Useless

Useless

Track Listings

1. Naïve

2. Less Of

3. Panic

4. I

5. Useless

6. Clean

Tracks:

The Other End Of The Telescope
Little Atoms
All This Useless Beauty
Complicated Shadows
Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Distorted Angel
Shallow Grave
Poor Fractured Atlas
Starting To Come To Me
You Bowed Down
It's Time
I Want To Vanish

Tracks:

Almost Ideal Eyes
My Dark Life (with Brian Eno)
That Day Is Done (with The Fairfield Four)
What Do I Do Now?
The Bridge I Burned
It's Time (demo)
Complicated Shadows (demo)
You Bowed Down
Mistress And Maid (demo)
Distorted Angel (demo)
World's Greatest Optimist (demo)
The Only Flame In Town (demo)
The Comedians (demo)
The Days Take Care Of Everything (demo)
Hidden Shame (demo)
Why Can't A Man Stand Alone (demo)
Distorted Angel (Tricky Remix)

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Elvis Costello's final album for Warner Bros. might have been even more widely ignored had he and the Attractions not gone on tour to support it. The result led to a final split, but All This Useless Beauty still ended up doing little business. This reissue, part of Rhino's first wave of a Costello remaster/refurbishing campaign, provides an opportunity to hear mostly exemplary songwriting and assuredly masterful performances. Darkly observant and even witty, tracks like "The Other End of the Telescope" (a rewrite of a Costello-Aimee Mann collaboration), "Distorted Angel," and "Starting to Come to Me" could take their places on anyone's mix tape. (The snarling "Complicated Shadows," one of the few full-on rockers here, even made it as far as a Sopranos episode.) Costello overreaches on the title track, but its sophisticated tone works just about everywhere else it's tried. The bonus disc of demos and one-offs is necessarily a sonic hodgepodge, but it's a damn fine long-player on its own. Costello's liner notes are, as always, a must. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

A mixed bag of stones with a few nuggets of gold.......2007-06-22

I'm in the process of listening to EC's catalog beyond his first few familiar recordings and wanted to like ATUB more than I have the first couple of times through.

Much of the first disc simply strikes me as too esoteric. Other than the somewhat enjoyable title cut, disc one drags more than a bit until you hit the last four songs. Things pick up with 'Starting to Come to Me' and improve, song-by-song, through 'You Bowed Down', 'It's Time' and finally the sad, lovely 'I Want to Vanish'.

The bonus disc is inconsistent, but has some interesting tunes. 'Almost Ideal Eyes' sounds like a bizarre, cosmic fusion of Harry Connick Jr. and Santana. 'That Day is Done', with the Fairfield Four, is done in gospel style...an unique turn for Elvis. 'Mistress and Maid', with Paul McCartney, isn't especially tuneful, but delivers a gut-punch. Love the version here of 'The Only Flame in Town'. 'The Comedians', 'The Days Take Care of Everything' and 'Hidden Shame' (once recorded by Johnny Cash) also merit attention.

You can find something to enjoy on just about every Elvis Costello recording.....some more than others. Perhaps ATUB will grow on me.

The best CD ever. By anyone........2006-08-14

Elvis has released a lot of great albums, and a certain amount of mundane tripe. This one is great. Twelve quite distinctive songs that complement each other beautifully and form one cohesive whole. Great variety in arrangement, but each song seems to belong right after the song before it. Elvis is the best lyricist in pop (?!) music, and these are his best lyrics - creative use of and plays on words, alternating with deep pondering of life and the universe. The melodies are superb. There are better artists than Elvis, but there are no better albums than All This Useless Beauty.

Best.......2004-10-23

Best Costello recording of all (except for maybe Armed Forces)...great variety, all the songs are good, no hoaky stuff, serious compositions....a treat for listeners and musicians alike....highly recommended!

Quite good.......2004-08-26

This is an excellent later period Elvis record. Worth buying for the first 2 tracks alone.

I'm as Certain As a Lost Dog Pondering a Sign Post.......2003-11-18

This album is the bridge between Elvis and Burt Bacharach. It's easy to listen the main disc's "I Want To Vanish," "Why Can't A Man Stand Alone" and the title track and imagine them with the kind of lush arrangements that Bacharach would favor for the "Painted From Memory" album. But standing alone, "All This Useless Beauty" contains some of the finest of the Attractions' later day performances. Their live work on "Complicated Shadows" proves that they remained one of the best natural rock machines to ever call themselves a band.

As usual, though, the center of all this remains Elvis' wordplay. "All This Useless Beauty" started with EC's desire to produce a double disc that would encompass several of the songs he had either recorded with or for other people, and, meeting with the usual record company indifference, evolved into something completely different. You do get some of those songs that became well known for others (Til Tuesday for "The Other End Of The Telescope," Roger McGuinn for "You Bowed Down") but also brought to life a matured and wizened lyrical perspective. To wit: "Poor Fractured Atlas" always sounded like Hemmingway with a bout of depression.

The bonus disc is almost as good as the original album. (It helps to keep in mind that "All This Useless Beauty" started life as a two disc concept.) While the version of "That Day Is Done" won't make me forget Paul McCartney's from "Flowers In The Dirt," it will probably hit home with followers of "Oh Brother Where Art Thou." However, the haunting demo of "The Comedians" eventually became the version Roy Orbison chose to record, and it is easy to see why. Johnny Cash chose "Hidden Shame" (and from "King Of America," "The Big Light"). There's an early version of Aimee Mann's "World's Great Optimist" three years before her version appeared.

Like Bacharach, the songs on both the main disc and the bonus demos prove that Elvis could sit down and write a song with a target singer in mind and cast it well. "All This Useless Beauty" may have been underrated on its original 1996 debut, but this recasting of it by the great folks at Rhino make at all the more worth discovering, be it for the first or second time.

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How can a song stand alone?

It's Elvis' show, Bruce T., and don't you forget it.

Staying Power

A Poet and incredible songwriter

This album is one of the alltime bests!!!!

All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

The Other End Of The Telescope
Little Atoms
All This Usless Beauty
Complicated Shadows
Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Distorted Angel
Shallow Grave
Poor Fractured Atlas
Starting To Come To Me
You Bowed Down
It's Time
I Want To Vanish

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Beauty was the third album Elvis Costello released between 1994 and '96. It's also one of his best collections of the '90s. Something of a hodgepodge, it finds Elvis one moment recalling the anglicized soul of Get Happy!, the next making like Grandpa Grunge. Do you prefer Elvis as Roger McGuinn or Marvin Gaye? He tries out a new songwriting partner in Aimee Mann, who cowrote the lovely waltz tempo opener, "The Other End of the Telescope," but he's also brought back Paul McCartney from his Spike days to cocompose "Shallow Grave." All of which implies Elvis is all over the board. And so what? As the years pass, it's more apparent than ever that Costello has survived because his love--yes, love!--of music. When you think about it, that's an odd notion. Who'd of thought back when Elvis was spewing bile to a new-wave beat, that love, not guilt and revenge, would keep him going. --Steven Stolder

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How can a song stand alone?.......2004-05-11

All This Useless Beauty is a collection of Elvis Costello songs that did not have a home. Some of them were written for other artists to record but turned down while some were just on the backburner for a number of years. In terms of the overall feeling of the disc, each track seems to shoot for an incredibly lofty goal on its own. And when you put them all together, you're not sure if you're hearing Elvis Costello's best work or not.

This may or may not ditract you. I myself admire the fact that each song here can stand alone without depending on the weight of the others. Although they may not be the strongest songs he has written in his entire career, he does have a nice share of ballads with Poor Fractured Atlas, Why Can't A Man Stand Alone, The Other End of the Telescope, and the title track. His mysterious side bubbles up a little bit with Little Atoms and Distorted Angel. Even the amped up Complicated Shadows and Shallow Grave fit into the picture nicely, as does the extremely dramatic It's Time.

While this is not Costello's best overall album, there are no clunkers contained within.

It's Elvis' show, Bruce T., and don't you forget it........2002-12-05

I agree with previous reviewers that this is a wonderful collection of songs. When I first listened to it, I correctly guessed that Elvis had a hand in the production. Why? Because all the imaginative and insightful bass guitar work contributed by Ma'Man Bruce Thomas constitute the quietest sounds on the CD. As one previous reviewer mentioned, "Elvis' voice is front and center", and that too is no coincidence. It's Elvis' show after all, and if he wants to slightly sabotage its perfection by skewing the production because of his little feud with Bruce, well, he can of course. Our loss is his gain. But try this at home: Carefully adjust your equalizer to bump up the bass just a little bit, and then play a song like 'shallow grave' again. Feel gypped yet? Now you too have been reminded, it's Elvis' show.

Staying Power.......2002-07-04

Unfortunately this is my only Elvis CD, but that is soon to change, especially with all these reissues. I bought it after being captivated by The Other End of the Telescope on the radio. Co-writer Aimee Mann has a similar grip on me. It's a great buy used - I don't understand why this CD was so overlooked and the price is so low now. I was very glad to hear Complicated Shadows on his recent tour - it is awesome live. The title track always stops me in my tracks. I just love his versatility. He can sing a gorgeous ballad and follow it up with a rocker that can hang in there with the Stones or anyone else. And they all spring from his bottomless pit of a catalog. Amazing. If his fan base is considered a cult, they're not getting me back without some serious reprogramming.

A Poet and incredible songwriter.......2002-03-02

The lyrics of Elvis Costello's songs are poetic and beautiful. On this CD, I really ejoyed "Little Atoms", "All this Useless Beauty" and "The Other End of The Telesope".This is a very well-done CD, with well-written songs. A CD I can listen to over and over again.

This album is one of the alltime bests!!!!.......2000-10-17

This one of the best compact discs that I have ever put into my player. Elvis Costello(Declan McManus)is an inspiration to musicians everywhere. This is a must have! "Poor Fractured Atlas" made me cry the first time that I heard it. "All This Useless Beauty" is an artistic, emotional and musical beauty that will leave you utterly breathless. Get it!

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Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music

Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0001Y4JHA
Release Date: 2004-10-12

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Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

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Patience. Air.

The Useless Lesson
K. Leimer
Manufacturer: Palace of Lights
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000QBW7JU
Release Date: 2007-05-07

Tracks:

To force closed our eyes (5:38)
Failing need of more (13:55)
Music that conceives of itself as music (3:48)
Anosognosia (12:51)
Trio (Sentimental music) (5:25)
Long after Dowland (16:20)
Declension of need (7:26)

Product Description

The Useless Lesson includes collaborations with Leo Abrahams (solo artist and guitarist on Brian Eno's Another Day on Earth), Dwight Ashley (Nepenthe artist) and phonographer Anode.

Comprised of constructed and deconstructed pieces juxtaposed to disclose the contrasts and commonality of organizing and recognizing sound into music, this work emphasizes the attractions and repulsions of these two poles the ensembles used in each case differ broadly. The constructed (composed) pieces are mostly for string trio and are traditional and surface-oriented, placing their emphasis on the interaction of separate voices. Set in contrast with collaborative, steady-state and hybrid pieces which are heuristic, synthetic and process-derived -- deconstructed -- to form a solid, gapless atmosphere of densely packed voices that listeners may or may not wish to de-strand.

There are many lessons that can be deemed useless, like the uncomprehending behavior in a story ascribed to a spiritual teacher of sorts who, when in need of cash, would catch sparrows, use an aniline dye to tint the birds yellow and then sell them to the unsuspecting as canaries. It s not so much the spiritual component (are the beliefs that he taught any more or less authentic than the canaries he sold, or do any beliefs objectively matter?) as it is an indicator that many of the lessons which constitute learned behavior prove either intrinsically useless or are made so by our own behavior.

Music is, to varying degrees, also the result of learned behavior and the music of The Useless Lesson is mostly derived from considering the differences in acting on those things that are learned and acting on more spontaneous impulses.

Customer Reviews:

Patience. Air. .......2007-05-10

There is a sense of air around this recording, uncluttered and hinting at miles of history which is not included. Many of the synthesizer voices used are unabashed imitations (or samples?) of orchestral strings so the project takes on a neoclassical feel. Yet the structures are never formulaic or hewing to classical tradition, not even the modernists.

Instead the sounds drift in and out of alignment, unpredictably, like clouds.

Peaceful, the result is... peaceful and patient. And content. Soothing. And beautiful.

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phenominal if you can stand the slow tempo and English

Wagner Twilight Of The Gods

Manufacturer: Chandos
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Release Date: 1994-07-26

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Mime Was A Hideous Dwarf
Brunnhilde! Holiest Bride!
Interlude-Siegfried's Funeral Procession
Was That His Horn?
Ah! If Siegfried Were Back!
Peace With Your Cries Of Useless Lament!
Sturdy Branches, Building His Pyre
The Sun In Radiance Shines From His Eyes
My Heritage I Claim From The Hero
Fly Home You Ravens!
Grane, My Horse!

Customer Reviews:

phenominal if you can stand the slow tempo and English.......2000-04-07

Opinion is very sharply divided on Reginald Goodall's Wagner conducting, people either find it revelatory or insufferable. I personally found it very difficult to listen with sustained attention to his complete Ring, but it was worth the effort. This issue presents only the last two scenes of Act III of Twilight of the Gods, but still takes a full hour under Goodall's direction. It is a studio performance and has fewer lapses in intonation than his live recording of the complete opera. The singing is excellent; Rita Hunter has a classic Brunnhilde voice and the rest of the cast is very strong too, although they require prodigious breath control to match Goodall's tempo. The orchestral playing is beautiful and many details in the woodwind, which often get buried elsewhere, are clearly heard. The finale, although again very slow, has crushing power. I first heard this recording on the Unicorn-Kanchana label, both on record and on cassette, and thought it had some of the best sound engineering ever for this music, it really is quite enthralling. For those who object to the translation of the original text into English, I would say that Wagner himself authorized the Ring to be performed on tour after the 1876 Bayreuth Festival (by Angelo Neimann as I recall) and the translation was approved if it meant the difference between getting his music performed or not. Andrew Porter's translation comes as close to the German text as possible in rhythm and word meaning; it does lack some poetic subtleties. The singers enunciate the English text well and for a change it is nice to hear and understand everything that is sung without a libretto. The documentation is very good too. Overall, this is a fine release, although it may not appeal to everyone.

R.A.B. vol. 2 [CD & DVD] 28 Tracks Plus 6 Short political short films that you just have to see...

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R.A.B. vol. 2 [CD & DVD] 28 Tracks Plus 6 Short political short films that you just have to see...
Favorite Son - Green Day (unreleased) / Let Them Eat War - Bad Religion / Unity - Operation Ivy / Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7 - The Lawrence Arms (unreleased) , We Got the Power - Dropkick Murphys (rare) / Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly / Doomsday Breach - Only Crime / Gas Chamber - Foo Fighters (rare) , Status Pools - Lagwagon (unreleased) / What You Say - Sugarcult / 7 Years Down - Rancid / Off With Your Head - Sleater-Kinney (rare) , Scream Out - The Unseen (unreleased) / Violins - Yellowcard (unreleased) / Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair - Dillinger Four (unreleased) / Chesterfield King live - Jawbreaker (unreleased) , Born Free live - Bouncing Souls (unreleased) / No Hope live - Mad Caddies (unreleased) / Kids Today - The Dwarves (unreleased) / Can't Wait to Quit - Sick of It All (rare) , Comforting Lie - No Doubt / State of Fear - Useless ID (unreleased) / I'm Thinking - Autopilot Off (unreleased) / My Star - The International Noise Conspiracy (unreleased) , and Time's Up - Donots (unreleased) / Kill the Night - Hot Water Music (unreleased) / You're Gonna Die - Thought Riot / Fields of Agony acoustic - No Use For a Name (unreleased)
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A Good, Poppy Punk Record
Tisk tisk...
i love this cd
Useless ID-Israeli Punk
another good pop-punk band

Redemption
Useless ID
Manufacturer: Kung Fu Records
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Tracks:

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Pink Stars and Magazines
Deny It
Suffer for the Fame
Turn Up the Stereo
Before I Go
Dying Love
Drinkage
Everything Turned Red
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Customer Reviews:

A Good, Poppy Punk Record.......2007-02-14

Normally I would give this four stars, but I am giving it five because this band deserves better than the limited exposure they get, and secondly because not all the reviewers below have given this CD justice. I bought Useless ID's last CD "No Vacation From the World" and found this newer release "Redemption" to be an improvement. It's a bit poppier, but on the other hand, the song "Pink Stars and Magazines" was one of the best punk songs to be released in 2005. Also noteworthy is the opening track (which starts out almost identical to the Goo Goo Dolls "Slide" then builds up to a pop-punk chorus. Another winner is the track "Suffer For the Fame," which shows the group branching out into new territory without selling out via a big dark gothic opera (Like Good Charlotte and Blink 182 have done.) Also catchy is "Turn Up the Stereo," very similar to the Ataris "Radio #2." There are a few duds, particularly towards the end of the album (ironically the same thing dragged down their previous album a bit as well) and the track "Before I Go" sounds like it was taken right out of the Weezer playbook, but all in all, quite a good time. The album gets a positive vibe going, unlike the dark gothic all-too-serious "new mature sound" that many of these bands have adopted lately. Kudos to Useless I.D. for making another winner and giving the fans the kind of music THEY want to hear. If you're lookin for some catchy pop-punk similar to Allister's "Last Stop Suburbia" or Sugarcult's "Start Static" then look no further.

Tisk tisk..........2007-02-07

I don't know what happened to Useless ID between the release of Bad Story Happy Ending and this abomination, but whatever it was it wasn't good.

The pride of Hafia Israel, Useless ID, used to be a good punk band with poppy components. With this cd, it's obvious that they've become a pop band with (presumably) punk hair cuts. If you liked Let it Burn or Bad Story Happy Ending, do not buy this cd.

i love this cd.......2006-04-23

i heard of this cd from a co worker who plays it all the time and now its one of my favorite cds, my favorite song is turn up the stereo.

Useless ID-Israeli Punk.......2005-12-11

I only found out about Useless ID in August 05. I listened to a sample of it and loved it. Then, i bought the cd, Redemption. I still cannot believe that they are Israeli! At least that's what i've heard. I think the drummer is crazy in a good way on this whole cd. The guitars are cool, too. The lyrics are great, too. So i will do a review(by the way, i wrote the review for Slipknot + 2 if you're who i am):

1.Its allright - very cool song. Its amazing. this was the song i heard a sample of when i heard it. Even then, it was like green day. Great.
2.Kiss me/Kill me - This is a great song. i like how in the chorus the chord progression changes completely. Yes.
3.Pink stars and magazines - this is the latest "issue" of great punk songs. I love the lyrics the most. It great.
4.Deny it - This is the only song that BORES me a little. the lyrics could be a bit better and so the druming as well. 1/2 and 1/2.
5.Suffer for the fame - my absolute favorite on the whole cd. first it starts out with jazzy type music and goes into a jimi hendrix vresion one of beethovens symphonys. then it just goes into the song. but i'd still say that its great. Excitment and all. i like how at the end its kind of like a Slipknot chorus and it goes, "I!!!! don't want it in my world........" An amazing one.
6.Turn up the stereo - good song. it even does feel like i want to turn up the stereo. its great song.
7. Before i go - i think its an amazing song. 1. because my friends and me are making a movie and its about exploring and this song might be the opening credits. 2. the lyrics and vocal styling are one of the best on the cd.
8. Dying Love- its a great song. just BORES me a little. Pretty good, tho.
9.Drinkage-good song. the lyrics are pretty good. the drumming is too.
10.Everything turned red - my second favorite on the cd. really good and cool. i like when the song ends where it goes "Everything turned red the first time i saw you" over and cver again and it seems like it never stops.
11.State of fear - my third favorite on the cd. it is a great song. all i have to say.
12. Redemption - my fourth favorite. i love it, tho. its really cool, the lyrics, the percussion, and the guitars and the bass are really good in this one. great closing track.

All in all, i really love this cd and it is a must by for those who like Jimi Hendrix, green day, and Ozzy, and Slipknot. This is still an Israeli punk band. i stil can't believe they are isreali! they sing in english,tho.

another good pop-punk band.......2005-08-27

This band is pretty good. They are kinda like new found glory and a little bit of simple plan mixed in. Their beats and lyrics are completely awesome and whenever you listen to it you get pumped up. I'd reccomend this cd along with their other cd no vacation from the world.

Sail Away (Original 1962 London Cast Recording)

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cute Elaine Stritch cast album
Welllll........Elaine is Good But....
Stritch to the Max

Sail Away (Original 1962 London Cast Recording)
Noel Coward , and Elaine Stritch
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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Tracks:

Come To Me
Sail Away
Where Shall I Find Him?
Beatnik Love Affair
Later Than Spring
The Passenger's Always Right
Useless Useful Phrases
Go Slow Johnny
You're A Long, Long Way From America
The Customer's Always Right
Something Very Strange
Don't Turn Away From Love
Bronxville Darby And Joan
When You Want Me
Later Than Spring (Reprise)
Why Do The Wrong People Travel?

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Let's face it: Sometimes, even Noel Coward could fail. Take his 1961 musical Sail Away: Coward wrote the book, lyrics, and score--and sometimes you wish he had delegated a bit more. Set on the cruise ship S.S. Coronia, the show certainly has its moments, but overall it fails to make a lasting impression. While there are lovely tunes ("Sail Away," "Later than Spring") and a few peerless comic showcases ("Useless Useful Phrases," "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?"), Coward's trademark wit comes across as toothless now. And yet Sail Away remains cultish because it turned Elaine Stritch into a marquee name. The singer-actor was so good during the out-of-town tryouts that Coward expanded her part, and Stritch ran with it. She sells a ballad like "Something Very Strange" with all her heart, but what she really transcends are bravura pieces such as "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?" (which she reprised in her one-woman show At Liberty). If you want to listen to the birth of a stage star, this CD is it. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

cute Elaine Stritch cast album.......2003-09-17

SAIL AWAY wasn't a big hit on Broadway when it opened in 1961, running a scant 167 performances. However, the show was received with a better reception in London, opening at the Savoy Theatre in 1962, running 252 performances. Noel Coward's sparkling score and the fabulous Elaine Stritch are the main drawcards for buying this cast album.

Fynsworth Alley has reissued the original London cast album of SAIL AWAY, which Stritch herself considers as superior to the Broadway cast album. At last, this tuneful and witty score, with the formidale Stritch as the lead character Mimi Paragon, can be discovered for a new generation of fans.

Most memorable are Elaine Stritch's numbers "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?", "Useless Useful Phrases", "Come to Me", and the lovely 11 o'clock number "Something Very Strange".

The supporting cast includes John Hewer (THE BOY FRIEND) and Dorothy Reynolds (SALAD DAYS), with Grover Dale, Sheila Forbes, Mavis Villiers, Edith Day, David Holliday, Margaret Christensen and Sydney Arnold.

SAIL AWAY is a must-own for fans of Elaine Stritch and the genius of Noel Coward.

Welllll........Elaine is Good But...........2003-08-07

Many Broadway officianados were no doubt looking forward to the reissue of this long out of print "classic" starring the incomparable Elaine Stritch. Sad to say, one listening confirms why this show failed to make an impact, either on Broadway or London's West End. This dreary, bland little musical about not much of anything barely registers on any level. Most of the songs are trivial as well as instantly forgettable, and there is no story to speak of so nothing much keeps you interested. It takes Ms. Stritch's six solos to pull you out of the ether and, although even her considerable talents can't quite make a musical out of this mess, it's a marvelous document of Stritch hitting her stride. Thanks to CD programming, I can skip the rest of the dross and just listen to "Stritchie" (as Noel Coward use to call her) do her thing. And what a wonderful thing it is. Stritch may not have the best vocal instrument ever, but is there anyone else who can put their interpretive stamp on a song the way she does? Much like the late, great Dolores Gray, when Elaine Stritch interprets a song, every other singer in the world might as well forget about ever trying it. Stritch puts her definitive stamp on everything she touches. Yes, a trilly songbird like Julie Andrews makes a song sound wonderful. but with Stritch you hear the words, their meaning, and the song "feels" wonderful. Here, her "Why Do the Wrong People Travel" is a classic of sorts, and she amazingly brought as much gusto to the song in her one-woman show "At Liberty" some forty years later. In fact, she makes even the pedestrian "Useless Useful Phrases" worth a few listens. In fact, it's hard not to imagine what Stritch could have done with great parts at this point in her career, instead of mediocre trifles like "Sail Away". Oh well, what matters most is that Stritch was in the house for "Sail Away", and now she's there to stay. Bon vayage!

Stritch to the Max.......2003-07-28

For anyone who is a fan of Elaine Stritch, this is a must own.

For those of you looking for an interesting new (old) show, this is the one for you. The music is delightfully simple and the lyrics are wonderful. Certain songs have me thinking of Sondheim. Coward is a sarcastic and incredibly funny lyricist.

Just as Bernadette Peters is a perfect match for Sondheim, Stritch is a perfect match for Coward.

Tracks:

Same Story, Someone New
The Worst Holiday I Ever Had
Bring Me Down
My Therapy
Jukebox 86
Too Late to Start Over
Unhappy Hour
Birthday Song
Crush
Weird Rock
Stuck without a Ride
Diary
At Least I Tried
End

Customer Reviews:

Underated.......2005-01-03

its simply ridiculous that these guys arent as big and arent ibgger than many of the other pop/punk bands in the scene. I cannot wait for their new CD to come out this year (2005)!!!

please buy this CD and tell your friends about it!!!

sure, these guys may not be musical giants, but if you want music to have a good time to, but still better than your average good charlotte, then listen to this and buy it!!!

Brilliance.......2004-01-20

Well I dont know why but Useless ID have got to be one of the most underrated bands i know, why they aren't at least as famous the ataris I will never know. You keep seeing bands like Good Charlotte gracing our screens and allthough they have a lot of fans they aren't real music(no offence to any Good Charlotte fans). Useless id are real pop-punk and this CD just proves it, they have gone for the pretty much same formula as with their first album and it works well. What I like about useless id is the fact that all their songs don't sound the same, instead every song has its own identity and they aren't afraid to use acoustics in probably the best song on the album Diary. My favourites of this album Unhappy Hour, Birthday Song, Weird Rock,Diary, At least I tried, End. Special mentions to Bring me down and The worst holiday I've every had. BUY IT!!!

Amazing melodic punk love songs.......2003-02-25

Following the same successful formula of their last album, "Bad Story, Happy Ending," Useless ID puts out another record that flies by and sings to the ears. If you are a fan of fast paced melodic punk songs about love, you will love this cd. If you liked their last cd, you will definitely like this one. "No Vacation..." follows the same patterns of their last cd, but without being tiresome and redundant. As good as their last cd was, this is a definite improvement. Yokam's (lead singer)voice has matured and creates some amazing harmonies with the all important punk "whoa oh's" in the background on many songs. In the same spirit of the Ataris, and much more talented than other rip-off pop bands such as Simple Plan who attempt to follow the same formula and sell it to the MTV crowd at the same time, this is an amazing record that you will play over and over.

good pop punk.......2003-02-17

great melodies
despite what some reviews may say this album is awesome
currently my favorites are
"same story, someone new"
and "jukebox 86"

Nothing useless in the new useless ID album.......2003-02-11

This album starts off great with the sound of southern cali pop punk!( I said pop and punk in the same sentence!) lyrics are great and anyone can relate to them. The musical notes are all clean and pulled off well while having the same O.G. sound you have grown to love about useless ID. Get the album it's great and great to add to any collection of music.

Average customer rating:

A collection of mediocre songs
An album mostly for fans
Burning With Greatness
good but confusing
decent

Let It Burn
The Ataris , and Useless I.D.
Manufacturer: Kung Fu Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004T016
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

Radio Still Sucks - The Ataris
Song for a Mix Tape - The Ataris
P.S. The Scene Is Dead - The Ataris
Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits - The Ataris
Let It Burn - The Ataris
How I Spent My Summer Vacation - The Ataris
On With the Show - The Ataris
San Dimas High School Football Rules [Acoustic] - The Ataris
Too Bad You Don't Get It - Useless ID
Questions + Answers - Useless ID
Run - Useless ID
Time to Move On - Useless ID
Have a Nice Life - Useless ID
Lost Once Again - Useless ID
Not to Wait - Useless ID
Something - Useless ID

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The Fasrest Growing Band in Punk Rock Right Now. amazing Example of Pop Punk.

Customer Reviews:

A collection of mediocre songs.......2002-10-10

This album is a congolmerate of a few songs by the Ataris and a foriegn band called Useless ID. It seems as though the Ataris simply dug some disposable old tunes out of the closet and just threw them on here to make a quick buck. None of the material really stands out as anything worth listening to, and fails miserably in comparison with the usually enjoyable, melodic emo/rock crafted by these guys. Addtitionally, the recording quality on each song is not up to past standards. Useless ID is a band that offers nothing that hasn't been done before, and bares an eerie similarity to almost every melodicore band, especially No Use for a Name. Their songs are forgettable at best. In the booklet, it is stressed that "a new ataris album is coming real soon", thus proving that this is simply FILLER. There is really no point in purchasing this album unless you are an avid Ataris or Useless ID collector/fan, because it truly is a sub-par listening experience.

An album mostly for fans.......2002-05-10

When you take one of the most talented emo/pop-punk bands around today and combine them with up coming pop-punkers what do you get? You get "Let it burn", a split between Kung-Fu label mates The Ataris and Useless ID. And while this is overall a good album it does have it's positive and negative points.

The Ataris kick it off with "The radio...", a hilarious track especially for anyone against mainstream music. Reaching back to their punk roots The Ataris pull off several other gems such as "Blue skies...", "Let it burn" and an acoustic version of "San dimas...". Now I know this a split album, so you come to expect shorter tracks, but The Ataris half wraps up in about 12 minutes which will leave many fans with an empty feeling.

The Israeli band, Useless ID steps up to the plate next with an impressive effort and some great songs. Be sure to check out tracks like "Too dad...", "Have a nice life" & "Lost".

Unfortunately folks the time has come for me to bring up a few gripes I have with this album. First off, sound quality on a few songs is questionable, especially on "San dimas..." in which Chris Roe almost sounds like hes singing from another room. This was a big let down to say the least, due to the fact this album isn't a bootleg, but an official release. You would think because you're shelling out your hard earned dollars Kung-Fu would at least attempt to remaster some of the songs.

In the end there are some things to consider before heading out to buy "Let it burn". If you haven't heard anything from The Ataris or Useless ID prior to purchasing this album you might find yourself dissapointed. Like I mentioned, this is the type of album that will appeal to fans mostly.

Overall a pretty solid album from two very solid bands, fans of The Ataris and/or Useless ID shouldn't miss out on this.

Burning With Greatness.......2002-01-28

This is a great cd. I do have to say though even though The*Ataris are my favorite band....the Useless I.D. half is much better. This cd has over 10 tracks so it is not considered an EP. Most of The Useless I.D. songs are less than two minutes, which is a total downer. Id have to say the best song on this cd is by The * Ataris,How I Spent My Summer Vacation. The songs "The Radio Still Sucks"(Ataris) and "Too Bad You DOnt Get It" are truley great pop punk gemss, which also are featured on the V/A Compilation "Short Music For Short People". I have to say that this Ataris/Useless I.D. split is well worth the money.
PEACE OUT

good but confusing.......2001-12-30

this is a real great cd but there are some confusing aspects to it.First off it says on the back that Useless ID do a cover of The Beatles' "Something" however track 16 is only 4 second long with nothing on it. Also it is 96 tracks (mostly just blank space) and then when it does reach track 96 the song doesn't start till a minute or so into the song.also i think it's an Ataris song not Something.Besides that it is a great cd with awesome songs that should have been considered to be put on their album.

decent.......2001-09-07

Its okay, the useless id songs are better than the ataris songs. I actually had never heard of them before and I think I may like them better than the ataris even though the ataris still rule. my advice is if your a diehard ataris fan, dont get this cd cause you'll be dissapointed. its not the new ataris cd. however, if your a punk fun, you might like the useless id songs. my favs are #9, 12, and 13. useless id are a talented group with raw sounds. take a chance and you may enjoy this cd. other favorite bands are midtown, nfg, craigs brother, fenix tx, less than jake, and op ivy.

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