Rising For The Moon [Import]

Rising For The Moon [Import]

Track Listings

1. Rising for the Moon

2. Restless

3. White Dress

4. Let It Go

5. Stranger to Himself

6. What Is True?

7. Iron Lion

8. Dawn

9. After Halloween

10. Night-Time Girl

11. One More Chance

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A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score
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The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul

Beautiful

John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results

Will one day be considered among the best he's written

Almost Impeccable

A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score

Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B00005LLVS
Release Date: 2001-07-03

Tracks:

The Mecha World
Abandoned In the Woods
Replicas
Hide And Seek
For Always
Cybertronics
The Moon Rising
Stored Memories And Monica's Theme
Where Dreams Are Born
Rouge City
The Search For The Blue Fairy
The Reunion
For Always (Duet)

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Packed with Big Ideas about the future of mankind and dispatched with a distant, often icy veneer, Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence can scarcely camouflage its roots. It was begun by the late Stanley Kubrick in the mid-'80s; Spielberg collaborated briefly a decade later, bowed out, then inherited it upon Kubrick's death in '99. And while the late auteur's cold vision seems largely intact (if now infused with Spielberg's enduring Pinocchio fetish), it's safe to say that Kubrick's often challenging musical tastes would probably not have led him to composer John Williams's doorstep. Nonetheless, the acclaimed veteran again rises to the occasion, ably demonstrating that he's hardly been indifferent to 20-odd-years of minimalism and postmodernism and that, as always, the best film music is often a subtly crafted pastiche of sensibilities and styles. Setting the tone of the film's robotically enhanced not-so-distant future, "The Mecha World" crackles and glistens with Steve Reich's rhythmic urgency and John Adams's dense coloration, while "Abandoned in the Woods," "Hide and Seek," and "Rouge City" succeed by setting Williams's more traditional sense of melody against Phillip Glass's hypnotic arpeggios. There's also a sense that the composer has craftily evoked the ghost of Kubrick music past and 2001 in particular; "Replicas" and "Stored Memories" bring to mind Ligeti, while the mournful strings of "Cybertronics" seem a ghostly echo of Khachaturian's "Gayane Ballet Suite." David Foster's ballad "For Always" (in a solo rendition by Lara Fabian and a duet between Fabian and Josh Groban) seems twice-included strictly to enhance the album's radio allure. Completists should also note that Ministry's dark contribution to the film's Flesh Fair sequence, "What About Us?" is not included on this soundtrack, but is available on their Greatest Fits compilation. Arguably Williams's most musically adventurous score since his landmark Close Encounters, A.I. should take its place among the most distinctive of the composer's long and bounteous collaboration with Spielberg. --Jerry McCulley

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The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul.......2006-06-19

A.I. means Artificial Intelligence. But there is nothing artificial about John Williams' organically emotional score and his 17th collaboration with Steven Spielberg. A.I. studies the unique fellowship between human and machine and John has woven a musical interface. John's score pierces the mystery of a robot (mecha) child's short existence. His name is David and he never had a birthday, but was engineered to give and revieve the love of the family he is placed in. The music underlines and then transports David on his jounrey of discovery from his inception to his tanscendence and John does this with wit, majesty, and soul. John's music is of our world and of theirs and finally of a world shared by both orga and mecha. And like so many of John's scores from Spielberg's movies, you really don't need the images to have the story told to you. He is the greatest musical storyteller of all time.

Beautiful .......2006-02-20

This is a wonderful score. It features Josh Groban, Lara Fabian, and of course the master... John Williams.

I would definately say this is one of his best. It reminds me of some of the other Spielberg collaboration scores. Mainly, Empire of the Sun, and War of the Worlds. Lots of the score is wonderful emotional underscoring. It's very complex, and full of interesting scales and keys. Of course, there is plenty of gorgeous thematic material to make the score complete. Honestly, I have never heard a bad John Williams score. Come to think of it, I've never heard one that was less than brilliant and amazing. Really, give this a listen.

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John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results.......2006-02-05

If you're at all familiar with various work by John Williams, then you might be surprised at his soundtrack for the Spielberg movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Here Williams seems to shy away from his usual heroic, orchestral canvasses and focuses more on repetitive, rhythmic music with a much more subdued feel to it. Some people might be reminded of minimalist composer Phillip Glass but it's not always Glass that Williams emulates here, it's another major figure in the minimalist music movement, John Adams. Even if Williams emulates others at times, it's still pure John Williams throughout.

Of course Williams, just like Steven Spielberg, can't help but pour on the schmaltz once in a while. The main theme of the film is the one used for the song " For Always ". When this music is played by piano and orchestra it's quite beautiful. When the soprano Barbara Bonney sings it with wordless vocals, it's very evocative of the mood in the film. HOWEVER, I have no idea what John Williams was thinking when he basically turns this beautiful, simple theme into a corny pop song. Oh wait, I know exactly what he was thinking, he was trying to generate a pop hit! Ugh. When Lara Fabian sings " For Always " on track 5, you grind your teeth and barely make it through. When on track 13, Lara Fabian is joined by Josh Groban for a duet version of the same song, it becomes intolerable schmaltz at it's worst.

So yes, there is much satisfying work here by everyone's most lovable film composer John Williams, just don't listen to tracks 5 and 13 so your musical sensibilities won't be irreparably damaged!

The last word from me, A.I., terrific soundtrack that rivals Williams' best, sayonara!

Will one day be considered among the best he's written.......2005-12-29

This score is a masterpiece. Although many critics found Steven Spielberg's film to be uneven, I feel that the score perfectly gives it heart. The score helps to understand what the film is all about -- a boy's love for his "mother."

This score by John Williams will one day be considered among the best he's written. Highly underrated, yet greatly poignant.

I agree with other reviewers who have warned that this is not in the Star Wars / Indiana Jones vein. If you're looking for big, bombastic symphonic music, look elsewhere. This is very sentimental, but beautifully done music. It demonstrates John Williams' talent for matching the music to the film's intention. As his resume' demonstrates, John Williams can write music for just about every film, including a misunderstood "Spielberg/Kubrick" collaboration.

"The Reunion" (final track) is one of the best tracks of orchestra/piano music ever written. The lullaby-like song is the same melody as was used in "For Always," and it is achingly beautiful.

Appropriately, this final track is played in the film while David being (finally) reunited with his "mother."

Almost Impeccable.......2004-04-26

John Williams continues in the fine tradition of his previous work. This sondtrack is finely balanced, with delicate medleys, haunting themes, and some lullaby pieces that are almost enough to make one weep. Contrary to many of his previous works (Star Wars, Superman, et al,) Mr. Williams avoided writing loud, brassy fanfares that would have deeply conflicted with the dark, pensive nature of this film.
Several tracks stand out in this masterpiece. The twin versions of "For Always," one featuring Lara Fabian and the other featuring Josh Groban in a duet with Ms. Fabian are wonderfully pure. In solo form, Lara's voice is wonderfully smooth and has a subtle almost untrained quality that lends a genuineness to her singing. In the duet, Mr. Groban's silky smooth baritone perfectly offsets Lara's clear soprano. The penultimate song, titled "The Reunion" is a stunning, gorgeous lullaby of a piece that features a plaintive, almost childish piano theme. The simplicity is subtlely complex as the theme winds through an entire emotional range, from triumphant happiness to simple joy to black despair, and finally back into an almost heartbreaking lullaby.
Mr. Williams has displayed a wide variety of musical styles in this soundtrack. For fans of his that are desiring a "Star Wars" fanfare and overpowering orchestral pieces, this soundtrack is not for you. I personally prefer this collection to most of his other works.

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Sandy Denny Back.
One of the very best
A Really Really Good Album That Really Ought Have Been Great
A Much Better Sandy Denny Album Than "Rendezvous"
An album that should have been much better

Rising for the Moon
Fairport Convention
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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ASIN: B0009A21K8
Release Date: 2005-08-15

Tracks:

Rising for the Moon
Restless
White Dress
Let It Go
Stranger to Himself
What Is True?
Iron Lion
Dawn
After Halloween
Night-Time Girl
One More Chance
Tears [*]
Rising for the Moon [Sandy Denny's Original Demo][*]
Stranger to Himself [Sandy Denny's Original Demo][*]
One More Chance [Sandy Denny's Original Demo][*]

Album Description

2005 Remastered re-issue. Includes four bonus tracks: 'Tears (Single B-side Of 'White Dress'), 'Rising For The Moon' (Sandy's original demo) , 'Stranger To Himself' (Sandy's original demo) and 'One More Chance' (Sandy's original demo). Universal.

Album Details

Fairport Convention's Elventh Album, "Rising for the Moon", from 1975 Has Been Digitally Remastered with Four Bonus Tracks. Initial Quantities Come Complete with a Ilmited Edition Slip Case.

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Sandy Denny Back........2007-07-13

Fairport's 1975 album re-united the group with singer/songwriter Sandy Denny. Denny left the band in 1969 after the recording of the legendary "Liege and Lief" album.

During the the six years that had passed, the band had experienced quite a lot success and and several line-up changes. In fact only Dave Swarbrick and Dave Mattacks were still in the band, when the new recordings began. In the meantime Sandy had had her own group, "Fotheringay" and had recorded 3 highly acclaimed solo-albums.

Expectations were great among Fairport Convention fans about the re-union. And fans of Sandy Denny would not be disappointed, because Denny is in several ways the dominating figure on the album. As the main songwriter and singer on more than half of the album, it almost feels like a Denny album. The musicians backing Denny on her solo-albums were often friends from Fairport, anyway, so logically the sound is not very different. Denny's had already proved to be a prolific song-writer and on this album some of her very best can be found. The title track could very well be the most optimistic and commercial she ever wrote. And songs like "Stranger to Himself", "What is True" and "One More Chance" ranks with the very best on her solo-albums.

Another stand-out is Swarbrick's wistful "White Dress" beautifully sung by Denny.

Unfortunately the songs sung by Swarbrick himself and Trevor Lucas not quite up to the high standards of Denny's. The best is Lucas' country influenced "Restless".

The bonus-tracks draw the same picture, with three Denny demos ( all very good ) and a B-side written by Lucas.

Altogether probably one of the most main-stream and least folk-influenced albums the band ever released. Fine production and great playing by one of the strongest Fairport line-ups.

One of the very best .......2007-07-08

This album is as good as FC's best other works (i.e "Liege&lief" or "Unhalfbricking") and it's a shame no one else has left a better review until now. Besides being extremely even and consistent, Sandy Denny's compositions are arguably her best ever. The song "One more chance" is worth spending every penny for this title and will give you goose bumps from the beginning till the very end (the guitar solo is absolutely unbelievable!!!).

Anyway, to me this is just a great album for all ages with no weak track (note some songs have different colors but overall blend in to the better after a couple of listens). There, I wrote it!!!!

A Really Really Good Album That Really Ought Have Been Great.......2006-10-19

"Sandy Denny rejoins Fairport Convention" sounds like a recipe for a great album. But, somehow, it wasn't.

Perhaps it's because i just don't much like several of the songs. I don't much DISlike them either, and that's a recipe for apathy.

Of the songs that i DO like, i like a couple of them quite a bit, indeed -- as songs -- though i must agree that the production to some extent detracts even from the songs i do like.

That said, the title song is wonderful, Trevor's "Iron Lion" is one of the better railroad songs i've heard in a while, "White Dress" is almost achingly beautiful, "Stranger to Himself" is almost Dylanesque in its apparent symbolism, and, as others have remarked, "One More Chance" is a soaring wonder that shows what this band COULD have done, if they had been allowed/elected to soar to the heights that they could reach.

Sandy was only to be with us for a little while longer; it's sad that she and the band didn't take this chance to get together, rare back and fly.

That all having been said -- if you are at all a fan of Fairport, Sandy Denny or both, this album is one you need, if only for the title song and "One More Chance".

(The cover, by the way, is one of the prettier and more evocative of all the Fairport album covers)

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A Later Note (11/26/02): Probably this album should be considered in tandem with "Before the Moon", a recent 2-disc set presenting two live shows recorded at Ebbets Field on the US tour that supported this album. I haven't heard it yet, but it sounds like a fantastic set.

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A STILL Later Note (10/18/06): DEFINITELY this album should be considered in tandem with "Before the Moon". You should buy this first, then "Before the Moon". f you are at all a fan of Fairport, Sandy Denny or both, you won't regret it.

A Much Better Sandy Denny Album Than "Rendezvous".......2006-04-26

"Rising for the Moon" may not be as epochal or acclaimed as "Liege and Lief," but I like it better and play it more often. It has more of a country-rock, singer-songwriter feel than Fairport's earlier progressive-folk albums, although this was off-putting to some fans. It is also a much better Sandy Denny album than the overproduced "Rendezvous" (1977) which relied heavily on covers. It is ironic that she occupied a more central position on this 1975 Fairport Convention offering than on her final solo album before her untimely death at age 31. The five originals Denny contributed to "Rising for the Moon" are easily some of her finest songs: the bluegrass-inflected title track, "What Is True," "After Halloween," "Stranger to Himself," and the epic "One More Chance." If you enjoy "Sandy" (1972), you will find much to love on "Rising for the Moon." Trevor Lucas'"Restless" is another excellent cut. It is only because of two weaker numbers ("Dawn" and "Let It Go," respectively rather turgid and twee, but still listenable)that this album receives 4 stars instead of 5.

An album that should have been much better.......2005-08-18

When Sandy Denny returned to Fairport Convention, the band made one last bid for stardom. Super-producer Glyn Johns (the Who, Clapton, Eagles) was brought in. And the result was a surprisingly tepid album.

Johns seems to have been going for a singer-songwriting feel. The instruments are muted, with the fantastic musicianship of guitarist Jerry Donahue and fiddler Dave Swarbrick kept under wraps, and the bass and drums playing somewhere off in the distance. Nothing will distract the listener from the underlying songs! The problem is that those songs aren't good enough to carry the burden. Sandy contributes five songs that all have strong lyrics matched with lackluster music, and she sings them with a halfhearted effort. There's just enough going on to suggest that songs like "Dawn" and Trevor Lucas's "Iron Lion" could have been memorable with livelier arrangements and production. Lucas does provide his best Fairport moment with "Restless".

The album closes with "One More Chance", an 8-minute Sandy opus that is everything the rest of the album is not. Sandy finally raises her voice and sings like SANDY DENNY. The verse and chorus both have great melodies. And then...Donahue and Swarbrick both soar in an extended instrumental. This song is one of the all-time Fairport Convention highlights. If the same approach had been used throughout the album, "Rising for the Moon" might be remembered with "Liege & Leaf" and "What We Did on Our Holidays". Instead, it's an album best suited for late at night with a glass of wine. It's background music for melancholy, not an album that commands your full attention.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

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Bantock: Songs from the Chinese Poets; Ghazals of Hafiz

Manufacturer: Dutton Laboratories
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ASIN: B00006K07A
Release Date: 2003-01-14

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Rising for the Moon
Fairport Convention
Manufacturer: Universal Japan
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000CBO02Q
Release Date: 2006-01-30

Tracks:

Rising for the Moon
Restless
White Dress
Let It Go
Stranger to Himself
What Is True?
Iron Lion
Dawn
After Halloween
Night-Time Girl
One More Chance
Tears [Single B-Side of "White Dress"]
Rising for the Moon [Sandy's Original Demo]
Stranger to Himself [Sandy's Original Demo]
One More Chance [Sandy's Original Demo]

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing remastered with 4 bonus tracks: 'Tears' (single B-side of 'White Dress'), 'Rising For The Moon' (Sandy's original demo), 'Stranger To Himself' (Sandy's original demo) and 'One More Chance' (Sandy's original demo). CD comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Island. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork of Fairport Convention's Eleventh Album from 1975 Includes Four Bonus Tracks: "Tears" (A Single B-side) and Three of Sandy Denny's Original Demo Recordings of "Rising for the Moon", "Stranger to Himself" and "One More Chance".

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Evening Tunes in Prague

Manufacturer: Denon Records
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ASIN: B0000034XB
Release Date: 1995-03-16

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The Rising of the Moon from Opera 'In the Well'
About Magical Bag from Ballet 'Spalicek', Ste No.2
Preghiera from the Ste No.4 in G, Op.61 'Mozartiana'
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Andante cantabile from String Qt No.1 in D, Op.11
Humoresque Op.101 No.7
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wow, who ever knew the oboe could be so beautifully played?

Allanbrook: Songs of Love and Death

Manufacturer: Mapleshade Records
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ASIN: B00004UDEX
Release Date: 2000-08-15

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Songs Of Love And Death: Who Is Sylvia - Heather Craw
Songs Of Love And Death: Who Killed Cock-Robin? - Heather Craw
Songs Of Love And Death: If I Can Have It When I'm Dead - Heather Craw
Five New American Prlds - Douglas Allanbrook
Five New American Prlds - Douglas Allanbrook
Five New American Prlds - Douglas Allanbrook
Five New American Prlds - Douglas Allanbrook
Five New American Prlds - Douglas Allanbrook
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Two Chinese Songs: A Moon Rising White - Heather Craw/Douglas Allanbrook
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In Morte Di Madonna Laura: Three Petrarch Sonnets - Heather Craw/Douglas Allanbrook
In Morte Di Madonna Laura: Three Petrarch Sonnets - Heather Craw/Douglas Allanbrook
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wow, who ever knew the oboe could be so beautifully played?.......2004-01-20

these songs are interesting...particularly because i never knew the oboe could be played so well...what would we do without oscar? i don't know who the oboist was on the recording, but they should really think about a future playng with one of the violinists who was also incredible. i wonder if they were classically trained under nec tutelage???

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A Better Sandy Denny Album Than "Rendezvous"
Decent Sandy album, a lesser Fairport
A Really Really Good Album That Should Have Been Great
Rising for the Moon
Sadly Under-rated album

Rising For The Moon
Fairport Convention
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ASIN: B000006YLW
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

Rising for the Moon
Restless
White Dress
Let It Go
Stranger to Himself
What Is True?
Iron Lion
Dawn
After Halloween
Night-Time Girl
One More Chance

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A Better Sandy Denny Album Than "Rendezvous".......2006-04-26

Decent Sandy album, a lesser Fairport.......2004-09-09

There isn't a single Fairport album I don't like. That said this isn't one of my favorites. Individually the songs are really good but the overall product sounds like everyone involved was thinking about a solo rather than a collective album and is a big step down from the great "9" album which is probably the best of the post Richard Thompson albums. The production sounds like an attempt was made to mold them to a certain sound, whenter it fit them or not. If you're looking for great Fairport check out Full House, Leige & Lief, What We did on our Holiday, Jewel in The Crown, Nine or Unhalfbricking. For great Sandy check out Sandy, Like an Old Fashoned Waltz, or Fotheringay.

A Really Really Good Album That Should Have Been Great.......2002-10-17

"Sandy Denny rejoins Fairport Convention" sounds like a recipe for a great album. But, somehow, it wasn't.

Perhaps it's because i just don't much like several of the songs. I don't much DISlike them either, and that's a recipe for apathy.

Of the songs that i DO like, i like a couple of them quite a bit, indeed -- as songs -- though i must agree that the production to some extent detracts even from the songs i do like.

That said, the title song is wonderful, Trevor's "Iron Lion" is one of the better railroad songs i've heard in a while, "White Dress" is almost achingly beautiful, "Stranger to Himself" is almost Dylanesque in its apparent symbolism, and, as others have remarked, "One More Chance" is a soaring wonder that shows what this band COULD have done, if they had been allowed/elected to soar to the heights that they could reach.

Sandy was only to be with us for a little while longer; it's sad that she and the band didn't take this chance to get together, rare back and fly.

That all having been said -- if you are at all a fan of Fairport, Sandy Denny or both, this album is one you need, if only for the title song and "One More Chance".

(The cover, by the way, is one of the prettier and more evocative of all the Fairport album covers)
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A Later Note (11/26/02): Probably this album should be considered in tandem with "Before the Moon", a recent 2-disc set presenting two live shows recorded at Ebbets Field on the US tour that supported this album. I haven't heard ot yet, but it sounds like a fantastic set.

Rising for the Moon.......2002-07-21

This is the quinntesential Fairport Convention album, Sandy Denny's finest vocals especially on the haunting ballad "One More Chance". I count this among my top ten desert island disks.

Sadly Under-rated album.......2002-07-11

One of the stronger Fairport lineups following on from the so-called classic period, this album never received the recognition it deserved nor reached the audiience it ought to have.

Recorded in 1975, the album was overshadowed by the growing number of groups and singer-songwriters in the UK. Steeleye Span had achieved chart success and groups like Prelude were more commercially successful

While Fairport Convention had attracted much attention to the return of Sandy Denny to the fold along with two other members of Fotheringay, they had a montain to climb to regain their position at the top of the British folk rock tree. With a wide variety of songs in the best of the Fairport tradition and a long lineage of musicianship of the bands members, the album failed to achieve the commercial success which had eluded them for over four years and also failed to significantly increase the band's audience. The album also flopped in the States which did not help morale and subsequently the band split before resuming business as Fairport.

If I had to select my favourite I would go for the title track but I like them all. It is a good, solid album which I can play over and over, not just because of Sandy Denny's wonderful voice but just to hear those musicians play so well.

When is the Box set going to be released over here?

Another album to include the singing talents of Alexandra Denny is Live Convention.

It Is What It Is
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It Is What It Is
Opium For The Masses
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Bad Moon Rising
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Release Date: 1996-11-21