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6. Money Is Everything

7. Sweet Potato Pie

8. Raincoat

9. Long Beach Thang

10. That's Real

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Average customer rating: Album Rocks Arctic Monkeys Get Surreal EXCELLENT! Not quite a Nightmare; Hardly a Favourite This time is even bolder!!!

Favourite Worst Nightmare Arctic Monkeys Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Icky Thump Because of the Times Costello Music We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Sky Blue Sky ASIN: B000NQR7NO Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Brianstorm
2. Teddy Picker
3. D Is For Dangerous
4. Balaclava
5. Fluorescent Adolescent
6. Only Ones Who Know
7. Do Me A Favour
8. This House Is A Circus
9. If You Were There, Beware
10. The Bad Thing
11. Old Yellow Bricks
12. 505

Amazon.com

Snarly and stone-sharpened, the Arctic Monkeys open their sophomore effort with "Brianstorm," a bracing blast of guitar fractures and rhythmic herky-jerks. Alex Turner's voice is the centerpiece, scoured the way the Streets' Mike Skinner's quick. Favourite Worst Nightmare moves from frontal blast quickly to the lean, mid-paced pop nugget, "Teddy Picker," which even with its clear guitars and straight rhythms still has Turner's tart intonation piercing the air. The tugging bass and guitar of "Fluorescent Adolescent" show shades of the retro-soul tip that drives Amy Winehouse (and Lily Allen), showing that the Arctic Monkeys have a taste for the dancefloor that spans generations, even if their guitars can cut across each other with relentless jaggedness while Turner's caustic pipes lasso the ears. Nightmare expands the band's reach, as when "Do Me a Favour" goes wonderfully haywire from tumbling rhythm, clear-guitar, and fluid narrative to a cresting blast of guitars--big and brawny and borne from the merely tumultuous, like the band itself. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

While this sophomore release is unmistakably Arctic Monkeys, everything's a little more muscular and aggressive. Each song is embedded with revelatory moments, as if some sort of critical mass is achieved through skillful song craft and sharp arrangements until an explosive release of energy or emotion is inevitable. Arctic Monkeys have exceeded expectations with this record.

Customer Reviews:

Album Rocks.......2007-07-29

This is one way to top a first album, the Arctic Monkey's just go from strength to strength.

Arctic Monkeys Get Surreal.......2007-07-26

(3 1/2 *'s) UK's latest and greatest new sensation, The Arctic Monkeys, come up with a follow up to their smash debut, 'Whatever They Say I Am, I'm Not' with more experience under their belts. Overall, they add some texture and, as the title suggests, the darker aspects of their brain hemispheres for the lyrics. While I don't possess their heralded debut, I know by listening to the samplers that this album has more variety, but less of the immediacy of their first C.D.

Starting with "Brainstorm," we get a propulsive electrical storm that provides a cyclical effect reminiscent of the 'Pulp Fiction' soundtrack. In the fast forward vein they still deliver their best, fronted by Alex Turner's trajectory of images that sometimes seems like alternative's free association answer to rap. Never getting tongue tied, Alex's words, nevertheless, don't always integrate well into the mesmerizing mix. Following the "Brainstorm," "Teddy Picker" comes to the fore with arguably the album's best song. Proving that experience hasn't tarnished the band, anti-glam "Teddy..." is truly an intricate gem. Keeping in the third person, we get lines about women who make love go wrong. Included is that propulsive assertion for "D Is for Dangerous" with some scathing lines for some wayward girl known as "Your favourite worst nightmare". Later, "Do Me a Favour" featuring Ventures'-like sounds, asks the lamented beloved to "Break my nose." And "Old Yellow Bricks" seals the bad deal, lamenting "You're a fugitive, but you don't know what you're running away from." The playful "This House Is a Circus" and the heavy "The Bad Thing" almost live up to the aforementioned, but new territory is achieved with the shimmering "Fluorescent Adolescent" and the Stray Cats-like "Only One Who Knows".

At their best, Arctic Monkeys gives us some new hooks and elaborations of what they've already accomplished. When they're effective, they connect well. Sometimes the trajectory flows like a dream; at other times the whole project is ordinary and stuck in idle. For those who remember The Undertones, this album reminds one of the transition when they went from the propulsive punk to the artiness of 'Positive Touch'. Hopefully, with gradual changes, The Arctic Monkeys won't undergo the Undertones' fate.

EXCELLENT!.......2007-07-18

This album's excellence makes me literally drool out of both pride and satisfaction.
Pride: For the simple fact that the band has truly grown since their previous musical triumph, topping it with a much darker, richer, and more
promising piece of modern Alt/Punk Rock.
Satisfaction: Frankly, I'm astounded by the songs, made so excited I can barely contain myself everytime I blast them through my small room.
The first album was fast and sharp, teeming with bounce, wit, and charm. They've lost none of that. They simply seemed to have channeled that youthful vigor into a more profound stream of thought, the lyrics now more thoughtful and sophisticated, almost so personal that they're difficult to decipher.
As for the sound, listeners are immediately forced with the urge to swiftly bob along, dance outright, even. The first album had this effect as well, but I feel that Favourite Worst Nightmare's strength generates more of a physical impression and reaction due to its profound uniqueness.
It's new and it's different and it boasts and overpowering sense of nuance, so noticably unique compared to today's endless spew of groups with similar sounds, lyrics, looks, and messages.
They are unlike any other, and I love them for it.

Not quite a Nightmare; Hardly a Favourite.......2007-07-04

Sure, the Arctics' debut wasn't that bad, but it felt a lot worse considering how much love the press and hype machines were throwing their way. They weren't rock and roll saviors; they were a decent but thoroughly middle of the road outfit with a couple of catchy tunes. Now that a year plus has passed, the world is already searching for the next big thing. The Arctics released a fame-is-killing-me EP (which I skipped) and now they might as well make a where-did-the-fame-go? record after this one.

Astonishingly, the Arctics come roaring out of the gates on the first track, "Brainstorm." A band that once seemed snide and snotty (a la Libertines) seems to actually care about grinding their guitars and pushing energy to its audience instead of sucking it away. There's a good and bad about that opening: thankfully, they don't try to repeat that notion again and again; unfortunately, that's the best song. Yes. The best. A driving punkish number that opens the album. After that, they coast through on mostly okay and better musical exercises, but for all the stuttering beats and post-punk flairs, they never reach that same mark again. Lucky for them that they're musically gifted enough so it's not immediately noticeable.

But music isn't enough, and even the punchy rhythm of "Teddy Picker" is brought down by hypocritical rants, "This House Is a Circus" uses the "word" berserkus for a rhyme(!), and the laughable story of the trying-too-hard "Fluorescent Adolescent" turns a forgettable track into an awful one. On the other end of the spectrum, "Only Ones Who Knows" is relatively well-said but drags along with a sluggish melody that's more likely to put one to sleep than to make one feel something. If Arctic Monkeys hope to have any shot at earning the accolades they once drowned in, they'd better do it fast. Remember when everyone loved the Strokes? And how often do you hear people talking about them in the present tense? And hell, those guys actually DESERVED most of their attention back then.

Best cuts: "Brainstorm," "Do Me a Favour," "Old Yellow Bricks," "If You Were There, Beware," "D Is For Dangerous," "The Bad Thing"

This time is even bolder!!! .......2007-06-27

Arctic monkeys exploded on the during December 2005, when their first single climbed to the top of the English charts, thanks in no small part to their cult following that the Sheffield lads developed via their my space page.

Now little over a year after their debut effort, are defiantly in the difficult second album territory with "Favourite Worst Nightmare"

The album gets off to a blistering start with the guitars blasting the listeners ear drums, and what a cracking start to the album, and even though it was released as the albums first single, its not an obvious choice as a single, which is what makes this such an inspired choice for a lead single.

The album shows that since the first record that they have both become more competent as musicians, Alex has become a sharper songwriter, more confident as a performer, this has been in no small part to the fact that their debut was the fastest selling albums of all time.

On first listen it sounds like the album shows no sign of progression, but on further inspection this is not the case, there is a stronger sense of funk, there is a dark feel to the lyrics.

The Arctic's even mange to mellow their sound out a bit, in the shape of only ones that know, which, is by far the weakest song on the album, and it really ought to have been left off the album proper, they should have included the song "Temptation Greats You Like A Naughty Friend", which was a b-side.

That is the only weak link, in what is other a very strong chain, this is quick and fast, and in releasing so quickly after its debut, it didn't allow for the lads to become to self indulgent, and this is a definite contender for album of the year, that is for sure.

Average customer rating: Major disappointment Not the usual Ulrich Schnauss I was expecting. Not as memorable as past albums... Outstanding ambient with melody true to the title. Decadent Ambient Perfection

Goodbye Ulrich Schnauss Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: We Are the Night Pocket Symphony An End Has a Start Mirrored Our Love to Admire ASIN: B000RGSOOG Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

1. Never Be The Same
2. Shine
3. Stars
4. Einfeld
5. In Between The Years
6. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
7. Song About Hope, A
8. Medusa
9. Goodbye
10. For Good

Amazon.com

Goodbye is not a farewell from German electronic artist Ulrich Schnauss, but it does mark the last in a trilogy that includes Far Away Trains Passing By and A Strangely Isolated Place. Both are landmark albums of melodically ecstatic electronica, and Goodbye flows from their digital loins. Tracks like "Never Be the Same" and "In Between the Years" share the same surging rhythms, heroic electronic melodies, and jangly shoe-gazer guitars heard on the earlier discs. A slight tweak on Goodbye is the shift toward more overt vocal tracks as opposed to the textural, chanting choruses Schnauss has always employed. Rob McVey, the singer from Longview, intones the epic strains of "Shine," while "Stars" places singer Judith Beck deep in echoes, singing like a delay-drenched, surf-music dervish. In fact, "delayed," "drenched," and "dervish" pretty much sum up Goodbye. Schnauss piles on effects and layers in a psychedelic melee that would leave Ozric Tentacles and Pink Floyd standing transfixed by his stroboscopic strategies. Unlike on his previous CDs, Schnauss doesn't let you get comfortable. Reverb-smeared vocals, feedback-oscillated synthesizers, and raging guitars of destruction crush through on tracks like "Medusa." But there are also moments of sublime beauty and the kind of haunting melodies that have made Schnauss a favorite for chill-out soundtracks of the imagination. Ice crystals glisten on the branches of "Einfeld" and the deliriously euphoric "Goodbye" simply lifts you higher, in a spiritual way. It may be goodbye to this era of Ulrich Schnauss, but it promises many happy returns. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Ulrich's third album marks his first new release in four years. "An altogether lusher, more slouched, musical approach. The results have strong echoes of My Bloody Valentine or a turbo-charged Brian Eno..." - Music Week (May 2007). "A triumph of simplicity over pretension, of melody and harmony over pops and clicks and of the humane over the elusive" - Impose.

Customer Reviews:

Major disappointment.......2007-07-26

Goodbye and 10,000 HZ Legend by Air have a lot in common. Both were albums where the artist was in the process of changing their musical styles and both are complete failures. You will find a difficult time listening to the whole album without pressing the next button. If you are curious about this album don't buy it new. There will be plenty of them in the bargain bins. A major disappointment.

Not the usual Ulrich Schnauss I was expecting. Not as memorable as past albums..........2007-07-24

So I've been waiting a long time for this new album. I've found and purchased many collaborative mixes with Ulrich and have been very impressed. All albums prior to this one were amazing in my opinion. This one is not nearly as good. The first few tracks are "okay" and then the album sort of goes downhill from there. I know music is an ever-evolving medium, but I'm not sure I enjoy this new direction. Not one of those albums where there's songs that I'll listen to over and over again. A decent buy and an artist worth supporting, but I've definitely heard better from Mr. Schnauss...

Outstanding ambient with melody.......2007-07-19

Melodic, extremely listenable ambient music. It has elements of trance and downtempo, but is definitely ambient. Slight female vocals like some of the more ambient Bent. Some of the beats remind me of Chicane, but make no mistake, this is original and unique music.

true to the title........2007-07-16

still brilliant, but there is a level of sadness in this disk not evident in FATPB or ASIP. the latter two used heavy percussion to "brighten" the music considerably. that is largely absent here, and the result is more mellow, and melancholy.

Decadent Ambient Perfection.......2007-07-10

Delicate and sublime with a stirring of ecstasy dancing over a driving powerful intoxication is what you will find if you listen to Goodbye first. It is the perfect place to start this journey into soul shivering musical escape. The song surges and sways bursting from the limits of sound into an unbelievably ecstatic moment in time. This goes beyond inspiration to new levels of creativity where modern technology and ancient longings collide. At times it is crystalline perfection and at others the warm sounds completely surround you enveloping you in a dreamy haze.

If you listen to the album from start to finish you will first encounter silky washes of sound with ethereal vocals. "Stars" is almost chilling with dramatic elements that seem to seek to overwhelm with psychedelic swirls and epic sonic power. Vocals cascade over driving beats like a waterfall and then a plane suddenly lands. The dreamy "Einfeld" has a renewed clarity but still retains the warm washes of sound ebbing and flowing from the first tracks. "In Between the Years" is like a snowstorm and a warm fire with distant echoes of haunting chill. It invites you closer and then sends you spinning off into starscapes.

"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" wakes up this album with a spontaneous fusion of lush layering and nostalgia. You can sink deeply into the memories of this track and yet it has the excitement of new discovery. This song and the mesmerizing "Goodbye" both give me shivers. "A Song about Hope" is much more mellow and has a captivating rhythm that keeps your full attention as the song soars in luminous orchestral beauty. "Medusa" is much darker introspective piece with static urban elements and echoes. "For Good" has the sounds of lonely acoustic guitar and distant brooding longing.

As a relaxing chill out album this offers a sinking into the feeling of escape while it plays with the ideas of fragility and power. Warm washes of sound mingle with ethereal vocals throughout and capture many moods and places that are exciting and serene all at once.

If you love this album you may also enjoy music by Feist, Evening Ocean, Hooverphonic, Between Interval, Zero 7 and The Album Leaf.

~The Rebecca Review

Average customer rating: Perfectly decent. A great fresh sound! Great CD Catchy Liked it

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Favourite Worst Nightmare Broken Boy Soldiers Show Your Bones You Could Have It So Much Better First Impressions of Earth ASIN: B000E1155E Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. View From The Afternoon, The
2. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
3. Fake Tales Of San Francisco
4. Dancing Shoes
5. You Probably Couldn't See The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me
6. Still Take You Home
7. Riot Van
8. Red Light Indicates The Doors Are Secure
9. Mardy Bum
10. Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...
11. When The Sun Goes Down
12. From The Ritz To The Rubble
13. Certain Romance, A

From Amazon.co.uk

Hot on the heels of their shock UK No. 1 single "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not confirms Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys as the UK underground's most proselytizing young preachers of the DIY gospel. Marrying nervy, caffeine-and-cigarettes indie clatter to conversational, pretense-free lyrics and the occasional burst of off-the-cuff eloquence ("No time for Montagues or Capulets/Just banging tunes and DJ sets," proffers "Dancefloor"), it's an instant, pulse-racing hit.

No question, the Monkeys are more sinners than saints. The opening "The View from the Afternoon" predicts a ruckus with a whole lot more grit than the Kaisers can muster, while on the mellow "Riot Van," a tale of underage drinking and cop-baiting culminates in a messy beating in the back of a station wagon. Look beyond the Arctics' bristly, laddish exterior, however, because it's actually affairs of the heart that comprise this album's secret core: see the sweaty-palmed "Dancing Shoes," bearing testament to the trial of nerves that is pulling in a suburban indie nightclub, or "Mardy Bum"--a tribute to a moody girlfriend that, for all its witty barbs ("I've seen your frown and it's like looking down the barrel of a gun"), is tinted with sweet affection. --Louis Pattison

Album Description

Musically, there are bits of The Stone Roses, "What's The Story Morning Glory", and "Nevermind". As catchy as those reference points are, it's the songwriting that has won the band a fiercely dedicated following; a mix of the observational storytelling of Davies and Weller crossed with the harsher documentary eye of Mike Skinner of The Streets and "Ghost Town" era Specials. Two #1 UK singles. Press already lined up with Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and Interview, to name a few. Three more US/Canadian tours planned for this year, including headlining Domino's label showcase at SXSW.

Customer Reviews:

Perfectly decent........2007-07-17

Not a bad record, but nothing compared to slur-punk contemporaries, The Libertines. I find it funny how often people cite their lyrics as the selling point of the band, so "fresh", "witty" and "insightful." Frankly, I didn't hear anything the Velvet Underground hadn't already said. Let's hope Alex Turner takes up heroin; he might end up half the musician Pete Doherty is.

A great fresh sound!.......2007-07-05

They are not that popular in the US yet, but are huge over in Europe. If you listen to 2 of their songs you will be hooked. Its a new kind of sound and a breath of fresh air from a lot of the crap music now-a-days. I would recommend this CD to anyone who like music!

Great CD.......2007-06-26

This is an excellent catchy CD that rock and rolls pretty well. My favorite tracks are "Red light indicates doors are secure" and "marty bum" Also check out "The Redwalls" first CD "Universal Blues" if you liked this CD.

Catchy.......2007-06-09

If you like big names from the UK, no one's bigger. It doesn't live up to the hype completely, but it's catchy and entertaining. I find myself singing along with it all the time.

Liked it.......2007-06-08

For once, a band that got a lot of hype actually is worthy of the praise.

Average customer rating: Relaxing... Great music, great price Definitely Meditative Gregorian Meditation Beautiful

Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants, Vol. 1 Gregorian Chants: The Best of the Benedictine Monks of St. Michael's Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant Chant Chant II ASIN: B000001VIL Release Date: 1994-08-30

Tracks:

1. Introitus: Ecce advenit
2. Graduale: Onmes de Saba
3. Communio: Omnes qui in Christo
4. Halleluja: Dies sanctificatus
5. Ofertorium: Tui sunt caeli
6. Hymnus: Creator alme siderum
7. Introitus: Gaudens gaudebo
8. Halleluja: Leatatus sum
9. Communio: Dicite Pusillanimes
10. Tractus Deus: Deus meus
11. Introitus: Misereris
12. Antiphon: Pueri Hebraeorum
13. Hymnus: Gloria
14. Graduale: Christus factus est
15. Halleluja: Hallelujah
16. Introitus: Resurrexi
17. Sequenz: Victimae paschalis laudes
18. Hymnus: Veni creator

Customer Reviews:

Relaxing..........2007-07-22

If you like gregorian chants... you will love this cd. Its perfect to just sit on you own... and meditate.

Great music, great price.......2007-05-07

I ordered this cd for a book club I was hosting on the book "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. It was perfect "mood" music for the discussion and the price was unbeatable!

Definitely Meditative.......2007-03-09

The gift that these men are able to share is worth listening to. To be quiet in yourself and allow space for this soulful chanting is an experience in itself.

Gregorian Meditation.......2007-01-13

Great CD. My wife and I listen to it almost daily. We even use it for prayer sessions. Also the product was in perfect condition and and was as advertised. We're totaly satified.

Beautiful.......2007-01-13

I have bought Volumes I and II and am very pleased with the quality, the sound, and the style of the chanting. The lyrics are amazing, many of which come straight from the Bible, especially from the Book of Psalms. Let me know of other great Chant CD's, be they Gregorian, Amabrosian, or even Greek/Byzantine.

Average customer rating: Just As Advertised Fats Domino Jukebox I'm happy, thanks! Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them Fats Domino CD, 20 year review

Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them Fats Domino Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings The Definitive Collection The Very Best of the Drifters Jerry Lee Lewis - 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits Fats Domino - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005YW4I Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

1. The Fat Man
2. Goin' Home
3. Going To The River
4. Ain't That A Shame
5. All By Myself
6. Poor Me
7. I'm In Love Again
8. Blueberry Hill
9. Blue Monday
10. I'm Walkin'
11. It's You I Love
12. Valley Of Tears
13. Whole Lotta Loving
14. I Want To Walk You Home
15. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
16. Be My Guest
17. Walking To New Orleans
18. My Girl Josephine
19. Let The Four Winds Blow
20. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Customer Reviews:

Just As Advertised.......2007-06-08

Without sounding ancient, I remember when a lot of Fat's tunes were on the jukebox. This is the same effect with this CD. Domino's music the way it's meant to be heard. Great CD.

Fats Domino Jukebox.......2007-05-19

No bad songs on this CD.Doesn't get any better than this.

I'm happy, thanks!.......2007-03-09

Everything is like it was advertised. Good condition, on time, I'll buy from them again.

Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them.......2007-01-11

I bought this CD for my parents, and they loved it. All original hits, I recommend it.

Fats Domino CD, 20 year review.......2006-11-10

Good CD, arrival - Timely and in good condition; ease of ordering - excellent.

Average customer rating: Different but stunning. Mixed feelings

Ma Fleur The Cinematic Orchestra Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pocket Symphony Motion Every Day Idealism Volta ASIN: B000PSJCOC Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. That Home
2. Familiar Ground
3. Ma Fleur
4. Music Box
5. Time & Space
6. Prelude
7. As The Stars Fall
8. Into You
9. Breathe
10. To Build A Home

Amazon.com

Cinematic Orchestra's fourth studio album, Ma Fleur soars from start to finish. The disc opens with the all-too-brief "That Home" which showcases a new guest vocalist brought into the Orchestra clan, Montreal native Patrick Watson whose Coldplay-meets-Jeff-Buckley fragility fits inside the folds of the sparse melody perfectly; his contribution to the sweeping soundscape of closer "To Build a Home" proves equally spectacular, adding an increased vulnerability and richness to the music. "Time and Space," featuring enigmatic Lamb frontwoman Lou Rhodes, offers the perfect combination of vocal ache with the lushness of cello and violin, eventually expanding into a full contemporary-classical-meets-downtempo vibe. Former contributing vocalist Fontella Bass once again brings her timeless soul to the mix ("Breathe" and "Familiar Ground") which will delight longtime fans of the U.K. band. Fans of Cinematic Orchestra's more upbeat hip-hop and jazz numbers from previous releases will discover that there is nothing especially uptempo on this disc; in certain respects, the evenness of Zero 7 discs may provide a more apt comparison, contextually. While that may frustrate some, the power of Ma Fleur from beginning to end is a holistic package of sensuality and softness that makes for a nearly perfect, perfectly timeless release. --Denise Sheppard

Album Description

TCO return with their first full-length since 2002's "Everyday". "Ma Fleur" was written as the soundtrack to a specially commissioned screenplay for an imagined film, which may or may not yet be made. Dealing with themes of loss and love, "Ma Fleur" is fertile ground for Jason Swinscoe's brand of raw-emotion music making. If the mood is melancholy, Swinscoe and company manage to make it an ultimately uplifting experience, perhaps in the end more about the love you find than the love you lose. Deluxe packaging: CD digipak with six photo postcard inserts and double LP 150 gram gatefold vinyl with full-color printed sleeves.

Customer Reviews:

Different but stunning........2007-06-28

If you are expecting the 'old' TCO, this release may not deliver on that front as the last reviewer stated. However if you are a fan of singer/songwriter, torchsong and soundscape/soundtrack genres, you'll find these beautiful melodies, amazing vocals and sometime sparse arrangments stunning and worthy of repeated infinite listenings.

Mixed feelings.......2007-06-07

There have been plenty of professional reviews of this album that have either loved the new direction that TCO has taken or lamented the passing of a torch-bearer of new jazz. I have to say that I feel both ways. I must pre-condition my review by stating that I am a huge fan of TCO. I own Horizon (a little known release) and have multiple copies of live performances through the years, including their Solid Steel works that are excellent. My interest in them stems from a love of the symbiosis of jazz and downbeats that they perform better than anyone.

When I first heard the single "To Build a Home", I thought it beautiful. I eagerly wanted to hear the rest. When I heard the rest, which is a significant departure from their earlier work, I was a bit let down from the perspective of "jazz and downbeats", but willing to give the album a real listen. My overall impression is that the album is good, but not great. Event the tracks that are closest to the old-TCO style are not as strong as previous work (and sometimes is previous work). Most of the album has replaced the jazz with vocals and replaced downbeats with sparse orchestration. As a result, the album leaves you a bit cold.

1. "To Build a Home". Beautiful track featuring Patrick Watson and piano. My initial reaction has faded into disinterest due to its simple structure and sparse orchestration.
2. "Familiar Ground". Is basically a rehash of their Solid Steel work with the exception of the sweeping sax in the original is gone, losing some of its flare. Fontella Bass is still here, which is great.
3. "Child Song". Closest song to "jazz and downbeat" TCO. Great.
4. "Music Box". Sparse acoustic guitar, with Watson and Lou Rhodes which remind me of a song you would hear in a spa somewhere. Nondescript and empty of signature TCO arrangement.
5. "Prelude". Simple orchestration that seems to want to build to something, but never does.
6. "As the Stars Fall". Another song that hints at older TCO, more along the lines of "Motion" than "Everyday" as far as pace and sound.
7. "Into You". Brings back the sparse acoustic guitar but with Patrick Watson singing almost in the background. Again, nothing special and is gone before any resolution is generated song-wise.
8. "Ma Fleur". A simple orchestration of guitar, bass and sax that builds on a single theme with what seems like a bridge rather than a song. I could see how one could claim that this is similar to Paul Motian's work in its sparseness. It's interesting and has grown on me.
9. "Breathe". A Fontella Bass song that I like and does hint at old-TCO type arrangements. It is slow, however, and takes some listens to warm up to.
10 "That Home" Another Patrick Watson song that revisits the theme set in "To Build a Home" with piano and cello. Beautifully written if not simple in form. However, it finishes before any resolution (again).
11. "Time & Space" . A plodding song of bass and vocals that evolves into a more TCO-type song with piano and a Swincoe background downbeat. The first two minutes are boring, with the last six having some real merit.

So while I like the album, I wish it had more of what I like TCO for.

Average customer rating: Like Cocteau Twins in Electronica...wonderful Love it! Just when you thought you'd heard it all... audio endorphine absolutely must!!

Far Away Trains Passing By Ulrich Schnauss Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Campfire Headphase Compounds + Elements: An Introduction to All Saints Records Music Has The Right To Children Distance Geogaddi ASIN: B0007LLOVG Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

1. Knuddlemaus
2. Between Us and Them
3. Passing By
4. Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
5. Nobody's Home
6. Molfsee

Tracks:

1. Sunday Evening in Your Street
2. Suddenly the Trees
3. Nothing Happens in June
4. As If You've Never Been Away
5. Crazy For You
6. Wherever You Are

Amazon.com

Ulrich Schnauss is a German electronic artist who is influenced by forebears like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk--but unlike retro-space artists, he doesn't sound like he just emerged from their dusty studios after being marooned there for 30 years. Instead, his synthesizers bristle with contemporary electro-rhythms, a bit of New Wave romanticism, and melodies you want to last forever. Schnauss has perfected a balance between quiet yearning and joyful heroism in his music, with sweeping major-chord progressions that are triumphal without being ostentatious, expansive without being pompous. For someone who is so rhythm-centered with crackling snares and electro-glitches, it's ultimately the melodies that draw you in, turned on glistening, bell-like timbres and space-organ sustains. Far Away Trains Passing By is actually his first album, released in Europe in 2001, but it's been out of print and is being issued in the United States for the first time. The reissue comes with a bonus CD that includes six pieces pulled from various Schnauss side projects and tracks that didn't make the original album. Far Away Trains Passing By is electronica with a melancholy soul, and it has lost nothing in the intervening years. --John Diliberto

Album Description

The long-awaited domestic release of Ulrich's dreamy 2001 debut. His 2004 set, "Strangely Isolated Place" was a hit with shoegazer and electronic fans alike, and toured with much fanfare in support of M83. Includes a 6-track bonus EP of non-LP material

Customer Reviews:

Like Cocteau Twins in Electronica...wonderful.......2007-07-23

Nothing to say, just listen to this ethereal electronic music. The first and the best LP of Ulrich Schnauss.

Love it!.......2007-07-19

Swirling melodic build-ups that end in joyful light house dance grooves - this album is excellent! I agree with the reviewer who stated that this was very happy music. One of the best finds in the ambient/electronica genre I have made in some time. This is very well made giddy stuff.

Just when you thought you'd heard it all..........2007-07-12

Don't get me wrong, I love music...but my tastes are pretty narrow in the overall scheme of things. I'm a mad electronica and dance music fan, like some more alternative rock, some mainstream...but not much. I also don't write reviews very often (probably more because I go on about other things instead and stay away from the topic at hand...oh well...

But then I came across this gem. My favourite artists are Depeche Mode, UNKLE, d*note, Cinematic Orchestra, Faze Action, Beastie Boys, Slowdive, Ride, etc, etc...I love them all...but this - this is something special. Yes there are aural soundscapes, yes there are gently evoked moods and rhythms (we've read it all before), but this is music that touches your very core. It talks to you and folds you into its melodic conversation. And THAT doesn't happen often. Buy this...and then buy everything else that Mr Schnauss has done. For what it's worth, I don't recommend music often, but this is absolutely beautiful.

audio endorphine.......2007-06-27

I noticed Ulrich Schnauss' work listening to Internet radio 'chill' stations, and simply had to have it.

I've been listening to electronic music for quite a long time -- all the way back to Wendy Carlos' 'Switched on Bach', and have tried my hand at it a bit too. Ulrich Schnauss has taken his place among the masters of the genre, and 'Far Away Trains Passing By' is a must-have for anyone interested in electronic music.

His selection and control of sounds and layering is a delight to the ears. The mix invites you to test the limits of your sound system. The compositions are more harmonically interesting than most electronica artists and his rhythmic sense is subtle and polished, and not guilty of the awkwardness or formulaic tedium that too often burdens European artists.

That said, Ulrich Schnauss' work transcends dissection. It is the feeling of love that pours forth -- alienation, yes, isolation, that too, coolness and detachment. But through it all, love. This music is art.

Thank you Ulrich.

absolutely must!!.......2007-05-14

i have been listnin to this for 1 or 2 yrs. now (god bless P2P networks) but i liked it so much that i have ordered the orginal even though it cost a fortune to ship it to India
neone who like IDM or Chillout sud listen to this
mezmerising soundscapes

Average customer rating:

With Lasers Bonde do Rolê Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Icky Thump Office Boy We Are the Night Sound of Silver The Reminder ASIN: B000PSJBL6 Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. Dança do Zumbi
2. Solta O Frango
3. James Bonde
4. Tieta
5. Office Boy
6. Marina do Bairro
7. Divine Gosa
8. Marina Gasolina
9. Caminhao de Gas
10. Geremia
11. Quero te Amar
12. Bondallica

Album Description

Riotous Brazilian MC and DJ three-piece Bonde Do Role play baile funk - a flippant, punked-up take on Miami bass developed in Rio's favelas - and yet aren't from Rio. A characteristic of baile funk is its playfulness and mash-up guerrilla-style sampling. Grunge, heavy metal, and cheese were added to the melting pot here. Their SXSW appearances were the talk of post-festival blogs, described in many instances as a "Brazilian Beastie Boys" with their explosive performances and filthy lyrics.

Average customer rating:

Flurescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys Manufacturer: Domino Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brianstorm I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor When the Sun Goes Down Leave Before the Lights Come On Who the F**k Are Arctic Monkeys ASIN: B000RMC6LW Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

1. Fluorescent Adolescent
2. Bakery
3. Plastic Tramp
4. Too Much To Ask

Album Description

Second CD single pulled from their 2007 sophomore album Favourite Worst Nightmare. Features 'Fluorescent Adolescent' plus the non-album tracks 'The Bakery', 'Plastic Tramp' and 'Too Much To Ask'. Domino.

Album Details

2007 Release of the Second Single Taken Taken from the Band's Sophomore Album "Favourite Worst Nightmare" is a Real Pop Anthem. The Song is Backed by the NON-LP Songs "Bakery", "Plastic Tramp" and "Too Much to Ask".

Average customer rating:

The Freed Man Sebadoh Manufacturer: Domino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Is Is Mirrored Beyond Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006 Icky Thump ASIN: B000RGSOP0 Release Date: 2007-07-24

Tracks:

1. Healthy Sick
2. Level Anything
3. Soulmate
4. Ladybugs
5. Close Enough
6. True Hardcore
7. Julienne
8. Wrists Sebadoh
9. Amherst Hanging House
10. McKinley's Lament
11. Solid Brown
12. Narrow Stories
13. Bridge Was You
14. Drifts On Thru
15. Overturns
16. Yellow Submarine
17. Squirrel Freedom Overdrive
18. Little Man
19. Land Of The Lords
20. Bolder Sebadoh
21. Believe
22. Deny
23. Wall Of Doubt
24. Crumbs Sebadoh
25. I Love Me
26. K-Sensa-My
27. Lou Rap
28. Punch In The Nose
29. Resistance To Flo
30. Stop The Wheel
31. Loose 'N' Screw
32. Oak Street Raga
33. Last Day Of School
34. Jealous Evil
35. Moldy Bread
36. Made Real
37. Cindy
38. Nest
39. My Decision
40. Fire Of July
41. Jaundice
42. Design
43. Dance
44. Cyster
45. Powerbroker
46. Lorax, The
47. Pig
48. Hung Up
49. Slow To Learn
50. Elements
51. Attention
52. Your Long Journey

Amazon.com

The first Sebadoh album feels like a prized artifact from an era when a couple of emotionally wracked college kids could lock themselves in the bathroom with a guitar, drums, and four-track recorder and emerge a few hours later with something truly revolutionary. With 52 tracks crammed in just over an hour, this deluxe reissue of The Freed Man--originally released on cassette tape in 1988 for $1--captures everything that made Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney progenitors of a lo-fi movement that inspired countless other maverick musicians from Kurt Cobain to Beck. Matching tongue-tied folk confessionals with unruly punk noise and primitive samples, it doesn't really give a good indication of the sharply conceptual work that would follow so much as offer an invaluable insight into the inner workings of one of the most important acts of the DIY era. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

"The Freed Man" was one of the first and most crucial releases in the burgeoning lo-fi movement, which would peak in media attention in the mid-90s with the success of Beck, Guided By Voices, and Pavement. But while it helped inspire and define a global movement, there's little trace of that ambition within these tracks. Sebadoh in this incarnation are a cherishably intimate experience. The 70-odd minutes of wayward brilliance collected here offer the listener a rare and recommended opportunity to transport themselves to the weed-hazed bedroom where these scraps, songs, and pranks were recorded, to imbibe deeply of the haywire creativity that went on in these sessions. This deluxe edition re-issue has been re-mastered and includes a whopping 52 tracks on a single disc, including many that haven't seen the light of day until now. Liner notes by Lou Barlow and Eric Gafney.

Dance Music:

1. Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
2. Double or Nothing [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Duck Season, Vol. 1
4. Fatal Accident Zone
5. Gangstaville [CD-single] [Import]
6. Get in Where U Fit In Part 2 [Explicit Lyrics]
7. Hip Hop Flavas [Import]
8. Hip Hop + Reggae
9. Home of the Brave/The Unorthodox [CD-single]
10. In the Mid-Nite Hour [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Galore

Peter Cornelius: Stabat Mater; Requiem

Permanent Goodman, Vol. 1

Global Unity

World's Best Ever Beer Songs 2004 [Enhanced] [Import]

Low Key

Over the Rainbow

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Ivar Andrésen II

Lonesome On'ry & Mean

Plays the Benny Carter Songbook

Our First Record [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Natural Laws

N.A.O.M.B. (Nugatti All Ova Me Butty) [Import]

Eastside Sinfoniette: Don't Be Afraid

Composite Truth