Money & Muscle [Explicit Lyrics]

1. Sick Wid It Special (Skit)

2. It's All the Same

3. Say Dat Den

4. Victor Baron

5. Issues

6. Dope Track

7. Family

8. Num Num Juice

9. Hector da Ho Protector

10. Blowin' Hot Air

11. Gimme Dat

12. I Mean What Is It

13. Do da Damn Thang

14. What You Gon Do About It

15. Money Luv Us

Money & Muscle,Click,Jive,Gangsta Rap,Hardcore Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,West Coast Rap

Average customer rating: Beast Ballin' Very Impressive

LIL WAYNE DA DROUGHT 3 (MIXTAPE) 2 CD SET Manufacturer: Song List ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Lil Wayne: The Greatest Rapper Alive Pt.2 LIL WAYNE / THE EMPIRE - THE DROUGHT IS OVER PT.2 (CARTER 3 SESSIONS MIXTAPE!) Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana: Mick Boogie Presents Blow Dedication, Vol. 2 Carter Files ASIN: B000PV12JC

Product Description

New mixtape from Lil Wayne Da Drought 3. What you have been waiting for one of the biggest mixtape releases for 2007. 2 disc set.

Customer Reviews:

Beast.......2007-07-24

LIL WAYNE HAS EVOLVED FROM A RAPPER INTO A BEAST!!
HIS LYRICAL SKILLS ARE UNBELIEVABLE...HE CAN MAKE SENSE OUT OF NON SENSE!!
I WISH I HAD ANOTHER SET OF HANDS SO I COULD GIVE THIS MIXTAPE 4 THUMBS UP!!

Ballin'.......2007-06-13

Wayne truely is the best rapper alive he can take anyones beats and make them his own..... Like he once said "i can say don't rhyme and it rhyme" he's right..... this cd is dope and i would suggest it to anyone who likes Lil Wayne

Very Impressive.......2007-05-24

Lil Wayne Is in my opinion, the king of mixtapes right now. He is avereging about 1 mixtape every three months. This Mixtape is Awesome. Alot of his other mixtapes have people from his record label, and you only get to hear Weezy on one of the verses. However, on this mixtape he does it mainly by himself. This is more like a full cd or two. Great punchlines, I had to rewind a couple of times because I was dumb founded. Definitely worth the buy. Cant wait for his next mixtape!

Average customer rating: Mamma Mia Mamma Mia Musical CD JUST GREAT MUSIC Mamma Mia Not good at all

Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast) Benny Andersson , Julian Poole , Jenny Galloway , Nicolas Colicos , Paul Clarkson , Bjorn Ulvaeus , Lisa Stokke , Eliza Lumley , Melissa Gibson , Siobhan McCarthy , Louise Plowright , Jenny Galloway , Bjorn Ulvaeus , and Stig Anderson Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Contemporary Musicals | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits Hairspray (2002 Original Broadway Cast) Movin' Out (Based on the Songs and Music of Billy Joel) (2002 Original Broadway Cast) Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) Jersey Boys (2005 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000031WEN Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Overture/Prologue
2. Honey, Honey
3. Money, Money, Money
4. Thank You For The Music
5. Mamma Mia
6. Chiquitita
7. Dancing Queen
8. Lay All Your Love On Me
9. Super Trouper
10. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
11. The Name Of The Game
12. Voulez-Vous
13. Entr'acte
14. Under Attack
15. One Of Us
16. S.O.S.
17. Does Your Mother Know
18. Knowing Me, Knowing You
19. Our Last Summer
20. Slipping Through My Fingers
21. The Winner Takes It All
22. Take A Chance On Me
23. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
24. I Have A Dream

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Put together by Abba's own Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! manages to cram over 20 of the Swedish supergroup's songs into a threadbare plot. It goes a little like this: Young Sophie is getting married and she's trying to identify which of three men is her father. That's about it. Wisely, the musical doesn't mess around with the songs, save for the insertion of some dialogue or for having some of them performed by a man (it works amazingly well). Abba fans will jump on this import of the London production, but traditional fans of musical theater should consider it as well. After all, Andersson and Ulvaeus's songs have always felt as if they were more than isolated pop gems and actually belonged to a longer narrative. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Mamma Mia.......2007-03-22

I have not stopped playing this cd. It is just great! It makes any trip in my car most enjoyable Happy I bought it!

Mamma Mia Musical CD.......2007-03-21

This is a grand list of songs from the original musical when it was first introduced in England. The songs from ABBA are very recognizable even if you haven't seen the show. But, making a trip to NY to see the Broadway production is a plus. ENJOY!

JUST GREAT MUSIC.......2007-03-08

I RECENTLY SAW THE SHOW MAMMA MIA IN LAS VEGAS. ALWAYS LIKES THE MUSIC OF ABBA, AND THOUGH THE PLOT WAS THIN, THE MUSIC WAS WELL PERFORMED. IN THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM, THE ENGLISH ACCENTS WERE A BIT MUCH, BUT THE SONGS WERE GREAT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, ABBA.

Mamma Mia.......2007-01-29

Every time I hear the music and songs it brings back memories of seeing the Broadway Show

Not good at all.......2007-01-09

This is not what we wanted. The British accents throw it was off. We just saw it in NY and this is not what we were looking for.

Average customer rating: Another fiasco Disappointment obviously great! Machismo Music Toby does it again

White Trash with Money Toby Keith Manufacturer: Show Dog Nashville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Me and My Gang Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Honkytonk University Time Well Wasted Greatest Hits 2 ASIN: B000ELJB2I Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Get Drunk and Be Somebody
2. A Little Too Late
3. Can't Buy You Money
4. Crash Here Tonight
5. Grain Of Salt
6. I Ain't Already There
7. Note To Self
8. Too Far This Time
9. Ain't No Right Way
10. Brand New Bow (bus song)
11. Hell No (bus song)
12. Runnin' Block (bus song)

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Since Toby Keith's commercial success and canny image manipulation show how shrewd he is, perhaps the best explanation for songs as lackluster as "Note to Self" (a generic Rolling Stones arrangement with a hokey lyric) and "Runnin' Block" (about bedding an unattractive woman for the benefit of a buddy) are either laziness or pandering. On White Trash with Money, his first release on his own Show Dog imprint (and without longtime producer James Stroud), Keith occasionally appears to be stretching himself--on the string-laden balladry of "A Little Too Late," the tender "Crash Here Tonight," and perhaps his finest vocal performance to date on "Too Far This Time"--but often seems to be coasting. "Get Drunk and Be Somebody," "Grain of Salt," and "Brand-New Bow" are never less (and little more) than dumb fun, while "Can't Buy You Money" is a clever twist on the "money can't buy you love" adage. The most contentious track here, "Ain't No Right Way," is just waving a red flag at those who refuse to reduce complex issues to simple black-and-white. Keith insists that he only writes as many songs as he needs to record; this time, some quality control might have required writing a few more. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Another fiasco.......2007-07-23

I gave it one star because it is just not possible to give less.
Toby Keith goes from bad to worse. I cannot buy his music even if they paid me to do such.

Disappointment.......2007-04-16

I have generally really enjoyed Toby Keith in the past. I respect his integrity and songwriting skills, but this album diappoints. At it's best, it offers little in the way of new sounds, new ideas, or new flavors. At it's worst, it's dim and, in some cases offensive. None of these songs excited me (like "Beer For My Horses" or "Let's Talk About Me" or wooed me like "I Love This Bar" or "Wish I Didn't Know".

Songs like "Running Block" are downright offensive (and no, I'm not overweight, I just have compassion).

obviously great! .......2007-02-06

music is great or we wouldnt have bought the cd in the first place :)

Machismo Music.......2007-01-28

Toby Keith is cheeky without being arrogant. I like his voice. His music has a baseline brass knuckle truth. I have a friend that I think of every time I hear the the song "I love this bar" Toby Keith has no pretentions to "air"

Toby does it again.......2007-01-21

Best of the best for TK!!! This is the first of many albums that Show Dog will produce! If in doubt, BUY IT!!

Average customer rating: Shake Your Money Maker by the Black Crowes Great Debut! THE BLACK CROWES $HAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. Great album Shake that money maker....

Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Amorica Black Crowes - Greatest Hits 1990-1999: Tribute Work in Progress By Your Side Three Snakes and One Charm ASIN: B000062XB1 Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

1. Twice As Hard
2. Jealous Again
3. Sister Luck
4. Could I've Been So Blind
5. Seeing Things
6. Hard To Handle
7. Thick N' Thin
8. She Talks To Angels
9. Struttin' Blues
10. Stare It Cold

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Few young bands have embraced classic rock as fully as the Black Crowes. Their debut album features a bar-band stomp rooted in the back catalogs of the Rolling Stones, Free, the Faces, any number of early-'70s hard rockers. The secret of their success has been singer Chris Robinson's lanky rock-star poses matched with a voice as raw as whisky and as inviting as velvet. Add a healthy rhythm section accentuated by producer (and Rick Rubin protégé) George Drakoulias and you've got the dynamic shuffle of their hits ("Jealous Again" and the title track). While the band clearly likes to party, they're even more convincing as the Sunday-morning comedown of "She Talks to Angels." --Rob O'Connor

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Few young bands have embraced classic rock as fully as the Black Crowes. Their debut album features a bar-band stomp rooted in the back catalogs of the Rolling Stones, Free, the Faces, and any number of early '70s hard rockers. The secret of their success has been singer Chris Robinson's lanky rock-star poses matched with a voice as raw as whisky and as inviting as velvet. Add a healthy rhythm section accentuated by producer (and Rick Rubin protégé) George Drakoulias and you've got the dynamic shuffle of their hits ("Jealous Again" and the title track). While the band clearly likes to party, they're even more convincing with their Sunday-morning comedown, "She Talks to Angels." --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Shake Your Money Maker by the Black Crowes.......2007-06-27

Some of the best music and singing I have ever encountered. There is a little something for all tastes in this album. I couldn't have been any happier finding it at Amazon. I had looked all over for years. Paula

Great Debut!.......2007-03-19

If you are a fan of blues based rock, this CD is for you. If you are learning about the BLACK CROWES for the first time, this CD is for you. To me this is the best BLACK CROWES CD and it should be listed as a greatest hits record for all of the good songs. 17 years after its release, I still enjoy this one.

THE BLACK CROWES $HAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM........2007-02-06

Readers and reviewers, I will be writing a review on the legendary debut album entitled "$HAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER" by one of Rock's greatest bands and one of America's favorite sons. I give you one of Georgia's pride and joy's, THE BLACK CROWES. This legendary album was originally released in 1990 on Compact Disc on the Def American Recordings Records label. As always, if I hear any new additional information concerning this legendary debut album or the artist, I will edit this review immediately so that you the consumer will get the best informative and most accurate review possible.

THE BLACK CROWES have always fascinated me. Like GUNS N' ROSES, THE BLACK CROWES seemed to be on the right track of emulating great legendary bands such as THE ROLLING STONES and AEROSMITH. For a while, it even seemed possible that a band like THE BLACK CROWES could even sound better than THE STONES and AEROSMITH. When brothers Chris Robinson on lead vocals and Rich Robinson on lead guitar met up and joined forces with Jeff Cease on rhythm guitar, Steve Gorman on drums and Johnny Colt on bass, THE BLACK CROWES were born and Rock n' Roll was in for a treat and a big surprise. THE BLACK CROWES frontman and lead singer Chris Robinson would attempt in becoming Rock's next big sex symbol on stage and give you dance moves that would rival and compare to that of Jagger and Tyler. As time went by, Robinson has successfully achieved and accomplished this difficult task. To add more, Robinson sings and belts his songs with such extreme power and emotion, that he gives the music an additional kick and climatic power that makes you feel like you are listening to real Rock n' Roll. THE BLACK CROWES style of music brings back the legendary Rock n' Roll music of its glorious past. THE CROWES love to jam to the Blues sound and the music of their southern rock roots. When THE BLACK CROWES recorded their debut album, it was history repeating itself only this time, the music was a more "in your face" type style and far more improved. In my opinion, "$HAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER" is a well made album.

I will list and briefly review all of the song tracks in their original exact running order as follows: (1.) "Twice As Hard," (This is a very enjoyable song. This song has a mixture of the Blues and Southern Rock music. I love the way Rich and Jeff play their guitars in this one. They make their guitars scream and harmonize beautifully together like the way guitars were meant to sound like, breathtaking. Chris sings this song with such raw power and energy that he shakes this song to its very foundations and bares its roots.) (2.) "Jealous Again," (This is another well recorded Rocker that has some feel of life to it and a good beat that will give you tingles and goose bumps all over your body and make you want to dance.) (3.) "Sister Luck," (This is another well recorded slow Rocker. In my opinion, this song sounds alot like a ROLLING STONES song. Rich and Jeff do not play their guitars hard in the beginning, but they do make up for it by stepping it up and take the music into the next level or phase by daring to grind their guitars in your face with their blistering playing. This song sounds beautiful. Chris sings and belts this song out like a blues singer.) (4.) "Could I've Been So Blind," (This is another powerful Rocker that dares to Rock in your face. Rich and Jeff play guitars so well together that its like a perfect Rock n' Roll marriage made in heaven. Chris sings this Rocker with such power and emotion that he gives this Rocker alot of additional raw energy resulting in making this Rocker a whole lot better.) (5.) "Seeing Things," (This is a well recorded slow Rocker which shows the raw power and blistering lead vocals of Chris Robinson. Chris belts out this slow Rocker like he is singing the Blues. Chris actually makes you feel this slow Rocker along with him. Chris dares to bare the roots of this slow Rocker to its knees before your very eyes. This slow Rocker will leave you breathless and begging for more.) (6.) "Hard To handle," (Ah yes, this song track is quite simply, my most favorite Rocker on this whole album. This Rocker definitely kicks a*s. This is REAL Rock n' Roll the way it was meant to sound. You have to hear this one to believe it. Rich and Jeff let their guitars run loose for this Rocker. Chris sings and belts this Rocker the way a frontman is supposed to rule a Rocker.) (7.) "Thick n' Thin," (This is another well recorded Southern Rocker that kicks a*s. Rich and Jeff play their guitars like they are daring to push the limits of their playing. Chris sings this song like he is willing to help push Rich and Jeff beyond their limits.) (8.) "She Talks To Angels," (This is a beautiful acoustic turned slow Rocker. Rich and Jeff play their acoustic guitars like a warm summer breeze. Their acoustic sound is so magical and heavenly that it sounds and feels like a soft warm wind in the countryside where the hills and mountains echo its whining lifeforce.) (9.) "Struttin' Blues," (This is another well recorded Blues Rocker that kicks a*s. Chris sings this song with such raw power and emotion that he can make his blistering lead vocals ricochet and echo off of Rich's and Jeff's guitars. With this in mind, Rich and Jeff make their guitars whine and screech like there is no tomorrow.) (10.) "Stare It Cold" (Again, this is another well recorded Blues Rocker that kicks a*s. Rich and Jeff NEVER let up in this Blues Rocker. I bet that their guitars were tired and screaming for rest after this album was finished. Chris' microphone must be filled with enough electricity due to the raw energy that ran through it.) and (11.) "Unidentified song." (This acoustic Blues number clocks in about one minute and seven seconds. This acoustic Blues song sounds pretty good but it was probably an aftermath or epilogue following the completion of this dynamic album.) Overall, "$HAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER" is a well recorded album that kicks a*s.

I would like to highly recommend that everyone purchase this legendary album to own as a valuable and important part of their own personal music collection. This legendary debut album will definitely stand the test of time and will always be around to be enjoyed, appreciated and cherished for many years to come, NOW AND FOREVER.

In closing, THE BLACK CROWES have performed with their idols such as THE ROLLING STONES, AEROSMITH and JIMMY PAGE. However, THE BLACK CROWES have had their shares of ups and downs and highs and lows throughout their whole career. THE BLACK CROWES broke up temporarily in the new millennium following the get together of JIMMY PAGE & THE BLACK CROWES. It appears that the Robinson brothers have been fighting and duking it out for many years like that of the Davies brothers of THE KINKS. However, The Robinson brothers would settle down. Chris Robinson's well publicized marriage and divorce to actress Kate Hudson would bring the Robinson brothers back together again and THE BLACK CROWES are in the process of releasing their first new studio album in five years. This new album should be out sometime in 2007. I really do hope that THE BLACK CROWES will stay together permanently this time. Rock n' Roll needs a great band like THE BLACK CROWES to remind Rock n' Roll of it glorious roots in order for Rock n' Roll to breathe and survive. And as the saying goes, "AND THE REST IS ROCK N ROLL HISTORY," am I wrong? So here's to you Chris, Rich, Jeff, Steve and Johnny. THE BLACK CROWES RULES. Keep Persevering. Keep The Faith. Keep On Rockin'. Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for your reading pleasure. I also hope that you will read all of my other reviews in the near future when time permits. Long Live Rock n' Roll. Rock out always and take it easy. Forever in Rock, John L.

Great album.......2006-02-05

This is a rare time that I've heard a complete album since the days of the early Van Halen albums. Every track on here is GOOD.

What makes The Black Crowes so great to me is that they combine my three favorite genres of rock, soul, and some blues and they do it well...

You got southern rock songs like Twice As Hard, Sister Luck, Thick n Thin... You got a great balld in She Talks to Angels... Hard rockers in Stare It Cold and Jealous Again... And you got possibly the most catchy song the 90's and that is the cover of Hard to Handle.

If you're a rock, soul and blues fan I suggest picking this album up... It might not be from a classic time period, but it sure is a classic album from start to finish.

Best Tracks

Twice As Hard
Hard to Handle
Sister Luck
She Talks to Angels
Seeing Things
Jealous Again.

Shake that money maker...........2006-01-15

The debut album by the Crowes, from 1990, has always been my favorite release by the Georgia rock band. They've had very good stuff since then, but to me, the first album just hasn't been topped.

It opens with "Twice as Hard", stating a message right from the beginning. This was a new band (then) that was here to show they knew how to rock and roll. In an age where hair bands hadn't died out yet, and grunge still had yet to hit the mainstream, the Crowes used their down to basics, Rolling Stones meet Skynyrd sound to hook fans everywhere of good, of fashioned blues rock.

The next song, "Jealous Again" was another hit, this one being the first single released. It is what set the tone and opened the way for the Crowes to build an instant fan base, that while isn't as strong today as it was in the early days, still remains.

Other hits are here, including "Hard to Handle", a revamped and kick ass version of the old Otis Redding song. Also found here is the ultimate ballad by the band, "She Talks To Angels". in an age where the power ballads were all over the airwaves, it was good to hear a true rock and roll force kick back and show the boys with makeup just how a blues tinged emotional rock and roll ballad is supposed to sound.

There isn't really a weak spot on the album, even once you get past the hits. "Sister Luck" has a bluesy, slow moving pulse....the kind that makes you wanna kick back and just savor your beer. "Struttin' Blues", "Could i Have Been So Blind", and "Seeing Things" all keep the album moving without letting up. "Thick and Thin" raises the decible level a little more, carrying on the pace set by "Hard to Handle", and right before they slow down into "She Talks to Angels". Finally, they top the disc off with "Stare it Cold", letting us all see that the Crowes weren't done yet.

All in all, if you like blues rock with an upbeat tone, or just good old time rock and roll, check this out. The Crowes use old formulas, but give them a fresh new flavor, and in the decade plus since the original release, have given rock fans a good alternative to the rest of the music scene.

Average customer rating: Right on the Money Love the Money Man Drive and Listen Good mix of songs Best of Eddie Money CD

The Best of Eddie Money Eddie Money Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits Cars - Complete Greatest Hits Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977-1988) Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005MKE3 Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

1. Two Tickets To Paradise
2. Shakin'
3. Take Me Home Tonight
4. Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
5. Walk On Water
6. Running Back
7. Think I'm In Love
8. Maybe I'm A Fool
9. Rock And Roll The Place (live)
10. Baby Hold On
11. We Should Be Sleeping
12. Trinidad
13. I Wanna Go Back
14. No Control (live)
15. Where's The Party?
16. Peace In Our Time

Customer Reviews:

Right on the Money.......2007-07-18

An excellent compilation of Eddie Money's music. It's got all the hits I remember turning up on the radio back in the 80s. Eddie's not doing anything fancy, just providing great, solid rock from the 80s. In the era of hair bands, Eddie focused on the tunes. This CD would make for excellent road music for sure. Great choice for 80s rock fans. Particularly good songs, and there are a number of them, are:

2 Tickets to Paradise
Shakin
Take Me Home Tonight
Walk on Water
We Should Be Sleeping
Trinidad
I Wanna Go Back
Peace in Our Time

As you can see, just the really good ones make quite a list. This album lives up to "greatest hits" label.

Love the Money Man.......2007-05-15

Eddie Money's (Mahoney)best music. This music gets constant play on rock 'n roll radio stations and rightly so. This album is a winner and will be for a long time to come.

Drive and Listen.......2007-04-02

It is said that Eddie Money was a cop until he followed his heart and started in the music business.I remember myself when I was driving home in my car during a hot summer day.I turned on my radio and listened to a tune called"TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT".I was blown away.Eddie Money is pure Rock'n Roll, pure music and most of it all,music you can listen while driving or working out etc.I'm sure you know all the songs notably BABY HOLD ON or TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE.Don't wait too long.Eddie will never let you go.

Good mix of songs.......2007-01-09

I had forgotten how many Eddie Money songs were so good! This is a nice compilation. I am happy with my purchase.

Best of Eddie Money CD.......2005-09-22

I've always been a fan of the Money Man. This is a great CD of his biggest hits. I listen to it all the time.

Average customer rating: Meta-Kinks Almost Perfect Brilliant concept album This is where Lola shows you who's boss. Toppermost of the Poppermost

Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One The Kinks Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Something Else by the Kinks Muswell Hillbillies Face to Face ASIN: B000002KOW Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. The Contenders
3. Strangers
4. Denmark Street
5. Get Back In Line
6. Lola
7. Top Of The Pops
8. The Moneygoround
9. This Time Tomorrow
10. A Long Way From Home
11. Rats
12. Apeman
13. Powerman
14. Got To Be Free

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The Kinks' 1970 effort was the penultimate creation in a five-year, six-album burst that ranks just a notch below the great sustained rock & roll eruptions of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, and Elvis Costello. Of course, the linchpin to this collection is "Lola," Ray Davies's irresistibly vivid account of the charms of a seductive transvestite. Its daring (for the time) subject matter aside, "Lola" stands as one of the great singles of all time. Add to the list the almost as infectious "Apeman," a slew of funny, shrewd, alienated-rock-star screeds ("Top of the Tops," "The Moneyground," "Powerman"), and a couple of memorable contributions from Ray's brother, Dave ("Strangers," "Rats"), and you have the Kinks at their raucous, righteous, quirky quintessence. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Meta-Kinks.......2007-05-28

I take a backseat to no one in my love for the Kinks. They were the first rock band that grabbed me back in 1965 with "Well Respected Man" and "Sunny Afternoon," and, thereafter, I continued to rediscover them. I caught up with Kinks in 1969 with "Arthur," then again in 1970 with "Muswell Hillbillies," and again in 1972 with the Kink Kronikles retrospective, which introduced me to the UK hits "Waterloo Sunset" and "Days" as well as oddly compelling achievements like "Autumn Almanac" and "Death of a Clown." I recall vividly the release of the single "Lola," which came after "Arthur." It was almost too good: Too melodic, too funny, too brilliant in every way. The album, which followed, left me a little cold, and I've never really given it much of a listen in the past 35+ years since its release.

Now that I've given this album another chance, I can't seem to pry it from my CD player. Is this the Kinks' best album? Better than "Village Green Preservation Society?" "Muswell Hillbillies?" It might be. Musically, it's their biggest, boldest statement. Lola is like the seed of a pearl, the album being about the creation of a hit single, first the desperate climb to the top, in "The Contenders," "Denmark Street," "Get Back in Line," followed by the single itself, followed by all the things that followed; hitting "the Top of the Pops," inspiring "The Moneygoround," where people make money off "a song they've never heard," and then the life of being stars, represented by two of the disc's highlights, "This Time Tomorrow" and "A Long Way from Home" -- two of the prettiest melodies Ray Davies ever wrote. Then, finally the sometimes funny, sometimes angry struggle to break free of the commercial monster they've created, in "Apeman," "Powerman," and "Got to be Free." Woven into this narrative are two of Dave Davies' best Kink contributions, "Strangers" and "Rats," which don't fit the story line precisely, but capture its mood, "Strangers" especially.

See? It's an album with a hit single that's about the hit single. And by the end of it, they're running as far away from the hit single as they can. This is meta-fiction, 25 years ahead of its time. But it's not difficult. This album has a little of everything that makes the Kinks great: Beautiful melodies, savage rock riffs, music-hall-style satire, and lyrics both clever and heartfelt. A true treasure. Why didn't I hear it this way before?

Almost Perfect.......2007-05-05

I first bought this album because the morning show that I would listen to on the radio in SLC (Radio from Hell) would sometimes play "Apeman" as an intro song. After hearing it about half a dozen times, I finally decided to hunt down this CD. I concur with the opinions expressed by many of the previous reviewers. This is a stellar album, and I am disappointed in myself that I hadn't heard it earlier in my life. I do have one complaint for which I am subtracting one star. To my ears, this CD desperately needs to be remastered. The mix sounds tinny and weak. For me, this is most apparent on the song "Apeman" - the reason I bought the album. The vocals seem to be buried underneath the the instrumentation. I bought my copy used, so perhaps it was an earlier release CD, and there has since been a remastered release. But believe me, you will not regret purchasing this album.

Brilliant concept album.......2006-12-19

I owned this LP when it was released and I played it non-stop. The songs were acted out in "the theater in my head": it took me on an exciting, sometimes poignant, emotional journery every time. This is a brilliant concept album. "Lola versus Powerman..." still holds a very special place for me in the exordinary Kinks discography.

This is where Lola shows you who's boss........2006-11-30

Having grown up thru the British Invasion I can tell you that Ray Davies was writing songs on par with Lennon/NikCartney. The Kinks invented hard rockin', I don't care who agrees. RD in his prime could go song to song with the 'Beatlez' and his prime lasted longer than either of the aforementioned.

Toppermost of the Poppermost.......2006-11-30

Absolutely the best Kinks album, bar none. It also is one of the greatest rock albums ever. No need to delete anything before you hit "play" - unless maybe you've heard "Lola" once too often. It also has cohesiveness and a storyline. Although I usually get tired of even good material, this one always seems fresh and gets a regular spin. (It brings back fond memories of when I managed to play "Top of the Pops" on my high school's PA system.) In my experience, whenever someone hears it for the first time they always ask about it (sometimes they think it's a "greatest hits" CD - altho Lola was actually the only hit). Bottom line: if you don't own it, buy it.

Average customer rating: You already know. Weezy Baby, PLEASE SAY THE BABY... LIL WAYNE IS A BEAST!!!!!!!! Weezy finally comes correct AAAAAAHHHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!

Tha Carter, Vol. 2 Lil Wayne Manufacturer: Cash Money ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tha Carter What the Game's Been Missing! Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 The Sound of Revenge Trill ASIN: B000BLI4UG Release Date: 2005-12-06

Tracks:

1. Tha Mobb
2. Fly In
3. Money In Mind
4. Fireman
5. Mo Fire
6. On Tha Block No.1
7. Best Rapper Alive
8. Lock And Load
9. Oh No
10. Grown Man
11. On Tha Block No.2
12. Hit Em Up
13. Carter II
14. Hustler Musik
15. Receipt
16. Shooter
17. Weezy Baby
18. On Tha Block No.3
19. I'm A Dboy
20. Feel Me
21. Get Over
22. Fly Out

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Who would have thought back in the Hot Boys' early days that it'd be Lil Wayne who not simply survived his older peers like Juvenile, but ended up thriving by the time he reached Tha Carter, vol. 2, Weezy's fourth album. He sounds more confident as an MC--but more importantly, he wields a genuinely impressive array of different styles (as opposed to countless one-note rappers), from the chattering, thuggish "Fireman" and the languid style of "Oh No" to the emotional, introspective "Feel Me." In some ways, he actually bears a resemblance to rap's other major "Carter" (Jay-Z), not just in his increasingly effortless flow but in his assertiveness as a leader. In other words, he's matured in all the right ways as an artist. His album is still longer than it needs to be--22 tracks, 77 minutes--but even the filler is listenable while the best songs, like "Receipt," "Shooter," and "Hustler Musik" help establish this as one of 2005's last great albums. --Oliver Wang

Customer Reviews:

You already know........2007-07-18

Now see this is a album that one point i owned but it's so good that i had to get it again and if i lose this one them im getting it again YA DIG!!!

Weezy Baby, PLEASE SAY THE BABY..........2007-06-11

LOVE WEEZY BABY, His voice always makes my day. This album is CCCRRRAAAZZZYYY! Even though, Weezy dont write his own lyrics and kisses his friend on the lips, I am forever a fan!! Best tracks are
1. Money on my Mind
2. Mo' Fire
3. Fireman (HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!)
4. Best Rapper Alive
5. Oh No
6. Hit'em Up
7. Hustler Musik
8. Shooter
9. Weezy Baby

Trust me, ITS WORTH YOUR MONEY! DONT BUY BOOTLEG!!!

LIL WAYNE IS A BEAST!!!!!!!!.......2007-03-15

I HONESTLY DIDNT LIKE LIL WAYNE BEFORE THIS ALBUM, BUT THIS ALBUM HE PROVES THAT HE CAN SPIT. HIS LYRICS HAVE DEFINITELY IMPROVED A WHOLE BUNCH SINCE HIS EARLIER YEARS WITH CA$H MONEY. EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ALBUM MAKES IT A HOTT ALBUM. THE BEATS, FLOWS, CONCEPTS, AND LYRICS. NOW LIL WAYNE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MC'S NOT JUST CUZ OF THIS ALBUM, BUT ALSO CUZ OF HIS LATEST MIXTAPES.

Weezy finally comes correct.......2007-03-02

Although he was only 23 when this was released, Lil wayne has been puttin out album for 8 or 9 years, so his isn't a rookie. I honestly can say I've enver been impressed by what he has put out other than a song here and there, but after a bunch of good reviews and people tellin' me I had to check this out, I finally gave in, and I am very surprised. Claimin to be the best rapper alive (far from it but this album puts him heading in the right direction). I don't have many Cash Money albums (about 4), but this is a very ice album. With 19 songs, more than half are definitely worth checking out (#'s 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22). Guests are minimal on 3 or 4 songs, and the production is good (that has been a constant with Cash Money releases thanx mostly to Manny Fresh). A must have album and one that shouldn't be slept on.

DeWayne Carter -- b. 9/27/82 -- New Orleans, LA
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AAAAAAHHHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!.......2007-02-16

NOTE: I am 16, I just don't want my own username.

Ladies and gentleman, what is the big deal about these untalented posers? It's like the record companies aren't even trying to hire talent - they just hire whoever so that more innocent folks will go to that same record company and get a record deal.

But it's not just that - EVERY black kid at my school (NOTE: I am not racist) praises this guy, and that's why I singled him out. It's not just him, people also go gaa-gaa over other untalented drivel like Bow Wow, Chris Brown (the most overrated "musician" of the 20th century), and T.I. Whenever a black person at my school doesn't listen to what's popular, they are listening to - you guessed it - this guy.

Honestly, what is so great about him. In order to be considered a good rapper, IMO, you must have good, intelligent lyrics and an excellent flow (Some examples are Chuck D and Del tha Funkee Homosapien). Wayne here has neither. I know what you're thinking: "But he freestyles!" Well, you want to know how "good" of a freestyler he is? Take this verse from "Fireman":

"Come on mama let the Carter make ya, toss you like a fruit salad, strawberry grape ya".

What kind of verse is that?! I could come up with something better in my sleep. In fact, check this out:

I walk through the valley of the ashes
the area where death and car crashes
Run abundant, I'm so pungent
All the girls like me, but despite the
Pain that I suffer, I got my luster
So I can shine and be divine
In a world of pain, a world of sorrow
There can be no tomorrow.

I came up with that in just 5 minutes. See how easy it is to rap? Now I'm gonna go take this rap and get my OWN record deal. Later... MUCH!!!!

Average customer rating: Classic Zappa!! Did Anyone Else Notice This? For the money... Zappa at his best, if you don't mind the baggage Zappa's Finest Hour

We're Only in It for the Money The Mothers of Invention Manufacturer: Zappa Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Comedy Rock | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Freak Out! Absolutely Free Hot Rats Uncle Meat Burnt Weeny Sandwich ASIN: B0000009RX Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

1. Are You Hung Up?
2. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
3. Concentration Moon
4. Mom & Dad
5. Telephone Conversation
6. Bow Tie Daddy
7. Harry, You Are A Beast
8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
9. Absolutely Free
10. Flower Punk
11. Hot Poop
12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black
14. The Idiot Bastard Son
15. Lonely Little Girl
16. Take Your Clothes Off When you Dance
17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)
18. Mother People
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny

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The Mothers of Invention answer the sentiments of the suits, the suburb dwellers, and flower children of the 60's with a big fat raspberry. Considered by many to be the Mothers' (and some would say Zappa's) best album, We're Only in it for the Money deals with harsh subject matter in a seemingly glib and light-hearted fashion (eventually a Zappa trademark), sparing no targets with catchy melodies and high-pitched vocals. Zappa applies the same aggressive studio techniques he did on Lumpy Gravy, creating a jarring collage of sound that still sounds avant-garde today. Highlights from this flawless album are numerous and include the hippie bashing "Who Needs thePeace Corps," the bedroom science of "Let's Make the Water Turn Black," the anthematic "Mother People," and the perfect payoff of "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" Quite simply one of the best rock albums of all time. --Andrew Boscardin

Customer Reviews:

Classic Zappa!!.......2007-07-30

The man was a genius. This album just emphasizes and puncuates that fact. No matter what your taste in music, you can't dispute the technical expertise he showed in all his work.

Did Anyone Else Notice This?.......2007-07-03

I was listening to We're Only In It For The Money in my basement and I realized:
Phase 1: We're Only In It For The Money
Phase 2: Lumpy Gravy
Phase 3: Civilization (Phase III)
Frank even put it on the album in a speech bubble "Is this Phase 1 of Lumpy Gravy?" and on Lumpy Gravy "Is this Phase 2 of We're Only In It For The Money?" We're Only In It For The Money and Lumpy Gravy Have a song in common, "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" (Just "Take Your Clothes Off" on Lumpy Gravy)

If you are a Zappa fan and you don't have any of these albums BUY THEM NOW! and listen to them, back to back to back.

For the money..........2007-04-09

In college, our "hippie" friend Lowell W... introduced our group to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Soon, I was adding Mothers LPs (They came on vinyl, you know) to my ecclectic record collection. So, what was this stuff anyhow? Political comment? Rock N Roll? It certainly was not Country & Western! What a puzzle! (However, it might have been poltical satire because Zappa seems to have written a song about my family friendly congressman before he was even elected. "Just have your fun, you old son of a gun, and drive off in your Lincoln..." So, Lowell up and writes Frank about what's it really mean anyhow and signs it Lo W... Now, Zappa was not one to waste a stamp on a fan. But, a few months later a full page ad appeared for the newest Mother's album in "The Rolling Stone." The headline read: "Dear Lo: We're only in it for the money!" and there was a large photo of the album cover and some other stuff. Well, we still did not know what it was all about, but I enjoyed the album. I cannot speak for the entire listings of the Mothers on Amazon, but "We're only in it for the money" is my favorite Zappa CD. I still do not know what the goofy thing is all about, but I think the title is telling the truth.

Zappa at his best, if you don't mind the baggage.......2007-01-12

Frank Zappa's best work is often weighed down with his insistent brand of humor, and this album, perhaps the best of his early period, is no exception. Some of his studio mastery is already at work with the story of an intruder in the studio somehow messing with the tapes weaving through the songs. And the acerbic look at the hippie scene is devastating. Anybody who ever thought about going to San Francisco with flowers in their hair should have been forced to listen first. And doesn't that sound dated; there's the rub - stuff like that drags down the timeless quality of this music. It becomes a "period document" instead of just a great musical listen.
But don't let that stop you - this is a textbook example of how rock music was already becoming a melting pot for every genre imaginable. And in this album, it's in the hands of a master. In multiple styles, brilliantly executed, the Mothers create a rich sonic landscape of memorable melodies, creative instrumentation, daring rhythmns, and superb playing. Don't miss this one.

Zappa's Finest Hour.......2006-12-20

Some of this album is snarky, hilarious satire (Who Needs the Peace Corps?; Flower Punk; Absolutely Free; the Idiot Bastard Son), some of it's unabashed, unironic protest singing (Mother People; Concentration Moon; Mom and Dad; What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?; Take off Your Clothes When You Dance), some of it's comic relief (Harry, You're a Beast; Let's Make the Water Turn Black), and some of it's more avant-garde (Are You Hung Up?; Hot Poop; Nasal Rentetive Callipoe Music; The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny), but every part of this forty minute suite (pretty much what it is) is unadultred brilliance that'll make your head spin. The best Zappa album out there, at least out of what I've heard.

Average customer rating: JAW Review Not Older...Just Getting Better Fantastic Album JOHN ANDERSON IS BACK IN A BIG WAY!!! Solid Effort Anderson Gets Rich with "Easy Money"

Easy Money John Anderson Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace Big Dog Daddy Pure BS One of the Boys Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ASIN: B000OCXM6S Release Date: 2007-05-15

Tracks:

1. Easy Money
2. A Woman Knows
3. Funky Country
4. Bonnie Blue
5. If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me
6. Something To Drink About
7. Weeds
8. You Already Know MY Love
9. Brown Liquor
10. I Can't Make Her Cry Anymore
11. Willie's Guitar

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One of country's most distinctive voices, John Anderson racked up an impressive list of hits in the '80s and '90s ("Swingin'," "Money in the Bank") before his career grew erratic. Now he returns as the newest member of Big & Rich's MuzikMafia, and this solid effort (produced by Rich, who had a hand in much of the writing) appears on B&R's label, Raybaw Records. If "Funky Country" owes a little too much to the rebel stomp of "Comin' to Your City," other songs Anderson crafted with his MuzikMafia cohorts--the exquisitely sad "Bonnie Blue" and the mid-tempo ballad "I Can't Make Her Cry Anymore"--more than hold their own. Producer Rich wisely divides the program between stone-cold honky-tonk and contemporary country, balancing the George Jones-like novelty song, "Brown Liquor," with the pop-ish "You Already Know My Love," and throwing in the Dylanesque "Weeds" for good measure. Willie Nelson's nasal whine threads through a song named for him ("Willie's Guitar"), but the album's long-term resonance comes not from Rich, Nelson, or anyone else but Anderson, whose rolling, tug-and-release baritone imbues even the most mediocre lyric with chasms of pain. --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Country music icon John Anderson is the newest member of MuzikMafia. With guest artists such as Keith Urban and Willie Nelson this album respects tradition and celebrates the present and future.

Customer Reviews:

JAW Review.......2007-07-05

John Anderson is back & better than ever. You can't help missing his sooth voice. Even if you you don't like country, you must get this album.

Not Older...Just Getting Better Fantastic Album.......2007-06-10

Producers of this album had just the right mix of music to portray John Anderson at his best. Just one problem...Why hasn't this album been promoted and aired on radio as it should be? My favorite cuts from this album are "Bonnie Blue"...a nostalgic "Gone With the Wind" reminiscent of the South that even those of us from the North can appreciate. Awesome writing Troy Coleman and John Anderson..."Brown Liquor" which is a great up tempo tearin' up the turf song great co-writers,John Rich and John Phillips, and "Willie's Guitar" which embraces the impact of all three singers on country music today...I like all of these songs...But someone out there better listen and give this performer the accolades that are deserved...Great work John and collaborators ...,Easy Money

JOHN ANDERSON IS BACK IN A BIG WAY!!!.......2007-06-10

John Anderson has always been one of the great voices in country music and since his start in the early `80s has racked up an impressive list of great albums. His distinctive country baritone and singing style can hardly be compared to anybody else in the country music business and on his new album "Easy Money" you can hear that John is still in fine voice and remained true to his sound and country roots. 6 of the 11 songs are co-written by John Anderson and although he has giving John Rich full production credits, this album turned out to be a classic sounding John Anderson album.

With this CD John Anderson is giving you everything you are longing for as a true country music lover. A great mix of songs from strong country rockers as "Easy Money", "Funcky Country", or "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me", to toe-tipping Honky Tonk tunes like "Brown Liquor", and "Something To Drink About" until outstanding ballads as the wonderful "A Woman Knows", the moanful "Bonny Blue", or heartfelt ones like "Weeds", and "I Can't Make Her Cry Anymore", as well as the emotional "You Already Know My Love" (which is my favourite together with "Weeds") and the Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard collaboration of "Willie's Guitar" make this album worth every cent. There is not a bad song on here and you will love them all!

Florida boy John Anderson has always been an underrated superstar of country music. Now I am hoping that his new album "Easy Money" will help to pick up his career again and give him back the attention he deserves so much.

Do yourself a favor and get you a copy of "Easy Money" right now! If not, you will be sorry for missing one of the best country music releases of 2007.

God bless John Anderson and his wonderful music!

Solid Effort .......2007-05-20

John Anderson and George Strait are about the only two with a high profile left from the generation of male singers that came to prominence in the early 1980s. Obviously Strait has been the more successful but John Anderson is the superior balladeer.

Here, John Anderson returns with his first CD of new recordings in several years, this time with John Rich of Big & Rich serving as producer. Fortunately. Rich stays largely out of the way and lets Anderson focus on that which he does best, as seven of the CD's eleven songs are ballads.

First some consumer advice. Upon inserting the CD into your player, troll over to track 11, "Willie's Guitar" and give it a few listens as John, Merle Haggard (vocal) and Willie Nelson (vocal & a guitar solo) work their magic on this wistful tale which, curiously enough, wasn't written by either John, Merle or Willie. No matter, as writers John Phillips and Ray Stephenson certainly caught the essense of heartbreak and resignation.

First the "bad": the uptempo songs "Easy Money" , "Funky Country" and "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" are merely okay - worth 3 or 3.5 stars each. These three songs are the ones on which the John Rich "Muzik Mafia" sound is the most in evidence.

Now the really good: The fourth uptempo number, however, "Brown Liquor" is really excellent, on a par with John's best uptempo numbers like "Black Sheep", "Chicken Truck" or "Swingin'"

Aside from the John & Merle & Willie offering, John has six really, really good solo ballads; in fact,I don't think John Anderson has ever done wrong by a ballad in his life. For me the highlights are "A Woman Knows", a sensitive John Rich-Julie Roberts penned ballad along the lines of Johnny Darrell's 1969 hit "A Woman Without Love" and John Anderson's song about about a woman's threat to her wayward husband that she'll give him "Something To Drink About". "Weeds" penned by Anderson and his late friend Lionel Delmore, might prove to be the favorite ballad from the CD for many listeners.

All in all, a very pleasant surprise as I was having nightmares about how a John Rich-produced CD might sound. Fortunately, it sounds like John Anderson being John Anderson, and it doesn't get much better than that

Anderson Gets Rich with "Easy Money".......2007-05-18

Prime Cuts: Something to Drink About, I Can't Make Her Cry Anymore, A Woman Knows

Anderson gets Rich (that is John Rich of Big and Rich) with "Easy Money." Produced by the godfather of the Muzik Mafia John Rich, "Easy Money" ushers the much anticipated return of Anderson on what is this year's most highly-profiled CD. However, long time fans of Anderson need not fear, "Easy Money" is not your mere gadget for Rich to transmit his high-tech gonzo kind of rock-country. Rather, this is mainly bona fide John Anderson indulgent with Anderson's honeyed drawl and wild-turkey twang. Regretfully, thus far radio has ignored this album's couple of singles namely "If Her Loving Don't Kill Me" and "A Woman's Knows." Nevertheless, radio's tepid reception no way tarnishes the sturdy quality of this 11-track disc.

Hands down, the cynosure of this album is in the ballads. Sophomore single "A Woman's Knows," coming from the pens of Vicky McGehee, John Rich and Julie Roberts, is a sensitive cheating ballad told from the perspective of a woman who through her intuition detects her man's infidelity. "Willie Guitar," with its gently strummed acoustic guitars and mournful-sounding fiddles, is creatively written tearjerker that compares the whole in one's heart with a hole in Willie Nelson's guitar. Recalling Anderson's "Mississippi Moon," "Weeds" (which is co-written by Anderson's recently deceased friend and hit writer Lionel Delmore) is a swampy bluesy fiddle-driven downer. Co-written with fellow Music Mafia Cowboy Troy, "Bonnie Blue" has all the charm of the South with an appropriate touch of racial reconciliation in the closing lines: "Bonnie Blue, is your tattered flag still flyin'/Bonnie Blue, yeah they showed you wrong from right/Bonnie Blue, I'm so sorry that I'm cryin'/But there isn't that much difference between black and white."

Of the uptempoes, "Brown Liquor" is a honky-tonk stomper that calls to mind George Jones' "White Lightning." For unadulterated country without the screeching rock guitars, the barroom weeper "Something to Drink About" is insatiably good. However, there are a few misfires: "If Her Loving Don't Kill Me," formerly a minor hit for Aaron Tippin is pretty mediocre for a lead single material. Also, "Funky Country" and "Easy Money" are more Big and Rich than Anderson. Despite the presence of a guitar solo by Keith Urban, the title track, a bemoaning lament about the hardships of being an entertainer is too idiosyncratic. Though "Funky Country" tries to transport Anderson into the age of ipods, but it fails miserably with its ear-popping drums and ill-constructed melodic lines.

Overall, "Easy Money" is posed for great things for Anderson. As a sonic conduit between traditional country and modern neo-traditionalism, "Easy Money" has enough to please both camps. However, as a departure from most Anderson albums, there are more ballads than usual. Frankly these slowies are the ones that steal the show--they show that after all these years, Anderson still sings with his heart on his sleeve.

Average customer rating: experimental bliss Nine Horses Ride Again

Money for All David Sylvian , and Nine Horses Manufacturer: Samadhi Sound UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Snow Borne Sorrow Wonderful World EP World Citizen Prezens RockPaperScissors ASIN: B000J4QQ2S Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

1. Money For All
2. Get The Hell Out
3. The Banality Of Evil (Burnt Friedman Remix)
4. Wonderful World (Burnt Friedman Remix)
5. Birds Sing For Their Lives
6. Serotonin (Burnt Friedman Remix)
7. Money For All (Version)
8. Get The Hell Out (Burnt Friedman Remix)

Amazon.com

Remix projects are often commercially motivated ventures that jettison everything that made a track personal and expressive in favor of thudding, generic dance beats that will get played in clubs and on the radio. But as is usually the case, singer David Sylvian has a different approach. Nine Horses is his project with his brother and drummer, Steve Jansen, and electronica artist Burnt Friedman. They take songs from the 2006 release Snow Borne Sorrow and find new dimensions in their already multifaceted songs. These are more reimaginings than remixes. The slow electro-soul of "The Banality of Evil" becomes an ethereal New Orleans dirge that brings out Sylvian's baleful lyrics like a lost voodoo prayer. "Wonderful World" emphasizes Keith Lowe's slinky double bass line, underscoring the already smoke-filled jazz noir feel this track had in its original form. Stina Nordenstam sings the chorus on that, and the remix makes her fractured soprano an even more startling contrast with Sylvian's dolorously fudgy tenor. Nordenstam takes the lead on the hallucinatory lullaby of "Birds Sing for Their Lives," originally a Japanese-only bonus track. There are also new tracks: the funky and acerbic "Money for All" and the ominous, but still funky "Get the Hell Out," the latter full of glitchy beats and chamber strings. Both are reheated in alternate versions as well. You can't dance to the remixes of Money for All, but you can go deeper into the world of David Sylvian. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

experimental bliss.......2007-03-19

Hypnotic, dreamy, experimental, adventurous forays into sound like no other can produce. This is quite simply a visionary work that contains the marks of real genius. Enjoy in various states of consciousness.

Nine Horses Ride Again.......2007-01-27

David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman and Steve Jansen have fortunately made the decision to continue working together under the moniker of NINE HORSES. This eight track EP begins with the title track, "Money For All", a collaboration between Sylvian and Friedman. Jazzy vibraphone and clarinet riffs are intertwined with bluesy guitar licks and folky harmonica lines,...all casually placed atop a slightly trippy hip hop groove. The song also features the soulful harmonies from the very same backing vocalists who helped frame a large portion of the melody lines on Nine Horses' debut, Snow Borne Sorrow. Sylvian's lyrics seem to be filled with veiled attacks against the US President Bush and the Republican Party (referred to here as "a mean looking elephant"), basically hitting them hard where they purport to be the strongest: homeland security, capitalism, and the neo-conservative urge for war rather than diplomacy. Yet the cultural climate maintained by the nation's citizens is also taken to task: the endless need for foreign oil, the downside to nationalistic pride resulting in an 'us versus them' mentality, the overall greed that is prevalent in capitalism and destructive vices that many willingly take part in.
"Get The Hell Out", written by Jansen and Sylvian, is built upon a funked up techno beat which is somewhat similar to the recent sound of Massive Attack. Staccato synthesized horn kicks punctuate the track throughout the relatively aggressive verses, while Sylvian's smooth Fender Rhodes and a highly orchestrated sampling of violins permeate the much gentler bridges. Though Sylvian's lyrics are uncharacteristically less descriptive than usual, it appears as though the song's subject matter revolves around an abused woman in need of escape from her current situation.
"Birds Sing For Their Lives", which previously appeared on the Japanese version of Nine Horses' debut cd, is a collaboration between Jansen and Sylvian with singer Stina Nordenstam handling all vocals and lyrics. The song's minimalistic and icy tone atop an eerily adagio waltz tempo is perfect for Nordenstam's fragile vocal.
In the case of Friedman's remixes of the tracks from Snow Borne Sorrow, all three fail to improve upon the originals in any way and come across as unnecessary in my opinion. Yet the new material that is included can only be considered as especially strong additions to the Nine Horses catalog, so this is well worth it.

Dance Music:

1. Money over Everything [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Monkey Business [Import]
3. My Melody [Explicit Lyrics]
4. My Zipper Got Stuck [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Necessary Roughness [Explicit Lyrics]
6. P.A.I.N.T.
7. Planting Seeds
8. Platinum Thugs: Straight Ghetto [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Playa Hatin' 101 [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Playas Gon Play [CD-single] [Import]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Level 42/The Early Tapes [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Ringborg Plays Roman

Shipped

Jazz-a-Bye: The Swing Set

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Something to Talk About

Thank You for the Years [Import]

Mozart: Symphony No33; Divertimento No17

Songs From the Film Out of Darkness (The Mine Workers' Story) [Soundtrack]

Scobey and Clancy

Selected Recordings [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Rockabilly Legend [Import]

Planeta Paranoico [Limited Edition] [Import]

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4

Portraits in World Jazz