| 1. Lolo (Intro) - Dr. Dre, Tray Deee, Xzibit | |||
| 2. Watcher - Dr. Dre | |||
| 3. Fuck You - Devin, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg | |||
| 4. Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg | |||
| 5. Big Ego's - Dr. Dre, Hitman | |||
| 6. Xxplosive - Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Six Two | |||
| 7. What's the Difference - Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit | |||
| 8. Bar One - Dr. Dre, Eddie Griffin, Ms. Roq, Traci Nelson | |||
| 9. Light Speed - Dr. Dre, Hitman | |||
| 10. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre, Eminem | |||
| 11. Next Episode - Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg | |||
| 12. Let's Get High - Dr. Dre, Hitman, Kurupt, Ms. Roq | |||
| 13. Bitch Niggaz - Dr. Dre, Hitman, Six Two, Snoop Dogg | |||
| 14. Car Bomb - Dr. Dre, , Mel-Man | |||
| 15. Murder Ink - Dr. Dre, Hitman, Ms. Roq | |||
| 16. Ed-Ucation - Dr. Dre, Eddie Griffin | |||
| 17. Some L.A. Niggaz - Defari, Dr. Dre, King Tee, Knoc-Turn'al, Kokane, MC Ren, Time Bomb, Xzibit | |||
| 18. Pause 4 Porno - Dr. Dre, Jake $Teed | |||
| 19. Housewife - Dr. Dre, Hitman, Kurupt | |||
| 20. Ackrite - Dr. Dre, Hitman | |||
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Editorial Reviews
Despite the number of guests on hand, Dr. Dre's decade-/century-/millennium-ending sequel to The Chronic is, like its predecessor, less a stack of posse cuts and more an elegantly seamless work from West Coast hip-hop's premier auteur. Deliberately cinematic in everything from its mix of moods to dramatic musical surges, 2001 is Dre's assessment of the gangsta life in medium shots. No longer fully immersed in violence and random sex, yet aware of their attraction, he often lets his guests blow steam about whatever's on their minds. When he takes stock of gangbanging circa late '99, though, he drops his neutral tone; he even provides another half-joking but stern warning to protégé Eminem on "What's the Difference." Between his discovery of Slim Shady, visits from old pal Snoop Dogg, and, most of all, the masterful sound and flow of this CD, Dre should shut down all talk of his supposed irrelevance. --Rickey Wright
2001,Dr. Dre,Interscope Records,G-Funk,Gangsta Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,West Coast Rap
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One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001
Bon Jovi Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005J73X Release Date: 2001-05-22 |
Tracks:
- It's My Life
- Livin' On A Prayer
- You Give Love A Bad Name
- Keep The Faith
- Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
- Rockin' In The Free World
- Something To Believe
- Wanted Dead Or Alive
- Runaway
- In And Out Of Love
- I Don't Like Mondays
- Just Older
- Something For The Pain
- Bad Medicine
- One Wild Night 2001
Amazon.com
One Wild Night? Well, that's not strictly true, as this live album was recorded at Bon Jovi concerts spanning three decades. But why be pedantic when the result is a live album that effectively doubles as a greatest-hits collection? Bon Jovi's songs are tailor-made for stadiums and arenas, and, from classic fist-in-the-air rockers ("Livin' on a Prayer," "Bad Medicine," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Runaway") to lighters-in-the-air numbers ("Keep the Faith," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "Something to Believe In"), the choices are suitably larger than life. The career-reviving single "It's My Life" sounds right at home, as do great covers of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" (recorded, appropriately enough, in Johannesburg in 1995) and the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" (performed with Sir Bob Geldof). --Robert BurrowCustomer Reviews:
IT'S ONE WILD NIGHT, ALRIGHT!!!.......2007-02-17
Live Concert Versions of Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits.......2007-01-19
zero stars.......2005-11-13
Bon Jovi rocks.......2005-08-09
not a greatest hits album.......2005-05-14
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7even Year Itch: Collective Soul Greatest Hits 1994-2001
Collective Soul Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005O6E7 Release Date: 2001-09-18 |
Tracks:
- Heavy
- She Said
- Shine
- Energy
- Run
- Gel
- Precious Declaration
- Why Pt. 2
- The World I Know
- Next Homecoming
- Listen
- December
- Forgiveness
Customer Reviews:
Metamorpho-Let Your Light Shine Down...........2007-07-24
That said, we have hear the Best of Collective Soul 1994-2001. I took it and indeed played it in my dune buggy, happily motoring past mimes, Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum, and starfishes of reknown. A sunny day. The winds flowing through my grey (but substantial) Seer's hair. The music was certainly a rush. And I cannot offer a better remedy to listen to while stuck in rush hour. The traffic is not a rush- but this music is.
Be advised, this music is not for the faint of heart-but it is very well done accomplished rock.
It is hard for me to zero in on any one song here. Probably because the tunes, for the most part, offer up enigmas that cannot often be easily answered. And yet, there are songs that prod one to think about reality in more meaningful terms. "Why can't you listen? Why can't you hear"? from "Listen". "I was blind, but now I see", from "Precious Declaration".
In many ways- the lyrics try for a breakthrough of the mind. Excellently written in concise and short verse, it is also home to many an alluring hook. This is not metal. This is not soft-rock and easy listening. This is rock at some of it's finest and most listenable. So very well done.
I think that if you start this and listen all the way through , you will find fine arrangements, nice accompaniment, and substantial rock grooves to make you move. The ballads are grand and the rockers can be hard and insistent. In all, not a bad job at all.
I would say, though, that this band is not classic-thus the four stars. But, if you like good rock music-it certainly deserves 4 and 1/2 stars.
So good. And let's not forget the l.p. scratchiness of "She Said". Funny that c.d.s, with their ability to give pristine clarity should want to imitate the l.p. But, that is a touch that gives this album just another reason to like it.
Now it is time to put the pedal to the metal and see what this dune buggy can do. Whoa! Is that the beach police gaining on me? Time to contact that ultimate souce! Now-where did I put that cell number?
Calling collect---your desperate Metamorpho
Awesome Hits.......2007-07-16
There are only about 2 or 3 Collective Soul songs that I don't care for much, so the other CDs are still great even in addition to this one.
Good classic stuff!.......2007-02-06
Greatest Hits.......2007-01-11
Melodious rock.......2007-01-09
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Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001
Barenaked Ladies Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005R1Q8 Release Date: 2001-11-13 |
Tracks:
- The Old Apartment
- Falling for the First Time
- Brian Wilson
- One Week
- Be My Yoko Ono
- Alternative Girlfriend
- It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)
- If I Had $1000000
- Call and Answer
- Get in Line
- It's All Been Done
- Jane
- Lovers in a Dangerous Time
- Pinch Me
- Shoebox
- What a Good Boy
- Too Little Too Late
- Enid
- Thanks That Was Fun
Amazon.com
Electrifying performers and pure-pop songwriters of the highest order, Toronto's Barenaked Ladies have emerged over a decade as that strangest of beasts. They'll never land a dishy cover story in Mojo Magazine, but as they reflect on those ribald years between 1991 and 2001, the five can allow themselves wry smiles, knowing that sometimes, just sometimes, the cream rises to the top. In addition to familiar radio staples such as "Pinch Me," "The Old Apartment," "Jane," "Alternative Girlfriend," and the ubiquitous "One Week," there's a trump card on All Their Greatest Hits that will prove irresistible to completists: the Ladies' buttery, acoustic version of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Recorded eons ago for a Cockburn tribute disc that almost immediately went out of print, the song has until now been a rare and highly coveted collector's item. Two news songs--"Thanks That Was Fun" and "It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)"--were recorded specifically for this collection, while two others ("Brian Wilson" and "What a Good Boy") are captured live. But what really brings this album home is, ironically, "If I Had $1,000,000." One of their very first hits cut as the Ladies were learning to dovetail their so-called "acoustic hip-hop" into slicker pop sensibilities, "$1,000,000"--a simple knock-kneed love song with harmonies so tight they're practically braided--is a snapshot of a band with all the pieces in place just as the planets were about to align. --Kim HughesCustomer Reviews:
Awesome.......2007-07-12
Musical SUNSHINE Baby!!.......2007-03-14
Six years (?) after the fact, the SpiritWorld is graced with this FANTASTIC cd-of 19 tracks, thank you very much-GET IT NOW!!
I was only familiar with the high inducing 'Falling For The First Time' track that's on the Malcolm in the Middle soundtrack, and only vaguely familiar with a few of the others, so I come to this as a newbie and I LOVE IT!!
Their quirky loquacious lyrics are funny, smart, smiley, honest and paranoid, the music is played with heart, it's beautiful and even the slower tracks you can snap to. A couple of the tracks are live versions which makes a nice change to the polished studio feel and it's sweet because you can hear the fans singing along in the background.
I can honestly say there's not a Homer's favorite brand of beer track on here; they're all FABOO, and some that are the faboo-est include the aforementioned Falling..., If I Had $1000000 and the spectacular Pinch Me.
I'd like to buy a doll house, use a shrinkomatic on these guys and have them play for me every time I opened the door. Or we could all just live together. I am so getting their entire back catalog and all their new and future ones, which, considering I'm more of a soundtracks girl, is saying a lot.
Lyrics aren't included in the booklet, but you do get a funny little story behind each song, and besides, they sing clearly enough, and you won't be able to stop playing it either, so you'll pick up on the words.
Bottom line: I HIGHLY recommend this, especially if you have a red cadillac and are going for a road-trip across America. Even just in your head. It's like pure musical sunshine.
A great album filled with hits at every turn!.......2007-02-23
As a rule, "best of" compilations tend to be littered with bad songs, but BNL really nailed it with this fantastic collection of songs. If you've heard and enjoyed any of their music, you owe it to yourself to check this one out!
Norms One.......2007-01-20
It's Barenaked Ladies, how could you go wrong!.......2007-01-03
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Chocolat: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (2001 Film)
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000056O00 Release Date: 2001-01-09 |
Tracks:
- Minor Swing
- Main Titles
- The Story of Grandmere
- Vianne Sets Up Shop
- Three Woman
- Vianne Confronts the Comte
- Other Possibilities
- Guillaume's Confession
- Passage of Time
- Boycott Immorality
- Party Preparations
- Chocolate Sauce
- Fire
- Vianne Gazes at the River
- Mayan Bowl Breaks
- Taste of Chocolate
- Ashes to the Wind/Roux Returns
- Caravan
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Director Lasse Hallstrom's recipe for Chocolat is bittersweet, a tale of human hope and frailty imbued with no small amount of symbolism. It's a story that requires a deft, sensitive musical touch, and Hallstrom has wisely turned again to English composer Rachel Portman for the honors. As she did on The Legend of Bagger Vance and her previous, Academy Award-nominated collaboration with Hallstrom, The Cider House Rules, Portman walks the fine line between preciousness and delicacy with grace and dignity. The gypsy flavor of Django Reinhardt's and Stephane Grappelli's "Minor Swing" sets the story's place and time, while Portman's gentle pastoral melodies outline its emotional core, with a few gratifying excursions into more Euro-ethnic music to keep it well-seasoned. The result is another quiet, powerful Portman masterpiece. --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Fabulous! Thank you Rachel Portman........2007-06-09
As much of a treat as a mug of hot chocolate with a dash of chilli pepper!.......2007-05-18
Chocolat,Rachel Portman.......2007-05-16
connesurer of sophisticated pop classic this CD is heavenly and divine.
absolute must have. Perfect for ADULT ROMANCE evenings that include
potential making out and drinking alittle fine wine after dinner.
Chocolat, The Soundtrack.......2007-05-12
Case cracked.......2007-04-11
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2001
Dr. Dre Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000023VR6 Release Date: 1999-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Lolo (Intro)
- The Watcher
- You
- Still D.R.E.
- Big Ego's
- Xxplosive
- What's The Difference
- Bar One
- Light Speed
- Forgot About Dre - (featuring Eminem)
- The Next Episode
- Let's Get High
- Bitch Niggaz
- The Car Bomb
- Murder Ink
- Ed-Ucation
- Some L.A. Niggaz
- Pause 4 Porno
- Housewife
- Ackrite
- Bang Bang
- The Message
Amazon.com
Despite the number of guests on hand, Dr. Dre's decade-/century-/millennium-ending sequel to The Chronic is, like its predecessor, less a stack of posse cuts and more an elegantly seamless work from West Coast hip-hop's premier auteur. Deliberately cinematic in everything from its mix of moods to dramatic musical surges, 2001 is Dre's assessment of the gangsta life in medium shots. No longer fully immersed in violence and random sex, yet aware of their attraction, he often lets his guests blow steam about whatever's on their minds. When he takes stock of gangbanging circa late '99, though, he drops his neutral tone; he even provides another half-joking but stern warning to protégé Eminem on "What's the Difference." Between his discovery of Slim Shady, visits from old pal Snoop Dogg, and, most of all, the masterful sound and flow of this CD, Dre should shut down all talk of his supposed irrelevance. --Rickey WrightCustomer Reviews:
Good CD.......2007-07-10
No explanation needed!!.......2007-06-13
the best album ever.......2007-05-17
Propelling gangsta rap into the new millennium..........2007-05-14
Following an intro, the album begins with "The Watcher," an eerie production featuring Knocturnal, a great start. Dre shows his dark sense of humor over a droopy, dark musical backing on "F... You," featuring partner-in-crime Snoop Dogg and Devin the Dude. This is followed by the absolutely classic "Still D.R.E.," one of his discography's finest songs. The beat is incredible, a hard-hitting bass heavy groove, and Snoop and Dre both spit great verses, asserting they remain the same gangstas from the early-90s, this song's a true anthem. "Big Egos" is a memorable, depressed collaboration with Hitman. My favorite song is "Xxplosive." This beat is absolutely incredible, one of my favorites of all time. The blippy instrumental and the head-nodding bass are perfect, it's just so catchy. Nate Dogg and Kurupt both make inspired appearances on this hip hop classic. The furious "What's the Difference" has a very well known beat and threatening lyrics from Dre, Xzibit, and Eminem. The shorter "Lightspeed" showcases some space-age production. "Forgot About Dre" is the next classic, an infamous Eminem collaboration that immediately became an anthem. An incredible beat is covered with some of Dre and Em's angriest lyrics. Both lyrically and musically, this song embodies the entire album's quality, establishing a new force in rap. This is followed by the rap standard "The Next Episode," arguably Dre's most famous single. The thumping, upbeat track has one of the most well-known instrumentals and simply fun rhymes from Dre and Snoop, giving way to Nate Dogg's classic "Holdup!" cadence. "Let's Get High" is fast and memorable, and the dreary "B... N..." is another unique collabo. "Murder Inc." is a chilling narrative over an equally scary beat. The posse cut "Some LA N..." brings together west coast legends King Tee, MC Ren, Xzibit, and Knocturnal for one of the album's best songs lyrically. The unforgettable "Housewife" has an infectious beat and an inescapable hook, this song also appears on Kurupt's album Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha. The simple yet satisfying "Ackrite" precedes the lovable "Bang Bang," a gangsta anthem. The incessant gunshots and chanting are awesome. The album ends with the wonderful "The Message," a conscious track dedicated to Dre's late brother. The sad lyrics are supported by music and vocals to match.
"2001" is one of the most important albums of the last decade, breaking the mold and reinventing the sound of west coast hip hop. Dre once again proves his musical genius, and this album is a consistent and inventive masterpiece. This shouldn't factor into my review, but this album just has tons of sentimental value to me as well, I remember when this came out it seemed like every one of my friends was playing it all the time. "2001" is a must have for any fan of gangsta rap.
WEST COAST 4 LIFE.......2007-03-01
CLASSICK! "
man when still d.r.e dropped it was so damn hot
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2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue)
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000033WB Release Date: 1996-10-29 |
Tracks:
- Overture: Atmospheres - The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour
- Main Title: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) - The Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan
- Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra - The Bavarian Radio Orchetra, Francis Travis
- The Blue Danube (Excerpt) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
- Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
- Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rezhdestvensky
- Jupiter And Beyond - The Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Francis Travis, The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour, Internationale.
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Blue Danube (Reprise) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Sudwesfunk Orchestra
- Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
- Adventures (Unaltered) - Internationale Musikinstitut, Gyorgy Ligeti
- HAL 9000 - Dialog Montage
Amazon.com
This commemorative reissue of music from 2001: A Space Odyssey combines the Also sprach Zarathustra theme, various Johann and Richard Strauss segments, and a ballet suite by Aram Khachaturian--all of which prove how much Stanley Kubrick's film attempts to avoid the soundtrack clichés of most science-fiction movies. Instead of the expected sci-fi effects, there is a more ironic application of music that would be otherwise incongruous to the celestial settings. Here, "The Blue Danube" complements scenes involving weightlessness and descending spacecraft, while Gyorgy Ligeti's creepy "monolith" music connotes Armageddon more than interplanetary exploration. The tracks play as they had appeared on the original soundtrack release back in the '60s, but there is also previously unreleased supplemental material and a dialogue montage entitled "HAL 9000." --Joseph LanzaCustomer Reviews:
great music, great reissue.......2007-04-16
I noticed that the music in the movie is mixed in surround sound, it would be great if they could release this on DVD-Audio or SACD surround. I'd buy it again!
fantastic.......2007-03-11
whoa........2006-09-04
Great Music for Halloween, very creepy.......2006-03-17
Bleakest of Futures..........2005-10-08
As a soundtrack for '2001: A Space Odyssey' this music together on one album is just great.
And besides, this soundtrack has indeed, like so many others I guess, made me aware of the genius of Ligeti, which otherwise might have gone unnoticed for me.
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Jim Reeves - Greatest Hits [2001]
Jim Reeves Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000052160 Release Date: 2000-10-23 |
Tracks:
- He'll Have To Go
- Four Walls
- I Love You Because
- Billy Bayou
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
- Distant Drums
- This World Is Not My Home
- I Won't Come In While He Is There
- Am I Losing You
- Anna Marie
- Blue Boy
- I Missed Me
- Losing Your Love
- Adios Amigo
- I'm Gonna Change Everything
- Guilty
- Welcome To My World
- I Won't Forget You
- You're The Only Good Thing
- This Is It
- When Two Worlds Collide
- There's A Heartache Following Me
- It Hurts So Much To See You Go
- Not Until The Next Time
- Is It Really Over?
Album Details
Digitally Remastered Collection from the Late Country Singer with a Generous Helping of 25 of his Many Hit Songs that Are Loved by Millions Round the World.Customer Reviews:
Jim Reeves.......2007-06-08
Jim Reeves Greatest Hits.......2007-01-09
thanks merci grati ..........2006-08-03
Parents Love This CD.......2006-07-29
Awesome Voice!.......2005-08-09
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Urinetown (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
John Cullum , Mark Hollmann , Danny Marcus , and Hunter Foster Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005LZR8 Release Date: 2001-08-07 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Too Much Exposition
- Urinetown
- It's A Privilege To Pee
- Mr. Cladwell
- Cop Song
- Follow Your Heart
- Look At The Sky
- Don't Be The Bunny
- Act One Finale
- What Is Urinetown?
- Snuff That Girl
- Run, Freedom, Run!
- Why Did I Listen To That Man?
- Tell Her I Love Her
- We're Not Sorry
- We're Not Sorry (reprise)
- I See A River
Amazon.com
"How about a bad title?" wonders Spencer Kayden's Little Sally in "Too Much Exposition." "That could kill a show pretty good." It's a tribute to the skill deployed by the Urinetown creative team (Mark Hollman, music and lyrics; Greg Kotis, book and lyrics) that its title doesn't kill the show. Set in a near-future in which water depletion has led to a ban on private toilets, this may be the only musical in history in which one of the leads makes a fortune on pee. But the show (which originated Off-Broadway before graduating to the big league) limits its subversive intent to subject matter and is refreshingly classic in approach and structure--think Weill-meets-Lewis Carroll. Backed by a small ensemble, the cast (with John Cullum in a turn nothing short of brilliant as the evil urinal magnate) has a field day with Kotis and Hollman's frequently hilarious score. --Elisabeth VincentelliCustomer Reviews:
not funny.......2007-07-25
The funniest thing about the musical, I am now convinced, is the premise. Urinetown is a place where you have to pay to pee. A conglomerate has taken over all toilet facilities, and if you don't pay, you don't pee -- unless you go into the bushes, and risk getting arrested.
But it's just not funny. It's supposed to be a satire, but it just doesn't work. Why? I don't know. But I listened to many songs on the CD, and none of them had that true spark that makes you want to laugh. The opening number is "Too Much Exposition" making fun of musicals that open by explaining too much with words instead of action. And perhaps this song is in there to deflect criticism for the main reason this musical doesn't work -- it's too busy explaining, instead of getting on with the business of being funny.
My humor tastes: I watch the Daily Show, Colbert Report, South Park, Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook (so-so), Frasier reruns. Never watched Friends, or Everybody Loves Raymond, or Family Guy, but did watch Seinfeld (although it's not funny to me anymore). The two most recent things I saw that made me laugh out loud were 1) Larry Wilmore doing his n*gg*r skit on Daily Show and 2)an early Chappelle episode where Sesame Street characters talk about drug use
An Amazing Find.......2007-04-03
With a chamber music-esque overture, the tone is set. 'Too Much Exposition' is a great introduction to Urinetown (the musical). Officer Lockstock addresses the audience about what they should expect from the show. Little Sally wants to let the audience in on the water shortage but Lockstock stops her. ("You're too young to understand it now, but nothing can kill a show like too much exposition." "How 'bout bad subject matter? Or a bad title, even? That could kill a show pretty good.")
I've read what others have written: you don't get the whole humor of the show unless you've seen it. I haven't seen it, but this recording is enough to get me see it. (That is, if a production nearby, even a high school production, is put on.)
The songs that I find myself listening to over and over are:
Too Much Exposition (not really a song, but still...)
Urinetown
It's A Privilage to Pee
Mr. Cladwell (a wonderfully sweet villain song)
Cop Song (a wonderfully fun villain song)
Follow Your Heart
Don't Be the Bunny
Act 1 Finale
What Is Urinetown?
Run, Freedome, Run!
Why Did I Listen to That Man?
We're Not Sorry (a great 20's sound, reminds me of 'Chicago')
I See A River (I really love this song... the feeling gotten across, before Lockstock comes out to comment, is 'Oh, everything is going to be okay', but Lockstock informs us that all is NOT well)
With a cry of "Hail Mathus!" the show ends. I just have to listen again, after making a trip to the bathroom.
Urinetown the Musical.......2007-03-10
Not for Everyone.......2006-12-28
"DON'T BE THE BUNNY!".......2006-12-04
I am no Broadway expert by any stretch of the definition, but this show is wonderfully entertaining! You will see (and hear) snippets from other shows, you will pick up on some of even the more subtle stabs at musicals as a whole, you will groan, you will laugh and you will enjoy ... But only if you try not to take it too seriously.
Get past the title (in this case I certainly think it did not "...kill a show pretty good"), relax, and be entertained. And for goodness sake, if you have a chance to see it performed live, do so! A musical that pokes fun at itself? Yes, a refreshing departure from the norm, and worth the price of admission.
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Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001
Manufacturer: Arsis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008YJET Release Date: 2003-04-29 |
Customer Reviews:
Good Blend.......2007-05-17
I do prefer the faster pacing of some of the pieces on the "Cludburst" recording, but this one is better all around.
My Favorite Choral Composer.......2007-03-09
whitacre.......2007-01-25
Choral excellence.......2007-01-07
Spine tingling.......2006-12-29
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Tick, Tick... Boom! (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Jonathan Larson , Amy Spanger , and Raul Esparza Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005NQK5 Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- 30/90
- Green Green Dress
- Johnny Can't Decide
- Sunday
- No More
- Therapy
- Real Life
- Sugar
- See Her Smile
- Come To Your Senses
- Why
- Louder Than Words
- Boho Days
- 30/90 Playout
Amazon.com
Rent is usually treated as Jonathan Larson's one and only show, but the truth is that he had a career--albeit a hitless one--before that blockbuster. There was a musical titled JP Morgan Saves the Nation with lyrics by Jeffrey M. Jones and music by Larson. And there was Tick, Tick... Boom!, an autobiographical piece that Larson workshopped for a while before setting it aside and finishing Rent.In 2001, Tick, Tick is getting a full off-Broadway production, and it's a rather endearing one. Lyrics have never been Larson's strong point, but he was a hell of a melodic composer--and the score here is even poppier than that of Rent (think Top 40 rather than Sondheim). It's hard to pick favorite songs: "Green Green Dress" is built on a rollicking piano boogie, for instance, and "Real Life" and "See Her Smile" are the kind of elegiac ballad that Larson would later perfect with "Seasons of Love." Luckily, this show has a lot more to offer than mere youthful musings. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews:
A Vocally Dazzling Esparza Rides High on an Exuberant Pre-"Rent" Larson Score.......2007-06-16
However, it is the familiar Larson sound of Rent that is heard most in this score - driving, rock-out rhythms with unavoidable pop hooks and yearning, piano-driven ballads. Even the opener, "30/90", is a virtual sound-alike of the bigger show's title tune. If the songs are not quite as polished or even memorable as those in Rent, they feel more personal because the autobiographical story is far more intimate in scale. Set in 1990 in the same SoHo neighborhood as Rent, it's a simple three-character piece about Jon, an aspiring composer who considers giving up his dreams on the verge of his 30th birthday. With charismatic fire, Esparza is equally adept using his beautifully expressive voice in a rock milieu as in a Sondheim character study. He brings energetic brio to finger-snapping rockers like the Twinkie-induced "Sugar" and especially shines on the ballads, "See Her Smile" and the revelatory "Why".
With a slightly pinched voice that reminds me a bit of the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs, Amy Spanger as girlfriend Susan duets nicely with Esparza on the touching "Johnny Can't Decide", the rocking "Green Green Dress", and the comical self-help wordplay of "Therapy". Her shining solo moment comes with the knockout ballad, "Come to Your Senses". As Jon's embattled pal Michael, Jerry Dixon provides powerful vocals, bringing particular warmth to "Real Life" and grit to the fed-up rave "No More". The trio closes the show powerfully with the anthem-like "Louder Than Words". The overall score is a bit derivative and a tad too earnest, but the youthful zest of the cast and Larson's pop craftsmanship more than compensate. Two bonus tracks are offered at the end - an instrumental replay of the opener, "30/90 Playout" and a rare recording of Larson singing "Boho Days" a capella with propulsive hand claps.
Great tunes - great lyrics - great harmonies.......2006-11-04
I hope you like it... The theme is "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" rings true today as the day he wrote it.
John we miss you.
Love the Music.......2006-08-22
Larson Lives.......2006-05-06
Fantastic Music, but i wouldnt want to see it live.......2006-04-30
30/90
Green Green Dress
No More
Sugar
Come To Your Senses (originally from Superbia)
Louder Than Words
and i also enjoy the rest of the songs as well.
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- Antidisestablishment [Explicit Lyrics]
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