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Track Listings

1. Little Thing Called Love

2. Computer Age

3. We R In Control

4. Transformer Man

5. Computer Cowboy

6. Hold On To Your Love

7. Sample And Hold

8. Mr. Soul

9. Like An Inca

Tracks:

Overture
Midnight
Fate
What Good This Deafness
Mephistopheles
What Is Eternal
The Moment
Vienna
Mozart/Figaro
The Dreams Of Candlelight
Requiem (The Fifth)
I'll Keep Your Secrets
The Dark
Fur Elise
After The Fall
A Last Illusion
This Is Who You Are
Beethoven
Mephistopheles' Return
Misery
Who Is This Child
A Final Dream

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra's first two recordings, a pair of late-'90s Christmas albums, hinted that some day TSO might evolve into a latter-day ELO or even an ELP. Instead, this overwrought concept album shares more common ground with ALW (Andrew Lloyd Webber) or Meat Loaf. TSO, in fact, aims to retrace a path once traveled by producer Jim Steinman, the mastermind behind the theatrical, over-the-top rock opuses that briefly transformed Mr. Loaf and Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse of the Heart") into mass-audience favorites. TSO ringmaster Paul O'Neill (once a guitarist in Broadway productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair) here ditches the holiday themes and instead scores a simple-minded fairy tale (whose text spans a 32-page CD booklet) that involves Beethoven's soul, the devil, and an imaginary Symphony No. 10. Too often, the music is the servant of the project's thin plot, and the rock-classical instrumental bravura that initially attracted public attention to TSO (at times, the group sounds like a symphonic Boston) is obscured by overheated vocal rantings. Meanwhile, the guitar-driven rendering of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ("Requiem") is mundane. Yet, one vocal track, "After the Fall" with singer Patti Russo, jumps off the record as a Tyler-esque knockout, raging with emotion and melodic luster. It doesn't save the album, but it helps. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Different, But Still Very High Quality.......2007-06-29

Beethoven's Last Night is TSO's first non-Christmas album, and as such, I expected to not like it as much as their other albums. However, it ended up becoming my favorite, tied with Christmas Eve and Other Stories. It's very different from TSO's other albums, but yet it has a magic all its own. The musical quality is just as good, but it has the best vocals in all of their albums. The reason for this is that Beethoven's Last Night tells much more of the story through its songs, and actually has a cast and characters. Some of the voices are very odd, but incredibly fun to hear. Some examples of this are in the songs "What Good This Deafness", "Misery", and "Midnight". The album isn't all vocals, however. It has some great instrumentals too, such as "A Last Illusion" (I know it has some chanting in the background at one point, but I still consider it an instrumental), "Beethoven", and "Mozart/Figaro". One more song worthy of mention all by itself is "Mephistopheles' Return", which contains a simply awing passage at the end where four different verses are sung at the same time. TSO did this before in "A Star To Follow", however it is done even better in "Mephistopheles' Return". In the end, after listening to Beethoven's Last Night, I was left with a feeling that I had experienced something very unique, but at the same time similar to TSO's other albums. It may be the weirdest of all their albums, but that doesn't stop it from being one of the best.

the Realm of Existentialism.......2007-06-25

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Beethoven's Last Night

-- Powerful, explosive, highly-addictive. --Katharena Eiermann, 2007, the Realm of Existentialism -- Presidential Hopeful

not what I expected.......2007-04-11

I have some of this music, really liked but this is not the one. It was okay nothing I would tell others to buy.
Mary Lynn

Very Good.......2007-04-10

The CD is not as good as their Christmas CD - but it is nice to listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra throughout the year.

Beethoven's Last Night.......2007-03-18

Awesome CD! The story is terrific, and the music is everything TSO stands for!

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One of TSO's Best
Music from the Christmas light house
The Lost Christmas Eve CD review
This is the best music ever!
Mannheim Steamroller on steroids...

The Lost Christmas Eve
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
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If you're looking for something out of the ordinary for the season, The Lost Christmas Eve is for you. This final entry in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's rock opera trilogy is perhaps their most ambitious and complex in the series. Like its predecessors, The Lost Christmas Eve tells the story of heaven's youngest angel called back to earth to continue Jesus' unfinished work. This time he lands in New York City to help redeem not only Christmas, but the soul of humankind itself with a story line that rivals anything Frank Capra ever dreamt up for the big screen. Conceived and composed by Aerosmith and Savatage producer Paul O'Neill, most of the song were penned O'Neill, Robert Kinkle, and Savatage founder and keyboardist Jon Oliva, and features the rest of the seminal Florida metal band on the record. While not as bombastic as Savatage's fourteen rock epics which touch on topics as diverse as the Russian Revolution, the 15th century explorer Ferdinand Magellan's descendants, and Beethoven's last night, the record still has a grandiose, almost over-arching baroque feel, with its prog-rock organ swells and electronic alchemy. The best moments are during the soaring instrumentals, on tracks like the "Wisdom of Snow," "Wish Litz," "Christmas Bells, Carousels & Time," and the majestic rendering of "O Come All Ye Faithful." --Jaan Uhelszki

Album Description

Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is back with third and final volume of their Christmas trilogy, The Lost Christmas. The long awaited follow up to the double platinum "The Christmas Attic," features their trademark symphonic rock," which fuses elements of hard rock, Broadway, R&B, and classical music into a unique and distinctive blend of original compositions, symphony excerpts and holiday standards.

Customer Reviews:

One of TSO's Best.......2007-06-29

The Lost Christmas Eve is the final installment in TSO's christmas trilogy. It may be the last, but that doesn't mean the sound is getting old. An excellent comeback from the slightly dissapointing Christmas Attic, The Lost Christmas Eve starts off with a bang, and doesn't let up until the final notes of the last song. The vocals on the album are some of TSO's best, second only to the ones on Beethoven's Last Night. They are best heard on such tracks as "The Lost Christmas Eve", "Christmas Dreams", and "What is Christmas?". The instrumentals are definitely the best TSO has ever done, and none feel repetitive like the ones on The Christmas Attic. They are without a doubt the high points of the album, with such songs as "Wizards in Winter", "Queen of the Winter Night", "Christmas Jam", and "Siberian Sleigh Ride" being the best of them all. However, my personal favorite song and instrumental on the album is the amazing "Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)", which is Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody", but with electric guitars and incredibly fast keyboards. Also of note is "The Wisdom of Snow", a beautiful piano solo coming in at 2:01. Overall, The Lost Christmas Eve, while maybe not being as moving and meaningful as albums like Christmas Eve and Other Stories, is certainly just as powerful, and is definitely the most fun to listen to.

Music from the Christmas light house.......2007-05-27

I bought this CD after seeing the house with the Christmas lights, synchronized to a song on this CD. It was all over You Tube a couple of Christmas' ago. Anyway, great takes on some old Christmas favorites. My wife and I still listen to it from time to time.

The Lost Christmas Eve CD review.......2007-05-20

Thoroughly enjoyed this genre. Had not heard of them before this. As music teacher, really appreciated the musical arrangements of well-known Christmas Carols.
The service was excellent arrived in the mail precisely when advised.

This is the best music ever!.......2007-05-12

Just loved the sound of this, it's my new favorite Christmas music! It rocks!

Mannheim Steamroller on steroids..........2007-05-08

hard rocking Christmas ballads...my wife had seen Trans-Siberian Orchestra on a morning show a few months back and all she wanted for Christmas(but not all she got) was a cd of Trans-Siberia...I was constantly borrowing it and just couldn't get enough of this cd..wonderful music..reverant, different, beautiful..there is a real beauty to this non-traditional Christmas music..

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Slightly less repetitious and dull as it is edgy and seductive
Proto-electronica
Really good
Another one to add to your collection.
Through a Glass Electronically

Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Manufacturer: Capitol
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Europe Endless
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Showroom Dummies
Trans-Europe Express
Metal On Metal
Franz Schubert
Endless Endless

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It's ironic that electronica's forefathers include two German bands whom, at least on the surface, were polar opposites. On the one hand, there was Can--shaggy, Stockhausen-trained advocates of trance improvisation--and on the other, Kraftwerk: clean-cut control freaks and masters of the pristine machine groove. Yet, even at their most robotic, Kraftwerk manages to locate the soul of the machine, as they demonstrate throughout this 1977 outing. Hell, the mannequin manifesto "Showroom Dummies" alone is worth the price of admission. For a band so closely tied to technology, it's a testament to Ralf and Florain that their music continues to sound fresh more than two decades down the autobahn. --Bill Forman

Customer Reviews:

Slightly less repetitious and dull as it is edgy and seductive.......2007-04-25

3 1/2

It's good, quite good for Kraftwerk's body of werk, of course appreciated infinitely more in it's proper context, though I always felt these rightful legends were more producers then artists. These grandfathers of electronic music indeed pioneered the euro-techno-minimalist template to an astounding degree, though they seemed, as is with many innovative musical groups, to often eclipse substance with style. What some consider their finest disc, certainly may be a solid piece of the coldly melodic kraftmenship fans have come to expect, but usually remains pretentiously detached for an unfamiliar crowd. Most of a short run time is spent on the purposely restrictive but calculatedly executed beats, melodies and vocals in an enticing enough way that makes the album a worthy visit now and again, but hardly merits frenzied devotion.

Proto-electronica.......2007-04-16

The seminal work that influenced all of the pop-rock music of the 80's, and the ambient music movement of the 90's and beyond. An important milestone in electronic music.

Really good.......2007-03-24

Kraftwerk is a good ensemble. I say ensemble for lack of a better term. Anyway, this album is great. Start to finish good. One must listen the whole way through without skipping around to truly appreciate how good it is. Their other albums, particularly man machine and computer world, while both excellent can get boring. But in this case, you don't have to worry. I haven't gotten bored yet, and even after the glamor of the whole object has been lost, I can still return to individual tracks for pure joy. Just lie down on the floor, throw it on, and relax. Cool.

Another one to add to your collection........2007-02-22

Not all Kraftwerk albums are worthy of purchase, but this one is. Careful when a CD has multiple songs with same title. That usually means the creativity has given way to duplication. Not here. So, this should be added to your colletion.

Through a Glass Electronically.......2007-01-19

I've listened to quite a few Kraftwerk albums since college friends introduced me to this talented and innovative group back in the early '90's, but somehow I'd missed out on "Trans-Europe Express" until this last Christmas. This is really excellent electronic music, possibly one of Kraftwerk's best efforts. Sometimes it seems that their sense of musicality and melody and such gets just a bit swamped by their fascination with mechanical and computerized sound, and sometimes this makes some of their pieces seem to drag just a bit on the verge of monotony--never completely, but a tad too close for comfort. They have deftly dodged this minor glitch in this album, though, even with the wonderfully harsh, mechanistic "Metal on Metal" to say nothing of the beautifully transcendental "Endless Endless" or the disturbingly surreal "Hall of Mirrors." On a humorous note, "Showroom Dummies" inevitably evoked for me the classic Doctor Who villains known as the Autons (aggressively colonizing beings who inhabit plastic mannequins and attack earth, starting with our shopping malls) but I suspect this was unintentional on Kraftwerk's part. In any case, I think this may well be the most approachable album for those newly wishing to explore Kraftwerk's work, but old explorers like myself will undoubtedly enjoy it as well.

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An Excellent First Album
Great
Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Beautiful Music Indeed
Christmas Eve and Other Stories

Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Manufacturer: © 1996 Atlantic Recording Corp. / Lava Records
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Tracks:

An Angel Came Down
O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night (Instrumental)
A Star To Follow
First Snow (Instrumental)
The Silent Nutcracker (Instrumental)
A Mad Russian's Christmas (Instrumental)
The Prince Of Peace
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Ornament
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Old City Bar
Promises To Keep
This Christmas Day
An Angel Returned
O Holy Night
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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Is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve and Other Stories a holiday rock opera? Or perhaps just a holiday prog-rock disc? Or maybe it's New Age? Whatever the case may be, this isn't your typical Christmas album. Filled with electric guitar solos, plenty of synthesized keyboards, a children's choir, and lively drumming, Christmas Eve can only be compared to one other record, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other holiday disc, The Christmas Attic. On this CD, angelic vocal solos (on numbers such as "The Prince of Peace") are interspersed with driving instrumentals. Sentimental, occasionally bombastic, but as high-concept as holiday albums can be. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

An Excellent First Album.......2007-06-29

In TSO's first album, they are at their best. Christmas Eve and Other Stories has everything. From fast-paced instrumentals to slow choirs, they excel at everything they try. Some high points are the instrumentals "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" and "A Mad Russian's Christmas", as well as "Ornament" and the moving "Old City Bar". "A Star To Follow" has an amazing segment where four choirs sing different verses all at the same time. Overall, TSO's first album is one of their best, containing a delighful mix of slow, powerful songs, and fast-paced songs that are simply a joy to listen to.

Great.......2007-05-09

Very good gutsy Christmas music! I lost my first copy of the CD, so I bought another one.

Christmas Eve and Other Stories.......2007-03-09

How do you describe the music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Classical, rock, heavy metal, symphonic rock... You have to hear it. This is a wonderful example - but if you're expecting sweet Christmas carols move on. This is not for you. If you want music with impact grouped around a Christmas theme - give this a try.

Beautiful Music Indeed.......2007-03-08

This is one CD our family wants to listen to all the way through more than once! Awe-inspiring instrumentation blended nicely with a little more vocals than expected. Great addition to our collection for the holidays.

Christmas Eve and Other Stories.......2007-01-30

I had expected more orchestra and less vocals. Didn't have as much Trans-Siberian big sound as I had expected.

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On the highway
ANYTHING BOARDS IS GOOD
Thanks
Very Nice EP
Good EP, bad timing

Trans Canada Highway
Boards of Canada
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On the highway.......2007-06-25

The Boards of Canada took a lot of flack for their fuzzy, less ethereal "The Campfire Headphase," which basically explores whole new avenues of music, but didn't sound anything like what they had done before.

But one of those songs comes across far better in "Trans Canada Highway," spearheading an EP of the kind of music that Boards of Canada is known for -- rippling electronica, crammed with atmosphere and chilly beauty. It's a nicely solid little EP, covering both sides of the band's musical palette.

It opens with "Dayvan Cowboy," a mass of fuzz with a rambly little guitar melody in the middle, and decorated with some delicate chiming sounds. About halfway through, a gust of wind blows away all the fuzz and chimes, leaving just a the hesitant guitar, clashing cymbals and a trembling violin. But slowly the fuzz and chimes creep back in....

... just in time for the rattly, atmospheric sweeps of "Left Side Drive," which is more typical of Boards of Canada's music. It's mellow, smooth and atmospheric, with some nice beats. From there they explore the dreamlike prettiness of "Heard From Telegraph Lines" and the staticky "Under the Coke Sign," and the angular synth stretches of "Skyliner."

And finally there's he Odd Nosdam remix of "Dayvan Cowboy." Hoo, this one takes a little getting used to -- for awhile you can just hear planes taking off, it softly segues into a chilly ambient sweep... before finally getting into the expansive, swirling main melody. It takes a LONG time to get anywhere, but it's brilliant when it really gets moving.

"Trans Canada Highway" has a little of every Boards of Canada "sound" in it, flickering through their prior "sounds" with new little songs. And it really makes "Dayvan Cowboy" sound appealing as it didn't before, by letting it be judged on its own merits. It's actually a pretty good song.

Except for an angelic-sounding chorale which only appears for a second, there aren't any vocals in this. Instead, the music is pure -- it's full of shimmering warm analog synth, sharply-defined beats, heavy fuzz, and in "Dayvan Cowboy," a twining of more conventional instrumentation like violin, guitar and clashing drums.

"Trans Canada Highway" is a beautiful little EP, bringing two very different styles for Boards of Canada together. Definitely a good listen.

ANYTHING BOARDS IS GOOD.......2007-06-23

ANY BOARDS OF CANADA is one of my favorite things to listen to. I listen to BOC all of the time at work to escape. When I hike or mountain bike. It is truely one of a kind music. And yes I do love the campfire headphase just as much as everthing else.

Thanks.......2007-03-18

I will make this review very concise. This is a most welcome return to form for Boards of Canada. This EP is fresh, capturing some of their new sound from Campfire Headphase and giving it that classic "Beautiful Place in the Country" treatment. It's the new Boards of Canada and yet SO MUCH the classic Boards of Canada. The track "Skyliner" sounds very much like a classic track they unearthed for this EP.

Everything about this EP is great, even the very spaced out closer which is the HEAVILY remixed "Dayvan Cowboy." I personally disliked Geogaddi quite a lot and it is great to hear they have found their sound again!

Very Nice EP.......2007-03-02

Short, under 30 minutes....but a very nice cut. Boards of Canada are so timeless Check it out

Good EP, bad timing.......2006-11-05

After the release of The Campfire Headphase, I was surprised to find so many people disappointed with their new sound. It might not be the same as their old sound, and TCH might not be the same as (or as great as) Music Has the Right to Children, but was still a worthy release that marks the progression of BoC's music. Obviously I greatly enjoyed The Campfire Headphase, and still do a year after its release. When I heard news of a new EP being released back in May, I was ecstatic. After listening to it... I was quite as ecstatic.
When I think of BoC's EPs, I think of the textured and rather dark ambient sounds of In A Beautiful Place Out in the Country, or the chilled-out trip-hop/IDM sounds of Twoism and Hi Scores. Trans Canada Highway is a different kind of EP. As with BoC's other EPs, there precious little time in which to create a beautiful atmosphere of sound with (which is done successfully in their other EPs), but there's only 4 new songs on here, as there are 2 version of Dayvan Cowboy- the exact same version that's on The Campfire Headphase and a remix version. This would have been fine if released before The Campfire Headphase, but the fan's desire for new material has increased while their patience decreases.
Don't get me wrong, Trans Canada Highway is a great release. "Left Side Drive" is now one of my favorite BoC songs, as it blends the smooth and "trippy" atmospheric tones from The Campfire Headphase and combines them with trip-hop beats of BoC's earlier releases. "Heard from Telegraph Lines" is another great short BoC transition song, and "Skyliner" combines the chilled attitude of The Campfire Headphase with the experimental and distorted sound of Geogaddi. "Davyan Cowboy" is a wonderful gem, one of my favorite songs from The Campfire Headphase.
So overall, Trans Canada Highway is good EP, with plenty of atmospheric tunes to keep Boards of Canada fans- including myself- satisfied. The only problem is that Trans Canada Highway would've been a far more effective release if it was released before The Campfire Headphase. It's the perfect pre-cursor to The Campfire Headphase, rather than an appropriate follow-up.
Overall- 7/10

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Another Excellent Album
Good overall
The Christmas Attic CD review
Great gift
More Greatness

The Christmas Attic
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Boughs Of Holly
The World That She Sees
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Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber will discover he has a soul mate in one Paul O'Neill, the "conductor" of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. A dyed-in-the-wool sentimentalist, O'Neill presents this pop-rock tale from 1998 with all the glitz and glory of a Lloyd Webber Broadway show. Playing to the common themes of the season through a tale about a little angel sent to Earth to leave behind a gift, O'Neill creates a big-sounding production heavy on lead guitars and orchestral filigree. There are pieces of familiar Christmas carols and hymns and a handful of unembellished acoustic numbers to offset the brighter parts of the musical melodrama. While his singers and players are all professional sounding, O'Neill often mistakes sentiment as a grand gesture when it needs to be something less ambitious or noticeable. Nonetheless, there's a TV special or Broadway show wrapped up in this attic and it won't go away until it gets done. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

Another Excellent Album.......2007-06-29

This was the last TSO album I bought, and as such, I wasn't quite as impressed when I listened to it as I could have been if I hadn't seen how amazing TSO can be in their other albums. Compared to their other albums, Christmas Attic is slightly harder to get through, mostly because it is slower and is a bit more repetitive than TSO's other albums. However, it is still a very worthy follow-up to the amazing Christmas Eve and Other Stories. My personal favorite song is "The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)", because it is a style that TSO doesn't explore very often. I wish they would write more songs in the same vein. Another excellent song is "The March of the Kings/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing". It is a very up-tempo song and extremely fun to listen to. The album falls short on a couple of its instrumentals, which are occasionally a bit repetitive. However, overall, The Christmas Attic, while maybe being slightly less innovative than Christmas Eve and Other Stories, is still a delight to hear, and is consistent all the way through in that respect.

Good overall.......2007-06-10

I love the TSO, and this CD is no exception to the rule. I was a bit disappointed by some of the tracks (not their best work), but overall it is enjoyable. My favorite is the Ghost of Christmas Eve and there are about 5 other really solid songs on there. If you love the TSO, you'll love this CD.

The Christmas Attic CD review.......2007-05-20

After listening to The Lost Christmas Eve, was certainly not disappointed with this CD. Again, interesting arrangements in a delightful genre.

Great gift.......2007-02-10

We purchased this as a gift for Christmas - It is wonderful music !

More Greatness.......2007-01-29

This is one of the best of their CD's. I play it year round.

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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
You will be blown away
Not Too Bad
Outstanding
great

Love Songs
Jordan Knight
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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!.......2007-05-05

I HAVE TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH MOST OF THESE ARE COVERS, I PREFER JORDAN SINGING THESE SONGS THAN THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS. HE IS SO VERY TALENTED AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL HE RELEASES ANOTHER CD. I GET LOST IN THIS CD EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT. I LOVE HIS OWN SONGS ON HERE TOO. THEY ARE AMAZING AND HIS FALSETTO MAKES ME MELT!!! XOXOXO

You will be blown away.......2007-03-20

This album is a relaxing mix of new songs and remakes of classics. Jordan shows his creative side by writing his new songs and proves that remakes don't always suck. It is a must have for any New Kids On The Block fan or anyone looking for a cd to pop on to help them unwind.

Not Too Bad.......2007-03-08

I'm not a big fan of romantic songs in general, but I was a huge NKOTB fan back in the day, so I decided to give this a try. I have to say that I was surprised at how good the CD was. Jordan's orginal songs were ok, but the best part of the CD was his covers. His interpretation of the covers on the CD were surprisingly well done. His voice has developed really well, and now he just needs some direction on choice of songs. I would check this out for a romantic evening.

Outstanding.......2007-02-08

I feel that this cd by Jordan Knight was very well done. After hearing this cd I went and bought Jordan Knight, The Fix and the NKOTB Remix Album by Jordan Knight. All of them are excellent!

great.......2007-01-05

great voice, great songs, great atmosphere that is created, great to get it on with the girls...

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Made a great gift
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Putting the magic back into Christmas music
Great Set
Christmas Trilogy -Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Christmas Trilogy
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002Z7RI6
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

An Angel Came Down
O' Come All Ye Faithful/O' Holy Night (Instrumental)
A Star To Follow
First Snow (Instrumental)
The Silent Nutcracker (Instrumental)
A Mad Russian's Christmas (Instrumental)
The Prince Of Peace
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental)
Good King Joy
Ornament
The First Noel (Instrumental)
Old City Bar
Promises To Keep
This Christmas Day
An Angel Returned
O' Holy Night
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve
Boughs Of Holly
The World That She Sees
The World That He Sees
Midnight Christmas Eve
The March Of Kings/Hark The Herald Angel
The Three Kings And I (What Really Happened)
Christmas Canon
Joy/Angels We Have Heard On High
Find Our Way Home
Appalachian Snowfall
The Music Box
The Snow Came Down
Christmas In The Air
Dream Child (A Christmas Dream)
An Angel's Share
Music Box Blues

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Faith Noel
The Lost Christmas Eve
Christmas Dreams
Wizards In Winter
Remember
Anno Domine
Christmas Concerto
Queen Of The Winter Night
Christmas Nights In Blue
Christmas Jazz
Christmas Jam
Siberian Sleigh Ride
What Is Christmas?
For The Sake Of Our Brother
The Wisdom Of Snow
Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)
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Christmas Bells, Carousels & Time
What Child Is This?
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Midnight Clear

Album Description

Hard rock producer Paul O'Neill, renowned for his work with Aerosmith and Savatage, teamed with the latter band's Jon Oliva to create Trans-Siberian Orchestra, an inspired fusion of classical music and rock-opera pageantry. Their first two releases are visionary and timeless Christmas-themed concept albums, spotlighting lead guitars and classical string sections alike, and they became instant contemporary holiday classics. 2004's The Lost Christmas Eve, which completes their symphonic rock Yuletide triology, underscores Billboard's recent comment that TSO "seems to be turning into a Christmas tradition."

Customer Reviews:

Made a great gift.......2007-06-08

Bought this as a gift after seeing TSO in concert. My friend loved it!

Trans Siberian Orchestra.......2007-03-30

The DVD and Cd's are really good, Seeing TSO live is the only way it gets better. The Christmas DVD is a new twist on the classic christmas story.

Putting the magic back into Christmas music.......2007-02-19

Trans-Siberian Orchestra is the most meaningful use of Christmas-themed music that I have ever had the pleasure to hear. This collection, which includes much of their studio work and a phenomenal DVD, is the perfect introduction to the world of TSO, that you'll find yourself listening to all year round.

TSO's music satisfies the 'theme-album' classical prog-rock lover in me (in the tradition of ELP, ELO, Yes and others), but more importantly, it gives the gift of putting the magic back into Christmas music. I had tears in my eyes when I first viewed the DVD, which gives you an idea of how they perform their shows, in the form of a touching story coupled with unbelievable performances.

The only thing better than having this collection would be to see their shows. Their amazing light show/stage productions easily pick up where Pink Floyd left off, and I never thought this was possible. It goes beyond that, and takes you back to your childhood, when the fantasy of lights, sounds and storytelling was still met with awe and wonder. It's ageless, timeless, and yet a product of modern technology that anyone of any age will find fascinating.

Great Set.......2007-02-16

This set is the one to buy if you like Trans-Siberian Orchestra(TSO). My only complaint is that Amazon doesn't label the DVD that comes with it, they just call it an extra DVD, I thought it'd have behind-the-scenes info and stuff like that, so I bought TSO's DVD movie, The Ghost Of Christmas Eve, the only problem with that is, the "extra DVD" in this trilogy is in fact The Ghost Of Christmas Eve. So, if you, like me, want to buy all the discs that TSO has out, then don't buy The Ghost Of Christmas Eve separately, it comes with this trilogy.

Christmas Trilogy -Trans-Siberian Orchestra.......2007-02-15

Loved the 3 CDs. Each CD tells a story and having the lyrics helps you to understand the story in the music. The bonus DVD is awesome, fantastic graphics. Definitely worth the money I paid for it.

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Ironic yet so damn good it transcends its own irony.
brings feelings of my childhood (1980's) back!
Wow

Sex Change
Trans Am
Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M05UQC
Release Date: 2007-02-20

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First Words
North East Rising Sun
Obscene Strategies
Conspiracy Of The Gods
Exit Managment Solution
Climbing Up The Ladder (Parts III And IV)
4,738 Regrets
Reprieve
Tesco V. Sainsbury's
Shining Path
Triangular Pyramid

Amazon.com

Trans Am has always been a predominantly instrumental band that plays ironic sounds unironically. They're a perfect example of a modern "cult" band; they have a large following and make most of their money touring, existing largely outside the weblog-and-myspace-driven word of mouth which propels most indie-label, rock-based music these days. The group consciously limited their sound this time around, after taking a two year hiatus. Change was recorded in Auckland, New Zealand at a recording school with equipment on loan by the brilliant Chris Knox, then later in Brooklyn at Oneida's headquarters without their usual array of vocoders or any of their regular gear. Easily their best album since 2000's Red Line, Sex Change is typically eclectic but pushes their sound further towards '70s stadium prog, keyboard-driven Krautrock, shredding '80s rock, John Carpenter soundtracks from the late 1970s, super clean and mellow funk-rock, and whatever you call the kind of music they play behind sports play-by-plays. --Mike McGonigal

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Ironic yet so damn good it transcends its own irony........2007-06-29

It may be ironic yet it's so damn good (GREAT) it transcends its own irony. Does that make sense? I think it does. You'll know what I mean when you buy it so just buy it.

brings feelings of my childhood (1980's) back!.......2007-05-06

yes, it is part electronica, part rock...this album is pure brilliance. i first heard these guys when after reading about them i found their album "future world" at my local record store. i found that album so brilliant i rushed back and the only other cd they had was their most current, the one you are reading the review for...it rocks hard and it also is very relaxing...i had already known of this band through the brilliant and amazing f'ing champs, and was somewhat already introduced to them because i already owned the f'ing am-gold, which is half f'ing champs, half trans am...all that i can say is that if you are a fan of 1980's new wave, you like synth rock, and you like something totally different than what crap is offered on mainstream radio, give these guys a try, please! there is a tinge of punk rock and metal as well as prog offered here...if you like "kraut" rock like can, faust, amon duul, gong...you'll probably appreciate this as well...the only thing i don't like about this disc is the album title, which i think is totally stupid and kind of idiotic, but that may well be the reason they picked it, who knows...

Wow.......2007-02-22

The best Trans Am album yet. I was worried after "Liberation" but this truly is a brilliant album.

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Hail your metal overlords...
Better take an 'advil' before listening to this
Very cool indeed...
Brutality incarnate.
Solid Record

I
Meshuggah
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Hail your metal overlords..........2007-01-02

Quite a few bands lately have been of the mind that taking a single, meandering, horrendously long song and making an entire album out of it is a great and novel idea. Unfortunately, most of the time what you get is a crawling exercise in patience and a burning desire for the album in question to be re-arranged into a condensed, 5-minute endurable version of what you just had to sit through (read: Green Carnation). Sometimes, though, a group of guys get together who have so many ideas running through their heads that a single-song album becomes not only a great idea, but a vessel for ultimate expression.

This is such an album. In its simplest form, I is a 21 minute summary of everything that Meshuggah has done prior. The high-speed staccato thrashing; the calculated rhythmic irregularities; the eerie stretches of ambience; the swirling, alien guitar leads; the atonal roaring and paradoxical, destructive lyricism - it's all here. However, it's all tied together by a menacing atmosphere of utter devastation that makes even the creeping onslaught of Nothing seem tame in comparison. Whether the unwavering and machine-like rolling tom patterns that constitute the hypnotizing introduction, the absolutely crushing breakdown of roaring guitars and time-shattering drums that occurs at around the 3:30 mark, Fredrik Thordendal's mechanical assault at 5:40 which consists of an incessant flurry of notes backed by an unadulterated display of inhuman endurance and accuracy from drummer Tomas Haake, the disturbing reverberations of oddly conflicting notes that mark the transition from the chaotic permutations that came before to the massive soundscapes that will follow, the heavy-as-hell riffing that comes in at the 10:30 mark which encompasses what's probably the only moment in this entire song that you'll be able to effectively headbang to without getting confused, the diabolical whispering of Jens Kidman at 12:00 and the hive-like guitar lead from Fredrik that soon follows, the slow pulsing of dark arpeggios that steadily builds into a Nothing-era displaced pattern of shifting drums and twisted guitars at 17:00, or the standard Meshuggah-esque rhythmic motif that slowly coalesces into a lengthy stretch of foreboding feedback that closes out the song - the only word to properly describe this is... monolithic. Without the respite of track breaks, this becomes an unstoppable machine bent on the complete annihilation of everything in its path.

I is a tremendous achievement in Meshuggah's career and in the world of metal. While there are albums out there that are louder, heavier, and more extreme, none of them come close to exhibiting the cerebral and uncompromising nature of the music found here. The only album that does manage to sort of come close is Meshuggah's own follow-up, Catch Thirty-Three, but even that has more of a post-apocalyptic feel than the malevolent destruction found on I.

Absolutely mammoth music.

Better take an 'advil' before listening to this.......2006-09-04

Meshuggah is world renowned for their head-splitting, gut-wrenching, Swedish Math/Death metal, and this song, yes thats right, song, proves the title of Meshuggah right. This 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated metal will literally peel your face off, if not for the 1-2 minute break they give you to catch your breath.

Anyone familiar with Meshuggah, such as their albums Chaosphere, Destroy Erase Improve, and Catch 33 will love this song. I advise every metalhead to check this out.

Also get Meshuggah's Nothing; its not as fast, but just as complex.

Very cool indeed..........2006-03-31

with one caveat - if you haven't liked Meshuggah in the past then you won't now.

On the other hand, if you do, especially post DEI Meshuggah, then you will like this. It is just awesome. That is not to say it isn't flawed, it is. It can get repetitive, but you can tell they are really trying to do something new. It is like someone took Echoes by Pink Floyd, but retracked it in hell with a bunch of dump trucks playing the instruments (If this sounds like it would be awful, see the caveat at the beginning.) It is thick, and hard to wrap your head around as a concept. That is not to say it is pretentiously complicated or dense; it is just long, dischoradant, and difficult to take in as one piece. This is precisely what makes it Meshuggah. Thick as a heat wave in a Louisiana Bayou, but absolutely all over the place. I enjoyed it quite a bit and thought it was much better than Nothing.

My only response to some of the one star reviews is for people to be leary of reviewers who seem to only enjoy telling you what they hate. I've noticed some of the one stars here only rate things they give one star for 95% of there reviews. I tend to think this means they are just joy kills.

If you enjoy lurking the very murky backwaters of Meshuggah's more recent albums, but miss some of the thrash influence they had, check this out. Give it a couple of tries so you will get to know it, and I am pretty sure you will find it a fun peice of music to pop in and drift off too.

Brutality incarnate........2006-01-13

Sometime in late 1994, a sentient blue-gray blob of alien slime landed on Earth and was enthralled by a stereo playing King Crimson's "Thrak." It then decided to further explore this idea of overlapping polyrhythms by building even more complex mathematical structures (while increasing the viciousness by a factor of 2.736). It managed to take possession of a group of Swedes and decided to channel its vision of mathematical insanity through their own death-metal sound. The result: Meshuggah. There ain't much in the way of melody, but there's the technicality/complexity of four other bands, combined with the brutality of three more (or one if that other band is Strapping Young Lad). It's an acquired taste.. except for the masochistic.. but it's a brain-melting blend of cerebral and visceral that's like nobody else. All sanity abandon, ye who enter.

I is probably the best introduction to Meshuggah out there. At 21 minutes it's easier to digest than a full-length album, but it shows all their facets in that short time.. slow-flowing guitar interludes, inhuman shredding, wickedly staggered rhythms, industrial torture, hyper-lightning freakouts, it's all here. The great thing is that even at ludicrous speed (check that 5:40-6:21 stretch!), there's no shortage of invention and ear-bending note lines to follow. That's not to even mention the inhuman drumming, which is as multilayered as it is savage (Tomas Haake is the Elvin Jones of metal).

Someone below complained about the first 90 seconds being nothing but mind-numbing repetition, but listen more closely and you'll realize that it's almost never the same riff twice. And that's the way it is through the whole EP; at first it's just a series of uneven pounding beats, but then time begins to reveal the offsetting & complementary rhythm patterns that underlie everything. Then it's time to get out the abacus and hope your brain doesn't short-circuit if you try to unravel what's going on.

If you like your demonic screams served with something a little smarter than ordinary death/doom metal, give Meshuggah a try. Tranquilizers and post-traumatic therapy optional.

Solid Record.......2006-01-13

Meshuggah has always been hit or miss for me. Granted 'Nothing' basically blew my mind, but some of their earlier work reeked of stale Slayerism. 'I' works well for what it is: an album full of riff after riff afer fill. The only problem I can see with it is its predictability. Intro / Riff / Vocal /Intro / Riff / Vocal / repeat ad naseum. Still, the E.P. is solid, and all of the problems with it were fixed for 'Catch 33'.

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