Edge of America

Edge of America

Track Listings

1. Edge of America

2. Precious Moon Daughter

3. Doin' Time

4. They Found Her

5. Lakin's Flame

6. Nightmares and the American Dream

7. Rock Me on the Water

8. Storm

9. Mother's Rain

10. I'll Be There

11. So, Comes the Rain

12. Justice Hunters

Tracks:

Good Luck Charm (Jagged Edge)
Promise (Jagged Edge)
Let's Get Married (Jagged Edge)
Walked Outta Heaven (Jagged Edge)
Where The Party At (Dupri, Jermaine; Jagged Edge; Da Brat; R.O.C.; Bow Wow; Tigah)
He Can't Love U (Jagged Edge)
I Gotta Be (Jagged Edge)
Hopefully (Jagged Edge)
Let's Get Married (Jagged Edge; Run)
Stunnas (Dupri, Jermaine; Jagged Edge)
Season's Change (Jagged Edge; Legend, John)

Customer Reviews:

Good and bad collection of hits.......2007-02-21

For starters this is a good album, but I'll get to the bad first. With only 11 songs and 44 minuts of their songs, they definitely could have included 5-7 more songs on here. As a fan mostly of rap music (I have around 650 rap CD's and only 2 dozen or so R&B ones) but the 4 man group from North Carolina, Jagged Edge, is one of my favorite R&B groups so I had to check this out. With 5 albums under their belt when this was released, 2 album only have 1 songs on here and 1 album has none, and 2 other songs are off the "So-So Def Remix" album. Now for the good part, of the 11 songs, 1 is a classic, 6 are real good, 3 are ok and 1 I skip over. They did get most of their better sogns on here but a few more defintely should be here as well. Guests are on 4 sogns (1 song JE only does the hook). Production is mostly by Jermaine Dupri & Bryan Cox (7 songs), JE does 2 and Chad elliott and Pitch Black each do 1. If you have their 1st 2 albums I'd skip this since they're the majority of the songs on here.

#1 - 7.5
#2- 8 .5
#3 - 9
#4 - 7
#5 - 8.5 (f/ Jermaine Dupri, da Brat, Lil Bow Wow, ROC, Tigah -- upbeat track)
#6 - 9
#7 - 9
#8 - 9
#9 -10 (CLASSIC remix f/ Rev. Run -- great upbeat track)
#10 - 6.5 (f/ Jermaine Dupri)
#11 - 5 (f/ john Legend)

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11 Track Greatest Hits CD ?...Sorry, Not Good Enough!!!.......2006-12-08

Sorry, I like Jagged Edge, but Sony Records needs to be smacked for this sorry azz mini collection disc..Jagged Edge Deserves a MUCH BETTER compilation, and SONY funked this up BIG TIME! At any rate, it you own all of Jagged Edge's CDs, turn your back on the record company, and make a BETTER CD!! I created my 'Ultimate Jagged Edge' CD early in 2006, and here's the
TRACKLISTING -
1. The Way That You Talk
2. I Gotta Be
3. Funny How
4. Ready & Willing
5. Addicted To Your Love
6. Keys To The Range
7. He Can't Love You
8. Let's Get Married
9. Promise
10. True Man
11. Healing
12. What You Tryin' To Do ?
13. Let's Get Married (Remix ft.Run)
14. Where The Party At ? (Ft.Nelly)
15. Remedy
16. I Got It (ft.Trina)
17. Walked Outta Heaven
18. Visions
19. Good Luck Charm

There you have it, and you gotta wonder why they couldn't release
a collection like THIS! I Think they're smoking something bad @ Sony,
and they did the same thing to Ginuwine, which I'm about to review!
In closing, fans should make better collections at home!
Rating..I wanted to give 2 stars, but since it's the holiday season,
3 stars will have to do....NEXT!!!!
Peace, SD
(fr.'Chaka's World')

Nothing but Hits from a group that could have been great.......2006-11-23

There was a time when I thought Jagged Edge could be one of the better groups in R&B after their successful first two albums. Sadly after the release of Jagged Little Thrill the group began to go down hill and all of their music began to sound the same. The CD contains all o the groups biggest and may be a sign that the label is getting ready to drop the group. The Hits does contain Jagged Edge's biggest hits from 1997 through 2005, but it's very brief at only 11 cuts and leaves out a handful of singles that did chart (four of which went Top 40 R&B) throughout the same span of time. Most of the group's albums -- 1997's A Jagged Era and 2001's Jagged Little Thrill especially -- have more to offer than just their singles, so this compilation will only satisfy those who are set on obtaining the outright smashes (such as "Let's Get Married," "Walked Outta Heaven," "He Can't Love U," and "Where the Party At") and nothing else. It has to annoy the group that this disc was released only six months after their self-titled fifth album, and that the compilers didn't even consider some of the best album cuts ("Wednesday Lover" "Slow Motion", True Man and "Watch You"," just to name a few. Another compliant with the CD is the lack of rare & unreleased material the disc could have included ("All Out Of Love"," On My Way" and "Hope You're Happy" are all classics). Regardless, The Hits is a decent introduction to a group that made up for its lack of jaw-dropping greatness with consistently good output.

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jagged edge
I Love J.E.
REALLY DISAPPOINTED
When Seasons Change should be the next single.
Great Album

Jagged Edge
Jagged Edge
Manufacturer: Sony
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Intro
Ghetto Guitar
So High
Watch You
Hopefully
Get A Lil' Bit Of This
Crying Out
Good Luck Charm
So Amazing
Season's Change
Questions
Sexy American Girls
Baby Feel Me
Who U Wit?
A** Hypnotic

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Twins Brandon and Brian Casey, heart and soul of Jagged Edge, have got a good thing going: What artist wouldn't want to clone himself in the name of tight harmonies and flow that's DNA-deep? Jagged Edge, the brothers' fifth outing with bandmates Kyle Norman and Richard Wingo, finds them tight as ever, only in a slightly raunchier mood than we're accustomed to (were previous Jagged titles plastered with "EXPLICIT" stickers?). All the standard seductions expected of smooth R&B operators sit in a mid-disc, mid-tempo clump--"Get a Lil' Bit of This" begets the moaner that is "Crying Out," which begets the tender "Good Luck Charm"--and padding them on either side are a handful of songs on which the word "lovin'" could be rhymed with "hotter than an oven" interchangeably. "Watch You" paints a lusty post-shower scene, the title of "Baby Feel Me" is to be taken literally, and "A** Hypnotic" pretty much speaks for itself. The exception is "Season's Change," on which superstar John Legend guests. There, the vibe is "Ordinary People" and the vocals are a small miracle of give and take, besting even this disc's two likable Jermaine Dupri-produced tracks. Is there anything Legend--who's fast growing into his last name--can't class up? --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

jagged edge.......2007-05-12

I am a true fan but this is not my favorite compared to my previous experiences. I do not regret getting it because I luv me some JER.

I Love J.E........2007-02-23

I love Jagged Edge. I think this CD is great. Sometimes I enjoy it way to much that I repeat most of the songs all the time. My favorites are
1.Good Luck Charm
2.Ghetto Guitar
3.Who you wit
4. Seasons Change
5.Questions
I can't think of more right off the top of my head, but I love it...

REALLY DISAPPOINTED.......2007-01-27

I am a BIG fan of J.E. but this cd never gave you that true J.E. hotness. It just didn't come through. They tried but, IT WAS JUST REALLY BAD! I was DISAPPOINTED! They need to come back with more songs like those on the initial cd. That cd was off the hook! More songs like those!

When Seasons Change should be the next single........2006-11-18

A couple joints on here. That's about it.

Great Album.......2006-10-24

It's too bad that groups like Jagged Edge don't get the commercial appeal of todays sub par artists in mainstream music. Their lyrics and harmonies are outstanding and the depth of emotion in the songs is what I call music today. I love Jagged Edge and will be a devoted fan after this album!

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Beautiful Precursor To Planet Drum....
cool stuff

At the Edge
Mickey Hart
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Beautiful Precursor To Planet Drum...........2002-08-12

This CD goes well with the following CD Planet Drum.

This is Mickey's CD companion to the superb book "Drumming At the Edge..."

I just love how the CD starts off with the quietness of the "Forest" noises, going from track to track adding a little more percussive instruments building up to track 5 where Mickey & Co start to really cook. It is almost like you are starting at the beginning of time up to the present.

Great stuff to set your mind to!

cool stuff.......2000-10-27

This was the best I have ever encountered

The Edge - David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966-1970

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If you're a hip-hop head or love good music
he wears sunglasses INSIDE
Pick It Up !
A Superb Collection of Axelrod's Capitol Years

The Edge - David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966-1970
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ASIN: B000AOENKO
Release Date: 2005-09-13

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Relegated to obscurity until leading hip-hop producers started mining his records for beats, producer and composer David Axelrod is a true American genius. There is no shortage of "Axe" compilations on the scene, but this one benefits from fluid programming, great artwork, and for the first time, mastered from the original session reels. One of Capitol Records' leading producers in the studio, the majority of this Axelrod compilation is culled from his 3 solo albums for the label; Song of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and Earth Rot. Also present are some break beat covers by Lou Rawls, and an extended piece the Axe contributed to a Cannonball Adderley LP. Filled with spacey vibes, eerie flutes, and super-funky rhythm, this is the go-to compilation for Axelrod fans. If you have other compilations you'll still want this, and if you don't, get with it! --Kristian St. Clair

Album Description

Though he worked for a series of labels over the course of his storied career, David Axelrod is best known as one of Capitol Records' foremost producers during the company's glory years in the 1960s. Under his production, actor David McCallum released four albums; soulster Lou Rawls released a countless number of LPs (including his first gold album, Lou Rawls Live); Cannonball Adderly released Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966), one of the highest selling jazz albums of all time; and countless artists from Letta Mbulu to Common People released albums that spanned the gamut from funky African folk to psychedelic rock. Axelrod himself released three albums as a solo artist on Capitol - Songs of Innocence (1968), Songs of Experience (1969), and Earth Rot (1970) - the first of which even legendary producer Quincy Jones admitted was the immediate precursor to jazz-fusion.

David Axelrod was instrumental in creating the Black Music division at Capitol Records in the mid-'60s, and had a string of hit albums with artists such as soul singer Lou Rawls and jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. Today he is best known in the hip-hop world for three albums he released on Capitol under his own name between 1968-1970. Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, Earth Rot, and other ancillary Axelrod productions are among the most sampled records in hip-hop history, having been mined by producers as varied as Madlib, DJ Shadow, and Dr. Dre, Mos Def, and many others.

Original LPs that Axelrod produced are coveted among DJs and crate-diggers. This definitive retrospective is the first release to put his career in its proper context and present it with the sonic quality it merits.

Produced by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt

Customer Reviews:

If you're a hip-hop head or love good music.......2005-12-21

In brief: Been down with hiphop since '79 and because of hiphop ive gotten to know and appreciate other forms of music. This is a must have for hiphop lovers.... its somethin' to drive to...somethin' to vibe to...a cd you can ZONE out on.... dont hesitate.

he wears sunglasses INSIDE.......2005-12-11

So good! Axelrod founded the "black music" division of Capitol records in the '60s. During his reign at Capitol he produced amazing records by Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawls and David McCallum. He also pretty much created the two weirdest Electric Prunes albums. What has been hardest to track down are three of his own records during that era: Songs of Experience, Songs Of Innocence, and Earth Rot. On these, Axelrod put together an orchestra of sound complete with strings, hammond organ and a super rich backbeat that's been sampled and worshiped by the likes of DJ Shadow, Madlib and Dr Dre.

This collection compiles tracks from those three albums as well as a few choice cuts he produced for other artists at Captiol circa '66-'70. His sound is one that laid the foundation for the explosion in fusion which would happen in the '70s. Miles Davis always gave props to Axelrod and one could argue that he was very responsible for helping lay the foundation for a work like Bitches Brew to be born. Taking the richness of soul, the freedom of jazz, elements of classical composition and hints of rock and psych-pop Axelrod is one of the few guys who can get away with wearing sunglasses inside 'cause he was just that cool!

Pick It Up !.......2005-12-11

Okay well it must be said that part of the reason that there is renewed interest in DA's work is because his work has been source material for Dr. Dre and DJ Shadow both of whom have appropriated the funky percussive elements which underly many of DA's compositions. Word spread and soon lots of samplists, DJs, and turntablists started dumpster diving for anything with the Axelrod name on it in an effort to come up with that perfect loop much in the same way that early samplists plundered James Brown recordings for "phat beats" (e.g. "The Funky Drummer").

All this aside what you have here is an overview of DA's work he accomplished while working for Capitol records. Thus its more of a survey than it is a single, cohesive work but thats okay. We have some examples of interesting compositions which, certainly at the time, were pushing some boundaries by fusing funk, classical harmony, and the occasional electric guitar within highly dynamic arrangements (Check out "The Smile", "Songs of Innocence"). Sure some of the instrumentation sounds dated but that reflects the recording and arrangement practices which called for strings and brass which are elements I miss in pop music of today.

What I really like is that DA covers a lot of sonic ground with his quality arrangements and typically wraps it up around the four minute mark. And this was at a time when most artists were still trying to perfect the 2 minute pop song format. In some ways his work presaged the prog rock music scene that later emerged though those acts typically went overboard and burdened us with 20 minute album sides containing unengaging arrangements and faux classical flourishes in an attempt to fool hipsters into thinking they were listening to something "really cool".

But back to DA. There is a sense of suspense throughout all these works and one can easily imagine some of this music being used as soundtrack elements for films (check out "A Divine Image" for a good example). He creates some serious tension here that lingers on for quite a while before it moves into a loping drum beat that moves you past the eerie sounds that came right before. The longest track on the CS is "Tensity" which features Cannonball Adderly so you the opportunity to hear this jazz giant rip over what we now recognize as very funky beats which is something that ,in general, jazzers hadn't necessarily embraced.

I recently read an interview with DA who mentioned that both Quincy Jones and Frank Zappa strongly urged him to hire a publicist to advance his public profile though its a move he never made which is a shame since he had a great deal to offer
as a producer and arranger. So should you buy this CD ? Oh I think so. Its leagues aboves anything you hear today and has spirit and organic energy that makes it ride high above some of the over-produced stuff you hear today. Look at it another way.
The samplists love to pick up stuff that has its own energy and warmth because it makes their jobs all the easier as they assemble tracks. So check it out

A Superb Collection of Axelrod's Capitol Years.......2005-11-05

Listening to David Axelrod, even after these many years, is still an adventuorus experience, musically bold, unpredictably changing tone and mood, working the edge of the melody, exploring different atmospheres ... well, you may have noticed my reverence for this man.

As a producer, where he made his name first and reach deep recognition, he worked with Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawls, Electric Prunes and David McCallum -yes, Illya Kuryakin- and as distinct as these choices were, realizing some far reaching material in each case.

"The Edge," this anthology, focuses on one specific period of his career, his years at Capitol. So, the albums "Songs of Innocence," "Songs of Experience" and "Earth Rot" are properly represented, with the rest of the material coming from some of his most far out recoding sessions as a producer.

The material here is consistently strong, beautiful and challenging often at once, ahead of its time, never conceding to caution nor selling his vision short. Choosing among these selections, can only be picking a certain kind of gem, pointing to those tracks that move me the most.

One caution for long time fans of Axelrod, If you own the three albums he wrote and performed, what you'll find here will only be his production work. It's worth mentioning, though, that the cuts with Lou Rawls, Letta Mbulu -whoever she is, her track is spellbinding- as well as the tender "Theme from The Fox" with Don Randi and Cannonball's monumental "Tensity," are well worth buying this album.

For people who are new to David Axelrod, or looking for a "point of entry" into his work, this is a perfect purchase. You may even hear in these tunes many of the people you already worshipped. His influence, although little known, has been extensive. This album will introduce you to one of the original sources of some the best music going on today from Jazz to Hip-Hop.

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Kumma kumma, shoda shoda
Reich's extreme early experiments
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It's Gonna Rain
Reich's solid minimalist beginnings

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The disc is titled Early Works. Come Out (1966) and It's Gonna Rain were the first Reich compositions released on LP, electronic works based on tape-recorded voices processed in fairly simple but intriguing ways. The hypnotic power of Come Out was the first Reich to catch my attention years ago. Piano Phase and Clapping Music use the same musical procedures, only for live performers. I don't know if this is an important disc except for people following Reich's career, but though he has gone on to greater things, these pieces still have the power to intrigue and move me. --Leslie Gerber

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Kumma kumma, shoda shoda.......2007-03-20

A stoner buddy of mine turned me on to this 40 years (1967) ago and it - Come Out, in particular - blew me away. I bought a vinly copy and later replaced it with this CD. I can't imagine an eclectic CD collection being complete without a copy of this landmark album.

Reich's extreme early experiments.......2004-07-02

Depending on your ears, the early works on this recording will be either complete madness, or trance-like nirvana. My hunch is that many people will vote for the former, at least at first, before Reich's inventive grip helps you to perceive sounds in a way that perhaps you hadn't before. In any case, the works here are given terrific performances.

"Come Out" features the taped voice of a young black man arrested for murder, who had to squeeze his bruises so that some of the blood would "come out" to show the police he was injured. From the man's taped speech, Reich extracts the phrase "come out to show them" and repeats it dozens and dozens of times, electronically altering it so that it slowly shifts in emphasis, tone and weight. It is a mesmerizing experience. Similarly, in "It's Gonna Rain," which uses the voice of a fiery preacher named Brother Walter, Reich repeats the title phrase hundreds of times, and as the work progresses the words gradually dissolve into a huge wall of sound that is indistinguishable from its origins.

The most accessible work for most people will probably be "Clapping Music," a short, percussive study for two people well, clapping. The means are simple, but the result is much more complex. Reich explores different rhythmic patterns, and this piece, like the others, helps provide crucial understanding of some of his later, more complex works like "Drumming" or "Different Trains."

"Piano Phase" was written in 1967, for two pianists who begin playing the same figure in unison, before one pianist speeds up slightly. The unison changes into what at first sounds like an echo, but settles into a sort of chugging harmony as the pianist continues to pull ahead. Listeners who are restless when confronted with the composer's stark "Violin Phase" (employing a similar technique) might enjoy the two-piano timbre here a bit more.

I wish I could say that everyone would like this recording, but it just is not so. Although I find these pieces completely fascinating, they do require a good bit of patience, not to mention a willingness to be immersed in a rather stark and uncompromising sound world. Those who came to Reich through "18 Musicians," "Different Trains," or some of his latest compositions that incorporate video, may be left completely in the dark by these early pieces. But for those interested in Reich, or in trends in twentieth-century music, at least one hearing of this amazing recording could be considered almost essential.

Timeless Minimalism!!.......2003-09-12

"Early Works" collects four of composer Steve Reich's earliest examples of minimalist music for both tapeloops and actual musical instruments. Listening to these early pieces is quite fascinating and offers a glimpse of what was to come in the music world more than 35 years later.
The first piece on the disc, "Come Out" was created in 1966 as part of a benefit for six youngsters who were arrested in the infamous Harlem riots. Reich's source material for this piece consists of a spoken phrase by a young man named Daniel Hamm. Reich takes two identical tapeloops Hamm's phrase ("Come out to show them") and allows them to gradually go out of synch with each other. As they do, the charachteristics of the human speech become more revealing as every detail of the 'come out' phrase becomes exposed. As the piece gradually moves forward, Reich doubles the loops to four and allows them to go out of synch thus adding further depth to the repeated phrase. Finally, the four loops double to eight and the phrase becomes indecipherable but highly rhythmic like a percussionist using brushes on a snare drum. 37 years later, "Come Out" can very well be considered as the first 'rap' or 'hip-hop' piece. It's repeated rhythmic tapeloops are an early example of what is now known as 'sampling'.
The second piece is "Piano Phase" composed in 1967. The principle behind this piece is having two pianists starting a repeated phrase together in unison but gradually having one pianist get a beat ahead (then two and three beats etc.) of the other pianist thus creating entirely new melodic and harmonic rhythmic patterns. This is an excellent 20-minute study of what can be done with two pianos playing the exact same thing but at different intervals.
The third piece is the short but effective "Clapping Music" composed in 1972. This piece was written for two pairs of hands clapping out a simple elementary rudiment. Like "Piano Phase", one performer plays the same thing throughout while the other jumps ahead a number of beats. On a personal note, this is an excellent piece to teach your friends. It's fun and simple to learn.
The final piece is "It's Gonna Rain" which is the earliest piece in this collection, created in 1965. This is another tapeloop piece in the style of "Come Out". The source material was recorded by Reich in a park in San Francisco and the voice belongs to a street preacher by the name of Brother Walter. "It's Gonna Rain" is presented in two parts. The first part consists of Walter's phrase 'it's gonna rain' in a repeated loop. At first there are numerous rhythmic edits in the loops showcasing the different parts of diction and pitch in the one phrase. Then an identical loop of the same phrase cuts in and gradually goes out of synch with the other. When the two loops are as far out of synch as possible, this creates a sort-of teetertotter-like effect. The loops then gradually fall back in synch which concludes the first part of this piece.
Part two's structure is almost the same as the first part but in this case, a longer compilcated loop consisting of several different phrases from Brother Walter is used. Like "Come Out", this part begins with two identical tapeloops played together in unison but then gradually go out of synch. The two loops double to four and gradually go out of synch followed by the doubling to eight loops. As the eight loops go out of synch, the sound of the piece becomes extremely chaotic - a cacophony of voices that sound as if they are in a large echo chamber. This brings "It's Gonna Rain" to a chilling close.
Without a doubt, Steve Reich is a composer that was and still is ahead of his time. His early tape experiments included on this disc have paved the way for today's DJs and electronic musicians. This music does require some patience, study and understanding. Not everyone will grasp this music upon its first listen. However, there's is no argument that this music is timeless and demonstrates the young Steve Reich coming into full bloom as a dynamic and innovative composer.

It's Gonna Rain.......2003-04-22

Warning, this is a strange CD. It's not going to fit everyone's taste, but if you are the type that likes to explore, or extremely bored with POP music, then this is the CD for you. This was created & recorded before the computer age, yet deals with the process of the computer age. Back then some Classical Experimenters used tape loops to created multi layered repetitions of rhythm & melody. I believe the high light is "It's Gonna Rain" from a recording of a Pentecosta street preacher yelling about Noah's flood. The words "Its Gonna Rain" become rhythm with something like: "Its Its, Its Gonna Its Gonna, Gonna Gonna, Gonna Rain Gonna Rain, Rain Rain...then the piece adds layers of layers of the sermon until it becomes a vast sound effect. Believe it or not I played "It's Gonna Rain" during a Performance Art piece called "Noah's Art" where I gave out water balloons & pistols to an audience while reading & then acting out the 10 commandants. The Tape loop was used to drive everyone into a frenzy to drown me with water. It Worked. Thanks Steve.

Reich's solid minimalist beginnings.......2003-03-14

The complete, complete control of the music on this cd feels so great to listen to. In the pieces with phased tapes of people talking, the voice is only discernible as a voice for the beginning, then the 2 tapes out of phase become just sounds that you can pick the words out of maybe if you really try. You know his earliest phase music was made by playing the same recording of someone talking on 2 tapes & speeding up one of the tapes so they each play [almost] the same thing at different times, & what more emerges between them is intense. With instrumental phase music, one of the performers periodically jumps a beat ahead while repeating the same musical phrase as the other performer. One of Reich's favorite observations of phase music is that in pure phase music the composer doesn't know anything about where the music will go that the listener doesn't know. The phase pieces on this cd are so wild. They feel so unsettling in how quasi-post-futuristic they are & in the topics of the spoken phase pieces, opening a bruise to be bleeding to be allowed medical attention & the preaching of Brother Walter on the street in San Francisco; but also feel very comfortable in the complete control. Not far into Reich's career, he stopped making phase music. With a great sampling of the phase music he did, this is essential Reich.

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The Last Rebel
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991
Legend
Endangered Species

ASIN: B00000JMG3
Release Date: 1999-08-10

Tracks:

Workin'
Full Moon Night
Preacher Man
Mean Streets
Tomorrow's Goodbye
Edge Of Forever
Gone Fishin'
Through It All
Money Back Guarantee
G.W.T.G.G.
Rough Around The Edges
FLA

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The ultimate diehard rock band returns with a collection that at times recalls Skynyrd in their prime, but won't prompt anyone to forget the fabled, ill-fated lineup of yore. By now, three members remain from the classic '70s Skynyrd (guitarist Gary Rossington, keyboardist Billy Powell, and bassist Leon Wilkeson); vocalists Johnny Van Zant and Dale Krantz-Rossington certainly qualify as stalwarts, having been with the bunch since their 1987 reformation. Blackfoot alumni Ricky Medlocke and former Outlaw Hughie Thomasson round out the three-guitars-strong frontline, and hired-gun drummer Kenny Arnoff lays a rock-solid foundation, so LS '99 doesn't lack for instrumental muscle. The problem lies in the material. Fallen frontman Ronnie Van Zant wasn't exactly an artful lyricist, but his blunt statements had a way of landing like a solid uppercut. The descendants to Skynyrd warhorses such as "Saturday Night Special" and "Gimme Three Steps" found here, however, aren't going to knock anyone for a loop. You like guitars that travel in packs, Skynyrd's still a good bet. You like enduring rock songs, return to the source. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Worthwhile.......2006-12-19

A little late but got this one a couple years back. First off this is great drinking music. This in my opinion is there best non Ronnie albums. Johnnie does his brother proud mean streets is one of there best songs to date. Fla another high energy song. Preacher man somewhat radio friengly. Gone Fishing another treat. Bottom line those songs stick out. Songs like rough around the edges partly about Ron, and tommorrows goodbye are ones that dont stick out but after a while they prove to be as good or better.

Better than "Skynyrd 91" but still, nothin Stands out.......2005-05-29

First of all I'm a huge Skynyrd fan.But nothing stands out in this album, the only reason Johnny Van Zant was able to get in on the whole rock singer thing is because of his brother. And another thing Johnny isnt nearly as good as Ronnie. Buy Per-Nounced instead.

The Best One After The Crash.......2005-03-12

This album is just great! It is without a doubt the absolute best album the band has put out since the crash. Just about every song on this album deserves a 5/5. "Gone Fishin'" and "Money Back Guarantee" are the only 2 songs that I would call filler. "FLA" is OK, but not as good as the rest (I give this one 3.5/5). Everything else is a masterpiece. The best songs I would say are "Workin'", "Edge Of Forever", "Mean Streets", & "GWTTG (Get it While the Gettin's Good)", just to name a few. If you're a huge die-hard Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, you'll love this album. If you hate Lynyrd Skynyrd and can't stand them..........................
You'll love this album!
I just wish they would play more of the songs from this album in concert.
And to the reviewer above me: It's fine if you don't like Johnny Van Zant, but you and so many others need to stop coming down on him just because he's not Ronnie!

Great Lynyrd Skynyrd Album.......2003-05-24

Like its successor, VICIOUS CYCLE, EDGE OF FOREVER is a great Lynyrd Skynyrd album. The lyrics reflect a social conscience, with references to how we will all feel/look better if we respect other people and the environment while watching out for ourselves. This, along with TWENTY and VICIOUS CYCLE, is one of the first Johnny-era Skynyrd albums to buy.

A solid effort from Lynyrd Skynyrd.......2003-03-10

As many of you know, Lynyrd Skynyrd lost their original singer Ronnie Van Zant (among others) in a plane crash., and the band was silent for many years. In 1991 they made a come back with Ronnie's brother Johnny Van Zant as the singer. Long time Skynyrd fans might say that things got changed and the music wasn't equally good as in the 1970's. Others, with a more positive attitude, claim that Lynyrd Skynyrd still got it, and the band just upgraded their traditional sound.

"Edge of forever" from 1999 is without doubt a "southern rock" album, as the opening "Working" with it's hard guitar riff clearly shows. Lynyrd Skynyrd have always stood by the side of the ordinary hard working man, and this one is no exception...

"I keep on workin' like a workin' man do
I got to buy my baby shoes
I keep on workin', it's the only thing I do
I make my living by the sweat of my brow"

Lynyrd Skynyrd have often showed us their romantic view towards the simple pleasures in life (fresh air to breath and mountains to look at, the opportunity to go fishing or drinking at the bar) and while some people think it's just a retarded hillbilly attitude - living by the bible and having a good woman by the side - I find some honesty in their lyrics.

Tracks:

Promises Kept
4th of July
Decisions Made
Different Directions
Monument
Decline
The Truth
Time Slips Away
Left
Thank You Note
Perspective
Assume the Worst
Insider
Miles To Go
116

Album Description

After 7 years of traveling the world and touring with Comeback Kid, Sick Of It All, 7 Seconds, Terror & Slapshot, Champion decided to call it a day. This is the final document in their extensive history which includes a DVD of their last show, interviews, early band footage.

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Baby Makin' Project
Jagged Edge
Manufacturer: So So Def
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000TSIK1E
Release Date: 2007-09-25

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It's a bad CD!
Finally!
A very complete summary of Alfred Newman's film music
"Man of Many Melodies...Alfred Newman!"

Man of Galilee

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
Alfred Newman: Captain from Castile
Epics: The History of the World According to Hollywood
Flags of Our Fathers (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B00005NGXS
Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

20th Century Fox Fanfare
How To Marry A Millionaire: Street Scene
The Diary Of Anne Frank - Suite: Ov
The Diary Of Anne Frank - Suite: Live In Hope
The Diary Of Anne Frank - Suite: The First Kiss
The Diary Of Anne Frank - Suite: Persecution/Finale
The Mark Of Zorro: Overture
Anastasia: Main Theme
The Song Of Bernadette: Overture
How The West Was Won - Suite: Prld/The Land
How The West Was Won - Suite: Cleve And His Mule
How The West Was Won - Suite: Intermezzo
How The West Was Won - Suite: Cheyenne Attack And Aftermath/Finale
How The West Was Won - Suite: How The West Was Won

Tracks:

Captain From Castile: Conquest
The Keys Of The Kingdom: Overture
Nevada Smith: Main Title
The Razor's Edge - Suite: Main Title
The Razor's Edge - Suite: Seduction
The Razor's Edge - Suite: India
Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Theme
Man Of Galilee: Prologue
Man Of Galilee: The Promise Of The Holy Spirit
Man Of Galilee: Rejoice
Man Of Galilee: The Great Journey
Man Of Galilee: Miriam's Song
Man Of Galilee: Sunrise Of The Third Day

Customer Reviews:

It's a bad CD!.......2002-06-06

It's a bad CD! It isn't Alfred Newman!...The choir is the worst choir I ever hear! The singers have horrible voices....
If you want hear the true Newman , buy the available originals in SAE, Rhino and Tsunamy labels

Finally!.......2002-04-17

I cant tell you how pleased I am that this collection is coming out! I have been trying for several years to replace my vinyl copy of just "The Diary of Anne Frank" with no success. I found the original in a cut out bin at a camera store when the own stopped carrying records back in the 60's. It has a flaw on the first band of the "b" side, but it is still quite valuable(yes I still have it, and have no intention of parting with it. Thank you for releasing even this portion of a great film score. Any chance that the full score will be reissued on CD??

A very complete summary of Alfred Newman's film music.......2001-11-23

This is a very good two-CD edition of the best of Alfred Newman's film music. Moreover, it includes several suites not available before, such as "The Razor's Edge", "The Keys of the Kingdom", "How the West was won", "The Diary of Anne Frank", plus the magnificent new Cantata "Man of Galilee", adapted from music of "The Robe" and "The Greatest story ever told". It includes also the overture of "The Mark of Zorro", that well deserved to be included in a Newman-Anthology (though it had been previosly relesed by the same label in a separate CD). Regarding other tracks, for instance "Cathy's Theme" from "Wuthering Heights" or "Conquest" from "Captain from Castile", in my opinion the tempos are very slow, though the versions are also good. In the particular case of "Conquest" I prefer other recordings, with more strength, such as Newman's symphonic suite, Korngold-Gerhard's recording, and Naxos'recording by Richard Hyman in "Majestic Marches", which includes not only the famous march but also the prelude of "Captain from Castile".
The only single contrary comment deals with the information booklet. I detected some "inventions" in the text. For instance the author speaks of Mexico as being part of South America, while most of Mexico (especially today's Mexico City) is in North America (only the Yucatan peninsula is in Central America), and says the Spanish conquerors cross the "pampas", while the "pampas" are not in Mexico, but thousands of kilometers to the South. They are huge and completely plain land extensions, without mountains, located in the South Cone of South America, especially in Patagonia. Obviously this mistake is not important, but it is convenient to avoid geographic confusions.

"Man of Many Melodies...Alfred Newman!".......2001-10-18

Alfred Newman (3/17/1901 - 2/17/1970), brother to Lionel Newman, uncle to Randy Newman, and father of two well known sons Thomas and David Newman, both accomplished composers in their own right...but the man who composed early in the '30s such great scores as ~ "Street Scene"(1931)..."I Cover The Waterfront"(1933)..."The Call Of The Wild"(1935)..."Stella Dallas"..."The Prisoner Of Zenda"(1937)...then came 1939, when he composed not one, or two or three, but nine great scores "Beau Geste", "Drums Along The Mohawk", "GUNGA DIN" (one of my all-time favorites, from any composer that lived or living today), "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame", "The Rains Came", "The Real Glory", "They Shall Have Music", "Wuthering Heights", "Young Mr. Lincoln"(another high on the list, starring Henry Fonda)..."Grapes Of Wrath"(1940)..."Blood & Sand"(1941)..."How Green Was My Valley"(1941)..."The Black Swan"(1942)..."Heaven Can Wait"(1943)..."My Friend Flicka"..."A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"(1945)..."Gentlemen's Agreement"(1947)..."A Letter To Three Wives"(1949)..."Down To The Sea In Ships"(1949)..."Prince Of Foxes"(1949)..."Twelve O'Clock High"(1949)..."All About Eve"(1950)(classic film, great cast)..."David & Bathsheba"(1951)..."With A Song In My Heart"(1952)(the Jane Froman Story, with Susan Hayward)..."The Robe"(1953)..."The Egyptian"(1954)..."A Man Called Peter"(1955)..."Love Is A Many Splendored Thing"(1955)..."The Seven Year Itch"(1955)..."Anatasia"(1956)..."The Diary Of Anne Frank"(1959)..."How The West Was Won"(1962)(then came CINERAMA, three cameras and sound that put you in the picture)..."The Greatest Story Ever Told"(1965)..."Airport"(1970)(this was Newman's last film), I've touched only the surface of his composing career, which involved arranging all the music for 20th Century-Fox studios, where Mr. Newman was music director.

Newman's scores gave the audience what they wanted ~ warmth, sensual, inspiring, haunting melodies...a gift of telling a story without words, best to hear the music through tempo and rhythms, which produce peaks and valleys, thus this is life, and our favorite composer was obviously successful and a master of "International Melodies", many of which appeared in his filmscores.

Silva America's 2-CD-Set, featuring The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman and Nic Raine and the Crouch End Festival Chorus(Choir Master-David Temple). Recorded in "Dolby Surround" with the new technology of "HDCD", "film-score-buffs" with flip their wigs on this compilation...composing over 150 film scores and countless arrangements for other composers, this legacy of such dedication will always be with us through CD's, such as this one ~ ALFRED NEWMAN!

You might try other Silva America releases, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Godfather Trilogy"(SSD-1121)..."The Lion in Winter"(SSD-1131)..."Gone With The Wind:The Essential Max Steiner Film Music Collection"(2-CD-Set)(SSD-1132)..."John Barry:The Collection"(4-CD-Set)(SSD-1128)...please check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

Tracks:

Living in the Band
Dallas
Magnolia
Honky Tonk Downstairs
P.N.S. (When You Come Around)
Sagebrush Serenade
Indian Summer
Too Many Nights Too Long
Starin' at the Sky
Twenty Years
Dance: When the Dance Is Over/Go on and Dance/Never Gonna ...
Keep on Tryin'
Hoe Down/Slow Poke
Rose of Cimarron

Customer Reviews:

POCO - The Last Roundup.......2007-01-22

This is considered to be the "Holy Grail" of Poco recordings. It was during their Indian Summer tour in 1977. If you want to hear Poco the way they wanted their fans to hear them, you cannot go wrong with this offering.

one for the island.......2006-12-08

A Poco Fan for 35 years if I had to pick one album to take on an island this would be it?

Very Nice Summation of the Late 70's Poco.......2006-10-28

Very much surprised at how good this live concert recording is. Though I did see this final incarnation of the first post-Ritchie Furay version of the band in concert at the time I'm still amazed at how good they were. The sound quality of this CD is excellent, the band sounds super-charged. The only weakness in my mind is a couple of song selections.

For the un-initiated this the end of the road for the band era that includes Timothy Schmit before he headed off to greener pastures otherwise known as The Eagles. This CD includes many songs from Indian Summer, their final studio album with Schmit. On the surface that might not be a good sign, but surprise, surprise. The live versions here improve on virtually all of those songs. Its impossible to exaggerate how well these songs are sung and played here.

Throw in a couple of excellent vintage tracks such as Rose of Cimarron, Keep on Tryin and Sagebrush Serenade and what you are left with is a nice reminder of how good this band was. The songs from Paul Cotton and Timothy Schmit dominate this recording which is good. But you also see the emergence of Rusty Young as a songwriter which would eventually come to full fruition with the subsequent incarnation of Poco sans-Schmit.

Overall this is a great find for Timothy Schmit fans as you would never hear him so prominently featured in his future endeavors with The Eagles. I always liked this incarnation of Poco though most long time fans would not consider this to be their finest era (how could it be without Ritchie Furay?). Take it for what it is; a fine live document of a very good band that never quite got its due.

I love Poco but............2006-02-19

This is Poco after many of the original members were long gone.
It's still better than 99% of the junk on radio now but don't buy it expecting to hear the Poco of the 70's.

Poco - the last roundup .......2005-10-12

Read the reviews; purchased the CD. It was wonderful to see an unreleased live Poco concert available after many years in the can. But let's be honest, the breathless Reviews I read before purchasing the CD were a bit over the top. Yes, it is a good recording, but the CD suffers because several weak songs were included (in an effort not to duplicate the previous live recordings?). There are some real gems, some real keepers, on this CD, but because of the filler material, it is not a great one. Your best bet: invent a time machine and attend a Poco concert in person.

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