Coming on Strong [Import]

1. Take Care

2. Beach Party

3. Keep Fallin'

4. Playboy

5. Crap Kraft Dinner

6. Down With Prince

7. Bad Luck

8. You Ride We Ride In My Ride

9. Shining Escalade

10. Baby Said

11. One One One

Tracks:

Take Care
The Beach Party
Keep Fallin'
Playboy
Crap Kraft Dinner
Down With Prince
Bad Luck
You Ride, We Ride, In My Ride
Shining Escalade
Baby Said
One One One
A-B-C
Hittin Skittles
From Drummer to Driver

Amazon.com

Are Hot Chip another postmodern buzz band from England making happy-go-lucky pogo-pop as fast as they can before it becomes passe? Thankfully, the answer is hell, no. Not only is there a span of five years between their first EP and their debut, but Hot Chip may in fact be seen as an update of the Beta Band at their loosest and best. A loungey, electropop sheen covers much of the music, but more than anything, Hot Chip displays an omnivorous approach to the entirety of alt, `60s pop and electronic music history. Their songs are infectious, silly and often weirdly beautiful. The hilarious "A-B-C," for instance, is a big pimpin' in the basement tune that crosses acoustic guitars with retro bleeps and will easily appeal to fans of Ween. A London-based group with singer-songwriters Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard at the core, Hot Chip's mixture of textured, smart, lo-fi groove with actual humor is incredibly rare, and great. -Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Newly signed to Astralwerks and DFA, Hot Chip is London's twisted electronic pop up & coming band whose influences range from the The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young and Prince to Ween, Madlib and Devo. Coming On Strong is like a 21st Century electronic version of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes, having recorded in a murky home studio and brimming with the pleasures of domestic life: eating, sleeping, loving, drunkeness and heartache. The 80s loom large in Hot Chip, with songs like "Take Care" and "Down With Prince" which features a disjointed funk that would make the Purple one smile. US release includes 3 bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews:

album cover rip?.......2006-04-06

has anyone noticed how the album cover looks strikingly like the album cover for that other brit band, Hi-fi , stars of the cctv . interesting. by the way both albums are good.

The first half gets all the stars.......2006-03-26

Think of it as an amazing EP. Other reviewers have got it right - this album is unclassifiable, and amazing -- for about 7 songs. In fact, I'm not positive about anything about this album. It is that unsettling. Imagine Paul McCartney getting brain-damaged and haunted by Beck's Midinite Vultures, with only a cheap keyboard to keep him company. Maybe. I am having a hard time even forming an opinion of these guys, which is usually an indicator that they are doing something very good.

Close, no cigar.......2006-03-22

I LIKE Hot Chip's remixes, but this debut album is, truth be told, a bit of a letdown after the slow trickle of singles and 12"s that have been flowing that past few years - all build-up, no climax - nice production sheen and some cool electro noodles, but they're still in search of...er...um...actual SONGS you can wrap your head and ears around. Still the JUSTUS KOHNCKE remix of OVER AND OVER on import is a nice stuff, in a "White Horse" by Laidback sorta way.

Fun.......2006-03-09

Won't make you re-think your life - but can make you laugh or relax. Fun.

happy music for a depressing day.......2006-02-06

i can't quite figure these guys out... are they a downer band or are they upbeat jokesters? hot chip is the exact center point between dreary radiohead and hip-bucking Beck, and, yes, it is as weird as that sounds. "playboy" is without question the standout track and is one of the very best/weirdest pop songs i've heard in many years. most of the album is incredible , tho there are moments where i wanna rip the keyboard out of their hands... oh well... but most of the album grows like a fungus over repeated spins so it's rewarding as time goes on.

this record would sound great thumpin' at a summertime party or alone in your room with your headphones as you curse the entire world and everyone in it. one of the more unique listening experiences i've had in a while.

Average customer rating:

Dissapointed

Coming on Strong
Maggie Bell , and Stone the Crows
Manufacturer: Recall Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Dissapointed.......2007-06-09

Not good. Disk one, Stone the Crows Live @ Montreaux is basically rubbish. Disk 2, Maggie Bell Live @ The Rainbow, London, is OK but if you want these tracks they're 100x better performed on Maggie's Suicide Sal CD.

Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5

Average customer rating:

Fun and Refreshing

Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5

Manufacturer: Rock-it Science
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

Holiday Hop [It's a Wonderful Life]
O Holy Night - Gary Adler, John Tartaglia
Peces en el Rio (The Fish in the River)
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
This Christmas Day
Christmas Lullaby
Coming of Christmastime
Rod's Christmas
Silent Night
Wrapped Up Nice - Idina Menzel

Tracks:

I Saw Three Ships
Sing Out - Liz McCartney
Too Fat to Fit
I'll Stay Strong - Michael Lavine,
Ave Maria
Jingle Bells, Chicago Style
Angelo Rosenbaum
How Great Our Joy/Joy to the World - Steve Lavner, Denny Paschall, Glenn Rainey
Christmastime on Highway 13
O Tannenbaum

Product Description

This perennial favorite brings Broadways best wishing you their holiday best! Hairspray, Gypsy, Nine and Avenue Q are just of few of the shows raising their voices for the cause. Also lending their voices are Antonio Banderas, Hugh Jackman and Harvey Fierstein. Songs Include: 42nd Street The Holiday Hop Aida I'll Stay Strong Avenue Q Rod's Christmas Beauty & the Beast This Christmas Day Big River Silent Night Boy From Oz Wrapped up Nice Cabaret O Tannenbaum Chicago Jingle Bells, Chicago Style Gypsy Sing Out Hairspray Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel The Lion King Angelo Rosenbaum Mamma Mia A Christmas Lullaby Nine Los Peces en El Rio (The Fish in the River) Phantom of the Opera Joy to the World/ How Great our Joy The Producers Too Fat to Fit Rent O Holy Night Taboo Ave Maria Thoroughly Modern Millie The Coming of Christmastime Urinetown Christmastime on Highway 13 Wicked I Saw Three Ships

Customer Reviews:

Fun and Refreshing.......2006-03-05

I purchased this CD on a whim, and I was absolutely shocked when I got to track #4- "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel," by the cast of "Hairspray." I loved the upbeat humor, and as the song progressed, I realized I'd heard this version before- it was on South Park! I could not BELIEVE what I was hearing, but I completely adored it. As I listened through the rest of the 2-CD set, I concluded it would undoubtedly be one of my favorite holiday albums. It was a wonderful combination of traditional renditions, such as a beautiful "O Holy Night" performed by the cast of "Rent" and new, humorous songs, including "Too Fat to Fit" by the cast of "The Producers" which was had a personality reminiscent of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Angelo Rosenbaum," sung by Thom Christopher Warren of "Lion King," and "Sing Out" by the cast of "Gypsy."

Overall, the CD set was a wonderful surprise; I had expected a 2 CD set filled with well-sung music, but I was rewarded with a compilation as diverse as peoples' view of the holidays, ranging from the somber expression of religious value to the whimsical, with a jab at the commercial attitude in the middle!