD and listened to it a few times a day for the first few weeks. You'll get your money's worth I guarantee it.

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Sweet Silence
Mr. Big
Manufacturer: Zoom Club
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056H4Q
Release Date: 2001-01-22

Tracks:

Time Base
Wonderful Creation
Golden Lights
Uncle John 'B'
I Ain't Been a Man
Sweet Silence
Zambia
Enjoy It
Violet May
For the Fun to Find
Appeared a Shining Throne
Throne Second Amendment

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of the debut album for the 70's era British rock act. Not to be confused with the U.S. heavy metal act of the same name, the original Mr. Big had one foot in music hall style prog rock and the other firmly planted in heavy rock. 'Sweet Silence' is an intriguing mix of the styles. 12 tracks including the face-melting rocker 'Time Base'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Album Details

UK act not to be confused with the US act of the same name. 70's heavy rock with progressive/eclectic influences.

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The Second-Best Knack Album!
Finger Snappin Toe Tappin Good Tunes
The best since the first
The best Knack CD since Get the Knack
Every CD of Knack it's a Classic

Re-Zoom
Knack
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Getting the Knack

ASIN: B00007EIXE
Release Date: 2003-01-14

Description

The Knack is back with another rock classic! Back and better than ever is the Knack's "Re-Zoom" (previously released as "Zoom" in 1998). "Re-Zoom" adds to the Knack's legacy as one of the pioneers of Power Pop music with the addition of two bonus tracks, covers of Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk" and Badfinger's "No Matter What," plus a special hidden track. "Re-Zoom" is sure to please all Knack fans or, for that matter, all rock fans who enjoy hard-edged Power Pop at its best. Doug Fieger (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Prescott Niles (bass guitar), Berton Averre (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Terry Bozzio (drums). Songs: Pop Is Dead, Can I Borrow a Kiss, Smilin', Ambition, Mister Magazine, Everything I Do, Love Is All There Is, Terry and Julie Step Out, Harder on You, You Gotta Be There, Good Enough, In Blue Tonight, Tomorrow, (All in the) All in All, No Matter What, Girls Talk.

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The Second-Best Knack Album!.......2005-09-27

*Re-Zoom* ranks second only to the first *Get the Knack* album in terms of sheer brilliance. Doug Fieger's songs are well-crafted, the band is in top form, and the recording is of the highest quality. Berton Averre offers so many good guitar chops and lead fills I cannot mention them all. *Ambition*, a song that sounds a little like a Tom Petty tune, is one of my favorite hard rockers on the album. Some of these songs were retro and would have fit well on the Austin Powers soundtracks. Doug must have been channelling a lot of post-Beatle John Lennon at the time, as I swear I am listening to songs John could have written.

Finger Snappin Toe Tappin Good Tunes.......2005-05-18

Re-Zoom preserves the oh so familiar raw power pop sound that the Knack has been know for, and that many bands after have emulated and called their very own. The Beatlesque harmonies are present as well as the jangly guitars and infectious backbeat. Re-Zoom provides a mix bag of original Knack tunes from the ballad, "Everything I Do," the rever upper and opening track,"Pop Is Dead," to the concluding bonus tracks of the redone version of the Badfinger hit, "No Matter What," and Elvis Costello's "Girl's Talk."

This is one record that won't disappoint if you're looking for something to hum or sing along with. Re-Zoom is a "turn the volume a little notch" type of record. So get the Knack and get re-zoomed.

The best since the first.......2004-11-01

The Knack deliver a set of songs here that would make any AM power pop junkie get their fix. "Can I Borrow a Kiss", "pop is dead" and "Harder on You" with it's classic Beatles song structure and harmonies are enough to put the smile on the face of the hardest critic. The Knack aren't going to set the world afire with "Re-Zoom" but this style of power pop they do SO well will always have an audience. The band really has, a "knack" if you will, of crafting quick three-minute pop songs that almost sound familiar but never really tell of the inspiration (or inspirado)which, in itself, is remarkable, the t extremely tight playing and sparse clean production harkens back to their early days before the years later Don Was produced sickening-slick Serious Fun (sorry Don). If you liked "Get The Knack" you'll like "Re-Zoom". Heck, if you like 1970s pop you'll like it.

The best Knack CD since Get the Knack.......2003-09-08

I have all of the Knack CDs and this CD is one of the best. If you loved the Get The Knack CD, you'll love this CD too.

Every CD of Knack it's a Classic.......2003-06-16

New Wavers this group and this cd are a Classic. Please Critics and new pseudo rockers... get out!

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War of Attrition -- Live '81
Tank
Manufacturer: Zoom Club
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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This Means War

ASIN: B00005AU1F
Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

Shellshock [Live]
Steppin' on a Landmine [Live]
Blood, Guts and Beer [Live]
Run Like Hell [Live]
Don't Walk Away [Live]
Filth Hounds of Hades [Live]
(He Fell in Love With A) Stormtrooper [Live]
Snake [Live]
Shellshock
Run Like Hell
Blood, Guts and Beer

Album Description

Live release for the British metal act compared to Motorhead, eight tracks recorded in Germany in 1981. Includes three bonus tracks, demo versions of 'Shellshock', 'Run Like Hell' and 'Blood, Guts & Beer'. 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

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Disappointing
A Must for Yellowjackets Fans
Surpassed Any Expectation
Any other Name besides Jazz would be Classical!
A B-Mack Fan

Bang! Zoom
Bobby McFerrin
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005GZ6
Release Date: 1996-01-09

Tracks:

Bang! Zoom
Remembrance
Friends
Selim
Freedom Is A Voice
Heaven's Design
My Better Half
Kids' Toys
Mere Words

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-01-11

I love Bobby, and I love the Yellow Jackets.
They just don't gel for me on this CD. There's no connection between them as we would hope. This leads to a very flat and unemotional recording.

A Must for Yellowjackets Fans.......2006-08-15

As a loyal fan of Yellowjackets, I really enjoy the collaboration between McFerrin with Yellowjackets in Dreamland CD. In Dreamland, McFerrin sing an unforgettable tune called "Summersong."

Then, I just found out recently about this McFerrin's Bang! Zoom album, and it really blew my mind. All of the tracks here are just like listening to a great Yellowjackets album. It is a 'must have' if you are Yellowjackets fans. Try to listen to 'Remembrance,' 'Heaven's Design,' and the smooth jazz tunes 'Friends.'

Thanks to Chico for introducing this album to me.

Surpassed Any Expectation.......2005-11-22

I really enjoy McFerrin and his many faces in the music industry, but this album really and truly blew me away when I heard it. Russell Ferrante (of the Yellowjackets) writes much of the material and fellow Yellowjackets musicians (Kennedy, Haslip, Mintzer) join him. The writing is absolutely beautiful, treating McFerrin like simply a musician in the ensemble rather than always backing him up as a soloist. Take time to really explore this album - it always seems to open more beauty on each listen!

Any other Name besides Jazz would be Classical!.......2004-12-08

Bobby Mcferrin, if anything, must be a Creative Genius! When we attended 2 concerts with the Atlanta Symphony, he conducted 5-6 of heavy Beethoven Symphony No 8, Ravel, Tchaikovsky... plus Impressionistic pieces that stayed in my memory for months! He is equally at home with classical, romantic, even Impressionism or flat-out Jazz!

Here in this 1995 CD I hear his creative genius in using 3,5,7,9 tone themes as contrapuntal themes either in contrary motion or mirror inversion or as patterns in cross-bar, cross-beat rhythm even as Robert Shaw described in conducting Beethoven's MISSA SOLEMNIS. Also I'm thrilled each time I hear these first three examples of Combined Vocalices + Instrumental tunes in contrast with each other!

Probably his Title Song, filling-up the first 5:32 minutes is one of interesting musical nuances, regardless whether one calls it bonefide Classical Jazz or anything else! Alongside FRIENDS and MERE WORDS, I love what he does with REMEBRANCE and the awesome SELIM of Miles Davis and his lush-sounding horn!

I really relate to this creative, freshly expressive performer, even when he just sits in a chair onstage, creating Musical Body Sounds for over 30 minutes! He is totally Amazing to this Elder, Retired Musician, Chaplain Fred W Hood

A B-Mack Fan.......2003-06-11

I love how people try to classify Mr. McFarrins music. To me it has no genre. Or better yet belongs in a genre of it's own - Bobby Music. As for this CD, it is with out a doubt one of my favorites. Much more mellow and contemporary than say, the Play album. If you like Mr. McFarrin's music beyond "Don't worry be Happy" I think you will enjoy this take. I turn to it when I've had a long day and need to slow things down a little. Bobby's voice is so calming; it has such a deep texture.

The title of the album is a bit misleading; there are no "fireworks". It's more like the mesmerizing feeling you get when you sit around a fire with your friends and talk.

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