| 1. Guilty [Single Version] |
| 2. I Wouldn't Lie |
| 3. Wrapped Around Your Finger [Single Version] |
| 4. Let the Music Play On |
| 5. Anytime |
| 6. I'll Give Anything to Have You Back |
| 7. Everything |
| 8. Who Is She |
| 9. Closer Love Affair |
| 10. Don't Waste Your Time [Single Version][*] |
| 11. Be a Winner [Single Version][*] |
Guilty,Yarbrough & Peoples,Varese Records,Pop,R&B,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban
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Guilty
Barbra Streisand Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000025JT Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Guilty
- Woman In Love
- Run Wild
- Promises
- The Love Inside
- What Kind Of Fool
- Life Story
- Never Give up
- Make It Like A Memory
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Guilty may well be Barbra Streisand's best pop album. At the peak of her late-'70s popularity, she hooked up with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, who himself was basking in his Saturday Night Fever glow. Gibb wrote and produced most of the material on 1980's Guilty, and he supplied background vocals as well as co-leads on two tracks. The results are still completely bewitching. "Promises," for instance, is a lounge-like dance number and Babs sounds simply fabulous--sexy, lighthearted, passionate, playful--all at once. "Life Story" is a wild epic, and "Make It Like a Memory" keeps soaring up and up into a stratosphere of shag-carpeted luxury. Even Gibb's wavering vocals are great--and not a little like a disco version of Mandy Patinkin. And of course, the hits are out of this world: "Woman in Love" and "What Kind of Fool" are titanium-plated classics the likes of which Streisand has not topped since. A guilty pleasure, sure--just indulge. --Elisabeth VincentelliCustomer Reviews:
Guilty CD.......2007-07-26
Barbra at her best.......2007-06-17
Guilty.......2007-03-18
Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s.......2006-12-04
Guilty.......2006-08-09
Other than that, you can't beat her. I wish she would come back to recording again.
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Guilty Pleasures
Barbra Streisand Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AOJ9EY Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Tracks:
- Come Tomorrow (Duet with Barry Gibb)
- Stranger In A Strange Land
- Hideaway
- It's Up To You
- Night Of My Life
- Above The Law (Duet with Barry Gibb)
- Without Your Love
- All The Children
- Golden Dawn
- (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
- Letting Go
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A few tracks into this highly anticipated Barbra Streisand release and the title starts to make sense. Guilty Pleasures is a 'Streisandian' spin on a melange of popular styles, including '50s doo-wop ("Come Tomorrow"), Motown ("It's Up to You"), disco ("Night of My Life"), Broadway ("Without Your Love"), and something vaguely waltz-like ("Stranger in a Strange Land"). If that sounds gimmicky and contrived, it isn't. The musical influences are more under Streisand's spell rather than the other way around. Then there's that voice: fire-and-brimstone bold one minute, cashmere soft the next, and fully undiminished overall. Much has been made of the politics surrounding "All the Children," but the protest-song-for-Muzak reputation preceding it comes without justification. The song makes its point (for peace) mildly and without undue controversy. The voice of Barry Gibb crops up more than just on the two duets he is credited with ("Above the Law" and "Come Tomorrow"), and where it is not being showcased, on "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away" for example, it sounds best. Of course the other inspiration behind this album's title is a nod to Guilty, the multiplatinum album Streisand and Gibb recorded in 1980 that captured the hearts of millions and spawned decades of requests for further collaborations. With Guilty Pleasures, Streisand has managed to avoid charges that she's past her peak, as evidenced on the gorgeous love song "Letting Go." --Tammy La Gorce
Recommended Barbra Streisand Discography
Guilty (DualDisc) |
Duets |
The Essential Barbra Streisand |
Album Description
Barbra Streisand returns to the scene with her newest release, Guilty Pleasures, which marks the reuniting of the legendary singer with producer Barry Gibb, whom she originally collaborated with 25 years ago on the multi-platinum record Guilty. The new album features 11 new tracks including the singles Letting Go and Stranger In A Strange Land and rekindles the magic between Streisand and Gibb that captivated so many listeners 25 years ago.The DVD Side of the DualDisc Edition of the album also includes special bonus video footage and more!
Customer Reviews:
What Kind of Fools..........2007-03-25
With a completely different feel than "Guilty," Barbra and Barry have created her best studio album in a long time. They cover a wide variety of musical styles, and create some new classics in doing so. The duets "Come Tomorrow" and "Above the Law" stand beside the two they recorded for "Guilty." "Stranger in a Strange Land," "Hideaway," and "Night of My Life" are perfectly realized pop song, showtune, 70's disco all in the space of "Guilty Pleasures."
My favorite moment, though, is Barbra's beautiful cover of the Bee Gee's own "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away." It makes me wish for an entire record of Barbra singing the Bee Gee's! For now though, I'm more than satisfied with "Guilty Pleasures," each and every one of them.
The best Album from these two in years.......2007-01-22
Excellent album.......2007-01-03
FANTASTIC, CD.......2006-11-10
ever listened to! I listen to It all the time!
THanks, Steve Bergman
Please Stop.......2006-10-11
There comes a time when a person should really take a long, hard look to see if it is time to hang it up. For Babs, that time has come.
The good thing is that I have the answer to her introspective undertaking - STOP SINGING NOW!!
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Guilty
Barbra Streisand Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009XT8YW Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Guilty (Duet With Barry Gibb)
- Woman In Love
- Run Wild
- Promises
- The Love Inside
- What Kind Of Fool (Duet With Barry Gibb)
- Life Story
- Never Give Up
- Make It Like A Memory
Amazon.com
Guilty may well be Barbra Streisand's best pop album. At the peak of her late-'70s popularity, she hooked up with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, who himself was basking in his Saturday Night Fever glow. Gibb wrote and produced most of the material on 1980's Guilty, and he supplied background vocals as well as co-leads on two tracks. The results are still completely bewitching. "Promises," for instance, is a lounge-like dance number and Babs sounds simply fabulous--sexy, lighthearted, passionate, playful--all at once. "Life Story" is a wild epic, and "Make It Like a Memory" keeps soaring up and up into a stratosphere of shag-carpeted luxury. Even Gibb's wavering vocals are great--and not a little like a disco version of Mandy Patinkin. And of course, the hits are out of this world: "Woman in Love" and "What Kind of Fool" are titanium-plated classics the likes of which Streisand has not topped since. A guilty pleasure, sure--just indulge. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
NOTE: This 25th-anniversary edition reissue includes: CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album DVD SIDE: Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo; video programming includes: interview with Barbra and Barry on the recording of Guilty filmed in June 2005; a video performance of one of the songs from the new album Guilty Pleasures; included exclusively on this disc as a preview; "Guilty" live from the TV special "One Voice"; a photo gallery with outtakes from the original Mario Casilli photo session.
More from Barbra
Guilty Pleasures |
The Essential Barbra Streisand |
Duets |
A Star Is Born |
Hello Dolly! |
Memories |
Album Description
Guilty The 25th Anniversary EditionCD AUDIO SIDE: * Entire Album
DVD SIDE: * Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo * Video programming includes: - Interview with Barbra and Barry on the recording of Guilty filmed in June 2005. - A video performance of one of the songs from the new album included exclusively on this disc as a preview of the new album. - "Guilty" live from the TV special "One Voice" - Photo gallery with outtakes from the original Mario Casilli photo session
Customer Reviews:
Great album - just don't buy the DualDisc.......2007-01-25
In fact, this was one of the first DualDiscs I ever bought. It put me off buying DualDiscs for a LONG time.
I still love this album, but I'll stick to my old, single-sided CD of this one.
Great album.......2007-01-22
Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s.......2006-12-04
one of my favorite albums all around.......2006-03-13
A wonderful all around album...oops..sorry cd.
Now if I could only find "Yentl" on dvd I could join the ranks of my other friends with at least two pieces of Ms Streisand !!!
Giltiy.......2006-02-27
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Out in California
Dave Alvin , and Guilty Men Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000065DVN Release Date: 2002-05-21 |
Tracks:
- Out In California
- Highway 99
- Abilene
- 4th of July
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Little Honey/Who Do You Love?
- Blue Blvd.
- Andersonville
- Haley's Comet
- Wanda and Duane
- All 'Round Man
- American Music
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Though Dave Alvin's reputation rests with his songwriting, the dynamism of this live recording puts the pedal to the metal and leaves the studio versions of much of this material in the dust. Highlights range from a nine-minute medley of Alvin's "Little Honey" and Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" to the honky-tonk country of "Highway 99" to the raucous celebration of "American Music" that has been Alvin's anthem since his days with the Blasters. Not since Creedence's John Fogerty has a roots rocker mined such a rich vein of Americana, though material such as "Haley's Comet," "Blue Boulevard," and "Wanda and Duane" find Alvin's hard-bitten lyricism growing increasingly dark as it matures. While his half-spoken, half-sung vocals lack the nuance of the best of his songwriting, a killer band featuring drummer Bobby Lloyd Hicks and keyboardist Joe Terry provides propulsive support for his stinging guitar. --Don McLeeseAlbum Description
Dave Alvin, winner of a 2001 Grammy for his release from the same year Public Domain, continues his exploration of what he calls 'electric and acoustic folk music' with this live album Out In California. 13 tracks. Digipak. 2002.Customer Reviews:
A wonderful performance.......2007-06-15
Fine electric and acoustic live performances.......2002-07-26
These thirteen titles are drawn from Alvin's earliest work with the Blasters and X, solo albums (including a generous helping from his 1991 debut), recent public domain recordings, and a newly penned saga, "Highway 99." Highlights include "Blue Boulevard," Alvin's riveting homage to an influential, music-loving cousin, and a smokin' piano and guitar-driven cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." An acoustic cover of Bo Carter's "All 'Round Man" and an electric stab at Little Walter's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" show off two sides of Alvin's blues. Grace notes invoke Link Wray, Bruce Channel, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Whether fronting the Guilty Men in electric club performances, or a smaller acoustic group at a Pasadena church, Alvin puts across his lyrics with incredible conviction. The spontaneity of live performance reveals additional details of his songs, as if their studio incarnations were drawn as maps to the road ahead.
+ 1/2 Stars...Alvin Is a First-Rate Songwriter.......2002-07-02
This live album is full of raw energy and touches all the bases of Alvin's career to date. There are songs from his days with The Blasters ("Little Honey," "American Music"), X ("Fourth of July"), and his solo career through 2000's Grammy-winning Public Domain (a seven-minute version of "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"). Alvin performs four songs from 1991's Blue Blvd: "Andersonville," "Blue Boulevard," "Wanda and Duane" and "Haley's Comet," the latter a touching portrait of fleeting fame. The title refers to Bill Haley, but the song's theme is universal. Alvin's world-weary voice is perfectly suited to these songs and the Guilty Men provide excellent support, including his long-time rhythm section of bassist Gregory Boaz and drummer Bobby Lloyd Hicks who have been with Alvin since his last live album. [Note: "Out In California" is the only track repeated between the two live albums.]
Alvin rounds out the album with some rock chestnuts (Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love") and obscure R&B (the slighlty racy "All 'Round Man"). An unlisted bonus track is an abbreviated version of "Free Bird," which some joker requests but Alvin takes up as a challenge ("You think we don't know it?" he asks. "You think we can't play it?")--it's a fitting ending to a magical set. This is 76 minutes of American music.
As other reviewers have said, if talent were the only barometer by which musical greatness were measured Dave Alvin would be among the elite. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
why isn't this guy a star?.......2002-05-28
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men: A True Working Band.......2002-05-25
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Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman
Randy Newman Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000DGQZ Release Date: 1998-11-03 |
Tracks:
- Love Storm (You And Me)
- Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
- Cowboy
- The Beehive State
- I Think It's Going To Rain Today
- Davy The Fat Boy
- Have You Seen My Baby
- Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
- Mama Told Me Not To Come
- Suzanne
- Old Kentucky Home
- Sail Away
- Lonely At The Top
- Last Night I Had A Dream
- Political Science
- Burn On
- MemoTo My Son
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
- Rednecks
- Birmingham
- Marie
- Guilty
- Louisiana 1927
- Kingfish
- Baltimore
- Rider In The Rain
Tracks:
- Short People
- Little Criminals
- In Germany Before The War
- I'll Be Home
- It's Money That I Love
- Ghosts
- The Girls In My Life (Part I)
- William Brown
- I Love L.A.
- Mikey's
- My Life Is Good
- Miami
- Real Emotional Girl
- Take Me Back
- Song For The Dead
- Dixie Flyer
- New Orleans Wins The War
- Four Eyes
- It's Money That Matters
- I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
- Can't Keep A Good Man Down
- Bleeding All Over The Place (Alternate Mix)
- Happy Ending
Tracks:
- Golden Gridiron Boy
- Vine Street (Demo)
- Love Is Blind (Demo)
- Don't Ruin Our Happy Home (Demo)
- The Goat
- Gone Dead Train
- Tickle Me (Live)
- Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong (Live)
- Yellow Man (Live)
- Magic In The Moonlight (Live)
- Beat Me Baby (Live)
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Let Me Go
- Jesus In The Summertime (Demo)
- Going Home (1918) (Demo)
- Interiors (Demo)
- Pretty Boy
- Something To Sing About (Demo)
- The Ballad Of The Three Amingos (Demo)
- My Little Buttercup (Demo)
- Blue Shadows On The Trail (Demo)
- Happy (Demo)
- The Longest Night (Demo)
- Days Of Heaven (Demo)
- What Have You Done To Me (Demo)
- Masteman And Baby (Demo)
- Lines In The Sand
- Gainsville (Demo)
- Feels Like Home (Live)
- My Name Is James (Demo)
- Laugh And Be Happy (Demo)
Tracks:
- Rev Running
- Change Your Way
- Clef Club No.1
- Clef Club No.2
- Ragtime
- Prologue 1915-1923
- The Natural
- Introduction/I Love To See You Smile
- Kevin's Party (Cowboy Gil)
- 1914
- End Titles
- Leonard
- Dexter's Tune
- Clocks
- Make Up Your Mind
- Opening
- Tartime De Merde
- You've Got A Friend In Me
- Woody And Buzz
- I Will Go Sailing No More
- Heaven Is My Home
- Main Title
- Clouds
- Good News
Amazon.com essential recording
Randy Newman's three-decades-plus career proves at least one thing: an articulate, bespectacled fellow seated at a piano--a Southern Californian, no less!--can be damn dangerous. In a civil sort of way. This four-disc overview of Newman's fitful but ultimately brilliant career offers a portal into Newman the solo artist, the film composer, and the for-hire songwriter. Discs 1 and 2 (for old fans, the least rewarding of the lot) serve as a greatest hits package--greatest hits being a relative term ("Short People," "I Love L.A.," "Mama Told Me Not to Come," and a few others qualify as commercial successes). Newman's trademark style--mouthing the skewed views of twisted protagonists (including God and Satan)--surfaces in songs old and new. The guardian of an obese boy who puts his charge to work as a freak narrates "Davy the Fat Boy." "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," "Suzanne," and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" explore perversion; "Rednecks" and "Sail Away" deal with bigotry; "Real Emotional Girl" and "I Want You to Hurt Like I Do" explore wanton cruelty. Disc 3 is littered with fascinating flotsam, beginning with 1962's bewilderingly boyish "Golden Gridiron Boy" (coproduced by Pat Boone!) and tailing into a slew of brooding but truly extraordinary solo demos. Despite his sardonic nature, the Newman of "Gainesville," "Feels Like Home," and "My Name Is James" summons true pathos. Disc 4 samples nine Newman soundtracks, including the orchestral scores to Ragtime, The Natural ("heromuzik," opines the composer), and Toy Story. Guilty is an appreciation of an artist who defies admiration. Here, however, the evidence is overwhelming. --Steven StolderCustomer Reviews:
God! Is Randy Newman the most underrated artist of our times?.......2007-03-20
Folks do not cheat yrselves. Buy one album of the two above and write a review yourself. He's a genius, underappreciated for too long. Or go here him in concert. He's great, the best, my favorite and I love all kinds of music. RN is for that dessert island, the only one you are allowed to take. Think about it...
Randy in the Wintertime.......2007-01-04
Way to go Randy!.......2006-07-05
Randy Newman is right by the side of the greatest composers, Williams, Goldsmith, Bernstein or his late uncle Alfred Newman.
Buy this anthology and get to know this musical giant.
American Treasure.......2003-10-13
Randy is so much more than "Short People", "I Love LA" and "Mama Told Me Not To Come", though it's all here. And so are some of my personal favorites like "I Wish It Would Rain Today", "Sail Away", "Guilty", "You Can Leave Your Hat On", "Rider In The Rain", some stuff from his masterwork "Faust" etc etc on ad infinitum. But Randy's even more than that...
He's a True American Treasure. A brilliant and prolific melodist, lyricist, arranger, showman, witty humorist and all-around "composer" in the strictest sense of the word, Randy is the quintessential storyteller/satirist/musician of contemporary American Music, ranking up there with the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Tom Petty. No one can tug at your heartstrings one minute and have you scratching your head the next like Randy, and when he takes his teeth out and sits down at the piano, you know it's gonna be a good night.
Not everyone knows this, but everyone in the music business worldwide and us devotees, purists and appreciative audiophiles know it for sure, and here it is all in one set. THANK YOU RANDY, for putting it all together for us. A masterful job, great choice of material and stellar production, crisp, clean and to the point and beyond. We love you man, and keep the stuff coming!!
RN revisited.......2002-07-03
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Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002G2U Release Date: 1994-11-22 |
Tracks:
- Through Your Hands
- Real Fine Love
- Memphis In The Meantime
- Icy Blue Heart
- Paper Thin
- Angel Eyes
- Your Dad Did
- Have A Little Faith In Me
- Drive South
- Thing Called Love
- Perfectly Good Guitar
- Feels Like Rain
- Tennessee Plates
- Lipstick Sunset
- Slow Turning
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorites of the last decade.......2004-06-30
Bring Back Michael Ward on Lead Guitar....PLEASE.......2004-02-09
Michael Ward was the PERFECT lead guitar compliment to John Hiatt's tasty rhythm playing. Hiatt classics like; "Real Fine Love", "Drive South", "Paper Thin", and "Slow Turning" have never sounded better before or since. Perfectly Good Guitar with the exception of Crossing Muddy Waters was his last great album.
Sunny Landreth's... slide every song to death lead approach... sounds extremely tired in comparison to Ward's, massive, raw, viceral, unique lead playing. I assume it was Ward who chose to move on for a spot with the; big selling, big stage, hugely boring Jacob Dylan band. Either way Ward belongs back with Hiatt ...please! Seeing Ward play with Hiatt in Chicago at Taste of Chicago in 93'after Sunny Landreth's boring opening show was telling.
Oh Yea... Live at Budakon...an awesome live album packed with some of the best songs ever written. If you count Neil Young as one of your favorite rock guitarist you'll love Michael Wards guitar on this album. 6 Stars IMO
The Best Of John Hiatt Live! Great band as well!.......2003-11-22
Tremendous.......2003-08-11
"Budokan"! he!he!.......2003-07-30
If you are familiar with John Hiatt you'll know pretty much what to expect. Muscular, well-written roots-rock and clever lyrics.
The sound is good, and the musicians are, too, and if you are new to the music Mr Hiatt, this album provides a pretty good sample of his work.
Among the highlights are a tough "Real Fine Love" with some superb rhythm guitar playing, the sublime ballads "Angel Eyes" and "Icy Blue Heart", the Stonesy rocker "Paper Thin", the ironic epos "Perfectly Good Guitar", and the classic "Slow Turning". But there are really no weak tracks here.
Several of the songs ("Memphis In The Meantime", "Real Fine Love", "Your Dad Did" etc.) are given a somewhat rougher treatment than the original studio versions or various cover versions, mainly due to the arrangements (no banjo or mandolins here, just two guitars, a bass guitar and a set of drums, and Hiatt occationally at the piano).
The mixing is very good, with both guitars in particular clearly audible. Hiatt had a great sideman in lead guitarist Michael Ward, and the two complement each other very well, playing some really juicy rhythm n' blues. Ward, especially, is responsible for some excellent solos and fills.
The rhythm section of drummer Michael Urbano and the versatile Davey Faragher on bass also works very well, and "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan(?!)" is a very enjoyable live album from a great professional.
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Guilty Til Proven Innocent
Prime Suspects Manufacturer: Priority Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000BIJZ Release Date: 1998-10-06 |
Tracks:
- All 4 One
- Money Makes...
- Liquidation Of The Ghetto
- Mac's And Choppers
- Bust Back
- Ride Wit My Heat
- Of All Da Hustlers
- My Old Lady
- Tweekin'
- Someone Shoulda Told Me
- We Gots To Do 'Em
- Here I Go Again
- consequences OF The Streets
- Young Niggas
- Soldier 4 Life
- Last Days
- Daily Rountine
- Guilty Til Proven Innocent
- Fear
- Children Of The Corn
Customer Reviews:
One of my top five No limit CD's.......2007-02-10
"One Of No Limits Greatest Albums".......2003-02-16
ranks right next to Master P's Ghetto D. I don't know why it
is not on the greatest No Limit Albums? This one was left out.............
TIGHT NO LIMIT CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2000-03-29
PHATTER than ever!.......2000-02-29
THIS IS DEFINITLY WORTH YOUR MONEY.......1999-12-30
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Guilty Pleasures
Quiet Riot Manufacturer: Bodyguard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005J9VZ Release Date: 2001-05-29 |
Tracks:
- Vicious Circle
- Feel The Pain
- Rock The House
- Shadow Of Love
- I Can't Make You Love Me
- Feed The Machine
- Guilty Pleasures
- Blast From The Past
- Let Me Be The One
- Street Fighter
- Fly Too High
Customer Reviews:
For Quiet Riot fans only.......2005-01-30
This album contained the 'Metal Health' lineup that had also recorded the previous album, 'Alive and Well' in 1999. The songs here, and the album as a whole, can be considered an improvement on 'Alive and Well.'
The best songs here include 'Rock the house', 'Feed the machine' and 'Vicious Circle.' 'Street Fighter' is also a good song, that one sounds like it came off the band's 1984 album 'Condition Critical.' The intro on 'Rock the house' reminds me of Twisted Sister, slightly.
Other notable songs include two ballads. The titles are: 'I can't make you love me' and 'Let me be the one.' These songs are above average, but actually sound like the same song but with different lyrics.
In my opinion, 'Blast from the past' was a forgettable song and the title track, 'Guilty Pleasures' was weak.
The remaining songs are all at least above average or "good."
Finally, 'Fly too high' closes off the album. It sounds exactly like an acoustic version of the band's classic song 'Metal Health (Bang your head)', but with different lyrics. It has the same melody and vibe, just much slower, and it is acoustic.
The good songs on the disc are strong and will please Quiet Riot fans. Material from this album fits right into their set list. There are a few albums from Quiet Riot's back catalog that I would consider to be stronger than this one ('Metal Health', 'Condition Critical', 'Terrified', 'The Randy Rhoads Years' and 'Down to the Bone'). However, this one will not disappoint someone who is a fan of the band, such as myself. It does sound like more traditional Quiet Riot than some of their other releases ('QR' with Paul Shortino or 'QRIII'). It is a good return to form and the band achieved what they set out to do: recreate a rock record sounding like their 80's heyday.
Back to The Asylum..........2004-08-01
And so is the case with Quiet Riot, who, through this release, continue to propitiate that hard-edged head-banging, hand-stomping, feet-clapping fun without placation.
I was not sure what to expect when I slipped the CD into the Infernal Machine - would the music preserve or betray its integrity? Thankfully, the sound herein retains its heaviness - I immediately recognized it as genuinely Quiet Riot's, and not some watered-down mutation of its former self - I recognized the harmonious strains and the feral DuBrow vox. It is a compliment to the band that they have remained true to themselves amidst the morass of pop-faddists. Now, you will want to insert this CD into the Infernal Machine because, lo and behold, a surprise awaits you on the desktop - an .avi file featuring an audial documentary on the making of Guilty Pleasures. featuring members of the band elaborating on some of the lyrics, band history, musical compositions and inspirations, some private life relations, all explained in that characteristic effervescent manner.
The visuals are pleasing as well - the group, which remains solid as Kevin DuBrow, Rudy Sarzo, Carlos Cavazo, and Frankie Banali incite the Quiet Riot in full. They actually look like a Rock/Heavy Metal band, which alludes that this is who the band really is, on and off stage, musicians who play from the metal heart and truly live it. The cover image depicts a scene from the Adam and Eve mythos, partaking of the Forbidden Fruit which represents carnal knowledge, rendered by none other than a favorite Artiste Albrecht Durer, with the addition of the Metal Madness mask obfuscating the genitalia of the nude figures, which was an amusing touch indeed.
Another mentionable bit of commentary is that among the generally self-destructive or death & misery-obsessed plethora connected to this genre, QR is actually quite life-affirming with decipherable lyrics speaking of earthly indulgence, love and lust, living life to the fullest - overall fun, which, since its inception, has been what QR is all about. Guilty Pleasures is certainly a worthy addition to your Heavy Metal collection - the condition is still critical, so play it loud for your metal health.
I took a chance and scored BIG!.......2004-06-16
Quiet Riot still has it after all these years!.......2004-04-22
The Best QR Album Since Metal Health.......2004-03-02
In fact, not only is this one of the best QR albums ever, but it's the best of all rock albums so far this decade. It's a shame that this band recently called it quits, because a good follow up to this album could have made them rock band of the decade.
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Guilty Pleasures
Wednesday Night Heroes Manufacturer: Better Youth Org. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000Q364XS Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Open Fire
- Wash Em Away
- Dead End Street
- Desperation
- Liar
- Uncivilized Bastard
- Move To Press
- All On the Outside
- Action
- Bland New Age
- Shut Us Out
- Not Alone
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Not Guilty...The Experience
John P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir Manufacturer: Verity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004ZBDD Release Date: 2000-10-24 |
Tracks:
- The Interrogation
- Right Here
- I Do Worship (Remix)
- You Blessed Me
- Thou Art Worthy
- Greater
- Changed Me
- Grateful
- I'll Bless Your Name
- My Healing
- Peace
- Sovereign
- Rhema Word
Tracks:
- One Phone Call
- I Believe
- Simple Song
- It's Possible
- Jesus
- Best Friend
- Dance
- Rain On Us
- Wedding Song
- Stop Hiding
- Not Guilty
- Break Out
- Not Guilty (Partakrew Mix)
- What's The Verdict?
- The Exit
Customer Reviews:
JOHN P KEE IS THE BEST AND SO IS THIS CD .......2006-01-25
AWESOME CD.......2005-09-14
THE SECOND CD OPENS UP WITH A LITTLE DIALOGUE. ITS FUNNY. NEXT WE HAVE "I BELIEVE" I LOVE THIS SONG. "SIMPLE SONG" REALLY SHOW OFF JOHN P KEE'S VOICE. THIS IS A NICE SLOW JAZZY SONG. "IT'S POSSIBLE" IS GREAT. THIS ALSO IS A SONG THAT YOU TEACH YOUR CHOIR. "JESUS" IS A NICE SONG WITH SHELIA LAKIN ON LEAD. THIS IS A CHURCHY SONG. "BEST FRIEND' IS AWESOME LADONNA, SHELIA, JB, AND JOHN P KEE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON LEAD. "DANCE" IS A NICE TO TEACH A YOUTH CHOIR. "RAIN ON US" IS A REMAKE OF THE "RAIN" OFF THE INNER CITY CHOIR CD. "WEDDING SONG" IS A REALLY GOOD SONG TO HAVE AT YUOR WEDDING. "STOP HIDING" IS ANOTHER GREAT SONG THAT HAS JOHN P KEE AND LADONNA MOLE ON LEAD. "NOT GULITY" IS A NICE SLOW SONG. THIS CAN BE AN INVITIONAL SONG. "BREAK OUT" SHOW OFF THE BAND. "NOT GULITY (MIX)" IS NICE. THEN WE HAVE "WHATS THE VERDICT" LOVE THIS SONG. THEN WE HAVE THE "EXIT"
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS CD IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good album..........2004-02-14
You did again John P Kee & New Life.......2003-04-07
I love you my brothers and sisters!
T
Musically Fit.......2003-02-10
Christian Music:
- He Loves Me Too Good
- Headlights/Whisper in Your Ear [Import]
- Hi Masters [Import]
- Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years [Box set]
- Hip Hits
- Hutson [Import]
- I Remember
- Illumination [Import]
- It's Dance Time!
- Jackson 5 - Greatest Hits
Christian Music
Songbook / Isabelle / Piano Cto / Memories
Take Me Back to Paradise, Vol. 2
Talk on Corners [Limited Edition] [Import]