Primitive [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Primitive [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Primitive [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Back to the Primitive
2. Pain
3. Bring It
4. Jumpdaf**kup
5. Mulambo
6. Son Song
7. Boom
8. Terrorist
9. Prophet
10. Soulfly X
11. In the Memory of....
12. Fly High
13. Eye for an Eye [Live][*]
14. Tribe [Live][*]
15. Soulfire [*]
16. Soulfly [Universal Spirit Mix] [*]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese version of sophomore album for alternative metal act fronted by Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura). Featuring earlier release and four exclusive bonus tracks, 'Eye For An Eye' (Live), 'Tribe' (Live), 'Soulfire' and 'Soulfly' (Universal Spirit Mix). Packaged in a yellow jewel case with some fun Soulfly stickers. 2000 release.

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Primitive Streak
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great to Listen to. Tough to Classify
  • American Music at its Best
  • Best CD from excellent Southern R&B/zydeco group
  • Rock n' Roll band with great New Orleans sound.
  • A diverse collection of music, very under rated!
 Primitive Streak
The Subdudes
Manufacturer: RCA Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001320
Release Date: 1996-02-27

Tracks:

  1. All The Time In The World
  2. Carved In Stone
  3. Break Down These Walls
  4. Why Do You Hurt Me So
  5. Faraway Girl
  6. Love Somebody
  7. Lonely Soldier
  8. Too Soon To Tell
  9. Do Me A Favor
  10. She
  11. Don't Let 'Em
  12. Sarita
  13. Love O' Love

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great to Listen to. Tough to Classify.......2007-04-13

Heard "All the Time in the World" on the radio. Loved it. Bought the album and was really impressed. This band has so many sounds. It is probably the most passed around CD in my collection. Everybody I have shared this CD with has enjoyed the Subdueds unique sound.

5 out of 5 stars American Music at its Best.......2003-11-07

In the great American Tradition of The Band, The Eagles, John Hiatt, the Bodeans and the Jayhawks, the Subdudes bring their own unique blend of zydeco/country/blues sound. I defy anyone who has this album to play the opening track just once. "All the Time in the World" is more addicting than a can of Pringles(tm). The rest of the album just gets better and better. It leaves one wondering just when this band will receive the recognition it deserves.

5 out of 5 stars Best CD from excellent Southern R&B/zydeco group.......2001-05-26

The Subdudes always have a great rythmic texture; my personal preferences always lie with uptempo cuts -- and that's just what you get on this exceptional CD. Most CDs, there are 2 to 4 great cuts, the rest is just background music, but Primitive Streak has 10 or 11 cuts that you just want to play again and again. You keep hearing new subtleties every time. As with other great Southern R&B vocalists/groups -- for instance, Aaron Neville or Little Feat -- Subdudes vocalists are unhurried and very much at ease . I had an opportunity to be a DJ recently, played 4 cuts from this CD, and could have done many more. Don't miss Bonnie Raitt's guitar and vocals on "Too soon to tell."

5 out of 5 stars Rock n' Roll band with great New Orleans sound........2001-02-25

Primitive Streak is the last studio recording made by the Subdudes. This band just kept getting better and on Primitive Streak they deliver a solid 5 star CD. The songwriting is excellent and they are joined by a number of guest musicians. This CD features the Subdudes with horns and Bonnie Riatt singing and playing guitar on the haunting "Too Soon to Tell". There is some wonderful slide guitar on this CD and I am not sure if it is Tommy Malone or Willie Williams as the liner notes do not say. This CD reminds me of the Eagles before Hotel California. Great harmonies distinguish every song on this CD. The percussive sound of the Subdudes is very haunting and features a variety of percussive instruments including tambourine and snare drum. When listening, try "All the Time in the World (tr#1), "Too Soon to Tell" (tr#8), and "Why do you Hurt Me So" (tr#4).

5 out of 5 stars A diverse collection of music, very under rated!.......1998-09-03

Living on the gulf coast, I was lucky enough to be exposed to the sounds of the subdudes... Its a touch of cajun but with lots of diversity Great tunes for deck parties... and the song with Bonnie Raitt is awesome. I've introduced the Subdudes my northern friends and they have ALL loved this CD!
Rocket
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • I Don't Understand Why I Like This
  • Less than perfect, but very catchy....
  • i love this song
  • Man...you can buy this album for a PENNY, man...
  • BB King
 Rocket
Primitive Radio Gods
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002BJH
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

  1. Women
  2. Motherfucker
  3. Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
  4. Who Say
  5. The Rise And Fall Of OOO Man
  6. Where The Monkey Meets The Man
  7. Are You Happy
  8. Chain Reaction
  9. Skin Turns Blue
  10. Rocket

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I Don't Understand Why I Like This.......2006-12-08

As so many others have already said: you buy this album for "Standing..." and then are disappointed when you hear the other tracks. I was the same, and I only played the thing a couple of times.

Maybe 6 months later I was stuck in a house with this one CD for a day and played it over and over. It grew on me, but nothing great.

Years later, ripped to disk, I start to smile when a track comes on via the shuffle. Now it's one of my favourite albums - yet I've no good explanation why. It sounds both dated (shades of Big Audio Dynamite at times) and, at first glance, formulaic. But the production is nice - very dry, tight sound, really cuts through the crap: loud without being a compressed blur. And the lyrics are interesting enough, aggressive enough. Somehow it works: noisy, angry punk edged rock.

That sounds crazy, because there's a lot of angrier, noisier stuff out there. A lot more punk, a lot more rock. But somehow this works.

3 out of 5 stars Less than perfect, but very catchy...........2006-11-15

My first experience with Primitive Radio Gods was when I first heard "Fading Out" on satellite radio. I really enojoyed that song, and when I found Rocket at a local pawn shop, I automatically picked it up to see if it contained the "Fading Out" track. It didn't, but I decided to buy it on good faith. I have to admit, at first listen, I didn't much care for the album as a whole. I had no idea that "Standing Outside..." was the hit from the CD, and that track wasn't my favorite on the album either. Basically, I liked the first 3 tracks, after that, to me, the songs seemed to be too contrived or too simple, with lyrics just being repeated over and over. Anyway, I went through a long period without listening to the album. I just now revisited the album, and like many other reviewers, found that the album isn't as bad as I once thought. I'm not declaring this a masterpiece by any means, but there are some decent tracks on here, and they all seem to have a catchy hook or chorus that you find yourself singing them long after you've listened to them. Again, I still think that some of the lyrics are hit and miss, it seems that at times, Chris O'Conner just tried too hard on the lyrical content. Being clever and being stupid is a very fine line, and I feel he goes over the line here and there. I also think that there's an over-used of sound bites and effects. In the song, "Are You Happy?", the sound bites seems to take over the music and song itself, and doesn't allow the song to breathe. I know that this review may sound like I'm bashing the album, but I'm not really. I'm just saying this album isn't perfect. I recently read about the making of this album, and after learning that one guy basically made it by himself, I give even more respect to this CD. In closing, don't give up on this album after only a couple of listens. Give it some time, and you should be humming along with the songs just like me!

Key Tracks: "Women", "Motherf**ker", "Standing Outside A Broken...", "Chain Reaction", and "Skin Turns Blue"

5 out of 5 stars i love this song.......2006-06-15

took me about a year to find out the title, i wasnt much of a cd person then coz i was a child who couldnt go out and buy a cd that they dont know the title to.
anyway i realized the cable guy had this when there were 2 people dating, cant specifically recall the names of the characters.

but standing outside is definitely a good song. excellent.

3 out of 5 stars Man...you can buy this album for a PENNY, man..........2005-02-17

This album came along at that point in my life when I started ditching the music my parents liked (which is how most of us initialize our musical tastes, of course) and began following more modern artists. The single "Standing Outside a Yada Yada Yada," with its looped, moanin' BB King and its rain-soaked drum machine grabbed my burgeoning teen angst by the bollocks and gave 'em a good yank.

I was addicted to this album for months, and was amazed that there had been music like this floating around outside my peripheral this whole time, unbeknownst to me. This album inevitably led me to harder stuff, like Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden, and soon I recognized Primitive Radio Gods for what it was: a mediocre band.

But man, I'll always love this album, even if it's for nostalgic reasons only. I can't give it five stars, because Lord it just ain't that good, but for one solitary red cent, I'm tempted to get back that copy I sold so many years ago.

4 out of 5 stars BB King.......2004-12-19

Yah, that "old man" is BB King. Can't remember the song name, but it's a clip taken from one of his songs. Overall I love the mix though. *grin*
The Passion of the Christ (Score)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredibly moving
  • Appreciation
  • Not original
  • Beautiful Soundtrack
  • Buy Peter Gabriel's Passion
 The Passion of the Christ (Score)

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ENY6M
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

  1. The Olive Garden
  2. Bearing The Cross
  3. Jesus Arrested
  4. Peter Denies Jesus
  5. The Stoning
  6. Song Of Complaint
  7. Simon Is Dismissed
  8. Flagellation / Dark Choir / Disciples
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  13. It Is Done
  14. Jesus Is Carried Down
  15. Resurrection

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Mel Gibson staked $30 million and his superstar reputation on this painstakingly bloody interpretation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, all the while dodging charges of anti-semitism and fostering excruciating cinematic gore at the expense of Christ's message (a notion that also begs some uncomfortable questions about this version's S&M undertones). But because the film's dialog plays out in ancient authentic language dialects, John Debney's musical score takes on an even more central dramatic role. In some ways an unlikely choice as composer (having cut his teeth on many a lightweight comedy and kidflick) Debney nonetheless rises to the challenge, first conjuring up a synth-laden soundscape whose gothic moodiness should be familiar to admirers of the work of Lisa Gerrard, then seasoning it with indigenous instruments, booming percussion and ancient modalities that give the score an almost palpable sense of time and place. As did Jeff Danna on his earlier score for the gentler, de facto companion piece, The Gospel of John, Debney eventually gets 'round to genuflecting towards some Hollywood choral and melodic traditions (the Gospels themselves having arguably helped lay the original foundations for Tinseltown's venerable three-act structure), but there's nothing cheap about his music of triumph and redemption, rooted as ever in roiling currents of ancient spiritual mysticism. Gibson's vision of the Passion has had many second-guessing his motivations and choices, but Debney's rich, evocative score proves there's nothing wrong with his ears. -- Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Incredibly moving.......2007-06-13

I wish I knew all the names of the instruments that are being played in the score because they are absolutely mesmerizing! What an amazing score to accompany an amazing movie. Never a dull moment, I find myself being moved by the overall emotion of the music. The great thing about epic scores is that they manage to stir up some feelings within you of power, pride, and faith. It manages to inspire some in many different ways. I think that's the most important thing here. You can call it mood music or just simply uplifting. For me, the best way to listen to a score like this is with a great pair of headphones and a clear mind.

5 out of 5 stars Appreciation.......2007-04-15

This has to be the most touching score to a movie I have ever appreciated.
Watching the movie was one thing but then listening to the score blew me away. I could find myself crying just hearing the music and placing it at the point in the story.
What a range of music. So well done and so different. The song selection for the different scenes in the movie just fit. It is as if each song was the perfection for its placement in the movie.
The score can hold it's own in itself but together they are as one.

1 out of 5 stars Not original .......2007-02-16

I recently purchased both The Passion of the Christ soundtrack and Peter Gabriel's Passion. I really wanted to like The Passion of the Christ score, as I loved the movie. Regrettably, John Debney's music is so much like Peter Gabriel's superb Passion soundtrack, used in 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ that it becomes a farce. It even uses Gabriel's long-time collaborator, vocalist and double violinist Shankar, whose unique sound was also used on Gabriel's Passion. The producers also used a piece from Gabriel's Rabbit Proof Fence soundtrack for The Passion's 2003 teaser trailer. There's no doubt that Debney has copied Gabriel. Also the highlight of The Passion of the Christ is a theme virtually identical to one from John William's Born on the Fourth of July soundtrack.

So buy Gabriel's Passion over The Passion of the Christ, it is a magnificent score and far more original.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful Soundtrack.......2007-02-03

For me the most inspiring track is "Resurrection". I remember the day that I saw this movie for the first time almost 3 years ago. My friend and I stayed until the end of the credits only to listen to this track. It's my candidate for best final scene in a movie. Now , 'Resurrection" (as the rest of the album) is in my Creative Zen Vision M and I listen to this beautiful piece of music everyday. It's really inspiring. Buy it!!!
P.S. There are so many Jews here and there writing a lot of negative reviews about this soundtrack and the movie. Don't pay any atention to that. This soundtrack and the movie are masterpieces.

2 out of 5 stars Buy Peter Gabriel's Passion.......2007-01-16

Anyone who knows Peter Gabriel's Passion would agree with me in saying that John Debney's score has taken liberally from Gabriel's incredible work, and a few have written as much in the Online reviews for this item. Do yourself a favor, buy Peter Gabriel's Passion. Even though The Last Temptation of Christ may not have been the best movie, the soundtrack was, one of my favorites. I listen to it often, and each time it takes me to another place.

Another plug along Christian movie lines, The Mission by Ennio Morricone, a masterpiece.


American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • a thrill
  • Just buy it, you'll life will be better for it...
  • The music's great, find better copies of the 78s to transfer
  • Another Outstanding Revenant Compilation
  • Listen to the L.A. guy
 American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Revenant Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000001Z3Z
Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

  1. Oh Death/Prayer Of Death-Part I And II - Charley Patton
  2. You Better Quit Drinking shine/I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) - Rev. I.B. Ware With Wife And Son
  3. I Am In The Heavenly Way - Booker T. Washington 'Bukka' White
  4. Sinner You'll Need Jesus/I Believe I'll Go Back Home/When That Great Ship Went Down/Everybody... - William Smith/Versey Smith
  5. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
  6. Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
  7. I'm On My Way To The Kingdon Land - Bo Weavil Jackson
  8. Holy Mountain - Elder Otis Jones
  9. This Time Another Year You May Be Gone - Rev. Edward Clayborn
  10. Lord I'm The True Vine - Eddie Head And His Family
  11. Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother
  12. Holy Mountain - Elder Otis Jones
  13. I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) - Rev. I.B. Ware And Wife And Son
  14. Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William Smith/Versey Smith
  15. Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime - Dennis Crumpton/Robert Summers
  16. Tryin' To Get Home - Eddie Head And His Family
  17. I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother
  18. I'm On My Way To The Kingdom - Be Weavil Jackson
  19. Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
  20. When That Great Ship Went Down - William Smith/Versey Smith
  21. I Am In The Heavenly Way - Washington White
  22. Good Lord (Run Old Jeremiah) - Austin Coleman
  23. Jesus Is Getting Us Ready For That Great Day - Luther Magby
  24. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - William Smith/Versey Smith
  25. Prayer Of Death-Part I - Elder J.J. Hadley
  26. Prayer Of Death-Part II - Elder J.J. Hadley

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Ignore the low fidelity of this 26-track compendium, and you have one of the most interesting gospel compilations ever released. Most of these songs were recorded among a variety of "race" labels between 1926 and 1936, mostly for Paramount and Vocalion. Copious liner notes provide the needed details for each track, along with an essay by label chief/folk legend John Fahey. Soundwise, some of these tunes are indeed primitive--there are more hisses and pops than a Mongolian BBQ. But underneath the surface noises, in tracks by Elder J.J. Hadley (a.k.a. Charley Patton), Washington White (a.k.a. Bukka White), and Blind Roosevelt Graves, there's something magical. Apparently, '26 to '36 saw a newfound interest in sacred street singers that, in turn, inspired record labels to hire blues artists to work under aliases. Whatever the motivation, these tracks are testimonies to a nearly lost era of great musicianship. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a thrill.......2007-02-13

A fine selection of gospel, most of which was probably sold through the "race" market, and I've never seen any of these, even in the vintage sellers. Buy it!

5 out of 5 stars Just buy it, you'll life will be better for it..........2004-10-01

Albums like this make me feel great and really bummed out at the same time. Great because this music is as pure, raw and unpop as you can get, just amazingly real, but bummed because real music like this is gone and dead. At least we have these records of a time before proffesionalism and corporations destroyed music (and everyother art form).
I don't beleive in god or religion, but this is still one of my fave cds, heck if there was music like this in churches nowadays, i'd be going to church all the time. So don't let the term Gospel turn you off, this doesn't sound like Gospel, it's only gospel cause they mention jesus once and a while.

3 out of 5 stars The music's great, find better copies of the 78s to transfer.......2002-03-28

Obviously the music presented here is really great. My only beef is the really poor condition of some of the 78s used. I know this stuff is really rare, but I bet there are cleaner copies of these records out there. Is it supposed to be important that these are John Fahey's 78s? It's not to me. I don't have much music of this type, but I found a much cleaner copy of the Jaybird Coleman track on an old Biograph LP called "This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix." Even dubbing the version off this LP would have been better that the severely damaged copy of the 78 used for this CD. I wonder if their Charley Patton CD box set was also produced with poor condition 78s like these?

5 out of 5 stars Another Outstanding Revenant Compilation.......2001-08-18

Revenant has issued some of the best old music compilations: Dock Boggs' "Country Blues," the Stanley Brothers' first recordings, the Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 4 (not to mention the upcoming super-definitive collection of Charley Patton recordings: "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues). Great, obscure music, and inventive, eye-catching packaging.

This compilation is no exception. This is the most astounding collection of old-time gospel and sacred music ever compiled. From the bone-shattering sacred songs of Charley Patton (as the Elder J.J. Hadley) to the sublime Blind Roosevelt Graves to the strange Rev. I. B. Ware.....there is simply no weak tune here. The title isn't misleading: this is as raw as you can get. Sanctified and rockin' and spine-tingling, this is simply one great album!

5 out of 5 stars Listen to the L.A. guy.......2001-07-11

I did. If this one might be better than "The Half Ain't Never Been Told" then it must be essential. It is. This disc will snap your head back. Powerful no nonsense music. American roots music, oh baby that's one thing we did absolutely right.
Primitive Man
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • More Than a Synth-Pop Record
  • Icehouse goes SynthPop... and more!!!
  • Genuine New Wave.
  • you know you're listening to the eighties when....
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Icehouse
Manufacturer: Wea International
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ASIN: B00006IRJT
Release Date: 2002-10-21

Tracks:

  1. GREAT SOUTHERN LAND
  2. UNIFORM
  3. HEY LITTLE GIRL STREET CAFE GLAM
  4. TROJAN BLUE
  5. ONE BY ONE
  6. BREAK THESE CHAINS
  7. MYSTERIOUS THING
  8. GOODNIGHT MR MATTHEWS
  9. OVER THE LINE
  10. GLAM 12 INCH VERSION

Album Description

2002 remastered reissue of the Aussie alternative act's 1982 album that's unavailable domestically. Includes 5 bonus tracks 'Uniform' (12'' German Version), 'Street Cafe' (Single Mix), 'Love In Motion' (USA Recording), 'Can't Help Myself' (Live) & 'We Can Get Together' (Live). Warner.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Iva Davies Classic.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Icehouse-Primitive Man-CD-Australian Bands-80's.......2007-06-18

Great Aussie band of the 80's. New-Wave. If you like Aussie/Brit 80's music, you will probably like this CD. Hard to find in stores.

5 out of 5 stars More Than a Synth-Pop Record.......2005-08-25

At first listen, the typical genre labels are usually thrown at this work: "Synth-Pop", "New-Wave" and inappropriately "New Romantic". While it does scale these genres, Primitive Man possesses a good amount of aural atmospherics, musical backbone and a sufficient amount of guitar to it to give it rock credibility. A lost classic and an excellent album in its time, it only peaked at #129 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in 1982

Most of the bonuses and add-ons to this remastered and repackaged version are welcome additions but I still prefer the original ten tracks in their original order. In fact, when I finally replaced my old 1982 cassette copy with the CD remaster this year; I burned a CD-R with the original running order, sans the bonus tracks. I guess I am indeed a stick in the mud. The track order when Primitive Man was originally released in 1982 ran this way:

1 Uniform
2 Street Cafe
3 Hey Little Girl
4 Glam
5 Great Southern Land
6 Trojan Blue
7 Love in Motion
8 Mysterious Thing
9 One by One
10 Goodnight, Mr. Matthews

Quality cuts are abundant on Primitive Man . "Uniform" has a martial-sounding bridge and excellent and chilling synth riffs. "Street Café" is an airy and atmosphere track that shifts between ballad verses and a mid-tempo chorus, and the bonus version in the remaster does the original version justice. " Hey Little Girl" a pensive track, strangely was the only song from the album to score rock radio airplay, peaking at #31 on Billboard's Album Rock Track Chart in 1982. "Great Southern Land" a band and fan classic, shows Icehouse leader Iva Davies providing a deeper and more substantial portrayal of his native Australia, much better than fellow Aussies Men At Work's picture postcard portrayal "Down Under" which ironically was released the same year to much more commercial success than Davies' epic.

"Trojan Blue" is one of the Primitive Man's best tracks, an epic but yet subtle and ethereal song that has a slow but effective guitar riff to it. "One By One" is the most dated and unapologetically 1980's song in this set, right down to the droning vocals, quirky guitars and eerie synths. It sounds like it could have wound up on a Depeche Mode or Smiths record. The original album closes on a very high note with the anthemic "Good Night, Mr. Matthews".

More Roxy Music and Ultravox than Human League, Primitive Man is a great album and that possesses the finer points of New Wave, Art-Rock, timeless Pop elements and of course, some fine guitar work.

4 out of 5 stars Icehouse goes SynthPop... and more!!!.......2005-04-05


Primitive Man was the Icehouse jump to the Electro side of the New Wave.

After releasing the excelent post-punk album 'Flowers', Iva Davies (Icehouse's leader) decided to give a chance to the electric beats and the synths to compose a solid work still very enyojable.

In contrast of the rest of their work, Primitive Man offers a good collection of hits in the pure style of the early 80s electro-pop.

'Great Southern Land' opens as a still-great radio hit (in my opinion one of their best songs) and we notice that the boys have choosen their way, then comes Uniform (very regular)and Hey Little Girl (A good single reminding the Bowie's pop style).

Then 'Street Cafe' an enjoyable rock-ballad shows versatility followed by Glam, personally I don't like this one due sounds like a useless mirror of 'Paradise Lost' [Flowers Album] but out of date.

The second part of the album is also recomendable. 'Trojan Blue' is an interesting slow song sounding like a classic, even when it's almost known only by fans.
'One by One', is one of the album's best pieces, a kind of experimentation with voice and guitars mixed up with synths (the result is great, in the line of the early New Order but with the amazing Icehouse seal).

'Break These Chains', a great rocker piece, is a little contrast with the rest of the album, then 'Mysterious Thing' returns to the regularity (i always skip it).

For clossing the album we've got, 'Goodnight Mr. Mathews' another good slow and 'Over The Line' not bad but it feels like something is missing (I suggest you to listen it before 'Break These Chains for judging better).

The Remaster worths by the pretty clear sound and the Bonus Material, even the mixes and the live versions could be interesting jus for the band fans, even 'Love In Motion' developes a good 80s pop song (like those songs that have everything to be a classic in the radio stations).

Overall this one is a good album, a new propose in the Icehouse sound but I still think that the boys were better doing post-punk music.

5 out of 5 stars Genuine New Wave........2004-09-04

When I originally bought "Primitive man" on record in 1986, I fell in love with all but one of the songs on it. I never cared much for "Hey little girl" which was the one song from the record that you would hear on the radio from time to time. For myself, It was simply to generic to deal with.
Like most of the the music in the early to mid eighties, it was very synth based but MUCH cooler than most of the radio fare garbage. If you're a Ultravox, Gary Newman or O.M.D. fan from the eighties, then you will probably enjoy this one.

3 out of 5 stars you know you're listening to the eighties when...........2004-04-27

Overpowering synths and drum machines are the core to any essential eighties cd, and this cd is no exception. I happen to like this band, but I think, really, only one of their cds was good, that being Man of Colours. As far as standing the test of time, their other cds just don't do it. The drum machines on this cd are very overbearing at times and kind of drown out some of the songs in a very distracting way, not to mention the synths. The singer's vocals are good, but like a lot of music from the era, get lost at times behind overproduced, plastic music. Hey Little Girl is borderline bad, with offbeat synths popping up to emphasize certain words. I will say Great Southern Land is a gem for this type of music. It's catchy, if not a little redundant at times. The chorus is bad in comparison to the rest of the song, but taking out the chorus, it's a good song. Bottom line, it's about par for the course for most eighties retro synth music. It's not really great, but it's not horrendous. It's about as average as the other thousands of non-standout groups of the eighties.
American Primitive, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • PURE ETHER
  • An eclectic collection of old time music
  • Non-homogenized peoples' music: Get it here
  • Note on sound quality
  • As we in San Antonio say, en-cred-EE-blay!
 American Primitive, Vol. 2
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Manufacturer: Revenant Records
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ASIN: B000B5UNHO
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

  1. I Want Jesus to Talk with Me - Homer Quincy Smith
  2. Deal Rag - Walter Taylor
  3. Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
  4. Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) - Tommy Settlers,
  5. I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape - Nugrape Twins
  6. Molly Man - Mose "Red Hot / Ole Mose" Mason
  7. Black Dog Blues - Bayless Rose
  8. Workhouse Blues - Mattie May Thomas
  9. Bo-Lita - Kid Brown & His Blues Band
  10. My Mama Always Talked to Me - John Hammond, Jr.
  11. Ballin' the Jack - Salty Dog Four
  12. Friday Moan Blues - Alfred Lewis
  13. Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geeshie Wiley
  14. It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
  15. Black Sheep Blues - Pigmeat Terry
  16. Old Hen Cackle - 2 Poor Boys
  17. Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
  18. Hot Time Blues - William Harris
  19. Take a Look at That Baby - 2 Poor Boys
  20. Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
  21. Little Birdie - John Hammond, Jr.
  22. Little Girl in Rome - Otto Virgial
  23. Dangerous Blues - Mattie May Thomas
  24. Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
  25. Be My Kid Blues - Elizabeth Johnson

Tracks:

  1. Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
  2. Poor Mourner - The Cousins, Virginia DeMoss
  3. Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose
  4. There's a City Built of Mansions - Nugrape Twins
  5. Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
  6. Two White Horses in a Line - 2 Poor Boys
  7. Shrimp Man - Mose "Red Hot / Ole Mose" Mason
  8. Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend - Bubbling Over Five
  9. Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
  10. Purty Polly - John Hammond, Jr.
  11. Go Down Moses - Homer Quincy Smith
  12. Over to My House - Elvie Thomas, Geeshie Wiley
  13. Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers,
  14. Big Mac from Macamere - Mattie May Thomas
  15. Moaning the Blues - Pigmeat Terry
  16. Original Blues - Bayless Rose
  17. John Henry Blues [Take 3] - 2 Poor Boys
  18. Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
  19. Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgil
  20. Eagles on a Half - Geeshie Wiley
  21. Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
  22. Red Cross the Disciple of Christ Today - Rev. Moses Mason
  23. Kansas City Blues - William Harris
  24. As Free a Little Bird as Can Be - John Hammond, Jr.
  25. No Mo' Freedom - Mattie May Thomas

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars PURE ETHER.......2007-02-10

I can't get enough of these two discs - I really can't! I'd say why don't they make music like this anymore but truth is the America that this music was made in vanished a long, long time ago. Grab your kazoo and get ready to be transported to the ancient future! This music is completely and absolutely HIGH GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SENOR FAHEY!

5 out of 5 stars An eclectic collection of old time music.......2006-08-12

From the Captain Beefheart and Albert Ayler box sets, to the Doc Boggs cd release, I've been hard pressed to find a cd by Revenant that I don't love. That said, while I do have a few minor complaints, this two disc set is no exception: It features a wide range of rare and very eclectic old time American music, featuring songs that run the gamut from amusing to astounding listening experiences. Anyone with an interest in music from this era should have no reason not to like this collection, that is unless they already have most of these songs. But, as someone who fancies himself a collector of old time music (on cd, at least) I only had three or four of these songs prior to my purchase.
Now for the complaints, minor though they may be: The elements of mystery and primitivism have been emphasized, sometimes at the expense of valid and readily available information. Though we have little info pertaining to most of these performers, some vital facts have been omitted in the interest of conceptual continuity. Even the oldest and perhaps most mysterious song present, "Poor Mourner" is described in a much more elaborate manner in the "Lost Sounds" collection, including biographical information on the "revenants" who apparently appeared to record the song and then vanished. Moreover, "Lost Sounds" even features another song by the same duo. I wouldn't be bothered otherwise, but this lack of information just makes me wonder what else is missing. My only other complaint is concerning the large gap between "Poor Mourner" (recorded in the 1890's), and the rest of the songs in this collection (picking up in the early 1920's). It would've been nice to have a more balanced sampling without such a huge gulf separating one recording from the rest.
As mentioned earlier, these are mere quibbles when one considers just how great the tracks are, and what an invaluable collection this is to any lover of old time music.

4 out of 5 stars Non-homogenized peoples' music: Get it here.......2006-06-12

Hard to describe the kick I got out of the record American Primitive Vol. 2. It's up there with Harry Smith's Anthology for sure. This predates homogenized America.

The idea that there was a unique mysterious wisdom, or just misterioso, floating around on the foggy marshlands of America - well for my money it goes back to Poe, maybe Irving. But it was out and about outside of literature, in song Americana immemorial no doubt. No matter what I think: this foggy mist of an idea gained a big shot in the arm with Greil Marcus's Invisible Republic in 1997.

I take it that Revenant's archive is a John Fahey archive. He was the central figure/performer at the label running up to his death. Over the years, Fahey's fantastic blues scholarship and collecting was overshadowed by his mystical and precise guitar work. A monograph on Charlie Patton was one of his greatest contributions to blues studies. This American Primitives series pay homage to the barnstorming musicians of the southern past , but also to Fahey. Fahey appears in the liner notes to American Primitive Volume 2 as writer Scott Blackwood describes meeting up with him in Chicago.


In Chicago for a gig, a scant Fahey is staying in a hotel near where Blind Lemon Jefferson died. We know that give or take a few years Fahey, who is just returning from a long skid row slide, doesn't have long for terra firma. Blackwell couches the conversation - they stop at a Salvation Army to, like guerillas, insert some recent Fahey 78 recordings in record bins - with reference to Borges and mystery for the sake of amazement. Odd, I know I found Fahey's Blind Joe Death in a Salvation Army record bin.

NuGrape transubstantiatin'
"Revenant" it seems, means `a spirit who returns after a long absence. "Crucial to the Revenant ethos is the notion of the neglected gem." And so, American Primitive forgoes Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Jug Band, or Scrapper Blackwell, because they have been covered in previous prospecting. So on this Vol 2 we have the Salty Dog Four, Pigmeat Terry, and Two Poor Boys doing Ballin the Jack, Black Sheep Blues and Two White Horses. Alfred Lewis doing what I called BlueFrog Blues. Clarinets over imagined pie-stealing hobo soft foot shuffles. You got the hiss, the high-droning banjos, kazoos, juke joint pianos and harmonica combs moaning low, haunting violins. Did you ever hear churchbell tone?

The voices are not trained. They come as messages from beyond. You sense the location of the recording could be a hotel of the `30s, or a crossroads dessert radio station ala Oh Brother.

The harmonies are one-ofs. Could not be reproduced in commercial Nashville studio day without significant economic disruption.

5 out of 5 stars Note on sound quality.......2006-03-17

For any complainers out there, or more importantly any interested listeners who are concerned about the sound quality herein, don't be.

The remastering is wonderful, and if this type of music had no tape defects, hiss or background distortion, well then it would be a much different experience altogether - one you wouldn't recognize as the rugged and nocturnal sound of music coming from the era of the Great Depression.

Revenant consistently gives us an honest and pure sound, and while it isn't always perfect, it is when compared to the alternative - not having these recordings to listen to at all.

5 out of 5 stars As we in San Antonio say, en-cred-EE-blay!.......2006-01-19

Having just spent all accumulated psychic energy listening to this set, I'm afraid, dear reader, I cannot match my reviewer-compatriots in length of comments, in-depth-ness of analysis, or crystalline clarity of prose. But if only for reintroducing one of my favorite words (and concepts), "revenants," to the platter-chatter set, the late Fahey (et al.) deserves to be worshipped--hey, John Coltrane has HIS own church; John Fahey should get one, too! "Revenants" is THE right word for this collection--straight outta that low swampy area hard by the cemetery down that dead-end street Where None Dare Go, this stuff. In a weird (what else!) way, it's on the same level as the Philip Larkin couplet which ends his poem 'Toads Revisited': "Give me your arm, old toad; / Help me down Cemetery Road." (As well, it's quite possibly the audio equivalent of the "missing time" feature noted in alleged UFO abductions.) What I'm driving at is, this is a dead-cert MUST BUY for anyone who wants to go totally existential for a couple hours.
Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • It Would be a F--king Crime to Not Own This Album
  • Only the Beginning
  • Fan-spanking-tastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • just plain fun, great cd
  • Dopest 5 turntable madness you will hear
 Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Vol. 2
DJ Z-Trip & Radar
Manufacturer: Future Primitive Snd
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ASIN: B00000G4ZN
Release Date: 1999-12-28

Tracks:

  1. Track 1
  2. Track 2
  3. Track 3
  4. Track 4
  5. Track 5
  6. Track 6
  7. Track 7
  8. Track 8
  9. Track 9
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  17. Track 17
  18. Track 18
  19. Track 19
  20. Track 20
  21. Track 21
  22. Track 22

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Like its predecessor, this installment in the Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession series features two DJs on five turntables in a live performance at a San Francisco club. Z-Trip and Radar might not be quite as well-known as Cut Chemist (Ozomatli, Jurassic 5) or Shortkut (Invisibl Skratch Piklz), but that doesn't make them any less impressive on the turntables. In fact, their set--built around a lot of classic rock (Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion," Rush's "Tom Sawyer") and hip-hop (Black Sheep's "This or That," LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells," and many more)--is, if anything, more fun than their counterparts' effort. Listening to favorites like the Beastie Boys' "Hey Ladies," Queen's "Flash's Theme," and Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in Full" reimagined in this setting gives the songs a whole new life. An instant party. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars It Would be a F--king Crime to Not Own This Album.......2004-08-09

A friend of mine (Kyle Bradley you're a Bad Mother F--ker like Samuel Jackson's wallet) burned a live show of DJ Z-Trip performing in Los Angeles. I played it and it blew my brains out onto a wall. Whenever I play the CD for anyone, they always want a copy for themselves. The same goes for this album. Separately, Z-Trip and Radar are both mega-talents in the hip-hop field, but they're two very distinctively, different DJ's. If you check the album out, you'll notice that Z-Trip is the orchestrator who digs in those crates and finds the obscure party breaks, melding your favorites, mixing 70's & 80's rock, old & new school rap, r&b, and even heavy metal instrumentals (Uneasy Listening-"A must have mixtape", Rolling Stone). Radar, on the other slip mats, assassinates the wax, literally leaving the records in pain after cutting their vinyl throats. This album is exactly what any hip-hop, or rock head needs for a good party. Throw this in with the prior installment of Future Primitive Vol. 1 and you'll have friends buzzing off the music more than the drinks. Check out Volume 3 in the future (no pun intended) with Cut Chemist and Z-Trip on the same album...or so it has been rumored.

5 out of 5 stars Only the Beginning.......2003-10-26

Growing up in Phoenix in the mid 90's I was searching 4 sumthing new in music. Heard Z-Trip spinnin on Majik 107(not around anymore) spinnin new hip hop & new underground sounds live... followed him 2 all the spots he spun...meantime Radar was innovatin a scratch & creatin music off of only one table. 2 of the best dj's in my opinion...came together along with Emile... creating the Bomb Shelter Djs... Now...I wasn't amazed @ their sudden explosion across the globe. I already knew how good these guys were. These guys R hella good. Z can rock parties of any type. Radar...U can find him performing with ASU orchestra behind him live in AZ. I jam this cd a lot while herding sheep or working at my assembly job... Instant classic...even my Old Skool Rock Dad loves it. Buy this CD...its only a taste of whats 2 come soon again from these true pioneers on the turntable.

5 out of 5 stars Fan-spanking-tastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2003-03-23

if you like DJ culture, old rock and rap songs, then you would be a silly [twit] to not own this CD. i first heard about Radar and Z-trip when a friend of mine came back from the Coachella dance festival thing. well, lucky enough, my local "megamusic chain" store had it in stock. it now becomes a proud edition to my family of CDs. the best thing about this is it's a live recording, and they pull some great scratching, and beat matching, with hardly a mistake. ive copied mine, and keep the original nice and clean. the track selection is awesome too. this is the future of music. what a classic...

5 out of 5 stars just plain fun, great cd.......2002-12-27

this cd is absolutely great. z-trip plays music from so many genres and mixes them all together in a high energy, eclectic party sound. playing zepplin to run dmc to ozzy to pink floyd to anything in the middle. just a great, fun listening experience.

5 out of 5 stars Dopest 5 turntable madness you will hear.......2002-03-28

If you are ever in question of what CD to listen to...Pop this puppy in your deck and enjoy. Z-tip and Radar bring some of the most creative mixes (Biggie & Floyd, Steve Miller & LL Cool J, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Erik B, Aerosmith, and the Who...all make grand appearences). The scratching and remixing of songs on the fly is excellent and the musical taste will get any party going. I am still amazed, three years later, at some of the stuff these guys did (LIVE, none the less). This CD was put into my stereo and it took seriously, two months to come out. You do not grow tired of it. By the way, if you go on a road trip, bring this album. It is by far the best road trip mix to nod your head to. I have yet to meet one unsatisfied customer.
Primitive Love
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • "Falling in Love" is a classic!
  • Primitive Love CD
  • This Album Misses the Mark
  • OMG THIS IS CHEAP MUSIC
  • Primitive Love (1985) Miami Sound Machine
 Primitive Love
Miami Sound Machine
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000002650
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Body To Body
  2. Primitive Love
  3. Words Get In The Way
  4. Bad Boy
  5. Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)
  6. Conga
  7. Mucho Money
  8. You Made A Fool Of Me
  9. Movies
  10. Surrender Paradise

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Falling in Love" is a classic!.......2007-07-04

I bought this album for "Falling in Love" alone, and I give it 5 stars accordingly. To the other reviewer (L.A. Scene) who spent paragraphs telling us he is not a fan of Estefan, I say: If you cannot find a latin influence in a song like "Conga", then you need to keep your opinions to yourself.

5 out of 5 stars Primitive Love CD.......2006-11-05

I have all of the cassette tape of Gloria &Miami sound Machine. I love there music. I decide to purchase the CD's when one of my tapes broke. I am very happy with the cd just has I am happy with my tape.

2 out of 5 stars This Album Misses the Mark.......2005-10-22

The Miami Sound Machine originally started out as a band that did their recordings in Spanish. It would not be until the 1980s when the group would officially "crossover" into English Speaking albums. Their first attempt at crossover was the 1984 album "Eyes of Innocence" that produced a song called "Dr. Beat" that gained some notoriety in Europe. It would really be their 1986 follow-up album, "Primitive Love" that would propel the group, and most notably their lead singer Gloria Estefan to superstardom. I can't say that I am a fan of the Miami Sound Machine or Gloria Estefan - because I'm not. However, I do like a Latin influence in pop music, so I figured I would go deeper into this album and see if there was anything that would change my mind. With a couple of exceptions, there was little that changed my mind.

The overall problem I have with this album is that I really don't get a good sense for the Latin influence on this album. Perhaps I am being hard on the Miami Sound Machine because it's quite possible that they didn't intend to make an English Speaking album with a Latin influence. However, even if "Primitive Love" was an album done by a non-crossover artist, I think I would still be quite disappointed with this album. I found this album to be reminiscent of early 80s pop with plenty of synthetic "early 80s" style music as a major element.

I also must admit that I am not a huge Gloria Estefan fan. Today the term "Diva" is used to describe a great female vocalist. While I do think Estefan does an admirable job on vocals, outside of a couple of songs ("Words Get in the Way" and "Surrender Paradise") - there really isn't much that makes me consider Estefan a true "Diva". And while I'm still not a fan, I think the argument can certainly be made that Estefan's later work may have put her into the "Diva" category. It's just that I don't feel that this album contributes to help her elevate to that level.

I must admit, looking at the timeframe of the release of "Primitive Love", the success of this album really surprises me. It was in the mid-1980s, that the pop music landscape was beginning to move to a more "natural" guitar-laden sound. Many artists that recorded Synth-Pop songs in the mid 1980s soon began to struggle maintaining commercial success in this timeframe. Yet, somehow the Miami Sound Machine did manage to succeed and overcome this. The only reason I can think of is that CBS Records was smart in how they released the singles - they focused on the singles that did not seem to fit the early 1980s mold.

The song that propelled the Miami Sound Machine to pop stars would be the song "Conga". When this was released as a single, I wasn't too impressed with this song. Sometimes a song will grow on me the more I listen to it. Unfortunately this was not the case with "Conga". Yes this song has a Latin influence, but to me it really doesn't capture me. I guess the bottom line is I feel that this is an overrated track.

As for the other singles that were released I actually found them much more enjoyable. "Bad Boy" is probably my favorite of these tracks. I wouldn't say that "Bad Boy" is a total Latin song. In this song, I hear Latin elements mixed with some conventional pop elements. I happen to like the way that the horns are used in this song. I also think that that there is some creative use of percussion and guitar work in this song. "Words Get in the Way" is one of the tracks where I do think Gloria Estefan's vocals dominate the song. This is the one song on the album written by Gloria Estefan - and it's really well-written. The song deals with a woman singing about the end of a long-term relationship. This is a soft melody - not much of a Latin influence and it's really carried by the vocals. Vocals also play a nice role on "Falling in Love". This song has more of a conventional pop-feel. On this particular song it isn't really Estefan's vocals, but some of the outstanding background vocal harmonies on the chorus that give this song a good feel.

The two worst songs on the collection happen to be the first two songs. "Body to Body" is one of those songs that has an early 1980s feel. However, it's not even a good early 80s song - it is very synthesizer-heavy and way overmixed. I also didn't hear much of a Latin influence in that song. While the next song, "Primitive Love" has a slight Latin influence, I still found this another song with an early 80s feel that was overmixed. The bottom line is that the title-track isn't a very good song either.

There are some other songs with an early 80s feel that are better. "Mucho Money" is also a song with an early 80s feel. "Mucho Money" also does a better job at integrating the Latin influence with the 80s sound. "Movies" is a song that has less of a Latin feel, but still maintains that 80s influence. The chorus almost reminds me a bit of Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay". Next to "Bad Boy", perhaps the best track on this collection is "Surrender Paradise". In a way, this song almost has more of a South Pacific feel to it. Yes there is a Synthesizer element in this slow song, but this is one of the tracks whether Estefan's voice really shines. I'm surprised this song didn't get more airplay - it is very good.

Overall, the poor early 80s style music and not the depth of the Latin influence were too much for me to overcome. This album has its moments, but overall is a disappointing.

1 out of 5 stars OMG THIS IS CHEAP MUSIC.......2005-03-06

CONGA is now a classic latino crossover, but do not represent the entire hispanic comunitty. This sophomore album by the Miami Sound Machine, was like a rehearsel one. The tracks that didn't hit the top 10 a pure fillers, and the ones that did like BAD BOYS(the most digeastable one) and WORDS GET IN THE WAY( a ballad that falls into the oblivion) are so dated, is most be said that DR. BEAT was more clever than any of the songs feauture here. Not worth it. Buy the best album of Gloria wich is in fact 1998's Gloria!.

5 out of 5 stars Primitive Love (1985) Miami Sound Machine.......2004-07-16

After the failed success of their 1984 album, Eyes Of Innocence, Miami Sound Machine went back into the studio one year later and released their 1985 album, Primitive Love. This was the album that got them the stardom they were longing for. And this is the album that is my favorite. There are so many great songs on this album, that every Gloria Estefan fan should listen to it constantly.

BODY TO BODY
A song that I could listen to, but not constantly.

PRIMITIVE LOVE
This is much better than Body To Body. Great arrangements, great vocals. It's just great all around.

WORDS GET IN THE WAY
The first single from the album. This song is what made the band famous and is one of my favorites. The song is also my mother's favorite. This one just take me back to my childhood days.

BAD BOY
The second single from the album. I love this one because of it's catchy lyrics, it's catchy harmonies and melodies, and it's catchy beats and arrangements. This one should sound familiar to everyone if you all saw the hit film, Three Men And A Baby.

FALLING IN LOVE (UH-OH)
The third single from the album. This yet another one of my absolute favorites. I can't turn on off this album without listening to this song.

CONGA
The fourth and final single from the album. This song will remain a classic song for all eternity. It has been doing so ever since its release. It has appeared in many films over the years, but the only movie I know this song appeared in was The Birdcage.

MUCHO MONEY
I get a kick out of this one because of it's lyrics and it's sound. My favorite part of the song is when you hear Gloria sing, 'E-bah, E-bah, E-bah'!

YOU MADE A FOOL OF ME
I love this one because of how soothing it sounds.

MOVIES
Not bad.

SURRENDER PARADISE
Not bad.

This is one of the best albums ever made and if you are a Gloria fan, then you should have this album.
Primitive Cool
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • A very underrated record!!!!!!
  • Not the greatest output!
  • Primitive, no, but cool sophomore effort from Jagger
  • Dreck
  • Not very primitive, not very cool
 Primitive Cool
Mick Jagger
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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ASIN: B000002IXI
Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

  1. Throwaway
  2. Let's Work
  3. Radio Control
  4. Say You Will
  5. Primitive Cool
  6. Kow Tow
  7. Shoot Off Your Mouth
  8. Peace For The Wicked
  9. Party Doll
  10. War Baby

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A very underrated record!!!!!!.......2006-11-27

Mick's second solo record is very good. Some songs are better than others but it's overall a little better than She's the Boss. Say you will should've been a hit. Check out Mary Chapin Carpenter's version of Party Doll.

3 out of 5 stars Not the greatest output!.......2005-11-09

I also bought this album (CD) when it first came out in the late 1980s, starving for something from the Stones. I actually liked She`s the Boss and hoped that this one would be equal to it, but perhaps a little more up-to-date. Boy, was I wrong. I think that, apart from one or two tracks, most of it`s garbage. Listen to "War Baby" and I keep expecting to hear bombs go off and the sounds of sirens.
I guess the thing is with Mick is that he was in a class of his own and did not have to produce this kind of stuff. I am sure he really does not like it, and he certainly did not need the cash. Pass on this one and buy Waundering Spirit instead.

5 out of 5 stars Primitive, no, but cool sophomore effort from Jagger.......2005-08-04

Following the Stones' Dirty Work, bickering amongst the Stones prevented them from having the anticipated quinquennial tour. Both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards decided on solo albums, creating speculations whether the end of the Stones was nigh. Such wasn't the case however.

But Mick Jagger's second solo album, Primitive Cool, went more on a harder-edged guitar rock sound than the pop polishings of She's The Boss. All songs were produced by Mick himself, with assistance from Keith Diamond and Dave Stewart, and he brought back Jeff Beck on lead guitar.

That's not to say that some of the pop polish was gone. The first single, "Let's Work," his simplistic solution on killing poverty, went to #39. The song seems to be a mean-spirited hit against welfare recipients, but maybe against those who take advantage of the system-"can generosity bring you humility?"

The second single, the #67 "Throwaway," owes a bit to the Stones, but is more typical of Mick's new hard-driving sound, but the theme of a "been there done that" greasy Casanova who finally wants some true love has been done before. "Radio Control" is even better, featuring some hard guitar riffs. Living Colour's Vernon Reid has guitar chores, so I wonder if it's him here.

The title track is an amusing commentary on how the young ask those who lived in the 50's and 60's if they lived the history of those times, be it fashion or political upheavals, as they learned it in school or saw on TV. I shudder to think of the time when it comes my turn, when some whippersnappers ask me of the 80's, "It all seems so primitive, how did you survive? It all seemed so different then. How did you stay alive?" His easy answer is to tell them what they want to hear, "Oh yeah," but sardonically telling the whippersnappers "Well I think you've got it figured out/go check it out for yourself/cause I've had it playing teacher for today."

"Kow Tow" is a song on taking a stand against a lover gone bad, refusing to be bound to the past or being blackmailed, with some crunching guitar on the chorus. The jumping "Shoot Off Your Mouth" comes closest to the Stones-like nastiness, and is a harder-edged Little Richard/Elvis-type song slamming another ex who not only puts him down but becomes like the proverbial rat on a sinking ship when things go bad. And when he gets stronger, "who are you to shoot off your mouth?" he demands. The most energetic song here and a fave.

The bittersweet ballad "Party Doll" sees Mick visiting country since "Faraway Eyes." More an acoustic piece than country, it shows the disillusionment that sets in once the giddy party days are over, especially when the other half "wants to live in clover." Paddy Maloney gives an Irish flavour with the Uileann pipes. Mary Chapin Carpenter later covered this on her greatest hits album.

"I was born in a war, that's why they call me a war baby" sings Mick in the sobering anti-war "War Babies. The poverty experienced by the Brits, the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day is juxtaposed with the Cold War arms race, with a faint background sound effects of air raid sirens, bombs, and machine gun clatter. "Why can't we hope to find a cure" be it to war, poverty, and security, is an oft-cried question, with a solution that can be either an impossible dream or a darker one.

A few filler songs fail to dampen a stronger solo album from Mick, who despite revisiting familiar themes, is has a reflective side on the title track and "Party Doll." It would be after another Stones album before Mick would go for round three with Wandering Spirit.

1 out of 5 stars Dreck.......2005-04-14

The Nadir: This waste of plastic effectively shut the door on Mick's dreams of being a Sting or Michael Jackson solo star. He should be slapped for the "Let's Work" video.

I am a major Stones fan and a fan of Wandering Spirit (although the rat should have saved those tunes for Voodoo Lounge). I can honestly say that I would rather listen to a Bill Wyman record rather than this.

3 out of 5 stars Not very primitive, not very cool.......2003-12-03

Primitive Cool is Jagger's second solo album. If She's the Boss (1985)was a decent, though not great record, Primitive Cool turned out to be a major disappointment.
The album as a whole was not very good and did not show any sign of improvement over She's the Boss.
As to the songs. Let's Work - the first single released from this album - is really crap. And the other songs are not much better. Most songs are boring and the lyrics are often pathetic. On say you will Mick sings: "cast all you fears aside, say you will, say will be mine". The words in Throwaway are not much better (used to be a casanova, used to dance bossanova,..). This is ridiculous. Mick Jagger should remember he can do better than that!
The only songs to be saved is Party Doll, which, when played acoustic, is a nice little thing.
Bones
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Earth Comprension
  • Excelente
  • Primitive -- like dancing with the spirits of animals
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Manufacturer: Raven
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1994-05-09

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Enchanting drums for trascendental dancing.......2000-06-30

This record exhales an air of ethnicity, without having any clear ethnical influences, that automatically makes you feel as if you were dancing by a bonfire in mystical night. Each of the track focuses in the energies of one animal, so if you are into shamanic travel, this record makes will help you. But it is also just as good as background music when you need to relax or as a warmup for some other kinds of dancing (like belly dance). The melodies are based on drum rythms, along with some subtle synthethiser that never gives the music that much hated "cheap New Age" feeling. A good buy!

5 out of 5 stars Earth Comprension.......1999-06-28

If you are listening this cd you can understand the feelings of our mother earth, when I list this cd i can travel beyond the time, and finnaly to arrive to the borning time of her. Nick Cichella, Caracas Venezuela

5 out of 5 stars Excelente.......1999-06-22

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4 out of 5 stars Primitive -- like dancing with the spirits of animals.......1998-12-17

I use this one a lot for warming up, for trance dancing, and for teaching others to dance expressively. There's a fair amount of variation in style between the different tracks, but they all work together as a single collection. This is an essential part of my dance music collection.

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