Annual 2006-Limited [Import]

Annual 2006-Limited [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Australian Limited Edition version features a specially designed clear plastic slipcase. Exclusive Australian version. The biggest dance release of the year is here, from Ministry of Sound - The 2006 Annual. A double CD of the best dance hits of the year, mixed by Australia's top DJ's Mark Dynamix & John Course. Featuring Bodyrockers - 'I Like The Way', Rogue Traders - 'Voodoo Child', Gorillaz - 'Dare' (Soulwax Remix), Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - 'Doctor Pressure', Silosonic - 'Something', Paris Avenue - 'I Want You', Les Rythmes Digitales - 'Jacques Your Body', D.O.N.S featuring Technotronic - 'Pump Up The Jam', plus tracks from Paul Mac, Audio Bullys and Max Graham. Ministry of Sound. 2005.

Annual 2006-Limited,Ministry of Sound,Dance

Putumayo Kids Presents: Animal Playground
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Fabulous songs, but...

Animal Playground is sure to delight young animal lovers

Putumayo Kids Presents: Animal Playground
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000OLHGIE
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Animal Crackers - Wee Hairy Beasties
No More Monkeys - Asheba
Nella Vecchia Fattoria - Quartetto Cetra
Aves - Guillermo Anderson
The Littlest Birds - The Be Good Tanyas
The Three Bears - Gary Rosen
Cantiga do Sapo - Ze Renato
L'Otorhinoceros - Les P'tits Loups du Jazz
Bigi Kaiman - Samba Salad
Don't Ever Step on a Snake - Don Spencer
Eagles - Terri Hendrix
If a Dinosaur Was My Friend - Phil Melancon
Mbube - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Putumayo's Playground series consistently lives up to its name by sending far-flung cultures out to recess, freeing them to reveal their musical fun sides. The metaphor ends there, but the parallel to actual playgrounds doesn't: as any parent who's felt forlorn at times knows, nothing nullifies a dreary afternoon funk more effectively than a trip to the neighborhood playground. So it goes with the series. Animal Playground, the latest to swing, slide, and see-saw its way into agile imaginations of all ages, is a fine-tuned creature feature as playful as a giant-pawed puppy. Even if you don't know what forro is (North Brazilian dance music), or that "Cantigo do Sapo" has something to do with a little singing frog, you'll want to shake a tail feather in time to the beat; that holds for Quartetto Cetra's right-on Italian reworking of "Old McDonald," "Nella Vecchia Farroria." No disrespect to the other exotic offerings here ("Aves," from Honduras, for example), but the English-language songs are most winning of all: Canada's the Be Good Tanyas captivate with "The Littlest Birds," and you can't help but a love a man who cries crocodile tears from his puppy dog eyes, in this case Jon Langford who, when he's not a Wee Hairy Beastie belting out "Animal Crackers," leads the excellent punk/folk band the Mekons. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description

GENERAL FEATURES: Animal Playground CD by Putumayo World Music takes a walk on the wild side with this global musical journey into the animal kingdom. The CD contains the following delightful pieces of music from around the world: Wee Hairy Beasties -- Animal Crackers Asheba -- No More Monkeys Quartetto Cetra -- Nella Vecchia Fattoria Guillermo Anderson -- Aves The Be Good Tanyas -- The Littlest Birds Gary Rosen -- The Three Bears Ze Renato -- Cantiga do Sapo Les P'tits Loups du Jazz -- L'Otorhinocêros Samba Salad -- Bigi Kaiman Don Spencer -- Don't Ever Step on a Snake Terri Hendrix -- Eagles Phil Melancon -- If a Dinosaur Was My Friend Ladysmith Black Mambazo -- Mbube Educational entertainment for all ages.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous songs, but..........2007-06-17

I love this album. I bought it for my daughter (who LOVES the other Putumayo
CDs that she has) and have found myself listening to it without her. "The Littlest Birds" compelled me to order a The Be Good Tanyas album and the "wee bear" in "The Three Little Bears" is adorable. I guess that my only issue with it is that it is sort of a stretch to call all of these songs "animal" songs. For instance, is a dinosaur REALLY an animal. Not REALLY. While all of the songs feature an animal in them, not all of the songs are ABOUT animals. But is is a great album.

Animal Playground is sure to delight young animal lovers .......2007-06-11

The latest in the award-winning Playground music CD series, Animal Playground: Playful Music Tracks from Around the World is an album offering a multilingual collection of animal-themed songs from around the world. Filled with hootin', hollerin', family-friendly musical fun, the songs are by a wide variety of artists and include call-and-response music, folklore from around the globe, and energizing beats young people will want to jump, hop, and sing to. The tracks are Animal Crackers, No More Monkeys, Nella Vecchia Fattoria, Aves, The Littlest Birds, The Three Bears, Cantiga do Sapo, L'Otorhinoceros, Bigi Kaiman, Don't Ever Step on a Snake, Eagles, If a Dinosaur Was My Friend, and Mbube. Drawing on musical traditions from nations as diverse as Trinidad, France, Netherlands, Brazil, South Africa, and much more, Animal Playground is sure to delight young animal lovers and is the perfect souvenir of a trip to the zoo.

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Awesome!
Buy "Hello Starling" instead
Spotty but some songs really good
Josh Ritter
Good Album

Animal Years
Josh Ritter
Manufacturer: V2 Ada
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000EOTV7U
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

Here At The Right Time
Thin Blue Flame
Best For The Best
Good Man
One More Mouth
In The Dark
Idaho
Lillian, Egypt
Monster Ballads
Wolves
Girl In The War

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It can be a dangerous proposition when an artist decides to challenge himself. Ambition means precious little without the talent to back it up. Idaho's Josh Ritter needn't worry: he's willed himself to great heights on The Animal Years, his fourth full-length and first for a major label. By combining his mysterious, knotty lyrics with straightforward melodies, nuanced, sensitive arrangements, and an unassuming vocal style, he's hit upon a spellbinding formula that confidently stretches the boundaries of folk music. Perhaps his most inspired move was in hiring producer Brian Deck, who's helped artists as diverse as Modest Mouse and Iron & Wine take great artistic leaps. Deck gives Ritter a huge, immediate, but not overwhelming presence, and he adds just the right touches--a gentle mandolin, an ominous piano, a swirling organ, marching drums--at just the right times. The album's centerpiece is the fire-and-brimstone "Thin Blue Flame," a slowly building, nearly 10-minute epic with a simple two-chord motif and portentous, surreal lyrical flurries. Throughout the album, Ritter's complex thoughts and observations about himself and the world at large--thick with literary references and religious imagery--seem sagely inconclusive; he revels in life's shades of gray, content to vividly describe what he sees and feels without hope or pessimism. Tender and reflective, haunting and unnerving, profound and unfathomable, The Animal Years is a consistently compelling, finely crafted work. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

The 29-year old Idaho native returns with his stunning new album. Following the independent release of "The Golden Age Of Radio" (2002) and "Hello Starling" (2003), Ritter was championed by critics in publications ranging from the NY Times to Details. On this, his V2 debut, Josh more than lives up to the buzz. "As a storyteller, Ritter is matched only by his lofty influences" - Pitchfork. "He approaches songwriting and performing with humility, respect, and unforced and unaffected honesty" - No Depression.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!.......2007-05-18

I love this CD, and have gotten it for several friends who have become fans as well.

Buy "Hello Starling" instead.......2007-05-12

It's unfortunate that this was intended to be Ritter's breakout album. The production is more slick but something is lost from the performance as a result. Or maybe the songs just aren't as good as those on "Hello Starling" -- those inspired me as a songwriter; these are just mildly pleasant... "Girl in the War" and "Good Man" are excellent, though.

Spotty but some songs really good.......2007-05-08

I enjoy about half the cd very much. The rest I can take or leave, a bit non-folky or repetitive.

Josh Ritter.......2007-03-10

Best new (to me) voice I have heard in a few years. Lovely melodies, sensitive lyrics. jk

Good Album.......2007-03-09

This is a good album that grows on you. "Girl in the War" should be an modern anthem. Don't know if it mainstream enough for that. I have heard this guy compared to Springsteen, though there is a Jackson Browne flavor also. I tend to like a more prominent lead guitar sound, so I can't quite say he is on par with Springsteen yet. Some of the more up-tempo songs have a driving drum beat, but they need a stronger lead guitar presence. But maybe he just wants to be a singer/songwriter without the heavier sound. The album is very evocative and worth buying.

Animal House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]

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Animal House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Review3
Excellent Seller
It reams
Great albumn from a Great movie

Animal House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]
Various Artists
Manufacturer: MCA
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ASIN: B00000C2BY
Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

Faber College Theme - Elmer Berstein
Louie, Louie - John Belushi
Twistin' The Night Away - Sam Cooke
Tossin' And Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
Shama Lama Ding Dong - Lloyd Williams
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Shout - Lloyd Williams
Faber College Theme - Elmer Bernstein

Customer Reviews:

Animal House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .......2007-05-24

if you like the film , buy the soundtrack

Review3.......2007-04-18

Everything came as promised. The shipping was a little slower than I wanted but was still within the time frame established. Overall, a good tranaction.

Excellent Seller.......2006-07-05

The CD arrived on time and in great condition as promised. Recommend the seller highly.

It reams.......2005-08-01

This is a great soundtrack to a great movie. All these classics are a great buy and really rock. This is an excellent CD and a must have.

Great albumn from a Great movie.......2004-01-17

If you enjoyed the music in the movie, then I must say, get this albumn. Even if you don't like the movie (I think there is about one or two people out there), I would still say get this albumn. The soundtrack has some of the best songs, with some of the best lines of the movie spread throughout the albumn. This is a great albumn to listen to when you are getting ready to go out and party or play it at your next party to get the people up and dancing.

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This is Rock 'n Roll!
Lou Reed's Finest
My first Reed album
ULTIMATE ROCK TWIST FIX
I wish there was more....

Rock N Roll Animal
Lou Reed
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B00004RD54
Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

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Heroin
How Do You Think It Feels - (previously unreleased)
Caroline Says I - (previously unreleased)
White Light/White Heat
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Rock 'N' Roll

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Recorded live in 1973, Rock N Roll Animal is Reed's glam-rock sneer back at his Velvet Underground legacy. Four tracks are VU classics (two about the redemptive power of rock, two about the transformative power of dope) dressed up into slick, flashy twin-guitar noodle-fests, with big riffs and showboating solos and Reed practically phoning in his vocals. It was something of a hit at the time, and it's easy to hear how the simple forcefulness of these songs sounded good on early-1970s radio. But Reed doesn't bother to conceal his contempt for the commercial trappings he's put on his songs--"Heroin," in particular, turns from savage ambivalence into an easy cartoon--and the album's hard to like now. Two previously unissued tracks from 1973's Berlin-"How Do You Think It Feels" and "Caroline Says I"-flesh out this reissue version of the original LP. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

This is Rock 'n Roll!.......2007-06-27

Yeah, I know it's Alice Cooper's live band - who do you think Alice learned it from? The intro to "Sweet Jane" is every garage band's dream. I have this on vinyl - I'm digitizing it as I type this - and this is the sound of the dark side of getting high and walking on the wild side - and it's live! One of the best live albums, from a musician who put his soul into it. You want formula? You won't get it here.

Lou Reed's Finest.......2007-06-27

This is music from his earlier releases and I believe this is Lou Reed at his best ever. A collector item to have.

My first Reed album.......2007-05-29

Took the advice of other reviewers to buy this as an intro to Lou Reed. The guitar work on this album is simply amazing. Every track features some excellent loud engaging jams. I was disappointed, however, in the lyrics for the album. Reed seemed to lack energy on most of the tracks (could be partially due to his style) especially in 'Rock and Roll' I felt the studio versions would be much better lyrically, but as far as the overall performance of the band, I thought this CD was superb.

ULTIMATE ROCK TWIST FIX.......2007-04-12

Was actually listening to a little Velvet Underground the other night with some peeps, and we got to talking about them. I personally have always enjoyed some of the stuff they did, but have never considered them to be as great as others make them out to be. The banana peel album is pretty cool, real trippy like.. other albums are iffy (though I will say there are goods on them). And what about Lou Reed in general? eh. Solo stuffs not my favorite.
Rock and Roll Animal though... This disc rocks the face off the whole VU, Lou Reed thing entirely. If these tunes could be heard once and only once, I would make damn sure that these versions were the ones to be heard.
It's not as trippy sounding as the original versions.. the band is very skilled, like a quality jam band would be. Lou Reed sounds like he took more dope than ever tonight, but he uses it to his advantage. He's right on the money. This is what you want to feel when you do Lou Reed. Dark, and twisted up. Raw, dirty guitars. The songs work together in a whole different way than before to take a on new life... its a rock and roll classic, that many have tried to acheive, but no one has matched.
Think Ziggy Stardust? Sorry Bowie, not even close.

I wish there was more...........2007-03-23

Awesome live album. I wish there was another disc worth of music!

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Feels Good
Dense
one of the best releases in 2005
A must have
Feels

Feels
Animal Collective
Manufacturer: Fat Cat
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ASIN: B000AMSRO4
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

Did You See the Words
Grass
Flesh Canoe
The Purple Bottle
Bees
Banshee Beat
Daffy Duck
Loch Raven
Turn into Something

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Feels is a big, daring collection with recurring themes of psychedelia, folk-rock, prog-rock, jazz, and modern classical composition. Above all the album is cohesive and tangible. This music spreads out ethereally, pulsates, and is ambitious and strange, punctuated by echoes of George Harrison, Brian Wilson, and Motown. Animal Collective seems more inspired by the elements within, rather than in an imitation of that music: There are bombastic drums that would be at home on Pet Sounds on the dynamically thrilling "Grass," and on "Flesh Canoe" there are guitar voicings taken from the pages of Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Perhaps the loveliest of domestic love songs exists in "Purple Bottle," a relaxed transitional ripple that has not one but three build-and-release crescendos. Lead by Avey Tare, AC can be gentle and engulfing, but then will just as easily bare its teeth, even on a beautiful washy song like "Bees" where fright mingles with an rusted autoharp, a spare confluence of harmonized voices, and tucked-in, dreamy synthesizers. On "Daffy Duck" AC tries on a late-'90s Aphex Twin mood, just without the metallic, chrome coldness, and that idea envelopes into an identifiable heart-on-sleeve yearning. Feels should restore faith in the idea that rock musicians can take time and create complete albums that are equally bold, inventive, and meaningful--a far cry from the current vogue of releasing a collection of disparate singles as an album. --Gabi Knight

Album Description

Feels is the band's seventh album to date - their sophmore effort for Fat Cat - and sees them again kicking off from their previous release to explore another different direction. Where Sung Tongs was largely acoustic-based and the product of just two members of the Collective (Avey Tare and Panda), Feels is in contrast a full group effort (also including Geologist and Deakin). Moving further away from the suggestion of folkish affinities; it is electrified, rhythmically more urgent, and overall a considerable denser work. Those sweet melodies and big catchy hooks remain intact, and the songwriting is once again bold, brave and adventurous, as ever indeliby stamped with their own unique personality. Hugely inventive and tightly focused, Feels simply sounds like nothing else right now. Look for release of "Grass" EP domestically early 2006.

Album Description

Half a decade in and Animal Collective still seem to have a grade-A supply of unfettered pop. The lucky bastards. Literally bursting at the seams with infuriatingly catchy hooks, the now four-piece Animal Collective are capable of conjuring an epic chorus or towering build-up from a seemingly scant palate, then molding it into compositions that would engage readers of Smash Hits and Mojo alike. Opening with 'Did You See the Words', Animal Collective take the non-Waco bollocks of the Polyphonic Spree, lace through some psychedelic swerves then bring to boil with a 20-foot tall, balls-to-the-wall chorus. Ouch. Elsewhere, 'The Purple Bottle' is high-speed glam-folk, 'Banshee Beat' is a quivering waterlogged composition laid out bare, whilst 'Turn Into Something' is a sugar-rush of high-octane pop. Animal magic. 9 total tracks. Fat Cat. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Feels Good.......2007-06-05

Where to begin? A good place to start would be that this is possibly the best Animal Collective album so far. Sung Tongs has long been a favourite of mine, and I thought that would be hard to beat. On hearing 'Feels' for the first time, I was somewhat disappointed due to the slightly more 'accessible' sound. However, after many listens I've come to see that AC have yet again been spot-on with their new direction.

The opening two tracks 'Did You See the Words' and 'Grass' are excellent, catchy indie-rock, and in themselves make the album worth buying. But as it progresses, the atmosphere becomes much more intense, yet dreamy and the whole album is steeped in a feeling of barely contained joy. A very Feels-good album!

The stand-out track is in my opinion, Banshee Beat. I have listened to this track on repeat and it never ceases to enthrall me with carefully layered melodies, ambiguous and slightly dark lyrics. In fact, the track sends shivers up my spine; there's something here which touches on the edge of a very deep, unrealised consciousness.

Daffy Duck and Loch Raven are deliciously sublime trippy chill-out. Pure musical genius to lose yourself in again and again. And Turn Into Something is a perfect ending to a perfect album- beautifully constructed, upbeat and just melts at the end like a piece of chocolate leaving behind a sweet after-taste.

It is very rare that an album should touch me so deeply or delight me so much. This is a treasure. Live it, Feel it...

Dense.......2007-04-03

The primary focus of this band seems to be on atmosphere, wich in my opinion is great!

Generally, the songs on 'Feels' are very dense and slow, making for great music to just sit, and relax too. Layers of synths are stacked very cleverly on lush piano melodies, and other odd instruments. The music generally pulses from a soft melody to a roaring climax and then back into semi-ambience. Though sometimes the melodies border into boring territory, there is always plenty to listen to in 'Feels'.

'Feels' is very hard to classify. There is plenty of experimentation, and emotion in this music, but at some points its almost ambient.

A very soothing and interesting release, but nothing very revolutionary. If you are looking for catchy pop tunes, then this is definately not for you, but if you want some good experimentation and are not afriaid of ambience, then definately check Animal Collective out.

one of the best releases in 2005.......2007-04-01

i got this album when it first came out and on my first listen, i was like 'hm, not like sung tongs' but after a couple more listens and hearing all the little nuances these guys are famous for, it quickly became a favorite of mine, and still is. this album is hard to top.

A must have.......2007-03-24

This album is fun. The album builds well and has some great lyrics. They seem to make exuberant music using nonsense words and drawn out syllables so that their voices become the perfect instrument to add to their music. The album is a little short (9 tracks) but some of those tracks are awfully long (7+ minutes). Get it, it's enjoyable music.

Feels.......2007-01-20

The rotating cast of characters known as Animal Collective (so named to allow the members to come and go per recording) has made bold stylistic leaps with each album, from fairy tale psychedelia to freak-folk to noise. This is their "rock" album, in that it uses a traditional setup and makes oblique references to the Beach Boys and the Flaming Lips, but it still sounds like nothing else on this planet. Guitars throb, electronics shimmer, drums pound and skitter, voices shriek and warble, and yet, for all its oddness, it's still Animal Collective's most accessible outing because it retains its sense of gleeful abandon without ever descending into chaos. "Feels" is--paradoxically--ridiculously complex gut-music, and there is only one song on it ("Flesh Canoe") that I haven't listened to over 100 times just to catch all of its sneaky details. Divided in half between sweet, neo-tribal pop songs and soupy ambient pieces, "Feels" is nonetheless unified by its expressionist and hyper-colorful vision of ultimate happiness.

Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big: Animal Folk Songs

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Great fun, reminder of childhood in the 50's
Even babies love this music
For my children too
For my children too
A reminder of my early school days

Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big: Animal Folk Songs
Pete Seeger
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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ASIN: B000001DO5
Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

Fly Through My Window
I Had A Rooster
Come All You Bold Sailormen
Old Grey Mule
Alligator, Hedgehog
Frog Went A-Courting
Raccoon's Got A Bushy Tail
I Know An Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly)
Ground Hog
Mister Rabbit
Grey Goose
Teency Weency Spider
The Old Hen
Skip To My Lou
My Little Kitty
The Little Black Bull
Leatherwing Bat
The Keeper And The Doe
The Darby Ram
Mole In The Ground
The Fox
Turtle Dove
Old Paint
The Elephant
The Foolish Frog
Little Doggies
Bear Hunt
Old Blue

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Folk music represents the best of Americana, and nobody performs folk music better than Pete Seeger. This charming collection of animal songs, remastered from two Seeger LPs originally recorded in 1955, will delight children and parents alike. Comfortable, well-known titles like "I Had a Rooster," "Frog Went A-Courting," "Skip to My Lou," and "I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)" allow for great family sing-alongs. This album is an excellent example of the simplicity of traditional folk music, with Seeger's warm, friendly vocals and a single yet finely picked banjo as accompaniment. Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes would be an excellent choice for car trips as well as for feeling right at home in your living room. --Deborah Moore

Album Description

Pete Seeger released 28 songs and stories about animals on two short LP records in 1955 to an enthusiastic audience. Ever since, they have been sung by generations of parents, grandparents, and children. The two original releases have been combined on this single CD creating an irresistible collection of songs to sing along with, to draw pictures about, to play hand games to, and to be enjoyed by the entire family.

Customer Reviews:

Great fun, reminder of childhood in the 50's.......2006-08-25

This is a wonderful cd for children and adults. The songs are simple and fun--a reminder of a gentler time. My children loved these songs as much as I loved them when I was a child. Highly recommended.

Even babies love this music.......2005-06-22

I was just introduced to this music in a playgroup for 6-12 month olds. They were all babbling and playing away when we turned on "I had a rooster". Within seconds the babies were completely silent and looking towards the direction of the music completely entralled! Some of them even started bouncing to it! A huge hit! I immediately came home and ordered a copy.

For my children too.......2003-04-03

My parents borrowed this record from the library and recorded it to casette to listen to on our first long car trip.I was probably four years old. It quickly became a family favorite. Somewhere a long the way the tape was lost. Two decades had passed when just the other day I happend to catch a snippet of Froggie Went A Courtin on a public radio station. All of those memories came flooding back. Now I am buying it for my own children. I don't know what speaks more powerfully for this album than that.

For my children too.......2003-04-03

A reminder of my early school days.......2003-03-02

For me, this is pure nostalgia - it brings back memories of the fifties. It seems from reading other reviews that today's young children get as much pleasure from this music as those of my generation did, although I can't imagine anybody recording music this way now.

I don't remember all the songs, but I recognise several of them. I know an old lady is immediately recognisable from the title, but I recognised others immediately upon hearing them again, including The keeper and the doe - it has the (for me) immortal chorus lines

hey down hoe down derry derry down
among the leaves so green-o.

Of course, in the age we now live, some of these songs are not politically correct and some may not appeal to vegetarians, but I don't ever remember hearing much about vegetarians until the eighties. Before then, there were very few of them around. I don't mind such people, but Pete could hardly have been expected to consider them when these songs were recorded.

I read another review where somebody complained about Pete's imitations of animal noises. I'm sure that a modern recording of such songs would use authentic animal noises, but again, this music must be seen as a product of its time.

So, this is a fun album, not to be taken too seriously, which can be enjoyed by young children, or by adults trying to remember when they were young children themselves.

Sung Tongs
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Tung Songs

feels like i just ate a bag of mushrooms

Best of Avey Tare and Panda Bear (+ the rest of Animal Collective)

Lo Fi drugged up neo folk stew

Freak Folk Is Beautiful

Sung Tongs
Animal Collective
Manufacturer: Fat Cat
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0001J3VII
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Leaf House
Who Could Wind Rabbit
The Softest Voice
Winters Love
Kids On Holiday
Sweet Road
Visiting Friends
College
We Tigers
Mouth Wooed Her
Good Lovin Outside
Whaddit Done

Customer Reviews:

Tung Songs.......2007-01-04

If Mum or Sigur Ros got invaded by a bunch of acid-tripping folkies, then the result might be something like "Sung Tongs," another unspeakably mad album by the Animal Collective. This bizarre little band continues to push the limits of traditional songcraft and melodies, and leave you feeling mildly nostalgic. Maybe a little dizzy too.

It opens with a spinning, screechy noise -- which would seem to indicate hard-rock to follow. Wrong. Instead, a mellow folky melody and murmuring vocals, which suddenly build and multiply into a chorus of creepy voices. "Leaf House" undulates through a fragmented melody, full of distorted vocals and flowery acid folk.

If that hasn't knocked you off your chair, then the following songs might. "Who Could Win A Rabbit" sounds like your basic country-folk song on mushrooms, and following it is an arc of colourful songs: gossamer-thin guitar ballads, sketchy little experimental songs, hallucinatory folk, spare guitar pop, and.... well, just about everything else.

"Sung Tongs" isn't an easy album to get into -- it's all about the atmosphere, rather than something you can get up and dance to. Granted, a few of the tracks are quite catchy, but in the end it's all about the dark, colourful, disturbing and somehow soothing feeling that the music leaves you with.

It also has some remnants of "Here Comes the Indian," with "We Tigers" turning into a tribal beat-and-chant affair. But most of the time, the Collective tries out other stuff, like paring down the music to just guitar, vocals and spoons. Other times it's a massive, intoxicating swirl of rippling guitar and bass, bands of eerie synth, rattling noises, and the occasional sample. What IS that bubbling sludgey noise?

The Collective also sounds more comfortable here, with chipper vocals and lots of handclaps. You can't make out much of the lyrics, but they're more about being part of the lyrics than about being lyrics -- "Good day outside/Tribe of life and mine and yours/You're so good and natural/Arms appeal/Cause your so/close." Well, whatever.

"Sung Tongs" featured the Animal Collective expanding their already-strange sound even further, until nobody could hope to catch up to the strangeness. Definitely worth hearing.

feels like i just ate a bag of mushrooms.......2006-07-29

the first track on this album leaf house completely blew me away. i sat in AWE and had to listen to it about 5 times in a row for it to even begin to sink in. at times, its alot to take in. highly psychadelic and extremely beautiful.

Best of Avey Tare and Panda Bear (+ the rest of Animal Collective).......2006-05-30

On their 'breakout' album "Sung Tongs," Animal Collective really shines as a unique group who can create infectious songs while still maintaining that originality that most involved listeners find attractive.
Before hearing this... All I'd heard of Animal Collective was the track "Slippi" off of 'Here Comes the Indian,' and although it was a good song, I didn't find them worth exploring further. That was probably 5 or 6 months before the release of Sung Tongs. Upon reading good reviews of Sung Tongs, I decided to give it a chance and bought the record on vinyl. What a lucky buy, because little did I know, the record was phenomenal and I usually only buy vinyls if the album really stands out.
The first two tracks really caught my attention and I don't think I've heard another album start off this well. What, with the beach boys-esque vocals and tribal-styled instrumentation, it was simply irresistable.
Next, things were slowed down. The dissonant strumming of "The Softest Voice" was a bit too sparse. Afterwards, 'Winters Love' slowly fades from a quiet to a slightly louder beach boys sounding track. 'Kids on Holiday' is reminiscent of the Microphones, but with that defeniate and delightfully freakish 'Animal Collective' twist.
One of my favorite tracks "Sweet Road" uses warped field recordings and fun vocal stylings... But I absolutely love the clap after they first say "Sweet Road." I've rarely heard such a simple percussive statement be used as a hook so well.
The only faultering (long) moment on the album was Visiting Friends, unless you're patient. It drags on a little too long in my opinion and doesn't go anywhere further than the endless dissonant strumming that's already been done earlier on the album and in early groups (see: the microphones) more effectively.
The other two tracks that really stand out on the album are "We Tigers" and "Mouth Wooed Her" the former being the kind of song I was nearly expecting to hear on an album such as this. The last track is the one thing keeping this album from being rated a full five stars (I'd like to give it four and a half) because it was a weak way to end the album and isnt the kind of beautiful opus that you'd expect.

Lo Fi drugged up neo folk stew.......2006-05-24

At times this psychedelia works, but all too often moments of acoustic pastoral beauty give way to overbearing playing of repetitious pot headed tendencies. The band has some great ideas going for them, utilizing their trapped in a bubble approach to shun traditional songwriting to great effect. The problem comes when the experiments more often then not become self conscious experimentation, coupled right down to their in house vocal effects and often stuttered pace. The opening track was a big grabber for many people, who eventually lost interest throughout the album's subdued strumfest, which indicates a future interest for this collective to elaborate more on it's percussion output, as well as extending their general production values, in order to elevate the stature of this music.

Freak Folk Is Beautiful.......2006-03-24

How to describe this album? First, I think i should describe the term freak folk. Freak folk is a genre that is recently gaining more notice and acceptance. Freak folk takes the found sounds and experimentalism of noise rock, the delicious, quirky weirdness of psychadellia, and the hypnotic, soothing strumming of folk/folk-rock.

Hypnotic and soothing is also a great way to describe this album. the band uses a great variety of odd sounds here, in much the same way Pink Floyd did throughout their illustrious career. This band should call to mind some of the psychadellic pioneers of the 60s,and also some of the folkier things that came out of the late 60s. And mixed in with the Floydian psychadellia, the 60s folk flourishes, we have unabashed experimentalist side of it all.

When one takes all these things into account, one thinks, "Jesus that has to be a mess!" And in some cases it is decidedly so. But it's a glorious, carefully constructed, ingeniously put together mess; brilliance in short. And out of all the above tangents and sides to this music, none of them ever go over the top. They keep it all contained.

If you are a fan of noise, folk, psychadellia, or anything of the like, this will most definitely keep you entertained for a while. Just keep in mind the term freak does apply here. So be ready for more than a little weirdness, but enjoy all the same.

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What can I Say, It is classic Scorps!
Der Missing Link!
Great album with no airplay
The Scorpions enter the '80s gracefully.
Metal Magnetism

Animal Magnetism
Scorpions
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
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ASIN: B000001EUN
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

Make It Real
Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep
Hold Me Tight
Twentieth Century Man
Lady Starlight
Falling in Love
Only A MAn
The Zoo
Animal Magnetism

Customer Reviews:

What can I Say, It is classic Scorps!.......2007-03-28

Here is the breakdown of this kick-[...] Scorp album. If you like commercial rock, leave this CD alone as it is just a raw and powerful hard rock sampling.

1) "Make It Real" - This is classic Klaus Meine.
Rating: 5 stars

2) "Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)"
Rating: 5 stars

3) "Hold Me Tight" - This song is OK. Not an awful song but pretty plain.
Rating: 3 stars

4) "Twentieth Century Man" - A cut above "Hold Me Tight" but not much
Rating: 3.5 stars

5) "Lady Starlight" - I like this one. It is a nice ballad that really digs into your soul. Klaus Meine's vocals flow out and grab you and lets you feel the emotion. It is superb!
Rating: 5 stars

6) "Falling in Love" - This is a really nice ballad that rocks. It was very close to 5 stars. I think you will like it. I do!
Rating: 4 stars

7) "Only A Man" - This song starts out like it is going to be crap and then it picks up. This song is just average, not bad, but not great
Rating: 3 stars

8) "The Zoo" - This is the first Scorpion's song that I ever heard. Of course, it was on the radio that I heard it. I told a friend of mine about the song (He had just moved back from Germany) and he said that the Scorpions rock and he had been listening to them in Germany for years. He then turned me on to songs like "Speedys Coming", "He's a woman, She's a Man", "Backstage Queen", "Pictured Life", "In Trance", "Hell Cat", "Dark Lady", "The Sails Of Charon", "Virgin Killer", "Robot Man", and "Steamrock Fever". If you get a chance to buy these songs, do, definitely do. You won't regret it.
Rating: 5 stars

9) "Animal Magnetism" - The guitar at the beginning of this song, draws you in, for lack of a better word, like a magnet. Then Klaus extends his vocals along with the incessant drumming and before you know it, you are there, in a climatic transe!
Rating: 5 stars

I hope my review helps!!!

Der Missing Link!.......2006-09-01

A very interesting album from the Scorps. . .The cover was polarizing enough, stretching the boundaries of 1980's good taste with its' exotic, animalistic, sexually provocative imagery, not to mention the bizarre inner sleeve photo(for those of you who have an original LP pressing).

Although song lyrics and structure clearly suggests the Scorps are trying to ascend the same sexually charged thematic heights reached on Lovedrive, this album tends to fall short.

First of all, this is the most poorly produced Scorpions album ever. Klaus Meine at this time appears to be already experiencing some major problems with his voice (sustain, depth, resonance), and the final mix appears to have been adjusted to compensate for it with poor results. The listener gets a very washed out, mushy sounding mix, with bass and drums severely muted, guitars with no effetive punch, and tinny vocal production that seems to exacerbate Klaus Meine's condition rather than remedy it.

Secondly, a certain little brother's writing, and specifically solo work, are missing here and leave a demonstrable void when compared to "Lovedrive".

Despite these problems, the album does manage to come to its' feet and put up a good fight. Tunes such as "Don't Make No Promises your Body Can't Keep", (a rare writing credit to Matthias Jabs), "The Zoo", and "Only a Man" keep the swaggering sexuality of the Scorps solidly moving forward. Then there is my personal favorite, "Falling in Love", whose simple guitar line understates what the song is all about, LUST! Very clever writing indeed.

The Scorps toyed with themes of misogyny/objectification of women in their lyrics, and pointedly displayed them in their album artwork. Right or wrong, I think this album is the zenith of that sexual energy, and despite some obvious flaws which were later remedied in the album "Blackout", shows this band in a very interesting period of their career. Highly Recommended. 3.5 stars.

Great album with no airplay.......2006-07-06

Maybe the Scorps best. Falling in Love and Make it Real are worth buying the CD.

The Scorpions enter the '80s gracefully........2006-03-04

Lovedrive (1979) was a masterpiece with lots of great guitarwork and powerful vocals. Those things are heard on the follow-up, Animal Magnetism, but somehow it's a little too ambitious and a little too underdeveloped. Every song is great but most of them sound too rushed or simply just re-writes of stuff on Lovedrive, like "Don't Make no Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)" which sounds virtually the same as "Another Piece of Meat" from Lovedrive. "Twentieth Century Man" is a social commentary track that doesn't contain any special lead guitarwork. "Lady Starlight" is a powerful ballad with string arrangements, but doesn't really flow well with what the band is better known for, and that's rockin' hard. They do that in wonderful tracks such as "Make It Real", "Only a Man", "Hold Me Tight", and of course, the menacing "The Zoo", which contains great drumwork. Overall, the album is worth a purchase but it's not able to compete with the previous album, Lovedrive, or its over-the-top follow-up, Blackout.

Metal Magnetism.......2005-11-15

Wow, this is the best cd made by the Scorpions in the eighties, definitively a must-have for every Metal-fan. I really was surprised when I heard this much heavier music than what the Scorpions made before. Awsome, really, and ofcourse not every song is heavy, but seven are. The best song is Animal Magnetism en the worst is Lady Starlight, but that is jsut because I dislike ballads (mostly). Make It Real really woke me up, and the next song rocks like a hurricane!!! Well, I recommend this album highly, and after buying it: enjoy!!
Keep On Rocking!!!!

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WEE HAIRY BEASTIES for about 15 mins
I got ants in my pants (but no crocodile tears)
Kids Music for Grown-ups too!
Smart and Catchy

Animal Crackers
Wee Hairy Beasties , Jon Langford , Kelly Hogan , Sally Timms , and Devil in a Woodpile
Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IOMVYQ
Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

Wee Hairy Beasties
Flies On My Taters
Animal Crackers
Ragtime Duck
Housefly Blues
A Newt Called Tiny
I'm An A.N.T.
Road Safety Song
Cuttlefish Bone
Glow Worm
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Cyril The Karaoke Squirrel
Toenail Moon
Lightnin' The Turtle
Wee Hairy Beasties (Reprise)

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A kids' album by insurgent country's leading Marxist, disco country's leading diva, the sexiest member of the Mekons, and Chicago's most-juiced jug band? An improbable scenario, to be sure, save that John Langford, Kelly Hogan, Sally Timms, and Devil in a Woodpile are all close pals and frequent co-conspirators; you can imagine them tossing beers back at the Hide-Out and laughing hysterically as they devised their alter-egos: Cyril the Karaoke Squirrel, Marjorie the Singing Bee, and Monkey Double Dippey (as identities go, Devil in a Woodpile was already quirky enough). It's a fun, folksy, bluesy romp that never talks down to kids and never traffics in sentimentality. They turn the melody of "St. James Infirmary" into a buzzing, old-time ode to swimming the backstroke in a bowl of corn puffs and transform Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy" into "I'm an A.N.T." (with a shout-out to Johnny the Cockaroacharoo). They cuddle with cuttlefish, root turtles across the dance-contest finish line, and sing helium-voiced love songs to glowworms. With imaginations as perverse, wacky, and voracious as the average six-year-old's, the Beasties simply have a blast. --Roy Kasten

Product Description

This CD has a dance-with-ants-in-your-pants blend of back porch country blues, hippity-hop country, and wiggly old-timey swing is bound to please any child or adult. Includes an enhanced CD video track of Tonail Moon. Some of the songs included are: Wee Hairy Beasties, Animal Crackers, and Ragtime Duck.

Customer Reviews:

WEE HAIRY BEASTIES for about 15 mins.......2007-06-11

My 3 yr old loves this CD for about 15 mins. The first several songs are good, then the album falls flat. The tunes are catchy and I have found myself at work many days chanting "Wee Hairy Beasties" with a brogue as the band leader does. Enjoyable, in small doses.

I got ants in my pants (but no crocodile tears).......2007-02-19

I was nervous when I ordered this. As a longtime fan of Jon Langford and Sally Timms, I feared that I was foisting my tastes on my five-year-old daughter. Would this join her stack of unlistened CDs?

My fears vanished before the opening title track. My daughter loves this record even more than I do. The music is clever, engaging, and best of all -- not cloying.

Kids Music for Grown-ups too!.......2007-01-17

Finally, a CD that can be heard at least 4 times a day that won't drive you insane. For some reason music for children tends to be simple. Animal Crackers proves that you can make good music for children and still have the silly lyrics and rhymes that kids love. I bought several copies for all the kids in my extended family.

Smart and Catchy.......2006-11-27

After just one listen, my two year old was singing out loud for Wee Hairy Beasties. Seriously. We were jumping for each "wee" and giggling, and she wanted to hear more about Cyril the Karaoke Squirrel. And all this in an an albumn that doesn't make my ears bleed.

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The Melvins Converted My Wife!
Best Melvins yet
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In Their Finest Hour . . .
quite good!

A Senile Animal
Melvins
Manufacturer: Ipecac Recordings
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Release Date: 2006-10-10

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The Melvins Converted My Wife!.......2007-06-27

I've been a fan of the Melvins for quite sometime now and while my wife and I share a love for alot of the same music she was never a big fan of the Melvins.....until she heard "A Senile Animal". I forget where we were going but I remember we were in the car and "Civilized Worm" had just finished playing. My wife looked at me and said "Play that again, that was a good song." From then on she's been a fan, we even had tickets to see the Melvins, it would've been a first for both of us, but due to unfortunate circumstances, we missed the show....something I will never live down.
As far as album content goes "A Senile Animal" will rock your socks off. Buzzo's guitar and vocals are in top form, Jared has a mean bass sound and both Dale and Coady are amazing with a dual drum sound that is unrivaled. Not to deviate from the point but back in 2001 I saw Tool perform at the Forum in Los Angeles and toward the end of the set Dale Crover came out and played drums along with Danny Carey, it was great and I remember thinking "What would the Melvins sound like with two drummers?".....and five years later what do you know? I can't think of one negative thing to say about this album. If you are a first timer to the Melvins this is as good a place to start as any....either here or "Colossus of Destiny".......

Best Melvins yet.......2007-06-12

This is their best effort since the 1999 Trilogy (The Bootlicker, The Maggot, The Crybaby). In my opinion, this one is better than those. At first I was skeptical of the dual drums from Dale and Coady but it sounds REALLY good, and its amazing how tight these guys are. Jared Warren provides a good Bass compliment to the bands overall sound. Buzzo is the king of riffs, as usual. The band uses a lot of 3 part harmonies in a good portion of the tracks on this album.

If you don't have this Melvins album, you need to get it. It's chock full of the heavy goodness that Melvins fans love. Buzzo even uses real words in this album.

........2007-06-05

This album did, in fact, make me remember why I got into the Melvins -- but unfortunately did not live up to that. How could it? A few older bands are doing this now (Metallica, Helmet, etc.): after going really far off course, releasing an album that sounds like they once did, only highlighting their exhaustion. Some of the songs on here approach good, but it isn't "Stag" or "Stoner Witch" or even "Eggnog". After "Honky", that awful trilogy, and "Hostile Ambient Takeover", this IS an improvement, but is NOT proof that one should not give up on the Melvins.

In Their Finest Hour . . ........2007-05-03

i will most assuredly state this is at least one of the best Melvins'
releases hands down. Jared and Coady join from Big Business to round
out the line up of Buzz and Dale that is the Melvins. heavy and harmonic,
this will not disappoint. there have been some not-so-great releases
(dare i say) over the past few years. but trust me on this one, these
guys have it right this time . . .enjoy loud and have fun . . .rock out !!

quite good!.......2007-04-05

brings me back to the days of "stoner witch"! some of their most accessable stuff in years!

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