S-Beat [Import]

1. S-Beat

2. Heartbreaker

3. Rhythm of the World

4. Steady Operator

5. Run Away

6. Running in Circles

7. Love Is

8. I Wanna Take You There (Now)

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Average customer rating: Two tracks I really like Quantity Over Quality Mediocre One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Pretty close to original recordings

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Tracks:

1. The A-Team - Nic Raine
2. The Addams Family - Nic Raine
3. The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
4. Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
5. The Avengers - Mike Townend
6. Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
7. Batman - Nic Raine
8. Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
9. Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
10. Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
11. Bewitched - Nic Raine
12. Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
13. The Bill - Nic Raine
14. Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
16. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
17. Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
18. Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
19. Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
20. Casualty - Mark Ayres
21. Cheers - Mark Ayres
22. Dallas - Nic Raine
23. Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
24. Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
25. Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

1. Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
2. Dynasty - Nic Raine
3. The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
4. Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
5. Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
6. The Fugitive - Nic Raine
7. Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
9. The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
10. Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
11. Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
12. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
13. The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
14. Jason King - Mike Townend
15. Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
16. Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
17. Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
18. Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
19. Kojak - Mike Townend
20. L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
21. Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
22. Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
23. Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
24. Lost In Space - Nic Raine
25. Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

1. Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
2. A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
3. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
4. M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
5. Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
6. Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
7. Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
8. Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
9. The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
10. Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
11. Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
12. North And South - Derek Wadsworth
13. Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
14. NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
15. The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
16. Perry Mason - Mike Townend
17. The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
18. Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
19. Police Squad - Nic Raine
20. The Prisoner - Mike Townend
21. Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
22. Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
23. Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
24. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
25. Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

1. The Saint - Mike Townend
2. Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
3. Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
4. Star Trek - Mike Townend
5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
6. Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
7. St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
8. The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
9. Stingray - Barry Gray
10. Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
11. Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
12. Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
13. The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
14. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
16. Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
17. U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
18. The Virginian - Nic Raine
19. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
20. Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
21. The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
22. The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
23. Young Riders - John Debney
24. Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
25. The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Two tracks I really like.......2007-07-21

The Mission Impossible theme is performed well.
The Fireball theme is actually much improved on this version. I prefer the orchestra and the vocals over the original.

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Average customer rating: Death needs time to grow on "We're all here to go...!" Ode to apocalypse- the monsters behind the machine.... CLASSIC BURROUGHS Brilliant and funny poetry

Dead City Radio William S. Burroughs Manufacturer: Fontana Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales Call Me Burroughs Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness William S. Burroughs - Commissioner of Sewers The Jack Kerouac Collection ASIN: B000001FYF Release Date: 1990-08-31

Tracks:

1. Williams Welcome (What Are You Here For?)
2. A Thanksgiving Prayer
3. Naked Lunch Excerpts (You Got Any Eggs For Fats?)/Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)
4. Ah Pook The Destroyer/Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
5. After-Diner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit)/Where He Was Going
6. Kill The Badger!
7. A New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy
8. The Sermon On The Mount 1 (WSB Reads The Good Book)
9. No More Stalins, No More Hitlers
10. The Sermon On The Mount 2
11. Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons
12. The Sermon On The Mount 3
13. Love Your Enemies
14. Dr. Benway's House
15. Apocalypse
16. The Lord's Prayer
17. Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Falling In Love Again)

Customer Reviews:

Death needs time to grow on.......2007-03-28

for our pook's sweet sake, you stupid, greedy, vlugar Ugly American Death-Sucker!- William S. Burroughs

If you haven't experienced the world's oldest beatnick, here's your chance! Burroughs strips off the thin verneer of culture to expose the maggoty underbelly!

"We're all here to go...!".......2004-07-06

One of my favorite albums and I own thousands. Possibly the best setting of Burrough's words to music. Love the vintage TV orchestral cuts. Caution: I have bought this album for several friends who have never said a word about it! "What are we here for?"

Ode to apocalypse- the monsters behind the machine...........2004-03-09

If you've never read Burroughs, or if it has been awhile and you would like to refresh your acquaintance, then this recording is what you are looking for. The old magician gives readings from a variety of sources including _Naked Lunch_, _Interzone_, and _The Western Lands_. He invokes his vision in the name of Pan, god of panic; Ah Pook, the destroyer; and even Jesu the Christ. "Invoke" is the proper word, for this is a work of magic. Burroughs is weaving a vision. He wants us to peek through the chinks and see the monsters that lie behind the machine- behind the great shining lies. His objective is no less than a basic disruption of reality itself. This is art as magic, artist as magician.

Remember: 1)Control is controlled by the need to control- just like a junky on junk, 2)Everything is permitted BECAUSE nothing is true, and It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.

CLASSIC BURROUGHS.......2003-09-14

Track number two (THANKSGIVING PRAYER) is alone worth the price of this CD.

Brilliant and funny poetry.......2003-07-21

I didn't expect to like this album as much as I do. I just recently got it and I've already listened to it a hell of a lot. The poetry is very good and Burroughs's voice is perfect for it, and the music fits perfectly underneath the poetry. My personal favorite would have to be A Thanksgiving Prayer. 9.5/10

Average customer rating: Disposable Heroes are exacly that... let Burroughs SPEAK!! a dirty flawed crusty GEM listen to my last words anywhere Hilarious Disposable Heroes enhance the Burroughs' words

Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales William S. Burroughs Manufacturer: Fontana Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dead City Radio Call Me Burroughs Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness William S. Burroughs - Commissioner of Sewers ASIN: B000005HTW Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

1. Interlude 1 (Wrinkled Earlobes Are A Sign...)
2. Spare Ass Annie
3. Interlude 2 (This Is Insane)
4. The Words Of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane)
5. Interlude 3 (The Vultures Are Gone...)
6. Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Surge)
7. Dr. Benway Operates
8. Warning To Young Couples (Huntsman's Hounds)
9. Did I Ever Tell You About The Man That Taught...
10. Last Words With Ras I. Zulu
11. A One God Universe
12. Interlude 4 (Fletch Is Here)
13. The Junky's Christmas
14. Words Of Advice For Young People
15. Last Words With Michael Franti

Customer Reviews:

Disposable Heroes are exacly that... let Burroughs SPEAK!!.......2004-01-08

The Disposable Heroes have ruined these readings. This CD would have been great if not for the ridiculously cheesy white boy elevator "jazz" muzak and the "so urban it hurts" cliched drum machine samples and Jamaican guy pretensiously farting a few of W.S.B.'s words in his "oh so cool" poetry-slam nonsense. Don't bother with this if you are a lifelong Burroughs reader. You will be very disappointed. This is nothing more than a schoolboy's effort to introduce Burroughs to an audience of contemporary urban hipsters with short attention spans. Get "Call Me Burroughs" or "Dead City Radio" instead, trust me.

a dirty flawed crusty GEM.......2003-06-16

William S. Burroughs is a confessed junkie, and one of the wild boys. His beat poet-prose just was born to go over some great sampling. It is hard to take burroughs to seriously so this is just cryptic verbal fun.

Burrows has a great reading voice and you just got to love the stuff that comes out of this man. The mild hip hop that is sampled for the readings is a pure delight Many selections are from his novels including Spare ass annie from the naked lunch. I hate to read this sort of stuff but it is great to hear in the background. It will raise some eye brows at parties.

I love advise for young people, Junkies Chistmas and Spare ass anni as well as Mildred peirce reporting.

I you are easily offended by explicited sexual language or attacks on the goverment religon and common desesnce please avoid this at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

listen to my last words anywhere.......2003-03-07

serendipity. very cool mixture of Hiphopricy's jazz/funk/hiphop grooves and Burrough's always ahead-of-his-time future rants, stream-o-conciousness, and political concerns. whoever thought of this idea was an absolute genius. the production is top notch, and often collides with what Burroughs is talking about in a hilarious or bizarre manner. interesting guest stars too. Ras I Zulu. shooty yeah. out before Dr.Octagon's futuristic blend of wacked-ot lyrics and spaced beats would evolve hiphop two years later. a crucial ingredient. burroughs, disposable hereoes of hiphopricy. burroughs, kurt cobain. these collaborations are priceless.

Hilarious.......2002-01-24

Sometimes when I am just reading Burroughs, I manage to forget how damn funny the guy is. I get put off by his vividly grotesque descriptions of lobotomies and flying fecal matter and neglect to notice the scathing humor behind it all.
This album really highlights Burroughs the satirist. Hearing Burroughs speaking with his loooong drrryyy draaawwwwwllll really reminds you how he's trying to push your buttons. Burroughs is one of my all time favorite authors to hear read his own stuff, and this CD is no exception in that department.
Plus, as an added bonus, the reading is set to some great music, nice acid jazz and, in the case of the 10+ minute "Junkie's Christmas," traditional x-mas carols, creating one of the most increcdible juxtapoitions in a story of all time and an hilarious piece. All in all, this collection is one of my favorites of Burroughs' readings.

Disposable Heroes enhance the Burroughs' words.......2001-12-07

I had become a fan of the sardonic humor, baroque visions and gross-out charm of William S. Burroughs by way of such stunning books as Interzone, Junky and Naked Lunch. When I bought Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales, I knew nothing of his collaborators on this spoken word album, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy but one of my favorites authors on tape was enough for my money. I was pleased to discover that the Heroes, Michael Franti and Rono Tse, have the perfect sense of texture and cartoony whimsy to back up the legendary beatnik. The bouncy drum and bass of “Dr. Benway Operates,” “One God Universe” and the tense “Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His (...) to Talk?” spotlessly and cohesively convey Burroughs’ raspy words while parodies such as the swanky downtown jazz of “Mildred Pierce Reporting” (about police apathy during a gang rape), 50s television-commercial glitz of “Warning to Young Couples” (about jealous family dogs snatching newborns) and the choirs, festive sounds and use of traditional carols on “the Junky’s Christmas” show the Disposable Heroes’ keen understanding of the irony of the author’s crass magic realism. Fanti and Tse show sure talent, yet they never try to override Burroughs, always working behind the writer’s commanding, often hilarious words. The author searched through seven of his best books of strange expressions and offbeat satire for the readings and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopricy bring those legendary writings into a new dimension on Spare Ass Annie. I am sure other Burroughs fans will certainly be pleased by the fine ways in which these extraordinary young talents enhance the innovative writer’s uncanny work.

Average customer rating: Nothing but hits

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The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet ASIN: B00004RITB Release Date: 2001-01-09

Customer Reviews:

Nothing but hits.......2001-01-31

As with their first collection of label highlights, Hyperion's new two-disc collection provides a broad sampling of their exceptional catalogue and performers. Particularly rewarding are the selections from Beethoven (Scherzo from String Trio in C minor, op 9 no 3, performed by the Leopold Trio) and Thomas Tallis (Salvator mundi I, performed by the Winchester Cathedral Choir), but experienced and novice listeners alike will find much to enjoy on these discs. It's also a good value--more than 2 1/2 hours of music for less than $10.

Average customer rating: Not Horrible, Not Good. A Class of It's Own New Music For New Millenium Hardiman is a Hit soothing

Anthem Ronan Hardiman Manufacturer: Decca U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Solas Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames Michael Flatley's Celtic Tiger Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance Soundscapes ASIN: B00004YLPA Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. Anthem
2. That Place In Your Heart
3. Run Away
4. Ready For Life
5. Salve
6. Never
7. Worlds Apart
8. Ancient Lands
9. Where Are You Now
10. Heaven (Waiting There For Me)

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Ronan Hardiman first gained renown as the composer for Michael Flatley's Irish dance extravaganzas, Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames. On Anthem, his second solo release, he moves away from the relentlessly rhythmic music of his Flatley collaborations, in favor of a looser, more atmospheric style of composing and performing. Hardiman's sweeping synthesizer tones on tracks such as "Ready for Life" recall the ethereal music of Enya while his use of Latin chants on "Salve" sound like a less spooky version of Enigma. Hardiman has a gift for writing great hooks, which give songs like "That Place in Your Heart" and "Heaven (Waiting for Me There)" an unexpected, but enjoyable pop sheen. The songs on Anthem are not explicitly Irish, but Hardiman's strong melodic sense and mystical leanings imbue them with an irresistible Celtic character. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

Not Horrible, Not Good........2006-10-10

Until 11 years of age, I listened to country music because that's what my parents listened to, and I listened to Kiss. Then I switched to pop and rock music, and Kiss. I discovered new age music when I was 16 and I've now been a fan of new age music for twenty years, and I still love Kiss. In that time I've heard a lot of new age music. I will say that this release from Ronan Hardiman is not something you're going to hear on your local top-40 radio station, and if you're not familiar with new age music, this will probably be a delightful experience of a different kind of music. But if you've had the number of years I've had to develop a more sophisticated taste for new age music, then I would say this isn't a good selection at all.

I found most of it, and his earlier _Solas_ release difficult to listen to. Some tracks sound like an cheap imitation of Robert Miles' Dreamland CD. Remember the piece "Children?" It's the one that made you want to drive fast -- a simple, but catchy, repetitive piano tune with a techno beat, ambient synthesizers and cool audio effects. It was ear candy. At times it seems like Ronan Hardiman is trying to pull this off, but it doesn't seem to work. Part of the problem, I think, is the rather bland vocals. They sound like backup singers, but they're right out in front and trying to carry the music, but they can't. The main reason being that the singers seem disconnected from the music. I hear no soul in their voice. They're not feeling anything. They're just singing notes.

Other tracks sound like they're being played by someone who can't play the piano, but they're standing in the electronics department at Sears experimenting with the rhythms on a Casio keyboard. Seriously, I heard not even a single chord on the piano in the entire CD. It was like he was playing it all with one hand, one note at a time, then a bunch of rhythms, percussion, ambient sounds, etc..., were added to make a boring tune more tolerable.

I should actually think of this CD as a real eye-opener. I can't play the piano well enough to bang on it like Anthony Burger (check him out on The Best of Anthony Burger (2005), he's awesome), but I can certainly hold my own with one-handed tunes with no chords. Given that, all I would have to do now is learn how to use my sequencer, get some good soundfonts and I could make a CD like this.

Overall, if you're expecting more of what you heard in Lord of the Dance, and Feet of Flames (as I was), then you're going to be disappointed. These CDs sound nothing like either of Michael Flatley's productions.

I wish I could give you some idea of who this sounds like. I've seen others say it sounds like a combination of Enya, Era, and Enigma, but I have to completely disagree. I really can't think of anything that this sounds like. It seems to have no parallels. It sounds like the kind of CD you'd get hanging off a 3-pack of air fresheners at a discount store. I certainly hate to be so blunt, but I know that Ronin Hardiman is capable of much better than this. I heard it when I enjoyed Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames. He's a master, but this release is just a shame.

A Class of It's Own.......2002-12-29

This music cannot be compared with anything I've ever heard. My only regret is that Ronan Hardiman has not brought out another CD of this type. I was blown away with it's depth and intriguing sounds. The mixture between soft background voices on a few songs and the rhythm of the entire CD was a real surprise and welcomed addition to my collection. I listen to this CD at least once a week and I've had it for over a year. We need more music like Ronan Hardiman's.

New Music For New Millenium.......2002-05-12

This CD sounds pretty much like Karl Jenikns Adiemus but it is softened and more relaxing. If you like Enigma or Enya you will see that they, made groundbreaking steps for music like this wich surpasses them in all dimensions. Simply this is what they were spelling from the horizon. But do not think that it is somtging revolutionary, it looks like folk music of 21 century.
Cerating the very same feeling gregorina chants do. Relaxing.

Hardiman is a Hit.......2001-09-22

After hearing one of his songs on a local light jazz station, I got this CD as a birthday present. The music is a mix of new age, pop and neo classic influences that remind me the music of Adiemus, Enya, Bill Whelan and a touch of Cirque du Soleil. It's light, airy positive songs can lift one's spirits.

soothing.......2001-07-29

soft and awesome music for a quiet saturday evening.

Average customer rating: Good stuff... One of my top 5 albums of all time One of the top 10 cd's ever produced Better Than Great !

Dead Cities The Future Sound of London Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Big Beat | 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 Ambient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lifeforms ISDN My Kingdom Cascade Accelerator ASIN: B000003RY8 Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

1. Herd Killing
2. Dead Cities
3. Her Face Forms In Summertime
4. We Have Explosive
5. Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me
6. My Kingdom/Max
7. Antique Toy
8. Quagmire
9. In A State Of Permanent Abyss
10. Glass
11. Yage
12. Vit Drowning/Through Your Gills I Breathe
13. First Death In The Family

Amazon.com

This U.K. duo's landmark ambient techno album Lifeforms (1994) explored lush jungle vistas. Its follow-up opts for a much darker urban nightmare motif that makes it an ideal soundtrack while reading William Gibson. Progressive rockers by any other name, FSOL are highly respected innovators who rate with Orbital as the genre's leading exponent. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Good stuff..........2007-01-07

For those with a narrow musical mind, (i.e. the 'top 40' variety) this would be an unbearable CD to have to sit through, but for those with more open musical tastes, particularly in the lineage of ambient, acid techno , then this CD is for you. The soundscapes and musical textures on this masterpiece are eerie, haunting, beautiful, intricate, complex and dark. Hats off to Dougans and Cobain , the musical geniuses behind this production. I particularly enjoy the track 'Glass'. But the songs as a whole fit perfectly together and mesh well. For those looking for something similar, try Tangerine Dream's 'Ricochet'. This is the only album I can compare it to in terms of eerie, haunting, beautiful, intricate , complex and dark. And TG did it back in the 70's...live! Even the album cover , like Dead Cities, is ominous. Good stuff.....

One of my top 5 albums of all time.......2006-01-09

Even though I bought this album almost a decade ago I have to express how wonderful of an album it is. The brilliance of this album lies in the conjured images it leaves in ones mind after listening to it. It seems the music was composed for a noire sci-fi film yet to be made. One moment its hostile the next its absolutely beautiful. Each track fades into an other weaving in and out of you're subconcious. If you're to get one electronica album its this one. A timeless masterpiece of epic proportions. FSOL's most surreal album to date.....do yourself a favor and get it while you still can.

One of the top 10 cd's ever produced.......2005-10-10

There's some good songs on ISDN and some good ones on Lifeforms, but this entire album is creme de la creme. It is definitely one of my favorites of all time. Each track has it's own identity, you never know where the next one is going. In a good way.

Better Than Great.......2005-09-06

What's more to say about what may be the best "rock" album ever (especially if you consider the "My Kingdom" EP to be the second disc in a two disc set)? The most emotionally wide-ranging album from one of the best bands ever. Who else has ever made music like FSOL? The Beatles and Fripp&Crimson are the only possible contenders. I've never heard anything that does a better job of juxtaposing the terrifying and the unbearably beautiful. If I could pinpoint the one disinguishing feature of all FSOL/AA releases, it would be (as a line in "The Isness" goes) "...[a longing for] inexhaustible ecstasy." It's all the more poignant on this album because of its being interwoven with themes of terror, paranoia and a sense of unrecoverable loss of something without which life isn't worth living. It sounds hokey, but just opening up the booklet while listening to "Her Face Forms in Summertime" and reading the scrawled message "things are getting f*&ked up round here" makes my eyes a little watery. My CD developed a 2 second glitch and I just ordered another one--this is so incredible that nothing less than perfection will do.

Just a few points of note: if you're wondering why you spent all that money on your two channel stereo and you haven't heard this album yet, pick it up and turn it up. I've heard recordings with more bottom end and slam, but none with more depth, nuance and musicality. I've also found that one of the true tests of a Masterpiece is whether it's possible to really enjoy listening to anything else after its over. Play Coltrane's "Ascension," Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor Op. 132, or Bruckner's Ninth and see what I mean. I played Dead Cities last night and everything to which I tried to listen sounded hopelessly trivial afterwards. In the early 80s, a lot of my friends used to speak of The Clash as "the only band that mattered." At the time, I didn't think any band had mattered all that much since '72. To my now-much-older ears, FSOL fits that description more accurately than any band to the last 35 years, and this is probably their best work (every single one of them is a desert island disc, however). One of the very few utterly timeless classics of modern music, and a record that belongs in the collection of anyone with ears.

!.......2005-03-08

For me, this is my favorite FSOL record. Leans heavily on trip hop flavors and does not sound like Lifeforms at all. Well performed and intellegently written.
Great spin!

Average customer rating: DEDICATION is the real keeper Bonds Rocks!

Dedication/On the Line Gary "U.S." Bonds Manufacturer: American Beat ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Preludes The Very Best of Gary "U.S." Bonds: The Original Legrand Masters The Envoy Stand in the Fire Live from Austin TX ASIN: B000MEYJBA Release Date: 2007-01-09

Tracks:

1. Jollon No. 2
2. This Little Girl
3. Your Love
4. Dedication
5. Daddy's Come Home
6. It's Only Love
7. Pretender
8. Way Back When
9. From a Buick 6
10. Just Like a Child
11. Hold On (To What You Got)
12. Out of Work
13. Club Soul City
14. Soul Deep
15. Love's on the Line
16. Turn the Music Down
17. Rendezvous
18. Angelyne
19. All I Need
20. Bring Her Back

Customer Reviews:

DEDICATION is the real keeper.......2007-06-29

Gary U.S. Bonds' comeback album, DEDICATION, was produced and backed by Bruce Springsteen in pretty much every way: his band members are all over it, his sideman and compatriot Miami Steve/Little Steven wrote the brings-the-house-down "Daddy's Come Home," and so on. Steve's contribution may be the best song on the album, too, which is no small feat when you ringers are Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Lennon/McCartney, and so on. Bonds is in great voice here (though you can hear him cough during the shouter-reworking of "Like a Buick 6") and just plain sings the hell out of everything. This album alone would be worth five stars.

ON THE LINE, the follow up, is much closer to a retread than anyone probably would've preferred -- it comes off as a lukewarm, slightly strained Southside Johnny album. Great party music (like Clarence Clemmons' first solo album) because, in the background, it doesn't demand anything or need to command much -- just sound good, like a bar band should. Up front, though, it is noticeably weaker, though not embarrassing, really. Three stars.

Bonds Rocks!.......2007-05-27

Gary U.S. Bonds is a true rock'n roller. This CD collection is awesome. You can't beat the oldie but goody sound mixed with New Jersey shore. It's in my top 10 of favorite CD's of all time.

Average customer rating: sapnin? all the things you are Now, Tune In An Industrial Classic Probably MBM's worst album

99% Meat Beat Manifesto Manufacturer: Mute U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Industrial Dance | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Satyricon Ruok Storm the Studio Armed Audio Warfare Subliminal Sandwich ASIN: B000003Z4X Release Date: 1990-12-29

Tracks:

1. Now
2. Psyche-out
3. All the Things You Are
4. Hello Teenage America
5. 10x Faster than the Speed of Love
6. 99%
7. Dogstar Man/Helter Skelter
8. Think Fast
9. Hallucination Generation
10. Deviate

Amazon.com

Containing the almighty industrial anthem "Psyche-Out," 99% is a hallmark of industrial music. It's an electronic call to arms, yet it has a quieter, more subversive energy than most industrial music. Meat Beat Manifesto always have something to say, and they're great at subliminally planting their message in your brain while blistering your feet with infectious, hip-hop-influenced grooves. If there were ever a testimonial that electronic music can be timeless, this CD is it. --Beth Bessmer

Customer Reviews:

sapnin?.......2007-02-02

MBM is OTT on this flow. JD is slammin like no utha' OG fo-sho. Hiz white rappinz rulin' da nationz like on STS. So don't be a DA and b-shur to thro down some $ for this flow. Yo?

P.S. If yer Borned agin you'll hate it

all the things you are.......2006-12-24

for me this is the link between mbm's industrial start and their (or, to be precise, his) evolution into the thinking person's fatboy slim. i think of it as 'violator's' older, nastier brother, and it's also my favourite album of all time
having first decided to investigate mbm on the basis (brilliance) of the 1992 singles of 'mindstream' and 'edge of no control', i unfortunately cannot remember my initial reaction upon hearing this album. what i do know is that it quickly grew into such an integral part of my lfe that i've worn out two cd copies. as stated it's teh bridge between two very distinct musical styles, equally superbly covering both bases while having quite a poppy sound too. track by track then
'now', intro starts off with an indistinct drum beat, almost hip-pop in style. loses a point for what i see as being a religious inference - 9/10
'psyche out'. wow, my fave track when i first heard the album, since realised that he's rehashing 'genocide', but of course masterfully done 10/10
'all the things you are'. for some reason this track scared the bejesus outta my brother, must ask him why one of these days 10/10
'hello teenage america'. a pias sytle piano line and industrial beats. can't go wrong with that 10/10
'10*faster than the speed of love'. brilliant, just brilliant. probably the most poppy track on the album 10/10
99%. 19 second segue
'dogstar man/ helter skelter'. essentially two moments of genius welded together. samples clockwork orange amongst other things. at the moment this along with 99% and '10*' are my fave moments of the album 10/10
'think fast'. rather a bizarre track, starts off with an ethereal voice (you have to have the volume up really loud to hear it, which for me is not an issue). along with '10*' probably the best example of (i assume) drum prgramming on the album. 10/10
'hallucination generation'. the oddest track on the album in that the first minute or so is just two sampled voices alongside a bassline before it explodes into an industrial nirvana (the state, not the band). 10/10
'deviate'. for some reason the only track it took me a while to get into. in my mind a close relative of 'radio babylon'. 10/10
i can only recommend that anyone who likes 'violator' check this album out. anyone with an interest in how industrial music should sound should check out 'storm the studio' and 'armed audio warfare'. and anyone with an interest in alternative dance music should check out mbm's post 99% albums, though if they're wise they'll check this one out too. something for everyone.

Now, Tune In.......2006-11-29

MBM's finest hour. The culmination of everything they worked towards before they all fell apart. Jack Dangers would dissolve into the San Francisco scene of back washed experimental music and reggae influences. This album was sharp, hard and it was the ultimate dance floor experience. Psyche Out, Helter Skelter and Now were dance classics!

An Industrial Classic.......2005-07-28

My purchase of this album was to replace my old copy which I originally got in the early 90's but which got worn out (!)

Meat Beat Manifesto typify the best Industrial has to offer - gritty, listenable beats and lyrics that demonstrate an intelligent, if cynical, perspective on modern culture and consumerism.

99% isn't as polished as, and the messages are a lot more sketchy than those on, the later "Satyricon" (which is truly a monumental album), however for those of us that like catchy industrial music which keeps your mind surfing on the edge of the subversive, you couldn't ask for better.

Helter Skelter/Dogstar Man is best enjoyed on an empty dancefloor at 2am in the morning in your local alternative club.

Probably MBM's worst album.......2002-12-23

I bought this CD like four or five years ago and it has never sat quite right with me. MBM is capable of making excellent music, but I agree with George (below) - this is probably Jack Danger et al.'s worst album. The lyrics on the album are awful and the soundscapes/beats can be unlistenable at times ("Psyche-Out" probably beating any other song on the album for being obnoxious). Some tracks are good like "Now", "Hello Teenage America" and "Helter Skelter". Jack's only previous album "Storm the Studio" is far better than this, and being a huge fan of MBM (I own all their albums with the exception of their newest, RUOK?) I must say that anyone who is just recently becoming a fan of MBM should not buy this album. I would recommed Satyricon or Storm the Studio if you want to hear their old stuff - this album should only be purchased for the sake of completing a collection.

Average customer rating: Some excellent tracks.

World Anthems Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music All Works by Kuhlau | Kuhlau, Friedrich | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Summon the Heroes National Anthems of the World: Swarovski Orchestra National Anthems of the World Collections of National Anthems, Vol. 1 Stars & Stripes: Fanfares, Marches & Wind Band Spectaculars ASIN: B000007QGU Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

1. Olympic Theme
2. Spain: Marcha Real
3. Austrailia: Advance Australia Fair
4. Poland: Jeszcze Polska
5. Brazil: Patria Amada, Brasil!
6. Denmark: Kong Christian
7. Kenya: Ee Mungu Nguvu Ye Tu (Oh God Of All Creation)
8. Canada: O Canada!/Au Canada
9. Great Britain: God Save The Queen
10. China: Ch'i Lai! (Arise!)
11. Belgium: La Brabanconne
12. Finland/Estonia: Maamme Laulu (Our Land)
13. Hungary: Isten Aldd Meg A Magyart (God Bless The Hungarians)
14. Norway: Ja, Vi Elsker Dette Landet
15. Germany: Einigkeit Und Recht Und Freiheit
16. The Czech Republic: Kde Domov Muj? (Where Is My Home?)
17. United States: The Star Spangled Banner
18. Greece: Segnorees Apo Tin Kopsi (I Shall Always Recognize You)
19. The Netherlands: Wilhelmus Van Nassouwe
20. Japan: The Peaceful Reign
21. Israel: Hatikvah (The Hope)
22. Egypt: Walla Zaman 'Algund (Hail, Gallan Troops)
23. France: La Marseillaise 'Algund
24. Argentina: Sean Eternos Los Laurales
25. Sweden: Du Gamla, Du Fria
26. Mexico: Mexicanos Al Grito De Guerra
27. Austria: Land Der Berge
28. Lithuania: Lietuva
29. Italy: Inno Di Mameli

Customer Reviews:

Some excellent tracks........2000-08-12

With twenty-nine national anthems and John Williams' "Olympic Theme", this album offers a reasonable variety of anthems. (Curiously, there is nothing from the USSR/CIS/Russia!) The recording quality is excellent. The interpretation of the anthems seems to attempt to give an 'appropriate' national flavour to each one. This does not always seem to work. For example, China's "Ch'i Lai!" sounds more like incidental music than a national anthem. There is an interesting rendition of France's "La Marseillaise". While it lacks the 'big' sound usually associated with this anthem, it is distinctive - and is probably a quite good representation of how it might have sounded back in 1792. If, however, you prefer the 'big' sound this version will be a disappointment. Argentina's "Sean eternos los laurales", Canada's "O! Canada" and John Williams' "Olympic Theme" are excellent, but Belgium's "La Brabanconne/Het Belgisch Volkslied" is disappointing and dirge-like. The anthems are performed by a chamber orchestra and consequently have neither the 'big' sound of a full orchestra, nor the martial sound of a military band. The album takes a distinctive approach to the anthems. Whether this approach works is ultimately a matter of personal taste. If you enjoy the more intimate sound of a chamber orchestra, this album will probably be to your taste.

Average customer rating: Scary and compelling the guy's a genuine trip! greatest story ever told! A Mindblowing Debut recording Naked Burroughs

Call Me Burroughs William S. Burroughs Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dead City Radio Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales Break Through in Grey Room William S. Burroughs - Commissioner of Sewers Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation ASIN: B0000033FX Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

1. Bradley The Buyer
2. Meeting Of International Conference Of Techno...
3. The Fish Poison Con
4. Thing Police Keep All Board Room Reports
5. Mr. Bradley Mr. Martin Hear Us Through The Hole...
6. Where You Belong (Rewrite)
7. Inflexible Authority
8. Uranian Willy (Rewrite)

Customer Reviews:

Scary and compelling.......2004-08-13

When Burroughs was alive you never knew where you'd see him emerging from, whether it be a haunted house or Lincoln Center or the direst shooting gallery. Somehow he kept it all together while managing to hone one of the most distinctive voices in show business. Ably produced, CALL ME BURROUGHS features the novelist as he slips in and out of many characters; one wonders whether the monologuist Ruth Draper might have been an early influence on the young, wealthy St Louis-born heir slash ne'er do well, for such is the power of his "Method Acting" that you might well feel that he was possessed by the various spooks and rednecks who populate his great novels NAKED LUNCH or NOVA EXPRESS.

He cuts through the linear and distorts the line of reality like a seismograph perfectly attuned to the stupendous changes in the political and social mores of the century he lived through, and this CD will alternately bore you and transfix you. There are other recordings, but this might be the best.

the guy's a genuine trip!.......2004-06-02

if you liked the cronenberg film"naked lunch"or any of willie's books,guess what?you'll like this just as much!his voice cannot be duplicated because it's so dambed distinct-you gotta hear him to know what's up.me personally,I would've like to hear him read some pantera lyrics or barry gifford novels,but that would've been a long shot and "call me burroughs" is more that any self-respecting tripper could ask for!fans of the "leary biscut"-get it!!!

greatest story ever told!.......2002-02-28

mr burroughs voice makes me feel warm all over, reminds of all the time i spent only with my dad.... all those carefree days after school in the park. brings back such a flood of warm fuzzy memories about my first score, my first feeling of life in my veins... i just wish i could have sat on mr. burroughs lap while he read aloud to me with his stories... alas, he is all but gone... well, he is gone ... i thought i was gonna get a reading about tarzan but this is much better... if only... if only.... *cries softly* ... buy this before it is too late...

A Mindblowing Debut recording.......1999-12-17

The shot heard round the world. The debut recording from the late genius Bill Burroughs. 8 brillant recordings without the distraction of any background noise. Burroughs reads from his classic novels Naked Lunch, and nova express with his usual laid back style. Thought provoking and influential even 30 years later. Very likely to be the best recordings ever made by this master. The new packaged cd includes extensive liner notes, and many great photos. This is the stuff, baby!

Naked Burroughs.......1998-06-18

Superb monotone ramblings crawl out of the mind of Burroughs on this no frills recording. There is no music to distract you from the spoken word. Lovely stories for the whole family.

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2. Sex Generation [Import]
3. Smooth [CD-single]
4. So Far (So Good)
5. Sound of Festival San Remo [Import]
6. State of Synthpop [Box set]
7. Take the Long Way Home [CD-single] [Import]
8. Templates
9. The 80's Now
10. The Great in the Small [Import]

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Canta lo Sentimental [Import]

Chopin: The Nocturnes

Cookin [Import]

Coleccion, Vol. 3 [Import]

Da Bomb, Vol. 5

Live From Toronto Collection 1

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