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1. No Quiero Olvidarte Otra Vez

2. Llevatelo

3. Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero

4. Yo No Sé

5. Camino Por el Camino

6. Hoy

7. Perdóname Mi Vida

8. I'm Sorry Sir

9. Sufri

10. Suegra

Class,Mazz,EMI International,Latin,Latin Pop

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Average customer rating: Musical breath of fresh air!! Took a chance and was well rewarded Good radio rap never hurt anyone??? What's the big deal about these guys anyway? Not what you hear on the radio....but much better

As Cruel as School Children Gym Class Heroes Manufacturer: Fueled By Ramen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | 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: Infinity on High It Won't Be Soon Before Long Back to Black Don't You Fake It Timbaland Presents Shock Value ASIN: B000FUF80W Release Date: 2006-11-04

Tracks:

1. 1st period: The Queen and I
2. 2nd period: Shoot Down the Stars
3. 3rd Period: New Friend Request
4. 4th period: Clothes Off!!
5. Lunch: Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 1
6. 6th period: Viva La White
7. 7th Period: 7 Weeks
8. 8th period: It's Ok, But Just This Once!
9. Study Hall: Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 2
10. 10th Period: Biters Block
11. Yearbook Club: Boys In Bands Interlude
12. 12th period: Scandalous Scholastics
13. 13th period: On My Own Time (Write On!)
14. Intramurals: Cupid's Chokehold
15. Detention: Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 3

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The Roots aren't the only hip-hop group to build their sound around live instrumentation. Yet this Upstate New York quartet doesn't sound much like Philly's finest. Further, As Cruel as School Children is more radio-ready than previous efforts, especially "Cupid's Chokehold," which appropriates Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" to fine effect, i.e. "Take a look at my girlfriend / She's the only one I got." (A different mix appears on The Papercut Chronicles.) Not many indie-pop artists can freestyle, though, as frontman Travis McCoy proves on "Sloppy Love Jingle, Pts. 1-3," a trio of a cappella raps. Aside from dividing these tracks into "periods," "study halls," and the like, in fitting with the high school theme, McCoy's narratives touch on teachers, cheerleaders, and lunch room chatter. Guests include William Beckett (The Academy Is...) on "7 Weeks" and Speech (Arrested Development) on "Biter's Block." Cruel as School Children was co-produced by Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) and released by band mate Pete Wentz's Decaydance imprint. Stump, who pops up in the "Cupid" video, also provides programming and backing vocals. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Album Description

This upstate NY 4-piece hip-hop band fuse crisp guitar rhythms, deep melodic bass lines, head cracking beats, and conscious lyrics to create a sound truly their own. Their debut full-length, "The Papercut Chronicles", has sold over 32,000 copies, converting anyone within ear shot into fans. This, their follow-up, is surely going to launch the band to the next level.

Customer Reviews:

Musical breath of fresh air!!.......2007-07-24

I'm just in love this album is great all the way through. Young music of today minus the deg ration, ignorance and profanity. Plus I met them in person and their wonderful and down to earth!!

Took a chance and was well rewarded.......2007-07-09

I hadn't really heard much of Gym Class Heroes when I bought this CD. I saw/heard Cupid's Chokehold on Fuse once and that was about it. I bought it based on Amazon's recommendation system. I'm a big fan of hip-hop like Jurassic 5 & A Tribe Called Quest and I have to say, based on my preferences, this CD was excellent. I don't think I've taken this CD out of my car's CD player since I bought it a month ago. It's just really darn good.

Good radio rap never hurt anyone???.......2007-06-22

Trading on their live status and their need to bring back the fun element of hip-hop which has indefinately been missing, this is like being stuck in a wacky-coloured room with four hyperactive but unimaginative goons desperate for you to like them. "Hey cheer up! It might never happen! Watch me bust a move," were the last words they uttered as I clubbed them unconscious with Public Enemy albums...but hey I really like Public Enemy for the record..

Smoothed out and mellow is the modus operandi of this four man crew from Geneva, New York. For those who are seeking a hip hop revival like Common's "Be" last year or the wonderful delight that helped pioneered MF Doom's to greater heights (I'm talking 2004's brilliant Madvillain - Madvillainy) you might want to look elsewhere. Friends this is hip hop for the Hollister/Abercrombie/Lacoste crowd.

To put it into a pop cultural perspective, this is the type of rap you'd expect to catch Dawson or one of the Gilmore Girls listening to, or if we still even cared about him, Seth from the OC. You'd never hear it bumping out of the trunk of any of the thugs on The Shield, that's for sure.

But before you get this impression that I am totally dismissing this album, let me preface back and say that I actually very much so like this work. The Queen And I tells of a drunk girlfriend who's 'only one more swallow from being oh so hollow' (and you're complaining?) over an acoustic strum and a 'hey-hey' chorus. Shoot Down The Stars contrasts a grim verse with a positive chorus of sunshine harmonies.

Their one track which could be redeeming, the of-its-moment track New Friend Request, plays on the desperate need to be liked on the MySpace website, is actually quite clever even if the pieces are a bit taken from Jurassic 5. I mean really the lyrics can appeal to anyone who has used Myspace - 'I didn't take it personal when you ignored my request to be your friend. I spilled my guts and hit send; I waited two weeks for a response and got nothing. Honestly, it only made me want you more.'

Particularly nasty are covers of Jermaine Jackson's We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (To Have a Good Time) which ticks a smug '80s referencing box with no tongue in no cheek.

Talking of musical cross-pollination, Gym Class Heroes may apparently be able to 'put the f u back into fun' but on this evidence they could put something into country music (without the r). Putting the fun back into hip-hop isn't too challenging, but their need to show the breadth of their musical styles when they can't even master one isn't ambition, its truly arrested development.

As Cruel as School Children is a great feel good summer album but with quirky tunes and tongue-in-cheek raps which possibly border a little too much on pop culture, I can't see it surviving much past this year when the scene and pop culture take a new shape in 2008. Still regardless I have to say again I think it's a really fun RAP album to listen to care free, and really in a genre bending so much over hos, bling and pimpin' rides it's a nice diversion from the norm.

What's the big deal about these guys anyway?.......2007-05-06

Gym Class Heroes are an alternative hip-hop band that I discovered on MTV Hits last year when their video "The Queen and I" was playing. I didn't really know what to make of that song, but I still decided to check out the band's latest album, As Cruel As School Children.

I really don't see what all the hype is about these guys. I'm not saying they don't have talent, because the production is definitely on point, and leader Travis McCoy does have a nice flow. It's what he SAYS that's his downfall. If you really listen to the lyrics, you'll find that most of these songs have the stupidest concepts in the world. I realize that the album is following a high school theme, but missteps still can't be ignored, like the statutory "Scandalous Scholastics", a tale about a 15-year-old Travis having relations with one of his teachers (even though that kind of thing isn't really news any more, but...). And there is a series of a cappella raps called "Sloppy Love Jingle" that are all skippable.

If people are wondering where "Cupid's Chokehold" is, the thing is, that's actually a song from the band's previous album The Papercut Chronicles, and the fact that it's being re-released NOW suggests that the guys were getting really desperate for a hit single. And as you know, the song features Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump, and although he sounds fine there, he sounds ridiculous on "Clothes Off", an already horrendous reworking of Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", this time stating "We HAVE to take our clothes off."

Lame ideas continue, as "New Friend Request" is a dry story about meeting a girl on MySpace; and although I'm married to a white girl, "Viva la White Girl" didn't do anything for me (probably because it doesn't make much sense). Basically, if Travis rapped more like the way he does on "Shoot Down the Stars", then maybe the band would be more accessible. I'm all for silly music, but As Cruel As School Children is a little too experimental for my taste.

Anthony Rupert

Not what you hear on the radio....but much better.......2007-04-14

This album when I first saw the cover and the songs they play on the radio I thought it would be just another pop album but I love how they mix pop and rap together to come up with their own style. I especially like the sloppy love jingles especially the last one because that's how most women feel after a night out.

Average customer rating: ooooooh Peanut... It's a great soundtrack What I was wishing for! awesome

Class of 3000: Music Volume One Manufacturer: La Face ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Cartoon Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus Graduation The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series Ratatouille Transformers: The Movie ASIN: B000RB6UY2 Release Date: 2007-07-03

Tracks:

1. Class of 3000 Theme
2. Life Without Music
3. Throwdown
4. Oh Peanut
5. We Want Your Soul
6. Banana Zoo
7. A Richer Shade Of Blue
8. Fight The Blob
9. UFO Ninja
10. Kim Kam Jam
11. Luna Love
12. The Crayon Song
13. My Mentor
14. Cool Kitty

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Fall in, funketeers: the first soundtrack to "Class of 3000," the Cartoon Network show executive-produced by Andre 3000 of OutKast, mashes up a melange of beats and styles so beautifully conceived, so inner-city cool, that parents who once grooved to the "Fat Albert" gang will find themselves in thrall (cartoons able to make the grade with school-age kids while putting across a message happen once every 30 years, apparently). Here we have the whole "3000" crew cutting up to Andre, a.k.a. Sunny Bridges', whip-smart concoctions--Li'l D, Kim and Kam, Tamika, Madison, Philly Phil, and Edward trade the spotlight on weird but wickedly fun tracks like "Banana Zoo," "Oh Peanut," and "We Want Your Soul." The messages seep through, but in the end the grooves matter most. Future funkers of America, take note. And tune in immediately. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

Class of 3000 is the critically-acclaimed Cartoon Network original series from creator and executive producers Andre "3000" Benjamin and Tom Lynch. Each episode features a new, original song written and performed by Andre "3000" Benjamin accompanied by an animated music video. In addition, Benjamin contributes his visual direction for the series and its original music videos. The Class of 3000: Music From The First Season CD is comprised of 15 songs from the show, performed by the kids/characters in the show, and executive-produced by, who else...Andre Benjamin!

Customer Reviews:

ooooooh Peanut..........2007-07-31

If you or your kids are a fan of the show, then this is a must have. If you are a fan of Andre 3000's music, then this is a must have. All tracks are playful and very musical, like only Andre can do.

It's a great soundtrack.......2007-07-27

If you like the andre 3000 production, you'll love this soundtrack. one of the down sides i think are that some of the songs are short. other than that. I really like it.

What I was wishing for!.......2007-07-21

As a fan of the Class of 3000, I had been deeply disappointed that the songs weren't available as an album when I checked around Christmas time. But HOORAAAYYY! Cool non-babyish music by an "urban" artist that elementary school aged kids can enjoy with their parents? YES! As the mother of a nine yr old boy, I absolutely cringe at the lyrics of popular songs on the radio, and I would not consider myself particularly prudish at all. In fact, quite the opposite. I have been known to enjoy some down and dirty music myself, but for the kid? He's not ready for all that yet. As a music loving family, though, where do we look for jams? Especially rap or hip hop? Lil Bow Wow can only take us so far...

I have been lovin' Outkast for years and years and am so thrilled that Andre has made this creative choice. Never being one to play to stereotypes, he has made an awesome "family" album. If only other hip hop fathers would get over their gangsta selves and make music that they would let their own kids listen too!

awesome.......2007-07-08

the kids and i are jammin'!! great fun for the whole family... finally something we can all enjoy!

Average customer rating: Long live the legend of Lennon. Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon finally the singles package awaited arrives Enjoy what we were given The Lennon Anthology That Says It All

Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Acoustic Imagine (Deluxe Edition) Walls and Bridges Imagine The U.S. vs. John Lennon ASIN: B000AV2G3I Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Imagine
3. Watching The Wheels
4. Jealous Guy
5. Instant Karma!
6. Stand By Me
7. Working Class Hero
8. Power To The People
9. Oh My Love
10. Oh Yoko
11. Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
12. Nobody Told Me
13. Bless You
14. Come Together (Live)
15. New York City
16. I'm Stepping Out
17. You Are Here
18. Borrowed Time
19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Tracks:

1. Woman
2. Mind Games
3. Out Of The Blue
4. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
5. Love
6. Mother
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
8. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
9. God
10. Scared
11. #9 Dream
12. I'm Losing You (Anthology Version)
13. Isolation
14. Cold Turkey
15. Intuition
16. Gimme Some Truth
17. Give Peace A Chance
18. Real Love
19. Grow Old With Me

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On October 9, 2005, John Lennon would have turned 65, if only...

Instead, the former Beatles leader and endlessly complex rock icon remains forever frozen in time, basking in the warm reception of his 1980 return to recording after a long, self-imposed exile from the music business. But this two-disc, 38-track collection does more than merely commemorate the landmark birthday Lennon tragically never celebrated; it's arguably the best compact overview of his often conflicted post-Fabs career. Considering he spent fully half the decade chronicled here in semi-retirement, it's a remarkably robust and diverse body of work, whether focused on sloganeering agit-prop ("Power to the People," "Woman is the Nigger of the World," "Give Peace a Chance," "Working Class Hero"), semi-autobiographical musings that ranged from the harrowing ("Cold Turkey," "Mother") to the unabashedly sentimental ("Oh Yoko!," "Watching the Wheels," "Starting Over"). "Imagine" and "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" may showcase one of the era's most wide-eyed idealists, but the range of emotions cataloged in much of his other work argue that John Lennon was a bundle of emotional and philosophical complexities. As Yoko One once noted, "People have wanted to box him in..But he was a very human, three-dimensional person... Sometimes he was angry, sometimes he was sad, sometimes he was very vulnerable and sweet. All of that was going on in every period of his life." This set never sidesteps those complications; indeed, the songs collected here thrive on them. --Jerry McCulley

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Customer Reviews:

Long live the legend of Lennon........2007-07-22

This compilation is simply all you ever need to get a great overview of John Lennon's solo output. It features all of the big hits (Imagine, Jealous Guy, Stand By Me, Starting Over, Watching the Wheels) and some of the lesser known singles and album tracks (Nobody Told Me, I'm Stepping Out, God, Gimme Some Truth).

It even has some very hard to find stuff and obscure songs on there like Real Love (minus the 3 Beatles) and Grow Old With Me, and New York City and Woman is the Nigger of the World from Sometime in NYC.

The songs are in pristine quality, some are remixed ever so slightly and you'd need good ears to pick the differences.

Simply you'd be very hard pressed to pick a Lennon song from his solo years that isn't here.

It's a compilation so you can play the songs as they are stringed on the CD or sequence them in chronological order if you like- but I like compilations because it doesn't mean I have to load 6 cds to hear a good mix of songs- this double cd collection does it all for you.

Long live the legend of Lennon.

Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon.......2007-01-20

This was given as a gift...they are tremendously enjoying this CD!

finally the singles package awaited arrives.......2007-01-19

After the break-up, both McCartney and Lennon went on to do what everyone had more or less predicted: McCartney racked up the sales with catchy pop that often spent a bit too much time in the shallow end of the pool, while Lennon achieved lesser (but still quite acceptable) sales and greater expressivity. That said, arguably Lennon had but two truly fabulous LPs in his catalogue post-Fab Four: 1971's Imagine, and one of the most direct, and brutally honest, artistic statements ever fashioned by any rock and roller, Plastic Ono Band from 1970.

This is the fourth major career overview for Lennon, after Shaved Fish, the John Lennon Collection, and the embarrassingly named Legend, a title which Lennon himself would have undoubtedly forbade. With thirty-eight tracks on two discs, it surpasses the latter two in comprehensiveness, and benefits from better remastering detail to any of the earlier sets.

George Harrison has stated that he thought Lennon's writing went a bit off in his later years. His melodic sense resurfaced by the Double Fantasy sessions, perhaps recharged by his five-year hiatus from recording. Given the lackluster songs populating much of his album output from 1972 to 1975, however, Harrison's assessment is quite apt. If Lennon's struggles to compose enough good material to fill up an entire record made his post-Imagine albums rather spotty, his singles certainly were not. Having grown up and worked with the Beatles during a time when the single ruled rock and roll, like his colleagues Lennon always paid special attention to their quality. Working Class Hero collects every non-Beatles 45 that Lennon issued in his lifetime for the first time since the 1970s singles compilation Shaved Fish. Including five of the six posthumous singles (not counting reissues), this is welcome indeed.

"Greatest Hits" packages often get short shrift from some quarters. In what was for a long time one of the main alternatives to [...] for on-line pop music album review sites, Wilson & Alroy refuse to even consider reviewing compilations, greatest hits or otherwise. Trapped in an album-oriented classic rock mentality, this only displays the depth of their ignorance regarding the history of the music about which they issue authoritative pronouncements. Many greatest hits comps might indeed be superfluous, but singles packages are another story altogether. Some of the greatest work by many artists, such as those affiliated with the Motown or Stax labels in the 1960s for instance, came in the form of singles. You'd be far better off with a good Supremes hits collection than any one of their albums issued during the group's operational life.

Similarly, Lennon's singles are the best items in his solo catalogue, Plastic Ono Band and Imagine aside. This package includes them generously, making up about half of the total number of tracks. For instance, it's good to see "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" return to an official Lennon comp, a jarringly effective feminist anthem of which the title alone probably gives most people hives, which is precisely the point. Lennon wasn't driven solely by a need to make his audience comfortable, the desire to make a statement politically or socially often a main source of his vitality as an artist.

Interestingly, the Wingspan compilation by his ex-partner from five years earlier, also a double-disc overview with an equivalent number of tracks, covers roughly the same period of time. They make an intriguing comparison of the duo's accomplishments from the 1970s while both were still very much in the commercial spotlight. Whether this set is an answer to that one is known only to EMI, Yoko, and the Apple front office.

Of the flaws in Working Class Hero, one is presented in contrast to Wingspan. It would have been better had the producers echoed the format from the McCartney comp, placing the hit singles on one disc, and the assembled album cuts and lesser hits on the second. Also, some non-singles cuts were poorly selected: while still a good balladeer, Lennon's solo strengths were often in other areas. We don't necessarily need "Love", and "Oh My Love," *and* "Oh Yoko!" here, as all are from the two must-have albums. Better cuts from the Lennon Anthology, such as the superior "I'm Losing You" backed up by Cheap Trick that *is* included, the non-album b-side "Move Over Ms. L," and excerpts from the live material with Frank Zappa no longer available on the Some Time in New York City reissue would have been preferable to "Intuition," "Out the Blue," and "You Are Here."

These minor caveats aside, this is the best career retrospective for one of the best rock and roll artists of any era. The assembly of all those great Lennon singles is easily worth the purchase price. Thank you, John.

Enjoy what we were given.......2006-09-28

My mom was a big Beatles fan so I am familiar to a degree with his music and the distinctive sound of his voice. I think this album sounds very good and I like the choice of songs. You enjoy John or you don't for one reason or another. I like his sound and listen to it and that's very satisfying for me. Always enjoy what we were given and what remains.

The Lennon Anthology That Says It All.......2006-09-02

John Lennon was the first musician in modern times to have a keen understanding of his own iconic status and he used it to build an international political community for world peace. Even those who have political differences will Lennon, agree that his intellect, political savvy had tremendous impact on an entire generation of young people. Lennon told us that the movement we need for international peace was on our shoulders and came up with the audacious idea that war is over, if we want it.

Even in hindsight, I don't even think most of us who lived through Beatles era completely appreciate the impact that John Lennon had on their own lives. Richard Nixon understood Lennon's impact on the peace movement. Nixon lived in fear of Lennon and fought a long battle in court to have him deported as an undesirable alien.

After the breakup of the Beatles, Paul, and Ringo retreated into the cocoon of domestic bliss and the bland irrelevance of by-the-numbers rock stardom. George became a devotee of Krishna Consciousness and had a fleeting moment of social consciousness when he put together two benefit concerts for the refugees of war torn Bangladesh in 1971.

John was the keeper of the flame and the unapologetic activist, and despite all of his personal flaws John was indeed the "brilliant Beatle."

The two CD, 38 song anthology, "Working Class Hero" demonstrates how profoundly relevant Lennon's music remains to our own lives in 2006, three decades after his death.

John was the visionary and the dreamer, even as he told us that "the dream was over." John's music embraced existential ambiguity and contradiction. Lennon's exploration of the human condition was uncharted territory for a pop musician to explore the "boggie down" climate of the American music business in the early Seventies. Not even Dylan was writting songs that were as emotionally resonant and flat-out honest as John's "Mother", "Imagine", or "God."

No other musician has significantly changed the lives of those who heard his message, as John Lennon has. John's message was simple: no matter how long you live, or how dire the world appears to be, never give up on your dreams. To his critics who called him naieve John said, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." John was right. Without our dreams we might as well be dead.

"Working Class Hero" is sole anthology of Lennon's work that defines Lennon the artist, the man, the philosopher and charismatic leader of a movement for world peace. Lennon's magnificent story is embedded in the content of the 38 songs in "Working Class Hero."

Pay no attention to the naysayers who have various hairs-splitting complaints about "Working Class Hero." One reviewer complains the album has been "remixed" but it's a specious claim because the pristine digital sound quality is actually far better than the early 1970s state of the art studio mixes. The biggest improvements are on the Phil Specter produced tracks in which Mr. Specter, for the first time in his career, seemed oddly disengaged from the artist he was producing.

As far selection of the 38 songs that comprise this anthology, they couldn't be better. If there was an important song from Lennon's legacy left out of this collection, nobody has pointed it out to me. These are the exact songs I would select if I were burning my own CD of John Lennon's songs. All previous Lennon collections have significant omissions of some of John's best songs. This anthology does justice to the complete trajectory of John Lennon's solo career from "Live Peace in Toronto 1969" to "Live in New York City" his posthumous live release in 1986. There isn't a single song that is filler here.

The presentation of the songs isn't in any rigid chronological order but there is a pattern of presenting the songs in reverse chronology. It benins with "Starting Over" in a journey backwards in time end up with John's earliest Plastic Ono Band recordings, like "Cold Turkey" and "Give Peace a Chance". The reason why some songs are presented out of order is, perhaps, an effort to equitably distribute Lennon's best music over the run length of both CDs.

If you are a causal fan of John Lennon's the only other way you'll get a more complete profile of John's career is to purchase the 4 CD box set "Anthology" (1998) which is grossly overpriced at $67.49. "Anthology" is more complete but not better than "Working Class Hero", because "Anthology degrades the quality of selections by including outtakes, alternative takes, studio chatter, home recording sessions and rarities that weren't good enough to be included in any of John's catalog of releases.

By contrast, "Working Class Hero" is Lennon's top-shelf material and you don't have to suffer through the 2 hours of filler cuts to harvest the bounty of these essential 38 songs that defined Lennon as an artist. The price of "Working Class Hero" is $22.99, which is a steal by comparison

Average customer rating: Surprised it is not labeled: Explicit Solid Indie Hip-hop Album. Great Great CD fbr did it again

The Papercut Chronicles Gym Class Heroes Manufacturer: Fueled By Ramen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | 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: Infinity on High Louder Now Queen & I Don't You Fake It Minutes to Midnight ASIN: B0007KIFPA Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

1. Za Intro
2. Papercuts
3. Petrified Life And The Twice Told Joke / Decrepit Bricks
4. Make Out Club
5. Taxi Driver
6. So Long Friend
7. Everyday's Forecast
8. Pillmatic
9. Simple Living
10. Cupid's Chokehold
11. Faces In The Hall
12. Graduation Day
13. Apollo 3-1-5
14. Wejusfreestylin' Pt2
15. To Bob Ross With Love
16. Papercuts / The Reason For The Lesions
17. Nothing Boy VS. The Echo Factor
18. Band Aids

Customer Reviews:

Surprised it is not labeled: Explicit.......2007-06-05

I had never heard of Gym Class Heroes until "Cupid's Chokehold" came out. I heard it on the radio while driving with my young son. We both loved the song, so I decided to check out this CD. I made sure it didn't have the Explicit Lyric label before purchasing. For some reason, I decided to listen while my son was not present to make sure it was alright for him to listen to. The entire CD is full of Explicit lyrics. The "F" word is used over and over again. I have no idea how this slipped through the cracks, but this is Absolutely not a clean CD by any means. I was very disappointed with my purchase.

Solid Indie Hip-hop Album........2007-05-18

I started listening to Gym Class Heroes a few years back, in mid 2005 I believe, and absolutely fell in love. I am a diehard hip-hop head at heart, loving emcees like Rakim, Eminem, Saul Williams, The Roots and the like...So the fact that this kid was saying some of the best, most original lines I've ever heard in my entire life amazed me. One of the greatest hip-hop lines I have ever heard is still "Catch me in the source with 5 pills next to my name; like f*ck 5 mics I want 5 vic fame".

On top of this, I am also a diehard indie fan...So finding this band, a deffinate mix of both genres blew my mind. I listened to it non stop, saw every show that came within 120 miles of my home town and became obsessed.

Then of course they blew up. Cupids Chokehold came out, and every pop kid under the sun fell in love...I had to hate them, for at least a while. Typically when this happens with a band, I lose all interest and never listen to htem again. I expected the same of GCH.

But it didn't happen. Despite the fact you can't say your a fan without getting laughed at, I cannot help it. Any hip-hop fan that talks (S word I can't say) would be shut up in a half a second if they heard a song like Pillmatic or Shoot Down The Stars, and any emo/indie fan wouldn't be able to say another word after hearing 7 weeks or even Papercuts.

If you are a music fan, you have to give these guys a listen. They are one of the best genre bending bands I have ever heard, and I believe have the ability to keep coming for a good 5 years.

Great.......2007-04-01

I love gym class heores thats why i purchased the cd. this cd wasnt scratch so thats good i bought it mew anyway.

Great CD.......2006-08-23

Definitely a great cd. I got to check GCH out live at the warped tour and immediately got the cd. Great buy and definitely wasnt a let down

fbr did it again.......2006-06-11

i only have one thing to say: travis schleprok is my hero

Average customer rating: I missed out on this years ago... One of the best albums of all time An essential recording. All around great stuff Simply one of the finest albums you'll ever encounter

Different Class Pulp Manufacturer: Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: This Is Hardcore His 'n' Hers Parklife Jarvis Suede ASIN: B000001E8P Release Date: 1996-02-27

Tracks:

1. Mis-shapes
2. Pencil Skirt
3. Common People
4. I Spy
5. Disco 2000
6. Live Bed Show
7. Something Changed
8. Sorted For E's & Wizz
9. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
10. Underwear
11. Monday Morning
12. Bar Italia

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Like the Boomtown Rats fronted by Martin Amis. Classic Britpop. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

I missed out on this years ago..........2007-04-20

Back in the mid 90's, I dismissed Pulp as just another BritPop band. Come to find out, I was wrong. A good friend gave this to me as a CD exchange and I have to say that I'm thoroughly impressed.

The standout tracks are clearly (IMO) "Mis-Shapes", "Common People" and "I Spy". The music is rather jangly and at times has a distinctly dance-able beat. What won me over though were the lyrics. Jarvis Cocker manages to create a fantastic mental image to go along with his lyrics, which are alternately humorous and serious, occassionally silly ("Sorted for E's and Wizz") and vaguely malevolent ("I Spy"). Cocker's delivery is very basic - he doesn't have a lot of range, but he makes good use of his voice and some of the spoken parts of the songs send chills up my spine.

All in all, this is a great album. I wish that I'd given it a chance back in 1995.

One of the best albums of all time.......2006-12-08

Ten years later, "Different Class" remains one of the best albums of all time. I have heard the songs hundreds of times and never get tired. There are six standout tracks: Common People, Disco 2000, Something Changed, Feeling Called Love, Underwear & Monday Morning.

I recently requested "Common People" at a club...and it remains an anthem of angst, brit pop, glam rock and a brillant screw-the-world perspective.

Alas, Pulp's follow-up albums were not able to come close to "Different Class". So disappointing. But it's not called a Magnum Opus for nothing. I hope frontman Jarvis Cocker's new solo album will provide some solace.

An essential recording........2006-10-24

Released 11 years ago, this was a hit in the UK. I didn't know that until last year.

I was looking for some music from the britpop era, (being a huge fan of Oasis, Blur, Coldplay, The Verve, etc) and a stumbled upon their greatest hits CD. I must say that the only track I really got into was "Disco 2000", the rest were OK, not great. Then, after a couple of spins of that CD (and listening to the lyrics) I started lo like them.

I got His N' Hers (I played it to death) and then this one... wow... I played three times in a row, it was an amazing experience. Jarvis Cocker knows how to create an atmosphere with each song.

Every song could have been a single, amazing lyrics (to me, this guy is one of the best lyricists in britain nowadays). The stories of typical day-life on working-class people from the UK is something that the casual listener can relate to.

I recommend this CD to everybody. It came out during the so-called britpop era (I love that genre, even though most of the bands are now defunct). I won't mention any particular track.

Get it right now, it's a piece of Britain's music history.

All around great stuff.......2006-09-14

Considering most of the crap music that the 90's produced, this was a brilliant masterpiece. Not a bad song among the bunch, I can never get tired of listening to Common People and Something Changed.

Simply one of the finest albums you'll ever encounter.......2006-06-24

It is almost impossible for any album on Amazon to receive nearly a hundred reviews and still get an overall 5 star rating, yet DIFFERENT CLASS has managed to do just that. Although Pulp has several really good albums, this is their best in my opinion. It isn't just that the songs are musically compelling; lyrically the songs are frequently and unexpectedly complex. When this album was first released in England it was one of the rare times when an album achieved simultaneously intense critical and popular acclamation. Critics declared it a masterpiece, and fans bought it in astonishing numbers. The album also is deceptively political, in that it features class difference in a large number of songs.

There are many musical highlights on the album, but what I find most remarkable is that there are several songs so good it makes the other songs seem bad in comparison, while one song in particular makes even the other great songs suffer in contrast. Fans will always differ on their favorites, but few will question that the album starts off strongly with "Mis-Shapes." "I Spy" is one of my favorites on the album along with "Disco 2000," which follows it. "Sorted for E's and Wizz" is another stunner. But seriously, all the songs on the disc are at least good, most are very good, and two or three are great. But the best of the bunch is unquestionably "Common People."

"Common People" is simply a great song on multiple levels. Musically it is incredibly compelling, one of those tunes that once you hear it you can't get it out of your head, with an upbeat tempo that makes you want to get up and dance around. But this would merely make it a good song; what makes it great is the story the song tells. An art school student is noticed by a fellow student, a rich girl from Greece, who declares to him that she wants to learn about what it is like to live as one of the common people. There is a definite sexual come on, as she says that she wants "to sleep with common people, like you." At this point you think you know where the song is going, to a nice if somewhat standard narrative of two people from different classes who have a romance despite it all. But the song instantly takes you in a different tangent. What follows is as extraordinary as it is unexpected. Our hero takes the girl to a supermarket and asks her to imagine being there with no money, a notion she laughs at. At this point the song turns very serious and dark, as he tears into her for her calloused desire to slum and make a game out of taking on a mode of life that is for others a fairly desperate affair. He tells her that if she is laying in a bed watching roaches on the wall she can just call her dad and her problems would be over, but to truly find out what it would be like to live like "common people" would mean learning what it means to have no choices, no outs, no control. He sings:

You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
With no meaning or control

So instead of the song of romance and love that we think we are getting at the beginning, we get an impassioned condemnation of anyone who would make light of the struggles of those who are less well off. I know of no other song like it. Pulp has done a number of really fine albums and a host of great songs, but this song has to go down as one of my all time favorites. It definitely goes onto my all time Top 40.

There are four Pulp albums that I think any serious music fan should own: HIS 'N' HERS, DIFFERENT CLASS, THIS IS HARDCORE, and WE LOVE LIFE. If one were bound and determined to own only one Pulp album, one might go with HITS, but this DIFFERENT CLASS is so good that I just can't imagine anyone not wanting this and others as well. Trust me: if you don't own this album you need to get it today. Your ears will thank you.

Average customer rating: remember back then Excellant Remastering of a Classic Great bonus material and cool liner notes

Working Class Dog Rick Springfield Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet Living in Oz Live in Rockford Biography - Rick Springfield: Behind the Image (A&E DVD Archives) Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance ASIN: B000G7PNC2 Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

1. Love Is Alright Tonite
2. Jessie's Girl Springfield
3. Hole In My Heart
4. Carry Me Away
5. I've Done Everything For You
6. The Light Of Love
7. Everybody's Girl
8. Daddy's Pearl
9. Red Hot & Blue Love
10. Inside Silvia
11. Easy To Cry
12. Taxi Dancing
13. Jessie's Girl

Customer Reviews:

remember back then .......2007-04-16

I remember when I was a kid, my dad had this on cassette, and I picked it up and listened to it, I loved it. See, I am only 22, and I like this tape, and hopefully, I will be able to own this on cd one day. I like music like REO Speedwagon, Journey, 38 specail, Van Zant, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Ray Cyrus and so much country music. Not the older country stuff. Hank Williams Jr is as old as I get when it comes to country and the early 90's. But yeah, this is definantly a great cd. Seems like it had alot of potential back then. I know Jessie's girl was a hit.

Excellant Remastering of a Classic.......2007-04-11

Finally, this great and I mean that in all sincerity CD has been given the remaster treatment. I believe every album and cassette I owned in the early 80s should be given such a treatment, and I mean the kind of styling this album got not that schlock job Chrysalis did on my Benatar CDs. On top of all 10 glorious songs from this 1981 album, the powers that be (and Ricky boy included) conjured up the "Jessie's Girl" demo, and two other songs from his orignal demo including a rocking little ditty called "Easy To Cry" - the CD even has a song by song description by Rick and two of the producers Keith Olsen & Bill Drescher. I found out some interesting stuff like Keith was called in from his sessions on Pat Benatar's Crimes Of Passion to work on 2 songs for Working Class Dog, but because Pat's album was so important he could only do it on the weekends, of course he grabbed Pat's hubby Neil Geraldo and he played on a few of the songs, and "I've Done Everything For You" a Sammy Hagar penned tune was given to Rick by Keith because Miss Patty Patty declined it saying it was too macho. But that is all petty trivia compared to the pop/rock genius that is this album - the singles need no real explanation; "Jessie's Girl", "Love Is Alright Tonite", the aformentioned "I've Done.." were all roller skating staples when I was but a wee tyke - but the other tracks are so great as well - all 3 minute pop gems "Hole In My Heart" (though I'm stil partial to Lisa Hartman's faster cover), "Carry Me Away", the reggae twinged "Daddy's Pearl", hilarious "Everybody's Girl" (it isn't nice, no but they call you everybody's girl/ they say, here she comes, here she comes, here comes everybody's girl), the jam blues punch of "Red Hot & Blue Love" and the sinister but sexy "Inside Silvia." A great pick up and a great remaster.

Great bonus material and cool liner notes.......2006-07-28

Working Class Dog was the album that made Rick Springfield an international music star. True, Rick had released albums prior to Working Class Dog, but this was the release that set him into the pop music stratosphere. Working Class Dog has been re-released after 25 years--re-mastered and with bonus tracks. Working Class Dog includes Rick Springfield's most well known hit "Jessie's Girl." Other popular songs on the album include "I've Done Everything For You," and "Love Is Alright Tonite." The best part about this re-master (in addition to the songs sounding better than ever), is that included on the CD are three bonus tracks. "Easy To Cry," and the original version of "Taxi Dancing" which have not been released in the past are included. Also on the disc is the demo version of "Jessie's Girl." As for liner notes the CD includes extensive almost Q&A style album notes from Rick Springfield and people involved with the making of the album. Quite interesting reading I must say. Rick provides comments, some quite extensive for each song on the album. Also included is a reproduction of the handwritten lyrics for "Jessie's Girl."

If you owned the album before, pick up this new version. You will only love it more.

Average customer rating: The Best Metal Recording of All Time!!! Surely it's Stained Glass not Class "Stained Class" TOWERS in the Priest Catalog Dark, Sublime, Amazing! One of The Best 70's Albums

Stained Class Judas Priest Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hell Bent for Leather Sin After Sin Sad Wings of Destiny British Steel Point of Entry ASIN: B00005R62K Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

1. Exciter
2. White Heat, Red Hot
3. Better By You, Better Than Me
4. Stained Class
5. Invader
6. Saints In Hell
7. Savage
8. Beyond The Relms Of Death
9. Heroes End
10. Fire Burns Below
11. Better By Your, Better Than Me (Live)

Customer Reviews:

The Best Metal Recording of All Time!!!.......2007-06-02

Stained Class is in many ways a groundbreaking album.It introduced in my opinion the beginning of speed/thrash(Exciter).Rob Halford's vocals are almost unbelievable,I've yet to hear anything that compares.The guitar soloing is 3 levels above anything else at that time.Thirty years later it still stands out as a phenomenal metal showcase of vocals and guitar .This might be the most influential metal album of all time!!P.S.The guitar solo on "Beyond the Realms of Death" is considered by many the best metal solo of all time.

Surely it's Stained Glass not Class.......2007-05-01

In the song Halford sings about a king in stained glass.["..and now he's just a stained glass king.."]He clearly enunciates "G".It doesn't make any sense otherwise.He's referring to the kings and queens that you see in English cathedral windows.Even the cover art shows a modernist stained glass window style.I'm sure that funny little owl like creature that you see in the artwork is in a famous stained glass cathedral window in perhaps Coventry Cathedral??That's around about where these guys were born.I suggest a listen and also read the lyrics.

"Stained Class" TOWERS in the Priest Catalog.......2007-04-07

In the late 70s Judas Priest released three albums in three years which ingeniously set the foundation for power/epic/speed metal (whereas Black Sabbath earlier forged the foundation for doom/stoner metal). These three historic albums are: SAD WINGS OF DESTINY (1976), SIN AFTER SIN (1977) and STAINED CLASS (1978). All three albums sound completely different production-wise and song-wise, but they all have this in common: They're mature, innovative, dynamic works of utter brilliance. In other words, if you're only familiar with Priest's dumbed-down, bubblegum metal 80's output, e.g. "Breaking the Law," "Living After Midnight" and "You've Got Another Thing Coming," you're in for a shock with these three masterworks (Don't get me wrong, I love BRITISH STEEL, but it's essentially kindergarten metal compared to these three late 70's releases).

Another aspect that I appreciate about Priest's brand of metal is that it never has that stoner vibe. Listen to practically any Priest CD and you'll ascertain that these guys are professional musicians/artists and not drug-obsessed losers that just escaped mom's basement.

Here's a run-down of the songs featured on STAINED CLASS:

(1.) "Exciter." This is a smokin' speed metal track. If you wanna know where speed metal originated look no further (also check out "Let Us Prey" from SIN AFTER SIN). Even so, I was never a fan of "Exciter." I respect it greatly but it never tripped my trigger, if you know what I mean. Personal Rating: 3.5/5 Stars.

(2.) "White Heat, Red Hot." This one has a catchy mid-paced main riff. They coulda done better with the words of the chorus, but I still like it. Personal Rating: 4/5 Stars.

(3.) "Better By You, Better Than Me." This is pretty much the big 'hit' of the album. It's a cover a a Spooky Tooth song, which I've never heard. Simple, unique, catchy and well-done. Personal Rating: 4.5/5 Stars.

(4.) "Stained Class." This song probably won't blow you away at first, but after some time you'll see its brilliance. It's epic! One thing's for sure, no one ever sang like Rob Halford sings on this song before. Personal Rating: 5/5 Stars.

(5.) "Invader." This one's obviously about a UFO sighting and alien invasion. I never liked it. The chorus is just dumb. It's simply filler fodder. Personal Rating: 2/5 Stars.

(6.) "Saints in Hell." Whoa! This one's incredible. Sci-fi/fantasy lyrics about a stolen bell and the saints that go to hell to retrieve it (huh?). Rob was obviously smokin' something when he came up with these lyrics. Still, "Saints in Hell" is metal of the highest order. Personal Rating: 5/5 Stars.

(7.) "Savage." A very unique and respectable number in the Priest catalog, albeit dated. The lyrics address the intrinsic evils associated with imperialism and cultural contamination. Personal Rating: 4/5 Stars.

(8.) "Beyond the Realms of Death." Brace yourself, 'cause this is essentially the "Stairway to Heaven" of heavy metal. Intriguing subject matter and musical composition of the highest caliber. Numerous metal bands have tried to remake this song in their own image. Queensryche did it with "The Lady Wore Black," Iron Maiden did it with "Children of the Damned" and Metallica did it with "Fade to Black" -- all three great songs, but they stand on the foundation laid by "Beyond the Realms of Death." By the way, guess who wrote the music for "Beyond"? None other than drummer Les Binks! I couldn't believe it when I found out; I thought for sure this was the product of Tipton/Downing. This definitely proves that Binks was far more than just a phenomenal drummer. Personal Rating: 5/5 Stars.

(9.) "Heroes End." This one definitely has a dated vibe, but remains unique and respectable in the Priest catalog. The lyrics address the shame of musical legends that prematurely die (e.g. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, etc.). The song is worth it just for the powerful post-chorus section with its expertly done trade-off vocals. Personal Rating: 4/5 Stars.

BONUS TRACKS: (1.) "Fire Burns Below." For once we get a bonus track that is actually worth listening to! This is an older song that they essentially went back to and "fixed" up. Good, unique, mellow, emotional song which utilizes acoustics and a drum machine. Personal Rating: 4/5 Stars. (2.) "Better By You, Better Than Me" (Live). Decent live cut, but not as good as the studio version.

FINAL ANALYSIS: You simply can't go wrong with Judas Priest's three late 70's releases SAD WINGS OF DESTINY, SIN AFTER SIN and STAINED CLASS. All three are innovative, mature and brilliant; they TOWER in the Priest catalog. MUST HEAR CUTS: "Stained Class," "Saints in Hell" and "Beyond the Realms of Death," followed closely by "Better By You, Better Than Me."

Dark, Sublime, Amazing!.......2007-04-03

Darker, faster, and far more morbid than its predecessor, Stained Class is by far one of the strongest and most influential metal albums of all time. Not hindered by age or changing trends, this amazingly atmospheric album quite possibly is the most depressingly morose metal release ever. Many metal album sound depressing, this one feels depressing. Sad Wings Of Destiny may have been the dream of morbidity, Stained Class is the the realization of that dream. This is the last album to sound completely uncompromised before the Priest became anthemic.

One of The Best 70's Albums.......2007-01-28

Many of the other reviews give many comments on the songs etc, so I'll write about some of the esoteric stuff I haven't read here. For those that don't know what the hard rock scene was in 1978 when this album came out, this was a time before video games were available, let alone computers, and VHS recorder/players (the predecessors of DVD's) were only at universities or other institutions that had money for the cost of these relatively rare machines of that time. 1978 is when music and the stereo ruled. You had the turntable, receiver, and stereo speakers with 12" woofers and you got together with friends, put on some awesome rock album that just came out and you *listened* to the music. This is a time when music bands and concerts ruled. Judas Priest's Stained Class is one of the albums that ruled at that time.

When Stained Class came out, the recording technology blew away anything before it. Recording technology improved immensely during the 70's and you can hear the improved sound between this record and previous Judas Priest albums or even any early 70's progressive rock album such as that by Yes, etc. Some may have written that the recording sounds bad, but believe me, when this record came out, it was cutting edge. This brings up a good point. This was for many years one of my 10 desert album discs or if you could only bring 10 albums/CD's before the planet exploded, this would have been one of them, but after multitudes of listenings, even I can say this album is somewhat dated. So for younger listeners this may not be as awesome as some of the reviews let on, those reviews are more of a statement of the album's importance when it was released and may be more for those who were around when this came out. For those that don't want something dated, there is a Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal that have more modern bands playing, but this too is from 1997 and also slightly dated, but there may be other more up to date tribute CD's. From what I've heard, many bands that play JP covers, revere the band, and play great versions of the songs, albeit with their own style.

Stained Class was supposed to be a takeoff on the term "stained glass." I must have listened to the title track dozens of times, but could not understand what Rob Halford was singing on that song. There are websites that can be found with a web-search for those that want to know the lyrics to the songs. The lyrics, however, of the juggernaut of the album, Beyond the Realms of Death, were more or less clear. Others have written that this song was about suicide, and to me, it was a bit more than that. It was about someone that goes insane, or withdraws into their own mind leaving the outside world, depending on your point of view. Whether this person kills themselves or withdraws so much into themselves that they're dead to the outside world is unclear.

There is also the drugginess associated with the album. From the possible meaning from Exciter of: "when ignition hits you", to Beyond the Realms of Death where: "He had enough..." sounded to me as "He had an up/he couldn't take anymore." Then there's the album cover itself. Whoa! Again, now it may seem moot, but at the time, it was this wild up-to-date psychedelic album cover with all sorts of "images" reflected off of the supposed metallic skull, with two beams of light entering it, and one beam exiting. This was a time when music was still released on records and the larger album art work allowed one to appreciate it more.

Until relatively recently I didn't know Better By You, Better Than Me was a cover song, and I much didn't care, and thought it fit in well with the style of the album. I would recommend the remastered versions of any 70's album, as the standard CD transference missed overtones that made the songs on the album so awesome. The two bonus tracks, I have read elsewhere, are first an outtake from the 1987 Ram It Down sessions, and the live tune from a 1990 L.A. concert.

For those that might be interested in Judas Priest's three earlier albums, Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings of Destiny, and Sin After Sin, I would recommend the Live: Unleashed In the East instead. The live album offers good performances of the songs, much tighter, crisper, and most of their relevant songs from the earlier albums. Most of Judas Priest's subsequent albums go downhill from the Live album. I looked for a Best of Compilation that had JP's best songs, Exciter, Stained Class, and BTROD, and there weren't any and realized that Stained Class is JP's Best Of album.

Enjoy!

Average customer rating: Decent Hip-Hop Song Made Better by Supertramp's Roger Hodgson.

Cupid's Chokehold ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Queen & I It Won't Be Soon Before Long Infinity on High Good Girl Gone Bad Epiphany ASIN: B000N0W9EM Release Date: 2007-03-20

Album Description

Gym Class Heroes are a four-member alternative hip-hop band from Geneva, New York. It was the band's alternative hip-hop style and use of live instruments in favour of looped samples and canned beats that caught the attention of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who immediately signed the group to his Decaydance imprint. Gym Class Heroes have gained critical acclaim around the world for kicking out genre-busting jams that seamlessly meld rap, rock & r'n'b. With their highly successful 2006 tour with Fall Out Boy and headlined sold out dates the band has built a large, dedicated fan base and established an overwhelming online presence. `Cupid's Chokehold' features Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy and contains a sample from Supertramp's `Breakfast In America'. It the first single released from the band's sophomore album "As Cruel As School Children".

Customer Reviews:

Decent Hip-Hop Song Made Better by Supertramp's Roger Hodgson........2007-03-28

It's kind of hard to ignore this Hip-Hop Tune since it is currently ranked at #4 on the Billboard's charts. What really sets it apart though is the inclusion of the song "Breakfast In America" written by Supertramp's Roger Hodgson. Oddly there doesn't seem to be any recognition of this fact from either the group or it's label. The Video of this song is very good.

Average customer rating: helpful for getting class back to Beautiful misic to listen and dance to Between the Barres Great Purchase One ballet teacher's opinion

Between the Barres 20th Anniversary Edition ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Ballet Class Accompaniment | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Michael Roberts Original Music for the Ballet Class Volume 7 Favorite Classics of Ballet for Ballet Class My Favorite Ballet Class I&II Pas de Tot A Covent Garden Class ASIN: B00005TOTO Release Date: 2001-11-05

Tracks:

1. Plies
2. Plies
3. Plies
4. Battements Tendus
5. Battements Tendus
6. Battements Glisses
7. Battements Glisses
8. Ronds de Jambe a Terre
9. Ronds de Jambe a Terre
10. Ronds de Jambe a Terre
11. Battements Fondu
12. Battements Fondu - Tango
13. Battements Fondu
14. Battements Fondu
15. Battements Frappes
16. Battements Frappes
17. Battements Frappes
18. Ronds de Jambe en L'air
19. Ronds de Jambe en L'air
20. Ronds de Jambe en L'air
21. Petits Battements
22. Petits Battements
23. Petits Battements
24. Adage
25. Adage
26. Adage
27. Grande Battements
28. Grande Battements
29. Grande Battements
30. Grande Battements en Cloche
31. Grande Battements en Cloche
32. Stretch
33. Stretch
34. Stretch
35. Bonus Adage
36. Bonus Adage
37. Bonus Adage

Tracks:

1. Port de Bras
2. Port de Bras
3. Port de Bras
4. Battements Tendus
5. Battements Tendus
6. Battements Tendus
7. Battements Tendus
8. Pirouettes
9. Pirouettes
10. Pirouettes
11. Pirouettes
12. Pirouettes
13. Pirouettes
14. Adage
15. Adage - Spanish
16. Adage
17. Allegro
18. Allegro
19. Allegro
20. Allegro
21. Allegro
22. Allegro - Mazurka
23. Allegro - Tarantella
24. Allegro
25. Allegro
26. Allegro - Fouette turns
27. Allegro
28. Allegro
29. Allegro - Polka
30. Allegro - Grande Waltz
31. Allegro - Grande Waltz
32. Allegro - Grande Waltz
33. Allegro - Grande Waltz
34. Tours en Diagonale
35. Tours en Diagonale
36. Boys Tours en L'air
37. Grande Tour Jetes - Tango
38. Petite Batterie
39. Petite Batterie
40. Grande Battements
41. Grande Battements
42. Port de Bras/Reverance
43. Port de Bras/Reverance
44. Port de Bras/Reverance

Album Description

Between The Barres is the 2oth anniversary of Original Music for the Ballet Class composed and played by Michael Roberts. This 2 cd set is a compilation of the original LP's. Volumes 1,2,3 and 5 with the addition of new Barre and Center music. Suitable for all levels of the Ballet Class.

Customer Reviews:

helpful for getting class back to.......2007-07-01

Listening to this CD is like being in class in New York. excellent It is for teaching an intermediate or advanced class and it is also great for giving oneself a class.

Beautiful misic to listen and dance to.......2007-03-17

I am so glad I ordered this CD. I read numerous reviews before choosing this album for a ballet class I was asked to teach and I was not disapointed. As an added bonus, the CD is great listening music as well!

Between the Barres.......2005-10-16

I enjoy about 1/4 of the music on this 2 disc set. I wish more of the center work music repeated. My favorite track is #12 (Tango)

Great Purchase.......2005-09-04

I've been dancing since I was 5 years old and teaching ballet now for the past 3 years. This was a great purchase and a lot better than I honestly thought it would be. The music is perfectly designed for barre work and center combos. Plus, with the multiple choices for each exercise, the class never becomes bored with the same music. Overall, I would highly recommend this cd to anyone who is teaching ballet or even for someone who just wants a great ballet workout at home!!

One ballet teacher's opinion.......2005-08-02

Excellent! Fun music. Lots of selections. Great variety for teaching class.

Average customer rating: Carlin's Best Pure Comedy! Great Stuff Funny another .......... review "thing-a-ma-bobber " A Carlin Classic

Class Clown George Carlin Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Shock Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Miscellaneous | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: FM & AM A Place for My Stuff! Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Occupation: Foole You Are All Diseased ASIN: B00004X0OH Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Class Clown: Bi-Labial Fricative/Attracting Attention/Squeamish
2. Wasted Time - Sharing A Swallow
3. Values (How Much Is That Dog Crap in The Window?)
4. I Used To Be Irish Catholic
5. The Confessional
6. Special Dispensation - Heaven, Hell, Purgatory And Limbo
7. Heavy Mysteries
8. Muhammad Ali - America The Beautiful
9. Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television

Customer Reviews:

Carlin's Best Pure Comedy!.......2007-03-13

This was the best of George's pure comedy albums before his humor started having a lot of political commentary mixed in. This was the the album that established Carlin as the best comedian since Lenny Bruce. Is is amazing that when this was released his Seven Words You Can't Say on TV sent shockwaves throughout the industry. Compared to some of the comedians appearing on HBO, this is extremely tame. Also extremely gut wrenching funny!

I loved the bits about the novelty shop with the artificial vomit and the Catholic school stories are hilarious even for those of us who went to public school. A true masterpiece!

Great Stuff.......2006-05-23

This is when Carlin was at his best, pointing out the ridiculousness (sp?) of modern life without falling into angry rants every couple of secons. The "7 Words" segment is one of the best bits of comedy EVER! Listen to this and his other material that pre-dates "You're All Diseased". Here we can listen to a comic genius in his prime, before he became a preacher. I rank this CD up there with "No Cure for Cancer" and other comically brilliant stand-up routines.

Funny.......2005-11-02

This guy doesn't quite get life, but his logical mind makes some great observations about inconsistencies and things most of us have not noticed. What an imagination. I saw Carlin in Minneapolis in 1987. The experience was worth the money. There is no one like Carlin.

another .......... review "thing-a-ma-bobber " .......2004-08-17

In this album, you will find that George talks a lot about naughty stuff, and probably some you might not even "get". George grew up in New York if it means anything to you. Preferably, my favorite material on here is where he acts like a guy in a confessional with Father Rivera, and "Sharing A Swallow". You probably won't find this in stores because of how old it is, but if you ARE lucky enough to find it, or get it from Amazon.com, you will be glad you did, C-3PO!

A Carlin Classic.......2004-07-25

Anyone who remembers childhood with reasonable clarity (there are a few of us) remembers this: they taught you stuff in school, but you didn't always learn anything...especially if you had guys like George Carlin in your class. Carlin, who attended Corpus Christi School in New York, was a confirmed Class Clown, and he remembers those days in an album full of sidesplitting humor.

Caveat Number One: this is not the modern Carlin I'm talking about, the crotchety curmudgeon who is still very funny, but relies overmuch on four-letter words, cynicism, and pessimism. This is Carlin at the peak of his transformation from family-friendly Ed Sullivan entertainer to counterculture comic genius. His style at the time (the early to mid 1970's) was gentler, sillier; he was less likely to sneer, and more willing to smile, on these earlier releases. He delivered all the trenchant social observations and criticisms that show up in his later work--but here his humor seems more chiding, more cajoling, and less misanthropic. Instead of shouting at you, he speaks to you. The difference between the younger Carlin and the one we know today is more remarkable the more you think about it.

Class Clown is that remarkable man's best album. It weaves together fond childhood reminiscences of, and serious questions about, his Catholic upbringing; he combines them with sharp-eyed social commentary about Vietnam, pollution and Lenny Bruce-like observations on American standards. The Bruce influence comes through strongest, perhaps not surprisingly, when Carlin quotes him in "Values (How Much Is That Dog Crap In The Window?)." He goes off on a very Lenny-like reminiscence about growing up seeing the fake dog poop in the windows of novelty stores (and I just lost everyone under the age of 30 with that sentence); he wonders how one goes about buying it ("I'd like to see something in a dog crap, please!"), and speculates that there might be collectors of different breeds ("Do you have any Saint Bernard?" "Yes, but there's no room in the window for that...") Strange stuff, to be sure--and that really defines Carlin at this stage in his career. He was willing to be as weird as possible in pursuit of laughter.

He was also more willing to draw on real life (which he astutely recognized as generally being stranger than anything he could think up) than he is today. And both of those attributes--the willingness to find humor in his life, and the willingness to be as goofy as possible while doing it--make Class Clown a comedy milestone. A good example is one of my favorite moments, also one of the biggest laughs. Carlin, riffing on the weird noises class clowns make, talks about "popping the cheek," does it once or twice to illustrate-and then takes the joke to its goofy extreme by inviting the entire audience to do it too. The resulting noise is delightful--doubly so when the audience, hearing it, dissolves into hysterical laughter. That's something I really miss with Carlin, by the way. He used to invite his audiences along for the ride, daring them to be part of the act instead of just passive observers, and let them know it was all right to laugh at themselves as well as his jokes. That kind of gentle good humor is largely gone from his act, and I think it's our loss.

There's a lot of that gentle humor on Class Clown, most notably in his monologues about the progressive Irish Catholic school he attended. In the latter part of his career, Carlin has become somewhat rabid and one-sided about organized religion (and I have a definite opinion about his attitude, but they don't belong in this review so I'll spare you). On this album, though, Carlin is more willing to poke fun at his former religion, rather than make fun of it and hold it up to unfair ridicule. His harshest joke--"I used to be Irish Catholic...now I'm an American; you know, you grow..."--is the springboard for a series of fond, funny reminiscences about growing up Catholic. He recalls the environs, the school, and most of all the priests. It's obvious he has many affectionate memories of them from the way he talks about them, and it's equally apparent he bears them no ill will (unlike the modern Carlin, who seems to harbor ill will for everyone but himself). His funniest bit here is "Heavy Mystery Time," in which an Irish Catholic boy concocts an increasingly outrageous set of circumstances, in order to remove the sinfulness from a sin. There's nothing mean-spirited about it, nothing done with the intention of hurting anybody--it's just one man's delightful recollection of how boys behave, and how adults react to them.

That's really the heart of Class Clown--it's about the antic joy of childhood in a gentler time. Carlin's astute, wickedly funny observations about people and events are informed throughout the album by that gentleness, that antic, not-quite-lunatic pleasure. That aspect of George Carlin the performer is all but gone today, a reflection perhaps of the gentleness that is gone from our society-and more's the pity, as it's something I wish he (and we) had retained. But if you want to see what the man used to be like when he was an unadulterated genius instead of just pretty effin' funny, then listen to this album. I guarantee you'll be pleasantly surprised.

(Caveat Number Two: Carlin swore less then than he does now, but there is a lot of adult humor and language here--especially the final track, the legendary "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" routine. The difference between then and now is that Carlin used to use swear words to examine our values and attitudes towards language; today he just uses swear words. Decide for yourself which is more appropriate.)

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Cuban Originals [Original recording remastered]

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