Burning [Extra tracks] [Import]

Burning [Extra tracks] [Import]

Burning [Extra tracks] [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Until We Touch The Burning Sun
2. Break The Emotion
3. Mirror Never Lies
4. Tin Star Man Spire
5. Sea Of Sorrow
6. Side By Side
7. Drawn To The Flame
8. Forth Into The Black
9. Evil Within
10. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Bonus Track)
11. Diamonds & Rust (Bonus Track)
12. Heart Of Steel (Bonus Track)
13. Let Demons Free (Demo) (Bonus Track)
14. Voice In A Dream (Demo) (Bonus Track)
15. Me My Enemy (Demo) (Bonus Track)

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Product Description
Japanese edition of the heavy metal act's sophomore album features 16 tracks including 6 bonus tracks, 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Metallica cover), 'Diamonds & Rust' (Joan Baez song, once covered by Judas Priest), 'Heart Of Steel' (Manowar cover), 'Let Demons Free' (Demo), 'Voice In A Dream' (Demo), 'Me, My Enemy' (Demo). Avalon. 2004.

Burning,Thunderstone,Avalon Japan,Finland,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock
Diesel and Dust
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Greatest Album by greatest band of all time
  • A record that transcends music
  • raw aussie energy
  • An all time great album-top 10, in fact
  • they reinvented rock and roll
 Diesel and Dust
Midnight Oil
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000026DJ
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Beds Are Burning
  2. Put Down That Weapon
  3. Dreamworld
  4. Arctic World
  5. Warakurna
  6. The Dead Heart
  7. Whoah
  8. Bullroarer
  9. Sell My Soul
  10. Sometimes

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Few would claim that Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett is the world's greatest rock vocalist, but he clearly means what he sings. On Diesel and Dust, Garrett and company serve up a collection of solid pop-rock songs that follow the groundwork laid by their early albums. Intrinsic to their sound is a guitars-bass-drums attack spiced occasionally with horns and keyboards and capped with Garrett's throaty vocals. Garrett's lyrics on Deisel and Dust are noteworthy because they are not about love or personal relationships but instead address larger issues. "Beds Are Burning" is a call to return the land expropriated from Australia's aboriginal peoples, while "The Dead Heart" and "Bullroarer" celebrate their rich cultural heritage. Many bands and artists have made some sort of political or social concern apparent in their work, but few have done so as consistently, dedicatedly, and tunefully as Midnight Oil. --Al Massa

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Greatest Album by greatest band of all time.......2007-05-11

My single favorite band of all time - nothing will ever come close. This album is a great introduction to their sound. Full of incredible passion, powerful lyrics, unreal guitar solos, and creativity and originality in every song. The popular Beds are Burning is not even in my top 5 songs on this album (Sell My Soul is #1, and possibly my number 1 song of all time. Dreamworld is pretty special too).

If you fall in love with the album, as I did, you can move onto some of their older stuff - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, or Red Sails in the Sunset are similarly incredible, and even more creative.

The Oils are truly a special band, and 6 years after their breakup, I still pop in my mix CD's in the car when my kids aren't around. I'll never understand why they didn't become as popular as, say, U2 or REM - they are all that and more. But I suppose it makes it that much more amazing for the die hard fans that still rave about the Oils to this day.

Hope you enjoy - I'm pretty certain you will.

5 out of 5 stars A record that transcends music.......2007-03-21

Diesel and Dust is the perfect merger of rock and social progressivism. Never has a record compelled me to feel as moved as this one, particularly on songs like 'Warakurna', 'Beds are Burning', 'The Dead Heart', or 'Dreamworld'. Never has anyone described with such power and poignancy the plight of the underclass or displaced minorities (in this case the Aboriginal peoples of Australia) in a manner that anyone can relate to. The evocative words ("The western desert lives and breathes at 45 degrees"), the tones used on Rob Hirst's drums, Jim Moginie's and Martin Rotsey's dueling acoustic guitars on the 'Dead Heart', and Peter Garrett's gravel like edge to his singing on tracks like 'Put Down that Weapon', 'Arctic World' or 'Sell My Soul' evoke the imagery of a band that traveled for miles through sandy hot desert lands in pickup trucks and tried to make sense of their experiences upon returning to Sydney. The music intimates the myriad of emotions that the band experienced after meeting and living among simple people, witnessing their stories of hardship and difficulties and the uplifting hope and dignity they found among them.

The record, despite its serious themes, is life affirming, as the defiantly rocking closer "Sometimes" appropriately underscores. Midnight Oil believes in the redemptive power of the human spirit in spite of the injustice and inequities in our world today.

From a musical standpoint, each song is flawlessly crafted and produced. Warne Livesey does an oustanding job of integrating the sounds of the earth and of the band, with the sounds of electronic beats and synthesizers. This is a modern rock record to be sure, in spite of its folksy songs and socially conscious subject matter. This record and "10,9,8..." were Midnight Oil's finest hours. However, this record has a power all its own, as any time we see hardship, suffering and inequality in this world, all we in the west need to do is listen to this record to understand how it tastes, smells and feels to be in that condition. A remarkable record. One for the ages. Get it if you don't have it.

5 out of 5 stars raw aussie energy.......2006-07-14

Somewhere in a back corner of my mind, I foster an ambition in my next life of being Peter Garrett's runt sibling (I mean, I'd have to be a runt, wouldn't I? He's bigger than almost anybody I've ever seen on stage doing rock and roll) and the drummer in the band. That's how involved I get with Midnight Oil's music when I hear it. "Diesel And Dust", probably their most media-friendly album - even if, as an American, you don't get some of the political references (and make no mistake; Midnight Oil's music is not love songs or mundane angst; almost without reserve, it is ALL political) is also pretty much their most tuneful. That said, Peter cannot be said to be singing as much as pushing, growling, and wailing the songs out, albeit in a more or less agreeably melodic way. I could be accused of being not very picky, but personally I prefer voices like that, with genuine emotion and pure guts coming from every note. Pretty, trained singing is really fairly lifeless to me. This is the real deal, raw, angry, demanding your attention. I lived in Australia for a while - where I became acquainted with this music - and got to know the politics behind the songs. Down Under, you have a political opinion and you espouse it, sometimes loudly, but never do you hide your candle under a basket - everybody has a personal view and they're not afraid to let you know what it is. Midnight Oil, along with a lot of Aussie bands, uses their music as a forum, as shown when they set up an ad hoc outdoor performance in front of the Exxon headquarters in New York some time ago. (Wish I'd been there.) "Diesel And Dust" is rife with topical references, which still play well, nearly 20 years on; the genocide over generations of the Aboriginal people - did you know they were used in biological experiments, a lot of them quite deadly, until fairly recently? - ecological suicide, pollution, almost any hot-button topic is not beyond the reach of the Oils. And yet the music is so singable and danceable that they're able to get you thinking about the content before you even know you are. It's hard to pick a favourite on the album - the only song I'm not crazy about, and even then I usually don't skip over it ,is "Whoah" because it's a little draggy. "Bullroarer", "The Dead Heart", "Warakurna" and "Sell My Soul" are probably what I would list as favourites, for the sake of argument and discussion; all of them get my blood moving, and the instrumentation does not take a backseat to Peter's insistent yowls and vocal crescendos. Everything that comes from instrument or throat complements the other. This is probably my favourite Midnight Oil album, because it was my introduction to the band, but it is by no means the only one in my collection. I would have to recommend it highly to anyone who wants to expand their musical inventory - and get a little commentary on the side that is perhaps new to them. And next life, Peter. You don't have far to go to find your drummer.

5 out of 5 stars An all time great album-top 10, in fact.......2006-06-16


I just noticed that I reviewed this album years ago, as "A music fan" [October 23, 1999]. Since I've listened to this album again in the meantime, I thought I'd try and do a more informative job this time!].

As per my original review, I have to say that it is an open question of whether this album is the Oils best, or "10-1" takes the honour.

Initially, my reaction was that the album had a killer opening three tracks. On relistening to it, it gets better, as some songs grow on you even more.

Here are my favourite tracks:

Beds are burning: pop/rock classic, melodic and clangy at the same time.

Put down that weapon: sort of in the same vein as "10-1"'s "Short memory". The track is a slow pop song that has a brilliant change of pace...a delicious bass riff veers into hyper, clangy rock, and then returns to a slow send off. Terrific stuff.

Dreamworld: one fan told me that the lead singer was a big fan of The Beach Boys. I'd always considered this song as a Beach Boys style song. It's my favourite song from the album, probably. Not the best intro, but once the harmonies and melodies kick in, it's a terrific pop song.

The dead heart: this is a real sing-a-long pop song. You should find the "do do do do do do"'s really catchy.

Sell my soul: this is the song that has REALLY grown on me-a lost Oils classic, a la "Sleep". I love the attention grabbing, funky opening "I am ready. Let's begin". Again, the song has strong melody, as is usual for quality Oils songs.

Sometimes: probably the best of the rest.

In my mind, I always think of this album as in the same vein as The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' "Californication" album. Both albums are immensely strong. This Oils album has really only song which I don't rate that highly, but I can't remember which it is! Californication is like that too, but this Oil's album has stronger songs, and more of them.

Same goes when comparing the Oils "10-1" album with the Chilli Peppers' "Blood sugar sex magik". "10-1" is great because of the four songs on it which form the foundation of the Oils' greatest songs ever. BSSM by the RHCP is also a very good album due to the presence of four songs, but again, I think the Oil's album has the stronger four songs.

P.S.

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5 out of 5 stars they reinvented rock and roll.......2006-06-08

One guy came to me one day and said "listen to that one buddy, it's pretty cool". It was in 1993, and most people had never heard about this band in Europe, including myself.

And it was the great shock. It takes only a few seconds to realize what a masterpiece you have. This kind of thing happens rarely. Such an incredible voice, and this powerful, wild sound, coming from "elsewhere"... They reinvented rock & roll, and they did not joke!
Beds are burning was this kind of song that could appeal to almost everyone, from the hard rock purist to the radio amateur. The melody itself is eternal.
Another fantastic song on the album is "put down that weapon". Musically as impressive as the former one, it impresses also with the passion Garret has to deliver his peaceful message.

There is no weak track on this album. I mean, try any of them alone, and you will have something between "positively inspired" and "awesome".
Every track has got this sense of rough urgency that is the trademark of the group. In the same time the whole is perfectly produced and played.

Just my opinion, in the "ranking game" : Now that I know most of their albums, I would give 5 stars for 3 of them :

1. 10,9,8,7,6,5...
2. Diesel & Dust
3. Place without a postcard

Enjoy !
Frida
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • It's good
  • Revolutionary times
  • Black Dove
  • makes me want to dance
  • Enjoy!
 Frida

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B00006LLNV
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

  1. Benediction and Dream
  2. The Floating Bed
  3. El Conejo
  4. Paloma Negra
  5. Self-Portrait with Hair Down
  6. Alcoba Azul
  7. Carabina 30/30
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She was famous as both artist and model, infamous as political revolutionary and social libertine, and Frida Kahlo's controversial life couldn't help but seem the stuff of great musical theater. Her story is brought to the screen by director Julie Taymor, whose musical compatriot here is also her husband; Elliot Goldenthal, student of both Copland and Corigliani, shrewdly sublimates his modernism in service of the rich, evocative music and songs of Mexico and Central America. Utilizing performers that range from the contemporary (Lila Downs) to the folk-classic (Costa Rican legend Chavela Vargas; Brazilian star Caetano Veloso) and traditional (Los Cojolites, El Poder Del Norte, Trio Huasteca, Caimanes de Tanquin, and others), Goldenthal generously displays the true breadth of Mexican folk music, while seamlessly infusing it with the minimalist corners of his own underscore and some winning songwriting of his own. The result is one of 2002's most compelling soundtracks. The enhanced CD features include musical film excerpts, as well as a video conversation between Goldenthal and star Salma Hayek and text interviews with the composer and director Taymor. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars It's good.......2007-07-22

But I don't think it's all it's hyped up to be on the other reviews, but, I do like it to the point of keeping it. It's the perfect 4star rating.

5 out of 5 stars Revolutionary times.......2007-05-14

I absolutely love this soundtrack! Everytime I listen to it, I feel as though I am in Mexico during the revolution and Frida's life. Everyone should choose their own life soundtrack and this one allows us to see into Frida's life more clearly.

4 out of 5 stars Black Dove.......2007-05-13

Fell into the movie trying to avoid study and hang out with a jilted housemate. If I'm honest, Salma Hayek was the main draw. Wafer thin.
However, I was enraptured by the story of Frida and the amazing performance (no wonder she was oscar nominated).
I bought the soundtrack the next morning. It really got to me.This is a great soundtrack and, yes, it does help if you have seen the movie but not necessary. I loved the latin passion (highs and lows). Chervala Vargas as Elliot Goldenthal describes in the slieve was once Frida's lover. I loved her Paloma Negra. So powerful.
There is something for everyone in this long soundtrack.
Do as i have: watch the movie and buy the soundtrack. Worth the time and money.

5 out of 5 stars makes me want to dance .......2007-05-07

I really enjoyed the CD, the musical selection is great and it seems very authentic.

5 out of 5 stars Enjoy!.......2006-12-30

I purchased this CD after seeing the movie. The music is enjoyable to listen to and passionate as I would think Frida was. I purchased this CD a second time to give to a female Hispanic artist who identifies with the trials and tribulations of Frida. This artist now paints while listening to this CD. Her artwork not only has improved but has become popular. I defiantly recommend its purchase.
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • a modern experience I'll never forget
  • Alan Dean Foster Meets Rush!
  • Great Album
 Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
Coheed & Cambria
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000AA302A
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Keeping The Blade
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There's a lot to be said for continuity and high concept, and Coheed and Cambria have invented an elaborate geeky parallel sci-fi world that spread over four CDs. If you follow the story line, it unfolds like some punk Harry Potter series; equally ambitious and didactic and almost as tightly written as the Moody Blues' "Days of Future Passed." You can also listen to each of the albums without a thought about the story and marvel at the musicianship, the intricately layered guitars, Claudio Sanchez's overwrought and rather pinched vocals and the sheer imagination displayed by these four musicians whose idiosyncratic emo seamlessly flows into prog rock. Epic, surreal, bigger than life, and utterly unlike anything you've heard in decades--even Geddy Lee expounding on free will. -- Jaan Uhelszki

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars The 'musically stunted mans Dream Theater'!.......2007-07-26

As a prog and metal rock fan for over 30 years, I tried real hard to like this enigmatic release, but in my opinion it falls short on many levels. The vocalist is horrendous. He has been compared to Geddy Lee by many, but Geddy's voice has a LOT more soul, timbre, and smoothness. Comparisons to Dream Theater have also been made as well, but C&C's chord progressions and guitar work sound purposeless and disjointed, and DO have elements of the lousy 'Emo rock' genre. The fact that many here bring this up must mean many of us hear it. I applaud bands that try to 'push or break the musical envelope', but unfortunately, C&C's sound comes across as confused with no real musical direction. You can play with fervor and conviction, as these guys do, BUT if the music sounds forced and boring, there's nothing you can do to 'connect' with some listeners. Not my cup of tea.

5 out of 5 stars If Lord of the Rings was put in a blender with Led Zeplin..........2007-07-17

I wasn't excpepting much from this album before purchasing. I heard the Suffering which I thought was catchy, but I thought there was no way the album could be that good the whole way threw. I was wrong. The music ranges from rythmic harder rock (Welcome Home, and some of the later songs on the album) to really out there fast beats (Once upon your dead body, the Suffering).

Were this album really succeds is in it's great stroyline. The artwork of the album as well as the music relays a sense of epic-ness. You truly will not understand the depth of this Cd until you've heard it first-hand. Buy this CD I could not have been more pleased. In the great words of Apollo I and II, tonight the night on Burning Star IV...

You also may want to check out the Special Edition of the album. The Special Edition comes with a bonus DVD.

5 out of 5 stars a modern experience I'll never forget.......2007-07-09

Luis Mejia (son) - I have to admit that I am one of those guys who love proffesional and complex music but I certainly lost my hope since mid 90's, specially in prog and good rock, and stayed in the era of the 70's, a magical era wich I didn't live. I never met the band 'till I heard the genre "new prog" and Coheed And Cambria was on the main charts, I also recognized the band because my cousin told me about it so I decided to give them a try, and this was the first album I bought seen the good critics and sales. Low in hopes, even when I heard the first track I was surprised they applied that kind of instruments in a classical way. Even more than a year that I've heard this album from the first track to the last one I'm still shocked of how excellent, delicate and professional it is!

I characterize this album more as heavy metal or progressive metal, even a litle bit of alt rock, but it stays a little apart from prog, even when it has certain characteristics of the genre.

The composition of each track is simple superb, delicate, heavy and well thought. Lisetn well, EVERY track is incredible and outstanding, one of the few album you don't have to skip any track; Welcome Home, Ten Speed (Of God Blood And Burial), the four fragments of The Willing Well (specially part 4), The Suffering and Wake Up are extremelly potent tracks that show every characteristic of the album, including soft ballads (until half of the album I never imagined a soft track), rythmical and confortable tracks like The Suffering, heavy, potential tracks with escapist sounds like Welcome Home and Ten Speed, the most likely prog songs like the fragments of The Willnig Well, and so on, each track is different from the other one. The moods of the CD are quite difficult to identify; I quite agree with those reviewers who characterize this album mainly EMO, and though it has many characteristics of EMO (wich I still do not think is a defined or even real genre) it also assimilates alt rock, prog, heavy metal, and so on; within the moods the songs are very different among each other but I can say their moods are agressive, hard, soft, constantly changing, experimental and a certain level of complexity.

Among the artists the guitar of Travis Stever is the best feature in the album, he's such a talented guitarrist, Claudio Sanchez vocals are very melodic and nice to hear but it isn't a voice such talented and trained but stunning as well, Josh Eppard drums are one of those instruments that in every song you listen to them carefully, and Michael Todd bass can be heard, you don't know how it bothers me not to be able to hear a bass in a song, but he makes it sound incredible.

Viewed as a concept album, its a little weird and even a little dumb as a concept album, I trully know that they are trying to make five albums about Teh Amory Wars but it's obvious that Coheed And Cambria would have a lot more credit and much better critics if it weren't for this detail.

In conclussion this band demonstrate among a world full of pitiful new music how still it can be excellent compositions written, if they only take their time, any musician can bring back the flame of music, good music, and the CD is a masterpiece, my sincere recommendations to everyone who appreciates good music.

5 out of 5 stars Alan Dean Foster Meets Rush!.......2007-05-25

As my title states, Coheed & Cambria remind me of a really good sci/fi book set to music. Like a cross between Star Wars and Dream Theatre. I got IKSOSE first and still like that album better, I think simply because it is easier to follow the storyline. This album is much more musically complex though. It took me a long time to get used to the Claudio's voice because I a fan of Doom Metal not pop (not that they are a pop band), so it actually was the storyline that got me so interested. If you like concept albums, this is like trying to solve a really awesome riddle. I love the intro to Good Apollo with the violin!

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2007-05-09

Yes C&C is an acquired taste, everything written in other reviews for all the albums pretty much spells out what people like about them. They are just what the current scene lacks, and bring back melodic, powerful, catchy metal in spades.....call it emo(the stupidest label ever coined bar none) or any other dumb term you want.....these guys simply rock.
The reviewer below is more interested in the album art, if thats your concern stick with cereal boxes or bazooka joe wrappers, this is rock n' roll. He also claims "sub par musicianship", which is an amazingly naive statement by someone who must know little about that which they speak. Grab a guitar and write tunes anywhere near this level. Sub par my a**. These guys are at the top of their game.
Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 35 Years Later
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 Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Vol. 1
Elvis Presley
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ASIN: B000QGDIHA
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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4 out of 5 stars 35 Years Later.......2007-07-21

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've heard (and read) all the criticisms of Elvis' management and the Camden albums before. I'm not saying that some of it isn't justified, but c'mon, it's been 35 years or more since the Camden albums were released. Get over it!! Just sit back and enjoy the music.
If you still remember how. All the other "stuff" doesn't matter now.

3 out of 5 stars Great title hit!.......2007-06-20

Burning Love was one of Elvis' best recordings period. Unfortunately Elvis' management never figured out how to package and market his albums. Instead of releasing a new album featuring his big hit single, they opted for the quick and easy buck by packaging the hit with a bunch of older, so-so songs from his movies.

In order to be able to release several albums a year, Elvis' management had started packaging his new singles with some of his old songs that had not been released on an album. While it may have been a way to make a fast buck, Elvis' new material deserved better and should have been packaged with other new songs and treated as a major release, rather than a budget release. While the song Burning Love went all the way to number 2 on the Billboard singles chart and number 1 on the rival Cashbox chart, the album only managed to climb to 22 on the album chart. Elvis had enough new material at the time to put out a high-quality new album that probably would have done much better on the chart. As it was, they pretty much wasted his biggest hit of the 1970s by putting it on an album with a bunch of dated material.

The original album included:
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ASIN: B000002J2Q
Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

  1. Dancing Men
  2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  3. Love For Sale
  4. Beulah Witch
  5. Nutville
  6. Cotton Tail
  7. No Jive
  8. Milestones
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  10. Machine
  11. Straight No Chaser
  12. Slo-Funk
  13. Shawnee
  14. Drumorello
  15. The Drum Also Waltzes
  16. Lingo
  17. Ya Gotta Try
  18. Pick Up The Pieces

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Great Drummers of the 20th Century , Bad CD.......2007-07-27

This has most of the most important Jazz and Rock Drummers from the 20th century. We have Gadd,Peart,Bruford,Cobham , all Great drummers and great drumming on the albums. I have to say I love Jazz and Big Band stuff, but the music on this album is not that good. The best Big Band arrangement is done By Bill Bruford, who wrote His arrangement , most of the others sound Boring. I would get the DVD of the Making of this CD , ITS more entertaining. Also Try Phill Collins "Live In Paris" and the song "LOS Endos" for a Big Band arrangement done well.

5 out of 5 stars Burning for Buddy: What a testament!.......2007-03-03

Having experience in Rock drumming for a little over 10 years, studying Buddy and trying to learn anything remotely similar to his technique where jazz and swing is concerned was quite humbling and frustrating all at once. Hearing this album also showed me that while the great drummers of our age also don't match up to Buddy, they do an honorable job interpreting his music in their own unique way.

It takes quite the musician to not only play Jazz, but play good Jazz. Not only play good Jazz, but play good Jazz well. Buddy Rich was the consummate musician. Drummer's loved him, horn players loved him, singer's loved him, everyone loved him. This tribute album is a testament to the impact he has had on music and humanity. All of the drummers involved did an amazing job. The entire Band [from what I understand all but 2 members are Buddy's original band members] did an amazing job.

Every song is great and provides a wonderful listen both to the musician and casual music lover alike. God bless Neil Peart and everyone involved for putting this together. I love it!

5 out of 5 stars Great!.......2006-11-10

Just great! The best drummer ever played by some of the greatest drummers actually! You just can't miss it...

4 out of 5 stars Burning for Buddy Vol. I.......2006-08-11

This is a great recording if you like bona-fide big band without the crackle of the 40's and 50's and also without the overprocessing so many newer recordings suffer from. I really enjoyed this!

5 out of 5 stars For Drummers and Others.......2006-08-03

You can come at this album from a number of possible directions: as a drummer wanting to sample the styles of some of the best in the business; as a rock or pop fan curious about big-band jazz; as a jazz fan curious as to how well rock drummers handle jazz arrangements; as a Buddy Rich fan, to see whether there's any drummer in either jazz or rock that is a threat to his exhalted position in the pantheon.

I don't know of any 2-CD set that will give you a more diverse sampling of who's who in both jazz and rock drumming. Most other samplers are of either rock or jazz drummers, and seldom is there any overlap. One thing you find, especially if you read the interviews, is that many rock drummers have been aware of jazz drumming, and of Buddy Rich in particular. His appeal transcends genre when drummers have been open-minded enough to look past the fact that he came from jazz.

For the rock fan unaware of big-band jazz, or who thought it was only nostalgic "wrinkle music," this album, put together by Rush drummer Neal Peart, will have to be a surprise. Granted, the kind of "edge" in the music of a dozen or so horns is different from the "edge" of loud electronic effects; but there is definitely all the edge you could want in the Buddy Rich band. Nor do the arrangements sound archaic or out of date.

The jazz lover who thought there was little real talent among rock drummers will be pleasantly surprised and enlightened also. Many of the arrangements in the Rich book were pretty demanding, but none of the rock drummers on this tribute seem to struggle at all. Some even show some real chops, and all are enjoyable to hear.

Now for the Buddy Rich fan. Of these, there is more than one kind. There are those who, while they love Rich's work, also love that of a number of other great drummers; and there are those who simply think no one can touch him in any aspect of drumming. It really depends what you look for in big-band drumming. Some truly great drummers do best with a smaller group or with a more sedate type of band. They simply do not provide the DRIVE that a hot jazz big band needs.

In this one aspect of drumming at least, Rich was without peer. Anyone who doubts this should take this two-volume set, and find the originals of the same tunes done by the band with Rich himself on drums. Play the cut (for example, "Dancing Man") from this tribute CD, then play the orginal with Rich on drums. Do this with each of the cuts on both, and see which you find more exciting to listen to.

Notice the little ways Rich adds to and embellishes what the band is doing. While most of the tribute drummers are very good, you hear things like where a tribute drummer may do a couple of rimshots for a signal kick, Rich will do a crisp, quick little roll INTO a rimshot. Either is acceptable, but the things Rich does are often less cliched and more technically demanding.

The Rich fanatic will find himself reassured that no one threatens Buddy's place in the pantheon. But the open-minded listener will also be introduced to some fine drumming talent he may not have been aware of, from both jazz and rock. The CD is a must, not only for drummers, but for anyone who enjoys good drumming and/or good contemporary big-band music.
Hang Love
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Desperate third set
  • Prepare to be blown away!
  • Back With A Vengance
 Hang Love
Burning Brides
Manufacturer: Modern Art
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O77KZW
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

  1. Ring Around the Rosary
  2. San Diego
  3. She Comes to Me
  4. Waring Street
  5. Your Nation Will Die
  6. Unglued
  7. Poor House
  8. Feel No Shame
  9. Hang Love
  10. And I'm Free

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Desperate third set.......2007-07-23

Burning Brides is one of those garage sounding type of bands. Not at all what you would call main stream but good solid rock none the less. Their second CD, "Leave No Ashes", was a great independent listen and to date, my favorite by this small group. Hang Love seems a bit like they took some of the more popular songs off the last CD and copied all their songs to sound like them. It's not a bad CD at all, but to me, most of the songs sound alike. Still, it's the kind of music I tend to play in my band. It's worth a listen, hey, you may just fall in love.

5 out of 5 stars Prepare to be blown away!.......2007-06-25

Burning Brides have outdone themselves with this new album! I got goosebumps from the first strum of Dimiti's mighty axe! This band continues to produce new and amazing music. Each song on this album leaves an impression that will NOT be forgotten. What I feel is most different on this album, as compared to the first two releases, is an obvious L.A. feel to the sounds that I hear. It is almost as if the band has become more comfortable with themselves as artists...thank goodness for that ocean air! Props to Burning Brides for creating their best album yet!

5 out of 5 stars Back With A Vengance.......2007-06-24

Hang Love is The Burning Brides 3rd record, and it is amazing. To me it takes all the best parts of their two previous records Fall of the Plastic Empire and Leave No Ashes, and then adds a whole heaping of Heavy. Having been a fan for a long time, its great to see them continuing to push themselves to make their songs better, and not rest on their laurels. My picks for top song are: Waring Street, Your Nation Will Die, and Poor House.
Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • You Gotta Love 'em.
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  • Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down
  • Why don't you own this?
  • Tops
 Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down
The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TZZU
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

  1. Never Been To The Islands (Howard & Hugh's Blues)
  2. Never Been Hurt
  3. Living In A World Unknown
  4. Everybody's Talked Too Much
  5. Last Letter Home
  6. Who's Crying Now
  7. Just Between You And Me And The Wall, You're A Fool
  8. I'm Setting You Free
  9. Geneva's Lullaby
  10. Two Can Do It Too
  11. Burning The Ballroom Down
  12. A Jackass Gets His Oats
  13. Ashes Of Love
  14. All That I Had Left (With You)
  15. I Pity The Mother And The Father (When The Kids Move Away)
  16. Della's Long Brown Hair
  17. Out Of Control
  18. Red To Blue (When Dreams Come True)
  19. The Spirit Walk

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1. Never Been To The Islands (Howard & Hugh's Blues)
2. Never Been Hurt
3. Living In A World Unknown
4. Everybody's Talked Too Much
5. Last Letter Home
6. Who's Crying Now
7. Just Between You And Me And The Wall, You're A Fool
8. I'm Setting You Free
9. Geneva's Lullaby
10. Two Can Do It Too
11. Burning The Ballroom Down
12. Jackass Gets His Oats, A
13. Ashes Of Love
14. All That I Had Left (With You)
15. I Pity The Mother And The Father (When The Kids Move Away)
16. Della's Long Brown Hair
17. Out Of Control
18. Red To Blue (When Dreams Come True)
19. Spirit Walk, The


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You Gotta Love 'em........2007-06-12

It's the sounds you remembered and loved. It's nothing you've never heard before but it's something you haven't heard in a while. Classic Aces-- what more can you say? I've still got it in vinyl but it never sounded this good.

5 out of 5 stars Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down.......2007-02-06

Two of the top Three albums this group made. Maybe the top 2.
The musicianship heard here is rarely felt or heard today.
The only thing that was ever bad about these albums,
was they did not get publicized well enough.

5 out of 5 stars Toucan Do It Too/Burning the Ballroom Down.......2006-11-06

The Amazing Rhythm Aces are still Amazing! I enjoyed them in the 70"s and now I can enjoy them again. It's great that the old albums are out on CD.

5 out of 5 stars Why don't you own this?.......2005-08-21

This, fellow ARA fans, is the real thing. The recordings are clear, the production very good and the songs are just as good as we remembered. There have been other recordings released on CD which should have never seen the light of day due to terrible original recordings, but don't worry this time. These recordings are a delight!

The Combination of "Stacked Deck" and "Too Stuffed to Jump" may overwhelm some people into thinking they have all of the classic ARA music if they own that CD. This is understandable because those two albums are incredible and have both of ARA's biggest hits: "Third Rate Romace" and "Amazing Grace (Used To Be Her Favorite Song)," but "Toucan Do It Too" combined with "Burning The Ballroom Down" is just as loaded with quality songs and performances.

My all-time favorite ARA song is "Burning The Ballroom Down" because of the music and, to me more importantly, from the stream of emotions that come from the singer's perspective. Russell Smith nails this song all the way from smugness ("I know why you're here by the look in your eye") at the beginning to near-desperation ("It might have to last me forever if I don't see you again") at the end. "Never Been To The Islands" kicks things off with a laid-back style that's easy on the ears, quickly followed by Smith's soulful rendition of "Never Been Hurt" for an excellent contrast.

Again, the musical styles vary across a wide spectrum with the music fitting the lrics and they are all good. The group that was too rock for country, too country for rock and just too eclectic for anywhere else was before its time, but it's given us some great songs.

Pick this up along with another great two-album ARA CD, "Stacked Deck/Too Stuffed To Jump" and their later, self-titled CD.
If you've never heard the Amazing Rhythm Aces, how do you know if you will like them? Do you like surprisingly thoughtful and often clever lyrics? Do you like excellent musicianship? Do you enjoy being exposed to different sounding songs on the same CD? You could do a whole lot worse than this CD and it would be hard to do much better.

5 out of 5 stars Tops.......2002-04-05

I came to the Aces many years after they made their first recordings, and it felt like stumbling on a gold mine or discovering at age 40 that there was such a thing as chocolate. I first heard "Burning the Ballroom Down" on a bootleg tape, driving to Dulles Airport before daylight, and it was like being transported elsewhere. This is my favorite album of the 1000+ albums I own.
Burning in the Sun
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • perfect instrumentation and singing
  • Excellent debut (and swan song)
  • One or possibly two songs are good
  • Great album, so long Blue Merle
  • Spare me the Coldplay comparisons!
 Burning in the Sun
Blue Merle
Manufacturer: Island
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ASIN: B0006ZXJT8
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Burning In The Sun
  2. If I Could
  3. Lucky To Know You
  4. Stay
  5. Every Ship Must Sail Away
  6. Boxcar Racer
  7. Made To Run
  8. Seeing Through You
  9. Places
  10. Part Of Your History
  11. Either Way It Goes
  12. Bittersweet Memory

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This Nashville band may have lifted its name from the lyrics of a Led Zeppelin song but listeners expecting nine-minute guitar epics about medieval orgies and fiery demons are bound to be disappointed. Blue Merle favors a lighter touch, as sketched out on the wistful title track of its debut album, Burning In The Sun. The jangly song evokes the Dave Matthews Band with its lilting fiddles and spiraling rhythms, while singer-songwriter Luke Reynolds sounds like a dead ringer for Coldplay's Chris Martin. Having played Bonnaroo, toured with Donovan Frankenreiter and recoded with Matthews producer Stephen Haris, the band seems destined to find a home with the Relix crowd. It would be a shame if it settled there. Rich, emotionally detailed songs like "If I Could" and "Stay" not only transcend genres, they're capable of changing lives. -- Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars perfect instrumentation and singing.......2007-06-04

two years ago I went to a dave matthews band concert at the nissan pavilion in virginia. I didnt expect to hear such amazing talent before dave even came on.. it was blue merle, they were fantastic! the night I left there I drove to a walmart super center and bought their cd.. Since then I can say out of all my cds I have listened to theirs the most. they are a fantastic band, its a shame they had to break up

5 out of 5 stars Excellent debut (and swan song).......2006-12-30

I was very disappointed to see that Blue Merle broke up as I really enjoy listening to all of the tracks on this most excellent debut. If you like, Cold Play, Keane, Vertical Horizon and the like, you will not be disappointed with Blue Merle.

2 out of 5 stars One or possibly two songs are good.......2006-10-06

Because I like faster music with a beat that makes me tap a foot, I only liked the cut "Lucky To Know You." "Seeing Through You" is all right, too. Perhaps Reynolds will independently release a CD of his own with more songs like "Lucky To Know You."

5 out of 5 stars Great album, so long Blue Merle.......2006-06-30

I saw these guys live twice and they put on a great show. The album is very impressive as well. The bad news is that they are no longer. A message on thier website said they broke up to follow different paths. So this album is a one of kind find, worth the price if you like crossover pop/ bluegrass kind of feel. It makes you want to drive out through open spaces. Good stuff.

4 out of 5 stars Spare me the Coldplay comparisons!.......2006-01-05

I've only one thing to say to all of the squidgedy morons who bemoan that "they ripped off Coldplay". CLEAN THE WAX OUT OF YOUR EARS!

Sure you can compare the sound of Luke's voice to Chris Martin's but, that's where it ends. The vocal style is not the same and the songs are not even close to being similar. Blue Merle has roots in rock, country, and bluegrass. The only bluegrass COLDPLAY ever saw was on a trip to Denmark.

If you folks making the Coldplay comparison knew half as much as you think you do about music you still couldn't fill a thimble.

This is a great CD of songs that I'll be enjoying for sometime.
Veni Vidi Vicious
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Putting the "rage" back in Garage Rock
  • Totally Fun but not Genius
  • AMAZING!!!!
  • ROCK OUT!!
  • Ouch......
 Veni Vidi Vicious
The Hives
Manufacturer: Burning Heart Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000066F6H
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

  1. The Hives - Declare Guerre Nucleaire
  2. Die, All Right!
  3. A Get Together to Tear It Apart
  4. Main Offender
  5. Outsmarted
  6. Hate To Say I Told You So
  7. The Hives-Introduce the Metric System in Time
  8. Find Another Girl
  9. Statecontrol
  10. Inspection Wise 1999
  11. Knock Knock
  12. Supply And Demand

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American punk rock seems to get more watered down with each passing year. Leave it to the Swedes to remind the USA that we were once the home of the Stooges and the MC5. The Hives' Veni Vidi Vicious owes its very being to Detroit's punk genesis; they may be decades too late, but the Hives capture the zeal and fury perfectly. "Die, All Right," an angry rant against capitalism, spikes the aural brew with frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's nasty nasal shouts. Just as rocking is "Hate to Say I Told You So," which boasts a clunky punk groove and delightfully dark lyrics such as "Do what I please gonna spread the disease because I wanna / Gonna call all the shots for the no's and the not's." Veni Vidi Vicious clocks in at just under half an hour--a perfectly timed charge of codeine-meets-caffeine and decibels-meets-delicious-rock. --Jason Josephes

Album Description

2000 release from the amazing Swedish rockers who make The Strokes sound like The Eagles.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Putting the "rage" back in Garage Rock.......2007-02-09

Plain and simple, this album is loud, heavy-hitting garage rock at its finest. From the very outset, The Hives punch you in the face with a relentless stream of power-chords, pounding drums, and "screw you!" vocals. The band let's you catch your breath for a moment on their rendition of "Find Yourself Another Girl" but then quickly resumes the onslaught before eventually finishing up with the catchy "Supply & Demand". If you heard "Main Offender" and/or "Hate To Say I Told You So" and thought "Hey, this ain't too bad", then do yourself a favor and pick up Veni Vidi Vicious today. Don't be fooled by reviewers who claim The Hives are nothing but a ripoff of The Who, The MC5, etc...let's not forget, those bands were ripoffs too.

3 out of 5 stars Totally Fun but not Genius.......2006-03-20

I don't know why this album in particular has instigated this tirade from me but for some reason all the bad reviews have really pissed me off. For whatever reason I'm in the habit of reading the lowest rated reviews of albums I like first. Usually I just laugh at the ignorant fools who say stuff like, "The Velvet Underground is the most over rated band in history," and you won't find a more vigorous Velvets defender than me. But the handful of lousy reviews for this album, which I don't even give 4 stars myself, really made me mad.
First of all, I think that in 2006 it's really idiotic to dismiss a band because they sound like another band. So the Hives are obviously derivative of the MC5, the Kinks, Da Stooges, etc. and those bands did it first and better. Of course they did... THEY'RE THE F**KING MC5! But you know what? The MC5 hasn't made any new music since 1971. So any band that worships them as much as I do is cool with me. As long as they don't rip off riffs directly I'm ok with "derivative". Because if you like that old-school crummy rock it's hard to come by and you should be dying for more. Besides in this day and age it's almost impossible to NOT be derivative of something (before you jump down my throat, I know there are exceptions: Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Tom Waits - off the top of my head). As long as it's done right, with the appropriate reverence/humor, it's perfectly acceptable to wear your influences on your sleeve.
Secondly, when people complain that a 30 minute rock album is a rip off because it's too short just tells me that those idiots have absolutely no understanding of rock-n-roll at all let alone the history of the music business. You see, in the glory days before Compact Discs destroyed music 30 - 40 minutes was the most music you could cram on an LP without losing fidelity. More than that and you had to either cram the grooves so close you lost sound or you had to move it on to a second LP which was prohibitively expensive. That's part of the reason some of those first 2 lp albums are real classics, i.e. The White Album, Exile on Maine Street, Blonde On Blonde. [Actually the White Album is a bad example because it was the first album on Apple Records but you get my point.] In order to convince the label to put out two LPs you really had to have something to say. Otherwise your album got cut to fit the medium, therefore you left the weaker songs off the record. The CD's 75 minute format allowed artists to become very poor self-editors. Whatever crap they recorded got slapped on the CD. Rarely is there a 75, or even 60 minute album that is good all the way through but, now, the music buying public, in true American-Consumer fashion, has come to demand quantity over quality. "If I'm going to spend $18 on a CD I better be getting 75 minutes of music even if 45 minutes of that is pabulum I'll never listen to." (For a few years a backlash to this has been building, hence the success of iTunes.)
Anyway, my long rambling point is that - More Is Rarely Better! The Hives' 30 Minute Veni Vidi Vicious is the perfect length. No filler. No tedious solos that need to be skipped over. The longest song clocks in at 3:22; no time to get bored here. Just 12 short kick-ass examples of garage rock in almost it's purest form. I say "almost" because, despite what some reviewers here say, this album is overproduced. Personally, I really cherish that recorded-in-my-parent's-basement kind of feel to my crappy rock records; this album is obviously meant to be a little bit more radio friendly. I can't fault them for that but it's just not my thing.
Bottom line is that this is a fun record and I think that a majority of the reviews have missed this point. If you understand that when I call some music "crappy" I don't necessarily mean it derogatorily or if you appreciate Lenny Kaye's Nuggets Collection or if you have a collection of cherished 45s you bought at local rock shows then I trust this album will make you smile. No, it's not as good as the MC5 or the Stooges or what ever high water marks you want set for Rock... But what is? If you can't get over that I can only suggest your life would be much happier if you get off that pretentious pole you've got lodged in your rectum.

4 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!!.......2006-03-18

i love the Hives. This album is so fast and loud and not like anything else around today, i don't understand how you could not like it. Sure Howlin' Pelle is a bit hard to understand, but he's so high energy and amazing! if you like music, you definetly need to own this CD

5 out of 5 stars ROCK OUT!!.......2005-11-18

Its been a while since a band like the Hives have been around. Bands liike the Stooges and the New York Dolls were bands that had the energy, the anger, and the talent to pioneer punk rock. Raw Power by the Stooges especially showed what a breakneck speed thrashing guitars, anthemic, though at times repetitive drum work, and a screeching voice can do. The Hives remind me so much of these great bands, and they certainly hold their own.

This album is packed into a half hour, but after that short half hour, you will feel like you need to sit down somewhere and take a breather. The screaming, breaking vocals of Howlin' Pelle never ceases to amaze me. One reviewer stated that musically this album was amazing, but the voice was horrible. But in response to that, how many other singers could keep up with their music, and maintain the energy??

This is such a fun album. Some of my favorites are the anti-capitlaist Die, Alright!, Main Offender, Hate to Say I Told You So, and The Hives Introduce the Metric System of Time. one thing to know about this album, not to stray from the quality of the album, is that it just might have been the Hives golden age. Their debut Barely Legal is faster, harder, and much sloppier. this approach has its appeal, but it isn't the amazing punk rock record that this is. Their followup to this album, Tyrannosaurus Hives, was good, but it seemed to have mellowed some. I guess most bands don't feel they can only put out continually crazy albums, and i am proud of them for experimenting with more serious forms of rock. but their specialities are seen here. so pick this up, and prepare to fall in love as you are rocked straight out of your socks! (heh heh sorry for the bad pun, it just seemed to fit!)

2 out of 5 stars Ouch.............2005-09-18

This album is probably THE best instrumental album I've ever heard, and it's ausom how this band is from Sweden. So I always find myself thinking what a kik a** band when I start listening to the track, while the bass is rocking like crazy and the drums are doing godlike things, and then, I face sinks, as the vocals come in....
The vocals in this album are the worst I've ever heard, and i really hate to say that. The instrumentals are so incredible, but this vocalist hurts your ears, and it won;t grow on you. I've tried, many times, to love this allbum, and i just can't, I wish this band would find a new vocalist so I could worship them.
The Burning Hour
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Alternative 80's throwback with some edge
  • Absolutely Incredible!
 The Burning Hour
Test Your Reflex
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NVL9JW
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

  1. I'm Not Sorry
  2. Pieces Of The Sun
  3. Thinking Of You
  4. New Year
  5. I Am Alive
  6. Black Hearts
  7. Do We Belong
  8. I Won't Follow
  9. This Year (If We Fall in Love)
  10. I Know You're Lonely
  11. Painted Red

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If John Hughes were still making movies like Pretty in Pink, he'd surely find a place on the soundtrack for this young LA quintet. On their first full-length, Test Your Reflex combines yearning vocals, driving rhythms, and textural guitar work. They're a little U2 ("I'm Not Sorry" suggests "With or Without You"), a little Cars (Andrew Ampaya's keyboard playing evokes Elliot Easton), and a little Simple Minds (remember "If You Leave" from The Breakfast Club?). Vocalist Ryan Levine even sings with a hint of a British accent, a trait he shares with the Strokes' Julian Casablancas. The Burning Hour doesn't necessarily sound like a flashback to 1987, but it doesn't exactly scream 2007 either, and the band mostly cites 1980s influences: the Cure, Duran Duran, the Smiths, etc. That said, they also cite David Bowie and Brian Eno, but their music is more polished and less adventurous than those 1970s references indicate. The Burning Hour makes for an agreeable listen, but more grit and time spent with risk-taking records, like Bowie's Low and Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets would do these boys a world of good. In the meantime, they're sure to find a home on commercial radio and on primetime dramas revolving around unrequited romance. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Alternative 80's throwback with some edge.......2007-05-22

What a great album. Every track seems to conjure up memories of great songs from the past but with a present-day edge. Combine The Cure from the 80's and the modern-day band The Killers and you have a lot of what these songs sound like.

This one will be on my playlist for the forseeable future.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Incredible!.......2007-04-26

It's hard to believe that this is TYR's first release. This is as polished and professional as it gets. TYR is a throwback to the bands of yesteryear, whose talents as musicians, songwriters and performers outweighed the effects of studio mixing and enhancements. The Burning Hour is a CD for all audiences, buy it, listen to it, love it!

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  2. Chaos A.D.
  3. Days of Rising Doom [Import]
  4. Decoding the Soul [Import]
  5. Deggial [Import]
  6. Desert Dreams [Import]
  7. Diabolical
  8. Dust to Dust [Import]
  9. Exposed
  10. Extended Versions [Live]

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