High Times (Remixes) [CD-single] [Import]

High Times (Remixes) [CD-single] [Import]

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Product Description
Four Mixes of Title Track - Radio Edit, Bionic Supachronic Mix, Doobie Mix, LP Version.

Tracks:

When You Gonna Learn
Too Young To Die
Blow Your Mind
Emergency On Planet Earth
Space Cowboy
Virtual Insanity
Cosmic Girl
Alright
High Times
Deeper Underground
Canned Heat
Little L
Love Foolosophy
Corner Of The Earth
Feels Just Like It Should
Seven Days In Sunny June
(Don't) Give Hate A Chance
Runaway
Radio

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With a voice like Stevie Wonder, a production sound that recalls the string-laden, slinky-bass disco of Studio 54, and a penchant for funky dance moves and outlandish hats, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay has successfully managed to straddle the underground and mainstream for the best part of 15 years. High Times brings together 19 of his band's hits to date, ranging from early 90s acid jazz classics "When You Gonna Learn," "Too Young To Die," and "Blow Your Mind," to later successes such as "Canned Heat," "Cosmic Girl," "Virtual Insanity," and on to recent songs from 2005 album Dynamite, such as "Feels Just Like It Should" and "7 Days In Sunny June." There are also two new tracks--the current single "Runaway" and the edgier "Radio," both of which continue the Jamiroquai tradition of mildly euphoric dancefloor disco-soul. Despite sticking to a formula of sorts over the years, the songs on this collection compliment each other well and form an impressive overview of one of the UK's most distinctive bands. --Danny McKenna

Album Description

release "High Times: Singles 1992-2006" - a singles collection which contains 16 huge hits from Jamiroquai's extraordinary career to date, plus two new tracks, 'Runaway' and 'Radio'. Sony/BMG. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Even better than expected!~~WOW!.......2007-06-22

I am so glad I bought this CD with JAMIROQUAI's best hits (and plus some "extra" bonus songs are included).

If you like the sound of a sort of combo "jazz-rock" Cd then this is the one for you. JAMIROQUAI is a great band. It`s hard to truly define their sound, but whatever it is ,... it's GREAT!

As I said before, this band is a combo jazz-rock with a bit of alternative thrown in. The lead singer is AMAZING! The other band players are absolutely amazing too.

If you get this Cd, you wont be able to stop your feet from twitching to their beat. FUN!!!!!!

PS: if you have seen NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE then you will recognize track # 11!!---LOVE IT, and so will you!

One Of The Best Compilations.......2007-06-09

Jay K is a musical genius, and, this compilation cd proves it. My nineteen year old borrowed this cd, to put on his Ipod. That made me feel so cool.

Two new GREAT songs!.......2007-04-22

This review is written for the fans. You have all of the other songs on this album, but why buy the CD? The two new songs are AWESOME! I am especially a fan of "Radio" - it is the sexist tour de force about a threesome ever made. Granted, I am NOT into threesomes, but there is something about Jay singing, "Three's not a crowd, I'm a man, I'm a man". This song totally turns me on. Get yourself into the mindset before listening to it. Then, "Runaway" is just a great song, nothing hidden, no secret messages - just a great song. I can't wait for what they (or just Jay) comes up with next. Yes, you can download the songs "elsewhere", but give Jay and the band the benefit of the doubt and fork out the bucks for this album - it's a winner - and while you're at it, get the video DVD too, it rocks and has some videos that are hard to find. ENJOY!

Amazing Band.......2007-03-12

I first noticed Jamiroquai when MTV was playing the Virtual Instanity video from Traveling Without Moving. I was first blown away by the video itself because I am not the type of person who can watch a video repeatedly unless it is extremely unique. I was secondly surprised because a lot of white singers don't sing like that in America. Jay Kay has one of the most unique and soulful vocals I have ever heard. I was finally blown away by the band itself. After doing some research, I purchased Traveling Without Moving and every album before it. I also purchased every future album. It was interesting listening to how they changed over the years. I still don't understand why America has not embraced this band on a larger scale. This band has given me another outlet of music to listen to outside of Rap, R&B, and Neo-soul. Thank you for a breath of fresh air.

I know you already have all of their songs. . .just buy this anyway........2007-03-10

With the exception of the people who bought "Traveling Without Moving" when "Virtual Insanity" became a mainstream hit, there are very few, "Middle-of-the-road" Jamiroquoi fans. This means that if you're like myself, you probably already own all of their albums. Ergo, you probably already have many or all of the songs on this album. Let me say this however, having all the hits all in one place, on one disc, and even further, remixed is in of itself the reason to buy this album. They also included (I think) three new or previously unreleased tracks. The crappy thing about some 'Greatest Hits' collections is that groups ususally include songs that "they felt" should have been greatest hits, even though they weren't. This album shins that approach. Rather, Jay Kay (lead) demonstrates his connection to his audience by choosing the RIGHT songs for this collection. It rocks.

What's also crazy is that I really can't believe that I've been listening to Jamiroquai for 14 years. Have I gotten that old?

5 Star rating = I promise you will enjoy this product. No regrets.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Music From The Motion Picture

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Spocoli Rules
Awesome, Totally Awesome!
One of the finest movie soundtracks of the eighties
Yes there was an 80's BEFORE Madonna
Nooooo!!! They Forgot...

Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Music From The Motion Picture
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
Waffle Stomp - Joe Walsh
Love Rules - Don Henley
Uptown Boys - Louise Goffin
So Much In Love - Timothy B. Schmit
Raised On The Radio - Ravyns
The Look In Your Eyes - Gerard McMahon
Speeding - The Go-Go's
Don't Be Lonely - Quarterflash
Never Surrender - Don Felder
Fast Times (The Best Years Of Our Lives) - Billy Squier
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Sammy Hagar
I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme) - Jimmy Buffett
Love Is The Reason - Graham Nash
I'll Leave It Up To You - Poco
Highway Runner - Donna Summer
Sleeping Angel - Stevie Nicks
She's My Baby (And She's Outta Control) - Palmer/Jost
Goodbye, Goodbye - Oingo Boingo

Customer Reviews:

Spocoli Rules.......2007-07-06

If you thought the movie was good the soundtrack is even better. A good wide range of tune. Takes you back

Awesome, Totally Awesome!.......2006-01-31

"Fsst Times At Ridgemont High" is one of my all time favorite movies ever. I've rarely laughed harder than I did when I saw this all time 1980s' classic.

One of the main reasons I loved it was because of the soundtrack, which I found to be an awesome compilation of music from thst time period. For months I searched for it but wasn't able to find it. I finally found it last night.

I'm so glad I did. Be advised that not every song from the movie is on it, but I think that's inevitable. Besides, I already have "Kashmir", "Moving In Stereo" and "American Girl", and I can do without "We've Got The Beat". But there's some darn good stuff on here. I love Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby", a fine piece of early 1980s' soft rock. There's a lot of other great stuff as well, such as Joe Walsh's "Waffle Stomp", Don Henley's beautiful "Love Rules", Quarterflash's "Don't Be Lonely", Sammy Hagar's title song, Jimmy Buffet's "I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme) and of course Oingo Boingo's "Goodbye, Goodbye".

The songs sound very good, though I'd like to see a new version since next year is the film's 25th anniversary. Still, this will do for now.

One of the finest movie soundtracks of the eighties.......2005-10-26

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982.) The original motion picture soundtrack.

INTRODUCTION:
In 1982, the classic film Fast Times At Ridgemont High arrived in theatres. The movie impressed plenty of audiences with its excellent mixture of humor and drama, and it continues to do so to this day. It definitely stands as one of film writer Cameron Crowe's ultimate achievements. But once aspect of the film that certainly should not be overlooked is the music. For the movie, many of the most popular and talented musicians of the day (as well as a few unpopular ones) got together and recorded some songs to be used in the film. The soundtrack, while not as popular as the movie itself, still manages to hold its own in the eye of fans of the music. Let's take a look at the soundtrack, and see how it measures up!

OVERVIEW:
The Fast Times At Ridgemont High soundtrack was released in 1982, around the same time as the film. The collection features all eighteen of the songs that were recorded for the film. It does NOT, however, include the score or songs that existed prior to the film.

REVIEW:
In the eighties, there were a few movies that were nothing short of excellent, and the soundtracks to those movies were no exception. Fast Times At Ridgemont High fits that bill nicely. The sheer cast of musicians featured here is reason alone to check out this soundtrack, even if you're not familiar with the movie itself. The Go-Gos, Sammy Hagar, Billy Squier, Oingo Boingo, and most of the men formerly of the Eagles (as solo artists) are among the musicians who play on the soundtrack. Let's look at each track, and see how each one fares?

-Somebody's Baby by Jackson Browne: Jackson Browne was a big-time pop star in the seventies with hits like Doctor My Eyes and Runnin' On Empty. But after the seventies, he pretty much faded into obscurity. However, he did have one career highlight in the eighties, and that was this song. The pop ballad became the most popular song made especially for the film, and a huge hit for Mr. Browne himself. A great way to kick off the soundtrack.

-Waffle Stomp by Joe Walsh: Here we have a cut from the former James Gang and Eagles member. And for the soundtrack, he serves up his own breed of pop rock. You've gotta love those humorous lyrics. A lot of people think Joe Walsh basically faded away after the Eagles broke up, but this track certainly proves otherwise. It's definitely some of his most underrated work!

-Love Rules by Don Henley: Here's another former Eagle. At this point, Henley's solo career hadn't really gotten launched. It's too bad this song didn't become a big hit, because it really could have given Henley's solo career a jump start. This is an excellent ballad, and it's a shame so many Henley fans, even some of the die-hards, tent to forget about this one.

-Uptown Boys by Louise Goffin: Louise Goffin's primary claim to fame is being the daughter of Gerry Goffin, who co-wrote songs for various artists in the sixties with Carole King (it's not at all uncommon to see pop albums from the sixties penned by Goffin/King.) What the younger Goffin does on this song is priceless - she takes the classic sixties pop sound and combines it with an eighties pop sound - as a result, she sounds almost like a female Marshall Crenshaw. The style fusion works great, and this is an excellent track overall.

-So Much In Love by Timothy B. Schmit: Here we have another former Eagle. If you've heard the Eagles song I Can't Tell You Why, Schmit's vocals will instantly sound familiar to you. Here he creates a tune that sounds like nothing else on the album - something that sounds like a doo-wop and eighties pop combo. The end result is another fine piece of music.

-Raised On The Radio by the Ravyns: Here's a band I had never heard of prior to listening to this soundtrack. What they serve up on this album is a straight-up pop-rock tune with a distinct sound that manages to be similar to other eighties music, and yet totally unique at the same time. After hearing this song, I'm very likely to check out additional work by this band.

-The Love In Your Eyes by Gerard McMahon: And here's another artist I had never heard of prior to my listening to this soundtrack. This is, essentially, an eighties pop ballad - something not at all uncommon in this day and age. Still, McMahon's contribution to the genre is a fine one. It's a solid addition to the soundtrack.

-Speeding by the Go-Gos: Any fan of eighties pop music knows these girls do pop rock with the best of them. And this, the band's contribution to the film, was another fine addition to their catalogue. Like most of the stuff on the soundtrack, it didn't become a hit for them, which is sad, since it is a great song.

-Don't Be Lonely by Quarterflash: Most people seem to only know Quarterflash for their hit Harden My Heart. And before I heard this soundtrack, I was one of those people. With this eighties pop tune, the group proves that they are more than a flash in the pan. The melodic, eighties-flavored pop stylings make for a worthwhile listening that will make you wish the band got more popular.

-Never Surrender by Don Felder: Yer another former Eagle. Don Felder was the guitarist who joined the Eagles in 1974, and took their music in a harder rocking direction. Solo work from Felder is pretty much unknown, and this rocker, back by horns and Felder's awesome guitar riffs, makes for an awesome song. It's a shame he didn't become an accomplished solo artist like most of the other Eagles, because this song definitely shows his potential apart from them!

-Fast Times (The Best Years Of Our Lives) by Billy Squier: Billy Squier. I LOVE this guy - his style of hard rock has never failed to impress me. In fact, this song, is the whole reason I bought this soundtrack! If you're at all a fan of Squier, or eighties hard rock in general, you're going to enjoy this song. I know I did!

-Fast Times At Ridgemont High by Sammy Hagar: If you're a fan of eighties hard rock, then you definitely know this guy rocked like no other. This song serves up the straight-up hard rock you know and love him for, but at the same time it has a unique sound to it, unlike his other works, mostly thanks to the backing instrumentation. Hard rock fans will love this one.

-I Don't Know by Jimmy Buffett: Here's another one of those artists that basically faded into obscurity after the seventies. If you're expecting the typical Buffet ballad of beaches, boats, and getting drunk, you're not going to find it here. Truly, the song is undeniably Buffett, but here he tries his hand at eighties pop rock. Surprisingly, the end result is very good! It's just a shame it never shows up on his hits collections.

-Love Is The Reason by Graham Nash: Another forgotten seventies artist shows up on the soundtrack. In his heyday, Graham Nash was a musical genius whose popularity was only exceeded by the quality of the music he could create. His popularity had taken a hit in this era, but he still manages to perform an excellent song. It will definitely bring you memories of Our House, the ballad he did back in the days with David Crosby and Stephen Stills.

-I'll Leave It Up To You by Poco: Yes. Here we have ANOTHER band that the era had all but forgotten. Poco's contribution here is a far cry from what they did in the seventies and gained their fame for initially. However, sometimes a change is for the best. The band's attempt at eighties pop is actually a surprisingly good one! One of their most underrated musical workings.

-Highway Runner by Donna Summer: Donna Summer is one of the more obscure artists on this compilation, being that she was widely remembered for being a disco artists with her hits like Hot Stuff and Bad Girls. Here she tackles a new genre - hard rock. On the song, she actually sounds a lot like Pat Benatar. I never thought someone like Summer would ever do hard rock, but what is even more astonishing is how good her attempt at the genre is! Don't overlook this one!

-Sleeping Angel by Stevie Nicks: Even after her Fleetwood Mac days, Stevie Nicks remained a successful musical artist. A little known fact about her career is her contribution to this soundtrack - something that should definitely be more well-known than it is. This is an awesome rock ballad, as only someone like Nicks could do.

-She's My Baby (And She's Outta Control): By Palmer/Just: Here's one of those artists I had never heard of prior to hearing the soundtrack - but I was impressed nonetheless. It's straight-up rock with an eighties pop vibe thrown in for good measure. Hard to put in words, this song is. You've gotta hear it to appreciate it.

-Goodbye Goodbye by Oingo Boingo: Rather than the weird eighties pop stuff we're used to Oingo Boingo doing, here they try their hand at rockabilly stylings, not unlike those of the Stray Cats. And they actually do this pretty well! It makes you wonder how the band would have fared if they'd none more songs like this. It's a solid way to finish off the soundtrack.

Overall, these songs are among the finest eighties pop tunes ever released, every bit as good as the excellent film they were featured in. If you liked the film, the soundtrack will be a worthwhile purchase. Just be warned - it DOES NOT feature songs that were featured in the film but existed prior (Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, Moving In Stereo by the Cars, We Got The Beat by the Go-Gos, etc.) Even if you haven't seen the film or weren't too crazy about it (and you shouldn't fall into either camp there), consider checking out this soundtrack if you're into pop-rock of the eighties. All of these songs are great. It's one of the best film soundtracks ever released.

EDITION NOTES:
This album was issued on CD in the middle of the nineties, but was only released on CD once. And sadly, the CD version seems to be fading from store shelves. Hopefully the record company will reissue it sometime. And if a reissue is done, hopefully it will featured remastered sound and the missing songs that weren't made exclusively for the film as bonus tracks. Until then, you'll have to hunt down the existing version.

Yes there was an 80's BEFORE Madonna.......2005-08-25

Although I could take or leave the movie itself, this sountrack is a great recap of the early 80's.

Tracks feature some groups who back in 1982 were riding high on the charts, and probally thought that they would be around forever such as the Go Go's (Speeding), Quarterflash (Don't be Lonely), Oingo Boingo (Goodbye, Goodbye), and The Ravyns (Raised On The Radio), as well as 80's icons such as Sammy Hagar, Joe Walsh and Don Henley.

The big hit from this album belonged to Jackson Browne with Somebody's Baby, proof that he can deliver a great non-political pop song.

Two "from the vault" tracks also delivered sales to this album, and they are Stevie Nick's Sleeping Angel (later to appear on at least one of her compilations), and Donna Summer's Highway Runner from the then unreleased rock/new wave orientated album I'm A Rainbow (released in full in 1996).

"Never Surrender" your love for the music of your High School & College Years!

Nooooo!!! They Forgot..........2005-07-27

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin! One of the best songs in the movie was for some reason excluded from the soundtrack. But other than that, a great album.

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Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!
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Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

Instruments of the Orchestra
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ProductGroup: Music
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Overture To 'Tannhauser'
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The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
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Tzigane
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
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Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
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The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
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The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
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The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
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Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
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The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
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The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
The Ceremonial Trumpet
Fanfare For The Common Man
Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
Billy The Kid
The Trumpet As Character Actor
Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
The Birth Of The Trombone
Aenmerckt Nu Hier
The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
Canzon 12 In Double Echo
The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
Hosannah
The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

Tracks:

The Third Man Theme (Harry Lime's Theme)
The Big Country
Song From Moulin Rouge
Unchained Melody
Terry's Theme (Eternally)
April Love
The High and The Mighty
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Around The World
True Love
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Smile
The River Kwai March

Average customer rating:

What the funk!?
The Import is worth the extra 20 bucks.
The start of something big...hopefully!
Funk U Sony, sez J

High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Jamiroquai
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Runaway
Synkronized
Dynamite
Shake Down

ASIN: B000INAXHE
Release Date: 2006-12-12

Tracks:

When You Gonna Learn
Too Young to Die
Blow Your Mind
Emergency on Planet Earth
Space Cowboy
Virtual Insanity
Cosmic Girl
Alright
High Times
Deeper Underground
Canned Heat
Little L
Love Foolosophy
Corner of the Earth
Feels Just Like It Should
Seven Days in Sunny June
(Don't) Give Hate a Chance
Runaway
Radio

Tracks:

Emergency on Planet Earth [Masters at Work Remix]
Space Cowboy [David Morales Remix]
Love Foolosophy [Knee Deep Remix]
Little L [Bob Sinclair Remix]
Cosmic Girl [Tom Belton Remix]
Dynamite [Restless Souls Remix]
Seven Days in Sunny June [Ashley Beedle Heavy Disco Vocal Remix]
Virtual Insanity [Saleem Remi Remix]
You Give Me Something [Blacksmith R&B Remix]
Supersonic [Restless Souls Remix]

Album Description

Deluxe Edition comes with a Bonus CD of 10 remixes! The Ultimate Jamiroquai album, all their hit singles PLUS 3 brand new recordings, 'High Times', 'Radio' and the brand new single 'Runaway'. Bonus disc track listing; Emergency On Planet Earth (Masters At Work Remix), Space Cowboy (David Morales), Love Foolosophy (Knee Deep Remix), Little L (Bob Sinclar Remix), Cosmic Girl (Tom Belton Remix), Dynamite (Phil Asher Remix), Seven Days In Sunny June (Ashley Beedle Remix), Virtual Insanity (Salaam Remi Remix), You Give Me Something (Blacksmith R&B Remix) and Jamiroquai Supersonic (Restless Souls /Phil Asher remix). Sony. 2006

Customer Reviews:

What the funk!?.......2007-06-14

Great listen-through. Funky to chilled and back again. Great continuity w/o being monotonous. Give a listen and you'll find Jamiroquai's best grooves are the ones that didn't get much air play. Good stuff.

The Import is worth the extra 20 bucks........2007-02-14

So I had to buy the import with the remixes opposed to just getting the single CD. Its not like I don't have all of Jamiroquai's other 6 cd's but what they don't have are "Deeper Underground", "Runaway", and "Radio", and the Remixes on CD 2 of course. And if you listen closely, some of the songs are a little different than the original CD recordings. "Space Cowboy", for example, is the Video version, which is found on their "High Times" DVD. For all the True Jamiroquai Fans, go out and get the Import and spend the extra money. Its worth it!!!! Love u Jay....

The start of something big...hopefully!.......2007-02-06

As a previous reviewer has stated, this is JMQ's last bit with Sony. I wish 'em all the luck in the world. They've got to be one of the best bands on the planet! This is a great CD set and if you're a fan, the double CD is a must! JMQ, wherever you go, I will follow!

Funk U Sony, sez J.......2006-10-25

With this double Compact Disc, Jamiroquai will say goodbye to Sony Music for good and move to another label. He already created a label called Long Lost Brother but it collapsed a few years ago. I wish him luck in his endeavours, but let's be honest, without the marketing structure of Sony Music it's going to be hard for him to sell his new material. My advice? Move to Universal Music Group, so he can share the payroll with James Brown, GAP Band and Stevie Wonder.

Average customer rating:

Regelman
Erol Josue
Manufacturer: High Times Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000OLHGDE
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Hounto Legba
Madam Letan
Souvenance
Madichon
Ochan Lavi
Balize
Atomp'a
Garcon Solide
Vire Wonn
Ti Moun Yo
Yege Dahomen
Nadoki Nadoka
Krepsol

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closest to the real thing...
The Indie-label Struggle
Stoned delight in the stoners' capital
Great Music, Great DVD, a must for fishbone fans!!!!
Fishbone rocks live

Live in Amsterdam
Fishbone
Manufacturer: High Times Records
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Fishbone - Reality of My Surroundings: Past to Present
The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx
Still Stuck in Your Throat
Fishbone - Critical Times - Fishbone's Hen House Sessions
Live at the Temple Bar and More

ASIN: B00099ICC0
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

X-Qz Me Dr.Mad Vibe, Housecall Pull-ease {Angelo C. Moore and Fishbone}
Alcoholic {Angelo C. Moore, Kendall Jones, Norwood Fisher}
Just Allow {NorwoodFisher}
In The Heet Of Anger {Angelo C. Moore, Norwood Fisher, Fish Fisher}
Aids & Armageddon {David Bearwald}
R U Wid Id {Norwood Fisher}
Cholly {AngeloC. Moore, Kendall Jones, D. Kahne}
Ma & Pa {Angelo C. Moore, Kendall Jones}
Skankin To The Beat {Walter A. Kibby, Angelo C. Moore}
Premadawnutt{Norwood Fisher}
chimm Chimms Bad Ass Revenge {Fishbone ʻ96, DallasAustin}
Bonin In The Boneyard {Norwood Fisher, Angelo C. Moore, D. Kahne}
Sunless Saturday {Kendall Jones}
Swim {John Bigham}

Album Description

This is the Fishbone album fans have been waiting for. Shot and recorded in digital 24 track at the world famous Melkweg Theatre in Amsterdam, Holland during the infamous High Times Cannabis Cup. This is Fishbone at it's most inspired. They are a well oiled Punk/Ska/Funk factory, this being the last night of a 14 week grueling American and European tour. The smoke filled venue filled with thousands of blissed Fishbone fans shakes with the thunderous grooves as the band plays songs that span their 20 year career. The DVD is 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

closest to the real thing..........2005-11-30

As great as Fishbone's studio albums are, this is one act that has always thrived and amazed live, where their character can shine in full effect. After all how could a mere stereo audio recording do justice to the full-frontal assault created by the beyond-colorful personalities of the dudes in Fishbone? So here we finally have a CD AND DVD together for one low price. The sound is awesome, just try it w/headphones (or those earbuds you probably use for everything..). AND you get to SEE the band putting it down live. Norwood, the killer bassist always said that they just tried to do what P-Funk said and "take it to the stage" and they do! You MUST check this out...and if you're new to Fishbone then I have mad envy for you. you're in for a great trip...

The Indie-label Struggle.......2005-10-31

Fishbone are legendary...let me just begin by saying that. There were ranked most exciting live act by Dappa Like Zappa; They have influenced countless bands and hip-hop acts, befriended many more bands and such...i mean come on, its undeniable! After dealing with a bunch of garbage from Columbia, and dealing with legal whoas, and lack of promotion, they eventually moved to their own record label. Now this album was done through High Times Magazine and they simply didnt do the band justice! Dont get me wrong, its a great album, but thanks no thanks to High Times...the recording quality lacks and there are type-o's on the back cover...granted, being an indie band, their stuff is bound to be a bit ruff around the edges-and like i said, the album (especially teamed with the DVD) is still great...just not as great as it could've been....ah the whoas of independance. Furthermore, the DVD doesnt do justice to Fishbone's live performance...Fishbone is typically full of energy and motion, and on this DVD they're more layed back...but that is undoubtably do to the MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POT BEING SMOKED BY EVERYONE!!!! BUT...the crowd shots are tight...there are people EVERYWHERE...and a dancing section in the front where some fans are gettin down and there's this person wearing a psychedelic light outfit...its great! AND in all the album/dvd combo is a great bye (but wouldnt be a good purchase for someone new to Fishbone).

Stoned delight in the stoners' capital.......2005-09-30

No Fishbone fan can afford to be without this CD/DVD recording of what proved to be one of their last concerts - at the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.
From Angelo Moore's bizarre opening rap, to the sonic blitz of "Sunless Saturday" and the turbo-charged skank of "Cholly", this is pure killer vibes.
How could a band so talented be treated so shabbily by the music industry? Moore's bitter rant, which closes the DVD version, spells out just how used and abused Fishbone were.
Tragic. But at least we have this souvenir of their greatness.

Great Music, Great DVD, a must for fishbone fans!!!!.......2005-09-21

Fishbone is red hot!!. Fishbone plays a great mix of ol' an new songs to skank and go nuts to!! Over 70 minutes of music. Great quality sound, recommended for music fans with eclectic taste!! If you like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Brains, 247 spyz, Living Colour, Sublime, They Might Be Giants, Weapon of Choice, you are gonna love fishbone!

Fishbone rocks live.......2005-08-31

Great live cd. Of course fishbone is always great live but the best part of this cd is you get a dvd of the concert as well. It's like getting two for the price of one which is great. I didn't even know it came with a dvd when I ordered it so it was a great suprise to get that one top of the cd. A must have for any fishbone fan.

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The Original Slim Shady
Vision for the Ears
classic
and i thought ememnem was f**ked up
Dont listen to the bad reviews.

Movies for the Blind
Cage
Manufacturer: High Times Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Hell's Winter
Hell's Winter

ASIN: B00006BXJZ
Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

Morning Dips
Escape To 88
(Down) The Left Hand Path
Teen Age Death
Too Much
In Stoney Lodge
Probably Cause Paranola
The Soundtrack...
Among The Sleep
Agent Orange
A Suicidal Fallure
Ck Won
Unlike Tower 1
Under Satan's Authority
A Crowd Killer
The Right Out
Holdin A Jar 2
Pussy, Money And War

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The Original Slim Shady.......2007-04-03

Back in the late 90's, a white rapper emerged from the underground with a high pitched voice and a don't give a **** attitude. His lyrics were a lot different from the standard hip hop fare, and were often shocking and controversial, releasing his untamed Id on listeners. But as much as his raps shook people, they connected with them too. He became an icon, beloved around the world and changed rap forever. That rapper's name was...

...well, it was Eminem. But this is the debut album of Cage, an early rival that claimed, not unjustifiably, that Eminem had ripped off his style. Back when Cage released his first single, the incendiary "Agent Orange", Eminem had been a positive, squeaky-clean rapper. After Cage's record broke, it became clear a white rapper could make up for not being a gangsta by spinning crazy fantasies of drug use and cartoon violence. Eminem's next release, the breakthrough Slim Shady EP that sealed a deal with Dr.Dre, sounded a lot like Agent Orange, only with more humor.

In a way, Eminem's "Slim Shady" character is a more mainstream, funny version of Cage. So it can be a little surprising hearing Eminem's original inspiration. Cage is arguably not as good a rapper as Eminem technically. Unlike Eminem, who crafted raps like "Stan" and "Just the Two of Us" into long narrative stories, Cage's raps from the same time period usually sound like random free association, with one line having no bearing on the last one. Cage later confessed that the raps on Movies For The Blind were written while he was on drugs. It shows.

Cage has since cleaned up his act and quit hard drugs, and started writing
more confessional songs (You can hear the new grown-up Cage on his classic last album, Hell's Winter, and his new album Depart From Me, due 2007). But this album showcases him in his youth, at his nastiest and vitriolic. An X-rated, no-joke version of Slim Shady isn't for everyone, but if it sounds like your thing, Cage is one of the best, and a true artist at conveying what he feels, as creepy and black as those emotions are. Highly recommended.

Vision for the Ears.......2005-12-08

Although I personally am not a huge fan of the other artists in Cage's label, to me, he is a gem hidden in the rough. Cage is extremely creative, clever, has a great ear for beats, and then meshes with the beats perfectly. The topics of this cd may not be in everyone's favor, but that one of the points he is making. Each time I listen to this disc I come up with another reason I like it. Great story lines. Amazing samples. It even makes me laugh at times. "..stuck the canister under my jacket like a lucky gun.. sir you can't leave with that! b**** this my f****ing son!" / "I'm so homesick I miss mom's fallopian tubes!"
yeah ,thats the ticket.

classic.......2005-12-05

this is the best of rap period, nothing further needs to be said. any emcee, famous or not, is as of yet unable to match the verbal technique, production, or hardness of this album. i listen to movies for the blind on a daily basis.

and i thought ememnem was f**ked up.......2005-08-23

This cd is INSANE.......

If yall thought emenem was f**ked in the head in the slim shady days, you aint herd nothin!!!!

this is cage's debut lp, which came on eastern conferecnce records, the same label he left in 2004......

On this cd, he's got a sick a** mind, on songs like "the soundtrack" where he's talkin about havin a dream of killin his stepdad and "suicidal failure" which he talks about his previous sucicide attemts in his younger dayz..This is sum crazy death rap s**T.....too bad necro didnt recruit this dude when he had the chance...lol

"agent orange" is the highlight on this one 4 sho...

and as for tha haters that write these stupid reviews...most of yall dont even know jack about hiphop, so why even make a review about an artist you know NOTHING about?

as of now, cage is signed to definitive jux for his new record, HELLZ WINTER, which will be released sept 20th....

If ur new to cage, get this one first b4 hellz winter....

Dont listen to the bad reviews........2005-08-10

Plain and simple...Cage is one of the best Underground rappers around.....And soon after Hell's Winter drops I think he will be accepted into mainstream......This CD is Cage at his craziest, the beats are hott, the rhymes are hot...BUY THIS CD....and if you like this CD buy some of his other CDs, Weatherproof, Night Hawks, Smut Peddler's : porn Again, The Leak Brothers: Water World, and Hell's Winter.

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Spiritual traveler
mercan dede and the sufi techno mix
Astonishing! Music for the Soul.

Sufi Traveler
Mercan Dede
Manufacturer: High Times Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Journeys of a Dervish
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3
Mystical Garden

ASIN: B0002IQB2Q
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Nar-1 Ney
Nar-1 Mey
Nar-1 Yar
Nar-1 Ask
Nar-1 Sems
Nar-1 Can
Nar-1 Cem
Nar-1 Seher

Tracks:

Guilname
Semaname
Hayalname
Sahname
Neyname
Vefaname
Askname
Falname
Sirname

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Even electronic music's most-ardent fans understand that the ghost in the machine isn't conjured as a soulful or spiritual vibe. That comes by bringing in elements from more traditional styles. Understanding this, Turkey-born and Canada-based Mercan Dede intertwines thoughtful down-tempo programming with Sufi devotionals to create an imaginative hybrid that honors both styles. This two-disc effort, Dede's fourth release, includes an eight-part dance piece and a second disc of live performance featuring Dede and his group Secret Tribe. Not your average dance music, "Nar" is filled with impressionistic and moody soundscapes colored with Dede's ney (flute), jazz bass, violin, ambient electronics and, occasionally, devotional lyrics. "Seyahatname" is a more upbeat version of the same format with the band adding an emotional human imprint upon the tremendous ebbs and flows programmed by Dede. Earthy and inspirational, hip and ancient, Sufi Traveler is a voyage to modern Turkey that ably reconciles the past with the present and the future. ---Tad Hendrickson

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Spiritual traveler.......2007-05-07

Floating lyrical melodies, violin arabesques, sensuous rythms, leading us throught sinuous corridors into the eastern mediterranean light!

mercan dede and the sufi techno mix.......2005-02-11

I have been listening his albums since a long time and he really performs his philosophy of 'counter points in sufism where the idea is everything in the nature exists with its counter points. here techno and tradiitonal rythims create excellent harmony out of counter points'

Astonishing! Music for the Soul........2004-10-12

Hearing a snippet of this album on NPR was enough to make me want to hear it in its entirety. This is astonishing music; relaxing and exhilerating, new and ancient simultaneously. Having been fortunate to travel to Turkey, I find this CD very evocative of the magic that is Turkey! Buy this CD today. You'll be listening to it for years. "Feed your head."

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One of the best of 2004
God Awful!
worth the risk

A Cricket in Times Square
A Cricket in Times Square
Manufacturer: High Two / Aum Fi.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Cricket in Times Square

ASIN: B00065U0AE
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

Careless
5 1/2 Minute Hallway
Mourning Son
Everything Known About Medicines
Blood from Heaven
Outliving Your Shadow

Album Description

The self-titled debut album from A Cricket In Times Square proves the band to be masters of the epic noise-enveloped rock song form. With ethereal vocals encircled by competing yet complementary guitars (clean melodic lines vs. power-psych-fuzz), the Seattle-based quartet's songs confront post-adolescent angst, ennui and frustration through plaintive lyrics and episodic instrumental tension. With elements reminiscent of the finest works by Echo & The Bunnymen, Dinosaur Jr., Bailter Space and Galaxie 500, A Cricket In Times Square parallels other current acts like Interpol and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - paying homage to the forerunners of its sound while verifying a unique identity as an important new band. Featuring original artwork by the band, this debut was mastered by Mark Guenther (Death Cab For Cutie, The Posies). A Cricket In Times Square will tour the upper West Coast in October/November, followed by a national tour in December/January.

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One of the best of 2004.......2005-01-14

I have made it something of a policy to not review anything I do not absolutely love. There's so much crappy music to hate. Why not simply tell people what's good? It's a lot less time-consuming.
So this album has gotten good reviews from all but one of the publications that have reviewed it thus far. Amongst those who enjoyed this album were the highly respected Magnet magazine and the notoriously crochety and unforgiving Pitchfork (quite a feat-they despise this genre of rock). So what does it sound like?
The songs are generally comprised of very echoy Tom Verlaineish vocals with walls of eerie reverberating guitar sounds. The music has a mysterious and supernatural aura about it. In that way it is similar to Lift to Experience's "Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads", but of course, this does not approach that album's epic spiritual heights. Instead, the subject matter is more traditional fare, as in the opener, Careless, which drones on in the most pleasantly spacey way for several minutes while the singer tries hard to convince us that he doesn't care about anything. And then...the the song simply explodes with all of the frustration that his voice made you suspect was hidden beneath the surface the whole time. The music is at turns bizarre, haunting, lulling, bombastic, and gorgeous. You will want to see A Cricket in Times Square live after hearing this album (I suspect that earplugs might be necessary to keep from rupturing something). I'm still anxiously awaiting my chance. Until then, I can marvel at this dizzying work of art (the cover says it all) and this band, who with the Ponys share the title of best new band of 2004.

God Awful!.......2005-01-05

I got a free copy of this.
It's possibly the worst thing i've ever heard.
The singer could seriously have the worst voice in all of history!
hey guys, lay off the effects pedals and try to write a decent song.

stay as far away from this as possible.

worth the risk.......2004-12-24

I know there are no samples to listen to, but this album is worth the risk. If you enjoy the raw, breathy atmoshere of Joy Division's "Decades", or the guitar moxie of Kevin Shields and David Siteck, or the smooth, British vocals of Ian McColloch, I think you will really like this album. One of my top 40 albums of this year-- which was a very good year, in my book.

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