Culture

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2. Margarita

3. Embrace

4. Elektra

5. Culture

6. Sapphire

7. Allura

8. Bombay

9. One

Culture,Chris Spheeris,Essence Records,Adult Alternative,Ambient,Jazz Music,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Progressive Electronic

Culture

Tracks:

I'm Alone In the Wilderness
Pirate Days
Two Sevens Clash
Calling Rastafari
I'm Not Ashamed
Get Ready To Ride the Lion To Zion
Black Starliner Must Come
Jah Pretty Face
See Them a Come
Natty Dread Taking Over
See Dem a Come
See Dem Dub
Natty Dread Taking Over
I'm Not Ashamed
Not Ashamed Dub

Customer Reviews:

Good Reggae Album..........2007-07-25

Most of my exposure to reggae has been by listening to Bob Marley. It seems that there is more to reggae than just him, so my next foray into reggae was through the soundtrack to "The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff. This album has similarities to both of them but there are differences.

Overall, I thought this was a very well written album. I like the songs and the music is very catchy. One nice thing I like about the music for reggae is that it is happy (even though the subject may not be). My only complaint with this album is the odd size.

Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)

Average customer rating:

"Totally Gnarly" or "Gag me with a Spoon"?
Time Warp
Shut up!
missing tracks
Excellent CD Set!

Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)
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Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box
Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box
I Want My 80's Box
Hit Me with Your 80's Box!
'80s Pop Hits

ASIN: B000068ZVP
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

Whip It - Devo
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Celebration - Kool & The Gang
The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow
Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
Call Me - Blondie
Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Lost In Love - Air Supply
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. w/ Bill Withers
Cars - Gary Numan
Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts
Shake It Up - The Cars
General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights
The Stroke - Billy Squier

Tracks:

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
At This Moment - Billy & The Beaters
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie
Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James
867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Time - Alan Parsons Project
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Theme From "Hill Street Blues" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio
You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band

Tracks:

Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
The Look Of Love (Part 1) - ABC
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Lies - Thompson Twins
Words - Missing Persons
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
Down Under - Men At Work
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Mickey - Toni Basil
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Africa - Toto
Goodbye To You - Scandal
Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco

Tracks:

Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Our House - Madness
The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
In A Big Country - Big Country
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
Der Kommissar - After The Fire
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Let's Go To Bed - The Cure
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Sister Christian - Night Ranger
Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot

Tracks:

Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Mr. Roboto - Styx
I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
Missing You - John Waite
99 Luftballoons - Nena
Tenderness - General Public
They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
Heaven - Bryan Adams
White Horse - Laid Back
Let The Music Play - Shannon
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
Cool It Now - New Edition
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.

Tracks:

Obsession - Animotion
Shout - Tears For Fears
Take On Me - A-Ha
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
"Miami Vice" Theme - Jan Hammer
Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young
We Built This City - Starship
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal
Heartbeat - Don Jonhson
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

Tracks:

Venus - Bananarama
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
Paranoimia - The Art Of Noise w/ Max Headroom
If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
What You Need - INXS
Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Since You've Been Gone - The Outfield
Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
Roam - The B-52's

Album Description

You want your '80s! Fer sure! This is the mother of all tributes to the era of skinny ties, Reaganomics, and Pac-Man! Seven CDs, 142 hit songs, from New Wave to Pop to R&B to Hip-Hop to Novelty, including an incredible 49 #1 tracks! Starring Queen, New Edition, Duran Duran, Richard Marx, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Men At Work, Toto, The Cure, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Simple Minds, Bangles, New Kids On the Block...and many more. Plus a 90-page book with hundreds of historical photos, facts, and memories from the decade that wanted it all! Limited edition sculpted rubber cover! Approx. 10 x 8 x 3/4 inches. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

"Totally Gnarly" or "Gag me with a Spoon"?.......2007-05-31

Some of the greatest moments of my life were in high school!! The mid 80's when I was carefree and lived life unfettered! No bills, no boss, no cares! Just me and my pastel suits and thin leather ties and full head of hair....(Man, I actually WORE those suits?!?!)
Fond nostalgia aside, the whole 'retro' thing is forcing the 80's upon us once again and you might as well admit that you were one of the characters from The Breakfast Club! (Mmmmmm....Ally Sheedy.)
Dropping these discs into my player and hitting shuffle just makes it all come flooding back!
But to tell a shameful truth? I really HAD to buy this set because of "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner and Garcia and "Sweetheart" by Franke & the Knockouts. I've never seen these songs anywhere else!
I'm not sure I even looked at the other songs before my credit card was being swiped by the good folks at Amazon!!
So, yeah, again, I bought on impulse but I damn sure don't regret it!! In fact, I'd suggest we embrace the "ME, ME, ME" decade just once more and "BUY, BUY, BUY" this set.
If you went to high school in the 80's like I did, simply put, this will bring back some great memories.
(Unless, of course, your high school years sucked. To which, I say, "That's too bad. I'm sorry for you.")
Either way, just admit that the 80's were a great time for music and pastel suits and thin leather ties.........(chicks dig the thin tie still, right? Right? Anybody? Can I get a witness?)
Where's Don Johnson when I need him?
Oh, here he is....Disc 6, Song 19!

Time Warp.......2007-05-23

I guess only someone who was a teen or 20something could really appreciate
this set. The 80s were my high school and college years and I was
certainly guilty of listening to the radio .... This set is awesome and
is really made indispensable with the booklet. My only gripe lies with
the artists that were huge in the 80s, but evidently could not be licensed
for this set....Notably U2, REM, Hoodoo Gurus, Wall of Voodoo, etc

Shut up!.......2007-03-04

Like, for sure, half of it is like totally major gross-out, but the other half is like bitchin! Just shut up already and buy it!

missing tracks.......2007-02-26

lots of great 80's music available in these cds, but missing one of the greatest groups of the decade...Wham!

Excellent CD Set!.......2007-01-18

I purchased this set for my 13 year old daughter. It seems the 80's are making a big comeback. She loves it! I love it, too!! It has all the most popular songs from the 80's plus a few you do not hear anywhere now. It's great! It brings back a lot of memories, GOOD TIMES!!

Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box

Average customer rating:

yuck
Peace, man.....
The great, the good, the bad and the plain awful, in one delightful package
GREAT MUSIC, DODGY PACKAGE
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Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box
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Soul Spectacular! The Greatest Soul Hits of All Time

ASIN: B000006OIT
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
Venus - Shocking Blue
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
American Woman - Guess Who
Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Vehicle - Ides Of March
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Superstar - Murray Head
Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
O-O-H Child - 5 STAIRSTEPS
ABC - Jackson 5
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) - Raiders
Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night

Tracks:

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
Want Ads - Honey Cone
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop
Brand New Key - Melanie
One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Popcorn - Hot Butter
Joy - Apollo 100
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
A Horse With No Name - America
I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
I'll Be Around - Spinners
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Day By Day - Godspell

Tracks:

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Precious And Few - Climax
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
Nice To Be With You - Gallery
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone' - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') - Curtis Mayfield
The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
That Lady (Part 1) - Isley Brothers
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Tell Her She's Lovely - El Chicano
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Dawn
Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg

Tracks:

Love Train - O'Jays
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
Brother Louie - Stories
Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Lady - Styx
The Payback-Part 1 - James Brown
You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
Rock The Boat - HUES CORPORATION
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
Radar Love - Golden Earring

Tracks:

Beach Baby - First Class
Sideshow - Blue Magic
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
The Bertha Butt Boogie-Part 1 - Jimmy Castor Bunch
Black Superman 'Muhammad Ali' - Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Feelings - Morris Albert
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
Magic - Pilot
Love Machine (Part 1) - Miracles
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Fame - David Bowie
Sky High - Jigsaw
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
Slow Ride - Foghat

Tracks:

Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Four Seasons
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
Turn The Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson
Car Wash - Rose Royce
More, More, More (Pt. 1) - Andrea True Connection
You Are The Woman - Firefall
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller

Tracks:

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
Free Bird (Live Version) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ridin' The Storm Out (Live) - REO Speedwagon
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
Disco Inferno - Trammps
Brick House - Commodores
Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye
Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner
Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
Happy Anniversary - Little River Band
Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
Kiss You All Over - Exile
I Want Your Love - Chic
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

Amazon.com

When this material originally resurfaced in an earlier Rhino-celebrates-the-'70s program, many rock scribes contorted themselves into revisionist pretzels: this isn't so bad, they argued--none too convincingly. There'll be none of that here: much of the music on this colossal box set is godawful. The world doesn't miss the likes of Sammy ("Chevy Van") Johns and Sammy ("Candy Man") Davis. Or at least it doesn't miss the records they cut during the decade of disaster flicks and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. That said, this elaborate box is something to behold. The lovingly compiled 92-page booklet provides background on the ridiculous (David Soul, C.W. McCall, Carl Douglas) and the sublime (Parliament, James Brown, the Staple Singers), and the music swings on the same pendulum, with Harry Chapin, Bill Withers, and Cat Stevens sitting amid Wayne Newton, The Captain & Tennille, and Meco's jittery electro-take on the Star Wars theme. Seven discs, 160 selections! To paraphrase a popular ad slogan of the era, you won't believe you listened to the whole thing. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

yuck.......2007-07-13

I should have read the description better regarding the sound bites between some songs. I found them to be annoying. The Time Life collection is so much better and it doesn't cost much more.

Peace, man............2007-05-31

O.K. I'm 38. I was born in 1968 and I wasn't into a lot of the 70's music until the decade was on its way out. But my parents had so many great vinyl compilations by that time and I had my cool new little record player that I HAD to listen to all the songs.
And now, I find that I'm doing the same thing with this set of CD's! It's freakin' 1979 all over again!
How can you cram so much 70's goodness into this box set? And to get the ORIGINAL songs from the ORIGINAL stars is just groovy. Too many compilations now have the original stars doing remakes of their songs and it just seems pointless to me.
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), unabashedly my favourite song of ALL TIME, (just ask those that have to endure it EVERY time I karaoke) finds a great spot here in its ORIGINAL glory.
If you're thinking of getting a 70's compilation, STOP THINKING!! BUY THIS ON IMPULSE AND ENJOY A HASTY DECISION FOR ONCE!!
There'll be no time to feel any guilt when you're singing along to all the classics you grew up with.
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero!" "You're No Good" if you don't "Rock The Boat" and "Let Your Love Flow"! "Me and Mrs. Jones" will be "Stuck In The Middle With You" just "Smokin' In The Boys Room" if you don't "Get Down Tonight"!!
But hey, if you think "I'm Not In Love" with this set and you don't buy it?
Well....."Everybody Plays The Fool" "You Sexy Thing"!!

The great, the good, the bad and the plain awful, in one delightful package.......2007-04-15

So the decade of the '70's corresponds to my junior high, high school and college years. During that time AM and later FM radio supplied the leitmotifs for that era of my life. This CD collection captures completely what we listened to as fed by the top 40 charts of the time. Much of this material is outstanding, some of it was silly and some of it was awful (Morris Albert's Feelings, Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun! So bad it is fun to listen to). This magnificent compilation captures it completely in all its '70's era glory. And in typical Rhino fashion, it is elegantly packaged with an outstanding booklet and boxed set. True I'm biased in that I even liked the sound bites.

It is a bit expensive, and some have criticized the inclusion of the Top 40 single versions over the definitive album versions, but hey guys/gals, this is what they played on the radio at the time. Also missing are some of the superstars, but as the booklet says, you probably have lots of those already (e.g., Paul McCartney, Elton John, mid-period Stones, Billy Joel, etc.)

I was hesitant about the cost, but after one full listen through, I'm extremely pleased. Thank you Rhino (and thanks to Amazon, too who listed the delivery time as several weeks but it came within one week).

GREAT MUSIC, DODGY PACKAGE.......2007-03-12

This is as comprehensive as a Seventies collection can get. The MIAs are obvious (no Eagles, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Carpenters, Pink Floyd) but what's surprising is the number of major artists that DID get on here. The sound quality of 'Superstar' isn't great, the soundbites ARE fabulous, but the packaging is hopeless. While the write-ups are excellent, and the content generally flawless, the booklet itself fell apart after I read through it three times. I know for a fact mine isn't the only one this happened to. Is this a ruse to pretend it's more than 25 years old?

A must have.......2007-01-13

If you like all the old 70's songs then you have to get this nice box set, well worth every single penny.

Average customer rating:

One of the best
pick it up.
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SIREN SONG OF THE COUNTER CULTURE - CD ALBUM
Very good album

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ASIN: B0002KQOGW
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

State Of The Union
The First Drop
Life Less Frightening
Paper Wings
Blood To Bleed
To Them These Streets Belong
Tip The Scales
Anywhere But Here
Give It All
Dancing For Rain
Swing Life Away
Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Album Description

Rise Against are a political punk band from Chicago who recorded Siren Song of the Counter-Culture with Rage Against the Machine producer GGGarth and Rage and Nirvana mixer Andy Wallace. The four band members came together from punk bands 88 Fingers Louie, Pinhead Circus, and the Enemy, and the emo band Baxter, and play old school punk (e.g., Descendants) with a strong political point of view.

Siren Song of the Counter-Culture has drawn rave reviews from key publications. Rolling Stone praised the band's "rousing, intelligent fury," while Alternative Press said "the band's engrossing hardcore is an urgent siren song that's appropriate for these angst-ridden, uncertain times."

Customer Reviews:

One of the best.......2007-07-29

This album is very high on my all-time favorites list. Where to start? It is sooo good that I truly believe people are idiots or lying or both if they say they don't like this. Energy, melody and power. Rise Against can do it all. They sing about important things too. How can you not love this band?? Not a single average song...all are great. I listen to a lot of music and these guys are still one of my faves.

pick it up........2007-07-25

i really enjoy this cd. its been a while since i bought a new punk cd. it enjoys some of melody elements of afi. it has less of the recent clean punk sound that can be heard on mtv. this still has some good aggressive singing with good points calm....
enjoy.

Hit Machines.......2007-06-08

Rise Against is such a versatile band. This CD alone has 3 hit songs on it, each being completely different from the next.

SIREN SONG OF THE COUNTER CULTURE - CD ALBUM.......2007-05-13

LATELY I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM OF RISE AGAINST. THE SERVICE OF AMAZON WAS AMAZING AND VERY QUICK, EVEN SAFE IN HANDLING THE CD. THE ALBUM IS JUST FABULOUS! I HEARD IT MILLIONS OF TIMES, BUT THE SONGS ARE FANTASTIC EVERY TIME I HEAR THEM! GOOD JOB!

Very good album.......2007-05-10

This is a really good CD to get if you are into the whole pop-emo thing. I wouldn't label this as punk (like Sex Pistols or Misfits) because it's more melodic. It's more along the lines of New Found Glory or maybe Pennywise or Bad Religion. It's probably realitively easy to find an mp3 for "Life Less Frightening", which is in my opinion the best song off the CD. If you like the aforementioned bands, then definitely get this, as you won't be disappointed.

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Fun
Favorite party album band brews up another gem
southern culture music
Mary Huff Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Something To Hollar About!"

Countrypolitan Favorites
Southern Culture on the Skids
Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MDH8C8
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Oh Lonesome Me
Muswell Hillbilly
Funnel Of Love
Wolverton Mountain
Rose Garden
Let's Invite Them Over
Life's A Gas
Te Ni Nee Ni Nu
Tombstone Shadow
Have You Seen Her Face
No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine
Engine Engine #9
Fight Fire
Tobacco Road
Happy Jack

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What a blast! Applying garage-band urgency to a selection of material that extends well beyond countrypolitan favorites, the freewheeling SCOTS demonstrate surprising range and ferocious chops. At the heart of this labor of love, as the album's title suggests, are crossover country favorites from an era when the music was a staple on Top 40 AM radio (where many fans first heard "Oh, Lonesome Me," "Wolverton Mountain," and "Rose Garden"). Yet the release shows an equal affinity for the rock of that era, as the band gives the Kinks' "Muswell Hillbillies" an arrangement that recalls the Sir Douglas Quintet, injects a guitar surge from "Gloria" into the (pre-Creedence) Golliwogs' "Fight Fire," savors the fuzztone dreaminess of T. Rex's "Life's a Gas," and transforms the Who's "Happy Jack" into a banjo-driven hoedown. In other highlights, the band puts pedal-to-the-metal overdrive into the psychedelic shimmer of the Byrds' "Have You Seen Her Face" and adds some pop bounce to the swamp blues of Slim Harpo's "Te Ni Ne Ni Nu." The result is an irresistible party platter. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Fun.......2007-07-16

I recommended this disc on a Rolling Stones' Fan-Club site and someone remarked "that album scratches me right where I itch". I can't write a better review than that. This has a great, eclectic, choice of songs and strong lively performances. What more than fun do you want from your rock n roll?

Favorite party album band brews up another gem.......2007-07-06

I got my first CD player at the age of 15 in the glorious summer of 1985 - this is back when the CD player was the size of a small refrigerator and they hadn't even invented the "shuffle" option. CDs sold for over $20 and came in surfboard-sized plastic sheets that required the Jaws of Life to open. I look back on that old heap of slag and smile.

Not so my CD collection. I still have many of the CDs I bought in those years, and it is stunning how many CDs I bought that had one good song surrounded by dreck. I guess that's the problem of going to a high school where Ratt, Cinderalla, Poison and other big-hair bands were worshipped - there's only so much redemption that "Pyromania" and "1984" can provide.

Suffice it to say that as I've grown older, I've grown more temperate in my musical purchases - if the album isn't consistently good from start-to-finish, I won't buy it. Based on that criteria, I can offer little praise higher than to say that I've bought all of SCOTS' albums and have never regretted it - not a single "Invasion of Your Privacy" in the bunch.

That SCOTS would crank out a cover album doesn't surprise me - this is a band that is proud of its influences and has paid tribute to other songwriters and bands in previous albums - "Pass the Hatchet," anyone? This album features the unique SCOTS' take on a bunch of old timey stuff that comes out smelling like . . . well, not roses, but at the very least a big old mess of barbeque.

SCOTs defines the party album for me. There are few better guarantees for a fun get-together than to put a few of these albums in the player and let fly. And these are good for both lazy outdoor get togethers and late-night boot-stompers. These are quick, fun tunes played with style and belted out with sass - especially when Mary Huff gets her big old voice in gear.

If you haven't checked out SCOTS before, I can't tell you that "CF" is the perfect album to start with . . . I'd start with my favorite, "Liquored Up and Lacquered Down," but that's just me. Suffice it to say that this album won't steer you wrong, and may open up vast new possibilities as you reconsider a slighted musical genre.

southern culture music.......2007-06-11

Have bought from this person before, and as always everything was first rate. Fast shipping and excellent product Thanks again

Mary Huff Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-26

What a group of fine musicians and Mary Huff not only is a fantastic bass player, she looks great doing it. These covers are great, they are so versatile. I just saw them in Towson and they are better live. Viva Microfret!

"Something To Hollar About!".......2007-05-07

Sure,I've heard SCOTS do straight on covers,like "Merry Christmas Baby",I've even heard them do odd covers like The Swinging Medallions "Double Shot of My Baby's Love" & Slim Harpo's "Scratch My Back" in Espanol...but I must admit,these latest covers show the SCOTS still have a lot of tricks up their sleeves! Some of the choices have that honky-tonk appeal,that seems obvious for them to cover,like,"Oh Lonesome Me","Wolverton Mountain","Rose Garden" and "Engine Engine #9". But they add a little something to them that make them their own! "Wolverton Mountain" now has yodellers on it! Mary Huff's upbeat,slightly bouncier version of "Rose Garden" is a highlight!

Then there's the other stuff,among them: The Kinks "Muswell Hillbilly" gets the countrified kick it needs! T.Rex's "Life's A Gas" - my fave track on this album - is presented as an Acid-Rockabilly duet! Guitarist/Ring Leader Rick Miller can't do a covers album without some John Fogerty/CCR material,and SCOTS cover "Tombstone Shadow" and "Fight Fire" (Super cool version!).And just when you think it's all souped-up modern rockabilly,they take it down a notch and present The Who's "Happy Jack" as a sort of Country Bears Jamboree.

This is easily one of SCOTS smoothest and most listenable albums! ( Not that I don't love the ORIGINAL material. But a break every now and then is absolutely acceptable!)

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REVIEW OF TWO SEVENS CLASH
4 1/2 stars. a reggae classic.
An Absolute Classic
Shuck, jive, bump and slide to crucial roots
One of the best...

Two Sevens Clash
Culture
Manufacturer: Shanachie
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ASIN: B000000DXK
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Get Ready To Ride The Lion To Zion
Black Starliner Must Come
Jah Pretty Face
See Them A Come
Natty Dread Taking Over
Calling Rasta Far I
I'm Alone In The Wilderness
Pirate Days
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I'm Not Ashamed

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"Are you ready for reggae in its entirety?" Culture frontman Joseph Hill is wont to challenge audiences. Ready or not, Culture's been hurling lightning-'n'-thunder reggae prophesy--live and on numerous classic sets--for nearly three decades. The most feverish of the act's consistently inspired output has to be the apocalyptic Two Sevens Clash, which includes the close-second warrior anthems "I'm Not Ashamed" and "See Them a Come." No matter that 1977 came and went without a ripple; it's all Hill's--a mesmerizing preacher-teacher who's still singing at the crossroads where Rastaman gospel meets Hendrix's acid communion. --Elena Oumano

Customer Reviews:

REVIEW OF TWO SEVENS CLASH.......2007-05-14

I was very happy with the titles on this CD but I was not happy with the quality of the CD. I was not able to play this CD on my car's CD player.
I get the impression that this CD was burned and not an original.

4 1/2 stars. a reggae classic........2007-03-30

all fans of reggae need this album. an absolutely great piece of work. fantastic melodies, rhythms, and harmonies. sheer joy radiates from the performances. this is music with a big heart and soul. "i'm alone in the wilderness," baby. yes i am. this is stirring stuff to lift one up. a great place to introduce yourself to reggae if you haven't gone there yet. and a must for any reggae collection.

An Absolute Classic.......2006-09-22

This album may not reach you at first, but beware after a dozen listens you will be totally mesmerised. This simmering, hynotic music blended with Hill's old testament preaching/singing style blended with the slightly off-kilter harmonies will get you. Virtually every track is a classic not just of its genre but of music in its entirity. Anyone used to bland chart music and trite love songs, this is not for you. Nearly every track is shimmering with a deep sprirituality, that I guarantee will seep deep inside you, all the more so with truly joyous music that accompanies it. Truly listen and wonder.

Shuck, jive, bump and slide to crucial roots.......2006-07-04

Shake, shimmy and dance 'pon de river to one of the best roots reggae releases ever!

Culture -- who I am proud to say I have seen live, even here in Delaware! -- had their best album with "Two Sevens Clash."

Religious Rasta prophecy is sprinkled all throughout the disc, from the plaintive strains of "Calling Rastafari" to the sycnopated bump of "See Them a Come"

Throughout the entire disc, the music is constantly bubbling with bass hits and conga thumps, creating a shimmying, liquid backdrop for the group's sliiiiightly off-kilter harmonies.

It all adds up to a brief-but-strong set that should be in any discriminate reggae lover's collection.

One of the best..........2006-02-24

Two Sevens Clash, is quite simply one of the most revealing,well played and enjoyable Reggae albums ever made. Culture continue, to this day, to tour and sell out venues on a world wide basis, their voices and harmonies are still strong and the band is so very good all round, I recommend this album to anyone.

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culture
Superlative Remastering

Vulture Culture
Alan Parsons Project
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
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ASIN: B000JLQSWE
Release Date: 2007-03-12

Tracks:

Let's Talk About Me
Seperate Lives
Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
Sooner or Later
Vulture Culture
Hawkeye
Somebody out There
Same Old Sun
No Answers Only Questions [Final Version][*]
Separate Lives [Alternative Mix][*]
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No Answers Only Questions [The First Attempt][*]

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered and Expanded Edition of the Alan Parsons Classic Album that was Originally Released in 1985. Originally Meant to Be the Second Disc of "Ammonia Avenue", this Album Ended Up Being Released a Year after that Opus. "Sooner Or Later" was to Be the Single to Market Via Top 40 Radio, but Things Didn't Turn Out that Way. This Edition Adds Five Tracks to the Original Nine with Demo and Alternate Versions to Maximize Use of the Compact Disc Format.

Customer Reviews:

culture.......2007-05-23

Long after the Alan Parson Project has disbanded, I have
discovered Vulture Culture. Wonderful, meaningful lyrics.
A must have.

Superlative Remastering.......2007-03-31

The sonics on this remastered disc are a little better than the newly remastered "Eye in the Sky". Probably because this LP came out a few years later, and I believe this is an import from Germany. Hawkeye is the cherry of the set. Clean, crisp, full sounding. I only wish this would come out in hi-rez 5.1 multichannel sound. All songs by Alan Parsons should be experienced in surround.

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"Camel Walk" ALONE is worth 5 stars
Dirt Track Great
Happy Gilmore soundtrack?
One of their best
Raucous fun; this band does better

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Southern Culture on the Skids
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ASIN: B000003TBN
Release Date: 1995-08-15

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Soul City
Greenback Fly
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"Camel Walk" ALONE is worth 5 stars.......2006-08-22

There needs to be more music like THIS at dance clubs and honky-tonks. Southern Culture on the Skids is some classic country-rockabilly with a modern edge. The music may sound like it could be duplicated on your back porch, but it is also very contemporary and fresh and witty and worth at least a head-nod or some toe-tap, evne if you're dead. I prefer a real country strut with my honey on my arm during this whole album, maybe a little Presley imitation thrown in now and then (and I'm talking old school King, when he could still do some hardcore pelvis shots and sway his knees about). I'm a fan of isolated tracks on other albums (40 Miles to Vegas is just impossible to keep your foot on the floor to), but this one keeps me jiggling the whole way through.

I first heard from this album when a local radio show would play "Camel Walk" almost to death, but still every time I'd crank up the volume and rock along. The song is astoundingly swinging and funny and a little bit scary--S & M involving oatmeal snack pies? To this day, if something catches me by surprise, I'll call out, "Little Debbie, Little Debbie! I'ma comin' on home, baby!" This song is a little more methodical than tracks like "Nitty Gritty" and "Greenback Fly," which just makes you want to be Johnny Depp in _Cry Baby_ all over again. And songs like "Galley Slave" and "Skullbucket" will bring you back to those great instrumentals like "Pipeline" and "Jack the Ripper."

It is hard to avoid making comparisons with the Reverend Horton Heat when talking about Southern Culture, mainly because they both run the same fine line between making fun of rockabilly while also deeply praising it. If psychobilly is the new moniker for modern rockabilly, then let this band sit on the throne with the Rev and hold sway over all that is good and true and makes you rock your bones just one more time.

Dirt Track Great.......2006-03-03

All the songs on this album are good, definently worth buying.My husband and I have enjoyed everything we've heard from this band.

Happy Gilmore soundtrack?.......2005-02-21

The first I heard of this group was, naturally, on the radio. The song "Soul City" (which none of the other "reviewers" mentioned)was occasionally being played on the radio, I believe, around the time Happy Gilmore came out. Coincidence? Not too many songs I hear on the radio DRIVE me to go ASAP to the store to get. I can't describe it's noise, but it affected me the same way Home Fries did. The movie? I was surprised of no soundtrack. I had to rent the movie to find Reverend Horton Heat's name. Then I had the unexpected ephiphany that maybe I was addicted to this strange, but not new genre, Rockabilly.

One of their best.......2004-09-25

I own every SCOTS CD they've put out. These guys are the
real deal Psychobillies. No poseurs, when they sing about fried
chicken, they're reallly singing about fried chicken. When was the last time you heard a CD that was just plain fun to
listen to?

This particular CD has been out for quite a while, but it's
worth tracking down. An excellent place to begin for those
unfamiliar with them. Best listened to with a bucket of
Col. Sanders, NASCAR on the TV, a bottle of supermarket scotch
on the TV tray and all your neighbors at the trailer park makin' that old doublewide rock...

Raucous fun; this band does better.......2004-05-04

A seemingly low three-star review for SCOTS is only due to the sense that SCOTS didn't reach its potential on this album. The sheer talent of this band flows from the seeming ease with which this album got tossed off. Perhaps the greatest charm of "DTD" is the sense that this group got together in a tin shed one hot North Carolina afternoon and tossed off 14 guilty pleasures.

Some of the songs stand up even against SCOTS' more polished work (check out "Liquored Up and Lacquered Down") - such as "Voodoo Cadillac," "Skullbucket," and "Nitty Gritty." Others, like "8 Piece Box" and "Dirt Track Date" sound like a good jam session gone awry -- the song has promise, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.

The tiki-lounge beauty of "Make Mayan a Hawaiian" is charming, and the quick little ditty, "Whole Lotta Things" is sure to get stuck in your head (in a good way) long after it's over.

Most of SCOTS' songs have lyrics that remind you that the band is just havin' fun riffing away, and that's perfect for lazy Saturday afternoons. Unfortunately, this apparently relaxed attitude keeps "DTD" out of my regular CD rotation despite its charms (unlike "Liquored Up and Lacqured Down," which is a staple).

Tracks:

Liquored Up And Lacquered Down
Hittin' On Nothing
Pass The Hatchet
Corn Liquor
Drunk And Lonesome (Again)
Cheap Motels
Just How Lonely
I Learned To Dance In Mississippi
King Of The Mountain
The Corn Rocket
Damaged Goods
Over It
Haw River Stomp

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!.......2006-08-15

This is my first SCOTS CD and I love it. Gets better with every listen.

Liquored Two Thumbs Up.......2006-03-03

A great mix of rockabilly, country, mariachi and storytelling. IF you like S.C.O.S., you'll love this album.

Awesome! A Southern Rock Must-Have!.......2004-05-04

SCOTS, faves of party-goers for years, have topped themselves with "LU&LD." The band that has often suffered from not living up to the high expectations they generate has created a fully articulated, well-crafted album chock full of polished efforts.

SCOTS, true to its roots, makes party albums. Virtually every song in their repertoire is suited for Saturday night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina -- a night of beer and dancing following a day of BBQ pork. Without losing their raw edge or their insane sense of humor, SCOTS has put a bit of elbow grease into this album, and the results shine.

The title track is probably the best known tune on the album, if only due to its clever use in the "Miss Congeniality" soundtrack. And it's a well-done piece of work, complete with the SCOTS' trademark tongue in cheek. But it gets some worthy challenges as top song from "King of the Mountain," "Cheap Hotels," and "Just How Lonely." "I Learned to Dance in Mississippi" is sure to pack any dance floor, as is their version of "Pass the Hatchet." "Hitting on Nothing" is a chick anthem if there every was one, and "Drunk and Lonesome (Again)" is a sure-fire singalong at many a late-night fraternity house.

One of the premier good-time rock bands, SCOTS set a new standard for themselves with this effort. Check it out!

A Bag of Stale Fritos and alot of Mosquitos..........2003-01-30

Makin' love...ridin' a bike...throwin' a football thru a
rubber tire swing. You do it once-you can do it a million times
over. Same for the SCOTS-still making that tried and true
psych/voodoobilly/surf music since day one, now honed down
and as sharp as a farmer's chicken decapitatin' hatchet. Where
else can you get a peach colored leisure suit and a pair of
Florsheim boots in the same ditty? Oh yeah...and nobody can play
the Danelectro like Rick Miller. Great production, even better

songs. While listenin, you can "let yer dog run he'll be back when he's done...chasin' those critters away." And bassist Mary
Huff's standout "Just How Lonely" will send shivers down any
Patsy Cline fan's spine. Great music, excellent lyrics...not a
dud in the lot. Get yer 8-piece box of fried chicken, a case of
Dixie blackened voodoo beer, prop up yer feet, let out a few
"YEEHA'S", sit back and enjoy...for this is The Real McCoy.

Makes you want to move to Mississippi?.......2002-11-08

Just got the CD yesterday and have listened to it twice. Absolutely a great southern rock sound with hilarious lyrics. NOT what I would call politically correct, maybe that's what makes it so great. I like this one even better than their previous CD "Dirt Track Date" Makes me almost want to move to Mississippi for all the fun.
My favorite cut is the first. "Liquored Up and Lacquered Down"...a bizzare, no make that a "boozare" song about a guy's wife who gets her hair all Lacquered Down before she goes out with him to get Liquored Up. I guess she's a "big hair" girl.

At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club

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By George, this is a terrific album!!
A must for C.C. fans
at worst...the best of boy george and culture club
In Praise of Boy George and Culture Club
Only missing 1 track

At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club
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Time (Click Of The Heart)
Church Of The Poison Mind
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At best, Boy George and his band Culture Club were a dizzy mix of camp, drag, dub, disco, reggae, and new wave. The androgynous George rhumba-ed his way through hits like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and crooned with white boy soul through their reggae classic "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" as well as the Delta-inspired "Karma Chameleon." At worst, the band had trouble finding direction and the proper vehicles for his smooth voice, producing clunkers like "Church of the Poison Mind." "Move Away" and "Miss Me Blind"--which actually took its chorus from a Japanese whiskey commercial--were Culture Club at their most brilliant. The band knew it wasn't making fine art and rose to the task of crafting flawless pop gems. George's later work didn't have the sense of fun and abandon as his stint with Culture Club, but his remake of "The Crying Game" again demonstrated those soulful pipes. Also worthy of note from his later career is the Krishna-inspired club hit "Bow Dow Mister." --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

By George, this is a terrific album!!.......2007-02-04

For those who like pop music and can put their old-fashion expectations of what a man should be aside, this is a must-have cd. I wish I had purchased it sooner!

A must for C.C. fans.......2007-01-05

This was a gift for my wife, who was a Culture Club fan in the 80s. If you want a good cross-section of the C.C. hits, this is the one.

at worst...the best of boy george and culture club.......2007-01-05

There wasn't much of the original culture club stuff. the old culture club cd's would have been better. I never listened to it again after the 1st time!

In Praise of Boy George and Culture Club.......2005-11-11

Of the stalwart popsters heralding the second British invasion, Culture Club definitely opened eyes due to openly gay lead singer Boy George, formerly Bow Wow Wow's Lieutenant Lush, whose gender-bending makeup made him better looking feminine. CC's brand of music was infectiously fun dance pop and some great ballads mixed with some soul, enhanced by George's feminine vocals, small wonder that they won 1983's Best New Artist Grammy. But Boy George's heroin problems put a fast end to the group after their fourth album, From Luxury To Heartache. After getting cleaned up, Boy George went solo, still a hit in Britain, but in the US, alas no! Pity, because he came out with pretty great solo material.

Most of the singles are present, from CC's 3 weeks at #2 hit "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" from their debut Kissing To Be Clever. This ballad highlights George's soul-tinged vocals, as well as the backing section of soul singers and airy, lounging synths. My favourite CC ballad is the tearjerking non-charter "Victims," with its melancholy piano and backing crooners, as well as a midsection that briefly goes into a classic disco crescendo before settling back down.

The upbeat Caribbean-like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" peaked at #9, demonstrating CC's dance pop skills. However, the non-LP "Time (Clock of the Heart)" which also peaked at #2, incorporated some classic disco synths with a funky bassbeat, telling that illusory theme how time won't give us time, making lovers feel like they got something real.

Guest artists that helped Culture Club include Jermaine Stewart, who was on their #5 dance hit "Miss Me Blind" before he sang about not having to take one's clothes off. Ironically, it was this song that has the lyric "kissing to be clever," and not their debut album. Helen Terry's wailing soulful vocals found their way not only here but on the #10 "Church of the Poison Mind," an infectious dance tune Wham! would've given their blow-dried hair for. Terry later helped George on his solo single "Generations of Love" also included here.

And it's no contest that Colour By Numbers was their best albums, as that yielded four Top Ten singles, including the three-week chart-topper "Karma Chameleon," of how love games make that love touch and go, like the chameleon that camouflages itself to become invisible. George performed this and I believe "Move Away" when he guest-starred on the A-Team episode "Cowboy George."

However, nothing from Waking Up With The House On Fire is present, meaning no "The War Song," one of my favourite CC singles. The sole representative from From Luxury To Heartache was the #12 "Move Away," CC's last Top 40 hit and one of my favourites, a slick number highlighted by a snappy drum machines and bass, but with some downbeat lyrics, made more so as Boy George's drug problems probably contributed to low sales of what was an underrated album.

Two quibbles. One are the spoken bits preceding "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" and "Sweet Toxic Love." The others are the exclusion of "The War Song," "Black Money," "Mistake No. 3," and the pro-gay rights anthem "No Clause 28," in response to an anti-gay legislation pushed by then British PM Maggie Torture.

Boy George hit #1 in the UK with his reggaefied cover of Bread's "Everything I Own." He branched out, going a bit mystical with the acoustic singalong of "Bow Down Mister," where he called for doing whatever your religion called for you do, with the same soulful CC choruses, with some hare Krishna refrains. Some sitar is present in the bittersweet two-sides-of-the-coin "Sweet Toxic Love," proving he never lost his touch-just his American audience. In it, he embraces yet feels agony over love, "give me some of that sweet toxic love...to lift me up, to drive me insane." Elsewhere, he assertively tells his lover-"I'm not your punch bag, I'm not your floor, you cant walk on me until you get bored." Pretty intelligent stuff.

His last big hit in the US was the #15 title song to The Crying Game, which ranks as one of the best emotionally-racking songs I've ever heard-"first there are kisses, then there are sighs, and then before you know where you are, you're saying goodbye." Per the song, I've asked myself-not the moon-why are there heartaches and tears.

Culture Club was way too progressive for many parts of the U.S., where a clear homophobic element was rife. The name though was just right. Consider their original incarnations-In Praise of Lemmings (bizarre) or Sex Gang Children, (small trouble marketing that).

Only missing 1 track.......2004-11-01

Great disc...I believe the only hit single it doesn't have is "The War Song".

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