| 1. Fantastic Fantasy |
| 2. There's No Shame |
| 3. Astral America |
| 4. Dragons And Beasts |
| 5. The World Is A Lot |
| 6. Segue Out Of The World |
| 7. Play The Night Away |
| 8. Power After Hours |
| 9. Baby Don't Let Me Make It To Monday |
| 10. I Couldn't Have Survived Without You |
| 11. Fantastic Fantasy (Restiform Bodies Remix) |
| 12. Fantastic Fantasy (Drop The Lime Remix) |
Editorial Reviews
Alan Astor, whose sincere optimism is the polar opposite of electroclash's ironic nostalgia
Product Description
After years of intense songwriting and sensational live performances, Alan Astor presents his first installation into the future of pop music. "Everything Is Possible" is an honest portrayal of youth battling the grip of a corporate city, an underground that has surrendered it's sincerity for fashion, and an artist whose dreams are at odds wth the reality of American life. Possessing a musical background that spans genres and generatons, Alan Astor has taken everything that we have come to love from classic records of the past 50 years and added a voice and sound that are all his own.
Everything Is Possible
Everything Is Possible,Alan Astor,Alan Astor,Mental Monkey,Pop
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Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007XT85I Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Ando Meio Desligado
- Ave, Lucifer
- Dia 3b
- Baby
- Fuga No. 11
- Cantor de Mambo
- Adeus Maria Fulo
- Desculpe, Babe
- El Justiciero
- Panis et Circenses
- A Minha Menina
- Bat Macumba
- Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
- Baby
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"You must take a look at the new land," Os Mutantes singer Rita Lee softly proclaims on Everything Is Possible!'s English-language rewrite of Caetano Veloso's "Baby." The Brazilian psychedelic-rock pioneers were addressing a hoped-for American-British audience, but they could also have been singing to their own country's political establishment, which didn't take kindly to the Tropicalia era's fusion of Beatles and Hendrix influences with elements of bossa nova and samba. The result continues to reverberate more than three decades later in the work of Beck, Stereolab, and Cibo Matto, not to mention on late-'90s reissues such as this. Full of beauty, self-mocking good humor, and a command of varied styles that Lennon and McCartney would've envied, this enticing music is every bit as fresh as it must've sounded to South American swingers back in the day. --Rickey WrightAlbum Details
Os Mutantes were the Pioneer Brazilian Psychedelic Band in the Late 60's. Compiled by David Byrne from the Remastered Original Tapes.Customer Reviews:
this is great stuff.......2007-02-07
Trying to do the impossible.......2005-11-02
World of Os Mutantes.......2005-03-29
This collection brings together many of the band's best songs, such as the understated charm of "Panis et Circenses," the buzzing and swooning keyboard splendor of "Baby," and the cluttered catchiness of "Bat Macumbia." Rooted in Brazilian tropicalia, the music has quite a few quirks and twists, but surprisingly it never becomes too weird to alienate listeners.
Os Mutantes was initially formed by Arnaldo and Sergio Baptista, who later added Rita Lee and their brother Claudio. Though the band didn't last very long, they developed a reputation for twiddling with basic Brazilian pop -- while they stayed happy and accessable, they also added in distortion, feedback, and other sound experiments. It sounds fun, doesn't it?
And actually, it is a lot of fun. The trippy bossa nova/psychedelic rock/catchy pop isn't as heavy as it sounds, but instead goes for a light, playful, deeply stoned vibe. Eerie flutes and jungle drums -- as in the eerie "Premier Bonheur du Jour" -- get mixed in with solid guitar riffs and smooth keyboards. Those tradition instruments ground what could have been just another psychedelic band. It's gloriously catchy, and incredibly infectious.
The one flaw? Lesser-known albums like "Jardim Electro" and "Mutantes" are underrepresented in the selection of songs. Their first album, the self-titled "Os Mutantes" -- also probably their best ever -- is strongly emphasized. However, if you are looking for an excellent individual listen and not a representation of all their albums, then this is a very good find.
Few of the Os Mutantes albums are currently available in the U.S., which would make this the ideal introduction by default. But "World Psychedelic Classics 1" is a fairly good introduction to the band in its own right.
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Everything Is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour
Living Colour Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000CNE12S Release Date: 2006-01-17 |
Tracks:
- Cult Of Personality
- Open Letter (To A Landlord)
- Funnny Vibe
- Glamour Boys
- Middle Man
- Memories Can't Wait
- Elvis Dead
- Type
- Solace Of You
- Pride
- Times' Up
- Go Away
- Nothingness
- Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
- Sunshine Of Your Love
- Flying
- Love Rears Its Ugly Head (Soulpower Hip Hop Remix)
Customer Reviews:
Vernon Reid is the greatest.......2007-01-10
It's a "Living" thing........2006-02-15
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World Psychedelic Classics 1: Brazil: The Best Of Os Mutantes/Everything Is Possible!
Os Mutantes Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000J7JI Release Date: 1999-06-08 |
Tracks:
- Ando Meio Desligado
- Ave, Lucifer
- Dia
- Baby
- Fuga No. II
- Cantor De Mambo
- Adeus Maria Fulo
- Desculpe, Babe
- El Justiciero
- Panis Et Circenses
- A Minha Menina
- Bat Macumba
- Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
- Baby
Amazon.com essential recording
"You must take a look at the new land," Os Mutantes singer Rita Lee softly proclaims on Everything Is Possible!'s English-language rewrite of Caetano Veloso's "Baby." The Brazilian psychedelic-rock pioneers were addressing a hoped-for American-British audience, but they could also have been singing to their own country's political establishment, which didn't take kindly to the Tropicalia era's fusion of Beatles and Hendrix influences with elements of bossa nova and samba. The result continues to reverberate more than three decades later in the work of Beck, Stereolab, and Cibo Matto, not to mention on late-'90s reissues such as this. Full of beauty, self-mocking good humor, and a command of varied styles that Lennon and McCartney would've envied, this enticing music is every bit as fresh as it must've sounded to South American swingers back in the day. --Rickey WrightAlbum Details
Os Mutantes were the Pioneer Brazilian Psychedelic Band in the Late 60's. Compiled by David Byrne from the Remastered Original Tapes.Customer Reviews:
Decent introduction, some rare mixes.......2007-07-16
I agree with the reviews that say that this tends towards the poppy at the expense of their louder & more extreme material, and favors the first album at the expense of their excellent second and fifth albums. More importantly, the sequencing is confusing and ineffective. Why not go for straight chronology? Nonetheless, there are no weak tracks here.
Fanatics and collectors of the band may be interested to know that this collection contains some unexplained rare mixes found on none of their other in-print CDs. The mix of "Baby (1970)" is mono and an underdub, lacking a male vocal on the chorus and some percussion--it is distinct from the two other distinct mixes of this performance found on "Jardim Eletrico" and "Tecnicolor". The two songs from the Mutantes' second album, "Dia 36" and "Fuga No. 11", are in gorgeous stereo here and nowhere else. (The album is only available in mono on CD.) "Ando Meio Desligado" is an alternate, short mono mix with an extra couple of bass notes at the beginning. (The other two 1970 songs are featured in mono mixes or fold-downs here.)
Great brazil, great 60`s. You cant ask for much more.......2005-01-08
One good Byrne deserves another, but..........2004-01-30
Compiled by David Byrne for his purist Luaka Bop label, this CD collects songs from all through Os Mutantes' career: it includes early recordings of songs from Veloso and Jorge Ben, but also the Mutantes' later attempts to record relevant yet saleable material (including songs in "Portunhol", a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese). Robert Christgau is concerned that *estadouidenses* will not be able to follow the sounds of the Tropicalia period, but "in this time of melding cultures" this is actually one of the more challenging (yet feasible) of such tasks. The Mutantes (do a little math) do not possess an "exoticist" mien: they present an alternate and "problematized" modernity, one which was *always* intended for export.
And perhaps one of Beck's much-hyped returns to non-form, on *Mutations*, owes as much to the mindset of that period as its conflicted relationship with the native sounds of Bahia: such that musicians who have not yet troubled to pick a Mutantes record up may be even more interested than this early revivalist conformance allows (Omplatten has since released all the early records at reasonably affordable prices).
Shockingly great music.......2003-02-27
To be a little less indirect, Os Mutantes made some of the most daring, exciting, off-the-wall-and-yet-surprisingly-listenable music I've ever heard. Discovering this music was for me one of those truly mind-expanding, change-your-life kind of events. It actually makes me want to learn Portuguese in the same way that Dostoyevsky made me want to learn Russian. It's also opened my ears to Tropicalia, a style I was never really aware of before, but which I am now beginning to explore.
I should warn the prospective listener that this stuff is pretty wierd. In fact, if I understand it correctly, wierdness for wierdness' sake (or perhaps for creativity's sake) was a big part of what Tropicalia was all about. But if you can stand the wiredness, and listen with an open mind and open ears, Os Mutantes' music is very, very rewarding. This album (on which there is not a single bad song, by the way) is a good place to start, if only because it's still in print. It might also give you an introductory glance into a whole movement (and a whole culture) of which you may have known little.
Only One Side of the Story.......2003-02-13
Secondly, the compilers definitely have a bias towards the poppier end of the Mutantes' musical spectrum. There's very little guitar pyrotechics here except on the parodic Cantor de Mambo (Mutantes roast Santana) and Bat Macumba. Believe me, the Mutantes could really play. To hear "Baby" without it being preceded by the rock guitar excess of "Sarava" is really disappointing. The Mutantes took part in one of the greatest musical revolutions in the history of pop music, Tropicalia. Like other musicians who took part in this movement, such as Caetano Veloso, Gil Gilberto, Gal Costa and Tom Ze. The Mutantes cleverly played with musical forms, laughed at rock/art pretension, took apart and recombined elements of pop, rock, jazz, psychedelia, folk, bossa nova, classical music, etc. You don't get the same sense of fun from the song selection on this CD.
Call me a crazy fan, but I whole-heartedly recommend every Mutantes album, most particularly Os Mutantes (the first), Mutantes (the second) and Jardim Electrico. Anyone who loves the fun-filled musical explorations of sixties music will love this band. (And anyone who doesn't is a stick in the mud, old fuddy-duddy.)
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Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004RD1T Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
Tracks:
- Ando Meio Desligado
- Ave, Lucifer
- Dia 36
- Baby (1971)
- Fuga No.11
- Cantor De Mambo
- Adeus Maria Fulo
- Desculpe, Babe
- El Justiciero
- Panis Et Circenses
- A Minha Menina
- Bat Macumba
- Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
- Baby (1968)
Amazon.com essential recording
"You must take a look at the new land," Os Mutantes singer Rita Lee softly proclaims on Everything Is Possible!'s English-language rewrite of Caetano Veloso's "Baby." The Brazilian psychedelic-rock pioneers were addressing a hoped-for American-British audience, but they could also have been singing to their own country's political establishment, which didn't take kindly to the Tropicalia era's fusion of Beatles and Hendrix influences with elements of bossa nova and samba. The result continues to reverberate more than three decades later in the work of Beck, Stereolab, and Cibo Matto, not to mention on late-'90s reissues such as this. Full of beauty, self-mocking good humor, and a command of varied styles that Lennon and McCartney would've envied, this enticing music is every bit as fresh as it must've sounded to South American swingers back in the day. --Rickey WrightAlbum Details
Os Mutantes were the Pioneer Brazilian Psychedelic Band in the Late 60's. Compiled by David Byrne from the Remastered Original Tapes.Customer Reviews:
Decent introduction, some rare mixes.......2007-07-16
I agree with the reviews that say that this tends towards the poppy at the expense of their louder & more extreme material, and favors the first album at the expense of their excellent second and fifth albums. More importantly, the sequencing is confusing and ineffective. Why not go for straight chronology? Nonetheless, there are no weak tracks here.
Fanatics and collectors of the band may be interested to know that this collection contains some unexplained rare mixes found on none of their other in-print CDs. The mix of "Baby (1970)" is mono and an underdub, lacking a male vocal on the chorus and some percussion--it is distinct from the two other distinct mixes of this performance found on "Jardim Eletrico" and "Tecnicolor". The two songs from the Mutantes' second album, "Dia 36" and "Fuga No. 11", are in gorgeous stereo here and nowhere else. (The album is only available in mono on CD.) "Ando Meio Desligado" is an alternate, short mono mix with an extra couple of bass notes at the beginning. (The other two 1970 songs are featured in mono mixes or fold-downs here.)
Great brazil, great 60`s. You cant ask for much more.......2005-01-08
One good Byrne deserves another, but..........2004-01-30
Compiled by David Byrne for his purist Luaka Bop label, this CD collects songs from all through Os Mutantes' career: it includes early recordings of songs from Veloso and Jorge Ben, but also the Mutantes' later attempts to record relevant yet saleable material (including songs in "Portunhol", a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese). Robert Christgau is concerned that *estadouidenses* will not be able to follow the sounds of the Tropicalia period, but "in this time of melding cultures" this is actually one of the more challenging (yet feasible) of such tasks. The Mutantes (do a little math) do not possess an "exoticist" mien: they present an alternate and "problematized" modernity, one which was *always* intended for export.
And perhaps one of Beck's much-hyped returns to non-form, on *Mutations*, owes as much to the mindset of that period as its conflicted relationship with the native sounds of Bahia: such that musicians who have not yet troubled to pick a Mutantes record up may be even more interested than this early revivalist conformance allows (Omplatten has since released all the early records at reasonably affordable prices).
Shockingly great music.......2003-02-27
To be a little less indirect, Os Mutantes made some of the most daring, exciting, off-the-wall-and-yet-surprisingly-listenable music I've ever heard. Discovering this music was for me one of those truly mind-expanding, change-your-life kind of events. It actually makes me want to learn Portuguese in the same way that Dostoyevsky made me want to learn Russian. It's also opened my ears to Tropicalia, a style I was never really aware of before, but which I am now beginning to explore.
I should warn the prospective listener that this stuff is pretty wierd. In fact, if I understand it correctly, wierdness for wierdness' sake (or perhaps for creativity's sake) was a big part of what Tropicalia was all about. But if you can stand the wiredness, and listen with an open mind and open ears, Os Mutantes' music is very, very rewarding. This album (on which there is not a single bad song, by the way) is a good place to start, if only because it's still in print. It might also give you an introductory glance into a whole movement (and a whole culture) of which you may have known little.
Only One Side of the Story.......2003-02-13
Secondly, the compilers definitely have a bias towards the poppier end of the Mutantes' musical spectrum. There's very little guitar pyrotechics here except on the parodic Cantor de Mambo (Mutantes roast Santana) and Bat Macumba. Believe me, the Mutantes could really play. To hear "Baby" without it being preceded by the rock guitar excess of "Sarava" is really disappointing. The Mutantes took part in one of the greatest musical revolutions in the history of pop music, Tropicalia. Like other musicians who took part in this movement, such as Caetano Veloso, Gil Gilberto, Gal Costa and Tom Ze. The Mutantes cleverly played with musical forms, laughed at rock/art pretension, took apart and recombined elements of pop, rock, jazz, psychedelia, folk, bossa nova, classical music, etc. You don't get the same sense of fun from the song selection on this CD.
Call me a crazy fan, but I whole-heartedly recommend every Mutantes album, most particularly Os Mutantes (the first), Mutantes (the second) and Jardim Electrico. Anyone who loves the fun-filled musical explorations of sixties music will love this band. (And anyone who doesn't is a stick in the mud, old fuddy-duddy.)
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Annie's Songs
Manufacturer: Turtle Creek Chorale ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0006SSSYG Release Date: 2004-12-14 |
Tracks:
- Family
- Secret Love
- My Romance/What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
- Trust the Wind
- Wind Beneath My Wings
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Everything Possible
- Dream on, Little Angel
- Let Me Be the Music
- Prideful Mary
- God Loves a Woman
- When October Goes
- Last Day
- For All We Know/I'll Be Seeing You
- Empty Chairs Medley: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables/No One Is ...
- I Shall Miss Loving You
- I Have Loved
Tracks:
- Psalm 92
- Ave Maria
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- White Christmas
- O Holy Night
- Cup of Christmas Tea
- Silent Night
- Auld Lang Syne
- How to Handle a Woman/Some Enchanted Evening
- Ain't No Mountain
- Donna's Song
- Not While I'm Around
- I'll Be Here With You
- All Is Well
- God Bless America
- Cup of Christmas Tea [CD-ROM Track]
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Eine Kleine Rockmusik
Manufacturer: Union Pulse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAK5BC Release Date: 2004-01-13 |
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(Cd) Roaring Lambs: Headstrong, Salt N Light, Out There, One Thing, Shortstop, Kingdom Come, Akehlulek Ubaba with God Everything Is Possible, Touch, Daisies N Roses, Goodbye, Wondering Where the Lions Are, the Ground You Shook
Manufacturer: Squint Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000HDTDZI |
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Everything Is Possible
Alan Astor , and Alan Astor Manufacturer: Mental Monkey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00099H2DU Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
Tracks:
- Fantastic Fantasy
- There's No Shame
- Astral America
- Dragons And Beasts
- The World Is A Lot
- Segue Out Of The World
- Play The Night Away
- Power After Hours
- Baby Don't Let Me Make It To Monday
- I Couldn't Have Survived Without You
- Fantastic Fantasy (Restiform Bodies Remix)
- Fantastic Fantasy (Drop The Lime Remix)
Product Description
After years of intense songwriting and sensational live performances, Alan Astor presents his first installation into the future of pop music. "Everything Is Possible" is an honest portrayal of youth battling the grip of a corporate city, an underground that has surrendered it's sincerity for fashion, and an artist whose dreams are at odds wth the reality of American life. Possessing a musical background that spans genres and generatons, Alan Astor has taken everything that we have come to love from classic records of the past 50 years and added a voice and sound that are all his own.
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I Want to Live, Cynthia Young (Shout It, O'worship the King, You Are My Everything, I Love You Lord, My Journey, I Want to Live, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, Jesus Is the Way, Be Still My Soul, More Precious Than Gold, All Things Are Possible)
ProductGroup: Classical Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JWFOFU |
Product Description
I Want to Live By Cynthia Young 1. Shout It 2. O'worship the King 3. You Are My Everything 4. I Love You Lord 5. My Journey 6. I Want to Live 7. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing 8. Jesus Is the Way 9. Be Still My Soul 10. More Precious Than Gold 11. All Things Are Possible
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Everything Is Possible: The Best of Muta
Os Mutantes Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000062WQD Release Date: 2001-12-04 |
Album Details
Greatest Hits Reissue Compilation of the Unforgettable Rock Group that Changed the History of Rockmusic in Brazil in the Late 60's.Meditation Music:
- Falco Live Forever [Import] [Live]
- Fantasy, Vol. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
- Fierce Joy
- Fighter [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
- Get On
- Grace Like Rain
- Great Instrumentals [Import]
- Groove It
- Happy Holiday Music
- He Wasn't, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
Meditation Music
Sigismondo D'India: Ecco il sol mirate
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin; Winterreise (Box Set) [Box set]
Music: Steal This Album! [Clean]
Street Beatz [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]