The Sea

1. My Friend the Sea

2. While Drifiting

3. Gifts from the Sea

4. Time of Noon

5. Afternoon Shadows

6. Do You Like the Rain?

7. Days of the Dancing

8. Pushing the Clouds Away

9. You Even Taste Like the Sun

10. Storm

11. Ever Constant Sea

12. Gypsy Camp

13. Beyond the Bend Ahead

14. Sea

The Sea,San Sebastian Strings,Dcc Compact Classics,Easy Listening,Mood Music,Orchestral Pop,Popular Music

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Average customer rating: Great CD Magic! A Stoke of Amazon Luck Amazing Debut Album One Cell in the Sea: A sonorous journey

One Cell In the Sea A Fine Frenzy Manufacturer: Virgin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Reminder Little Voice Coco Are You Listening The Story ASIN: B000QCK99E Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. Come On, Come Out
2. The Minnow & The Trout
3. Whisper
4. You Picked Me
5. Rangers
6. Almost Lover
7. Think of You
8. Ashes and Wine
9. Liar, Liar
10. Last of Days
11. Lifesize
12. Near To You
13. Hope for the Hopeless
14. Borrowed Time

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A Fine Frenzy is actually just a fine young singer-songwriter from Seattle, born Alison Sudol. A self-taught piano player, on her debut album she pairs sweeping orchestral arrangements with dreamlike lyrics inspired by the classic works of fantasy writers like CS Lewis, EB White, and Lewis Carroll. Add to that a propensity for frilly shirts and cryptic song titles such as "The Minnow & the Trout" and you half-expect to find a back alley Joanna Newsom. Instead Sudol specializes in accessible pop epics, the kind of songs that fit perfectly over the end credits of a great Hollywood tearjerker. Despite the gentle melancholia that runs through "Ashes and Wine" and "You Picked Me," each tune arrives wrapped in an exuberant melody and topped by the singer's commanding voice. On the disc's standout moment, "Almost Lover," she shows she can do simplicity as well, musing over a sublime piano medley, "Shoulda known you'd bring me heartache/ Oh, most lovers always do." --Aidin Vaziri

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Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-07-28

Great mellow CD. I listen to at my desk at work. Cool & calming.

Magic!.......2007-07-23

I heard A Fine Frenzy on One Tree Hill and really loved what I heard. i am very happy to have the whole cd now! My favorites are Minnow and the trout, You Picked Me, Almost Lover, Last of Days, Near To You, and Hope fotr the hopeless but i really like all of them really. I kind of hope Alison doesnt get too famous because i feel like ive found a best kept secret!! I have been listening to this album non stop!

A Stoke of Amazon Luck.......2007-07-21

I can't remember what prompted me to order ths album. I had never heard of A Fine Frenzy or Alison Sudol, but something in the Amazon marketing machine suggested it to me-- whether it was recommended or a "deal" if I bought two, I don't know. I am sure a listened to the 30 sec. teasers, and gave it a shot.

I think Alison Sudol may have the loveliest voice I have heard since Sarah McLachlan and/or Eva Cassidy. That is a major concession from me. I am a lyrics lover to the core, and so far I am impressed. Maybe I am easy, but you will have to decide for yourself.

Amazing Debut Album.......2007-07-21

I just heard this album last night and am already in love with it. I've been listening to it non-stop and it has only become more brilliant. The music is gorgeous and has utterly transfixed me. I can't recommend it enough!

If you love/like Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, Imogen Heap/Frou Frou then you will love A Fine Frenzy.

One Cell in the Sea: A sonorous journey.......2007-07-19

Lately we've been greeted with a king's court full of singer/songwriters. I don't review their music too often and when I do, I can only draft a few terse sentences. For my part, I find many of them to be musicians, not artists. Musicians merely recite their compositions and, after a few repeat plays, I'm left hollow, finding little of themselves, their vulnerability, in the work. The artists, however, paint, weave, and sculpt with music, and you know what dangerous creatures they can be, cleverly lacing the notes with their aspirations, their fears, their essence. You can sense it in their voice, every syllable of the lyrics as they slip into you.

Such is the case with A Fine Frenzy. When I heard their album, One Cell in the Sea, I was struck by its dimensionality. With her vocal and writing talents, singer/songwriter Alison Sudol folds our hand into hers and guides us through her mysterious wonderland (evidenced by the album's cool cover and booklet art), conjuring picturesque landscapes with "Come On, Come Out", the excellent "Rangers", "You Picked Me" and "The Minnow and the Trout" and ensnaring us in sumptuous wine-dark woodlands with her intimate offerings "Almost Lover", "Hope for the Hopeless", "Near to You" and "Ashes and Wine".

By the time the final track, "Borrowed Time", concluded, I found myself in a well of thoughts and emotions, albeit delightedly so. Sudol has not only crafted an outstanding and bravely personal album, but a magical world I look forward to visiting time and again.

Average customer rating: Beautiful LANDMARK ALBUM. Absolutely fantastic singles Really like it Great band!

Under the Iron Sea Keane Manufacturer: Interscope Records 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: Eyes Open Hopes and Fears Sam's Town How To Save A Life Black Holes and Revelations ASIN: B000FBHT1C Release Date: 2006-06-20

Tracks:

1. Atlantic
2. Is It Any Wonder?
3. Nothing In My Way
4. Leaving So Soon?
5. A Bad Dream
6. Hamburg Song
7. Put It Behind You
8. Crystal Ball
9. Try Again
10. Broken Toy
11. The Frog Prince

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If U2 hadn't already released a pair of career retrospective discs, this British trio's second album would neatly do the trick in one. Not much of a surprise since Keane spent a good deal of time supporting Bono and company following the release their breakthrough debut, Hopes and Fears. From the melancholic "Crystal Ball" to the sinisterly beautiful "Is It Any Wonder?" (a blatant homage to "Zoo Station"), Keane have perfected their forebear's dark stadium-rock formula on their second album, all the more miraculous considering it was once again done without guitars. If Under the Iron Sea sounds considerably edgier than its predecessor, that's because it was recorded while the band was on the verge of splitting. But the friction has also given Keane a renewed sense of purpose, breaking the mid-tempo monotony with vibrant material such as "Nothing in My Way" and "Try Again": soaring songs that make the band sound unsinkable. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

"Under The Iron Sea" was recorded at The Magic Shop in Soho, New York, and back at Helioscentric Studios, near Battle.

In making this record we tried to confront all our worst fears, to ruthlessly scrutinise ourselves, our relationship with each other, with other people, and with the world at large, and to make a journey into the darkest places we could find.

It made for an incredibly intense atmosphere during the writing and recording of the album, and the resultant songs and sounds very much reflect that. In the songs we created a kind of sinister fairytale-world-gone-wrong, a feeling of confusion and numbness represented by a dark place under an impenetrable iron sea. To express all this we created entirely new sounds by putting an old electric piano and various analogue synths through many different combinations of vintage guitar effects pedals, creating soundscapes that range from the percussive to vast oppressive walls of distortion.

We were writing, singing and performing with a drive, intensity and fury that is almost unrecognisable from our previous music.

It was important that this album had a strong visual presence too, and the start of that was the collaboration with Irvine Welsh on ¡®Atlantic¡¯ offered somebody who both inspired us, and found his own inspiration in our music.

His resulting film echoes the importance of that visual identity we strove for.

We wrote Under The Iron Sea because we needed a record that was going to make us feel alive again.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful.......2007-07-30

It took me a couple tries to like this album, for the sound of "Hopes and Fears" was not leaving my mind. Once you forget that this is not their previous album, you'll adore it.

Honostly, it's not a cd I'd put in all the time because it's not so pop, optomisic and catchy, but it is beautiful and so relatable ("who hasn't felt that way?"-ish). But so great.

LANDMARK ALBUM........2007-07-24

This is a landmark album, just as much as SGT PEPPER, PIPER AT GATES OF DAWN, or even the supreme FOREVER CHANGES, three classics from the psychedelic era - and nearly 40 years on.

From SGT PEPPER, it takes the ambition & production values, from PIPER AT THE GATES the nursery-rhyme approach & use of synthesizers, while it shares the same sense of doom & devastating impact as Love's masterpiece.

What sets this brilliant little group apart from their peers is a genuine flair for melody. Like Lennon-McCartney, they have the knack of writing a good song, their tunes working their way into your head & staying there. As with all the best songs, there is an inbuilt tension between the music & lyrics. Here, the words, often sad, bitter or uncertain, are matched with sweet, sure melodies, cleverly crafted, as on their first album, but more ambitious & expansive. Arrangements follow suit, the overall sound being most pleasing, with liberal use of synthesizers & percussion. The exception is HAMBURG, featuring plain organ/piano accompaniment, but, really, the group hardly misses a trick in presentation. The vocals, courtesy Tom Chaplin, are equally impressive, and there's a touch of John Lennon (albeit a younger-sounding & higher-pitched one) about his voice.

Highlights include:

LEAVING SO SOON - all furious energy & excitement!
BAD DREAM - 'Day in the life' has nothing on this!
TRY AGAIN - tale of woe, allied to another delightful tune.
FROG & PRINCE - classic, Fairport Convention-ish ditty.

Plus, the singles:

NOTHING IN MY WAY - catchy & memorable.
CRYSTAL BALL - an anthem for our times - supercharged!

The only down side is that I really can't see them topping this, though I'd love to be proved wrong.

Absolutely fantastic singles.......2007-06-27

While the album does have a few forgettable tracks, the singles are amazing and worth the cost of the CD. Fans of Coldplay will be drawn to this band and should definitely give Keane a chance.

Really like it.......2007-06-25

Got it after hearing Blake Lewis sing one of their songs, Somewhere Only We Know. I love listening to this in my jeep..fun, carefree cd.

Great band!.......2007-06-20

I love the singer's voice. The lyrics are pretty good too. Great sound for a 3 man band.

Average customer rating: Can't stop listening to this CD! Record of the Year very nice Nice Debut Joyful

40 Days The Wailin' Jennys Manufacturer: Red House ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Firecracker These Times We're Living In, A Red House Anthology All the Roadrunning Hello Love Taking The Long Way ASIN: B0002IQGMQ Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. One Voice
2. Saucy Sailor
3. Arlington
4. Beautiful Dawn
5. Untitled
6. This is Where
7. Old Man
8. Heaven When Were Home
9. Ten Mile Stilts
10. Come All You Sailors
11. Take it Down
12. Something to Hold Onto,
13. The Parting Glass

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The Wailin' Jennys--Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody--are three Canadian singer-songwriters with already established careers who first got together for a one-shot gig in 2002 and, to their surprise, discovered that their voices blended in an almost magical harmony. They decided to put their solo endeavors aside for a while to see where this gift would take them, and the appealing folk-pop vibe of 40 Days is the result. They perform an eclectic selection of material, including covers of John Hiatt's "Take It Down" and Neil Young's "Old Man" plus lovely versions of the old English folk songs "The Parting Glass" and "Saucy Sailor." However, it's the original songs that stand out most. As you would expect, each Jenny has a distinctive voice and writing style, but the amazing vocal harmonies help Luft's spiky, rock-inflected songs, Mehta's poetic and mysterious meditations, and Moody's lively Celtic-tinged melodies blend into a seamless whole. --Michael John Simmons

Album Description

"40 Days" represents the exciting US debut of Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft...three young Canadian performers whose harmonies and songwriting have been called "spine-tingling," "angelic," and "breathtaking." The group was formed more-or-less as a lark...all three Winnipeg women were established solo artists and admired in Canadian folk circles for their singing and gifted songwriting...and the so-called "supergroup" was meant to last for one night only at a local folk club. As fate would have it, the audience went crazy for them performing in that configuration and a Canadian folk phenomenon was born. With their stirring voices and richly emotional original songs, the Jennys have created one of the most memorable and tantalizing first albums in a long time.

Customer Reviews:

Can't stop listening to this CD!.......2007-07-05

We were first introduced to the Wailin' Jennys on A Prairie Home Companion last year and found their songs and their sound to be so memorable that we purchased tickets to see them in concert locally this past May. We have since purchased both the 40 Days and Firecracker CDs, and just can't recommend them enough. Incredible harmonies in beautifully written, inspiring, timeless songs.

Record of the Year.......2007-03-23

If you've not heard this album, you're missing a masterpiece. The harmony is stunning, the song selection fabulous, the arrangements are subtle,tasteful and appropriately understated, and the overall production a huge success. It's my best find from last year and one of my all time favorites albums ever.

very nice.......2007-01-15

i had heard this cd as a background music for a running set of home pictures. perfect. plan to do the same. also nice to play on my day off cleaning days. crank the music and go. the lyrics are perfect. enjoy

Nice Debut .......2006-11-10

A folk group, which calls Winnipeg, Manitoba home. Nice blend of songs, beautiful arrangements. Of particular note is the cover of Niel Youngs song "Old Man." Worth the price for any folk music fan.

Joyful.......2006-11-05

Having come across the Jenny's quite by accident while listening to the Garrison Keiler Radio Show on BBc Radio 7. Their harmonising was sublime and prompted me to get on line and buy all their CDs immediatelly. To say I have not been disappointed is an understatement. These girls are the best.

Average customer rating: Fun, Catchy tunes. Disappointing Cool! Yo Ho Ho Thar be treasure galore on this CD!

Pirates of the Caribbean: Swashbuckling Sea Songs Various Artists Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Disney | Children's Music | Styles | Music Sing-A-Longs | Children's Music | Styles | Music Disney Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Great Pirate Music: Music Inspired By Pirates of the Caribbean Pegleg Tango Bedtime Stories for Pirates Battle Songs of the Toucan Pirates Pixar Buddy Songs ASIN: B000M06U4I Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

1. Away, Away, Away
2. Treasure
3. The First Mate Is a Monkey
4. Welcome to the Caribbean
5. Stowaway
6. The Legend of Davy Jones (Forty Fathoms Deep)
7. Shiver My Timbers
8. Yo, Ho, Ho (And a Bottle of Rum)
9. Sailing for Adventure
10. Blow the Man Down
11. The Pirate King
12. Pirates of the Black Tide
13. Davy Jones' Locker
14. Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

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By the looks of the cartoony cover art, Disney's Swashbuckling Sea Songs is meant to be a consolation prize for kid brothers and sisters who couldn't convince their parents they'd come away from "Pirates of the Caribbean" (name your installment) without developing nightmares. That's not to say that bigger kids won't whistle yo-ho-ho merrily after a casual listen, too: salty classics like "Blow the Man Down" set the mood for a plastic sword fight in the basement; "Pirates of the Black Tide" and "Stowaway" deliver mutinous tales made mild by friendly-sounding flutes and fiddles; "The Pirate King" sallies forth with regal, dramatic flair; and "Shiver Me Timbers" and "The Legend of Davy Jones" are sufficiently menacing-sounding to keep the whole thing afloat with kids who'd sooner walk the plank than be caught listening to a kiddie CD. The packagers didn't forget that any pirate worth his eye patch expects a little buried treasure with his purchase: Pirate lore--cool tidbits on flags, secret identities, and so forth--fill the liner notes. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Fun, Catchy tunes........2007-05-31

This collection of songs is fun and appropriate even for young children.

Disappointing.......2007-05-17

Not very many good tunes for kids to sing. The Yo Ho song at the end was why we bought this and it's actualy the exact recording from the ride.
Having been on the ride probably more than 20 times over 30 years I can say this.

Cool!.......2007-05-16

I'm 19 and I love this cd!!! Jeez, Im a loser!! But really, this cd is fun for kids and adults alike.

Yo Ho Ho.......2007-05-13

Tis good eyes tells ya. Both fer parties or jest listenin to.

Thar be treasure galore on this CD!.......2007-05-01

Bought this on a whim and absolutely love it! Yeah...I know it's a kid's CD but who cares!! Within a week I knew all the songs by heart and I sing along at the top of my lungs while I'm cruisin down the highway. It's the best "feel good" CD I've bought in a long time.

Average customer rating: Not impressed.... A great collection, but only of real value to collectors. An Excellent Compilation of Early Cure I Give You Exhibit A A compilation in need of remastering

Staring at the Sea: The Singles The Cure Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Galore Disintegration Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Wish Singles ASIN: B000002H3O Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Killing An Arab
2. 10:15 Saturday Night
3. Boys Don't Cry
4. Jumping Someone Else's Train
5. A Forest
6. Play For Today
7. Primary
8. Other Voices
9. Charlotte Sometimes
10. The Hanging Garden
11. Let's Go To Bed
12. The Walk
13. The Lovecats
14. The Caterpillar
15. In Between Days
16. Close To Me
17. A Night Like This

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Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul. Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night," and the charming "Boys Don't Cry"--this collection stops before the comparative giddiness of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.

Musicians first, brooding art types second, The Cure's unique instrumentation doesn't get the credit it rightfully deserves. The thrashy, trash-can break in "Jumping Someone Else's Train," the sprightly synthesized recorder of "Close to Me," and the techno-pop disco lines in "Let's Go to Bed" and "The Walk" are downright brilliant in their effectiveness and simplicity. A string of money shots if ever there was one. --Steve Gdula

Album Description

Stunningly brilliant is the only way to describe the new Wired Remorse album appropriately titled "The Ides of March." The album whose theme of backstabbing and revenge comes thru as loud and aggressive as anything since Siouxsie and the Banshees "JU JU" or Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures." While the tribal drum beats will remind one of Dead Can Dance, Killing Joke or even Bow Wow Wow. The minor guitar barrage and whaling singing should force you anticipate the best "old school" album in years!

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed...........2007-04-10

I read another person's review on the "Best of The Cure". He said that it wasn't even close to being as good as "Staring at the Sea". He was wrong. I was very bored with Staring at the Sea. I wish I would have gotten the Greatest Hits instead.

A great collection, but only of real value to collectors........2006-08-23

For quite a while, "Staring at the Sea: The Singles" was an essential package of music by the Cure and a fine introduction to their catalog-- in recent years its value has been minimized by the appearance of the "Greatest Hits" compilation, a retrospective spanning the band's career on Fiction Records. For collectors though, the opening track, "Killing an Arab" is worth the price of admission.

Often the center of enormous controversy, "Killing an Arab" (composed about Camus' "The Stranger", a fine read if you haven't had the chance) has become the unloved stepchild of The Cure-- it was left off the "Greatest Hits" album even though it's one of their most recognizable songs, it didn't make the rarities disc of "Three Imaginary Boys" (like all the other singles from that era did), and as an a-side was excluded from "Join the Dots". The piece itself, with its Middle Eastern swirl and disaffected vocal is fantastic, and really one of the great early Cure songs. Fans of the band will definitely want to hunt down this compilation just for this.

As an overview of the group, it certainly does a reasonable job up until 1985, fro mthe band's very early singles, soaked in post-punk primitivism but with an air of careful thought, one more fantastic than the other ("Killing An Arab", "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Boys Don't Cry") to their early developments in exploring the sounds that would establish their reputation ("Primary", "Hanging Garden") to some of the great pop songs they'd eventually be equally well known for (the vastly superior single mix of "Close to Me"). Still, with the band having been in existence for another 20 years, there's a lot more to cover, and "Greatest Hits" does a much better job as a career retrospective.

If you're new to the band, get the "Greatest Hits" record, it's a great overview. If you're a diehard, get this one for "Killing An Arab".

An Excellent Compilation of Early Cure.......2006-07-13

This was the 1st Cure album I had bought, and I really wasn't sure what to expect. The only songs I was familiar with were "Boys Don't Cry", "In Between Days", & "Close To Me". Wow! Everysong is great, and very diverse styles & moods as the album goes on. After that I had gone out & purchased just about all of their albums. My only gripe is that it needs to be remastered! How about a 20th Anniversery re-release???

I Give You Exhibit A.......2006-06-03

Although their legions of fans would beg to differ and albums like "Disintegration" and "The Head on the Door" make a compelling argument to the contrary, The Cure have always been, first and foremost, a singles band. Need proof? Exhibit item A: "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles."

Here we have 17 songs that make the case, and make it very strongly. Sometimes these singles were dark and brooding ("Charlotte Sometimes," "Jumping Someone Else's Train," "Boys Don't Cry") sometimes they were surprisingly upbeat and catchy ("Let's Go To Bed," "The Love Cats,") sometimes they fell somewhere in between ("In Between Days," "Close to Me") but always they were solid pop songs that pushed the boundaries without sacrificing listenability.

Yes, "Staring at the Sea -- The Singles," makes its case flawlessly and as if that wasn't enough there is Exhibit B -- the additional 18 tracks on "Galore: The Singles 1987-1997."

A compilation in need of remastering.......2006-05-06

For some odd reason or the other, I had suddenly had an interest in The Cure. I determined that Greatest Hits simply had to be missing too many good tracks, I instead picked up this and Galore at the same time.

The album is an interesting look at the progression of the early Cure from punk rock to new wave. One can hear the band grow into more complex arrangements and more elegant lyrics. While the beginning and the end of the album are incredibly strong, it is the middle of the album the suffers the most. Seemingly, the hooks that grabbed you with "Boys Don't Cry" disappeared into a sort of drone. However, with "Let's Go To Bed", the songs begin to pop out and grab you again.

However, that is not to say that the middle part of the album is lacking. Given a few listens, a few of the songs do show themselves as strong, like "Charlotte Sometimes", a few still show themselves as weak, like "Other Voices".

From the highs ("A Night Like This") to the lows ("The Caterpiller"), the album does give the best overview of The Cure's early career.

While the best of the music has aged very well, one part of this album has not - the sound. The master used is from the early days of CDs, and this album's mastering shows off every fault that the CD has in terms of sound. The sound can be lifeless on some tracks ("Killing An Arab"), too cold ("Love Cats"), too harsh ("The Forest", "Charlotte Sometimes"), and at best is just acceptable ("In Between Days"). The sound does harm the music, and frankly, it is in serious need of a remastering job.

However, while the sound is terrible, it is a price one has to pay in order to get a quality over-view of their early period. Forget "Greatest Hits", which boasts superior sound but has a pretty poor selection, and pick up both this and Galore if you are looking for an overview of The Cure's career.

Average customer rating: Promising What an incredible debut EP!

Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low Sea Wolf Manufacturer: Dangerbird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trading Twilight for Daylight The Reminder Icky Thump Writer's Block Our Love to Admire ASIN: B000OPOAGG Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

1. You're A Wolf
2. The Garden You Planted
3. I Made A Resolution
4. Ses Monuments
5. I Don't Know If I'll Be Back This Time

Customer Reviews:

Promising.......2007-06-13

I just heard You're a Wolf on the radio. Wow, great song; catchy yet deep. Brings to mind Fastball & Toad the Wet Sprocket. Looking forward to hearing the rest.

What an incredible debut EP!.......2007-05-11

Alex Church, the lead singer and founder of Sea Wolf, was a founding member of my favorite band, Irving. His songwriting skills are amazing, and this EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, showcases his ability to write beautiful and engaging songs perfectly. My personal favorite is You're a Wolf, but every song he writes finds a way to burrow into my subconscious. While I lament the fact that he is no longer with Irving, I rejoice in the beauty that is Sea Wolf and am so thankful he is still bringing new songs into the world. I can't wait for the full album that will be released this year! In the meanwhile, I'm so excited to see Sea Wolf play live - they blew me away when I saw them play the noise pop festival.

Average customer rating: Yeah, it's definitly not for everybody Ethereal All goes on and on and... YUM Best Album Ever.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel Manufacturer: Merge Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Crane Wife You Forgot It in People Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3) (33 1/3) Live at Jittery Joe's The Gulag Orkestar ASIN: B0000019PA Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. The King Of Carrot Flowers Part 1
2. The King Of Carrot Flowers Part 2 & 3
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
4. Two - Headed Boy
5. The Fool
6. Holland, 1945
7. Communist Daughter
8. Oh Comely
9. Ghost
10. Untitled
11. Two - Headed Boy Part 2

Amazon.com's Best of 1998

Just from the opening seconds of Neutral Milk Hotel's second album, you know it's going to be special: the acoustic guitar strum is catchy beyond belief, and Jeff Magnum's intonation lends credibility even to a line like "When you were young, you were the King of Carrot Flowers." Listening to In the Aeroplane is like stepping through Alice's looking glass; you enter a fantastic new universe that, while it doesn't always make sense logically, feels like the home you never had. --Randy Silver

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Led by Jeff Magnum, In the Aeroplane over the Sea finds the Neutral Milk Hotel assemblage loosely performing a series of narratives backed by folksy acoustic guitar. But from that springboard, a quiver of instruments (horns, organs, accordions, saws, banjo, zanzithophone, etc.) are layered into a sometimes rootsy, sometimes lo-fi, and often psychedelic mix. Contrary to most pop experimentalists, NMH songs stretch way past the two-minute mark: "Two Headed Boy" transforms from a Guided by Voices-ish romp into a New Orleans big band funeral march, "The Fool" is as catchy as anything Poi Dog Pondering ever produced, and "Holland" builds up to a crescendo of saw, Uillean pipes, a chorus of voices, and fuzzed-out guitar. Simply irresistible. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Yeah, it's definitly not for everybody.......2007-07-27

To get this cd, I had to ride 2 miles to Best Buy, run in with my bike clearly in the open (some _______ thief could swipe it), and ride 2 miles back. And I did it all in the rain.

Was it worth it?

_____ Yeah!

Despite the numerous intstuments, they don't all jam and make crazy @$$ solos with all the instruments. Basically, this isn't a fun band, it's lo-fi, acoustic driven music, but it's the various instruments, strange lyrics, and for me, the atmopshere sounds old fashioned yet surreal. As if San Fransico didn't seem old fashion enough (it's a surreal version that comes to mind, don't ask, surreal is hard to describe). Make your own ___________ visions, damnit!

This ain't for everybody. Granted, the music dosen't go over the top, and it isn't a genre bending album like Mr. Bungle or The Clash's Sandinsta! It isn't a pile of ____ like Beck, or an album with disjointed music and not much melodyu and harsh noises Also, sound samples won't do much justice on amazon definitly. I can't reccomend this enough, but the only problem is that if you are expecting crazy riffs, shredding solos, furious drums, this ain't it. Most indie rock (whatever the _____ it's called, I don't care) isn't like this, so total rockers and metal fans probally won't like this. You have been warned. But dont' worry, if you don't get it, you just don't get it. ________ indie snobs.

Enough of that, the music, it's definilty interesting. First off, Jeff Magnum's voice is either a voice full of emotion or a whiny little _______. I pick the first one, but it takes a while to get over it. Once you do, like I said, it's all about the emotions, mood, and images, not hopping around the room. SO if that's what your wanting, this ain't it. This album is just great to listen to when you don't feel all high energy and just want to relax. I reccomend absorbing the music in first, the lyrics will make everything go together, and then you will be drawn in. It's more a process, so you need to do both to get the whole _____.
The lyrics and music go together.

The music is mostly acoustic based, and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea has a ________load of instuments hidden behind it (check out the liner notes)and it will take some listens, to absorb the music (and get used to Jeff's voice) and understand the lyrics, but it's totally worth it. Sorry kiddies, no instant grativications, mother_________. It's a great challenge fopr some, but for me, it was all worth it. ______ yeah!

Like I said, this isn't for everbody. Me? Buy buy buy (if it interests you, basically, you have to like acoustic guitars)!

10/10

Ethereal.......2007-07-24

I had never heard the band before, but took a chance at the record store as they often come up in various lists on amazon or in other "you might also like" functions. I put it on planning to do a little cleaning while it played. About 17 seconds into it I realized cleaning wasn't going to happen. I found myself staring at the player to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Pick this up if you haven't yet.

All goes on and on and..........2007-07-15

It's great. There's not much else to say in 2007 that hasn't already been said already...certainly one of the top ten of the last decade.

If there's one track that I don't think gets enough love it's the Untitled track. No lyrics but just an awesome blast of bagpipes and organ.

YUM.......2007-05-11

I cannot help but feel this is the most _indie_ album in my collection. Each song, in general, uses little more than an acoustic guitar and carefully paced vocals, yet each song attains an atmosphere and, in some cases, intensity not easily achieved even with more complex instrumentation. For instance, the first track 'The King of Carrot Flowers' begins with an oh-so simple acouatic guitar strum, yet the tight rhythm and easy flow of the chord progression is immediately enticing. Add to this the somewhat oblique lyrics (which fit the style of music and vocal delivery to a tee), and a brilliant building structure culminating in the second part of the track, and you have a veritable tour de force in the first two songs!

The stark and deliberately simplistic nature of the music could be offputing, but there is actually a fair deal of diversity and the unexpected present here. 'Oh Comely' my favourite track, does begin with the trademark acoustic strum, yet unfolds into so much more over eight minutes, with horns, vocal crescendos and sparse interludes all incorporated. Also, the suprisingly rocking 'Ghost', the excellent untitled instrumental (which revamps certain musical themes from throughout the album) and the dreamy psych of 'Communist Daughter' complement the more conventional 'Two Headed Boy' the title track, and 'Holland, 1945'.

What I want to get across then is the fact that, even though the musiacl approach is almost deliberately simplistic, and the lyrics rambling and nebulous, the sheer weight of songwriting here carries the whole thing through. The record is just unbelievably consistent, the melancholy, slightly deranged atmosphere is unique and interesting, and the songs have an insular, personal quality that ensures they are very endearing. So yes, I think it's a classic.

Best Album Ever........2007-05-09

The previous reviewer implies that when Mangum yells out "I love you Jesus Christ", he is making an ironic joke. This is not a joke for the listener to be in on, it is one of many challenges presented to the listener (the liner notes and other interviews make this clear). That Mangum does love Jesus Christ and is willing to put this on the line is a part of this album's genius. This album is wrought with metaphor, symbolism, surrealist imagery, fear, and compassion. One thing it does not contain in irony. Mangum, unlike some of his peers, is beyond this as a lyricist.
The first several times you may hear this album you may want to dismiss it. Many people dismiss the Diary of Anne Frank as some book you get assigned in [...]. Mangum did not dismiss it as such. The book made him immensely sad. He had many questions about the Holocaust and why it had to happen; why Anne had to die? It was with these questions that he sat down with his guitar to write this album. I think he got some answers...

Average customer rating: Best Album Ever Depressed Beck Gotta love Beck perfect antidote to ease a chaotic mindset Beck reallly needs to give up scientology

Sea Change Beck Manufacturer: Interscope ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mutations Guero Odelay Midnite Vultures The Information ASIN: B00006F7S4 Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. The Golden Age
2. Paper Tiger
3. Guess I'm Doin' Fine
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Lost Cause
6. End Of The Day
7. It's All In Your Mind
8. Round The Bend
9. Already Dead
10. Sunday Sun
11. Little One

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Beck is bummed. Really bummed. And if song titles such as "Lost Cause," "Lonesome Tears," "Already Dead," and "Nothing I Haven't Seen" don't make the point, his achingly sad lyrics and Sea Change's unerringly downcast sound do. While 1998's Mutations--arguably the singer-songwriter's masterwork and Sea Change's spiritual cousin--was filled with unflinching self-examination, moments of levity were found in songs like "Tropicalia." Not so on Sea Change. Beck's woozy, almost narcoleptic delivery seems to amplify the set's sense of ennui. But sad isn't necessarily bad, and despite the somber tone, there's much to praise, not the least of which is the return of producer Nigel Goderich (Mutations, Radiohead), who wraps Beck's gloom in a dreamy, warm blanket of soft strings and floating bleeps and gurgles. Like Daniel Lanois, Goderich is all about vibe, and even Beck's most bare-bones songs benefit from billowy atmospherics. That's especially true of "Paper Tiger," a restless, slowly building epic improbably propelled by a languid orchestra and Beck's expressionless drone. The inky black feel of "Round the Bend"--a glacially slow dirge with muffled vocals--may be the darkest thing Beck's ever written, not counting the very grim "Already Dead." Whatever's going on in Beck's world, at least we know he's purging, which, all things considered, may be better for his soul than ours. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews:

Best Album Ever.......2007-07-17

This is music that touches the soul. Sea Change is a masterpiece. It is not a typical quirky beck album (which I love), but a more serious and focused version of Mutations taken to the 100th degree of excellence. This is Beck's finest album as a single work of art bar none. Beck pours himself into this album and bares himself for all the world to see. And anyone who hears it will be the better for it. Oh yeah, and we find out that Beck can really sing when he wants to.

Depressed Beck.......2007-07-05

After the half-joking, intentionally overblown crunchy junkyard funk of Midnite Vultures, Beck returns to folksy roots rock on Sea Change. One immediately thinks reinvention, but this is really only two or three degrees removed from his on-the-quick Mutations record. If you came for fuzzy rockers like "Devil's Haircut" or the sort of dancey beats he honed on "Mixed Bizness," look elsewhere. Beck is at his most world-weary and despondent here, like a romanticized paean floating through melancholy folk and sadsack blues. If you're looking to party, stick with Odelay or Vultures (or even Mellow Gold), but that doesn't mean that this is a bad record. If for nothing else, Sea Change is his most reliable record since Mellow--there are no failures or mistakes (even his near-masterpiece Odelay had a couple of those).

Start to finish, it finds a sound and rolls along its gentle, mournful waves all the way to the finish. But there are few bright spots (and not just in an emotional sense). "Lonesome Tears" has a heart-tearing rush and sonic building conclusion, "The Golden Age" floats by like a darkening cloud, and "Lost Cause" is a gorgeously desperate plea (which, like many songs on here, is aimed at one or more of his former celebrity significant others). Few others are worth remembering--always listenable, but rarely exemplary--but the album as a whole deserves to be spun at least a couple of times.

Best cuts: "Lost Cause," "Lonesome Tears," "The Golden Age," "Round the Bend," "Sunday Sun," "Little One," "Paper Tiger," "End of the Day"

Gotta love Beck.......2007-06-27

A laid back Beck album, but still fantastic. If you enjoy musical experimentation with great lyrics, you'll love Beck!

perfect antidote to ease a chaotic mindset.......2007-06-18

have you ever felt like you're about to totally spaz out and everything is out of control? Put this album on and it will cure your ailment better than any drug. Some moments on this album reach the kind of transcendent peaks you hear very rarely on any album - the geniunely haunted Round the Bend, the yearning of Little One and the understated humor of Lost Cause. Plus, if you ever need a cheap and automatic laugh, just take a look at the album cover - you can read many things into it but chiefly, I think Beck is trying to tell us - "Man, that chick just blew my mind".

Beck reallly needs to give up scientology.......2007-05-21

There are few albums as great as 'Sea Change,' because in no other albums does Beck royally suck my derriere. With mayonnaise.

Average customer rating: Victory at Sea What memories! Victory At Sea CD FYI Disappointing

Victory at Sea (Music from the Original Television Series) Richard Rodgers Manufacturer: RCA Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rodgers: More Victory at Sea Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel) Victory at Sea Selections from Victory at Sea and Other Favorites Grofé: Orchestral Works ASIN: B0000064X9 Release Date: 1992-08-11

Tracks:

1. The Song Of The High Seas
2. The Pacific Boils Over
3. Guadalcanal March
4. D-Day
5. Hard Work And Horseplay
6. Theme Of the Fast Carriers
7. Beneath The Southern Cross
8. Mare Nostrum
9. Victory At Sea
10. Fire On The Waters
11. Danger Down Deep
12. Mediterranean Mosaic
13. The Magnetic North

Customer Reviews:

Victory at Sea.......2007-06-08

Just like the TV series. At my age I still remember the series and WWII.

What memories!.......2007-03-28

Anyone who lived through WWII will bond with this CD. The first time I heard the music, I was with the Red Cross providing entertainment for the wounded patients at Walter Reed Army Hosp. in Washington DC shortly after the war. Of course, our Navy did tangle with German subs & ships in the Atlantic, but to me Richard Rodgers' music spells the conflict on the other sea, which resulted from the Japanese devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. Mr.Rodgers was a genius in composing this music. There is no mistaking the sound of the big guns going off, the torpedo attacks, the anguish of all personnel, and then - victory. One hears several singable melodies, the most popular & memorable being the one that later became a hit popular song: "No Other Love Have I." To this day, my heart aches when I listen to this CD. Much of it, of course, is in the minor mode, til ...a VICTORY! This music reminds me of the tremendous sacrifice made by so many thousands of our American youth, one of which was my pure, 20-year-old cousin, killed on Luzon in May 1945. This is a prize CD.

Victory At Sea CD.......2007-01-04

The quality of the digitally remastered music on this CD is far and above what I was expecting. The entire CD plays flawlessly without so much as a hint of unwanted background noise. My experience in purchasing this CD was very good. Shipment was almost immediate and delivery prompt. I can find absolutely nothing to complain about and am very happy with my purchase. Thanks a million.

FYI.......2006-11-10

Original lp was released in 1956; performance by members of the NBC symphony orchestra. Vol.2 of V at S was released in 1959 and Vol.3 in the early
1960's and performance is by the RCA symphony orchestra. Note: Arturo
Toscanini was conductor of the NBC symphony from 1937 until 1954. Under his direction, NBC was considered to be one of the finest
symphony orchestras in the world. When Maestro Toscanini died in 1957, the
orchestra disbanded 5 years later.

Disappointing.......2006-11-08

I grew up with an LP recording of the Boston Pops playing most of the tracks found on this CD. While this particular recording may be closer to the original, I found the tempos plodding and lacking in energy. The strings sound muddy and weak and at times the general sound reminded me of a good high school orchestra. This recording is just not doing justice to the music. I find it disappointing.

Average customer rating: A return to form exactly. Soundtrack for a Slow Summer Day Best Sea and Cake album ever A Rocking Return

Everybody The Sea and Cake Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sky Blue Sky God Save the Clientele The Reminder New Moon Armchair Apocrypha ASIN: B000O170Y4 Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

1. Up On Crutches
2. Too Strong
3. Crossing Line
4. Middlenight
5. Coconut
6. Exact To Me
7. Lighting
8. Introducing
9. Left On
10. Transparent

Amazon.com

A new record from the Sea and Cake is like a cool breeze, floating in off the water after a hot, sunny day. Unlike the dark, cerebral vibe of label-mates Tortoise (for whom drummer/producer John McEntire also plays and produces), The S&C plays loose. Still, the new record from Sam Prekop and company is especially relaxed, with songs that melt down into colorful smears. While 2003's One Bedroom was pointing in a more pop-oriented direction, Everybody is even more straightforward and stripped down, with only peripheral references to the jazzier sound of past efforts like 1995's The Biz. They're still capable of it though. Check out the free-form, jam-band vibe of "Left On," as McEntire's rollicking percussion dissolves over Prekop's gentle fadeout. But songs like the lead track, "Up on Crutches" are more representative, full of momentum and dynamics. Even the instrumentation is simpler; listen to the hand claps and the fuzz pedal on "Crossing Line." The Sea and Cake have never sounded uptight, but at times their beachy sound has seemed a little forced, like they were straining to suppress their experimental chops. But in challenging themselves to simplify, the band finally achieves a state of laid back clarity. It's the perfect soundtrack to lazy Sunday afternoons, letting Prekop's breathless voice dissolve like vapor against diffuse melodies and gliding guitars. Put on Everybody and tune out of the world. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Their first full-length in over four years continues to perfect their singular brand of dreamlike, hot-buttered pop music that sounds delicately handcrafted, yet effortless all the same. Sheets of glowing guitar tones skip along propulsive percussion underscored by gently funky, introspective bass lines, all adorned by breathlessly delivered lines of lyrical poetry.

Customer Reviews:

A return to form.......2007-07-04

With straight-up guitars, lyrics that are easier to follow, songs that are bit more tightly focused, "Everybody" is a step away from the process-heavy sound of "One Bedroom" and more in line with earlier work. Overall, the songs are way too short for how good they are. I frequently listen to this disc twice in a row. Not the masterpiece that is "Fawn" but highly recommended.

exactly........2007-06-21

I sat up and listened, immediately liking this release. It certainly pays off on The Sea And Cake's ability to seamlessly both rock and swing. There's just the right amount of dissonance underneath the propulsive grooves and guitar lines, which acknowledge a debt to West African polyrythm.

This was a very welcome listen, I'd hazard that The Sea And Cake is at the top of their game.

Soundtrack for a Slow Summer Day.......2007-06-19

I am new to The Sea and Cake, having bought the CD based on a strong review on The Onion's AV Page. I like this band's sound a lot. No song really jumps out at you, but they are all good. Their sound is not radio-friendly, you'd probably find them on a "light jazz/easy listening" station if at all, but that does their music a disservice. Their sound fits a slow drive through the wine country, or a breezy afternoon on the patio while reading a good book. The music is gentle without being boring. They sound like nobody else, probably best described as a mellower Sonic Youth, with less dissonance and more melody, with a little Modern English mixed in, only with more emphasis on mood rather than beat. The lead vocalist, Sam Prekop, has a soft, mid to high octave voice that sounds somewhere between a '70s folk-rocker and a present-day EMO warbler. In short, everything about this band is balanced and multi-influenced in a way to make their sound unique, accomplished, and worth hearing. I recommend this CD for everyone.

Best Sea and Cake album ever.......2007-06-11

I've been listening to this band since about 2000. I think I have pretty much all their music. Anyway, I originally heard of them when looking around for Tortoise CDs (both bands are apparently from Chicago). In my opinion, this is the best and most consistent album I've heard from them yet. I sure hope they put out a lot more music in the future.

As my girlfriend said, "I just don't understand why they're not the most famous band in the whole world!"

A Rocking Return.......2007-06-08

I really enjoyed this CD, I purchased it in pre-order status so that I'd get it ASAP. My friend got some tickets to see them in Solana Beach in the San Diego area, and I wanted to prep before their show with new music. Sounds great in concert and on CD. Can't really think of a song that I don't like. I particularly like Up on Crutches and Transparent, Too Strong is a really cool upbeat song too. Great addition to the Sea and Cake sound.

jxr

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