Something Else [CD-single] [Import]

something else [cd-single] [import]

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1. Something Else

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3. Good Fight Good Night

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Something Else [CD-single] [Import]

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WOW! It's Something Else Alright
My Personal Favorite
Britpop Ground Zero
Neglected Masterpiece
Ingenious!

Something Else by the Kinks
The Kinks
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1990-05-02

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Some fans argue that this 1967 release is one of head Kink Ray Davies's middle-period masterpieces (coming between two LPs that no kultist can deny: Face to Face and Village Green Preservation Society), while others regard it as an uneven collection of great singles and inconsequential filler; a stopgap move. Although no one could argue that it's as consistent as those classics, Something Else does boast one of the great one-two punches in rock history: the rumbling tale of social envy, "David Watts," and "Death of a Clown," a slurring pub sing-along warbled by brother Dave. Elsewhere, the quartet dives headfirst into droning psychedelia ("Lazy Old Sun"), whimsical balladry ("Afternoon Tea"), suburban soap opera ("Two Sisters"--love that harpsichord), and one of the most poignant singles in rock history ("Waterloo Sunset"). --Don Harrison

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WOW! It's Something Else Alright.......2007-02-07

The best example of The Kinks brit-pop years that influenced many generations. Something Else Ray Davies's 2nd masterpiece of 3. The first is Face to Face, then Village Green after this... and his underrated brother Dave contributes a masterpiece Death of a Clown.

My Personal Favorite.......2006-12-30

As I write this review of Something Else I am sitting under the framed album cover autographed by Ray & Dave Davies. I'd waited outside their hotel, sometime early '70's, hoping they'd pop out. I brought my favorite Kinks album, and as Ray signed it, he said: "I don't think even I have a copy of this record." I assumed he was kidding. In any case, he wasn't about to get mine!

My favorite period for the Kinks was part of the least popular in America - that period that encompassed Face to Face, Something Else, and Village Green Preservation Society. Record sales had slunk so low that Reprise Records famously advertised a compilation for one penny with the slogan - "God Save the Kinks!" I have that compilation in my record closet. For my money, everyone should own Face to Face, Something Else, and Village Green, a tryptich of classic songs perfectly delivered. With this era, the Kinks solidified their position as one of the most creative, adventuresome, and accomplished of all their peers.

Something Else opens with David Watts, a wonderful tale of adolescent jealousy and envy. Everybody has known a David Watts - someone who walks on water, someone who always gets their way, for whom everything in life comes easy. Death of a Clown follows this - a song that always makes me sing-a-long with it, even if I haven't been drinking. Something Else includes songs (for the first time?) written by Dave Davies - in addition to Death of a Clown, Dave penned Love Me Till the Sun Shines and Funny Face.

There are songs that harken back to music hall music, like Harry Rag or Tin Soldier Man. A gentle ambiance of nostalgia, bittersweet longing for simplicity, old traditions, times gone by. Afternoon Tea. Lazy Old Sun. End of the Season. Themes that become fully realized on Village Green, but this is the interlude. The transitional album inbetween. It's as much of a concept album as Sgt. Pepper or Tommy or Forever Changes. It's just different. And very British.

But the best is saved for last, Waterloo Sunset. It's been described as the most perfect pop song ever written. A song for the centuries. That's not just my opinion - it's been described that way by Paul Weller, Elvis Costello, David Bowie. It's breathtakingly beautiful. The perfect end to the perfect album.

Britpop Ground Zero.......2006-10-03

In the the late 1960s, rock 'n roll began to outgrow "Satisfaction", "Love Me Do", and "You Really Got Me". Not only did bands become more socially and politically aware, they became more ambitious and eager to experiment. For their trouble, many of the great bands from this era - such as The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, and The Beach Boys - were rewarded with not only a secure musical legacy, but healthy financial benefits as well. The Kinks, who were banned from the US between the crucial years of 1965 and 1969, received neither. They had a handful of successful singles, but their LPs went almost completely unnoticed by record buyers.

Fortunately, the pendulum has swung, and The Kinks are now recognized as a major influence on subsequent generations of British rockers. To quote Mick Jones of The Clash, "As far as The Beatles, The Stones, and The Who are concerned, we don't really hear that much about The Kinks. But they're just as important". While the influence of The Beatles and The Stones spreads across the entire spectrum of popular music, that of The Kinks and The Who is most obvious in the punk (British and American) of the late 70s and the Britpop of the early 90s. Like Newton and Leibniz's independent but nearly simultaneous invention of calculus, the fuzzy power chords of these bands' 1964-5 singles laid the groundwork for punk, while assertions like Pete Townshend's "hope I die before I get old" and Ray Davies' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - a B-side that appeared 10 years before The Ramones' debut - were philosophical proto-punk manifestos. In the late-60s and early 70s, both bands turned toward catchy, melodic pop songs whose influence would be heard in everyone from The Jam and XTC to Blur and Pulp. And the career trajectory similarities don't stop there: The Kinks and The Who could also be credited - or, if you prefer, blamed - for inventing the rock opera/concept album with their 1969 releases Arthur and Tommy (although The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow was released a year earlier than both). In the late 70s and early 90s, British groups would be inspired to sound like these British bands who had influenced them, rather than like the American artists who had influenced the British bands of the 60s.

Something Else by The Kinks was arguably the first full-length instance of what would be called Britpop a quarter-century later. (Or maybe it was Face To Face. Take your pick.) The proto-punk and American R&B elements of their first records were less salient on this record, having been replaced by a "distinctly British" blend of marching drums, slow to mid-tempo rockers and ballads, and primarily acoustic - but nonetheless rocking - guitars. Furthermore, the themes moved beyond boy loves girl to musical snapshots of schoolyard jealousy, sibling rivalry, disappointed in-laws, bittersweet solitude and, of course, underachieving circus folk.

It is one thing for a record to culminate in a one-two punch or trio of great songs, but quite another for it to start off with a right, left, and uppercut. That is what we get on Something Else. With the Stonesy thump of "David Watts" (later covered in a faithful if perfunctory manner by The Jam), the quirky, melancholy folk of "Death of a Clown", and the thinly veiled allegory "Two Sisters", this record wastes no time getting started. And it is hardly on cruise control before closing with "Waterloo Sunset", a feather in the cap (if not jewel in the crown) of 60s British pop.

After the 1-2-3 punch that opens the record, things slow down a bit with "No Return", which, like the similarly hazy and dreamlike "Lazy Old Sun", shows that while the Kinks were not a psychedelic band or a bunch of hippies, they were clearly not impervious to the atmosphere of Swinging London. The same can be said of the hilarious "Harry Rag", which humorously mocks the idea that anything is bearable if you've got the right stuff to take your mind off of it. "End of the Season", sung by Ray in a mock lounge singer voice, is another highlight, and the music hall ditties "Tin Soldier Man" and "Situation Vacant" contribute significant personality to the record.

Then there are Dave Davies' songs. I am a great fan of underdogs and unsung heroes, and I think that it can be said that Dave wrote at least one great song for every dozen or so that Ray did (see Dave's The Album That Never Was for examples). The absurd folk of "Death of a Clown", which reached #3 in the UK, is proof enough: "The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees/And frantically looking for runaway fleas". But Dave also contributes the steady rockers "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" and "Funny Face". Hence, Something Else was for Dave what Revolver was for George Harrison. (The weakest track on the record is probably Ray's "Afternoon Tea". While its subject is quintessentially English, it hardly makes for compelling listening in this case.) And it would be a travesty to not give props to Nicky Hopkins for his superb piano and harpsichord work.

The bonus tracks on the 2000 re-issue are far from the throwaways meant to entice completists that such tracks often are. First of all, Dave rears his underrated head with "Lincoln County" and the excellent "Susannah's Still Alive", which was a hit single in its own right. And Ray's songs - especially "Autumn Almanac", "Wonderboy", "Polly", and "There's No Life Without Love" - are as good as anything to be found on this or any other Kinks record of the era. It may be a bit unfortunate that this re-release is in mono, for it is tempting to say that the stereo version packs more punch. But that is ultimately a matter of taste, and the fact is that this is a fascinating collection of songs, sounding very much like a product of its time - perhaps somewhat charmingly dated - and yet still unlike albums by the band's peers. These elements combine to create a precious gem of the British Invasion, one which would itself spawn the gems of future British Invasions.

Neglected Masterpiece.......2006-06-25

"Something Else" (1967) was released at a point when the Kinks were continuing to top charts in the UK and Europe but were barely registering on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Since their earlier singles "Well-Respected Man," "Dedicated Follower of Fashion," and "Sunny Afternoon," along with their album "Face to Face," Ray Davies had been solidifying his position as a kind of 20th-century W.S. Gilbert with a rock 'n' roll sensibility. By the time the Kinks recorded "Something Else," Davies was writing songs which were in essence mini-operettas that examined England and the English (not, mind you, Britain and the British) with biting wit and wry affection. This album contains what is arguably his greatest composition, "Waterloo Sunset," a blend of almost Dickensian social observation and human sympathy set to an achingly tender yet driving tune that simultaneously conveys deep yearning and profound contentment. There are other outstanding tracks: "David Watts" and "Two Sisters" are clever studies of envy; "Harry Rag" is a Cockney-flavored singalong evocative of the music hall; and "Afternoon Tea" looks forward thematically to the Kinks' "Village Green Preservation Society" (1968). Two of the high points in "Something Else" are a couple of brother Dave Davies's best efforts -- the eerily jaunty "Death of a Clown" and the solid rocker "Love Me Till the Sun Shines." A few numbers, such as "No Return" and "Lazy Old Sun," seemed misguided experiments when the album was new, and they haven't improved with age. And it would have been nice if Reprise had added as bonus tracks such singles of that vintage as "Dead End Street" and "Mr. Pleasant." Still, the weak points can't spoil the overall impact of the Kinks' "Something Else," a true classic and a neglected masterpiece.

Ingenious!.......2006-05-29

"Something Else" is arguably the Kinks' best album ever. The lyrics meld together fabulous stories in a musically varied and enthralling way. As portrait painter and lyricist, songwriter Ray Davies has created a masterpiece. Most of the songs create indelible characters with tangible situations of struggle and anguish. The wit is often playful, yet formidable througout. (Even the opening of the album takes a shot at the Beatles' staginess on 'Revolver' and 'Sgt. Pepper'.) While the music isn't as fast paced as "You Really Got Me," it is all thoroughly substantial.

Surveying the songs, "David Watts" and "Love Me 'Til the Sun Shines" are formidable rockers. The former song is a concise testimony about an underdog growing up. "Two Sisters" and "Funny Face" offer glimmers of hope in the midst of desperation from unforgettable characters. "Situation's Vacant" is a brilliant short story that unfolds manipulation in a playful way. Indeed all of the songs seem to pick up the working class by the bootstraps and give them hope. "Harry Rag" and "Afternoon Tea" work admirably in this vein. One of the most brilliant songs, "Death of a Clown," carries sorrow in a light-hearted elegy without contradicting itself. "Lazy Old Sun" is a skillful personification playfully done. The album is also interspersed with fine, pensive ballads reflecting loss ("No Return" and "End of the Season") without seeming to shift focus. Other memorable characters come into play, including in the playful "Tin Soldier Man," and, again, "Two Sisters," a concise story of sibling rivalry. "Waterloo Sunset," the best song and finale, is a beautifully poetic ballad about a sad loner who must face second-hand consolations to cope with life.

"Something Else" may have been mostly overlooked by the States because of their affinity and references to the British, but the music is entirely engaging and eclectic. The songwriting is what we'd expect from Dylan or the Beatles, except that, being an individual task, it could only have come from the mind of Ray Davies*. The musicianship is terrific on every song. Lyrically, this album may be to Rock what 'Great Expectations' is to literature.

*with a couple songs from brother, Dave.

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Sanctuary blew it - Avoid This CD

Something Else by the Kinks
The Kinks
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Lazy Old Sun [Alternate Stereo Take][#][*]

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Sanctuary blew it - Avoid This CD.......2004-12-21

I purchased this CD thinking it would be the latest and greatest as far as "Something Else..." was concerned. Unfortunately, not only was I disappointed with the mix, (compare "Situation Vacant" to the Japanese Stereo version released several years earlier), but I was also shocked to hear several tracks ending abruptly with crude fade-outs. "Autumn Almanac" sounded far better on the "Kinks Kronikles" set from 1990 - not to mention I got to hear Ray's final "yes" lyrics and Dave's backward guitar lines. Sanctuary blew it!

Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman

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classic embryonic Ornette--leave Walter alone!
Tense debut
A breakthrough disc
This is a severely underrated album
Joyous, early Ornette

Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
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These are tunes that Coleman wrote in his early 20s, that he finally got a chance to record in his late 20s, in 1958. He had, meanwhile, been leading the life of a musical maverick, often-fired by leaders perturbed by his idiosyncratic approach. He was, after all, intent on digging up and replanting jazz. Hearing the startling exuberance in Coleman's compositions, and in his own whinnying playing, one senses that--truly--an annunciation is being made: Here is Something Else. With sublime assurance, Coleman was breaking free from the dictates of chordal playing, in search of increased melodic and harmonic opportunities. Pianist Walter Norris obliges by generally staying out of the way, after session producers put him in it--it is clear that the piano was not the instrument that would assist Coleman's mission. --Peter Monaghan

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classic embryonic Ornette--leave Walter alone!.......2005-12-17

Great tunes that we're all still playing more than 40 years later. This is one of the seminal early albums that spawned some of his later, even more memorable work a few years later: Shape of Jazz to Come, This is Our Music, Change of the Century, etc. The approach to chordless playing isn't as refined as it would become later on, but, it's good to keep in mind that a lot of the tunes Ornette was writing at the time were based on popular tune harmonies like I Got Rhythm and Out of Nowhere. If you ask me, Ornette hadn't fully abandoned traditional harmony at the time of this recording. Hence, Walter Norris' piano playing, while retrospectively incongruous with the kind of chordless playing that has defined most of Ornette's career, fits fine for my ears in the context of this recording. While I don't think he would have sat well with Broken Shadows or Beauty is a Rare Thing, Norris' bop lines sound good here. Check out some of the bop influence in Don Cherry's blowing too!

Tense debut.......2005-09-02

Ornette Coleman generated quite a stir when he appeared on the jazz scene, although listening to his debut record nearly fifty years later, it's actually quite difficult to understand. "Something Else!!!!" actually sounds quite conventional and tame to modern ears, certainly not like the leap forward that his Atlantic debut, "The Shape of Jazz to Come" was.

A lot of this probably has to do with the band-- while Coleman (playing his trademark white plastic alto sax) is accompanied by his then-usual frontline partner Don Cherry on trumpet, his rhythm section-- pianist Walter Norris, bassist Don Payne, and drummer Billy Higgins-- play within conventional constraints. Higgins' place in this is actually quite interesting to hear, given how advanced his drumming would be on that Atlantic debut. As a result of this conventional rhythm section performance, there are implied changes on the pieces. Coleman plays far more conventionally than he usually does, and when he does venture into his style of bending the notes or trying to force the rhythm section to follow him (as on "Jayne"), they don't. Net result-- Coleman introduces tension when playing the way that makes sense to him, and as a leader, he (and to a lesser extent, Cherry) is in total opposition to the rest of the band.

The music itself is decent enough-- most of the pieces are blues forms of some sort or another, somewhat advanced at times, but by and large pretty straightforward, and its pleasant enough, but similar to Cecil Taylor's early records, there's little indication of what advancements he'd make in the very near future. Coleman has indicated in books that the songs on here were written several years beforehand-- if this is the case, it explains their relative unadvanced state. Still, it's a quite listenable record, and it's a decent album, but it's better as a historical document than anything else. Interested parties in Coleman's music are encouraged to check out his work on Atlantic first (in particular "The Shape of Jazz to Come") before coming to look for this album.

A breakthrough disc.......2002-03-19

I had this for years on tape, mislaid it, & now just got the CD. It's automatically a very important album because it's Coleman's first as a leader; but I'd never thought of it as a first-rank Coleman album--of his two Contemporary discs, probably I'd give the 2nd, _Tomorrow Is the Question_, the edge, & unquestionably the Atlantics are the peak of Coleman's early career. However, revisiting the disc I'm reminded of how sheerly enjoyable it is, & I think it deserves the full 5 stars. The "sound" of the disc is a surprisingly effective blend of brisk West-Coast swing & Coleman's already completely wayward, unorthodox sax. Don Cherry plays a normal trumpet (with a pronounced Miles Davis inflection) rather than the oddball "pocket trumpet" that sounds so marvellously alien on the Atlantics--he sounds basically like a confident bopper but already makes a few lateral swerves that suggest his future musical direction.

Reviewers often blame the comparative conservatism of the music here on the presence of Walter Norris, a fine bop pianist but hardly a necessary presence given Coleman's later preference for pianoless ensembles. (Norris is reported in Litweiler's bio of Coleman as having been rather mystified by Coleman & Cherry's frequently ignoring the chord changes they'd decided on for the tunes during their improvisations.) But to criticize Norris is to miss the point: Coleman's music here is much more closely tied to bop orthodoxy than it would be in the following years. Tunes like "Chippie" & "Angel Voice" are straightahead "I Got Rhythm" variants, despite their nicely individual melodies ("Angel Voice" for instance has a calypso tinge to its A section). Even more surprising, "Jayne" turns out to be a variation on "Out of Nowhere", a Parker favourite. This last instance is certainly enough to scotch the idea that Coleman was ignoring standard 32-bar structures or chord changes.

Anyway, why need we judge the music on how "advanced" it is? Sure, Ornette never sounded like this again, but it's still a solid, grooving jazz date. & it's got some of Coleman's greatest tunes on it--"The Blessing", "Invisible", "Chippie", "The Sphynx", "When Will the Blues Leave?"...all classics. The album is mostly uptempo swingers, carried along by Billy Higgins' springy drumming--it's a delight to listen to.

This is a severely underrated album.......2000-10-05

The piano sounds fine! This is rediculous. In fact, you hardly notice it. It's very low in the mix. What a great album! All the tunes are his, the saxaphone playing is excellent (incredibly smooth). The notes Coleman puts together on this album are definitely strange, but the overall effect is not overwhelming cacophony, like found on Free Jazz. In fact, it's an incredibly straight forward album. Coleman was an innovator, but sometimes you just want to relax and take a break from his edgier music, regardless of how innovative it may have been. In summary- the songs are relatively simple, but certainly not boring. The sax playing is EXCELLENT. I like it better than "shape of jazz to come" which, i think, is an overproduced album. What is that crappy treble sound in Atlantic Jazz recordings? Anyway, you won't find it on this album.

Joyous, early Ornette.......2000-08-31

Ornette Coleman's tunes on this early album are bouncy and melodic. The overall mood is up-beat and optimistic. Purists will prefer "The Shape of Jazz to Come" and other recordings by his more austere pianoless quartet recorded a few years later. But for me the piano and bass playing fairly conventional jazz changes behind Ornette and Don Cherry "works"-- even if it really shouldn't. And Billy Higgins' light touch on the drums adds just the right tone: I can picture him smiling as he plays. "The Blessing" has become a jazz standard, and all the quirky melodies stay in your head for a long while. This should be in your Ornette collection, whether it is the first or last recording of his you buy.

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SOMETHING MAGICAL IS "SOMETHING ELSE"!!
Something Else
She's truly Something Else!
great sample of her work

Something Else
Shirley Bassey
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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Reissue of the beloved Welsh diva's 1970 album for the United Artists label. Features the original cover art & all 12 of the cuts that first graced it, plus covers of Ides of March's classic 'Vehicle' & Bobbi Martin's smash 'For The Love Of Him' added as bonus tracks. 14 tracks total, all digitally remastered. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release.

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Remastered Reissue of her 1971 United Artist Label Release. Includes Bonus Tracks 'For the Love of Him'& 'Vehicle !'.

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SOMETHING MAGICAL IS "SOMETHING ELSE"!!.......2004-05-13

By the 1970's Shirley Bassey's voice became truly "Something Else" as it became more full bodied and rangy and also dramatically deepened in tone becomming one of the all time original great voices of the century!!! At the same time Johnny Harris stepped in as producer, arranger and conductor of the landmark 1970 "Something" album which was followed by this 1971 classic which sounds as great today and holds up as a timeless vocal masterpiece!! Opening with an opulant version of "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story", it is clear that Miss Bassey is in superb form in a glorious orchestration that gives this classic a timeless feeling. Stirring rhythm make "'Til Love Touches Your Life" a great ride while "Easy Thing To Do" is soulful and full of pathos. "Until It's Time For You To Go" is a song that has been done to death but this version is beautifully sung with so much feeling that it is fresh and gorgeous with each new listen and a fresh bossa nova approach to "It's Impossible" does the same for this standard. Powerful and dramatically moving make "What's Done Is Done" a stunner as is Michel LeGrand's beautiful "Pieces Of Dreams" which soars to a glorious finale! Sensuous and a naughty Shirley make for fun versions of "Breakfast In Bed" and "I'd Like To Hate Myself In The Morning (And Raise A Little Hell Tonight)". Nobody is quite as stunning as Shirley is on a torchy ballad full of pathos and none is finer that the classic "Excuse Me" where you feel her soul in this passion filled masterpiece. A complete vocal tour de force make "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as great as the original (which is a classic masterpiece!) so that in itself speaks volumes about the wonderous talent of Shirley Bassey!! Classic orchestration meets a classic performance and get ready to use the repeat button over and over on this incredible performance and enjoy!!!! "I'm Not There" is another incredibly moving song that one can get lost in as Shirley is simply magnificant and at her soulful best. Closing out this great collection of timeless performances are two greats recorded at the same time and "For The Love Of Him" and "Vehicle" would make the final cut of this classic set. Bravo Shirley!!!

Something Else.......2001-08-19

Something Else is the perfect title many times over! 1st Shirley's perfect voice always hitting the mark & those glorious high notes. 2nd, her way with the naughty songs: Breakfast in Bed & I'd Like to Hate Myself in Morning. No one comes close to matching Shirley for suggestive but classy material. 3rd, the unkown songs: Escuse Me, Easy Thing to Do, &, to some extent, Pieces of Dreams. These ***** should have been done to death but usually Shirley was the one with the taste to do these gems. In Excuse Me, she cuts to the quick when singing: YOU JUST DON'T CARE NO MORE! Dear God one feels her loss. Best ever about the first moments of discovering love is lost. 4th, Shirl's queenship of covering others' hits is again proven, doing Bridge over Troubled Water much more authoritatively than Art Garfunkel. She provides the strong voice that Artie lacks but is so needed for the song to artistically succeed. Love Story must make Andy Williams quake with envy. 5th, her beauty which is scantly shown to great success on the cover. Only Lena Horne & Linda Ronstadt shared same kind of physical & vocal beauty. 6th, Something Else is a sequel to the Something album. Both are this TRUE DIVA's most successful ventures: artistically & commerically. Please buy it & don't waste your time & money on stuff you won't play after the first time. I loved this for 30 years. May we all live that much longer!

She's truly Something Else!.......2000-07-30

I was so thrilled when I heard that "Something Else" was re-mastered. I bought the record years ago, and it's been my favorite Bassey Album since then. Here, You can feel her Power and emotion. I love " What's Done is Done", "Breakfast in Bed", and her version of "Bridge over Troubled water". The great thing is that 2 Bonus tracks are included on this album (For the Love of Him) & (Vehicle) both are great. She is an exceptional artist and by listening to this, you'll know what I mean!

great sample of her work.......1999-07-26

This album introduced me to Shirley Bassey. When I was about six or seven years old, I remember my father playing this on his then state-of-the-art Fisher stereo system. For years I kept my appreciation for Bassey secret, until she was featured on the "Oh Yeah" album by the band Yello in 1985. "Something Else," which offers rather limited tracks for Bassey, is nonetheless a tight sample of her soulful voice. Aretha Franklin has nothing on her. If you like Bassey, you'll likely appreciate Oleta Adams.

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A Must Have CD
Toe-tapping stuff

Softly Wild and Something Else
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Yemaya

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Johnny Richards was a man of convictions. Hearing the Richards aggregation, one can feel the leader's expansive expressiveness working. His main goal was the creation of interesting, stimulating music, not music of any particular kind. Recorded in Hollywood, August 1956 and New York City 1959. 18 tracks. Fresh Sound. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

A Must Have CD.......2006-07-24

Wow. This CD of 2 albums blows my mind. I should have heard this music years ago. I can't stop listening to it. The musicianship, particularly on Something Else, is insane. The compositions and arrangements range from hot to subtle. Richards can flow a 12-tone intro into a sultry Latin ballad, and integrate the themes throughout. There are crazy swinging fugues punctuated by tympani. Then again, mellow haunting melodies reach out and carry you off to another place. What a fascinating soundscape!

I discovered Kenton albums containing Richards charts back in high school in the '80s, when we played Kenton arrangements in stage band and an arrangement of "La Suerte de los Tontos" in marching band. A few months ago, I started listening to the mellophonium orchestra bonus tracks on Cuban Fire again, wanted more Richards, found Softly Wild and Something Else, and ordered it on a whim. I can't believe I had never listened to Richards' orchestra before. This CD has been a revelation.

This music may not be for everyone, particularly those who at the one extreme don't get large jazz groups, or those at the other who are looking for straight ahead big band. Very little is linier in Richards' sonic world. I've seen Richards compositions described as flamboyant and idiosyncratic but instead find them extraordinarily expressive. And this is not big band; it is truly jazz orchestra. There are so many Latin and classical influences on this music. It is easy to hear the impacts of romantic orchestration techniques and 20th century harmony. If you are looking for a sophisticated example of later large ensemble jazz, this is the stuff.

Toe-tapping stuff.......2006-03-07

Johnny Richards fans can toss their 1956 Bethlehem BCP6011 'Something Else' LP now that Fresh Sounds have wisely re-issued on CD the greatest jazz orchestra record of the fifties. He is mainly known for his arranging work with Stan Kenton but eight albums (all available on CD) were released between 1955 and 1966 under his own name.

Richard's arranging and composing skills really come across in the eight tracks on Something Else plus he got the best names around to play in his orchestra. I can't hear three of these too often, Dimples, Band Aide and Turn Aboot. This last one is so typical of his creative output, the composition is tight and has a little intro before the musicians surge into a swinging beat and frequently the melody is arranged to lead into a solo spot for trumpet, trombone or a sax.

The other ten tracks (six are Richards originals) on this great CD are from the 1959 Coral album 'Walk Softly...Run Wild' but overall I don't think they quite have the drive and energy so evident on Something Else. The recording also, I think, lacks the depth and presence of the Something tracks. Whoever was the engineer on that session in August 1956 really knew his stuff.

For his other six albums look out for the excellent three-CD box set 'Mosaic Select: Johnny Richards'. The material is really wide ranging, from classical sounding pieces, pure jazz orchestral swing and rhythmic interpretations of native dances.

Average customer rating:

Not bad until she starts . . . whatever that is.
I'm a pretty big sugarcoma fan
im in a coma
What a headache ...
Sugarcome: Heavy v.s. Light

Becoming Something Else
Sugarcoma
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000069LCJ
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

Windings
Come Up
Last Orders
Shots
Stitch it up
Just Like You
Because September Ended
Lost Morning
What goes around
Gun
Start of the End
Crazy
Zero Star
Zero Star (Enhanced video)

Customer Reviews:

Not bad until she starts . . . whatever that is........2006-05-06

Screaming? More like being strangled. How could they possibly have played that back and decided it was a good idea? Pity, because otherwise the mixture of good girl vocals and hard chunky guitars, combined with good hooks in the songwriting department is very pleasing to the ears. And then . . . they decide to put a plastic bag over her head and mic her yelling. Bizarre; almost every track starts out compelling and becomes unlistenable to the point of being laughable.

I'm a pretty big sugarcoma fan.......2006-03-15

First of all I have to comment on what someone said about Otep down there, Otep will always kick Sugarcomas ass, in every aspect. Better screams, better lyrics, better music. Actually the screaming here just sounds like she's constipated, but I still love the cd.

im in a coma.......2004-11-24

listening to them is like listening to well i don't know but i really love the band you gotta listen to so must have

What a headache ..........2004-07-29

What's with all the negativity towards this cd? It's mediocre? It needs "balance"? . . . ugh . . .
I'll start this off with what I heard when I played "Becoming Something Else", Sugarcoma might strike one as a band not too dissimilar to Kittie ... and it's almost what killed it for me in fact ... however, the more I gave this cd a chance, the more and more I liked until I grew to love it. Truly Sugarcoma is among my favorites. Who are they? Well ... Wehrmacht, Loudness, Death Angel, Grotus, Sweaty Nipples, Amaran, Testament, Circle of Dust, Tankard, Detente, Znowhite, After Forever, Nuclear Assault, ... and so on and that's enough of that ... the point being that most of the bands I've listed above could be classified in one classic metal genre or another, and the fact that Sugarcoma is among them is rather ... unusual. Here's what did it: Sugarcoma has a particular songwriting formula that incorporates nu-metal (unfortunately ... :| ) with a form of other music that I wouldn't exactly call pop ... but a more super-catchy type listenable rock. How is this a formula someone like I grew to be a fan of? Well, I don't generally have a problem with bands simply because they are in one genre or another, so long as they are able to make something of their own. Check out "Last Orders", it's a sort of ... Jimi Hendrix meets Kittie type sound (!) ... now I just got through saying that sounding like Kittie was a rather awful thing, and indeed for me it is ... but I find it's the only way I can describe this certain song, as it's quite an original, yet listenable tune ... and the more I listen to this cd, the more this band distincts themselves from Kittie for me, to the point where I no longer sound like Kittie to me at all ... to me there is no similarity what so ever ... it's just as close a reference point as I can come to here ... if I have given you the impression that this is a Kittie knock-off, please know that is not true at all. Now moving on ...

Last Orders I gave its own section as it's a rather unique song that doesn't really sound like the rest on the album. As for the rest of this cd, it contains the formula I was describing earlier nu metal with listenable catchy rock. Now you might be picking up a stigma about "nu metal", let me say that this band contains no clicky bass (in fact the bassist is quite good, and excels the rest of the band at being good at what she does except Jessica Mayers, quite a talented frontperson.), no pingy "St. Anger"-ish or "s/t Slipknot" or Korn-ish drum sound, and no annoying guitar erks, bleeps, gizzits, or whatever you want to call the guitar noises that are being incorporated in today's modern "metal" music ... no I use the term nu metal simply because this music contains all the heaviness the metal should have ... it's just not exactly the most complicated of compositions you've ever heard ... while the guitarist is not exactly Yngwie Malmsteen, she performs at an acceptable level ... yet this is not what you should be looking for when you listen to Sugarcoma, you should expect songs you can go off singing later because they are stuck in your head (in a good way) but bear all the impact you desire as a metal fan. No it's not Megadeth or anything, but given a chance it can still be quite enjoyable, as the bassist puts together a rather complicated bassline, Simson (the guitarist) plays precisely in tune with Mayers' singing in a rather unique way, and Mayers' voice delivers with conviction some of the best lyrics I've heard in awhile. Don't let any stigma surrounding this band keep you from checking them out, it's worth it. Check out "Stitch it Up" "Gun" and "Because September Ended", I feel these songs best convey the sound I'm trying to describe.

To the other reviewers ...
The vocal "balance" issue -- Upon hearing "Becoming Something Else" I'd conclude that Mayers is pretty much vocalizing 50-50 in singing AND screaming, I don't know how much more balanced it could get. She does both, and does both enough.

"STOP SCREAMING" -- Screaming is part of what Sugarcoma does ... Jessica Mayers screams just fine, and as for your Otep screamer, she has nothing on this girl ;)

Anyone giving this cd a three star rating or calling it "mediocre" -- the fact is Sugarcoma has come into a sound their own, and while no one said you had to like it, the fact that you don't like it should not justify you trying to sound like you are the only authority on such matters. Sugarcoma's songs are unique, heavy, ... and realistically, the three girls and one guy in this band have quite the knack for writing exceptional songs both lyrically and musically ... at least I found ... I'm not sure what such musical pessimists aren't hearing that I am ... but honestly, don't be discouraged by all the negative reviews seen here.

If you read all of this, I thank you, I apologize for being long-winded, but I found it all rather necessary to say about this cd, as I saw the average-review star duhiki getting lower and lower ... hopefully this will give it the boost it deserves.

Sugarcome: Heavy v.s. Light.......2004-05-03

Their Sound/Their Music-All of the songs would fit into the category of hard rock except for the last one, which is semi hard rock edged with a dark form of pop. Jessica Mayers is very talented in the singing department, where she has a varied range of notes and can sound "sweet" while still pulling off the screaming. FYI: Her screaming voice is completely different from her singing voice. When she sings, she sounds feminine. When she screams, she still has a feminine edge but sounds slightly more "guyish" and takes some getting used to. She's also a good lyricist, at least for the lyrics we can understand. The booklet gives little to no lyrics, and sometimes when Jessica screams, she warbles (Which is not a bad thing exactly, but it would be nice to always understand her message.) The main problem with the CD is that there's rarely a balance even in the same song between heavy music/lyrics and light music/lyrics.

Their Best Songs-
1)"Windings"-"All by myself...Everything we had is gone..." and "Nothing to tell..." leads me to believe that this is an after-the-break-up song. There might not be a lot of emotional pull in this song (like you really don't care about the break up and why it ocurred) but this also isn't one of those "He left me, why? Now I'm gonna cry!" type songs. Jessica sounds way beyond that point. Oh, and there might be some sort of balance in the song, not with instrumentation but with lyrics (her screaming tends to have angrier lyrics than when singing) and can become misleading to the rest of the songs.
5)"Stitch It Up"-This song almost has a "death" feel, as Jessica sings "I'm sick and tired of feeling..." and "I always cross the line/The line is always red/Nothing really matters anymore..." The surprise in this song is that it isn't as depressing as the lyrics make it seem and there's some really nice instrumentation at the beginning. The problem for this song is that Jessica doesn't scream enough and the song becomes more on the boring side.
12)(You Drive Me)Crazy-This is a song Sugarcoma covered from Britney Spears (or however she spells her name; I really don't care)and made some desperately-needed improvements to it. The beginning of the song starts out poppy (yes, Jessica's voice is even suited to "pop" music) but with semi-loud guitars, which instantly hooked me. An extra bonus is that when Jessica is singing in that "sweet" way, you get to hear her accent. The problem is that the chorus is the part Jessica screams and it almost lasts too long.

Final Recommendations-Basically, just listen to samples of the songs before buying the CD. There's just so many good points that can outweigh the bad points and vice versa, so it's really just a personal decision.

Average customer rating:

A bargain collection of showtunes

Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits

Manufacturer: Golden Greats
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005USEJ
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

Ouverture - Orchestra
Something Wonderfull - Dorothy Sarnoff
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman
Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
So in Love - Patricia Morison
You'll Never Walk Alone - Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson
Bill - Carol Bruce
Hello, Young Lovers - Gertrude Lawrence
Bloody Mary - Male Chorus
I Can't Say No - Celeste Holm
This Was a Real Nice Clambake - Jan Clayton,
Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews
Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza,
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan, Todd Duncan
Guys and Dolls - Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver
It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett
Make Believe - Jan Clayton
Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
They Say It's Wonderful - Ethel Merman
When the Children Are Asleep - Jean Darling, Eric Mattson
More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Sr.
Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman

Tracks:

Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
Summertime
Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence

Tracks:

New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
South American Way - Carmen Miranda
September Song - Walter Huston
This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
Night and Day - Fred Astaire
I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
Heatwave - Ethel Waters
Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray

Album Description

Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.

Album Details

3 CD set

Customer Reviews:

A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19

This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.

Average customer rating:

A great great record
Another amazing record!

Why Don't We Talk About Something Else
Outrageous Cherry
Manufacturer: Rainbow Quartz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Outrageous Cherry
Our Love Will Change the World
Out There in the Dark
Book of Spectral

ASIN: B00067HNAC
Release Date: 2004-11-30

Tracks:

Why Don't We Talk About Something Else
My Suspicious Midwest
Don't Worry
Eternity Changed Her Mind
Detroit Blackout

Customer Reviews:

A great great record.......2005-08-28

These guys just get better and better. Put it in your cart NOW!

Another amazing record!.......2004-12-06

Over the last year or so, Outrageous Cherry has become one of my alltime favorite bands. Their perfect mix of 60's Pop/Psychedelia/spacerock/whatever is still going strong here, but the psychedelic aspect is toned down a little. "Why Don't We Talk About Something Else" and "DOn't Worry" are pretty poppy. My two favorite tracks on here, "My Suspicious Midwest" and "Eternity Changed Her Mind" are both slower, but really prettty and addicting. Two of these songs are going to be on their upcoming album, and if this EP is anywhere near as good as the album, we're in for a treat.

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Get Them Both....
In regards to review "why not use stereo?"
mono
Kinks Klassic!!!!
Don't Waste Your Time and Money Tracking This Down...

Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Manufacturer: Msi Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Face to Face
The Village Green Preservation Society
Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
The Kink Kontroversy
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

ASIN: B000007V27
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

David Watts
Death Of A Clown
Two Sisters
No Return
Harry Rag
Tin Soldier Man
Situation Vacant
Love Me Till The Sun Shines
Lazy Old Sun
Afternoon Tea
Funny Face
End Of The Season
Waterloo Sunset
Bonus Track: Act Nice And Gentle
Bonus Track: Autumn Almanac
Bonus Track: Susannah's Still Alive
Bonus Track: Wonderboy
Bonus Track: Polly
Bonus Track: Lincoln County
Bonus Track: There's No Life Without Love
Bonus Track: Lazy Old Sun (Unreleased Alternate Stereo Take)

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Album Description

1998 reissue of this 1967 album by the band, remastered,repackaged with the original artwork, new sleeve notes,lyrics and eight bonus tracks: 'Act Nice And Gentle','Autumn Almanac', 'Susannah's Still Alive', 'Wonderboy','Polly', 'Lincoln County', 'There's

Album Details

Digitally Remastered with Additional Bonus Tracks and the Original Artwork Including New Sleeve Notes and Lyrics. Bonus Tracks Include: 'act Nice and Gentle', 'autumn Almanac', 'susannah's Still Alive', 'wonderboy, 'polly', 'lincoln County', 'there's No Life Without Love' and 'lazy Old Sun' (Unreleased Stereo Take).

Customer Reviews:

Get Them Both...........2005-11-20

The US stereo budget Warner release is nice...but so is this,...there is an added punch in mono...the bonus tracks are great for the completist...listen to them both back to back and you won't be wasting your time...especially for those fine liner notes and photos gracing all these Pye remasters...

In regards to review "why not use stereo?".......2005-07-15

Just read the book from the 33 1/3 series (aside this is a GREAT series... a whole book on one album!) on Village Green Preservation Society, and I found an astounding revelation... Ray Davies PREFERRED mono to stereo!! tis true

so, in a way, using a mono re-master is appropos, though i realize both versions exist

and thanks to all for the "heads up" on the awful remastering, i own the vinyl version and want to pick up the CD, but i'll try another

mono.......2004-12-06

This truly is an incredible album that rivals Village Green and Face To Face in my opinion. I believe what others think to be a mastering problem with this reissue, is actually the fact that the tracks are in mono. There is no spaciousness to the music as a result of this. To prove my point, the remastering of the first disc is the same on the new deluxe edition of VGPS, but is in stereo, and sounds incredible. Why this album is not presented in stereo is beyond me. But fortunately I have a mono movie surround mode on my receiver that can help to overcome this dilemma until they do.

Kinks Klassic!!!!.......2004-03-05

Kinks 1967 Classic. Filled with great songs, Ray Davies' songwriting in top.

Great bonus tracks; mostly singles tracks from 1967.

"David Watts", "Death of a Clown" and "Waterloo Sunset" are well-knowns classics that were included on the original 1967 PYE album. But there's much more here; the moving "Two Sisters" has always been a favourite of mine.

Dave Davies contributes 5 songs to this album-reissue ( including 3 among the bonus tracks ) , and they're all very strong. He was planning to do a solo album around this time which unfortunately never came to be. Some songs were released as singles such as "Lincoln County" and "There's No Life Without Love".

3 more single hits, "Autumn Almanac", "Wonderboy" and "Susannah's Still Alive", are included as bonus-tracks, as well as the terrific B-side "Polly"

Don't Waste Your Time and Money Tracking This Down..........2003-02-16

Instead just go for the standard Warner Brothers version (which warrants FIVE stars). The reason I say this is because the comments others have made about the terrible remastering job on this album are all correct. I had downloaded MP3s of almost the entire album before I purchased it, and I own the Kink Kronikles, which contains eight of the songs on this disc if you include the extra tracks. In all cases, with the possible exception of "David Watts," the songs on this CD sounded inferior to the other versions I had. Somehow, this version sounds dull and sterile compared with other the old Warner Brothers CD, with particular sabatage done to "Lazy Old Sun," "Waterloo Sunset" and "Love Me Till the Sun Shines." Furthermore, on top of the other negative developments just listed, this CD contains all mono tracks! There's a stereo version out there -- why not use it?

And don't let the bonus tracks trick you into buying this version, either. To be sure, there are some great songs added to the end of this album, but the best of them are on the Kink Kronikles, which you probably own already if you're looking at this review (if not you ought to buy it). As far as the others, "Lincoln County," "Act Nice and Gentle" and "There's No Life Without Love" are all OK, but none is outstanding enough to warrant the purchase of this CD. And the stereo take of "Lazy Old Sun" sounds basically the same as the regular version, there's just an extra vocal track.

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Something Else!:The Music of Ornette Coleman

Manufacturer: Contemporary/OJC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002516Q0
Release Date: 1992-07-13

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