Sniper & Other Love Songs

Sniper & Other Love Songs

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Product Description
Harry Chapin was a folk-rock balladeer extraordinaire who tragically died in an auto accident in 1981. He issued many albums throughout the 80's but surprisingly Sniper & Other Love Songs was never issued on CD, until now. Chapin fans have been campaigning for this album to come out on CD, so here it is! 2002.

Tracks:

Full Metal Jacket - Abigail Mead/Nigel Goulding
Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright
Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
Wooley Bully - Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs
I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
The Marines' Hymn - The Goldman Band
Transition - Abigail Mead
Parris Island - Abigail Mead
Ruins - Abigail Mead
Leonard - Abigail Mead
Attack - Abigail Mead
Time Suspended - Abigail Mead
Sniper - Abigail Mead

Customer Reviews:

Full Metal Jacket CD.......2007-07-25

My husband wanted music that was popular while he was in Vietnam and asked me to order this. I have not listened to it, but he seems pleased.

BORING.......2006-02-15

I am yet to understand why this movie is compared to the likes of Platoon. There is no question which of the two is the better one. I was bored out of my mind after an hour. I turned it off and then when I had time to waste, I finished it. I am sorry I did. 2 Hours I will never get back. I know that evertone is different, but if you have not seen this movie and are thinking about viewing it, do so on a Sunday when you have NOTHING else to do. The only highlight was the Drill Instructor. He managed to crack a smile out me on occasion.

Only One Good Track.........2002-10-14

The first one... The rest of the CD is movie instrumentals that are excellent for falling asleep to, but that's about it.

Not for everyone.......2002-02-21

Abigail Mead, the composer of eight songs of this soundtrack, is actually Vivian Kubrick, daughter of Stanley Kubrick.
The disc has 15 tracks:

The first song is a hip-hop/techno mix of the cadences sung by Sgt Hartman in the first part of the movie, it is not a beautiful or good and I don't think it was necessary to include it.

The songs 2 to 7 are songs from the sixties and hear them during the movie creates a "mood" for the movie, for example, the song These Boots Are Made For Walking, by Nancy Sinatra and the scene in Vietnam which a prostitute is walking fits just perfectly and watch the movie without this song would have much less effect. Although they are not complex songs and most of the lyrics are foolish it's worth to have them in the score because they made a good part in the movie.

Song number 8 is the Marine's Hymn, a nice inclusion even thought it's not likely that someone would play this song very often at home.

The rest of the score are the instrumental themes composed by Abigail Mead, some of them are quiet and peaceful like Leonard, and others are more aggressive like Parris Island, with some nice stereo effects.

This is not the best score for a Stanley Kubrick movie and I suggest you to listen to it before you buy or you can have some bad surprises like not listening to Paint it Black, because it was not included or odd songs like Time Suspended. Actually I would suggest this soundtrack for Collectors, Kubrick fans or people with eclectic musical taste.

Boot Camp scenes are hauntingly realistic.......2000-08-04

The best part of this movie is the beginning, when they show what a raw recruit goes through at Boot Camp. It brings back a lot of memories because it was so well done. Lee Ermey just is exactly what a DI is at Paris Island. All the nuances, the lingo, the discipline. The acting is all first rate. Also, the combat portrayals in Hue City showed the type of frustration that vets faced in Vietnam. Snipers were nightmares to deal with. By the time you snuffed 'em out, you lost three or four men. The other movie that, in my opinion is the best war movie ever made, is Hamburger Hill. That movie showed what real grunt life was like in the bush.

Average customer rating:

One little thing
Chapin RAW - his most affecting album. I'd give it a 10.
Harry proved here that he was no sentimentalist
Heavy songs that are nice to know
some dark love songs

Sniper & Other Love Songs
Harry Chapin
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
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Portrait Gallery

ASIN: B000068TN3
Release Date: 2002-06-18

Tracks:

Sunday Morning Sunshine
Sniper
And The Baby Never Cries
Burning Herself
Barefoot Lady
Better Place To Be
Circle
Woman Child
Winter Song

Album Description

Harry Chapin was a folk-rock balladeer extraordinaire who tragically died in an auto accident in 1981. He issued many albums throughout the 80's but surprisingly Sniper & Other Love Songs was never issued on CD, until now. Chapin fans have been campaigning for this album to come out on CD, so here it is! 2002.

Customer Reviews:

One little thing.......2007-04-11

Here's classic Harry Chapin, the way he'll be heard for the next thousand years or so. But, there's this little thing that nags me. 'Barefoot lady'? No! The songs called 'Barefoot Boy'. It's a piece I helped an old girlfriend do for a school project, using a slide projector and a turntable. ( OK, I'm old, stuff happens) I do wish the printer will see this and correct it.

Chapin RAW - his most affecting album. I'd give it a 10........2006-04-07

This is Chapin's strongest album, but it's not for everyone -- "Sniper" and "A Better Place to Be" are about the rawest, most emotional works I've ever heard. "Sniper" is in fact a love song, but it's a look into an an awfully strange world view.

If you like "Heads & Tails," give this one a try, but be ready for a visceral experience. I went almost 10 years between listenings at one point, and remembered every song almost word for word. You don't have that kind of recall if material is just goop. This is a real artistic roller coaster.

Harry proved here that he was no sentimentalist.......2005-12-29

During the time he was still with us, the rock'n'roll crowd sneered that he didn't have the proper rock "attitude". The folkies felt he was too philosophical and didn't stick to the standard ballad form enough. Fortunately the bona fide folk purists weren't listening anymore because original material had been "in" for folksingers for years, or we'd have heard "where's Jimmy Crack Corn?" ad nauseam. The audience who listened to Carole King and Carly Simon wanted to hear love ballads and Harry wasn't enough of a Neil Diamond clone for their tastes. The Singer/ Songwriter fans complained that his lyrics were too prosaic, too matter-of-fact. But Harry overcame the "sophomore jinx" by giving us more "pay attention, Jack" material than on his "Heads & Tales" debut. From the start, we got some very listenable material. "Sunday Morning Sunshine" is a joyful your-love-gives-my-life-meaning song. Then the album abruptly shifts to the raging epic title song, the tale of Charles Whitman of Texas Tower fame. Given the times this song was written during, Chapin can be forgiven his attempt to understand this monster who didn't realize that the universe underwrites no insurance against hurt feelings to any of us--instead Whitman threw the most fearsome temper tantrum a human being can throw: mass murder. Listen to the lyrics--every slight mentioned has happened to all of us, but the difference is that the rest of us do like the old saying: "get a life". Then the album moves to a song of a lonely musician who finds love in the arms of an abandoned single mom whose "Baby Never Cries". Then to "Burning Herself", the helpless thoughts of a man in love with a woman who's into self-mutilation and he can't think of a thing he can do to help her, and as such he's letting her down. "Better Place To Be" is the tale of a lonely waitress who meets an equally lonely customer in the line of duty. The sequence of "Sunday Morning Sunshine" and "And the Baby Never Cries" bracketing the shock-and-awe "Sniper" isn't a recent development of later editions--I still have the LP of it, which I grabbed when it was first released over 20 years ago. This album is basically Harry saying "bull" to those who called him a wimp and a poor songwriter on strength of his freshman effort. Not to mention those who couldn't fit him into a convenient pigeonhole so decided to sneer at him instead--the sneer being the defalt facial expression of 20th century Americal, a syndrome our society is still sick unto death from. To call him "progressive folk" along with brilliant Texan Shawn Phillips is the closest one can come under mass-market music rules. That's if those really apply. Which they don't--this is Harry Chapin Music you're buying here. That's the name of the category.

Heavy songs that are nice to know.......2005-01-24

Steve Chapin plays piano for his brother Harry Chapin on the album "Sniper and Other Love Songs" released in 1972. With Tim Scott on cello, Ron Palmer on lead guitar, John Wallace on electric bass, and Harry Chapin with his own guitar, the group always has plenty of irons in the fire to add to the astounding lyrics of Harry Chapin. The first song brags about having "a pocket full of stories that I just had to tell." On the dramatic side, this album is named for a song called "Sniper" that is 9 minutes and 50 seconds long, ("Seven A.M., the day is beginning, so much to do and so little time") that tells a story which starts with a tower on a campus. By the middle of the song, the main character is spewing out "Are you listening to me? Are you listening to me? Am I?" as the bullets fly. "Not much of a joiner" was the explanation people gave for his idiosyncrasies.

The song "Circle" has a 1971 copyright, and the "let's go 'round one more time" theme is just right for a career in music. The best song with a "Sshh, I know just how you feel" line is "Better Place to Be," which takes 7 minutes and thirty-five seconds to answer the question:

Where the hell you been hiding,
and why do you look so down?

The long story keeps turning into a chorus when it gets to:

If you want me to come with you
then that's alright with me
'cause I know I'm going nowhere
and anywhere's a better place to be.

some dark love songs.......2002-12-06

I have waited for 10 years for sniper and other love songs to be released on cd. The album is very dark, typified by "Sniper", and "Woman Child". The album features the Chapin anthem "Circle" and Harry's favorites song that he wrote "A Better Place" to be. Over all a very good album. aaron neubauer

Average customer rating:

Un excellent album

Grave dans La Roche
Sniper
Manufacturer: Wea
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ASIN: B000090W99
Release Date: 2003-05-26

Tracks:

Intro
Processus 2003
Visions Chaotiques
Grave Dans La Roche
Pourquoi
Recette Maison
Y A Pas De Merite
Sans (re) Peres
Ce Que Jai Sur Le Coeur
35 Heures
Hall Story
Entre Deux
Trop Vite
Jeteur De Pierres
Interlude Micro Ouvert
Panam All Starz

Album Description

The sophomore album from the excellent French rap outfit, one of France's top-selling albums for the year. 16 tracks. Desh Musique/WEA. 2003.

Album Details

The Second Album from the Great French Rap Band.

Customer Reviews:

Un excellent album.......2003-09-08

Grave dans la roche est un superbe album. Les sujets sont sur la discrimination, l'abandon et plusieurs autres qui vaut la peine a ecouter. Le rap francais est tres elevee, je le conseille aux personnes qui veulent ecouter musique hip hop.

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Fantastic
For people who loved the movie and jazz fans alike
WONDERFUL AND STRANGE
like the JAZZ
Nice!

Metropolis

Manufacturer: Domo Records
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Metropolis
Metropolis (1984 Re-release Of 1927 Film)

ASIN: B00005YSSM
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

Metropolis
Foreboding
Ziggurat
Going To 'Zone'
Sniper
El Bombero
Three-Faced Of 'Zone'
'Zone' Rhapsody
Hide Out
Run
St James Infirmary
Sympathy
Snow
Propaganda
Chase
Judgement
Awakening
Fury
After All
There'll Never Be Good-Bye (The Theme Of Metropolis)

Amazon.com

A dazzling and atypical musical score is the perfect tone for the gorgeous visuals of this anime film. Toshiyuki Honda's Dixieland jazz-influenced music is a daring counter to the futuristic vision of the three-tiered, near-robotic society. The title track is reminiscent of Woody Allen's theme for his futuristic film Sleeper. Half of Honda's score uses more characteristic orchestrations for several of the films' action scenes and the love theme ("Sympathy," which is later reorchestrated in the so-so end-credit song "There'll Never Be Good-Bye"). This is one of the indispensable anime soundtracks, and wonderful listening for even the non-anime fan. One demerit for the CD not containing Ray Charles's "I Can't Stop Loving You." The song beautifully counterpoints the explosive conclusion and is a vital part of the whole music score. --Doug Thomas

Album Description

The future of robots and humans . . . as predicted by Osamu Tezuka.

Based on the classic comic by legendary illustrator Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis has been brought to the screen by two of the most respected figures in Japanese animation today (Katsuhiro Otomo and Rintaro).

Metropolis is a futuristic story of the ageless class struggle, not amongst humans, but between humans and the humanoid, set in a futuristic city at the height of its civilization. Spectacularly rendered in its visual style, it combines the best in Japanese animation with the latest in digital technology.

The original soundtrack is composed by Toshiyuki Honda and the music blends the New Orleans & Dixie style jazz with classical music.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2005-10-01

This CD is perfect for any of those out there who loved the movie "Metropolis" like i did. The soundtrack is wonderful giving in to that '30s type jazzy feel that goes along with the whole private detective era and the fast techno type music to give it that futuristic feel. Great combination of both. This CD is a fantastic buy.

For people who loved the movie and jazz fans alike.......2004-04-05

There are two different types of tracks in this CD: there are those that sound like a movie soundtrack (in other words, you might need to have seen the movie to get the picture), and there are tracks that are downright great jazz. I played this at my home, and my father was tapping his feet to the opening theme.

This jazz is not the "smooth jazz" you hear in book stores. This is the kind of jazz you can imagine played at night clubs during the 30's, with musicians gathering together to play simply for the sake of music. From the opening "Metropolis" to the whacky "El Bombero" and the drumming "Run" this is music you can simply enjoy. If you haven't seen the movie, but you like jazz or the blues, then by all means buy this CD. Except for "St. James Infirmary" this is all original music, and the people who worked on it are gods of music themselves.

Buy it, pop it in, listen, and let the music take you over.

WONDERFUL AND STRANGE.......2003-06-25

THis is a superb soundtrack for a neat movie. The movie is loosely based on the 1926 sci-fi Metropolis (but with less of a moral point) and is supposedly some kind of breakthrough in anime cartoons. The music is strange because it is all American - jazz, ragtime, etc, but done by Japanese musicans and very authentic. Cool as heck!

like the JAZZ.......2003-06-02

I love the jazz its great i saw the movie in theaters 3 times and i have it and watched it like 4 times. its so like jazzY honda did a great job composing it. Ilove it.Its a masterpeice get it NOW!. p.s the movie yeah parents cautioned violince some things not mature for kids

Nice!.......2002-05-17

This is a very nice album. I loved the music while watching the movie. I finally got it when I was in the CD store last night. I wish they could include "I can't stop loving you", and improve the recording a bit. Overall a very very nice album with mixed type of music.

I recommand it wholeheartly.

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006SSQ8O
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

First Season Main Title [Revised/Extended]
Jerry Goldsmith Medley: The Deadly Games Affair/The Vulcan ...
Quadripartite Affair
Double Affair, Suite No. 2
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Spy in the Green Hat
Gerald Fried Medley: The Foreign Legion Affair/The Apple a Day Affair
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Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Main Title
Dog-Gone Affair
Prisoner of Zalamar Affair
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Mata Hari Affair
Montori Device Affair
Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair
Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (End Title)
Deadly Quest Affair: Teaser
Deadly Quest Affair: Act 1
Deadly Quest Affair: Act 2
Deadly Quest Affair: Act 3
Deadly Quest Affair: Act 4

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A Gift for Harry's fans...
Great for serious fans, overkill for others
Harry Chapin's first two story song albums plus bonus tracks

Heads & Tales/Sniper & Other Love Songs
Harry Chapin
Manufacturer: Wea International
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Binding: Audio CD

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Verities & Balderdash

ASIN: B0002DXQ38
Release Date: 2004-08-23

Tracks:

Could You Put Your Light On, Please
Greyhound
Everybody's Lonely
Sometime, Somewhere Wife
Empty
Taxi
Any Old Kind Of Day
Dogtown
Same Sad Singer
Barefoot Boy (Previously Unreleased Full Version)
Sunday Morning Sunshine
Sniper
And The Baby Never Cries
Burning Herself
Barefoot Boy
Better Place To Be
Circle
Woman Child
Winter Song
City Sweet (Previously Unreleased)
Halfway To Heaven (Previously Unreleased)
Big Big City (Previously Unreleased)
Pigeon Run (Previously Unreleased)
Simple Song (Previously Unreleased)
Dirty Old Man (Previously Unreleased)
Songwriter's Woman (Previously Unreleased)

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Classic LPs Combined in a Deluxe Double CD Package. Harry Chapin's Debut Album is a Smooth Disc with the Hit "Taxi", Elaborately Produced and Arranged that It's Like a Feature Film that Clocks in at 6:44; "Any Old Kind of Day" is a Beautiful and Unsettling Confessional About an Artist's Unease and Depression, Like an East Coast Equivalent to Brian Wilson's Brand of Personal Songwriting. The Epic "Dogtown" is a Startling Piece of Song Painting with a Topical Edge, and "Same Sad Singer" is a Haunting, Romantic Confessional that Explores Some of the Same Territory as "Taxi". The Record Holds Up Well in Part Because of Its Strange Combination of Lean Production and Rich Sounds. The Album features Ron Palmer on Electric Guitar, Tim Scott on Cello, John Wallace on Bass, and Harry Chapin on Acoustic Guitar. Sniper and Other Love Songs Never Sold Remotely as Well as Its Predecessor, but it is Actually a Bolder and Better Album.

Customer Reviews:

A Gift for Harry's fans..........2005-04-20

It really a gift for his fans to hear "new" music from Harry Chapin after all these years. Electra records made a nice package out of this, bringing back the butterfly label and liner notes from the original LPs. A special cover overlays the jewel case. The quality of the recording is excellent. If Electra has any more of his music in the vault, I hope they will release it and soon.

Great for serious fans, overkill for others.......2004-11-27

At long last, someone has done some serious digging into the far reaches of the late, great Harry Chapin's catalog. I'm glad to see it happen and I hope it continues with the remainder of his work, but I can't say this collection quite qualifies for buried-treasure status. Of course, other hardcore Chapin fans won't need me to tell them it's worth the expense to finally hear the long-lost half of the fabled Double Album That Wasn't. (Elektra balked at letting Chapin follow the success of "Taxi" with a 2 LP set, hence the lost tracks unearthed here.) On the other hand, if you only own "Greatest Stories Live" or "The Gold Medal Collection" and are thinking about a second purchase, this probably isn't your best choice until you become more familiar with Chapin's work as a whole.

Chapin's first solo album, "Heads and Tales," has always been my favorite, with its beautiful melodies and passionate lyrics about isolation and lost love. (That admittedly vague description literally fits every song on the album.) This collection includes "Heads and Tales" in its entirety, with the unfortunate exception of the opening track, "Could You Put Your Light On, Please?" Only an alternate version of that is included here, featuring a poppier, acoustic opening which segues into the original version towards the end of the song. It's an interesting variation, but it just isn't as good as the beautiful original, which could easily have fit on the disc along with the rest of the album. That omission is, in my opinion, the biggest strike against this edition.

"Sniper and Other Love Songs" is quite a bit less accessible than its predecessor, which might be why it was one of the last Chapin albums to be reissued on CD. But the repeated listenings it takes to enjoy the album are well worth it. I've met a lot of fans who consider it Harry's best effort. It is certainly his darkest, tackling subjects like self-mutilation, abortion, underage sex and, most notably, murder. The title track, a nine minute epic about Texas mass-murderer Charles Whitman, is perhaps Chapin's most ambitious work ever. He takes on the point of view of several different characters in Whitman's life and the tragedy he inflicted, changing the time signature and instrumentation with each change of narrator, and ending it all in a raw climax. Don't be surprised if you have to listen to this one several times before you appreciate it as a whole.

While nothing else on the album is quite that hard hitting, most of the other songs are topical on some level. The uncharacteristically opaque "Barefoot Boy" is (I think) a gorgeously sad call to arms for the then-nascent environmentalist movement, in the form of a portrait of a country boy trying in vain to escape the growing city. A much longer, previously unreleased arrangement of this one is included here in addition to the version from the original album. "Woman Child" is a frank look at a very young woman in over her head, from the perspective of the older man who put her there. (Chapin prided himself on never being afraid to take on the personas of the nastier characters in his songs!) "Burning Herself" is more sympathetic, but just as uncomfortable, in its tale of a woman addicted to doing just that. Elsewhere, there are echoes of the less-intense "Heads and Tales." "And the Baby Never Cries" and "A Better Place to Be" are classic Chapin story-songs of people unlucky in love and life, while "Sunday Morning Sunshine" and "Circle" inject some much-needed lightheartedness into the picture.

And the newly released songs? Most of them were worth waiting for. "City Suite" (the lyrics make it clear that this was almost certainly the intended spelling of the title) is brilliant. It's yet another of several reworkings of one of Chapin's earliest songs, "Someone Keeps Calling My Name," and in my opinion it's better than either of the songs he released under that title. "Big Big City" and "Pigeon Run" do a great job of capturing some of the absurdities of city life. "Dirty Old Man" barely qualifies as the same song as the throwaway track found on "The Gold Medal Collection" - here he tackles a similar subject with respect rather than silliness. "Halfway to Heaven" and "Simple Song" are early recordings of later-released songs (the latter was rechristened "I Wanna Learn A Love Song"), and I wasn't so impressed with them. As with most such alternate takes, they're interesting to those who are familiar with the later versions, but Chapin just hadn't nailed them yet.

It's a lot and it's not perfect, but if you're like most Harry Chapin fans, that's probably just what you want. For those of us who are already hooked, this was long overdue!

Harry Chapin's first two story song albums plus bonus tracks.......2004-08-06

What we have here are the first two albums produced by Harry Chapin. While "Heads and Tales" does contain the exquisite "Taxi," that really is the only above average song to be found on this 1972 album. Even though this is obviously an early effort, you will still find the core elements that would be developed so wonderfully in later albums: the lengthy story songs ("Dogtown"), the focus on the downs of relationships ("Sometime, Somewhere Wife"), the angst of human existence ("Everybody's Lonely") and the self-awareness of the singer-songwriter ("Same Sad Singer").

Of course it was "Taxi" that brought Harry to the attention of the public despite its 6:44 length, with its simple guitar, haunting cello, and falsetto solo by Big John Wallace, telling the story of a chance meeting several years between two old lovers. However, since Taxi is to be found on a couple of other CDs, this particular one is primarily going to be of interest to the devote Harry Chapin fan, which, come to think of it, is really the only type out there, even after all these years following his tragic death.

"Sniper & Other Love Songs" is much stronger than "Heads & Tales," but I would not say it is a great album. What it is would be an album with a couple of really great songs. I used "Sniper" in class for years to show how one song could use different musical themes to change mood. The idea of a song clearly inspired by the Texas Tower sniper strikes everyone as very strange at first, but what they usually end up thinking after actually listening to the song a few times is how good Chapin could be as a storyteller. This is driven home even more so by "A Better Place to Be," which is arguably more poignant than "Taxi" and almost as beautiful melodically.

I could even make the case that even with all the epic story songs that were to come, from "Taxi" to "Bummer" to "The Mayor of Candor Lied," the two best ones are on this album ("There Was Only One Choice" is so autobiographical that it stands on its own). Add to this "Circle," Harry's favorite final encore piece, and "Sunday Morning Sunshine," and this album rates above average no matter what you think about the other tracks. Those four songs alone justify having this album, which is probably the most neglected Chapin album of them all.

Individually I would have rated these two albums at four star each, but with all these bonus tracks it justifies going up to the full five. The full versin of "Barefoot Boy" alone just about justifies that addition, but there are a couple of "new" songs we get to here for the first time and treasure. Sigh. Harry, you were a good man and you are sorely missed.

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Vino, Tequila y Cerveza
Roberto Pulido
Manufacturer: Sniper Records
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ASIN: B000LE1GRG
Release Date: 2006-11-30

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Absolutely necessary in any Jazz Collection

Mission: Anthology
Lalo Schifrin
Manufacturer: One Way Records Inc
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Mission: Impossible
Jim On The Move
Operation Charm
The Sniper
Rollin Hand
The Plot
Wide Willy
Cinnamon (The Lady Who Was Made To Be Loved)
Barney Does It All
Danger
Mission Blues
Self-Destruct
Affair In Madrid
Midnight Courier
The Chelsea Memorandum
More Mission
Intrigue
Danube Incident
Foul Play
The Getaway
Secret Code
Mission: Accomplished

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely necessary in any Jazz Collection.......2000-07-06

This was the first Schifrin CD I ever bought ... as a result of this decision, a lot of money has since changed hands. Great solid introduction to the music from mission:impossible, previously unreleased material along with great recordings of various soundtracks. Top tracks include 'The Cat' from Jimmy Smith, and 'Jim on the Move' for it's shuffle. As a result of listening to this CD you will SURELY then buy 'Bullitt', 'Bossa Nova Groove' and the original 'CAT'. This is all wrapped up in a great inlay with interesting reading and photos.... enjoy!

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Sniper
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ASIN: B000FG5Q12
Release Date: 2006-05-29

Tracks:

Intro
Sniper Processus
Pris Pour Cible
Faut de Tout Pour Faire un Monde
Crew Est de Sortie (Intro)
Crew Est de Sortie
Tribal Poursuite (Intro)
Tribale Poursuite
France
Rire aux Larmes (Intro)
Rire aux Larmes
Aketo vs. Tunisiano
Sentence
Quand on Te Dit
Aketo Solo
Faits Divers
Rumba
On S'En Sort Bien

Album Description

Special crystal box set gathering both albums. Warner. 2006.

Average customer rating:

Best French Hip-Hop out there!!!!
Meilleur groupe de rap francias

Du Rire aux Larmes
Sniper
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056VEV
Release Date: 2001-02-05

Tracks:

Intro
Sniper Processus
Pris Pour Cible
Faut de Tout Pour Faire un Monde
Crew Est de Sortie (Intro)
Crew Est de Sortie
Tribal Poursuite (Intro)
Tribale Poursuite
France
Rire aux Larmes (Intro)
Rire aux Larmes
Aketo vs. Tunisiano
Sentence
Quand on Te Dit
Aketo Solo
Faits Divers
Rumba
On S'En Sort Bien

Customer Reviews:

Best French Hip-Hop out there!!!!.......2006-03-01

I cannot speak French, I am caucasian and live in Australia. I must be the very last person Sniper would expect to listen to their awesome tracks discussing Parisian ghettos, La Pen's facism and the general state of our prejudiced world.

La France is one of my favourite hip-hop songs of all time, perhaps only surpassed by the AMAZING track Visions Chaotiques from Sniper's debut album. The title track is also awesome and has a very catchy hook, awesome flow and of course a powerful beat.

Sniper are a very special force in hip-hop and should be enjoyed by rap fans worldwide.

Meilleur groupe de rap francias.......2003-06-22

Cette album est un vrai bijoux. Tout au long de l'album les 3 rappeurs aketo, tunisiano, black renega s'en prenne au FN et au racisme en générale. Les meilleurs chanson de l'album sont Du RIRE AU LARME, PRIS POUR CIBLE , QUAND ON TE DIT , FAUT DE TOUT POUR FAIRE UN MONDE et ON S'EN SORT BIEN.

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