Riot

Riot

Track Listings

1. Russian Roulette

2. Riot

3. Cursed

4. You Got It Comin'

5. Down on Me

6. Shove It

7. Get What I Want (From You)

8. Pride of Youth

9. Human Zoo

10. Shattered

11. Fall into the Fire

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Brit Heavy Metal Band Produced by Mark Bruce (Black Sabbath, Magnum).

Tracks:

For a Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic
That's What You Get
Hallelujah
Misery Business
When It Rains
Let the Flames Begin
Miracle
CruchCrushCrush
We Are Broken
Fences
Born For This

Album Description

After gaining hordes of enthusiastic fans worldwide with their debut All We Know Is Falling, Paramore is poised to breakthrough to new heights with their newest offering Riot! Their sophomore record, produced by David Bendeth (Hawthorne Heights, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus) is due in stores everywhere June 12th. Lead single Misery Business, in addition to other album tracks, deals with issues of shame and self-discovery as lead-singer Hayley Williams discusses. I've been ashamed, she says. I've felt hate, jealously, lust, fear, pride, self-consciousness... You hear a lot of this on the record. I feel like I need to talk about it. It is not uncommon for Paramore to expose their emotions and allow fans to have such an intimate look into their lives. While recording the track Born For This, the band invited a handful of fans into the studio to sing back-up vocals on the song. Fans have responded by voting Paramore as the #1 Best New Band in Kerrang! magazine, beating out Panic! at the Disco among others, and Alternative Press magazine has named Riot! as one of their most anticipated releases of 2007. Brothers Josh and Zac Farro (on guitar and drums respectively), as well as Jeremy Davis (on bass), round out the enthusiastic Franklin, TN based quartet. This year finds the band bringing their energetic live show to fans in cities worldwide. This spring the band will embark on a 20+ date sold-out headlining club tour, including the now-legendary Bamboozle festival. Following a stint on the European club circuit, the band will return to the States this summer with a coveted main stage slot on the Vans Warped Tour.

Customer Reviews:

It really doesn't sound like they broke free........2007-08-02

This cd is not a bad one but it sounds like they haven't broke free from their first album. The sound is a little bit more varied this time around which is good but the lyrics aren't so much. The songs sound like just another version of their other songs off "All We Know Is Falling". For example, If you listen to "Born For This" you can obviously spot the strong resemblance to "Pressure". After I listened to "Misery Business", I thought this album would be a lot different for the better. I was expecting way different sound from "All We Know Is Falling" and lyrics but it just didn't deliver.

Paramore makes another amazing album........2007-07-27

I recently purchased this cd in an effort to find something more from Paramore. Since "All We Know Is Falling" was an exceptional album, I knew for a fact this one would be too. And sure enough, as I played the very first song I was completely blown away. Not only was their first album great, but I can say this one is even better. All the songs are more hard and rocky, and Hayley's voice is beautiful as always. The sound is more clean and it's simple to fall in love with each song. I will add that my favorite song on this album is the last one, "Born For This". I would suggest you buy this album immediately if you loved "All We Know Is Falling"!

WONDERFUL........2007-07-20

Hayley is a majorly talented and majorly beautiful young women and the impact that paramore has had on so many people is remarkable. I was just talking to one of my friendsa bout RIOT! and she said that hayley is so insipreing and is ooseing talent. And i agree 100%%. This band and new album hits every note at the right time.
Its amazing.
Two thumbs up
BUY IT
LISTEN TO IT
FEEL IT.

Good, worth your money.......2007-07-18

Riot! is a great sophmore record for Paramore. The trio of "Misery Business", "Born For This", and "Hallelujah" are the songs that really stand out but that doesn't mean the rest of the album doesn't. Every song stands on its own and is amazing. Hayley William's vocals are ten times better [than on All We Know Is Falling], Josh Farro and Jeremy Davis' guitar parts are brilliant and Zac Farro delivers fantastic drum parts. Most of the album is catchy,fun pop-rock songs but songs like "We Are Broken", "When It Rains", and "crushcrushcrush" show Paramore's softer/darker side.
The only complaints I have about Riot! are:
a.) "We Are Broken". It's a good song, you get attached after awhile, but it's a bit sappy and isn't at Riot!s best.
b.) Riot! sounds more like a follower, not a leader.

Overall: If you were a fan of Paramore before there's a very good chance you'll love this album. New fans'll also love it. Buy Riot! you won't be dissapointed.

One For the Pop Kids.......2007-07-18

Paramore is all about Hayley Williams, and that shows pretty bad on Riot!, the band's second album. The music is as plain and generic as it gets, sounding like just about every other pop rock/emo band out there right now. Hayley is a decent singer, and the melodies, although nothing groundbreaking, are actually quite decent. Unfortunately fairly good melodies never have, and never will make up for poor lyrics. Williams tries to be witty but ends up sounding whiny and overly cynical (think Anberlin without the clever word plays).
At the end of the day this is good music for teens who THINK that they're rockers (fans of the Academy Is, Cute Is What We Aim For, etc) but are actually good pop kids. Skip this if you listen to real music.

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Sly Stone's dark masterpiece.
A Family Stone Affair

There's a Riot Goin' On
Sly & the Family Stone
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MTFG1W
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Luv N' Haight
Just Like A Baby
Poet
Family Affair
Africa Talks To You ' The Asphalt Jungle'
There's A Riot Goin' On
Brave & Strong
(You Caught Me) Smilin'
Time
Spaced Cowboy
Runnin' Away
Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa
Runnin' Away
My Gorilla Is My Butler
Do You Know What?
That's Pretty Clean

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The hazy hints of dystopia from Sly and the Family Stone's fabulously successful 1969 hit album Stand! turned full-force on its follow-up, There's a Riot Goin' On. By 1971, Sly had his Hollywood mansion and legions of droppers-by laying down parts of Riot, many of them later overdubbed by Sly himself. The resulting album is entrancing, backed often by an austere, early drum machine and featuring dope-glazed vocals, paranoid shadows and, of course, a stewing funk groove. Horns are here, thinned out so they jab harder, and the keyboards gleam and shimmer and icily coat the beats, which sound in today's parlance simply lo-fi. And the beats, they've slowed menacingly, with voices dropping in, dropping out. Drugs were flowing freely by this point, complicating Sly's sound, inadvertently making an album that indelibly matches its maker's psyche-in-time. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Sly Stone's dark masterpiece........2007-05-16

Sly and the Family Stone's "Stand!" was an album of optimism and the brightness of '60s counterculture, but creeping just below the surface on that record was a darkness and claustrophobia-- an edge that separated "Stand!" from any of its predecessors or its peers. That darkness is the sound of "There's a Riot Goin' On", Sly Stone's bleak masterpiece, in its way the sound of civil unrest and, in my assessment, the greatest funk album ever recorded.

When I speak of claustrophobia, I mean it as a production vaue, and it's something evident throughout the record. There's a density to the record, even on the looser and less arranged pieces, that really sets the tone for the album. And while not all the album's songs have a message to match this claustrophobia, it does have a tendency to make even the optimistic material sound like you're trying to remember a dream after you've woken up. Take single "Family Affair"-- it's loose, based around a gentle pop vocal hook and is presented with a smooth baritone lead, but it sounds like "Stand!" dragged through the mud. It works out fantastically. All of this is accentuated by the tendency to move towards funk vamps for everything-- sometiems as much as seven minutes of the same riff feeds into this feeling of density.

But really, it's dark funk that dominates the record throughout-- wah wah guitars, dirty basslines, snapping horns, and Sly Stone vocalizing and singing all over the map, fierce and at times nearly out of control-- opener "Luv N' Haight" and Brave & Strong" are two fine examples of this. Along the way, he manages occasional moments of delicate beauty with a hint of melancholy that keeps the album from being a bit too bleak ("Poet", "(You Caught me) Smilin'") and closes things up with a recasting of "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" as a slice of slow funk that somehow manages to be as intriguing as the original.

This reissue remasters the record, appends a handful of bonus tracks (a single mix of "Runnin' Away" and three instrumentals leftover from the sessions) and includes a nice liner notes essay. The remastering alone makes this a worthwhile pickup, all the dark beauty of the record really comes forth and the feeling of the record is, if anything accentuated by it.

Truthfully, "There's a Riot Goin' On" may not be for everyone, it's a pretty dark record, but it's also the kind of thing that can really reinvent someone's opinion of Sly & the Family Stone (it certainly reinvented mine). It also serves nicely as a companion to "Stand!", they are very much opposite sides of the same music. I give a slight edge to "There's a Riot Goin' On" as Sly Stone's masterwork. This is essential listening.

A Family Stone Affair.......2007-04-18

For many many years after it's realese 'Theres A Riot Goin' On' has been considered Sly & The Family Stones best album.Well in the long and short,it's isn't.Sly never had a "best" album,he had a handfull of them.So this is the second of a three Sly "masterworks" that begun a year or so before with Stand! and ended a year or so after this with Fresh.One thing about a lot of the music here is that it emphasizes rather aimless grooves with Sly's chocked voice playing a more eccentric role;melody and song construction is not always the main priority.Does'nt mean that the shoppy wah wah's,organs and Sly's newfound Rhythm King drum machine don't draw you right into classic grooves such as "Luv N' Haight","Poet","Africa Talks To You","Time" and the mean "Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa" which quaotes from "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf",only drags much slower.Of course there really are some classic songs here-one being "Just Like A Baby".Musically it's almost nothing-spare spare spare but it has this quirky melody and a vocal so scorched it's as spare as the music.Then we all know "Family Affair" right?What a relevant hit-great beat,that wah wah and "bloods thicker then the mud,it's a family affair"-MY FAVORITE!!!!Just as wonderful are "Brave & Strong" and "(You Caught Me) Smilin'",three of the most melodic things here,next of course to "Runnin' Away" (the albums other hit) which is nothing but melody.And "Spaced Cowboy"-HILARIOUS,the funniest thing on the record,yodeling cowboyish funk that I am sure Sly did completely stoned but his sharp humor shined right through.The instrumental bonus cuts sound like vamps from the sessions that grew into this album,the sessions that (like the vamps) went nowhere.Okay I know;Larry Graham is credited as being on this but Sly played almost all the bass lines.About Sly's bass it's barely audible,a different style then Larry.But this really is a wonderful album,called a classic along with many others that often don't deserve the title.But "Riot" does so this is one of those musical feats worth wolfing down,no matter where you head is it.

Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records

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"Suprisingly Authentic Record From Neo-Billy Kingpin Setzer!"
Education in Rockabilly
"History of Rockabilly 101" little bit of a bore
A rockin' tribute
Wow

Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records
Brian Setzer
Manufacturer: Surfdog Records Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009U7FM2
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

Red Hot
Slow Down
Real Wild Child
Rockhouse
Put Your Cat Clothes On
Lonely Weekends
Get It Off Your Mind
Just Because
Glad All Over
Flatfoot Sam
Rock 'N Roll Ruby
Blue Suede Shoes
Tennessee Zip
Mona Lisa
Peroxide Blonde in a Hopped Up Model Ford
Get Rhythm
Stairway To Nowhere
Boppin' The Blues
Rakin' and Scrapin'
Sweet Woman
Flyin' Saucer Rock and Roll
Lonely Wolf
Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache

Album Description

This is the first of a multi-volume series where Brian will pay tribute to the music that influenced him, and in turn, made him one of the most influential musical figures of the last 25 years. Here are 23 amazing rockabilly songs (some hits, some obscure gems) that helped define an era. Setzer is determined to do whatever it takes to reach as many people as possible so they too can discover the music that has gone underappreciated for too long.

Customer Reviews:

"Suprisingly Authentic Record From Neo-Billy Kingpin Setzer!".......2007-06-18

Who've thought that one of the most authentic rockabilly albums in recent years would come from the former STRAY CATS front man and neo-swing pioneer Brian Setzer? Not this DJ! Mr. Setzer has always been an accomplished and talented guitarist/singer, kind of like our "rockabilly ambassador" to the outside mainstream world, but in recent years you'd be hard pressed to find many of his songs on rockabilly playlists around our retro-rockin' scene. Not that any of his post-Cats material was pedestrian -far from that. It's just that his slick, effortless and oft-times `overproduced' studio sound seemed a bit out of sync with the more "traditional" sounds emanating from the modern rockabilly revival.

Now, I can't help but admit that I've dug the Stray Cats since day one -you might even say that they were an early, unseen hand nudging me towards this retro rockin' lifestyle. "Rockabilly Riot! Volume One: A Tribute To SUN Records" brings Brian full circle back to those early inspirations as he headed back to the hills -the Tennessee hills actually, to record a heartfelt, sparse and authentic paean to those artists and the songs of Sam Phillips little/big studio on Union Avenue in Memphis. Using just piano, sax and acoustic guitar (when necessary) to augment the traditional "SUN" rockabilly sound (electric guitar, standup bass and simple drums), Brian has not only created a near perfect rockabilly primer, but also a heartfelt testament to the quality and timeless brilliance of SUN Records. His commitment to the album's concept was even carried over to the equipment used: strictly vintage mics and reverb/echo created by an old 1800's era water cistern found behind the house! This is a superb record that you wouldn't mind handing to a stranger or friend who wants to know what all this "rockabilly" fuss was about.

Generous quantity of material here -23 tracks! Great selection of straightforward standards and brilliant obscure-o-billy nuggets: you can't have a SUN tribute without BILL RILEY'S "Red Hot" & "Flying Saucer Rock And Roll," CARL PERKINS "Blue Suede Shoes" or JOHNNY CASH's "Get Rhythm." But what makes this album really rev right are all the rarely heard numbers like ROY ORBISON's "Rockhouse," "JACK EARL's "Slow Down," JERRY LEE LEWIS's "Real Wild Child," DEAN BEARD's "Rakin' And Scrapin'"," KENNY PARCHMAN's unissued "Get It Off Your Mind," and TOMMY BLAKE's "Flatfoot Sam" -all performed with wild abandon and informed flair by some of the best musicians in Nashville.

STAND-OUT HOT ROD TUNE: Dig the rowdy rollin' and rockin' "Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Up Model Ford," unissued '57 track by SUN alum "Jumpin'" GENE SIMMONS. One of the coolest hot rod tracks ever, finally completed & committed to tape with a powerful `jived up' overhaul. That's Mr. Simmons himself on backup vocals and heard muttering at the end: "Think about it, killer!"

"Rockabilly Riot!" has lots of comfortable SUN covers, but also plenty of powerful surprises hidden deep under the hood. This is the album we all knew that Mr. Setzer could make if he ever got back to his roots. Now let's see if he leaves them Hollywood hills to tour in support of this rockabilly gem...!

-Del Villarreal, MOTORBILLY RADIO, del@motorbilly.com

Education in Rockabilly.......2007-01-01

If you don't know what Rockabilly is or are just getting into it here, this is a great transition to hear Brian's versions of Classic songs that every Rockabilly player does.
**WARNING: This CD might make you search out and collect many obscure and unheard of artists in the Amazon Archives! May be hazardous to your financial health.**
I did not heed the warning and am happily collecting artists I'd never heard of.

"History of Rockabilly 101" little bit of a bore.......2006-05-24

Just like some classes, it sounds interesting and intriguing, but once you sign up it's not what you expected. So you suffer though the semester, endlessly kicking yourself for enrolling in a class that sounded good, but wasn't what you thought it would be.

It's not until well after you've graduated do you really appreciate the experience.

Riot seems a lot like that to me. The high level of detail in recreating some popular tunes of the 50's sounds initially interesting, but my first impression was one of disappointment. I was hoping Brian would kick it up a notch, add a little Ignition style fire into the recordings, but Mr. Setzer, like a school teacher had a certain agenda and he stuck with it. "That kind of style didn't exist in that erra," he would lecture the class.

I stick to my guns and really, really want Brian to make another over the top guitar record like Ignition, but at the same time, I have learned to appreciate this record for what it is. It is honestly a record that is unlike anything else in my collection.

I will probably begin to appreciate this record more as I grow older. For now, I never get tired of Brian's over the top mixture of jazz/blues/country/swing that has me dropping my jaw. I'm not interested in a tamer scaled down version...just yet. Maybe I will later.

So, whenever I feel like enrolling in Rockabilly school, I just pop this disc in.

A rockin' tribute .......2006-05-16

Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records is a fantastic homage to some of the best American music ever recorded. Setzer's musicianship is top-notch; more proof that he's probably the best rockabilly (and swing) guitarist to ever live. His voice is golden, sounding much better than on some of his recent recordings of original material.

The album captures the energy and emotion of the Sun Records rockabilly classics, stays true to it, but improves on it with updated recording technology. The paradox is that the recordings are so clean, they lack a bit of the rawness of the 50's recordings.

Being a collection of covers, it has built-in limitations. When trying to pull something like this off, the artist is trapped between trying to bring something fresh to the material without straying too far from what made the songs great in the first place. Inject too much of yourself into someone else's song, and you're accused of heresy, betrayal. Introduce nothing new to the songs, and you're panned as boring and unoriginal. Setzer avoided the horns of that dilemma by revitalizing without ruining these classic songs.

Fans of the original Sun Records artists should be glad that the material is being re-introduced to the public in a very reverential way. Setzer fans should be pleased by the fire in his playing and singing. The songs are a lot of fun. Listening to this album reminded me of why early rock n' roll was so stirring, inspiring, energizing to that first generation of fans - something 50 years later we tend to take for granted.

Wow.......2006-05-12

Just "wow". Maybe "WOW".

Brian gathers a nice selection of rockabilly standards and covers them wonderfully. The Jordanaires join him on several songs, which really add to them. There isn't a song on here I don't like. I sense that Brian would have been perfectly content to have been around when rockabilly was being born.

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6 stars out of 5!!
1+1=Kings of Convenience
every song is a poem
An excellent album from an excellent band
peaceful thoughtful peppy

Riot on an Empty Street
Kings of Convenience
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
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ASIN: B00026W82U
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Homesick
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Cayman Islands
Stay Out Of Trouble
Know How
Sorry Or Please
Love Is No Big Truth
I'd Rather Dance With You
Live Long
Surprise Ice
Gold In The Air Of Summer
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Album Description

Their second album, 'Riot On An Empty Street' picks up where 'Quiet Is The New Loud' left off. Recorded over the last six months in Bergen, with periodic visits from ex-patriot Erlend - Riot contains more complex arrangements tWith You', 'Know How,' 'Love Is No Big Truth' or first single 'Misread', every track sounds like an old friend coming home to you.

"It's quite style schizophrenic," adds Eirik "We're each inspired by different things so it can be a little confusing, but that seems to be a modern phenomenon, people don't know what genre to put themselves in."

"I'm looking forward to everyone saying it's not as good as the first album," laughs Erlend, "It's funny because two of the songs are from 1998, so it's us, covering us from five years ago," he adds.

The Kings were joined in the studio by hotly tipped Canadian songstress Feist, who appears on two of the albums twelve tracks, the bossa-fuelled 'Know How' where she assists Eirik, and the album's closing track 'The Build Up'- where she duets with Erlend in what is one of the Kings' most stark and beautifully emotive tracks, a rare moment captured in time. Both were big fans of her much-fabled "Red Demos" and she melds perfectly amidst them, bringing an air of added suspense and emotion and of course her majestic voice. "Her voice is amazing", gushes Erlend, "I'm very proud of the 'Build Up', for the first time ever we managed to do something spontaneous, Feist wrote the words an hour before she sung them, and it doesn't sound like anything else we've ever done."

So there you have it. Kings Of Convenience - 2004. A therapist and a superstar singing DJ, an odd couple, but still the best (old) new acoustic band in the world. 'Riot On An Empty Street,' forms their very own republic of two, principality of Eirik and Erlend. A great place to visit again and again.

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6 stars out of 5!!.......2007-06-19

I'm late in discovering this, I know, but better late than never. Kings of Convenience are Norwegian duo Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, and their gentle, caressing guitar driven folk/jazz with wistful harmonies is highly remniscent of Simon & Garfunkel.

"Riot on an empty street" is their sophomore disc and is simply brilliant! With beautiful delicate guitar strumming pushed to the fore, and subtle piano, banjo and string fluorishes, opening cut "Homesick" and the delicate "Cayman islands" represent this fully.

"Misread" is a lilting piano sprinkled jazzy piece which is simply awesome!

As pared down as the general sound is, there is (subtle) variety: "Stay out of trouble" is a horn sprinkled waltz, "Know how" (lovely scratchy guitars) is a Bossa nova styled piece featuring Canadian folkstress Feist harmonising midway through (she appears again on the more mellow "The build up"), while "Sorry or please" (nice jazzy piano and bass, sweeping strings, great horn break) is one of those rare songs (on this disc) featuring audible percussion.

"I'd rather dance with you" is more upbeat, and reminds me of UK singer Chris Rea. "Surprise ice" is a tender spare acoustic ballad with ethereal harmonies in the chorus.

Perfect!!! 6 stars out of 5.

1+1=Kings of Convenience.......2007-02-04

I bought this album after I heard "I'd Rather Dance with You" on a college radio station while I was cruising the coast of Delaware. It had a simple, very catchy formula, and I naturally prefer music with a folky feel these days. If simplicity is what you are looking for in an album, this is right up your alley. From the lyrics, to the music, to the harmonies themselves, sometimes you don't have to have all the "bells and whistles" to get an album right. It is clean, fresh, and pleasant to the ear. It's also pretty versatile. It's understated enough to not distract you as a background music, but catchy enough to keep your attention in regular rotation. Don't get me wrong, this is a good album, but if you want some folkish rock with a little "swagger," I'd suggest Iron and Wine.

every song is a poem.......2006-11-08

and erlend oye may be the most talented song writer of his generation.

the disk grows better and more nuanced with each listen. the lyrics are outstanding throughout. in this genre of music, it is really difficult to find a better disk (though 'quiet is the new loud' is in the running)

An excellent album from an excellent band.......2006-08-16

I was first introduced to Kings of Convenience by hearing their single "I'd Rather Dance with You" on an online radio station. Since then, I have been absolutely mesmerized by their use of beautiful harmonies and subtle lyrics. It is said that the singers were inspired by Simon and Garfunkel and similar artists, which one can immediately hear in this record (particularly on "Cayman Islands," a track favorite). Standout tracks on this album Cayman Islands, I'd Rather Dance With You, Know-How, and Misread. Overall, this band, and this album, are among the best in my large music collection.

peaceful thoughtful peppy.......2006-08-15

Kings of Convenience is very much Jack Johnson plus Coldplay. Some songs are mellow/sad and others are almost T-Rex with peppiness.

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An All-Time Favorite
Love it
Amazing Girl Rock Album
oh, courtney
The Perfect Combination...

Live Through This
Hole
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ASIN: B000003TAY
Release Date: 1994-04-12

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Violet
Miss World
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Asking For It
Jennifers Body
Doll Parts
Credit In The Straight World
Softer, Softest
She Walks On Me
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This whole album is filled with scathing fury, mostly directed at the impossible situation that confronts women when they are asked to be both wild sources of pleasure and unblemished mother figures. Live Through This uses the same recipe of punk and metal wrapped around pop melodies that made Nirvana so captivating, but Hole uses the methodology in a more conventional manner. The metal ingredient tends to dominate, perhaps because it's the simplest to master, and too often the album resembles early Heart or late Joan Jett--particularly when Courtney Love opens up with her big, wailing voice. Love externalizes her anger, blaming all her problems on the rest of the world. Self-confrontation makes for far more interesting songs. --Geoffrey Himes

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An All-Time Favorite.......2007-07-29

Still love this record. Took awhile to adjust to the next commercially successfully one.But if you like it, grab it. Should be cheap. Keep your sounds up.

Love it.......2007-05-12

This CD remains to be one of my favorite angry girl CDs to this day!

Amazing Girl Rock Album.......2007-05-07

Screw The Donnas, buy Hole instead. And Letters to Cleo. Now there is some real girl rock.

oh, courtney.......2007-03-31

This reminds me of my youth and there for i love it!! Go turn it up and release some anger and throw yourself a pitty party!!!

The Perfect Combination..........2006-12-02

Fronted by the ever provocative Courtney Love, Hole were always going to attract media attention even if their albums didn't sell well. This, their sophomore album is their most focused effort, not as commercial as "Celebrity Skin" or as underground as their Kim Gordon produced debut.

Many people regard Courtney Love as someone that is a bad role model and many call her a gold-digger and no, she did not murder her late husband Kurt Cobain as many would suggest. Aside from the consipracy theories and her frequent bad image care of the media, I regard Courtney as a very talented rock musician. A talented writer and a superb vocalist.

All of the latterly mentioned factors are factors that contribute to this album being so enjoyable. Courtney's vocals are very harsh, yet can still carry a good melody, also her vocals drew me in far more than Kurt's vocals ever did.

From first listen this album was amazing, clear standouts are "Violet", "Doll Parts", "Asking For It" and "Miss World". However, all the songs are on equal par with each other.

Overall, Hole are in a way the perfect band. They have a superb lead guitarist in Eric Erlandson whose riff carrying is superb, Courtney Love whose vocals are enchanting and pure rock, Patty Schemel who reminds me of a female Dave Grohl and finally Kristen Pfaff who sadly died shortly after this album was released, she was a brilliant bass player and superb back up vocalist.

Don't let Courtney's public perception deter you from indulging in this album, because once you do, you will be a Hole convert. This is easily one of the best albums I have ever heard in my lifetime.

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Offensive Content and Language
Zoot Suit Riot
Brought Swing to the 90s
zoot suit riot
lacking a little

Zoot Suit Riot
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Manufacturer: Mojo / Jive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005RIJH
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

Zoot Suit Riot [#]
Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line
When I Change Your Mind
Here Comes the Snake
Mister White Keys
Come Back to Me
Brown Derby Jump [#]
Dr. Bones
Pink Elephant
Master and Slave
Drunk Daddy
No Mercy for Swine [#]
Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut
Shake Your Lovemaker

Customer Reviews:

Offensive Content and Language.......2007-06-05

I love swing revival music, but my exposure to various groups has been limited. I bought this as a "buy it together" with another CD, listened to four songs, and turned it off. I won't listen to it again. The themes of the songs are sex-charged and the language vulgar. I guess I should have known by the title, "Cherry Poppin' Daddies," but I was thinking more along the lines "poppin' = jivin'" rather than it having a sexual connotation. Shows how out of the loop I am, I guess. Some people would probably love this CD, but as a Christian, I'm offended by the themes and the language. There was a low-class knock on God, too, and that was the end of the CD for me.

Zoot Suit Riot.......2007-05-21

I postively love this cd. It so entertaining to listen to and if you are into swing dancing this is the music for you. The quality is like having Cherry Poppin Daddies right there with you performing it, it's that good. Zoot Suit Riot is a very up beat and fun cd for everyone to enjoy .

Brought Swing to the 90s.......2007-03-12

The song Zoot Suit Riot brought Swing back to mainstream in the mid-90s, with it's ubiquitous radio airtime, that in turn spawned swing clubs across the country. That said, this album has a lot more to be said for it. Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line, Here Comes the Snake, Drunk Daddy, Brown Derby Jump and Shake your Moneymaker are all now mainstream Swing songs. Indeed, looking at this album, it has so many great songs it reads like a Greatest Hits album. Essential for any swing CD collection for both it's impact to the genre, as well as the quality of the music.

zoot suit riot.......2006-11-03

I was introduced to this band by a friend, and have loved them eversince. This is the first album i heard of theirs and i must admit that it's one of my favorites.

lacking a little.......2006-08-12

Overall, this is a good album and has a number of cool songs on it, which is why I rated it 4/5. "Drunk Daddy" is one of my favorites. =D

But, it was lacking a little. "Mister White Keys", "When I Change Your Mind", and "Come Back to Me" were't the greatest tracks I've heard. I didn't care for them.

It could have also been a little longer. I would have liked to have seen "Irish Whiskey", "Suicide Kings", and "We'll Always Have Paris" on there. =)

To me, it just doesn't qualify as a Greatest Hits album for this. It's good, but not for a Greatest Hits album.

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Very Pleased
Compilation
Quiet Riot: These songs still rock after 20+ years
Cum and feel the noize
Greatest Hits To A Point

Quiet Riot - The Greatest Hits
Quiet Riot
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Best of Warrant

ASIN: B000002A4G
Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

Cum On Feel The Noize
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Slick Black Cadillac
The Wild & The Young
Mama We're All Crazy Now
Party All Night
The Joker
Stay With Me Tonight
Callin' The Shots
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)(Live)
Let's Go Crazy (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Very Pleased.......2007-05-14

I would buy from here again, my Cd came perfectly and on time. Thanks Very much.

Compilation.......2007-01-12

I was looking for the best greatest hits album by Quiet Riot I could find. No store in the area had any selection but this is the ultimate compilation album by this artist. It is a great buy.

Quiet Riot: These songs still rock after 20+ years.......2006-08-30

This album was gotten, no pun intended, for almost a song. You gotta love 80's metal. I do. I got it in record time and had it on my stereo the day I got it. Ripped it for my ipod, also.

Cum and feel the noize.......2006-08-24

I first learned who sang "Cum On Feel The Noize" while my car was being fixed at a shop after the tire blew out near my college my freshman year. I had heard that song in a few high school dances. That song is worth the money of this CD, a great rock/ dance song. A must for any 80s fan.

Greatest Hits To A Point.......2005-09-06

If you are one to start liking a group in a later stage of their career. I always recommend buying a greatest hits cd. Although it doesn't cover ALL of the greatest. It is worth buying. A good value.

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The rise and fall of Quiet Riot in a single album
The First Metal Album To Go #1!
Forgoten.
BANG YOUR HEAD TO METAL HEALTH
80s hair metal at its best

Metal Health
Quiet Riot
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stay Hungry
Out of the Cellar
Shout At The Devil
Invasion of Your Privacy

ASIN: B00005NNML
Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

Metal Health
Cum On Feel The Noize
Don't Wanna Let You Go
Slick Black Cadillac
Love's A Bitch
Breathless
Run For Cover
Battle Axe
Let's Get Crazy
Thunderbird
Danger Zone
Slick Black Cadillac (live)

Customer Reviews:

The rise and fall of Quiet Riot in a single album.......2006-09-20

THE BAND: Kevin Dubrow (vocals), Carlos Cavazo (guitars), Rudy Sarzo (bass, synthesizer), Frankie Banali (drums & percussion).

THE DISC: (1983) Originally 10 songs clocking in at approximately 41 minutes, this remastered version gives you 2 bonus tracks and almost 52 minutes worth. The bonus tracks: "Danger Zone" (unreleased studio cut), and a live version of "Slick Black Cadillac". Included with the disc is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits/times, original artwork and additional black & white photos, a brief 3-page intro, and thank you's. Recorded at The Pasha Music House in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on Pasha's label, this digitally remastered version is on Sony/Portrait/Epic.

COMMENTS: Disco was officially out a few years prior. New Wave was popular. Hard rock was coming back in. To many, American metal was still a question mark in the early 80's. The British/European invasion of heavy metal was in full force (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and the Scorpions to name a few big acts). In 1983 though, bigger albums than Def Leppard's "Pyromania", Motley Crue's "Shout At The Devil", or Iron Maiden's "Piece Of Mind"... was Quiet Riot's "Metal Health". 6+ million units sold and growing. As quickly as "Metal Health" rose (the first metal record to hit #1 on the Billboard album charts), the band fell from grace. DuBrow's antics were fairly well documented (difficult to get along with)... with other bands as well as his own. "Metal Health" was a solid album, and it's still a classic... but, it hasn't stood the test of time as well as any of the other albums mentioned above. For me, Quiet Riot was the definition of "pop" hair metal. "Metal Health" created the standard formula that all successful pop/hair metal bands seemed to follow... 1. Some aggressive hard rocking songs (""Breathless", "Run For Cover", "Love's A Bitch"); a couple of hits ("Metal Health", "Cum On Feel The Noise"), and a power ballad ("Thunderbird"). Quiet Riot's cover version of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noise" hit #20 on the Billboard charts (#5 on the pop charts), as the title track hit #31. "Slick Black Cadillac" had minor success on the radio as well. Cavazo's "Battle Axe" is a short guitar solo - in the same vein as Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption". A brief history of the players is documented in the disc booklet - Quiet Riot being formed by guitar-god Randy Rhoads and singer DuBrow in the mid 1970's without much success; Rhoads and bassist Sarzo leaving QR to play with now solo Ozzy; Rhoads killed in a plane crash; Sarzo returns with Banali joining on drums and Cavazo on lead guitar. Some truly great songs here - my favorites are the title track, "Don't Want To Let You Go", and "Breathless". The ballad "Thunderbird" (though an ode to Rhoads) is musically weak. The bonus tracks - "Danger Zone" fits right in with the rest of the album (good stuff), but the live "Slick Black Cadillac" is absolutely horrible (sounds like an out-of-breath high school band doing a cover tune). The potential was there to continue (and more albums being released), but Quiet Riot never again achieved the success it had in '83. "Metal Health" is a classic in the "pop" arena of metal (4.5 stars).

The First Metal Album To Go #1!.......2005-12-04

I got this album after seeing the kick ass video for the song Metal Health. I couldn't get enough of it! I still enjoy cranking that metal anthem. Ironically Quiet Riot would achieve great success a few years after guitar legend Randy Rhoads left the band to join Ozzy. New guitarist Carlos Cavazo was no Randy but he could play a good riff or a wailing solo. The big hit off the album was the cover of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize. It seemed you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing that video. But the album has other good songs like the emotional Love's A Bitch and the Cavazo guitar showcase Battle Axe! Then there is the ballad Thunderbird, apparently written about Randy who died in a plane crash in 1982, and the smooth rocker Breathless. The track Slick Black Cadillac is a decent song from the Randy years and Let's Get Crazy is simple but fun headbanger. The only song I never got into was Don't Wanna Let You Go. Quiet Riot's career would go downhill after the next album but Metal Health is still a good album despite some of the ridicule heaped on it.

Forgoten........2005-09-25

This shouldn't be on the part of the shelf with Led Zeplen but it should be on the shelf

BANG YOUR HEAD TO METAL HEALTH.......2005-08-02

WHILE THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM AND I DO REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT BEING 16 YEARS OLD, THE RIOT DONE A EXCELENT JOB OF COVERING SLADE'S HIT "CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE" FROM 1973 AND THE OTHER SELF PENNED HIT "METAL HEALTH". THERE ARE SOME OTHER GREAT (WELL KNOWN) TRACKS ON HERE AS WELL "LOVES A BITCH" AND "LET'S GET CRAZY". I DO RECOMEND THIS IF YOU DON'T OWN IT BUT, TOO THE UNDERTAKER (ISN'T THERE A WRESTLER CALLED UNDERTAKER)..QUIET RIOT WHILE THEY WERE A PRETTY GOOD BAND, DOESN'T TOUCH THE STATURE OF THE MIGHTY LEPP. AND WHILE THIS ALBUM DID SELL WELL, IT BY NO MEANS OUT SOLD HYSTERIA, SO HOW'S ABOUT A BOTTLE OF WINE WITH YOUR CHEESE. ENOUGH IS SAID

80s hair metal at its best.......2005-08-01

Metal Health is one of the best 80s hair metal CDs. Good melodies and guitar riffs, nice solo work and good screaming vocals from Kevin Dubrow. I just listened to this over the weekend for the first time in a while and it still holds up. The lyrics are juvenile but that's pretty standard for 80s metal. Sing along to the stupid rhymes, crank it up and bang your head.

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sombre tones
rebuttal to those who feel it is unpatriotic.
Perhaps my favorite album yet written.
essential doesn't begin to describe it
Best EP i've ever experienced

Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Manufacturer: Kranky
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I8NC
Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

Moya
BBF3

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

This nine-piece Montreal collective sketches large-scale sonic landscapes using everything from strings to samples. Exceedingly plush and atmospheric, Slow Riot funnels a dramatic undercurrent through their music, adding an undeniably cinematic quality--especially in a section featuring the paranoid rants of a street person. The result is a grand and swirling melange with a sweeping scope and an elevating sense of tension. --S. Duda

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Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada may last only half an hour, but in that time it imparts an internal experience akin to that of watching a cast-of-thousands Hollywood epic. Godspeed You Black Emperor! are a Montreal-based nine-piece ensemble that uses massed strings, ringing electric guitars, and martial drums to evoke endless vistas and stir strong emotions. "Moya" opens with a solemn drone overlaid with resonant violin overtones, then builds to a crashing, unapologetically melodramatic climax. The CD's second (and final) selection, "Blaise Bailey Finegan III," is more ambitious. Like a director who grabs his audience's tear ducts with both fists, the group inserts field recordings of a ranting paranoiac between sweeping spaghetti-Western passages that rise to exhilarating multiple crescendos, then fall away to ghostly, echoed violins. --Bill Meyer

Customer Reviews:

sombre tones.......2007-05-14

the first godspeed album (if they can be so descibed) i was exposed to was "raise your skinny fists like antennas to heaven" which literally blew me away. the band never appears to be in any rush, your mind wanders and then suddenly you find yourself in a world devoid of sanity. and as quickly as it came it drops off. the great thing about godspeed is that no one is singing pissy lyrics, the band knows thier strenghs and play to them. "slow riot" does not let down. its short but fulfilling. the highlight is blaise blaiseys apoliptic poem about the shortcomings of peedsamerican constitutionalism set aginst the various wailings of godspeeds noises. the story about parking tickets is also intriging, if somewhat similar to the sample on djshadows introducing..... anyway if you like godspeed, buy it. if you have a nervous disposition and are liable to be induced into insanity by your surroundings, buy it aswell and watch the fireworks

rebuttal to those who feel it is unpatriotic........2006-06-08

Okay, we all know Godspeed is liberal and in opposition to a lot of our and canada's political ideas, however BBF3 is not anti-American, it is about gun-control. The piece is about the combination of anger and a loose grip on reality. The political aspect is the realization that such a person could possibly have the arsenol he descirbes. His hatred for the American government is not the band's stance, it's used to provide a soundtrack to desperation, anger, and helplessness. And this song, broken into two parts, is amazing in it's ability to convey such emotion.

Perhaps my favorite album yet written........2006-04-25

Can't say enough. This is a masterpiece, pure and simple. I'm a fan of the "post-rock" genre; Explosions, Mogwai, Do Make Say Think, etc. In my opinion -- these bands, though I love them deeply in my heart, just can't morph into the plane Godspeed YBE! often reaches. Well, that isn't entirely true; Mogwai, for example, CAN, but their problem is they never quite do it for an extended period of time. For 30 straight minutes, "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada!" provides meditative, thought-provoking music that is at once indispensible for its musical prowess, but really, a masterwork because it manages to evoke an unprecedented amount of self-induced abstract thought.

Godspeed YBE! seems to be classified as pretentious or self-indulgent more often than I'd prefer to see. My response to that? Who cares. Is the band's intent obvious? Without question. Attacking the current state of the world (musically) in all its missteps and overall anguish is not a difficult thing to do, in theory. Anyone with a brain (and perhaps a heart) can look around and witness the contrast between what Humanity has become, and what Humanity could be. What makes Godspeed YBE! so wonderful, however, is that they do it properly -- with intellect, sincerity, honesty, devestation, and a general sense of idealism that is so far from currently being met one can't help but be moved during the album's apt running time. They do it on such a large scale that it really defies description; very few pieces of modern music seem to be able to so perfectly capture the sort of existential emotions that are as large as Life itself. Here, we have them.

So really, where one might criticize Godspeed YBE!'s overall intention, I would merely say that it's done with such profundity that any real sense of self-indulgence is transcended because this is, in my opinion, selfless music. It's just a matter of perception. Like other great pieces of art, Godspeed YBE! is finding the utmost brilliance possible within an existence that doesn't come close to meeting it. Within the despair is a gleaming sense of hope that noone can take away from us. This is not depressing music -- it is empowering and cathartic.

"Slow Riot" proves to be my favorite Godspeed YBE! album because I believe here they mastered their formula, somewhat described above. Musically, it is mesmerizing. "Moya" is my favorite piece the band has ever written, and while "Blaise Bailey Finnegan III" isn't quite as memorable or pop-natured, it is easily the more evocatively constructed work. The band's previous album, "F#A# Infinity", was heavy but erratic, and never reached any sort of climax the way "Slow Riot" manages to. Likewise, "Lift Your Skinny Fists", while providing some moments of musical genius, is by-and-large a far less emotive and cerebral a work. "Yanqui Y.X.O.", quite frankly, just doesn't do it for me, and even more so than this album, finds its merit simply within what it's trying to convey opposed to a good deal of musical warrant.

I'm going off the deep end here but I just want to say that this album is close to me -- perhaps more so than any other. Godspeed YBE! might be my favorite band if only for this album -- as I said, their others, despite flashes of Godliness, are too flawed. The band's spin-off group, "A Silver Mt. Zion", fares better overall, and anyone who finds a home within Godspeed YBE!'s realm of music should go buy every one of SMZ's works. Nonetheless, this is a dreamy, romantic, introspective look at the world around us, and endlessly impresses me each time I listen to it.

essential doesn't begin to describe it.......2006-04-11

I have always thought, and still do to this very day, that "BBF3" is the most powerful piece of music ever recorded. It's like the depth and power of _Lift Your Skinny Fists_ and the absolute majesty and divinity of _Lateralus_ coalesced and condensed into a solitary 15-minute piece that defies the preconceptions of how deeply something as ubiquitous as music can affect the human spirit and forever alter the mindset of an individual. yeah, it's the best song ever.

Best EP i've ever experienced.......2006-03-07

This EP has more depth than most bands full LP's. The music is as incredible as anything they have done, and with a total run time of 28 minutes, i dont feel like it is not worth bringing around with me (as i do with most EP's containing a few songs). One thing that i feel about the music is that i feel it is actually more fast paced when it comes to the build up than most of their records, which could be a goodthing or a bad thing (depending on what you like about GY!BE). True that the political speaking is intense and in many ways resemblant of a James Nichols rant, but i feel that it is just as extreme as the samples they have used on previous records. They usually use rough sounding people for their backgrounds, but i also saw it more as satire. But all that aside, the music on this record is phenomenal and truely worth the purchase. So make yourself happy, and buy this work of beauty.

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Riot Rockabilly
Great Compilation
So good
Rockabilly Riot 101!
The Album you want on a desert Island

Rockabilly Riot
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C0FCO
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Baby Let's Play House - Elvis Presley
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent
Oh, Boy! - The Crickets
Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings
Come On Let's Go - Ritchie Valens
Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano
Claudette - The Everly Brothers
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Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith
Rockin' Blues - Ronnie Dawson
My Boy Elvis - Janis Martin
Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll - Billy Lee Riley &
I Got A Rocket In My Pocket - Jimmy Lloyd
Right Behind You Baby - Ray Smith
Sixteen Chicks - Joe Clay
Ooh! My Head - Ritchie Valens
Red Hot - Robert Gordon with Link Wray
Go! Go! Go! - Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings
Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock Pretty Mama - Billy Adams

Customer Reviews:

Riot Rockabilly.......2007-02-07

This is a very good collection of Rock-A-Billy favorites and a welcomed addition to any rock-a-billy music library. I would give it 4 to five stars.

The Mean Eyed
KNON 89.3
Dallas, Texas

Great Compilation.......2005-08-29

Great compilation. Consists of many songs that you won't find on every other compilation.

So good.......2004-07-11

Buy two of these CDs because you'll probably wear the first one out. It is just so damn good - I love the fact that they have the classic pioneers on here as well as some of the lesser knowns. Great liner notes as well. I love the two Roy Orbison songs on here - I wouldn't call them deep but they're just fun and what else do you want from Rockabilly? The only thing that would have made this better would have been a couple of Eddie Cochran songs, but then again any true Rockabilly fans would have his recordings anyway. Easily the best compilation of any type of music I've ever known.

Rockabilly Riot 101!.......2003-10-30

This has to be one of the best American rockabilly compilations I 've seen in quite a long time. The track list reads like a course schedule for Rockabilly 101...starting with Elvis Presley and the Blue Moon Boys and ending with a real rockabilly rarity by Billy Adams. There are quite a few mainstream hits on this one, but there is also a good variety of labels and artists represented. It seems a bit odd to have added the late 1970's recording of Red Hot with Robert Gordon, considering the rest of the recordings are from the 50's. The sound quality is there, the packaging is slick and the liner notes are fairly informative.

Long time fans of rockabilly will undoubtedly have all this material several times over and probably on several different formats. However, it's a great place to start for someone who has had little exposure to the genre. Pick up a dozen and hand em' out to your relatives for Christmas!

The Album you want on a desert Island.......2003-10-01

There is no doubt that you will find a better Rockabilly Album that is more in depth and says more about a genre than this one. It has almost every Artist that is important to Rockabilly music. The songs are all classics - when I got my BN.com email about this album I couldnt believe the track listing. This is the must have album of the year.

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