Euphoria

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Euphoria make slide-groove "guitronica," blending spacey beats with looping spoken word, breathy vocals, multilayered guitar wash, and intense yet playful drum and keyboard programming. Featuring more fingerpicking and strummy noodling than their electronically centered genre sisters, Euphoria are a stylistic hybrid that works due to their low-key yet pointed adherence to aesthetics. The brief "Notting Hill Gate," for example, opens with deliciously blues-inflected fractured slide à la John Fahey and adds Dobro, ney, and swell cymbal to make something both exotic and altogether familiar. "Lost on a River" places Maddie Willis's multitracked soulful vocals at center, gorgeously complementing the unusual "orchestra" of funk guitars, Hammond B3, and acoustic bass. Elsewhere, Euphoria go all oozy with melting ambient drips of sound or forge new means of rhythmic travel (think Pell Mell) as on the beautifully orchestrated closer "The Road," featuring reverberating and chiming guitar work, harmonica, shattered key and drum accents, and brilliantly utilized bagpipes. --Paige La Grone

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Average customer rating: Vocal talent soars Absolute vocal perfection. Flawless Effort Both Vocally And Musically! Mellower Chris 3 goodies

Euphoria Morning Chris Cornell Manufacturer: Fontana a&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Grunge | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Temple of the Dog Carry On Revelations You Know My Name Down on the Upside ASIN: B00001QGL2 Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

1. Can't Change Me
2. Flutter Girl
3. Preaching The End Of The World
4. Follow My Way
5. When I'm Down
6. Mission
7. Wave Goodbye
8. Moonchild
9. Sweet Euphoria
10. Disappearing One
11. Pillow Of Your Bones
12. Steel Rain

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Since Soundgarden's lamented breakup in 1997, grunge stud Chris Cornell has been working with his longtime friends and musical peers in the band Eleven--keyboardist Natasha Shneider and guitarist Alain Johannes. These stellar musicians make Cornell's latest album crisper, more musical, and less rocky than what one came to expect from Soundgarden. The soaring "Follow My Way" is epic in scope, and, in fact, Euphoria Morning is aptly titled; the album is a cohesive mood-invoking musical meditation, especially tracks such as "When I'm Down," which has a near-gospel feel thanks to backing vocals and a spare, uplifting vibe. Fans of Cornell's mellower work with the supergroup Temple of the Dog will enjoy this ardent and mellifluous 12-song collection from one of rock's most recognizable voices. --Katherine Turman

Album Description

UK pressing of the 1999 debut solo album from Soundgarden/Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell features one bonus track. 'Can't Change Me' (French Version). Polydor.

Customer Reviews:

Vocal talent soars.......2007-07-11

I'll admit at the outset, I'm 53 and had not listened much, if any, to Soundgarden. As a matter of fact, I didn't realize who Chris Cornell was, or is. And when I saw this in a used cd store, I gave it a spin on their player, and I was just blown away by Chris's vocal power, passion, and range. He really struck a chord in me, that I bought this and have not been sorry. I find it really enjoyable while on the cardio machines with the headphones on, making it easier to get through my 50 min. of aerobic torture.
Chris has the vocal clout to just grab your attention from the first song, and carry you on his throat to the very last song played. Oh, and he has a great band that plays lights out!!
I would recommend you buy this....NOW!

JLMankin










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Absolute vocal perfection........2007-07-02

If my preteen and early teenage years had had a soundtrack, it would, in the main, have comprised the work of Seattle bands. Even before hearing Soundgarden live for the first time (at Lollapalooza '92) I was already firmly convinced of Chris Cornell's status as the world's greatest vocalist. His voice carried the full force of every emotion I'd ever felt but had never been able to express; hours on end of Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog tracks were the only thing that made many of the worst days bearable.

And yet Cornell's performance on this album blows all his other work away.

If such a thing as perfect vocal performance exists, this is it. Cornell's voice carries, and evokes in the listener, a torrent of conflicting emotions in every song, and flows from the low to the high register and from a whisper to an explosion with unmatched fluency and virtuosity.

After listening to this album hundreds, if not thousands, of times, I haven't yet tired of a single track.

Flawless Effort Both Vocally And Musically!.......2007-06-20

After the breakup of Soundgarden in 1997, working alongside his longtime friends in the band called Eleven, Chris Cornell released his solo effort entitled "Euphoria Morning" in September of 1999. "Euphoria Morning," clearly a softer and more melodic album compared to his earlier work with Soundgarden, allows for Chris's voice to reach the pinnacle of his vocal potential. All 12 tracks exude flawlessness both vocally and musically. The only negative is that his superior solo effort, "Sunshower," does not appear on the album. Nevertheless, this album is a "must have" for any rock collection. Below, please find the rating for each song individually:

Can't Change Me - 9/10

Flutter Girl - 8/10

Preaching The End Of The World - 10/10

Follow My Way - 10/10

When I'm Down - 10/10

Mission - 7/10

Wave Goodbye - 8/10

Moonchild - 10/10

Sweet Euphoria - 10/10

Disappearing One - 8/10

Pillow Of Your Bones - 10/10

Steel Rain - 10/10

Mellower Chris.......2007-06-12

This CD is a mellower version of Chris Cornell's previous CD releases. Nothing wrong with that, since this CD is described just as such in the jacket.

I have always loved Chris's voice. He can hit a higher octave like no other!

If you are also a Chris Cornell fan , as I am, then this CD is a must in your CD library. It will round-out your collection of Chris' evolution as a singer.

But if you are looking for a heavier metal Cornell sound, then plz note that this CD is much mellower than Chris' other CDs.

I rate this CD a FIVE-STAR becuase it shows Chris' ability ( & flexibility)as a singer, as compared do his other Cds.

3 goodies.......2007-06-09

love his voice...3 great songs - especially "pillow of your bones"...maybe the rest of the cd will grow on me?

Average customer rating: PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW IF A LEPPARD FAN Love it! Def Leppard is the rockinest band..... Would have been huge in the 80's!! Slowed down, but still an excellent album.

Euphoria Def Leppard Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Slang X Retro Active Adrenalize On Through the Night ASIN: B00000J7Q8 Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. Demolition Man
2. Promises
3. Back In Your Face
4. Goodbye
5. All Night
6. Paper Sun
7. It's Only Love
8. 21st Century Sh La La La Girl
9. To Be Alive
10. Disintegrate
11. Guilty
12. Day After Day
13. Kings Of Oblivion

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Tongue firmly in cheek, Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott once referred to his band's wildly successful anthemic hard rock as "deep and meaningless." Indeed, while peers of the Sheffield punters were scrambling to embrace successive waves of punk, new wave, alternative, and post-whatever, the Leps stayed true to their arena-rock roots and became one of the most successful, if least hyped, bands of the 1980s and early '90s. Only their 1996 album Slang bowed to market trends; its disappointing showing only spurred a return to familiar form on Euphoria. The band also brought producer and de facto sixth band member Robert "Mutt" Lange back into the fold for a trio of tracks, including "Promises," a seamless wall of hooks that outshines even the band's Pyromania and Hysteria prime. And if the Lep-Lange lineup bats only .333 (faltering on the goofy, Prince-ly funk of "All Night" and the bubble-gum pop of "It's Only Love") this inning, they redeem themselves with balladry that beats post-Diane Warren Aerosmith at their own game ("Goodbye") and enough glossy energy ("Demolition Man," "Back in Your Face," "Day After Day," "King of Oblivion") to reclaim their strange niche on the pop plateau midway between AC/DC and Abba. Though they've largely been left out of the critical debate, Def Leppard long ago established their credentials as power-pop monsters with the public. All that's left for the pundits to decide is: Def Leppard--band out of time or band for the ages? --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW IF A LEPPARD FAN.......2007-07-16

Pyromania and Hysteria were masterpieces mainly because song quality and timing. Everything worked, and it all sounded great. Fast forward to 1999, a cool dozen years after the release of Hysteria. Let me just say that I agree to a point with those who say that something happened to Def Leppard after Hysteria and they are not the same. Yeah, Steve Clark died. They are a different band now. And with Euphoria, they have found their niche once again, unfortunately the timing was not right and the record company failed to promote this as it should have been, a shame since it is a minor masterpiece by melodic hard rock standards. The sappy tunes "Goodbye" and "All Night" are not what I am referring to. What I am talking about are two songs in particular: "Kings of Oblivion" and "21st Century Shalala Girl." These songs are two gems, two of the best in the entire DL catalog. Moreover, two non-album tracks, "Worlds Collide" and "Burnout" harken back to the days of Pyromania more than Hysteria, why they were left off the album, who knows. All I know is that this album is only a small notch below their big two, and it is a bit better than "Adrenalize." Sadly, Def Leppard zig-zags with experiments like "Slang" and "X" rather than pushing the envelope further. Only the energy is missing, the songs are just as good. If they take the energy from "YEAH!" and apply it to their forthcoming 2008 album "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge," they might just up the ante another notch. This band has another big hit inside them somewhere. And with the strong showing of "YEAH!" the timing is right once again.

Love it!.......2006-11-04

Euphoria rocks! Promises is the best song on this CD as is Back In Your Face, oh... every song is great! Highly recommended!

Def Leppard is the rockinest band............2006-09-13

Def Leppard just can't go wrong.....I am a fan, is a fan, will always be a fan. Some albums I like better than others, but I like them all.

Would have been huge in the 80's!!.......2006-08-16

Boy I miss the 80's. This CD I felt was great. Promises, Guilty, To Be Alive and Paper Sun would all have been Top 40 hits in the 80's. Wish music could have just stayed 80's style....much better than that hip-hop junk we get force-fed with today.

Slowed down, but still an excellent album........2006-03-30

Euphoria surprised me. When I first heard that Def Leppard had made an album in '99, I was doubtful that it would be good. I think that despite the fact that they have changed with the times, this is an excellent album.

Demolition Man: A great song that is very catchy and starts off
the album well.
Promises: A classic, and a very good intro, chorus, and solo.
Back In Your Face: A overall good song that has a catchy chorus.
Goodbye: An ok song, but it's too sappy and slow.
All Night: What happened? It's so odd, you just gotta love it.
Paper Sun: By far the best on the CD. An excellent hit song and
just one of their best.
It's Only Love: Slow, but still pretty good.
21st Century Girl: Strange, but still ok.
To Be Alive: Another slow song, and it still is good.
Disintegrate: No singing, just pure instruments. Nice.
Guilty: Definetly not best, but it's still ok.
Day After Day: Yet another slow song, but very good.
Kings of Oblivion: Good tune, weird verses.

After reviewing all the songs, I gave this album 4 stars because it is a good CD but not very great.

Average customer rating: Best Anthrax Release, Don't Listen to the Haters Not bad at all I Love Anthrax The Best of Anthrax!!! a dip in form...

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Tracks:

1. Be All, End All
2. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
3. Make Me Laugh
4. Antisocial
5. Who Cares Wins
6. Now It's Dark
7. Schism
8. Misery Loves Company
9. 13
10. Finale

Customer Reviews:

Best Anthrax Release, Don't Listen to the Haters.......2007-05-14

I own all the Belladonna years material (don't bother with the John Bush stuff). I really don't understand why the fans dog this album. This album showed their serious side, but also retained their goofiness. Perfect balance. It boggles my mind that everyone is trashing the song '13'. It's a quick little fun instrumental ditty, but people treat it like Anthrax was going for something big with it. If you're new to Anthrax I'd say pick up this one and Spreading the Disease first. Disease has bad production, though, so I'd say get this one first. Among the Living is far overrated.

Not bad at all.......2006-05-09

Many grief that this is Anthrax's worst album. For the record, I agree but its not so bad that its stands out being total [...]. While most of the songs are average at best, Finale and Be All, End All are very enjoyable. Music of complexity and I like that.

I Love Anthrax.......2006-02-27

I bought State Of Euphoria the night of FuMaR's inevitable last show. When I popped that sucker in, I was instantly hooked by that awesome cello intro on Be All, End All. That celloist, without a doubt, must be on the top 10 list or something, it is that good. Anyway, Anthrax's SOE is my favorite album by them or anybody, and it will remain so for years to come. I will give you a rundown of all 10 amazing tracks right now.

Be All, End All - A catchy tune that will leave you begging for more cello.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind - This song proves that Scott Ian is metals worst, and yet best, rythm guitarist out there.

Make me Laugh - my second least favorite track on SOE

Antisocial - my least favorite track on SOE

Who Cares Wins - this song contains Dan Spitz's best solo in his entire career, I am listening to it right now and it is good.

Now It's Dark - Incredible. This song has an outright addictive shout-a-long chorus and a sort of off tempo verse.

Schism - my favorite song on this Cd and by Anthrax in general. Spitz's breaks out the arsenal on this one.

Misery Loves Company - This song showcases Charlie Benante's best drumming performance in Anthrax. He really knows how to use a china.

13 - A funny little break from the madness until...

Finale - Anthrax's best closer to date. Scott Ian craps it up with the best rythm in the land. Guitar virtuoso Spitz's whips up some big cheese. Charlie pounds his bass drum of doom. Frank Bello thumps his bottom of steel. Joe Belladonna tears his vocal chords of chasmatic chaos. I love Anthrax.

In short - This is Anthrax's BEST album. If anyone wants to talk about how bad it is compared to Among The Living, I dare you to listen to this album twice for everytime you listen to ATL. This is Dan Spitz's and Charlie Benante's best musicianship ever and I love it. Over, finished, gone, done, out.

The JMAN

The Best of Anthrax!!!.......2005-11-08

This is my favorite Anthrax album, EVER!! The song writing is catchy, with great inner-song changeups and progressions! I am baffled by the negative reviews of this album. I will never forget buying this tape on a choir trip in 6th grade (1988) and listening to it with my walkman on the buss. I bought it because I liked the album cover (lol) and had heard from older friends that Anthrax was heavy, thrash metal style (I was like 10 or 11 years old). The experience changed my life! I remember riding through the Tennessee mountains listening to State of Euphoria, absolutely mesmerized. Get it!!!

a dip in form..........2005-06-04

Hmmm what can I say about STATE OF EUPHORIA? That it is an awesome metal album for starters. It is the only dip in Anthrax's Belladonna career. 1987's AMONG THE LIVING was incredible, and it's last song 'Imitation Of Life', was the final great cry from one of metals greatest vocalists, Joey Belladonna. This album sees none of his amazing high pitched screams, and in fact vocally is a muted affair. Production is also a bit shabby, as is the song writing. But, if you took this album on its own and didnt hear other Anthrax, its still great metal. Highlighs are....

1. BE ALL, END ALL - Great opener, with a violin beginning which becomes a crunching riff. Great chorus too. Its only let down is it's production? WHY IS IT SO SHABBY!?

2.OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND - Another great song, but below par from previous albums. What many bands forget is how important the second track is, and again the sound and feel let another great song down.

4.ANTI-SOCIAL - Written by Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrains' old band TRUST, this is a great song with a more punchy sound than all the other tracks. The obvious radio choice, and the only hit single off the album, this is a clear standout and an Anthrax anthem.

10.FINALE - Lame previous track '13' builds into this great track, which again could have done with some more punchy production. Great chorus, and what could have been a great closer.

13 sucks, but the rest of the album rules. Its not as bad as it is percieved to be, but yes a great let-down from Among The Living and Spreading The Disease.

Average customer rating: My car's unofficial soundtrack Simply Beautiful My Child Sweet, sweet music Take a listen Music From CSI: Crime Scene

Beautiful My Child Euphoria Manufacturer: Six Degrees ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Six Degrees Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Euphoria Precious Time Dreamwalker Nuages du Monde The Garden ASIN: B00005ARFL Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

1. Sweet Rain
2. Little Gem
3. In The Pink
4. Runaway Monday
5. Beautiful My Child
6. Desert Drive
7. By The Sea
8. Cactus
9. Devil May Care
10. Outside
11. 1001 Dreams
12. Silky Delta

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Electronic music has always been most interesting when DJs and artists get adventurous, wrapping their particular obsessions around those familiar fat beats. In recent memory, it has been done well (see Everything But the Girl's Temperamental) and badly (U2's Pop misstep) but Toronto guitarist Ken Ramm has done a more than decent job of it with Euphoria, melding his space-rock guitar riffs with the loose structures, atmospherics, and danceability of techno (some have called this style "guitronica," as if we need yet more sub-genre definitions in dance music), Ramm's songs still stay songs, even while floating out on the wandering edge of trance and trip-hop. His decidedly acoustic touch sets off the contrasts inherent in this kind of mind-meld and makes little instrumental whispers like "Desert Drive" more interesting on the 10th listen than the first. There's an almost rootsy hue to songs like "Cactus," as Ramm's slide guitar ambles through the melody like a tumbleweed. Vocal enhancements from gospel singer Maddie Willis (who also made contributions to the band's self-titled debut record) and Gayle Day's R&B-laced pipes light up other songs like "By the Sea" with welcome doses of soul. Finally, Garry Hughes' production sheen dresses it all up in silky smooth electronics and lazy, shoegazing textures. The whole package manages to be experimental and instantly appealing all at once. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Euphoria are pioneers of the unique sound dubbed 'guitronica.' Euphoria's new album Beautiful My Child, features the group's signature combination of acoustic slide guitar and propulsive beats. Their latest single, "Sweet Rain," builds upon their success at radio (and the impressive retail response generated by "Delirium," last year's breakout instrumental from Euphoria), with sustained airplay in Denver, Boulder, San Francisco, Seattle and Minnesota yielding strong sales in those markets.

Euphoria comprises Toronto-based composer/instrumentalist Ken Ramm, as produced by Garry Hughes (producer of Vitamin C, who's also worked with Art Of Noise, Garbage, and Sly & Robbie); the group's profile was recently enhanced by the use of their music in the Infiniti SUV ad campaign.

Customer Reviews:

My car's unofficial soundtrack.......2006-09-23

A night drive in the BMW with this cranked up and my riders say it's like being in a European movie. A fine and recommended experience.

Simply Beautiful My Child.......2004-09-15

Every time I play this CD I hear something new and exciting. The depth and breath of creativity displayed is simply amazing. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill chill or lounge CD.

Sweet, sweet music.......2002-08-04

Everytime I have seen "Beautiful My Child" on record shelves, I have been awfully curious according to the description on the album. "Guitaronica"? Eh, the label is awfully silly to call this lovely collection of trip hop, ambient, world music with acoustic guitar thrown in for good measure. Label or no label, the music I heard was music to my ears. I found songs like "Sweet Rain" and "1001 Dreams" soothing to listen to. The entire mood of this album is very gentle and relaxing. Most of the songs are instrumentals but there are a couple of tracks on the album with vocals. I did find the album albeit too short but otherwise the album is flawless.

Take a listen.......2002-02-16

This is a great Cd. Check out the standouts, "Sweet Rain," "Desert Drive" and "Devil May Care." Beautiful Atmospheric sounds.

Music From CSI: Crime Scene.......2002-01-06

I bought this album after hearing the second song,"Little Gem", on the hit CBS show CSI:Crime Scene. This is one of those bands that you hear all over the place(tv,films etc.)as their music seems to fit many moods. My favourite songs are the hypnotic "Desert Drive","1001 Dreams" and the Bert Jansch-Pentangle influenced "Devil May Care". Euphoria adds a very original approach,the slide guitar and beats, to a genre that needs a breath of fresh air.

Average customer rating: Synths and Blues guitar actually sound pretty good together. Amazing Breadth, Style and Substance One hell of an ecclectic mix caught my ear Conjures Texas of fantasy

Precious Time Euphoria Manufacturer: Zoe Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Euphoria Beautiful My Child The Garden All the Roadrunning Nuages du Monde ASIN: B000ERU8CY Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Back Against the Wall
2. Blue
3. Cowboys
4. Saints and Sinners
5. The Glendale Train
6. Fire in the Hole
7. Precious Time
8. The Getaway
9. Anyone Can Lose
10. Forever Dust
11. Kolkata
12. Vapor

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Fans of Euphoria's earlier semi-chilled CDs of ambient Americana might be taken aback by the nasty blues snarl of "Back Against the Wall," the opening track of this third Euphoria CD. Sounding like the J. Geils Band circa 1975, guitarist Ken Ramm unleashes a backsliding electric blues scrawl over a crushing four-on-the-floor groove and doesn't let up until Howard Levy drops in with some gut-bucket harmonica. Since their semi-hit "Delirium" on the first CD, Euphoria has traded on an organic brand of electronica, picking up on Moby's rustic roots sampling ethos. But instead of samples, Euphoria boasted the real guitar playing of Ramm. On Precious Time, he dials up some changes, with Steve Sidelynk (Madonna, Massive Attack) mixing live drums with the programmed rhythms for an even more organic sound. In addition, vocalists top out several tunes. Tina Dico, who has sung with Zero 7, adds a sophisticated yearning cadence to the song called "Blue," and her "Sinners and Saints" is a strong bid for a pop single. Tracy Bonham brings her soulful voice to the mournful, yet still propulsive, title track. But most of Precious Time is instrumental, with "Cowboys" and "The Getaway" returning to the more countrified electronica of earlier CDs. Euphoria is still an exploration in sound, even at their most pop. Ramm mixes fingerstyle guitar with Indian tabla drums and vocal percussion on the aforementioned "Blue," and goes purely acoustic on the solo 12-string-guitar idyll, "The Glendale Train." "Vapor," an impressionistic 10-minute excursion composed with Brian Eno's Oblique Strategy cards, is an odd closer for an album that otherwise relentlessly lives up to the Euphoria name and promise. --John Diliberto

Album Description

The music Euphoria makes is truly unique: lush, sweeping soundscapes which blend acoustic and slide guitars with modern electronica and trip-hop to create a sound that has been dubbed "guitronica." Euphoria's music has struck a chord with listeners over their first two albums, earning radio chart success and garnering placements in TV commercials for Nissan, Lee Jeans, and Apple (iPod), films such as "Vanilla Sky" and "Hidalgo" and television shows such as "CSI," "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Roswell." The third Euphoria album is the strongest yet, filled with an energized blend of slide guitar and psychedelia as well as stunning vocal tracks featuring Tina Dico (Zero 7) and Tracy Bonham. With this release Euphoria is poised to become a household name among guitar aficionados and electronic music lovers alike.

Customer Reviews:

Synths and Blues guitar actually sound pretty good together........2006-11-14

The fundamental song-type from which the album is built is a 3-5 minute instrumental, featuring gritty slide guitar reinforced by heavily-produced drums and a strong synthesized bass line. "Cowboys" is my favorite of these. While this is a really cool sound, one song at a time is enough. It seems that producer Ken Ramm knows this, since two of this type are never placed consecutively on the album.

Among the more varied fare are "The Glendale Train," an acoustic guitar solo, and "The Getaway," which is reminiscent of Massive Attack. "Blue" and "Saints and Sinners," featuring guest-vocalist Tina Dico, and "Anyone Can Lose," featuring guest-vocalist Tracy Bonham, would be at home on Balligomingo's Beneath the Surface or Conjure One's Extraordinary Ways with their electronic foundation and supporting guitars. The title track, "Precious Time" (another Tracy Bonham contribution), would unfortunately fit more comfortably among the song's of Delerium's Poem. The final song, "Vapor", is a long (over ten minutes) atmospheric experiment that reminds me of the Donnie Darko soundtrack, with a synthesizer drone and what I'm guessing is a guitar track played back in reverse. Apparently, "Vapor" is the result of an Brian Eno-style Oblique Strategy session (look that up if you don't know what it means - its an interesting concept).

Amazing Breadth, Style and Substance .......2006-10-29

I bought this CD after hearing "Back Against the Wall" on KCRW a few months ago--the nasty guitar riffs set to electronic beats intrigued me. But over time, what has emerged from many listens--and what still stands out for me--is my impression of how rich this record actually is--contributions from Tracy Thorne ("Anyone Can Lose") to Tina Dico (the amazing "Blue"), tracks that traverse very different worlds, the record is quite an amazing blend of style, guitar, and moods--it has very easily made it into my 'Top Five' of 2006, a feat considering how much music passes through my ears annually. It's also a fabulous listen with the top down. Highly recommended!

One hell of an ecclectic mix.......2006-09-06

For starters let's just say this. My musical tastes go all over the spectrum. I purchased this CD along with a King Crimson disc from 1982 and once upon a time I wrote jazz and blues reviews for a small, local paper.
So what got me onto Euphoria? I haven't really been listening to the radio for several years now. Just too much junk out there that gets too much airplay. "Bovine bands" I call them. They're good because everyone else says they are. Just like TV - most people really can't think for themselves.
So I'm actually LISTENING to the radio a few weeks ago and hear Back Against the Wall on WXRT out of Chicago. The "bluesy" feel of the song grabs my attention so I get home and check out the samples on Amazon. Wow! 30 second samples and they all sound good! Reckon I gotta get it so I do.
A wonderful CD! Can't say what category you'd put this band into and that's half the beauty. Shades of blues, jazz, country, new age and more.
I'm not big on vocals but Tina Dico and Tracy Bonham lend themselves to the music superbly!
I can't honesly say that I could listen to all of their CDs in a row from what I've heard as it does start to mesh together but the music is VERY refreshing. It IS an excellent change of pace and I hope this band does well without going "commercial". In other words don't go "bovine". This world needs a lot more original bands and there are so few out there.
Close your minds to the "popular" stuff and listen to artists. Who cares what everyone else thinks? After all, if I jumped off a cliff with a "hit" CD in hand would you do the same?
Open your mind to real music. Buy this CD.

caught my ear.......2006-07-06

nice intro of instrumental sound, blended with the vocals, but wishing for more variety. still a nice listening for wishing to just be laid back and relaxing for the afternoon.

Conjures Texas of fantasy.......2006-05-25

Having grown up in Texas, I have a static image of this state, one shaped by its cities and suburbs which are much like the cities and suburbs you find anywhere but with more barbeque restaurants and Tejano music. Living now outside of Texas, I am also familiar with the Texas of popular imagination, filled with cowboys, Cadillacs, and people like President Bush (for better or worse).

Popping this CD into the player conjures up an image of Texas entirely different from the other two. And in particular, I'm referring to the tracks featuring slide guitar prominently: #1, 3, 5, 6, and 10. I've never been on Highway 90 which goes through West Texas about 50 miles north of the border with Mexico, but I imagine these tracks might make a perfect travelling companion for a drive out there at sunset. You can almost smell the dust being kicked up.

Personally I find the other tracks to be more standard-fare, but at least they're done with high production values. On another CD they might be perfect, but following the aforementioned tracks, they rift the mood, like someone pulled the curtain back on my drive out in West Texas.

Overall, good stuff. If you like this CD, you might also want to check out CDs from the group Lanterna, such as the CD Sands.

Average customer rating:

Euphoria: Return to Ibiza Various Artists Manufacturer: Euphoria UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Clubber's Guide Summer 2007 Housexy: Summer in the City Ministry of Sound: Funky House Sessions 2007 Clubber's Guide Ibiza '07 Euphoria: Classic Euphoria Level 2 ASIN: B000QCQCKE Release Date: 2007-06-04

Tracks:

1. You Got the Love [New Voyager Radio Mix] - Candi Station,
2. Hallelujah [Perfecto Mix] - Happy Mondays
3. Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley
4. Passion
5. Another Chance
6. Starlight - The Supermen Lovers
7. Help Me Make It - Huff & Puff
8. Get Get Down
9. Where Love Lives (Come on In) [Perfecto Dub] - Alison Limerick
10. Higher State of Consciousness [Dex & Jonesey's Higher Stated Mix]
11. Fly Life - Basement Jaxx
12. Missing [Todd Terry Club Remix] - Everything But the Girl
13. Spin Spin Sugar [Armands Dark Garage Mix] - Sneaker Pimps
14. Lizard [Claxixx Mix] - Mauro Picotto
15. Keep Warm - Jinny
16. I Luv U Baby [Dancing Divaz Club Mix (1995)]
17. Sing It Back [Boris Musical Mix] - Moloko

Tracks:

1. Hold That Sucker Down
2. Don't You Want Me [Pants & Corset Mix]
3. Everday - Agnelli & Nelson
4. Into the Dawn [James Holden Remix] - Accadia
5. Magic Carpet Ride
6. Castles in the Sky [Whippenberg Club Mix] - Ian Van Dahl
7. From Russia with Love [Solar Stone Mix] - DSP
8. Born Slippy
9. Happiness Happening - Lost Witness
10. What Ya Got 4 Me [Original 12" Vocal]
11. Wizards of the Sonic [Matt Darey Remix] - WestBam
12. Open Your Mind 007
13. Now Is the Time - Mike Koglin, Darren Tate
14. Space Cowboy [David Morales Mix] - Jamiroquai
15. For What You Dream Of [Full On Renaissance Mix]
16. Enjoy the Gravy [James Zabiela's Totally Turntabled Mix] - Mike Koglin,
17. Pacific 202 - 808 State

Tracks:

1. Odyssey to Anyoona - Jam & Spoon
2. Voie le Soleil [1996 Wow Club Mix] - Subliminal Cuts
3. Feeling It Two [Lisa Marie Vocal Experience Mix] - The 3 Jays
4. Want Love [Tribal Mix] - Hysteric Ego
5. Shine [Full Vocal Mix] - The Space Brothers
6. Love Stimulation [Love Mix]
7. Invisible
8. Innocente (Falling in Love) [Mr Sam's the Space Between Us Remix] - Delerium
9. Gamemaster [Michael Woods Remix]
10. Seven Days and One Week [Club Mix] - Bbe
11. Opera Song (Brave New World) - Jurgen Vries
12. Silence [Airscape Mix] - Delerium, Sarah McLachlan
13. Bang [Original Full Vocal Version] - Rhythm Bangers
14. Flesh [Tilt's Going Home Dub] - Jan Johnston
15. Precious Heart [Riva Mix] - INXS, , Tall Paul
16. Discover
17. Right in the Night [Full Length Mix] - Jam & Spoon, Plavka

Album Description

2007 triple disc set from the Euphoria label celebrating the summer 2007 return to Ibiza, the Balearic Island that is famous for it's raves and parties. This trio of discs contains 51 tracks that will get any party started. Includes cuts from Happy Mondays, Bob Marley & Funkstar De Luxe, Roger Sanchez, Sneaker Pimps, Moloko, Everything But The Girl, Jamiroquai, Sasha, 808 State, Jam & Spoon and many others. Euphoria.

Album Details

The "Euphoria" Brand Presents the Tracks that have Defined the Hottest Dancefloors in Ibiza for Over a Decade. All Classic Ibiza, all with that Special Euphoria Flavour, a Nod to Trance and a Massive Dose of the Mixes that Actually Counted and a Meticulously Expert Blend of Tracks that Deliver the Raw Emotion of Peak Time Multi-dimensional Moments. Featuring the Talents of Roger Sanchez, Candi Staton, Underworld, Altern 8, Happy Mondays, Bbe, Underworld, Delerium, Basement Jaxx, Subliminal Cuts and Many More, this is a House Tinted Window on an Amazing Place and Time...collecting Only the Finest Ibiza Morsels Into an Explosive Un-missable Package. In a Return to Technical Form, Euphoria Once Again Welcomes the Inspirational Engineering, Production and Mixing Skills of Jay Burnett, Sole Producer for Trance Legend Paul Van Dyk, Whose Dazzling Mixing Ability Trails a Thread of Musical Magic from Track Through Track, Making for a Truly Emotive Journey Through the Annals.

Average customer rating: Love at first riff don't be a chump, just buy it Beyond amazing. To listen to this album is to reach euphoria brilliant Very Challenging--near death-like in its intensity

A Glorious Lethal Euphoria The Mermen Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Guitar | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Krill Slippin' Food for Other Fish Live at the Haunted House War of The Surf Guitars The Aqua Velvets ASIN: B000002JVF Release Date: 1995-09-05

Tracks:

1. Pulpin' Line
2. With No Definite Future And No Pupose Other Than..
3. The Drowning Man Knows His God
4. Scalp Salad
5. Obsession For Men
6. Blue Xoam
7. Under The Kou Tree
8. Lizards
9. Quo Me Cunque Rapit Tempestas, Deforor Hopes
10. Drub
11. The Interactable Boy
12. Between I And Thou
13. And The Flowers They'll Bloom
14. Brahms 3rd Movement 3rd Symphony

Amazon.com

"The Drowning Man Knows His God" is a song title that immediately lets you in on just what kind of nouveau surf band the Mermen are: a strange, mysterious one best approached with caution. Guitarist Jim Thomas picks up the gauntlet thrown down by thrash master Dick Dale, in turn tossing it into realms of overamped sound generally occupied only by the likes of Neil Young, Sonic Youth, and Glenn Branca. On A Glorious Lethal Euphoria, Thomas eschews the feel-good for excursions into riff wreckage ("Pulpin' Line") and lengthy wavescapes that crash over the living room ("Obsession for Men"). Add a wry nod to the Gilligan's Island theme on "The Intractable Boy" and a passage from Brahms's Third Symphony, and you've got one that not even Brian Wilson would have thought up. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Love at first riff.......2006-03-13

My first encounter with The Mermen came from my boyfriend's collection. I immediately fell in love with the first song and knew I would appreciate the complexities of the all-instrumental, surf-rock music. The guitar riffs and the strong, meaty drumming consistently evolved into another emotion; which is what music is all about.

don't be a chump, just buy it.......2005-09-16

there is no excuse for anyone who likes the sound of guitar not to own and cherish this ablum. i HATE guitar players and the crap that comes out of their guitars most of the time. i am IN AWE of the sounds that flows from Jim's bright red strat. this is purely amazing work. one of the BEST ALBUMS I've EVER HEARD. it hurts to listen to this sometimes... it's just that good. amazing drumming bass and guitar. the tones in this album rock you to sleep then tear your eyes out. DYNAMIC. thank you for such a wonderful album, mermen. THANK YOU!!!!

Beyond amazing. To listen to this album is to reach euphoria.......2002-10-23

I cannot possibly describe how much I love this album. Every emotion we harbor... this album gets to them all. The tones are euphoric, the melodys are enthralling... it's the perfect CD. Any true music lover should love this CD.

brilliant.......2002-01-05

While at first I didn't really think this sounded like a surf album (when I think surf I think Dick Dale), and I still really don't think so though with the amount of reverb on the guitar I guess one could say so - its still hypnotic in its appeal. If it is surf , it transcends the genre. The bassist for the band is to be quite blunt, amazing. The album's full of really crazy songscapes that are soothing and sublime and drenched in reverb and melody. If you like music get this album. It's the only thing from a rock band that I can still bear to listen to.

Very Challenging--near death-like in its intensity.......2001-06-21

The 1st time I listened to this CD--I frankly did not know what to think. I was a fan of previous releases, Krill Slippin' and Food For Other Fish--but this was quite a departure, melodically, rhythmically, texturally, thematically, and I had to get my mind around the fact that this band had morphed into something else again. There is no question that this music is ecstatic, it reminds me very much of a close encounter with death--like being rolled under a 100 foot wave for 4 minutes while trying to hold your breath. But it requires some faith and commitment on the part of the listener, to open the mind and surrender ones expectations--if you can do that, perhaps you will discover that the Mermen have redefined everything we previously thought of as psychedelic music. Surfing, in this context, is a metaphor for something more than riding waves of water--this is more like riding the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Average customer rating: Brilliant Work Music Excellent Intro to the World of Six Degrees ear popping smorgasbord

Six Degrees 100 Various Artists Manufacturer: Six Degrees ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Six Degrees Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ethnomixicology Traveler 06: A Six Degrees Collection African Travels: A Six Degrees Collection Latin Travels: Six Degrees Collection Bombay Dub Orchestra ASIN: B0001IXSY6 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. Euphoria Delirium
2. Wally Brill A Loop in Time (Banco de Gaia Remix)
3. dj Cheb i Sabbah Kese Kese
4. Bob Holroyd Drumming Up a Storm
5. Issa Bagayogo Baro
6. Suba Felicidade
7. Bobi Cedes Lenu (Sounds of Summer Remix) feat. Rob Swift
8. Michael Franti & Spearhead Stay Human (Stereo Steambath Remix)
9. Bebel Gilberto So Nice (Summer Samba)
10. dZihan & Kamien Stiff Jazz
11. Batidos Tengo Sed (The Batidos Song)
12. MIDIval PunditZ Bhangra Fever
13. Banco de Gaia I Love Baby Cheesy (Radio Edit)
14. Karsh Kale Milan

Album Description

Six Degrees Records celebrates their 100'th release with this specially priced compilation.  Six Degrees 100 features all of the label's most popular tracks performed by such artists as Bebel Gilberto, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Euphoria, Suba, dj Cheb i Sabbah, dZihan & Kamien and many others.

Hearing all of these tracks back to back provides ample proof that Six Degrees' reputation - innovative, independent, and intelligent - is well-earned.  Since its first release in 1996, the label has made its mark quickly, producing genre-bending records that explore world music traditions, modern dance grooves, electronic music, and overlooked pop gems.

"What Six Degrees has put on the market has transformed forever the concept of electronic music." - La Banda Elastica

" Six Degrees has set college radio and music connoisseurs on their heads with their unique brand of electronic world music. The crossroads where past-meets-future and east-meets-west has set the world afire, and has set other labels scurrying around to contribute their own flames to the frenzy." - Ink 19,

"Six Degrees [has] garnered a formidable reputation with their unique blend of electronic world music and inspired myriad imitators." - BPM

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Work Music.......2007-04-19

I thoroughly enjoy ambient techno (especially any that uses the tabla drum) when I am trying to concentrate on difficult problems or reports. This album has an amazing mix of different artists that come together seamlessly to relax my mind and focus my thoughts. I highly recommend it for any college student or over-worked cube monkey (like me)!

Excellent Intro to the World of Six Degrees .......2005-08-08

I love finding great comps like this one. The variety keeps things interesting and it's a great way to get turned on to new artists. Even if you don't find every track appealing, chances are you'll find much else to love if you like international flavors and have a sense of adventure.

For me, the most thrilling discovery I've made through this CD is dZihan & Kamien. Their modern take on Latin-jazz found on "Stiff Jazz" is at once relaxing and thrilling and I love the electronic touches. Some time ago, I fell in love with a certain David Bowie track called "South Horizon" from his BHUDDA OF SUBURBIA CD (see my review if interested). It's basically an excellent jazz track with techno elements mixed in. Since then I've been on the lookout for innovative variations on jazz that incorporate electronica, trip-hop, etc. If you have any suggestions for this kind of music, please get my e-address from my home page and drop me a line.

Other highlights: practically every track here is a highlight! There are other great examples of original, Latin-flavored jazz like "Lenu" by Bobi Cespedes with some stellar trumpet, vibes and fantastic drums. There's also some wild turntable action on this track that works amazingly well. The Michael Franti & Spearhead track is smooth and wonderful with a positive message. I also love the East Indian club track by MIDIval PunditZ and the Karsh Kale cut is epic and beautiful, love all those tablas.

If you're new to 6 DEGREES I would highly recommend getting this sampler. It's a great way to expand your musical horizons.

ear popping smorgasbord.......2004-04-10

I came to this collection in search of the track "Delirium" by Euphoria, which, with its slick guitar work, is an innovative invitation to the rest of the album. While originally intent on finding more Asian electronica, this international collection has an amazing array of gems, ranging from the sultry "Stay Human" and "So Nice (Summer Samba)" to the perky "Stiff Jazz" and "Bhangra Fever." Karsh Kale's "Milan" rounds out the collection. By the end of the collection, I feel as though I have taken a trip around the world, sampling a wide assortment of music from the four corners. Music for mutliple moods will be found here. It's also a great introduction to new artists that you may not have come across before. Having heard this collection, I'm on the search for more by Euphoria, Wally Brill, and Karsh Kale. I would also really be interested in hearing more of the Six Degrees albums. This is a great testament to the quality of the work of the label.

Average customer rating: Avant garde for the masses This CD is magic Vanilla Sky Another fine release from San Francisco label Six Degrees I love this CD...

Euphoria Euphoria Manufacturer: Six Degrees ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Six Degrees Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Beautiful My Child Precious Time Sweet Rain Remixes Machine Says Yes The Garden ASIN: B00000JLJ9 Release Date: 1999-07-13

Tracks:

1. Delirium
2. (Is This) Heaven?
3. Sleep
4. Wait For You
5. Notting Hill Gate
6. Lost On A River
7. The Dreamer
8. Watching The Skies
9. Elevator To My Soul
10. The Road

Amazon.com

Euphoria make slide-groove "guitronica," blending spacey beats with looping spoken word, breathy vocals, multilayered guitar wash, and intense yet playful drum and keyboard programming. Featuring more fingerpicking and strummy noodling than their electronically centered genre sisters, Euphoria are a stylistic hybrid that works due to their low-key yet pointed adherence to aesthetics. The brief "Notting Hill Gate," for example, opens with deliciously blues-inflected fractured slide à la John Fahey and adds Dobro, ney, and swell cymbal to make something both exotic and altogether familiar. "Lost on a River" places Maddie Willis's multitracked soulful vocals at center, gorgeously complementing the unusual "orchestra" of funk guitars, Hammond B3, and acoustic bass. Elsewhere, Euphoria go all oozy with melting ambient drips of sound or forge new means of rhythmic travel (think Pell Mell) as on the beautifully orchestrated closer "The Road," featuring reverberating and chiming guitar work, harmonica, shattered key and drum accents, and brilliantly utilized bagpipes. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Avant garde for the masses.......2003-01-21

Euphoria manages to be approachable at the same time as being avant garde, which is no small feat! The music is tranquil and refreshing, and while the genre is totally unidentifiable (another review referred to it as "guitronica"), listeners to pop, jazz, techno-trance, and country will all find something vaguely familiar in the tunes here. Think Enigma in a horrible transporter accident with David Lanz, George Harrison, and Union Station. What strikes this reviewer most is that some tracks are more jazzy, some more pop, and some more trance, yet the album stands as a cohesively unified whole.

Most of the tracks rely entirely on their instrumentation (which is quite well produced, balanced, and mixed by the able hands of Tom Elmhirst and Garry Hughes) but the occasional insertion of some beautiful female vocals from Maddie Willis, Julie Galiatsos, Juliet Roberts and Michaela Harrison adds to the euphonia of the experience. A number of subtle string arrangements are provided by Anne Dudley, who composed the soundtracks to "Buster," "Pushing Tin," and "The Full Monty."

Rush fans will be amused by the guest appearance of Geddy Lee (on keyboards and bass) on the final track ("The Road"). He also produced the second track, "Is This Heaven?," in his Toronto studio.

The busyness of some of the drum tracks may make "Delerium" unsuitable as background music for a dinner party (although, ironically, the current reviewer did decide to purchase it over a somewhat unorthodox Italian dinner), but for personal listening, meditation, and inspiration, it's difficult to beat sound like this.

Like many people in northern California, this reviewer has been hooked on the opening track of this album ever since the first time he heard it. But given the limited exposure it had on the radio, you're probably reading this because a friend mentioned it to you. Take your friend's advice, listen to the samples on a couple of the tracks here, and dive in to a pool of sound, crystal clear.

This CD is magic.......2002-03-15

Sensuous and melodic. This CD is an incredible blending of genres that will take you on a whimsical journey. Euphoria has managed to capture the best aspects of many different flavors of music and make a cohesive blend that seems magical. For anyone with a passion for music this CD is a must.

Vanilla Sky.......2001-12-07

It was a pleasant surprise to hear "Delirium ", the opening track of this album, being used to promote the new Cameron Crowe film "Vanilla Sky" . I really like this song and its cool when I hear it used in stuff like Malcolm in the Middle, & Rosewell . I've heard other songs used as well , like "Is This Heaven" in the Wayne Wang movie "The Centre of the World".

This is a high quality album that has obviously attracted some of the best of the film and tv world .It deserves to be included in anybody's album collection.

Another fine release from San Francisco label Six Degrees.......2001-10-04

"The album was originally intended as an exploration of dreams," says Ken Ramm, Toronto-based guitarist and the brains behind the Euphoria project. The subtle use of vocals - soulful voices drift in and out - does give Euphoria a hypnotic, trip-hop quality. But the signature sound of Euphoria is the slide guitar. Inspired by the way Pink Floyd used the slide guitar to create "a real expressive, emotional quality", Euphoria brings a uniquely guitar-driven twist to downtempo electronica.

Recorded in London, Ken Ramm plays many of the guitar parts himself but is joined by the legendary B.J. Cole on pedal steel guitars to add a more atmospheric, electric texture. Other musicians lending a hand include Anne Dudley of Art of Noise, ex-Soft Machine bassist Roy Babbington, and Rush bassist Geddy Lee. Live vocal contributions come from Maddie Willis and gospel singer Juliette Roberts (on the excellent "Lost on a River").

It is not all swirling guitar harmonies and layers of slide guitar though. Other instruments include the Arab ney flute, the Bulgarian kaval flute, harmonica and bagpipes. The intricate and richly textured songs dip into ambient groove, world music, trip hop, blues, psychedelic rock, drum & bass. This unlikely mix of styles and instruments work surprisingly well and results in a distinctive and memorable sound. A beautiful and inspirational CD.

I love this CD..........2000-10-03

I am no critic, but I have to say I also bought this CD on a whim after hearing one song on the radio. This is the most interesting relaxing CD I have purchased in a long time and is one of my favorites.

Average customer rating: Sweet As It Comes Crunchy, Delicious Pop I'm just one of those people.. Excellent CD David Garza should be a STAR!

This Euphoria Davíd Garza Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Overdub A Strange Mess Of Flowers Kingdom Come and Go Duncan Sheik Let It Die ASIN: B000006E4M Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Kinder
2. Core (In Time)
3. This Euphoria
4. Lost
5. Glow In The Dark
6. Float Away
7. Discoball World
8. I Know
9. Slave
10. Baptiste
11. Sadness
12. Flower

Product Description

Excellent condition, includes the original CD, case, and paperwork, First Class shipped, ask me for more CDs or my CD List! :D

Customer Reviews:

Sweet As It Comes.......2004-10-13

There is no loss of face in fossicking in Pop's rag and bone shop when you can produce a minor classic like Gaza's, 'This Euphoria'. His voice is somewhat dry, but utterly apt for the lightness of his material; tear-jerkers, and, yes, euphoria. Sure, it's teen fodder, but it owns a real heart, and dare I say it in such context, sincerity. Without the irony of Godley & Cream, or say, the sensuousness of McCartney, Garza still manages to scale the foothills of those big talents with worthy intent and graceful effect.

Crunchy, Delicious Pop.......2004-06-03

I love the range of styles and sounds on this record. "Glow in the Dark" rocks like Led Zeppelin on a runaway train, while on "Lost" and "Flower," Garza reveals a lovely, sweet voice. I've owned this CD since it was released, and I think it sounds as fresh today as ever.

I'm just one of those people.........2003-05-21

..who discovered that David Garza is super talented..
this guy rockss...!!!
amazing guitar, vocal,... flawless..

the world must be blind.

Excellent CD.......2003-03-26

From Pop riffs to a gritty raw edge this CD covers it all. A talented guitarist complimented by great songwriting, you will enjoy this cd from beginning to end. Great show to catch live if you get the chance.

David Garza should be a STAR!.......2002-08-14

It completely baffles the mind that David Garza is not a mega star by now. With his songwriting talents and the quality of his output, more people deserve to listen to him. I caught him this weekend at a local club here in El Paso, TX.. only $8.00 cover. Man, what a bargain. I've paid much much more to listen to awful music from much less talented musicians. What a show... at the end, he even treated us to a short acoustic set on the door outside the club! how cool is that... we all just formed a circle around him, like at summer camp. It was an intimate show...not alot of people showed up, but those of us who did really enjoyed it. And, you can tell he enjoyed it himself... it is good to see artists this passionate about what they do. Do yourself a favor... if you don't have this CD or have not even heard of it, go out and buy it. You will not regret it... every song is a gem (and they sound even better live!). It is, in my opinion, one of the best rock albums of the late 90's. If he comes to your town, go listen to him. Hmmm...come to think of it, maybe it's best he is not a megastar. I doubt one of todays alt-rock megastars could put on a show like he did.

Album Review:

1. Everybody Dance Now! Remixed, Remodeled & Remade
2. First Come, First Served [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Gilles Peterson in Africa
4. Gimmie Trouble
5. Global Underground: Toronto: Dubfire
6. Grinning Cat
7. Happy Christmas [Import]
8. Hed Kandi: Beach House 04.03
9. Hed Kandi: World Series UK
10. His Greatest Hits from Trax

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Adams, Schoenberg: Chamber Symphonies

A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer [Enhanced]

15 Exitos

29/5/00 - Wembley Arena, London, England [Live]

1984 - 1990 Twin Very Best Collection [Import]

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Ida Haendel in Recital

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