Hungry Years [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
No One Else Makes Music Quite Like Brightons’ Chungking, who on ‘the Hungry Years’ Marry Classicism to Forward-looking, Psychedelic String Arrangements and Lyrics that Attest to the Complexities of Love. Originally Sneaking Out on Soft Release on Tummy Touch, Then Titled "we Travel Faster", Incredibly, ‘the Hungry Years’ is Somewhat More Impressive Still. Remixed, Remastered and Showcasing Two New Tracks, ‘please Don’t Talk’ and ‘voodoo’ (In Addition to the Re-recorded ‘cold Outside’), all Now Reflecting Chungking’s Burgeoning Maturity in their Journey from Then to Now.

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Average customer rating: Best compilation CD ever Here we go. Stallings CDs The Carl Stalling Project Warner Brother's King of Music

The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958 Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Cartoon Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957 Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights Bugs Bunny on Broadway Microphone Music Raymond Scott: Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938 ASIN: B000002LJE Release Date: 1990-07-17

Tracks:

1. Putty Tat Trouble Part 6
2. Hillbilly Hare
3. Early WB Scores: The Depression Era
4. The Good Egg
5. Various Cues From Bugs Bunny Films
6. There They Go Go Go
7. Stalling Self-Parody: Music From Porky's Preview
8. Anxiety Montage
9. Stalling: The War Years
10. Medley: Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungary Cannibals
11. Carl Stalling With Milt Franklyn In Session
12. Speedy Gonzalez/Meets Two Crows From Taco
13. Powerhouse And Other Cuts From The Early 50's
14. Porky In Wackyland/Dough For The Do Do
15. To Itch His Own

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For fans of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, et al., this is the essential cartoon soundtrack as well as a monument to surrealism. During his 22 years as a composer for Warner Bros. animated shorts, Stalling invented the musical vocabulary of cartoons. Producer Hal Willner has lovingly assembled a sonic collage that showcases Stalling's compositional genius and uncanny ability to borrow a tune. It's a whirling collection of random moments, chock full of music you never knew you knew, from Bugs Bunny's theme from "Rabbit Fire" to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" to Stalling's own "Woo! Woo!" Also included in the mix: outtakes from recording sessions, and several complete scores. --Heidi MacDonald

Customer Reviews:

Best compilation CD ever.......2007-02-18

Carl Stalling gave me the best musical education I ever had. I'm spending the rest of my life learning the titles and composers of all the hundreds of tunes I first heard in his cartoon scores. I've had this CD ever since it came out, and it still is one of my favorites.

Only a handful of tracks are a complete score from one cartoon; most are snippets from several cartoons edited together with a common theme.

This CD is about a composer and his music, more than about the cartoons for which he composed it. To drive home this point, it includes the score from, of all things, 1939's "The Good Egg." No one would consider "The Good Egg" to be among the best Warner cartoons, but the score, heard by itself, turns out to be a tour de force that is highly representative of Stalling's work. That's what makes this CD such a great listening experience: It was pieced together by musicologists who chose the music based on its auditory qualities, and not on the relative fame of the cartoon associated with it. It is not merely a trip down memory lane (although it is that, too), but is a great creative work in its own right.

Despite the vast amount of Stalling music that exists, this CD provides as ambitious and exhaustive an overview as can be given, and its 1995 follow-up, while also worth having, is but a pale afterthought. There's no following this act.

Here we go........2006-11-16

This CD features music from the Warner Brothers cartoon film scores by Carl Stalling. There are some complete scores and also some "medleys", with clips from various cartoons strung together. Carl Stalling was a master at writing music for cartoons, but something is lost when you just hear the music without seeing the cartoon.

Stallings CDs.......2006-11-10

If you harken back to the days when you snuggled on the couch on a Saturday morning with your little ones, and ate donuts and drank juice and watched "Bugs Bunny" you will love these CDs. You'll recognize all the characters and their entrances and their pratfalls...and laugh and say "I've heard that!"...it's a walk down memory lane and a very special one, at that. I highly reccommend these to anyone who loves B Bunny.
Not to mention these are some of the finest musicians you will ever hear...a lesson in classical music, and cartoons.

The Carl Stalling Project.......2005-09-12

Music from Warner Brothers cartoons "Golden Years" (1936-1958).
Carl Stalling was the chief music arranger for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. He was one of the foremost composers of cartoon music. This disk is much better than "The Carl Stalling Project Volume II."

Warner Brother's King of Music.......2003-12-02

Even if you do not recognize his name, Carl Stalling is a very familiar composer. He wrote the soundtrack for many of our young lives as the composer for Warner Bros.' "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" cartoons from late 1930's to late 1970's. Hal Willner has compiled this CD that for the first time lets you hear the music on its own, and lets you realize just how much of the cartoons' impact came from Stalling's music.

Willner sifted through hundreds of cartoons to choose about 40 with the most significant music. He presents the music in a variety of formats. A few tracks provide the soundtrack for a single entire cartoon. Others are medlies from a certain period in Stalling's career or pieces that set a particular mood (such as the "Anxiety Montage"). There are also tapes from recording sessions for 1951's "Putty Tat Trouble" that give insight on how this music was recorded. I couldn't recommend this CD any more highly. (After you've given it a listen, check out a Raymond Scott "best of" album like "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" to see just how many of its tracks are familiar from various cartoons.)

Stalling's music, instead of following the traditional rules of musical structure (exposition, development, theme, variations, etc.), was written to follow the rapid action of cartoons. Stalling would not compromise on this, even if it meant having the 50-piece orchestra play fortissimo for five seconds and then having only one piccolo playing the next four seconds. To ensure a perfect correspondence between the sound and the image, Stalling and the cartoon's directors would agree on a few sketches and on the timing of the action. This enabled Stalling to compose and record the music without even seeing the movie. Carl Stalling was also a master at telling a story through music, with gestures so clear, that there is never any doubt as to his intentions.

Stalling once said, "One problem with cartoons today is that they have so much dialogue the music doesn't mean much." Unfortunately, this statement rings true as we move into 2004. But keeping Carl Stalling from rolling in his grave is not why you need to buy this CD. You need it because it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a bad mood while this CD is playing. You need this to listen to as a stress reducer on those tough days. You need this because it is complete childhood in a disc.

I challenge you to turn on your television and watch some Looney Tunes. Turn up the volume and listen while doing something else (wash dishes, write a paper perhaps.) I guarantee you will know exactly what is happening, and to whom. This was the comedic skill and genius talent of Carl Stalling.

As Porky Pig would say: "abieh-abieh-abieh... That's All Folks!"

Average customer rating: Hard to find slow version of a Sedaka hit song Hungary Years Sedaka's solo masterpiece. High on Nostalgia Fair Album, But Uneven

The Hungry Years Neil Sedaka Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sedaka's Back Steppin' Out Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-1980 The Show Goes On: The Very Best of Neil Sedaka - Live at the Royal Albert Hall The Definitive Collection ASIN: B000009CJW Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Crossroads
2. Lonely Night (Angel Face)
3. Stephen
4. Bad Blood
5. Your Favorite Entertainer
6. Baby Blue
7. Tit For Tat
8. New York City Blues
9. When You Were Lovin' Me
10. The Hungry Years
11. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
12. Hey Mister Sunshine
13. The Queen Of 1964
14. Betty Grable
15. Goodman Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

Hard to find slow version of a Sedaka hit song.......2007-06-05

I was in grade school when Neil Sedaka had a hit with "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"...I later bought "The Hungry Years" album (in vinyl!) when it was released because I had liked the song "Breaking Up..." and the newly released duet with Elton John, "Bad Blood." I was in college then. I LOVED his reworking of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" in the 1970s, because it really seemed to fit the lyrics--a more melancholy version of the song than the "up tempo" one of the original. The '70s slow version is very hard to find these days. Thankfully, this album has come out in CD. I'm not fond of all the songs on this album, but do really think the reworked version of "Breaking Up..." is a better fit for the lyrics.

Hungary Years.......2006-01-08

Thanks again for putting all your track listing on line. So much easier to download from other sites for free.
Remember me always I am the guy who loves to wear long ankle lenght flowing full circle skirts

Sedaka's solo masterpiece........2005-01-19

While not a Neil Sedaka fan, I was still amazed by the versitility and unique approach to contemporary pop music that Sedaka took with this album. If you go deeper, behind the music (as they say on VH1), you will also be amazed. This is just superb music.Sedaka was part of the "Brill Building" crowd that spawned so many joyful hit singles in the late 50's and early 60's. Another Brill alumni was the great Carole King.The Hungry Years was the second of 2 LP's recorded on Elton John's fledgling Rocket Records label. Elton was at his artistic best in the 70's and was instrumental in Sedaka's comeback to the pop mainstream. It kicks off with "Crossroads", an upbeat but pleading tune of hard times and indesicion...something most of us can relate to in the human condition. "Stephen" was written for composer Stephen C. Foster, a favorite of Sedaka's, who is acclaimed as America's first professional songwriter, and lived and died in the early/mid 1800's. The album also sports a couple of top 40 hits: "Bad Blood" did well for Neil and got lot's of radio airplay, and a cover version of "Lonely Nights (angel face)" was taken to the top of the charts by The Captain and Tennille...although I still prefer Neil's original on this record. "The Hungry Years", the album's title cut, has been covered by many top artists of the day, and gives you a look at something else we all go through before we leave this earth...a yearning for our youthful past. "When you were loving me" is another standout track, and the blusey remake of "Breaking up is Hard to do" is simply a classic reborn, and takes on new life. Anyone who lives in the heart of any big metropolitain area can relate to "New York City Blues", a song about life and death in the big city.Simply stated...this is Sedaka's best work to date. Plugging it in to the new millenium, this record holds more meaning for me now than it did when it was released in the 70's. I'm glad to see that it has made it to CD. The only complaint I have about this record is the fact that Neil, at times, likes to recycle his favorite lyric phrases in some of his other songs. Lines like "tear the damned thing down" and "you'll discover, I'm some kind of lover" sound strange when transplanted to more than one composition. As for the new CD version of this classic LP...I could have done without the bonus tracks. They were mediocre at best, and really do not fit in with the feel of the original presentation. Although I did get a giggle out of "The Queen of 1964".

High on Nostalgia.......2003-12-23

This cd is so incredible! A mix of melancholy, bluesy, funky 70's lounge music. My father bought my mother a stereo for Christmas one year and got her started with the Hungry Years 8 Track. I'll never forget that funny "Ka Chunk" sound between tracks that signaled another great tune was about to start. I would highly recommend this cd to anyone longing to recreate that certain leisure suit ambience that was lost in the 70's. Don't miss this one!

Fair Album, But Uneven.......2003-12-10

It is refreshing that a old artist resurfaces again and makes a impact long after radio has forgotten him. "Bad Blood" is one of the best songs of the easy going 70's but "Hungry Years" is not one of the best albums of the 70's In addition to "Bad Blood" two other classic cuts from the album are two ballads, "Stephen" and "New York City Blues" The album starts out in a fury of energy with "Crossroads" but Neil's orginal " Lonely Nights (Angel Face)later covered by Captain and Tennelle is a letdown but the two songs mentioned above "Stephen" and "Bad Blood follow, two classics, but then the album falls again. This album seems like it doesn't know which direction to go. The orginal album closes with Neil's own remake of his previous hit "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" but this remake which was meant to be slow, is much, much too slow almost to the point you will fall asleep, I don't know how this remake was a top 10 tune in 75 This cd release contains bonus cuts but the only memorable bonus cut is the Queen of 1964

Average customer rating: Buy this cd now dammit!

Hungry Years Chungking Manufacturer: Gut Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: We Travel Fast country international records Tigermouth The Merkin Dream Blue Tofu ASIN: B0002XB8TC Release Date: 2005-01-18

Tracks:

1. Come with Me
2. Making Music
3. Voodoo
4. Please Don't Talk
5. Full On
6. World of a Thousand Suns
7. Let the Love In
8. Angel Eyes
9. We Love You
10. Following
11. Cold Outside

Album Description

Previously released as 'We Travel Faster' though now remastered and remixed and including two new tracks, 'Please Don't Talk' & 'Voodoo', not found on the original release and a re-recorded version of 'Cold Outside'. This is a record that sounds like sunshine, and feels like summer ­ so why it came out in October is anyone's guess, though it radiates warmth aplenty to keep out the autumn chill. More class than Goldfrapp, more bite than Zero 7, and less hard work than Portishead, these two beardies and a beauty have come up with an album that will be soundtracking listless summer afternoons and fragile Sunday mornings for many years to come. They reckon they¹ve got their next album mostly written ­ if it¹s half as good as this and they can get it out by June, it¹ll be a scorcher. Gut. 2004.

Album Details

No One Else Makes Music Quite Like Brightons' Chungking, who on `the Hungry Years' Marry Classicism to Forward-looking, Psychedelic String Arrangements and Lyrics that Attest to the Complexities of Love. Originally Sneaking Out on Soft Release on Tummy Touch, Then Titled "we Travel Faster", Incredibly, `the Hungry Years' is Somewhat More Impressive Still. Remixed, Remastered and Showcasing Two New Tracks, `please Don't Talk' and `voodoo' (In Addition to the Re-recorded `cold Outside'), all Now Reflecting Chungking's Burgeoning Maturity in their Journey from Then to Now.

Customer Reviews:

Buy this cd now dammit!.......2005-03-15

Listen to track three....then once you realize it's one of the best songs you've ever heard, go buy the album.

Average customer rating: Solid Compilation Best of Popa's Early Yeras!

The Hungry Years Popa Chubby Manufacturer: Blind Pig ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: How'd a White Boy Get the Blues? The Good, the Bad & the Chubby Peace, Love and Respect One Million Broken Guitars Big Man Big Guitar: Popa Chubby Live ASIN: B0000950W6 Release Date: 2003-05-13

Tracks:

1. Stoop Down Baby
2. Shake Down
3. Looking For One Kiss
4. Tak Off - A!
5. Working Class Blues
6. Lo Han Sway
7. Feel My Eyes On You
8. Rain On My Mind
9. It's Chubby Time
10. San Catri
11. What's Your Problem?/Pipeline

Customer Reviews:

Solid Compilation.......2003-09-15

The selections for this very good CD are culled from Popa's early work playing gigs in New York City from 1991 to 1996. Much like his stomping grounds, Popa's musical style is a bit of a melting pot of the blues, and the songs on this collection really bear that out. He starts off putting his best foot forward with the funky groove of Stoop Down Baby. I say "best foot forward" because for me Popa is at his best when he's playing it funky. After all, it was Bernie Worrell, one of the founding members of Parliament-Funkadelic, that first dubbed Ted Horowitz with the moniker "Popa Chubby". Later in the CD, his band's theme song It's Chubby Time, also shows off his awesome funky side.
Regardless of the style of blues, Popa plays it with a real strength and intensity. His versatility really stands out on this CD. Popa rocks it on the Zepplin-esque Shake Down, which happens to be one of three previously unreleased songs. He follows that with the Texas sound of Looking For One Kiss, and then jazzes things up with the second new tune, Take Off - A!. Before the CD is finished he's gone from the slow n' pretty Lo Han Sway (the 3rd new song) and San Catri to the fast n' gritty What's Your Problem/Pipeline. Along the way there's even a little taste of the Delta with the laid-back slide work of Rain On My Mind, one of my favorites on this CD.

Best of Popa's Early Yeras!.......2003-06-18

Popa Chubby has been described by some as a comic book character, a charlatan, a shameless self-promoter and by others as an accomplished blues musician, showman and entrepreneur. Having followed Mr. Horowitz's (aka Popa Chubby) career over the past many years, it is easy to understand the controversy. On the one hand he has proven to be a tireless musician with a rather large body (no pun intended) of work for a man with no major label support until his recent signing with Blind Pig. On the other hand, a lot of that early work, produced on his own label and/or oversees recordings, is often of inconsistent quality. This CD takes the pain out of trying to locate early Chubby material that is actually worth listening to. What you will find here is some pretty good original blues rock material put out by Chubby in his early years. The two lone exceptions seem to be "It's Chubby Time" which has its origins in an early disco number which will readily come to mind from the opening note and "What's Your Problem/Pipeline" which is a previously unreleased live version which seems disjointed and out of sync with the other selections. Guitarists will be especially happy with the selections as most feature Popa's bag full of chops and tasty licks. Overall, it's a pretty good compilation of Popa's early material.

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Hungry Years Chungking Manufacturer: Gut ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BTJBEQ Release Date: 2006-04-24

Tracks:

1. Come with Me
2. Making Music
3. Voodoo
4. Please Don't Talk
5. Full On
6. World of a Thousand Suns
7. Let the Love In
8. Angel Eyes
9. We Love You
10. Following
11. Cold Outside

Album Description

Previously released as 'We Travel Faster' though now remastered and remixed and including two new tracks, 'Please Don't Talk' & 'Voodoo', not found on the original release and a re-recorded version of 'Cold Outside'. This is a record that sounds like sunshine, and feels like summer ­ so why it came out in October is anyone's guess, though it radiates warmth aplenty to keep out the autumn chill. More class than Goldfrapp, more bite than Zero 7, and less hard work than Portishead, these two beardies and a beauty have come up with an album that will be soundtracking listless summer afternoons and fragile Sunday mornings for many years to come. They reckon they¹ve got their next album mostly written ­ if it¹s half as good as this and they can get it out by June, it¹ll be a scorcher. Gut. 2004.

Album Details

No One Else Makes Music Quite Like Brightons' Chungking, who on `the Hungry Years' Marry Classicism to Forward-looking, Psychedelic String Arrangements and Lyrics that Attest to the Complexities of Love. Originally Sneaking Out on Soft Release on Tummy Touch, Then Titled "we Travel Faster", Incredibly, `the Hungry Years' is Somewhat More Impressive Still. Remixed, Remastered and Showcasing Two New Tracks, `please Don't Talk' and `voodoo' (In Addition to the Re-recorded `cold Outside'), all Now Reflecting Chungking's Burgeoning Maturity in their Journey from Then to Now.

Average customer rating: Best compilation of early years Accept Breaker needed a remix,should have left the rest alone!!!

Hungry Years Accept Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | 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 Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000040NI Release Date: 1995-04-03

Tracks:

1. Fast As A Shark
2. Burning
3. Son Of A Bitch
4. Princess Of The Dawn
5. I'm A Rebel
6. Breaker
7. Restless And Wild
8. The King
9. Midnight Highway

Album Description

1995 compilation for the German metal act. 9 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Best compilation of early years Accept.......2003-12-28

It is the best compilation of the early yars Accept. Personally, it is their greatest recording for me.

Breaker needed a remix,should have left the rest alone!!!.......2002-02-17

This album came out in 87 during the overproduced BonJovi years.Considering that they did a pretty good job.The Breaker remixes are great,basically making the snare drum sound like it's in tune,and throwing some reverb all around.Restless & Wild is an album they didnt need to remix.The song Restless & Wild sounds better overall, but the backward snare sounds very fake and lifeless.Fast as a Shark-they paused when they were editing the beginning and it sounds like a bad overdub.The Im A Rebel album had decent production when it first came out,so they really should have left it alone,too.Just buy this CD to hear a better recording of tracks from the BREAKER album.

Average customer rating: Best compilation of early years Accept Breaker needed a remix,should have left the rest alone!!!

Hungry Years Accept Manufacturer: Universal/Metronome ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000026117 Release Date: 1995-05-08

Tracks:

1. Fast As A Shark
2. Burning
3. Son Of A Bitch
4. Princess Of The Dawn
5. I'm A Rebel
6. Breaker
7. Restless And Wild
8. The King
9. Midnight Highway

Album Description

1995 compilation for the German metal act. 9 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Best compilation of early years Accept.......2003-12-28

It is the best compilation of the early yars Accept. Personally, it is their greatest recording for me.

Breaker needed a remix,should have left the rest alone!!!.......2002-02-17

This album came out in 87 during the overproduced BonJovi years.Considering that they did a pretty good job.The Breaker remixes are great,basically making the snare drum sound like it's in tune,and throwing some reverb all around.Restless & Wild is an album they didnt need to remix.The song Restless & Wild sounds better overall, but the backward snare sounds very fake and lifeless.Fast as a Shark-they paused when they were editing the beginning and it sounds like a bad overdub.The Im A Rebel album had decent production when it first came out,so they really should have left it alone,too.Just buy this CD to hear a better recording of tracks from the BREAKER album.

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The Hungry Years Manufacturer: Sony special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GIL276

Product Description

Willie Nelson / The Hungry Years Label: Sony Music Entertainment Year: 1991 Track Title 1. The Hungry Years 2. Detour 3. I'm Ragged But I'm Right 4. It Wouldn't Be The Same (Without You) 5. Your Memory Won't Die 6. When I Stop Dreaming 7. If That's The Fashion 8. Solitaire 9. Milk Cow Blues 10. Linda 11. The Last Thing On My Mind 12. She Is Gone 13. Til I Gain Control Again 14. Time Changes Everything 15. Carefree Moments

Average customer rating: Fell in love with a song, fell in love with the album

Hungry Years Chungking Manufacturer: Gut Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Flying Away ASIN: B000636VT0 Release Date: 2005-01-18

Tracks:

1. Come with Me
2. Making Music
3. Voodoo
4. Please Don't Talk
5. Full On
6. World of a Thousand Suns
7. Let the Love In
8. Angel Eyes
9. We Love You
10. Following
11. Cold Outside

Album Details

No One Else Makes Music Quite Like Brightons' Chungking, who on `the Hungry Years' Marry Classicism to Forward-looking, Psychedelic String Arrangements and Lyrics that Attest to the Complexities of Love. Originally Sneaking Out on Soft Release on Tummy Touch, Then Titled "we Travel Faster", Incredibly, `the Hungry Years' is Somewhat More Impressive Still. Remixed, Remastered and Showcasing Two New Tracks, `please Don't Talk' and `voodoo' (In Addition to the Re-recorded `cold Outside'), all Now Reflecting Chungking's Burgeoning Maturity in their Journey from Then to Now.

Customer Reviews:

Fell in love with a song, fell in love with the album.......2005-07-05

I just happened to try the sample record at the store and when I tuned to "Voodoo", I just fell in love. Then, I discovered the other tracks such as "Please don't talk" and "Following"... I can't put this one down. (The latter is from the Nip/Tuck soundtrack) Exquisite instruments and sexy vocals...and songs ranging from ecstatic, romantic, to melancholic...this album is simply the best. I hope they release their next album soon!

Average customer rating: A great compilation definitely a great 'best of' collection for an amazing band. GREAT CD! What?

The Hungry Years Sex Gang Children Manufacturer: Receiver Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000005TI Release Date: 1994-12-15

Tracks:

1. Mauritia Mayer (Long Version)
2. German Nun
3. Sebastiane
4. Killer K
5. Draconian Dream
6. Cannibal Queen
7. Song & Legend
8. Shout & Scream
9. Sense Of Elation
10. Mongolia
11. Salvation
12. Times Of Our Lives
13. Kill Dub
14. Into The Abyss
15. State Of Mind
16. Beasts
17. Children's Prayer
18. Dieche (Short Version)
19. The Crack Up

Customer Reviews:

A great compilation.......2005-07-22

Many Sex Gang Children compilations are available, including Shout and Scream/The Legends Collection, Fall, Execution and Elegance, and Dark Archives. In my opinion, The Hungry Years overshadows them all. The Hungry Years wisely focuses on the output of the original (and, arguably, the best) lineup of Sex Gang Children. Nearly every track they recorded is an underground classic.

For those readers unfamiliar with the sound of Sex Gang Children, I will compare them to a combination of Theatre of Hate, Bauhaus and early Adam and the Ants (with a little bit of Virgin Prunes strangeness thrown in the mix). At the same time, I will maintain that, like these other bands, Sex Gang Children is totally unique. It is raw and raucous, with shrieking guitars, booming drums, haunting basslines and fractured lyrics. Andi Sexgang's voice sounds like a cross between Adam Ant and Marc Bolan. The producers often use reverb and other studio effects to create an almost hallucinogenic effect.

My only complaint about The Hungry Years is that the few remaining tracks from this era (such as Who on Earth Could That Be? and Kill Machine) weren't included. Perhaps there wasn't enough room on the disc, but I would have suggested spreading out the material between two discs.

If you want to get into the original incarnation of Sex Gang Children beyond the scope of this compilation, purchase Song and Legend (their only album), Deiche (a collection of early singles and remixes) and Empyre and Fall (another collection of remixes, originally released as Re-enter the Abyss). There will still be a few odds and ends to track down, such as Children's Prayer and Mauritia Mayer, but that's where a good compilation like The Hungry Years comes in. I also recommend these works by Andi Sexgang: Blind (later marketed as a SGC album!), God on a Rope and Last of England.

By the way, don't forget that the only places you can find Oh Funny Man and the Andi Sexgang/Marc Almond collaboration, The Hungry Years (mysteriously absent from the compilation named after the song), are The Whip compilation and Shout and Scream/The Legends Collection.

definitely a great 'best of' collection for an amazing band........2000-10-09

ahh..and as for ms. rosa, or anybody else, who does not own the original vinyl and/or can not understand what andi sex gang is singing in the great 'sebastian'...this is for YOU! : "sister tell, wishing well to the young man dead on the shore she said die, a suicide, kiss the table in god's name.. it's the code of the cowboy men to defile all that is pure too much hate, too much hate, and your ignorance is your strength! don't sell us brittanica with it's oozing pipeline dreams eat your children baked in a pie. i will blind you to improve your vision of i.. sebastian... bite the face of piety kiss your mother's broken spirit. there is nothing, not even shame, just a stench from the room full of social animals.. caught again, jezebel, with your friend and his beauty bible. he once walked thru sacred lands, now he waves his nazi dagger.. sebastian... wishing well, sebastian with your smiling puritan youth. and you feel, feel no pain as they cut thru your bluey-green vein!"

not too bad typing from memory, eh? i'm sure a mistake here or there. one of my absolute favourites along with 'beasts' which is also found on this compilation. so, what are you waiting for? take it from this old deathrocker and BUY IT NOW! ...SEX-GANG FOREVER.

GREAT CD!.......1999-12-31

OK, first off this is NOT Christian music, why would anyone even THINK that?

If you have never listened to Sex Gang Children, then this is FOR SURE the album to start off with. Maurita Mayer really sets the pace for the CD, as it is by far the best song they have EVER done. Sebastiane is good too, but you can't understand ANYTHING Andy Sex Gang is saying, and it's that way through the whole album.

My musical tastes include Christian Death, Bauhaus, Shadow Project, Thrill Kill Kult, This Mortal Coil, and The Legendary Pink Dots, so if you are into any of those bands, give Sex Gang Children a whirl, you will not be dissapointed.

What?.......1999-12-21

I haven't listened to this but is this really Christian music? The group's name sure defies this classification.

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1. I Don't Like Music (Remixes, Vol. 1) [Import]
2. I Get Along [CD-single] [Import]
3. If Madonna Calls [CD-single]
4. Jammers [Import]
5. Juggy D [Import]
6. "K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2"
7. Logic Memory Center
8. Love & Dope & etc. Dream Suit [CD-single] [Import]
9. Love Me Tender: A Tribute to Elvis [Import]
10. Love Songs from the Movies [Enhanced]

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Sex, Swords, And Sandals: Epic Anthems for the NRG Arena [Import]

Alexander Tcherepnin: Piano Music, Vol. 2

6 Sonatas Opus 9

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Angela's Ashes: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

America's Volume Dealer [Import]

20th Century Masters: The Best Of The Who (Millennium Collection)

A Sad Cloud

A Cena Muda [Import]

4 Wind Quintets

Quota [Import]

12 Exitos

10 Years of Bullshit [Explicit Lyrics]

Rodan

The Unboxed Set