Heater

heater

Track Listings
1. Prison Song
2. Northern Lights
3. Thanks A Million
4. Front Porch
5. Eleanora
6. Angels
7. Arms Of The Sea
8. I Like You
9. Stoplight
10. Mom Out Dancing
11. Cold Hands Of Fate
12. Away

Editorial Reviews
Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Inflects the astringent twang of The Velvet Underground with the drone of R.E.M.

Product Description
"Heater" is The Silos' most "Alternative" album. Very eclectic, ranging from primitive trash to weeping lush. It rocks, it oozes, it blends beautiful acoutic instruments and harmonies with raw guitar power and modern samples and loops.

The casual greatness of "Heater" coasts nonchalantly to the shore on the froth of the latest art/roots wave like Boticelli's Venus, only leaner and tanner. "Heater" will secure The Silos preeminence over the pretenders who've been bobbing in their wake since "Cuba."

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Heater
Tristan Und Isolde
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A masterpiece always to remember
  • The best in it's own way
  • The most Theatrical Tristan und Isolde...my personal favorite!
  • Alone in the top
  • Bayreuth at its best
Tristan Und Isolde

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ASIN: B000001GXS
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

  1. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
  2. Tristan und Isolde: 'Westwarts schweift der Blick'
  3. Tristan und Isolde: 'Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu'
  4. Tristan und Isolde: 'Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden'
  5. Tristan und Isolde: 'Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen! Frisch und Froh!'
  6. Tristan und Isolde: 'Herr Tristan trete nah!'
  7. Tristan und Isolde: 'Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr wunscht'

Tracks:

  1. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
  2. Tristan und Isolde: 'Horst du sie noch?'
  3. Tristan und Isolde: 'Isolde! Geliebte! - Tristan! Geliebter!'
  4. Tristan und Isolde: 'O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe'
  5. Tristan und Isolde: 'Einsam wachend in der Nacht'
  6. Tristan und Isolde: 'Lausch, Geliebter! - Lass mich sterben!'
  7. Tristan und Isolde: 'Doch unsre Liebe, heisst sie nicht Tristan und - Isolde?'
  8. Tristan und Isolde: 'So starben wir, um ungetrennt'
  9. Tristan und Isolde: 'Rette dich, Tristan!'
  10. Tristan und Isolde: 'Tatest du's wirklich? Wahnst du das?
  11. Tristan und Isolde: 'O Konig, das kann ich dir nicht sagen'

Tracks:

  1. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude - Mig Langsam
  2. Tristan und Isolde: (Man hoert einen Hirtenreigen)
  3. Tristan und Isolde: 'Kurwenal! He! Sag, Kurwenal!'
  4. Tristan und Isolde: 'Hei nun! Wie du kamst?'
  5. Tristan und Isolde: 'Noch losch das Licht nicht aus'
  6. Tristan und Isolde: 'Noch ist kein Schiff zu seh'n!'
  7. Tristan und Isolde: 'Bist du nun tot? Lebst du noch?'
  8. Tristan und Isolde: 'O diese Sonne! Ha, dieser Tag!'
  9. Tristan und Isolde: 'Ha! Ich bin's, ich bin's, suessester Freund!'
  10. Tristan und Isolde: 'Kurwenal! Hoer! Ein zweites Schiff!'
  11. Tristan und Isolde: 'Mild und leise wie er lachelt'

Amazon.com

Recorded in performance, but one act at a time so that the principals could sing full-out, this is one of the most electrifying opera recordings of the stereo era. Birgit Nilsson blazes as Isolde, and Wolfgang Windgassen's Act-III evocation of the delusional Tristan is heart-wrenching. Karl B"hm inspires transcendent playing from the Bayreuth forces, and the sound is stunning. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A masterpiece always to remember.......2007-02-11

For all you Wagner haters out there; please listen to these five excerpts of this recording and you will be convinced otherwise:
1. Christa Ludwig's Brangane: Act II - "Einsam Wachend in der Nacht..."
2. Birgit Nillson's & Wolfgang Wingassen's Isolde & Tristan: Act II - "O sink hernieder..."
3. Wolfgang Windgassen's Tristan: Act III - " Dunkt dich dass, Ich weiss es anders..."
4. Eberhardt Wachters Kurwenal: Act III - "O wonne, nein, ..."
5. Birgit Nilsson's Isolde: Act III - "Mild und leise..."
Thanks

3 out of 5 stars The best in it's own way.......2005-11-11

For me, the SECOND-most important aspect of Tristan und Isolde is the power, both from the orchestra and from the singers. In that respect, this is probably the very best recording out there of Tristan und Isolde. The singers are all powerful, both in sheer sound and in conveying strong emotions, and the conducting is extremely exciting. Birgit Nilsson is absolutely incredible: she just sings at the top of her lungs, and the sound of her voice remains gorgeous nonetheless! The power of her anger in Act I is, in my experience, unequalled elsewhere on opera recordings (though maybe some Callas recordings and perhaps some Del Monaco recordings would be candidates for Second Prize).
However, the MOST important aspect of Tristan und Isolde, in my opinion, is the harmonic language, which creates a very special atmosphere, an atmosphere that is spooky, exotic, very erotic but also somehow calm and calming.
This recording is not a TOTAL failure in that respect, but I would say there are MANY other recordings that bring out the above-mentioned atmosphere better than this one does.
Here, Bohm's conducting sometimes "runs over" those harmonic nuances, not to mention many dynamic nuances and little (momentary)tempo changes that are missed.
In addition, Windgassen's singing took a lot of getting used to, for me. He has power, but not beauty of voice. He has a powerful interpretation, but not really beautiful operatic phrasing (Fritz Uhl, the Tristan in Solti's set, has the opposite: a beautiful sound and beautiful bel-canto style phrasing, but not nearly enough power, vocally or emotionally).
To sum up: This is THE exciting Tristan, but for me, other recordings of this work bring out the real essence of the piece better. My favorite is Karajan's studio recording, followed by Solti's (the latter also features Birgit Nilsson, who is ALMOST as exciting there as she is here, but not quite).

5 out of 5 stars The most Theatrical Tristan und Isolde...my personal favorite!.......2005-11-04

It is very hard to try to write a recommendation for a perfect recording of Tristan und Isolde, since each set has its own set of pros and cons. However, of all the Tristans I have listened to, Karl Böhm's recording made at 1966 in Bayreuth seems to be the one that I come back to the most. There was a time when I could not appreciate Böhm's conducting because I felt that he rushed through the lucid and erotic qualities of the score. When I listen to this now, with fresher ears and having listened to the majority of Tristan recordings on the market, I find that his conducting gives Tristan an electricity that cannot be found in other recordings. There is a passion and energy that you can find in Böhm's conducting that you cannot hear in Karajan's or Solti's interpretations, and this set definitely tops Berstein's and Kleiber's recording in many respects. The orchestra plays beautifully under his direction, just as they did in the Ring for Böhm exactly a year later. I would say that the conductor's reading of the score is full of energy, passion, eroticism, forward propulsion and movement, and pathos. The conductor's somewhat Mozartian/ classical treatment of the Romantic and chord-saturated score gives it a lift and an elegance without sacrificing the Wagnerian ethos that make it so special. I would say that this is the most masterfully conducted Tristan, and adding to that the special Bayreuth sound and you have one of the most orchestrally captivating experiences you'll ever hear.

However, the one factor that places this Tristan above all other recordings is the amazing cast assembled in this massive project. Birgit Nilsson, in my opinion, is the greatest Isolde...period. Her first act Isolde is a powerhouse of rage with the jealousy, love, revenge, sadness, resignation and all other of Isolde's character aspects that make her such a complex heroine. Her second act Isolde is meltingly tender, and she is able to scale down her voice to make the love duet sound like silk. Her third act Liebestod is an apotheosis of years of learning this role, and only Nilsson can sing it with the rapture and beauty that it deserves. I was wrong to find her too steely. Not many voices like hers come in our lifetime, and how lucky we are that she came during a time when voices can be captured in their greatest performances.

Below this towering standard is the Tristan of Wolfgang Windgassen. Although he does not have the beautiful timbre of Placido Domingo, the haunting voice of Vickers, or the reticent ease of Lauritz Melchior's voice, he offers drama and intensity that would never be matched by any tenor before or after him. His phrasing is exemplary, and his intelligence makes his Tristan one of the most compelling accounts on record. In fact, after Vickers, he is perhaps the most intense Tristan ever to have sung the part, albeit the fact that his voice is taken to its limits in the third act delirium. I don't know how I would live without his Tristan, as Birgit herself said that "Wolfie" saved her many a time when she got lost in the extremely exposed and difficult lead roles.

The supporting cast is perhaps the best on records. Christa Ludwig is the most beautiful and theatrical Brangäne, and Eberhard Wächter is a youthful, yet testosterone induced Kurwenal. You must hear Ludwig's calls from the tower...I think that alone is the price of this landmark recording. Their respective interaction with the leads is a must-hear--especially Ludwig's interactions with Nilsson in Act I. Martti Talvela sings the part of King Marke with a nobility and the kind of gravitas I've only heard again in Rene Pape, and he should be referred to as a reference for this short, yet pivotal role. The smaller parts in this opera are taken by Peter Schreier, Gerd Nienstedt, and Claude Heater--all of whom are great Bayreuth artists.

Of course, you must still hear other recordings of Tristan. I could recommend Karajan's 1952 Bayreuth account, or Kleiber's 1976 La Scala, or Pappano's studio recording with Domingo. You should also try Reiner's set with Flagstad and Melchior, but for the complete Tristan experience, this set is the one that you should return to if you want to hear a true Wagnerian epic taking place in your living room. Bravi tutti!

5 out of 5 stars Alone in the top.......2005-10-06

OK fellows I don`t know Furtwangler celebrated recording. But having listened to this it is difficult not to accept this is THE ULTIMATE TRISTAN. Why? Look at the conducting. Like a storm. Not a weak moment. Truly propulsive. Look at how balanced is the orchestra. In the Liebestodt at the end Isolda`s high notes are matched with the glorious brass section instead of the usual "soup" sound of our usual orchestra. See how resonant brass are and then try the same passage with the same singer under Solti: it's like replacing chocolate for soup. For me Bayreuth sound is the real "period" sound for Wagner. And with the intensity we have here. So it must be very difficult to listen to slower recordings like Furtwangler, specially when the approach I just have described sounds to me so definitive. Sound is excellent.
About the cast: Brangane very vibratoed but good, also is Wachter. I don't like Marke's voice (the singer uses a voice that sounds "broken" sometimes, an awfull effect). Windgassen may not have a strong voice but sounds so human ... great. Then there is the other only reason to buy and keep this recording appart from Bohm: Nilsson. In what planet was she born? For she is really superhuman. Listen to her seductive voice and well, Callas was such a great artist, but in my humble opinion, standing next to Nilsson, in vocal matters Callas is SO WEAK ... If an extraterrestrial listened only to 1 single recording of human voice (speaking of this) would think Nilsson was the best singer in history. It would be very difficult to change its mind.

5 out of 5 stars Bayreuth at its best.......2005-08-18

I was lucky enough to be present at the last outing of this Wieland Wagner production with essentially the same cast - the curtain calls went on for more than 45 minutes!

Undoubtedly, this is a totally exceptional performance - one of those live performances that catches fire from the first enigmatic rise and fall to the famous 'Tristan' chord and never lets you go until long after the last note of the Liebestod has died away. Bohm (often accused of being kapellmeisterish at the time) is electric - the music ebbs and flows with the passion of the protagonists, at times whipped up to almost hysterical proportions (Tristan's Act 2 arrival and the height of his dementia in Act 3 for example), at others achingly lonely (Marke's monologue or the shepherd's piping come to mind).

The singing, too, is unsurpassed. Nilsson and Windgassen are in superlative form throughout - Windgassen tired in Act 3? His character is dying, for God's sake - and he certainly rises to the excitements of Isolde's arrival and the ripping of the bandages from his wound. Christa Ludwig sings Brangane's warnings from the tower with a haunting rapture that matches that of the lovers downstage. The much-missed Martti Talvela sings his (presumably huge) socks off as Marke, turning a character who can be a bore into, for his moment, the most sympathetic and moving person in the opera.

I've never got it with Furtwangler and Flagstad by the time of that performance sounded too maternal for my taste. Bernstein is brave and at times fascinating but his cast aren't as good. Karajan is too overcooked and Vickers - often a great Tristan on stage - was too self-indulgent here. Kleiber (who I also heard, magnificently, at Bayreuth) conducts wonderfully and has a beautifully sung Isolde in Margaret Price, but his Tristan is the rather pedestrian Kollo.

For me, this Bohm recording is the yardstick Tristan and a great example of Bayreuth at its absolute best. The engineers capture the unique Bayreuth sound well, too.
Space Heater
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • HELLBILLY DELUXE
  • Not a good example of the Rev
  • I dont care if its different. This cd rox!
  • One Of His Best
  • Another album worthy of praise
Space Heater
Reverend Horton Heat
Manufacturer: Fontana Interscope
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-03-24

Tracks:

  1. Pride Of Santigo
  2. Lie Detector
  3. Hello Mrs. Darkness
  4. Jimbo Song
  5. Revolution Under Foot
  6. Starlight Lounge
  7. Goin' Manic
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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars HELLBILLY DELUXE.......2006-04-21

The RHH cover looks like a klass-sick kitschy B-movie scene, complete with shreiking BETTY PAGE-like babe in distress, which is no doubt the point of SPACE HEATER...tongue in cheek fun funneled through hopped up bop. COUCH SURFIN' starts with a classic retro BATMAN riff, the instrumentals are succulent slices of surfabilly, and song titles like BABY I'M DRUNK, STARLIGHT LOUNGE, and TEXAS ROCKABILLY REBEL give a clear indication of the retro roots rock vortex where REVEREND HORTON HEAT hangs its twangin'/bangin' hat. These three cool cats pummel shards of THE RAMONES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, BRIAN SETZER, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE CRAMPS and DICK DALE into their very own charismatic slab o' mince-meat musicology.

I can't sum it up any better than this soundbite:
"Turn up the bass...turn up the treble...TEXAS ROCK-A-BILLY REBEL..."

RATING: FOUR GEAR SHIFT KNOBS

1 out of 5 stars Not a good example of the Rev.......2006-03-01

This album misses it totally for me.
I love the first three albums, great melodys, great guitar playing. This is more like some kind of bar chord punk. I don't mind a band changing up but this is a step down. The Rev. is known for great guitar playing, this album doesn't feature that at all.

5 out of 5 stars I dont care if its different. This cd rox!.......2004-11-12

This cd has an awesome groove to it. The guitar and bass is still solid. This release is more sarcastic and still, but it rocks hard too. "Lie Detector" is one of my favs from the Rev'. Buy this cd if you like Horton Heat but dont own it. Just buy it on a whim b/c this cd is killer.

4 out of 5 stars One Of His Best.......2004-07-12

I really like the sound of this record. It breaks a bit of a mold for the Rev. and his band. "Lie Detector" should be cranked up as loud as possible.

4 out of 5 stars Another album worthy of praise.......2002-07-18

While not quite on par with some of the other donations by the Reverend, Space Heater has proven itself to me as a worthy purchase. Being a RHH fan I do harbor a little favoritism though.

Some have complained that the sound keeps changing, but I can still hear a lot of the Reverend's roots in this stuff. Besides, I tend to like it when a band can bend their sound around without betraying the core sound. I expect a harder edge from these guys and I feel that most of the tracks without it should be considered the departure from the norm. They are psychobilly after all. Even many of their slower, mellow tracks are done quite well, so I can't complain much at all.

Some of my best picks of Space Heater would have to be the humorous Couch Surfin', the instrumentals of Pride of San Jacinto and The Prophet Stomp, and the harder edge tracks such as Lie Detector, Jimbo Song, Goin' Manic and Cinco De Mayo. I won't waste any more of your time with details. Just suffice to say the whole disc is 'listenable' (especially for RHH fans) and that is hard to come by in many CDs today.

If you are a fan of Reverend this selection should not disappoint. While it may not be their best work, I have heard worse from bands with more commercial success. If this be your first sermon from The Reverend, you should have a taste for music with a little hard edge and some Tex-Mex-Rock&Roll dashed in to taste.
Heater
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Louisville Indie at its best
  • The Mighty Crain
Heater
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Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

  1. Foot Sanding
  2. Save Me Your Head
  3. Valium and Alcohol
  4. Waste Kings
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Louisville Indie at its best.......2006-08-02

No other band sums up Louisville Indie quite like Crain did. I was lucky enough to see them play live a few times, and lucky enough to still have a copy of the Speed album (which you can get on iTunes now!). It blows my mind why they dont have Heater on there, because this is the better album if you ask me. Producer Steve Albini was around to give these local boys an added boost to their sound. This plays very nicely with my other local favorites I was able to hang onto such as Rodan and Kinghorse.

5 out of 5 stars The Mighty Crain.......2003-03-29

Arguably the best album from one of the best indie bands to come out of Louisville. Powerful and innovative. Also check out the Speed LP, if you're lucky enough to locate it.
Triple Heater
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • all this from an orthodontist!
Triple Heater
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Manufacturer: North Pacific Music
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Release Date: 2000-01-13

Tracks:

  1. Triple Heater
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars all this from an orthodontist!.......2002-08-16

Believe it or not, I found out about this incredible musician through a good friend. Posen is his orthodontist. He's also one of the best guitar players i've ever heard. All of the tracks are filled with complex, amazing riffs played on one, count it, one acoustic guitar. I listened to the CD 3 times over when i first listened to it. A great album
Heater Calhoun
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Peeeeee Zzzzoooo
  • there is nobody with more lyrical skills.......PIZZO is fire
Heater Calhoun
Pizzo
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Release Date: 1999-01-26

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5 out of 5 stars Peeeeee Zzzzoooo.......2006-02-04

Umm.. does anyone know whats up with underground rap?
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didn't think so.
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This is straight bangin. West Coast born/raised, Pizzo
is one of the tightest underground rappers. And if ya don't
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He was one of the Dosia clicc (Dosia Waiting To Exhale album) and is tied in with C-Bo, Killa Tay, west Coast and all that.. Lunasicc, KJ, Sacramento, whatcha know. Fahrenheit whAT THEY BANG THOUGH. GEt this Pizzo CD.

5 out of 5 stars there is nobody with more lyrical skills.......PIZZO is fire.......1999-06-15

bad a** album, more lyrical skill than anybody else. 5 stars for sheeeeeeeeeezy. AWOL got mad lyrical skill,don't sleep on this rapper. PIZZO will always have my respect. p.s........i can't get why nobody rewieved this album. ya'll nedd to stop f*****g around with fake a** rappers such as will smith and lil kim. represent the real. and not the fake. PIZZO produced most of this album himself and he's one of the best so it got tight beats and lyrics that burn the fake
Heater
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Salas-Humara in a New Direction
  • If you like the sounds guitars make, you'll love this album.
Heater
The Silos
Manufacturer: Checkered Past
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ASIN: B00000AGBA
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

  1. Prison Song
  2. Northern Lights
  3. Thanks A Million
  4. Front Porch
  5. Eleanora
  6. Angels
  7. Arms Of The Sea
  8. I Like You
  9. Stoplight
  10. Mom Out Dancing
  11. Cold Hands Of Fate
  12. Away

Amazon.com

Perhaps the least guitar-rock Silos record ever, Heater sounds as though it was built from the rhythm bed up. Nearly every song grows out of an opening groove, whether it be the quick rabbit's-heart thump that pushes an escaping narrator onward in "Prison Song" or the fragile, spare beats that help characters pass the time--or come to terms with its passing--in "Thanks a Million" or "Front Porch." As with any Silos record--and this one's among the group's two or three finest--the songs are the point of the thing, and Walter Salas-Humara's latest batch, written with a handful of collaborators, draws his characters' emotions with the economy and expertise of a great short-story writer, like Raymond Carver with a rhythm section. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Salas-Humara in a New Direction.......2001-06-17

"heater" certainly is a departure for Walter Salas-Humara's collective, known as "The Silos". While the band members change, there is one person always in the middle of the Silos, and that is Salas-Humara.

The Silos' "Heater" could be compared to Joe Henry's "Trampoline"--both are the work of artists considered to be primarily alt-county, or country-rock, or whatever tag you prefer. "Heater" wanders dramatically, and it works.

It's full of sampled beats, "uncountry" arrangments, and a definite look away from the previous work. The absence of both Bob Rupe and Manuel Verzosa, were who were key parts of earlier Silos albums may have led to this change, though it seems that Salas-Humara has been evolving for a good 15 years.

This album has lyrics just as heart-felt as any Silo's album--"eleanora" and "arms of the sea" are just two fine examples. Salas-Humara still finds beauty in the mundane, as well, as in "Mom Out Dancing" in which either a father or a suitor takes pains to surprise a mother with a night out on the town. Salas-Humara has always written beautifully simple lyrics, that get to the heart of the matter. That is still the case on "Heater".

The difference on "Heater" is that he decides to make the musical side a bit more complex. But there is no doubt, "Heater" deserves to be mentioned with the early Silo's classics of alt-county, and with Joe Henry's recent experiments. There are still the classic Salas-Humara touches, like the acoustic ballad "Cold Hands of Fate". "Arms of the Sea" or "Eleanora" are just as emotionally incisive, and beautifully written.

Imagine a Silos album produced with a "Bone Machine" era Tom Waits, and imagine further that Walter and Tom argued on how to produce every single song, and you get a flavor for "Heater". Beautifully lyrics, often odd sounds--it combines for an album that some music critic 15 years from now will call "visionary".

5 out of 5 stars If you like the sounds guitars make, you'll love this album........1999-01-30

For that matter, if you have a pulse, you will love this album
Heater
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    Heater
    The Silos
    Manufacturer: Sonic Pyramid
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Folk RockFolk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Roots RockRoots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    RockRock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B000089YCA
    Release Date: 2003-02-11

    Tracks:

    1. Prison Song
    2. Northern Lights
    3. Thanks A Million
    4. Front Porch
    5. Eleanora
    6. Angels
    7. Arms Of The Sea
    8. I Like You
    9. Stoplight
    10. Mom Out Dancing
    11. Cold Hands Of Fate
    12. Away

    Album Description

    "Heater" is The Silos' most "Alternative" album. Very eclectic, ranging from primitive trash to weeping lush. It rocks, it oozes, it blends beautiful acoutic instruments and harmonies with raw guitar power and modern samples and loops.

    The casual greatness of "Heater" coasts nonchalantly to the shore on the froth of the latest art/roots wave like Boticelli's Venus, only leaner and tanner. "Heater" will secure The Silos preeminence over the pretenders who've been bobbing in their wake since "Cuba."

    Album Description

    12 tracks originally released in 1998 from the eclectic & artistic L.A. outfit fronted by Walter Salas-Humara. Sonic Pyramid. 2003.
    Hot Off The Heater
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hotboy Ronald representz tha nola Ya heard me
    Hot Off The Heater

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00005NP6R
    Release Date: 2001-08-13

    Tracks:

    1. Intro
    2. I aint Lying
    3. Oh My Goodness Feat Charlie Whoop
    4. Hold Up Feat. Charlie Whoop
    5. Like A Ou'k Feat Baby D
    6. On the Floor Feat St.Bernard Derrick
    7. Is Ronald There?
    8. Catch The Wall Feat Josephine Young Gunz
    9. Wobble For Me
    10. Or Mouth Feat Aisha
    11. Hot Off The Heater
    12. Fat Girlz Feat Choppa
    13. Where Ya Girl @ Feat J S W
    14. Like A Qu'k ( LIVE ) Feat Josephine Johnny
    15. I aint Lying J S W Remix
    16. Wobble For Me J S W Remix

    Album Description

    Strandid Entertainment is on of the Hottest and newest recording Label from New Orleans. And with artist like HotBoy Ronald, Charlie Whop, Josephine Youngunz, Jewz Capritto, And J S W on the Tracks. Rap music will never be the same again. This company is far from being STRANDID. And the proof is in the music.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Hotboy Ronald representz tha nola Ya heard me.......2003-07-04

    Yea hotboy ronald Fiya u heard me he one of tha best in my town so he should take it worldwide
    Calling All Broken Hearts
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Calling All Broken Hearts

      Manufacturer: American Film Network
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CAF4L8
      Release Date: 2002-04-23
      Tristano E Isotta
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Tristano E Isotta
        Wagner , Toffolo , Heater , and Smith
        Manufacturer: Melodram
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000001ZQL
        Release Date: 1995-12-14

        Rock Music:

        1. Heat Generation
        2. Heathen Chemistry [Import]
        3. Heaven and Earth
        4. Heaven Or Hell [Import]
        5. Heavy Mellow
        6. Hecla & Griper [EP]
        7. Heels N Wheels
        8. Heilige Live [Limited Edition] [Live] [Import]
        9. Grand Slam: Homerun Hitters of Beach Music
        10. Gravity [Import]

        Rock Music

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