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Product Description
Japanese exclusive compilation contains 12 remixes (including previously unreleased material) of songs from his fourth album, 'Point', released in 2001. Paper sleeve. Polystar. 2003.

PM,Humans Cornelius,Felicity,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: its really good I loved it!! Not the P.M. Dawn "Best Of" I would put together but..... A Valiant Try... Not the ...best of

The Best of P.M. Dawn P.M. Dawn Manufacturer: V2 Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arrested Development - Greatest Hits The Very Best of Al B. Sure If I Ever Fall in Love Jesus Wept All World: Greatest Hits ASIN: B00004TM2H Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

1. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (Radio Edit)
2. Paper Doll
3. I'd Die Without You
4. Looking Through Patient Eyes
5. The Ways Of The Wind
6. Downtown Venus
7. Sometimes I Miss You So Much
8. Gotta Be...Movin' On Up
9. Being So Not For You (I Had No Right)
10. Faith In You
11. A Watcher's Point Of View (Don't 'Cha Think) (Todd Terry's Hard House ix)
12. The Ways Of The Wind (Main 7in)
13. Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine (CJ Macintosh 7in Edit)
14. Gotta Be...Movin' On Up (Morales Radio Edit)

Customer Reviews:

its really good.......2005-05-11

hey as an R&B album or a soul album its really soothing to the mind and its a perfect relax potion, but ehh this is in no way Hip Hop Music or any form or rap. just please dont call this rap because thats just disrespectful. but back in 1993 it was funny to see KRSONE throw them off stage and take over LOL. but yea its a really good album to listen to when your tired or sleepy or sumthing but DONT CALL THIS HIP HOP! ill use this album when i need to fall asleep fast.

I loved it!!.......2005-02-03

I watched my feelings come alive with this CD. It's emotional, it's endearing. P M Dawn gives listeners a full view of what's to expect through his lovely music. Inspired by famour artists and it's one to cure you and cure you down when those events come to.

Not the P.M. Dawn "Best Of" I would put together but............2004-04-27

These days so many greatest hits are just thrown together without thought. Unfortunately this is one of them. I own all P.M. Dawn discs and I have to say I am very suprsied at the record companies lack of attention to what this band really offers.

So many would be "hits" are left off this CD. I would spend my money on their other CD's and compose your own "best Of". The beauty and intelligence of thhis band is unique and is now missing from today's bands. On the track Downtown Venus they sample the drum beat to Hush by Deep Purple and turn it into an incredible funky song. No one wlse these day is doing that. Also on the CD, Jesus Wept the song 9:45 wake-up dream was left of this compilation. This song is just pure magic.

I miss P.M. Dawn and hope they get together again for more magical moments in music.

A Valiant Try..........2002-10-01

In my mind there are few bands as synonymous with the early-mid 90's as PM Dawn, that wonderfully talented and introspective duo from out east. A collection of their best material to date is a no-brainer. But this collection is only partly sucessful. Many of the big tunes you would expect are here: the wonderful 'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss', 'Paper Doll', and 'Sometimes (I miss you so much)'. My beef is not so much that some good stuff was left off, but that the remixes are completely stupid and unnecessary. I never listen to them. If I want a 'dance' album I'll buy one. But here I'd rather have 15 or so of PM Dawn's best than this hodge-podge. Check out their cd's from your local library and make your own 'best of'. Save your $.

Not the ...best of.......2002-06-30

I am a huge PM Dawn fan but this compilation is missing some vital songs of PM Dawn's evolution through their 4 albums. I could go into several examples but will only say..where is Hale-Bopp Regurgitations (from Dearest Christian..)This 'best of' ended up as a very one sided picture of a much more versatile band. If this is the only PM Dawn album you own (or plan to own) than do yourself a favour and buy the 4 CDs and you will discover the REAL magic of PM Dawn..far beyond what this CD portrays.

Average customer rating: rhythm music red hot and best! New Takes on Brazilian Pop Listening Pleasure-RED HOT+RIO Great for Jobim Fans

Red Hot + Rio: Pure Listening Pleasure PM Dawn with Flora Purim & Airto , and Crystal Waters Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Dub | Reggae | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music Afro Brazilian | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nova Bossa: Red Hot on Verve Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti Bossa Nova Brasil ASIN: B000004750 Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. Use Your Head - Money Mark
2. Corcovado - Everything But The Girl
3. Desafinado - Astrud Gilberto & George Michael
4. Non-Fiction Burning - PM Dawn
5. The Boy From Ipanema - Crystal Waters
6. Interlude - Red Hot + Rio
7. Seguranca - Maxwell
8. E Preciso Perdoar - Cesaria Evora,Caetano Veloso,Ryuichi S.
9. Interlude - Red Hot + Rio
10. Water To Drink - Incognito
11. Dancing... - Milton Nascimento
12. How Insensitive - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Sting
13. Waters Of March - David Bryne and Marisa Monte
14. Interlude - Red Hot + Rio
15. One Note Samba/Surfboard - Stereolab and Herbie Mann
16. Interlude - Red Hot + Rio
17. Black Orpheus Dub - Mad Professor
18. Maracatu Atomico - Chico Science X DJ Soul Slinger
19. Sambadrome - Funk 'N Lata
20. Refazenda - Gilberto Gil
21. Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo - Cazuza and Bebel Gilberto

Amazon.com

This immaculately conceived and packaged fundraiser for the AIDS awareness foundation is a sharp tribute to Brazilian pop. David Byrne, Milton Nascimento, PM Dawn, Stereolab, Gilberto Gil, and Crystal Waters (vamping through "The Boy from Ipanema") are among those weighing in with sophisticated tunes that will cross from cocktail hipsters to the leading edge of the mass audience. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

rhythm music.......2007-06-08

I bought this for a friend after I bought it for myself. Great variety of songs. Wonderful for parties. Would recommend.

red hot and best!.......2007-05-14

of the many red hots i've listened to, this one is the best!

the music, those great catchy samba and bossa nova tunes that became wildly popular during the 1960s, are suited to each of the artists making a guest appearance on the cd.

among the highlights are the trip-hop infused 'corcovado' by everything but the girl, the dance-club happy 'boy from ipanema' by crystal waters--which also contains one of her best vocal performances--, sting's loving, pensive 'how insensitive', maxwell's calming 'security' and caetano veloso's highly erotic 'e preciso perdoar'.

the collection, generally speaking, is a great party cd and each song is treated with a great deal of ingenuity and integrity.

New Takes on Brazilian Pop.......2005-06-30

Now, mind you, I can't tell the samba from the bossa nova from...some other type of music that might be played in Brazil. But I still have an interest in hearing the quasi-tropical cocktail lounge-style pop tunes of this mighty South American giant. They speak Portugese there, you know. And are known to launch at a moment's notice into the lamabada, which is a forbidden dance.

Most of the songs contained herein were written way back in the day by Antonio Carlos Jobim and at least a few should be vaguely familiar: "The Girl From Ipanema", of course, but also "One Note Samba", "Waters Of March", and "Water To Drink". But these aren't the original versions--they're updates in a variety of styles. Some work pretty well, some will make you want to hurl (mainly Sting's take on "How Insensitive", which is droning and pointless).

Notable are: a punched-up synth-heavy "Ipanema" by one-hit-wonder Crystal Waters, jazz group Incognito on "Water To Drink", world-music-loving David Byrne and sultry Marisa Monte on "Waters Of March", the well-known Caetano Veloso and Ryuichi Sakamoto with the lesser-known Cesaria Evora on "E Preciso Perdoar", Stereolab's quirky and strange "One Note Samba", and Bebel Gilberto on "Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo".

The Red Hot series, which started with the Cole Porter tribute "Red Hot + Blue", has always done excellent work and this compilation is no exception. If you'd like to sample Brazilian pop music of a certain era but you're terrified of breaking out your dad's dusty old Jobim LPs, this is a great way to see what's what.

Also the liner notes are extensive and informative, so you really get your money's worth. I'm still not clear on the divide between samba and bossa nova, but I reckon that's my fault.

Listening Pleasure-RED HOT+RIO.......2004-03-03

I enjoyed 1.Used Your Head by Money Mark, 2.Corcovado done by Everything but the Girl, the funkie beats were great, 3.Desafinado done by Astrud Gilberto & George Michael was soothing and relaxing, 4.Non-Fiction Burning was enjoyable 5.Crystal Waters' version of The Boy from Ipenema, LOVED IT!! the music makes your body want to move, it will be favorite, 7.Seguranca (Security) done by MAXWELL with that sultry soft voice of his & the music, this is a favorite, 8.E Preciso Perdoar done by Cesaria Evora & Caetano Veloso w/Ryuichi Sakamoto on the keyboard, Damn I love Cesaria's voice, she got off, this is definetly a favorite, 10.Water to Drink by Incognito w/Omar & Anna Caram was nice, 11.Dancing by Milton Nascimento was enjoyable, 12.How Insensitive done by Antonio Carlos Jobim & Sting, I didn't care for Sting singing this song, I do enjoy Sting's music but not this, he wasn't the man for it. 13.Water of March done by David Byrne & Marisa Monte was okay, but I enjoy Al Jarreau & Oleta Adams rendition on "A Twist of Jobim" better, 15.One Note Samba/Surfboard by Stereolab & Herbie Mann, I didn't care for that techno or computer sounding stuff, it sounded like the music on The Wiz when they were trying to get away from the trash cans, it will get a skip, 17.Black Orpheus Dub by Mad Professor, it had sort of a Rasta, funk, techno flair which was okay, 18.Chico Science & X DJ Soul Slinger, I couldn't get into that either, that will get a skip too, 19.Funk'N Lata's Sambadrome, was short & funky, 20.Giberto Gil's Refazenda, his voice went well with the song, 21.Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo done by Cazuza & Bebel Gilberto was nice, but the sound was off, it sounded like they were singing in a tube. I manly purchased this CD because it had my 2 favorite singers Maxwell and Cesaria Evora & I enjoyed both of their songs immensely. I am totally satisfied with this purchase and it will be one of my favorite CDs which I listen to often.

Great for Jobim Fans.......2002-07-16

If you like Bossa Nova, particularly Antonio Carlos Jobim, you will love this CD. It has covers by many current artists of his songs, as well as some other Brazilian music. I like how the liner has the lyrics in English, but almost all the songs are in Portuguese. The David Byrne Waters of March in an exception, where he sings in English, and a woman is singing in Portuguese, but it works out very well.

An excellent addition. I have most of the songs on the album on at least two other CDs, but the artists have played with the songs enough to complement the originals.

Average customer rating: Absolutely Beautiful!!! That's the way it goes...I guess. artistic masterpiece A masterpriece! The Debut Best

Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience P.M. Dawn Manufacturer: V2 Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jesus Wept Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry For Bringing You Here, Love Dad 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of-- Bobby C.M.B. ASIN: B000005CEZ Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine
3. Paper Doll
4. To Serenade A Rainbow
5. Comatose
6. A Watcher's Point Of View (Don't 'Cha Think)
7. Even After I Die
8. In The Presence Of Mirrors
9. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
10. Shake
11. If I Wuz U
12. On A Clear Day
13. The Beautiful

Amazon.com

Back in 1991, when the Cordes brothers released their beautiful debut, the notoriously prickly hip-hop community had a collective fit. How dare that fat kid, who spoke in parables, call himself a rapper? Sampling Spandau Ballet? Talking all that hippie crap? The hardcore fans filed PM Dawn in the alternative section, but the open-minded embraced the dreamy soundscape without questioning its origins. If De La Soul worked with Brain Wilson, you'd be halfway to figuring out the flowing melodies and stream-of-consciousness raps (OK, Prince Be never was much of a microphone fiend) that PM Dawn unleashed. Years later this CD stands up, if only because the rest of the world has caught up to the confusion that Be felt in his troubled soul and translated into music so well. Simply lovely stuff. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Beautiful!!!.......2006-07-31

I had been looking for this album for ages! It is the best for excercise, or just laying and chilling out. I highly recommend this album to everyone!!!!

That's the way it goes...I guess........2005-08-20

I originally bought this album only hearing "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". I also wanted to get the song which sampled Kraftwerk "If I Wuz U", being that I collect songs that sample Kraftwerk, so I went to Amazon.com and listened to the 30 second samples they had. I liked what I heard. So, I wait for the mail to arrive....

I got the album and it started off with "Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine" and I was floored. This was REAL HIP HOP, it reminded me of De La Soul, except more poetic. "Amazing" is the only word to describe it.

Following was "Paper Doll", such a beautiful song. Just the way everything comes together is perfect. I actually had no clue until I bought this album that Be did all the vocals singing/rapping. What a versitile man.

Basically, every track following this IS perfect. Except "Shake"...I don't know about that one, but other than that I couldn't ask for anything more in an album. I want to say ONCE AGAIN, THIS ALBUM IS DAMN AMAZING!

I really needed something as beautiful as this album in my world at this time of my, and I thank P.M. Dawn for it.

artistic masterpiece.......2005-05-17

lets say you take dream pop,and put spoken word type hip-hop vocals over the lush musical landscape and you get this masterpiece of an album.i was roughly 13 years old when i heard this album in 1991,and thought it was beautiful.it was a weird contrast to my N.W.A,GnR(guns-n-roses),public enemy,living color,ice-t,and geto boys album collection. eitherway its a great cd to have in my collection.

this album is just so smooth my fav tracks are paper doll,set a drift,and even after i die,this album is verry eclectic moody.when i was younger the album would just take me away.


the album isn't reallly ground breaking but it is verry well done enough to be considered a classic.i'm glad hip-hop didn't go in the direction of PM Dawn.because honestly that would make them obsolete in a world of simuler clones.besides theres enough room for all types of rap music.theres no neeed to follow one formula

A masterpriece!.......2003-04-04

I purchased this CD years ago and still the vibe that the music conjures blows me away. The songs are sharp, poetic, and hungry for your attention. The real gem on the album is a great track called "Even After I die." Give this album a chance and you won't be sorry!

The Debut Best.......2002-11-07

This by far, the first and best album put together by PM DAWN. Every track, every beat, every word will stick to you. A CD worth having in a collection

Average customer rating: CHARLENE "JAZZYLADY" Throwback Looks are like struttin' but contents are much more intelligent Do what you have to do ... A major talent

2:35 PM Calvin Richardson Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Javier Left of Center Fortunate Subject The Phoenix ASIN: B0000ALFX3 Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

1. Keep On Pushin'
2. Falling Out
3. I've Got To Move
4. I'm Worthy
5. More Than A Woman
6. Not Like This
7. She's Got The Love
8. You Got Me High
9. Put My Money On You
10. Your Love Is
11. I Wansumo
12. Cross My Heart

Customer Reviews:

CHARLENE "JAZZYLADY".......2006-12-13

THIS CD IS SUPER SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE SEEMS GENUINELY A ROMANTIC, SEXY AND
CARING TYPE LOVER WHO WOULD LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED TO SATISFY HIS LADY.
HIS MUSIC HAS A RELAXING FEEL TO IT THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO KICK OFF YOUR SHOES, LIGHT THOSE CANDLES, CUDDLE UP AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS! GOOD
JOB CALVIN, I SAW CALVIN IN PERSON AND BELIEVE ME HE'S MESMERIZING!

Throwback.......2006-08-07

This CD is HOT! HOT! HOT!. I can play every song on this CD. CR has that throwback soul voice, but is still contemporary and funky. I do not own "Country Boy" yet, but this cd is fire. He is truly refreshing and I cannot wait for another CD from him. I want more, more, more. 5++++++

Looks are like struttin' but contents are much more intelligent.......2006-04-07

This is a great soul output, there are really the kind of chords I like to hear in soul music. There are a lot of guitars (sometimes real, sometimes machine): smooth electric and acoustic too. Raphael Saadiq is also in the pot, check out the linear notes. The music is not that shadowy and jazzy as Dwele's but it really has depth. The first track is quite similar to Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" which you can check out on Leela James' debut. I don't care much about it, I like both "versions".

Do what you have to do ..........2006-01-05

What does it take these days to get REAL talent noticed? How is it artists like Calvin Richardson, David Hollister, Raheem DeVaughn and Donell Jones take backseats to flavorless, colorless, pre-packaged robots that dominate MTV/BET rotations and airwaves?

If you're tired of the aformentioned regurgitated mess that is most of PROMOTED contemporary R&B, give CR's "2:35PM" a good listen.

I copped this CD in summer '04 after seeing CR's video for "Not Like This" latenight on BET ... (incidentally, I never saw that video again).

CR's got that old school soul and sings with a deeper, more sincere vocal approach that more than compensates for the fact he's not gonna blow you away like Joe, Brian McKnight or Maxwell.

Personal favorite tracks are "I'm Worthy," "Keep on Pushin'", "More Than A Woman" and "Not Like This."

Highly recommended album for spending quality time with'cha girl or just for chilling after a long, hard and tiresome day.

A major talent.......2006-01-03

It takes someone special to pull me out of my old school groove, and this is just the guy. Mr. Richardson has some serious vocal pipes, never out of tune. In addition the songwriting and production are excellent here.

Loved the intro to "Keep On Pushing" kind of reminiscent of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Going to Come." While I believe the first song is the highlight of the album, the second song, "Fallin' Out" is also top notch. The first seven are quite good, especially "More Than a Woman" which I first heard on a couple of soundtracks ... so glad it's on this album. The CD tails off a little near the end, but finishes on a high note.

I'm glad I discovered Mr. Richardson and hope he continues to shine.

Average customer rating: Yoga Chants by a Master Sound Yogi Musician Unique and Captivating Not Soothing At All! calming soul Weird

AM & PM Yoga Chants Russill Paul Manufacturer: Relaxation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Yoga of Sound Nada Yoga The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant Shabda Yoga Shakti Yoga ASIN: B00005O7S7 Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

1. Yoga Trance
2. Sunrise
3. Jewel In The Lotus
4. Protection
5. Namaskar
6. A.M. Dance

Tracks:

1. By The Stream
2. PM Dance
3. Dream The Dark
4. The Beloved
5. Aarati
6. Yoga Lullaby

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Russill Paul, a forerunner in the field of sacred sound, has studied this Hindu form of yoga (sacred sound) for the better part of two decades. Teacher, musician, and practitioner, Paul introduced the bulk of his work with the phenomenal box set The Yoga of Sound. Now teaming with the Relaxation Company on the acclaimed A.M./P.M. Yoga series, Paul offers the remarkable A.M. & P.M. Yoga Chants, which packages together A.M. Yoga Chants and P.M. Yoga Chants. A.M. Chants makes an optimal beginning to any day, gently moving the listener-participant through sluggishness and propelling her or him toward mindful awareness, vitality, and receptive productivity. Darker in sound than its A.M. sister, the time-honored chants on P.M. Yoga Chants, set to beautifully produced music, soothe and sate the listener's hunger for homing in and relating. Each disc comes with excellent liner notes detailing the origins of each piece and suggestions for yoga poses and topics for meditation. A beautiful and healthy beginning and end to every day. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Yoga Chants by a Master Sound Yogi Musician.......2006-08-04

If there are ever CD's of authentic yoga chants that make you want to throw away your old stereo in the trash and go out and buy a top of the line sound system to enjoy the musical experience, Russill Paul's music tops the list!

I have enjoyed listening to Russill Paul's music since 2001. I've listened to the chants for pleasure, to practice mantra chanting, in preparation for meditation, for doing asanas, driving in the car, and even at the gym!

In Russill Paul's music, you will experience a fusion of Eastern and Western sounds blended to please, exemplifying some of the best music of the genre.

Russill Paul is a dedicated sound yogi who not only records wonderful CD's, but also offers first-rate retreats, teaches university courses and writes (see The Yoga of Sound by New World Library), exemplifying his commitment to his artistic craft and his generosity to share the treasures of the golden smile that lives inside music.

You can't go wrong with Paul's authentic, masterfully recorded Yoga Chants!

Unique and Captivating.......2004-03-30

Russill Paul has created his own blend of sacred chants using unique instrumentation and harmonies. I have performed with Russill and was honored to be a part of the prayerful and rhythmic sounds that emanated from his music. Using synthesizer, drums, and the instrument that he created, the Unitar, along with his enchanting voice, Russill is able to capture and create an ambiance which is very conducive to yoga, prayer, body work, meditation, or even background music to lift your spirits. This is not music to "fall asleep to"; entrancing, but not boring! It is very individualized to Russill's own unique and captivating style. His gentle spirit truly shines through this music. I highly recommend his work.

Not Soothing At All!.......2003-02-04

I bought this CD expecting it to be wonderful to listen to
while practicing yoga or meditating. I was really looking forward to it, since I love Indian chants and sacred songs. Unfortunately, I found Paul's voice to be strange and disconcerting, the melodies were odd, and there was an atonal quality to the music that made it grating and hard to listen to. Not at all what I had hoped for either, and for this listener at least, quite difficult to relax to or practice yoga with. I wish it hadn't been so, but I agree with the other reviewer who said it wasn't what they expected. Ravi Shankar's Chants of India is a much better CD of Indian Chants with better voices to bring out the sacred aspect of the words. Paul's voice just didn't seem to fit this type of music, which is a shame, since he has been immersed in it for years. Strange
and disappointing, and not what I would expect from GAIAM, either.

calming soul.......2002-10-23

This is another wonderful CD from Russill Paul. I'm not sure what the reviewer below thought they were buying when they bought this. It is exactly what I expected. It combines wonderful chants and mantras with beautiful music that leads your mind to pure calmness. I recommend this to anyone looking for mantras set to music. It's a fantastic aid in our search for inner happiness.

Weird.......2002-02-10

This isn't at all what I expected. But I guess I'm stuck with it. It's just really weird. Yuk!

Average customer rating: excellent but uncomplete To call it music may be a bit limiting. A worthwhile collection OhMyGodHowDreadful Kid Stockhausen

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Tracks:

1. Valse Sentimentale - Clara Rockmore
2. Oraison - Ens D'Ondes De Montreal
3. Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - Pierre Schaeffer
4. Williams Mix - John Cage
5. Klangstudie II - Herbert Eimert/Robert Beyer
6. Low Speed - Otto Luening
7. Dripsody - Hugh Le Caine
8. Forbidden Planet: Main Title - Louis Barron/Bebe Barron
9. Elektronische Tanzste: Concertando Rubato - Oskar Sala
10. Poem Electronique - Edgard Varese
11. Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean) - Richard Maxfield
12. Apocalypse-Part 2 - Tod Dockstader
13. Kontakte - James Tenney/William Winant
14. Wireless Fant - Vladimir Ussachevsky
15. Philomel - Milton Babbitt
16. Spacecraft - MEV

Tracks:

1. Cindy Electronium - Raymond Scott
2. Pendulum Music - Sonic Youth
3. Bye Bye Butterfly - Pauline Oliveros
4. Projection Esemplastic For White Noise - Joji Yuasa
5. Silver Apples Of The Moon, Part 1 - Morton Subotnick
6. Rainforest Version 1 - David Tudor
7. Poppy Nogood - Terry Riley
8. Boat-Woman-Song - Holger Czukay
9. Music Promenade - Luc Ferrari
10. Vibrations Composees: Rosace 3 - Francois Bayle
11. Mutations - Jean-Claude Risset
12. Hibiki-Hana-Ma - Iannis Xenakis
13. Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals: Drift Study '31/69 c.... - La Monte Young

Tracks:

1. He Destroyed Her Image - Charles Dodge
2. Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song - Paul Lansky
3. Appalachian Grove - Laurie Spiegel
4. En Phase/Hors Phase - Bernard Parmegiani
5. On The Other Ocean - David Behrman
6. Stria - John Chowning
7. Living Sound, Patent Pending Music For Sound-Joined Rooms Series - Maryanne Amacher
8. Automatic Writing - Robert Ashley
9. Canti Illuminati - Alvin Curran
10. Music On A Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier
11. Melange - Klaus Schulze
12. Before And After Charm (La Notte) - Jon Hassell
13. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) - Brian Eno

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Opening with Clara Rockmore's reworking of Tchaikovsky with the theremin, and finishing with one of Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, OHM artfully succeeds in its goal of giving a representative (as opposed to the impossible, comprehensive) overview of the first several decades of electronic music. Over 3 discs, 42 compositions, and 96 pages of notes and photos, OHM clearly illustrates the producers' and contributing writers' point that early electronic music is much of the foundation of contemporary music. Herein lies the connective tissue bridging musique concrète, 20th-century classical, electronic experimentation, and the theoretical avant-garde to psychedelia, ambient, dub, techno, electro, and synthpop and the globalization of sound. The groundbreaking uses of loops, sampling, drones, remixes, and cut-and-paste technology are put fully into context. The diversity of music included makes any sort of summation impossible, but that is also the point: electronic music is not really a genre, but an open field of endless possibility. From John Cage's famous "William's Mix" of tape snippets to Karkheinz Stockhausen's electronic orchestral compositions, from David Tudor and Holger Czukay's experiments in unrelated blendings of audio elements to David Behrman's supremely peaceful duet between computers and musicians, the aural renegades on OHM tread where none (save a few of their contemporaries) had gone before. The liner notes convey the incredible amount of hard work and experimentation it took to stitch together many of these pieces in the predigital era. Putting aside the inevitable quibbles about what's missing (much of it due to legal and/or logistical issues), a more complete collection of musical eggheads, eccentrics, and visionaries is hard to imagine. --Carl Hanni

Customer Reviews:

excellent but uncomplete.......2006-11-12

Althought most of the music here is an excellent collection of electronic music history, this 3 CDs lack of the important contribution given by the RAI phonology studios of Milan, Italy in the 50s
(which was bigger than Koln's WDR studios) with Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono.
This is a big mistake. Milans studios were the biggest of europe and produced many important electroacoustic pieces.
If the collection aim to describe faithfully electronic music history, it should include this artists too.

To call it music may be a bit limiting. .......2006-10-24

Some of the tracks on here are "music". That is that they contain all the bits we're trained to experience as music -- melody, etc. Some are not, and the composers would be the first people to tell you that. A lot of these works are reactions to ingrained rules, so they're bound to be jarring.

A more successful way to approach such a broad and varied collection of audio experimentation is to think of it as curated sound. This isn't something to wash the dishes to, or to seduce someone to (although if you did manage to seduce someone with the recordings on this anthology, HOLD ON TO THAT PERSON, because they've got to be a keeper). These are unique sound textures that deserve a close, probably solitary listen, and I think if you're in the right frame of mind, it can be a very rewarding listen.

My main complaint is sequencing: each dicrete piece follows it's own internal logic, so there are more than a couple rough gear changes. However, since each piece is so different, and the collection is so varied, I'm not sure that you could totally escape that.

A worthwhile collection.......2006-01-11

The OHM collection contains some of those ground breaking electronic compositions that have shaped today's styles, from the early electronic instruments of Theremin and Martenot, through Pierre Schaeffer's Music Concrete tape music and the electronic music of Stockhausen and Subotnick, to the mainframe computer output of Risset and Chowning.

It is unfair to mark this collection down due to the production quality and 'musicality' of its contents, to do so would be to staggeringly miss the point of the development of electronic music through the 20th Century. What this collection shows is the ideas behind those at the cutting edge of the genre before many could even conceive of such output. That said it is hard going at points, as experimental music can be.

Highlights for me are no doubt Olivier Messiaen's 'Oraison' on CD 1, David Tudor's 'Rainforest Version 1' on CD 2 and on CD 3 David Behrman's 'On the Other Ocean' and Maryanne Amacher's 'Living sound Patent Pending'.

OhMyGodHowDreadful.......2005-08-15

Ok, this collection is supposed to be early works and, thus not expected to be very sophisticated or polished. But the OHM collection sounds like the first attempt of a spastic cat turned-loose on a Moog keyboard. When it is not boreing, this collection of random and dissonant sounds (I can't call it music) is without any redeeming qualities to make it worth while. Don't get me wrong, I am a long-time fan of Wendy (nie Walter) Carlos and some other real pioneers of electronic music. However, I find that the Ohm collection has no similar qualities and is a major disappointment.

Kid Stockhausen.......2003-01-17

This is required listening for anybody interested in the history of electronic music. Although implicitly aiming for the techno music audience, this audio history is overwhelmingly focused on the classical avant-garde of electro-acoustic composers. The closest you'll get to pop electronica is the Brian Eno track at the end of the third disc. No Kraftwerk, no Moroder, etc. Instead "OHM" manages to point to the continuities between, say, John Cage and artists currently working at the experimental edges of electronica (so-called IDM). It seems to be saying, "You think Kid 606 is visionary? Well check out this Stockhausen track from '59!"

Admittedly, some of the songs are much more interesting to think about than they are to listen to. Some of the early pieces that were made through thosuands of hours of pains-taking tape-splicing could be made today in an afternoon with a digital audio editor and a few effects plug-ins.

It is a beautiful package, containing a 90 page booklet of essays, quotations from the featured artists, and photographs. What all music should be: an education in daring.

Average customer rating: Preparing for the long night Cheese, plain and simple typical pop trance Nice A terrific trance CD

Release: PM Edition George Acosta Manufacturer: Ultra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Release: AM Edition Awake Touched All Rights Reserved Miami ASIN: B00005A87W Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

1. (Intro) Emotions - George Acosta
2. Take Me High - Marc & Ace
3. Heaven (Jens O. Mix) - Survivors
4. Target (BCM Project Remix) - Warlock
5. Spirit Of Virtuality - Webdrivers
6. Straight To The Point (Lange Remix) - SPX
7. Nature Cry (Mac1in1Frost Mix) - Misar Vs. Frost
8. Set U Free (Club Mix) - Alex Rocco
9. Take A Trip (Marc'N'Ace Remix) - Xallux
10. Free (Talla 2XLC Remix) - Tillman Uhrmacher
11. Dancing In The Dark - Marc LaCruz'N1Ace Da Brain
12. Emotions (Marc LaCruz Mix) - George Acosta

Customer Reviews:

Preparing for the long night.......2005-05-10

Although released on the same day,PM and AM are two totally different mixes.You can't have one without the other,because PM is the one cd that gets you motivated and ready for a good time.PM is beautiful melodic and progressive trance that will bring tears to your eyes,while making you "float"right out of your chair.If your a dance music lover,you need this album along with "AM"as well.

Cheese, plain and simple.......2003-09-24

I wanted to like this disc, and based on the positive reviews posted here I fully expected to. But it's way heavy on the cheesy synth melodies and just too same-samey for my taste. Nothing surprised me, and nothing stuck in my mind after the disc ended.

typical pop trance.......2003-05-03

Like so many other pop trance albums, George Acosta sticks to this genre at its best.

Nice.......2002-02-10

George Acosta's "Awake" CD was what got me into trance, it will probably always be my favorite album, but this one comes pretty close to beating it. All the songs on here are tight and they're very deep and emotional. You listen to this CD when your sad and it feels like your in another world. You liked Awake? Get this one.

A terrific trance CD.......2001-11-02

George Acosta has mixed some of the best trance CD and this one not an exception. It's a very melodic trance mix. The music really make you feel like you are not in this world and will make you really happy.

Average customer rating: A Timeless Classic 13 Years Later and It's still amazing almost perfect 12 Years & It's Still Fantastic Don't be fooled, this is REAL HIP HOP

Bliss Album? (Vibrations of Lo Manufacturer: Uni/Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jesus Wept Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry For Bringing You Here, Love Dad C.M.B. 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of-- If I Ever Fall in Love ASIN: B000001DY7 Release Date: 1996-01-17

Customer Reviews:

A Timeless Classic.......2007-06-26

This is the first PM Dawn album I ever purchased. I played it one time and I was hooked on their music forever! It is very rare that you enjoy every song on an album, but that is just the case with this one. Even though the tempo changes from song to song, this album plays very fast. There are three cuts on here I have to turn up when I play them: "When Midnight Sighs", "Ways of the Wind", and of course the legendary "Die Without You". Like the group that created it, a great CD, you'll be happy you purchased it.

13 Years Later and It's still amazing.......2006-08-23

I first purchased this album back in my sophomore year in high school and unforunately lost it in 1999 (left it in my dorm room at college) and Now I have finally bought my replacement copy. Aw the memories this cd brings back. Like another reviewer said, this is a great album to lift your spirits. It just puts you in such a mellow, positive mood, it's great. my only problem, is that the newer release of this cd - cds that were printed in 1997, leaves a song out. So on and so on, which is supposed to be track 3 (This CD was originally a 15 track disc, now for some reason it's only 14). Even though it wasn't one of PM Dawn's strongest songs, i miss it being on the album. But if anyone appreciates this little group, then you HAVE to purchase this cd.

almost perfect.......2006-04-15

This cd and the first one belong in the top 5 cd's I have ever heard along with Bebel Gilberto-Tanto Tempo, Our Lady Peace-Spiritual Machines, DJ Cam-Mad Blunted Jazz, and B-52's-Cosmic Thing. The chilled out vibe and trippy melodies are awesome.

12 Years & It's Still Fantastic.......2006-03-02

I was ripping old CDs today and popped this in. I love this album. It's so rich, emotional, and inventive that it's the affectionate thorn in my side everytime I say, "I hate all rap music!" This is just a totally wonderful experience. I've listened to it over and over and over and over and it stirs my senses everytime. Buy it! But if you're looking for your generic hardcore, mean-spirited, hip-hop/rap crap ... you'll be sorely disappointed by the wonders recorded by these fellas back when music could still be fun, fresh and touching in its expressivness.

Don't be fooled, this is REAL HIP HOP.......2005-08-20

This was the 3rd P.M. Dawn album I purchased. I was expecting it just being mainly all singing, as Jesus Wept was. I am glad to say I was wrong. It actually is the album that probably has the MOST rapping on it. Maybe even more than the debut.

The album starts with, "When Mightnight Sighs". The first time I listened to this song I was in the car and I found myself singing along by the time the chorus came around.

The second song "So on & so on" was basically an all singing song, but I really enjoyed this one, because the vocals were delivered very quickly.

Next comes Plastic. This is straight up hip hop. Prince Be comes with the power of Chuck D ready to tell people how he feels about the negative attention the hip hop community has given them. (that's how I saw it)

The production/music on Ways of the Wind is very beautiful. Crazy ass bassline too. I must say the production/music on this album is on point. It's close, if not as good as the first album.

Next comes, "To Love Me More". I am not a a big fan of the slow singing songs, but when they are put around a bunch of upbeat songs with rapping, it has a good balance and you appreciate them a lot more. I think this song is fun and keeps things versitile.

One of my favorites "About Nothing for the Love of Destiny". This song is great. The music is top notch and the chorus is simply amazing. The sarcasm (i hope) in the chorus is great. "I like the way you change your looks, I like the way you change your style..I like the way you talk about nothing". I LOVE the little synth SOLO. I LOVE IT!! haha.

The cover of the Beatles "Norwegian Wood" was actually pulled off reallly well. The drums are straight up boom bap. Not a big fan of covers unless they cross music boundries, and this one definately does.

"Beyond Infinite Affections" is straight up hip hop once again. I don't know how P.M. Dawn could get any backlash from the hip hop community when they make songs like this. It's better than the majority of hip hop.

"Looking through Patient Eyes" sounds like Set Adrift Part 2. heh. Nice mellow song.

"Filthy Rich, I don't wanna be". I love the lyrics in the verses, not a big fan of the chorus though.

"More than Likely" is my least favorite song on the album. It's a duet with some guy and it really sounds like he needs to CLEAR his throat. It sounds very mucas filled, at one point you can hear it try to clear itself. Eek.

"The Nocturnal is in the house". Another banging hip hop track. nuff said. Coming battle style, whatever happened to that??

"When it's Raining Cats and Dogs" not a big fan of this one.

"I'd Die Without You". I used to hate this song when I was little when it used to come on the radio. I was still in elementry school at the time. I hated all the R & B songs cuz I had to sit through them to get to some hip hop songs, and this was one of them. I had no clue it was P.M. Dawn until I bought this album. I guess I like it now proably cuz I recognize it. heh.

All in all, it's nearly as good as the first album. I still like the first a smidget better, but not by much. This album KILLS 99 percent of all albums out there.

Average customer rating:

Ultimate Weight Loss AM & PM Sessions Hypnosis CD Crystal Bishop Manufacturer: CrystalBishop.com ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium Pedometer ASIN: B000IJ7MX6 Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Awake Now To Ultimate Weight Loss (30 min.)
2. Sleep Now To Ultimate Weight Loss (28 min.)

Product Description

First, what is the "Alarm Clock Series"? The "Alarm Clock Series" is a series of hypnosis CD's that are specially made, one for AM (Awake NOW to Ultimate Weight Loss) and one for PM (Sleep NOW for Ultimate Weight Loss). More CD's will be coming soon on smoking, financial abundance and much, much more. What is the Benefit to the AM (Awake NOW) Session? The AM (Awake NOW to Ultimate Weight Loss) works like this. You will be setting your alarm clock one half hour earlier than usual, when your alarm clock goes off and the CD kicks on you will still be fast and deep asleep so that your subconscious mind will actually be hearing and doing what the CD tells it to do such as release all excess unhealthy fat and turn it into usable healthy energy that you can use throughout your day. The CD has been synchronized to your brain waves to keep you in the Delta state until you have finished most of the CD. The CD will then bring you wide awake into energy, weight loss and a peaceful happy mood. Giving you a day that you look forward to. What is the Benefit of the PM (Sleep NOW) Session? The PM (Sleep NOW to Ultimate Weight Loss) does just the opposite of the AM session. You will be lulled to sleep with the brain wave patterns of the CD taking you very deep asleep and giving you the suggestions for health, a perfect slim, trim, tight and tone body that you love and deserve plus much, much more. At no time will you actually lose so much weight that your body will become unhealthy. The "Alarm Clock Series" AM and PM sessions have suggestions for a healthy, energetic happy body that will maintain a very healthy weight for you. So upon reaching your healthy ideal weight your body will then simply maintain that same healthy perfect weight permanently.

Average customer rating: I'm no R&B fan, but you gotta hear this!! Astounding Spiritual Support Essential album regardless of age, sex or musical preference Lucious, Brilliant Aural Masterpiece.

Jesus Wept P.M. Dawn Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry For Bringing You Here, Love Dad Ruby Vroom 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of-- Hip Hop Is Dead Confessions on a Dance Floor ASIN: B000005CF3 Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Downtown Venus
3. My Own Personal Gravity
4. I'll Be Waiting For You
5. Forever Damaged (The 96th)
6. Apathy...Superstar?
7. The Puppet Show
8. Silence...Recorded At The Gravesite Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
9. Why God Loves You
10. Miles From Anything
11. The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream
12. Soncheynne
13. A Lifetime
14. Sometimes I Miss You So Much
15. Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once In A Lifetime/Coconut

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Maybe it says something about rap's limitations that hip-hop's most creative acts move away from the form in order to expand artistically. While the Beastie Boys, head increasingly back toward hard rock, P.M. Dawn continues its course into the outer space of sonic gloss. Perhaps Jesus Wept, the duo's third album, relies on a celestial combination of airy R&B and acoustic hippie pop to float the Cordes brothers (Prince Be and J.C. the Eternal) into a higher level of consciousness than booming beats and rhythmic rhymes could take them. Or more likely, P.M. Dawn's musical evolution simply indicates these Jersey City homeboys are individuals unwilling to be limited or formatted.

Jesus Wept is, in fact, not all that different from the heady potion of English psychedelic synth pop, east coast new jack sway, and new age metaphysics the group brewed on 1993's The Bliss Album...?, only it's much more that way. Prince Be's existential voyage through his religious/spiritual identity crisis is surprisingly endearing, and songs like "The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream" and "Apathy...Superstar!?" are every bit as inventive as their titles suggest. And though the duo's typically heavy-handed production can make the mix sound more like marshmallow at times, the lush string/piano/acoustic guitar orchestrations ("Sonchyenne"), smooth dance beats ("My Own Personal Gravity"), and well-placed samples ("Downtown Venus") make Jesus Wept another exquisite slice of P.M. Dawn's gourmet auditory pastries. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

I'm no R&B fan, but you gotta hear this!!.......2005-08-14

I'm a major Talking Heads fan and some years ago I heard these guys do the final track featuring 'Once in a Lifetime' and had to get it. To my pleasant surprise I really enjoyed most of the CD. The vocals are so smooth you too will take notice! A sample of the intro of tracks won't do the CD justice as many need to build a bit. It also wouldn't hurt to be somewhat spritual as many songs reference the faith, but don't let the 'Christian R&B' thing bug you. This is just good music.

Astounding.......2004-12-22

Despite what many other reviews indicate, I don't hear much of PM Dawn's first two albums at all in the music of JESUS WEPT. This is a gorgeous, thoughtful, often sad (no surprise there with PM Dawn), and clever album. For legal reasons, many of the music samples they hoped to use could not be, so this is not really the album PM Dawn wanted to produce. Even so, it easily tops their first two albums. The intro here takes a Charlie Brown Christmas clip and spins it into a very moody, unsettling bit conjuring thoughts of self-worth/life/death. It erupts with a gun-click into the hit "Downtown Venus." This funky romp gives way to four more mellow songs, the best of which is "I'll be Waiting For You." As with many of PM Dawn's "love" songs, Prince Be's lyricism is ultra-poetic, and very touching. This song and "A Lifetime" are two wonderful examples of what seems to be such a strong connection to love that makes life meaningless-and utterly painful- without it. It's a very personal sounding album, and I would imagine it is not entirely fiction. "Why God Loves You," one of most musically and lyrically interesting songs on the disc, seems to praise admiration, profess confusion and apparent existentialism. It rides a groove of guitar and drums. PM Dawn is very spiritual, but not necessarily religious. Other high points of the album include the acoustic (and entirely falsetto) "Soncheynne" and the dreamy "Miles from Anything." As much as I like this album, there are a couple spots that don't match the near-perfection that much of the album hits. Sonically everything fits, but some songs' lyrics are nonsense and don't belong with the deep, spiritual tunes. Since some songs are SO good, it makes the less-than perfect songs seem worse than they actually are. The best parts of this record come when the group does what they do with the title: humanize spirituality. When the lyrics AND music intertwine to form both meaning and feeling, THAT'S magic.

Spiritual Support.......2001-09-25

Whenever one is feeling out of balance or just plain low, this album is the one to listen to. It seems to provide upliftment for every downer known to the human being. The lyrics are otherworldly but understandable with thought and all the music is truly from a sacred place inside the creators' hearts. This music simply touches like none I've ever felt before. There is actually only one rap song here, the rest are beautiful inspiring melodies. I wish P.M Dawn all the happiness they have given to me through this ablum.

Essential album regardless of age, sex or musical preference.......2001-02-11

PM Dawn's 3rd album, 1995's "Jesus Wept", is in my opinion their best. I didn't fall for this album instantly - it took a few listens then the hooks become more prevalent and addictive. I enjoy all types of music but listened to this album daily for over 2 years. Best songs include "The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream"(one of the greatest songs ever, irrespective of music genre - it gives me goosebumps), "Sometimes I Miss You So Much" and "Downtown Venus". I cannot stress strongly enough how good this album is - i'm not someone who automatically gives any album 5 stars - here all plaudits are justified. If the only song you know by this group is "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" then you really should buy this album. Not a rap group at all, PM Dawn's ability to seamlessly combine original lyrics/arrangements with choice snippets of popular songs is brilliant. The recent "Best Of" (released 2000) is an inadequate 14 track farce, containing only 12 different songs then 2 remixes.

Lucious, Brilliant Aural Masterpiece........2000-07-27

Released near the end of 1995, this album was the masterwork I always knew these two gifted young men had in them. To call this a hip-hop album would be not only limiting, but a downright insult. Filled to overflowing with gorgeous melodies: "I'll Be Waiting For You","My Own Personal Gravity", "Why God Loves You", acoustic balladry: "Sonchynne" "A Lifetime", floating spirituals: "Sometimes I Miss You So Much (Dedicated To The Christ Conciousness)", glorius guitar squalor: "The 9:45 Wakeup Dream", "Superstar:Apathy" and creamy R&B: "Miles From Anything" this album has something for everyone. I purchased this CD right after graduation from Navy boot camp, and soon had my roomate in the barracks begging me to make him a copy of it on tape (I just sprung for another CD), but his addiction clearly indicated the power of great music, and how easily one can fall under the spell of P.M. Dawn. With "Jesus Wept" this brilliant group cast off the shackles and burden of being labled just another 'rap act' and produced what is actually one of the greatest ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, REGARDLESS OF GENRE. Any music lover will appreciate the richness and texture of the music, the earnestness, longing, and spiritual depth of Prince Be's Lyrics (yes, us African American Males are this complex and sensitive, but rarely do we get the chance to show it what with all the ridiculous, worn out thug/gangsta cliches that just won't go away) and marvel at the LP's perfect, pristine production. This release raises the bar for all artists, and further proves that race doesn't matter when it comes to quality and that African American Artists shouldn't be pigeonholed or limited in what they can accomplish. This is simply ingenious. Another Highly Reccomended Masterpiece.

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