Madness

1. Naked Nancy

2. Peruvian Power Layback

3. Albert's Fat Sister

4. Restaurant at the End of the Universe

5. Realm of the Flying Monkeys

6. Prelude # 8 Opus 28

7. Confrontation With the Electric Bees

8. Dr. Garlic Breath

9. House in Motion

10. Muffin Bandits

11. Rats With Wings

Tracks:

One Step Beyond
My Girl
Night Boat To Cairo
Baggy Trousers
Madness (Two-Tone Single Version)
The Prince (Two-Tone Single Version)
Embarrassment
The Return Of The Los Palmas 7
House Of Fun
Our House
It Must Be Love
Madness (Is All In The Mind)
Grey Day
Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Shut Up
The Sun And The Rain
Michael Caine
Yesterday's Men
Wings Of A Dove (A Celebratory Song)

Customer Reviews:

Not Quite.......2007-05-21

Hearing this album really brings home not only how funny, engaging, and entertaining these boys were but also how stylistically creative- and ace songwriters to boot. My fellow Americans: why didn't we get it? Here they were mostly known as a one-hit wonder but practically every track here coulda-shoulda been a smash hit- as many of these were in the UK. All these accolades aside though I'd recommend "The Lot" or "Complete Madness" over this album since those titles give more focus to the band's earlier "nutty" sound of the Two Tone ska era. Ultimate Collection spans the whole career and in so doing seems to give more equal treatment to the less interesting later electro-pop tunes. Still this is an excellent album.

A few gems but The specials were the ska wonders!.......2007-03-13

Madness no doubt has a few classics- One step beyond Our house House of fun The prince and Embarrasment, and maybe Madness (they call it) is allright. But when it comes to British ska they are a distant second to the Specials whose recordings sounded tough authentic while madness's came off to polished and well too "white".(the Specials were interracial and had the best (riddim) section in london. This is a good way to collect the well known hits and for the money its a good buy i guess- but alot of this material sounds welldated in that bad eighties way- ive seen Madness live however and they sound better live than on recordings. This is all a casual fan would need for sure- if youre new to the first wave of british ska then pick up the Specials debut which is a true ska classic.

madness.......2006-08-11

The songs One Step Beyond,House of Fun,Our House and It Must be Love . I like very much the rest of the songs I gotta get use to.

Ultimate collection - Madness.......2006-03-21

Brings back memories of piano ties and odd fluorescent socks..... great collection!

A good collection.......2003-07-26

This collection brings you what someone considered to be the best of the British Ska group Madness.
First off, every song on this CD is good, great even. The major draw back is, as if with every "best of" album, it's only worth buying if you're not a huge fan. If you are a fan than you should already own every Madness CD in which case there is no reason to buy this CD.
If you're new to Madness, or you just want their major US hits like Our House, It Must Be Love, House of Fun, and One Step Beyond than this will be great for you.
The other draw back to this album is that it features nothing from "Wonderful," which is a 'wonderful' album but never realesed here in the states.
All that said it's still a great album featuring many great songs.

Average customer rating:

Old music that does not age
The nutty shot heard round the world
It's perfect
They went..................one step beyond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing disappointing here..

One Step Beyond...
Madness
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B00004SCMA
Release Date: 2000-06-05

Tracks:

One Step Beyond...
My Girl
Night Boat To Cairo
Believe Me
Land Of Hope And Glory
The Prince
Tarzan's Nuts
In The Middle Of The Night
Bed And Breakfast Man
Razor Blade Alley
Swan Lake
Rockin' In A Flat
Mummy's Boy
Chipmunks Are Go!
Bonus Track

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Fuelled by the ska of Prince Buster ("Madness"), and inspired by the insanity of British music, right from the start Madness were a quintessentially English band. Two-tone more by association than fact, they came to the fore at the same time as the Specials, with a ska beat, a pop heart, and a lunatic smile (who else would update "Swan Lake" in such an unorthodox way?). While the title track lives on beyond them, there were plenty of other gems here, including "Night Boat to Cairo" and "My Girl." The Nutty Sound was infectious as measles, but a lot more fun. Chris Nickson

Album Description

UK reissue of the 1979 debut from the much loved new wave/ska act, digitally remastered with special packaging. Includes CD-ROM videos for 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond...', 'My Girl' and 'Night Boat To Cairo'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

The Classic, Quintessential Goodtime Boyz First Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Chipmunks Are Go!', a Maddness Army Chant. Also, the Enhanced Component features Videos of Night Boat to Cairo, My Girl, One Step Beyond and the Prince.

Customer Reviews:

Old music that does not age.......2007-04-05

I am 53 years old and just the past few months started listening to SKA. Maybe out of my love for Sublime and because my 19 year old son loved SKA so much before he was taken from me. Anyway, this CD is great. I plan to purchase another one or two. The beat is always uplifting, but not annoying like some. You can turn it up or down, it is just good.

The nutty shot heard round the world.......2007-01-20

What a record this is. What fun it generates. To be a young kid when this came out was to know pure, unadulterated, danceable bliss...

I danced to it in '80 when my little brother first brought it home.

I danced to it non-stop with Lynne in the summer of '87.

My four-year old daughter and I danced our hearts out to it last night.

This record is joyous. It's nutty. It's Madness.

It's perfect.......2007-01-13

This is the cream of the 70's Brittish ska bands.

This finds the perfect balance between the bouncy fun of this style of music with quality songwriting and musicianship. This has got to be almost 30 years old yet it still holds up. You cannot really say that about Madness's cohorts, The Specials and The Selector.

The songs are terrific. "One Step Beyond" is the perfect introduction. It totally establishes the mood. Love that squonkin sax! "My Girl" has such a catchy hook and what a gorgeous chorus. The piano really gives that song it's color. "Bed & Breakfast" is a terrific dance tune with a killer sax solo. "Night Boat to Cairo" is an instrumental for a couple of minutes and then the strum on the upstroke kicks in and the song's tempo speeds up. "The Prince" slows it down where the stye is more reggae than ska.

A greatest hits compilation is good but this album is when the band hit their peak, when they really hit their stride. "My house" is more famous but these songs have a common thread for the era.

I always loved the album cover of this. It depicts these guys having fun and I always imagined that Madness was having fun and strutting like on the cover when playing these songs.

This is a masterpiece! I am not a huge fan of all their works but it all came together/never got any better then "One step beyond"

They went..................one step beyond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-24

Hey you!!!!!!!!!, lately Madness have come to my mind due to young advertisers for alcoholic beverages that are currently trying to introduce good taste in music to the depressing likes youth have in this days in Mexico (or maybe this advertisers are snob and try to impress ignorant fools i dont know), one of the first memories i have in music in my life is definitelly with Madness, actually i think it was the first one, before Beatles, before Zep, before Presley before Kiss or any other artist. I should have been like seven or eight years old when i liked to watch the Madness videos that were transmited saturday morning between cartoons, before all that space were filled with advertising as today, i liked that band when i was a child and i love them today cuts like "just another day" , "nigth boat to Cairo", "Michael Caine" ,"my girl" and of course "one step beyond" are timeless classics , band such as The Mighty Mighty Bostons and many others cant deny Madness influence they were plenty funny and genious, One Step Beyond is the debut album actually neither themselves were capable to achieve a bigger sucess after this one but the roots of ska punk are there untill the end of time.
HM

Nothing disappointing here.........2006-02-09

I remember first listening to this and loving every single second of it. I just listened to it about 10 minutes ago and loved every single second of it even harder.

The album starts out with a powerful track "One Step Beyond", that's 2:18 of pure two-tone skanking music. It's one of the few total instrumental tracks that I really really like. Madness produces another complete track like that later on in the album (which is better than One Step Beyond), entitled "Swan Lake".

Every tune is as melodic, catchy, and unnecessarily goofy as the last one. "'Goofy'? Is that bad?" you might be saying. Nope. Madness keeps ska simple and pleasurable, every song on this entire album keeps it fun and pleasurable to listen to, just what they interperated ska to be.

There is no doubt in my mind, that this is one of the greatest (probably the second or third greatest, with The Specials leading) album made for two-tone fans. And it's definitely one of my favorite albums of all time.

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness

Average customer rating:

The 'musically stunted mans Dream Theater'!
If Lord of the Rings was put in a blender with Led Zeplin...
a modern experience I'll never forget
Alan Dean Foster Meets Rush!
Great Album

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
Coheed & Cambria
Manufacturer: Sony
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In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Vheissu
The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Coheed and Cambria: Live At The Starland Ballroom

ASIN: B000AA302A
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

Keeping The Blade
Always & Never
Welcome Home
Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)
Crossing The Frame
Apollo I : The Writing Writer
Once Upon Your Dead Body
Wake Up
The Suffering
The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court
Mother May I
The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End
The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth
The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut

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There's a lot to be said for continuity and high concept, and Coheed and Cambria have invented an elaborate geeky parallel sci-fi world that spread over four CDs. If you follow the story line, it unfolds like some punk Harry Potter series; equally ambitious and didactic and almost as tightly written as the Moody Blues' "Days of Future Passed." You can also listen to each of the albums without a thought about the story and marvel at the musicianship, the intricately layered guitars, Claudio Sanchez's overwrought and rather pinched vocals and the sheer imagination displayed by these four musicians whose idiosyncratic emo seamlessly flows into prog rock. Epic, surreal, bigger than life, and utterly unlike anything you've heard in decades--even Geddy Lee expounding on free will. -- Jaan Uhelszki

Customer Reviews:

The 'musically stunted mans Dream Theater'!.......2007-07-26

As a prog and metal rock fan for over 30 years, I tried real hard to like this enigmatic release, but in my opinion it falls short on many levels. The vocalist is horrendous. He has been compared to Geddy Lee by many, but Geddy's voice has a LOT more soul, timbre, and smoothness. Comparisons to Dream Theater have also been made as well, but C&C's chord progressions and guitar work sound purposeless and disjointed, and DO have elements of the lousy 'Emo rock' genre. The fact that many here bring this up must mean many of us hear it. I applaud bands that try to 'push or break the musical envelope', but unfortunately, C&C's sound comes across as confused with no real musical direction. You can play with fervor and conviction, as these guys do, BUT if the music sounds forced and boring, there's nothing you can do to 'connect' with some listeners. Not my cup of tea.

If Lord of the Rings was put in a blender with Led Zeplin..........2007-07-17

I wasn't excpepting much from this album before purchasing. I heard the Suffering which I thought was catchy, but I thought there was no way the album could be that good the whole way threw. I was wrong. The music ranges from rythmic harder rock (Welcome Home, and some of the later songs on the album) to really out there fast beats (Once upon your dead body, the Suffering).

Were this album really succeds is in it's great stroyline. The artwork of the album as well as the music relays a sense of epic-ness. You truly will not understand the depth of this Cd until you've heard it first-hand. Buy this CD I could not have been more pleased. In the great words of Apollo I and II, tonight the night on Burning Star IV...

You also may want to check out the Special Edition of the album. The Special Edition comes with a bonus DVD.

a modern experience I'll never forget.......2007-07-09

Luis Mejia (son) - I have to admit that I am one of those guys who love proffesional and complex music but I certainly lost my hope since mid 90's, specially in prog and good rock, and stayed in the era of the 70's, a magical era wich I didn't live. I never met the band 'till I heard the genre "new prog" and Coheed And Cambria was on the main charts, I also recognized the band because my cousin told me about it so I decided to give them a try, and this was the first album I bought seen the good critics and sales. Low in hopes, even when I heard the first track I was surprised they applied that kind of instruments in a classical way. Even more than a year that I've heard this album from the first track to the last one I'm still shocked of how excellent, delicate and professional it is!

I characterize this album more as heavy metal or progressive metal, even a litle bit of alt rock, but it stays a little apart from prog, even when it has certain characteristics of the genre.

The composition of each track is simple superb, delicate, heavy and well thought. Lisetn well, EVERY track is incredible and outstanding, one of the few album you don't have to skip any track; Welcome Home, Ten Speed (Of God Blood And Burial), the four fragments of The Willing Well (specially part 4), The Suffering and Wake Up are extremelly potent tracks that show every characteristic of the album, including soft ballads (until half of the album I never imagined a soft track), rythmical and confortable tracks like The Suffering, heavy, potential tracks with escapist sounds like Welcome Home and Ten Speed, the most likely prog songs like the fragments of The Willnig Well, and so on, each track is different from the other one. The moods of the CD are quite difficult to identify; I quite agree with those reviewers who characterize this album mainly EMO, and though it has many characteristics of EMO (wich I still do not think is a defined or even real genre) it also assimilates alt rock, prog, heavy metal, and so on; within the moods the songs are very different among each other but I can say their moods are agressive, hard, soft, constantly changing, experimental and a certain level of complexity.

Among the artists the guitar of Travis Stever is the best feature in the album, he's such a talented guitarrist, Claudio Sanchez vocals are very melodic and nice to hear but it isn't a voice such talented and trained but stunning as well, Josh Eppard drums are one of those instruments that in every song you listen to them carefully, and Michael Todd bass can be heard, you don't know how it bothers me not to be able to hear a bass in a song, but he makes it sound incredible.

Viewed as a concept album, its a little weird and even a little dumb as a concept album, I trully know that they are trying to make five albums about Teh Amory Wars but it's obvious that Coheed And Cambria would have a lot more credit and much better critics if it weren't for this detail.

In conclussion this band demonstrate among a world full of pitiful new music how still it can be excellent compositions written, if they only take their time, any musician can bring back the flame of music, good music, and the CD is a masterpiece, my sincere recommendations to everyone who appreciates good music.

Alan Dean Foster Meets Rush!.......2007-05-25

As my title states, Coheed & Cambria remind me of a really good sci/fi book set to music. Like a cross between Star Wars and Dream Theatre. I got IKSOSE first and still like that album better, I think simply because it is easier to follow the storyline. This album is much more musically complex though. It took me a long time to get used to the Claudio's voice because I a fan of Doom Metal not pop (not that they are a pop band), so it actually was the storyline that got me so interested. If you like concept albums, this is like trying to solve a really awesome riddle. I love the intro to Good Apollo with the violin!

Great Album.......2007-05-09

Yes C&C is an acquired taste, everything written in other reviews for all the albums pretty much spells out what people like about them. They are just what the current scene lacks, and bring back melodic, powerful, catchy metal in spades.....call it emo(the stupidest label ever coined bar none) or any other dumb term you want.....these guys simply rock.
The reviewer below is more interested in the album art, if thats your concern stick with cereal boxes or bazooka joe wrappers, this is rock n' roll. He also claims "sub par musicianship", which is an amazingly naive statement by someone who must know little about that which they speak. Grab a guitar and write tunes anywhere near this level. Sub par my a**. These guys are at the top of their game.

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Still great
KC Kilroy
This album rocks twenty five years later
Wasn't that 80s decade grand?
Great band, great album, great decade!

Midnight Madness
Night Ranger
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ASIN: B000002PCO
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

(You Can Still) Rock In America
Rumours In The Air
Why Does Love Have To Change
Sister Christian
Touch Of Madness
Passion Play
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Customer Reviews:

Still great.......2007-06-09

Needed to updat fom my 80's cassettes to C.D.'s. Amazon offered excellent prices and bulk specials. The C.D.'s arrived on time and in wonderful condition. I would use this site again and suggest it to my family and friends.

KC Kilroy.......2007-05-06

Everyone who listened to rock or watched MTV in the 80s knows the hit balad Sister Christian from this CD. But there is much more to this CD than that one song. There are no fillers here - every song on it is good. This is one of those few CDs that you can leave on and play all the way through without getting bored.

Night Ranger won me over from the start with the albumn Dawn Patrol. Their balads are catchy, their up-tempo rockers are solid. Versatility is a sign of good musicianship. Tight vocals and great guitar work made them a frontrunner band in the 80's, with a little help from MTV.

This is one of the three best Night Ranger CD's, and definately one to have in your collection.

This album rocks twenty five years later.......2007-02-05

Oh the eighties,and how we were lucky to have been a teenager.This album thanks to MTV pushed these talented muscians to the top.Classic fast paced album which seems to end quickly but never a dull track.You Can Still Rock In America,the lead track right through is non stop.These albums are hard to find in stores.Thank god for amazon!Jack Blades,Kelly Keagy and Brad Gillis gave it all.I was fortunate to have seen them perform live and WOW! Damn Yankees stuff is hard to find too. Crank this baby up and You Can Rock In America TOO

Wasn't that 80s decade grand?.......2006-12-20

You had to be there. I suppose the people who experienced the '50s have the same tough time explaining why they listened to the music they did... and why they dressed the way they did, but...

The cool thing about the 80s is we can remember it too! This CD is SO 80s. It is so fun. If these songs don't take you to somewhere really cool in your life, well you might not have 'been there'. The songs here are well crafted from front to back and bridge with fine guitar work and vocals. You can't go wrong with this CD. Touch of Madness is one that some may have forgotten--- if so, you must get this to remember!

Have fun!

Great band, great album, great decade!.......2006-11-09

Night Ranger were the perfact blend of music. Jack blades was the rockin' front man. Kelly keagy was the balladeer. Brad Gills was the excellent lead guitarist. Night Ranger were a mix of Bryan Adams AOR rock, and Hair Metal. From "YOU CAN STILL (Rock in America)"
to the ever popular "Sister Christian" to "When you close your eyes (best song), People call Huey Lewis and the News "THE 80's band"
as good as they were, Night Ranger has gotten them beat.

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Great Solo CD From Allmans/Mule Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter
So Where Is This Danny Draher you speak of?
Warren just plain rocks! Great voice, guitar & songs!
I'm waiting to be impressed
I love Warren Haynes but this should not have been released.

Tales of Ordinary Madness
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Great Solo CD From Allmans/Mule Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter.......2007-08-04

TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS is a great CD by Warren Haynes, even if it doesn't quite measure up to his work with the Allman Brothers Band and Government Mule. Even though some songs drag a bit, the majority are strong, solid blues-rock with heavy soul and funk influences. The CD has a feel similar to the Band, Delaney & Bonnie, and Joe Cocker's MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN. Haynes' advocacies of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, as well as increased funding for law enforcement, make this CD an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

So Where Is This Danny Draher you speak of?.......2006-01-13

SSIA. Clearly the listener hasn't seen Warren and Friends at the Bowery (February 2005), or Warren live acoustic (Bowery and Town Hall (June 2004), or even Warren tearing it up with Soulive at Tribeca Rock Club (February 2004). This was an album for Warren's touring band whose members included, among others, Danny Louis, now the Keyboards for Government Mule. Musicians on this album include among others: Chuck Leavell, Johnny Neel, Marc Quinones (ABB), and Bernie Worrell.

Most notable tunes on this album: Fire in The Kitchen, I'll Be The One, Power and the Glory, and Broken Promised Land. Warren's Bonnaroo Album, and newer Deja Voodoo provide a sense of where he is going musically. Check out http://www.mule.net for more information on Warren and the Mule

Warren just plain rocks! Great voice, guitar & songs!.......2005-09-10

Don't know what some of the other reviewers had stuffed in their ears, but this is one of my favorite albums!

Yeah, this is a bit more straight ahead rock, not so much of the 20 minute improvs as in Gov't Mule, but they are all great songs, and with Warren Hayne's voice, guitar and writing, how can you go wrong?

I am a huge fan of Gov't Mule also, and I think anyone who can appreciate the incredible talent of Warren in that context will like this as well.

Some people always want an artist to make the same album over and over, can't deal with even slight changes. Too bad, they are missing out on a world of great music...

I'm waiting to be impressed.......2005-05-12

With that voice and guitar talent, Warren could, (and I say could), rule the world of blues music - but it hasn't happened yet.
Someone please write this man some good songs and make him record them so we can enjoy his talent.

I love Warren Haynes but this should not have been released........2005-05-11

I've been a diehard Govt Mule fan since 1996. Warren Haynes is without question my favorite musician. This disc does nothing for him, however. Even if you love Warren, invest in something else. I recommend Live from the Roseland if you don't have it already. It's pure, raw, rumbling mule!!!

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Great mix for the 80's fan
Hair Band Gems
[Price] for ONE GOOD SONG!
its not all good but ok

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Release Date: 2000-04-18

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Customer Reviews:

Great mix for the 80's fan.......2005-10-25

OK I may not like all the songs on the album but I still give all my Monster albums 5 stars.
your going to konw all the songs if you ever had a radio inthe 80s\90s.
I listen to them ALL over and over and over!
I am a fan of most 80s music so I dont mind the few oddballs they through in that may not fit for others. IT is all 80s, all music that defined a generation of music.
If you were a true metal head you may not be thrilled, but if you were just a fan of 80s music you will be.

Hair Band Gems.......2004-05-07

This album is very good. It includes some of the best songs from the hair band era(1986-1991). It is a joy to listen to. Some of the songs aren't too good, so it got 4 stars instead of 5. It includes Giant's classic I'll See You In My Dreams, as well as Motley Crue's Dr Feelgood and Poison's Unskinny Bop. The only songs that doesn't really fit in is Faith No More's rap-rock classic, Epic. But it is a very good song, as well. This is some of the best songs from the hair metal era, at a low price.

[Price] for ONE GOOD SONG!.......2002-07-23

Silent Lucidity is the ONLY song that makes this CD worthy of being bought...for any sum of money.

its not all good but ok.......2000-05-29

ok now the song i really only like that sounds ok is i'll see you in my dreams im just glad i didnt waste my money on this cd so my words to you is D O N T B U Y

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Spilway
Ain't That Lovin' You
Deltraga

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How many teenaged guitar prodigies can get away with playing genre-blending improvisational music and convincing blues on only their second album? Just one: Jacksonville's Derek Trucks. His musical imagination is exceeded only by his guitar prowess. Trucks, who favors slide guitar, reanimates the blues past here. On Son House's "Preachin' Blues" and Howlin' Wolf's "44," he effortlessly attains an edgy, electrifying air of tension epitomizing the honest-sounding modern blues that many others attempt so hard--and so clumsily--to achieve. Just as impressive is Truck's ongoing exploration of the transcendent jazz/rock/blues realm where guitar-packing elders like Jeff Beck, Duane Allman, Carlos Santana, and Ronnie Earl, among a few more, have dared to go--the instrumentals "Younk Funk," "Kickin' Back," "Pleasant Gardens," and "Spillway." Unlike countless other guitarists, Trucks knows better than to sully his material by singing when he can't, and he turns to Warren Haynes (of Gov't. Mule), Larry McCray, and Matt Tutor to handle the vocal chores. It's little-known Memphis resident Tutor who really pours heart and soul into songs--hear "Preachin' Blues" and "Alright." All in all, this is a strong blues-and-beyond album. Keep an eye on this Trucks kid. --Frank-John Hadley

Customer Reviews:

Great Young Guitar Hero.......2007-04-03

Derek Trucks works as a guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band, but he also has his own band, and in addition, he is married to contemporary blues great Susan Tedeschi, who often tours with him.

On this CD, he shows off his prodigious guitar playing on such good cuts as Preaching Blues, Ain't That Lovin You, and Young Funk. He doesn't sing, but has vocalists with him that are more than capable of handling the materials.

With songs that range from blues to rock to funk, Trucks is claiming territory for his generation presided over by such veteran guitarists as Jeff Beck and Steve Morse. This is the beginning of a great talent worth watching in the years to come.

Don't Believe The Hard To Find Reviews.......2007-02-03

Just go to Derek Trucks officail website and order the CD or any other of his items you want. You can get this CD for $12.00. I think it is a joke that Amazon lets indi sellers mislead their customers. It is also irresponsible. The money you would be wasting ona $42 CD is more money you could be spending with Amazon directly. Do a web search for Derek's official website and you will find it!

ALLMAN OTHER.......2006-03-19

THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND-OUT OF THE MADNESS: Why young blooze upstart Derek Trucks (nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, and no less than the ousted Dicky Betts' replacement in that band, PLUS he's hitched to Susan Tedeschi) isn't constantly mentioned in the same breath as more celebrated guitar prodigies Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a major puzzle. Deftly infusing improvisational jazz, RNB, funk and rock (not unlike the Allmans themselves), Trucks doesn't sing...he occasionally leaves that to such guests as Warren Haynes of Gov't. Mule/The Allman Brothers...though his axe does plenty of talking. Whether tackling Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Meters, or one of his own worthy compositions, he executes like a roadhouse veteran, creating a hypnotic listening experience via searing slide and impassioned jam-band pyrotechnics. Here at last is a kid who's not rapping over a heavy metal beat or dancing and chirping in sync with a bunch of cookie cutter clones---this is REAL music, and Derek Trucks is the real deal. RATING: FIVE BROKEN STRINGS

Three Incredible Electric Blues solos on 0ne song!.......2004-12-29

I am a 52 year old old professional electric blues/rock guitarist. I've been listening to and playing blues for 30 years, and my three all-time favorite electric blues guitar solos are on this CD......AND THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME SONG..."Ain't That Loving You!" Derek Trucks, Larry McCray, and Jimmy Herring all swap solos on this song, and it's hard to say which one is the best....SO.....They're all the best! I'm talking about tone....I'm talking about phrasing....I'm talking about taste...I'm talking about pure feeling and emotion transferred form the heart of the guitarist straight thru the guitar into my ears. If this was the only song on this CD it would be worth the price. This was an incredible moment in time for these 3 guitarists. I doubt they could do it again like this. This song is so tight, you'll have to get a wet dishrag to open it.

searing his slide.......2004-09-12

its rare that an album is captivating from start to finish... make no mistake that "out of the madness" will leave you convinced that true blues/jam bands aren't dead. leading off with a scorching version of "preachin blues".. the album flows effortlessly... though a stretch of tracks including "good morning little school girl", "44" , and an instrumental in "kickin back" (this track is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the ABB "live at the filmore east) that move on with raw and delightful clarity. all of the vocal tracks are solid and "ain't that lovin you" is a gem.... ohhh and derek trucks is the finest guitarist of his generation. don't miss these guys live

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Solid CD
by far
Tenor Madness!
It took me 30 years...but, I finally heard
A Must-Have for Tenor Lovers

Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Manufacturer: Ojc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000Y74
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Tenor Madness
When Your Lover Has Gone
Paul's Pal
My Reverie
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

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This 1956 outing pairs the tenor great with Miles Davis's rhythm section of the time: pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. Most significantly, the title track represents the only recorded meeting between Rollins and John Coltrane (also a Davis Quintet member at the time), a fierce cutting contest that finds the two legends pushing each other to great effect. The remainder of the session finds Rollins in a warm, relaxed mood, rolling through a typically eclectic repertoire and adding the lightly swinging original "Paul's Pal." His respect for melody and emphasis on tone shine through clearly. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Solid CD.......2006-10-15

This CD's title track is the much-heralded encounter between John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. In 1956, Sonny was closer to a peak than Trane. This encounter between titans, though, isn't so titanic. It's a good song, there's nothing wrong with it, but not the sum of its parts. "Paul's Pal" is my favorite song on the CD, it has a bright, catchy melody. "When Your Lover Has Gone" and "My Reverie" are ruminative songs, "Beautiful Girl" ends things nicely. All in all, a good album, and recommended.

by far.......2006-10-10

by far one of my favorite albums. i love rollins' big full open tenor sound. somewhat of a listening novice when i first heard this album, which i loved from the beginning, i confessed to an old jazz head that i couldn't always tell on the title track when each horn player was blowing. he asked he if i knew what coltrane sounded like, and i started a longwinded answer which he silenced by saying don't tell him, just listen to coltrane, and i did, and i heard coltrane and i heard rollins, and i learned to distinguish players of the same instrument playing together, an act of real consciousness raising. which added to my listening pleasure.
i still go wild listening to the most beautiful girl in the world.

Tenor Madness!.......2005-03-30

This was, in my opinion, Sonny's first real important and influential album. The public was aware of his talents, when he replaced Harold Land in the Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet the year before, but Sonny hadn't really made a ground breaking album yet. This was it!

Tenor Madness swings in ever which way. There ain't a bad track on the whole album. A masterpiece from start to finish. Though over-shadowed by its more famous father release, Saxophone Colossus, Tenor Madness can hold its own, and it features some of the best tenor saxophone playing by Sonny, and ever in jazz.

The players were top notch too. For the first track, John Coltrane sits in. I believe Sonny thought it was his job to let the new guy blow. Sort of like old man let's young man have a shot. And back and forth solos between them in the song is almost woth the price of the cut alone.

There isn't two saxophonists who play more different. You can easily distinguish Sonny from Trane, and both of their ideas are endless and imaginative.

And joining Trane and Newk was The Red Garland Trio. Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Also know as, the rhythm section of the Miles Davis Quintet. The three worked together on numerous projects, though Garland substituted Art Taylor for drummer Philly Joe Jones most of the time, on Red's solo projects, The Red Garland Trio quickly became Garland, Chambers, and Art Taylor, but the original drummer, Philly Joe Jones is here for the recording.

Red Garland was truely his own man. Very distinct style, with his use of block chords, and melodically swinging approach. After Sonny gives up his solo time and Garland comes in, a beautiful mileau comes over you, due to Garland's colorful and imaginative solos.

Paul Chambers' bass solos, some while using a bow, are extraudinary. Philly Joe had a way of being very melodic when he soloed. His solos are very imaginative and all fit well with the piece. He compliments whom ever is soloing very well, and makes it even more of a joy to listen to.

Though the album opens up with the classic, Tenor Madness, I agree with the other reviewer who was pleased more with the last few tunes, omit John Coltrane.

There is The Most Beautiful Girl started out in 3/4 and which features a very nice melodic drum solo by Philly Joe, and there is the dedication piece to Paul Chambers, Paul's Pal, perhaps the most melodic tune on the whole album. I love when Sonny and Philly Joe are trading solos, and Sonny just finds that special note he likes and just sticks with it, calm and subtle, and Philly Joe just picks up his brushes and solos like nothing ever happened.

This was a unique and enjoyable recording all around. I highly recommend it to anybody into jazz, for a short time or for a while. You can't go wrong with Tenor Madness.

It took me 30 years...but, I finally heard.......2003-09-08

I'll be honest; not being a sax player, and really being more of a 'moldy fig' in many ways when it came to my real preferences, I listened to Sonny Rollins a little back in my early days of jazz discovery - and did not much like nor 'get' his stuff. Perhaps I was listening to the 'wrong' stuff, I really don't know, but I re-listened and dug what I heard, as much as I dig this kind of sax playing. The title cut, contrary to most listeners, did not move me...(...), it almost sounded like Trane set him up, but the tone which I thought I remembered not liking, and the ideas as well, grabbed me right away. What hooked me were the last few cuts (the ones which one reviewer called "cruise ship music"). Hey, if you find a cruise with Red Garland, Philly Joe, and Paul Chambers...let me know, I'll book it today. I finally GET IT!

A Must-Have for Tenor Lovers.......2003-05-07

The bad news is that tenor Olympians Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane joined forces in the studio just once. The good news is that it's available on TENOR MADNESS. The title track is battle of two gladiators, exchanging solos with such strength and imagination it's mind-boggling. Coltrane begins the exchange, which is really not a battle but rather a collaboration with Rollins. Although the piece is not really a competition, Rollins is every bit Coltrane's equal during the 12+ minute romp. This recording is astounding and timeless. It literally doesn't get any better than this.

So the CD goes downhill from there, right? No way. Sonny is as relaxed as a late summer morning on the second track, "When Your Lover Has Gone." Red Garland (piano) and Paul Chambers (bass) also takes solos that are as smooth as a velvet rainbow. "Paul's Pal" is a nice groove number with some outstanding brush work by drummer Philly Joe Jones. "My Reverie" finds Sonny floating a soft, smoky vibrato over the rhythm section. The disc concludes with "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," a Richard Rodgers tune that the boys have great fun reconstructing. Great solos by all.

Very highly recommended.

Tracks:

Big Noise From Winnetka
Paradise
Shiver Me Timbers
Fire Down Below
Stay With Me
My Mother's Eyes
A. Chapel Of Love/B. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
A. E Street Shuffle/B. Summer (The First Time)/C. Leader Of The Pack
A. You Can't Always Get What You Want/B. I Shall Be Released

Customer Reviews:

Bette at her best.......2005-10-06

One of the best samples of Bette Midler's vocal qualities. Aside from singing some of the old favourites, she brings the house down in an apparently electrifying work. The musical arrangements, chorus, and recording quality, are certainly worth the price. You must like her early days, though, if you are planning on enjoying this cd.

Just Divine.......2005-06-22

This albulm is just one of the greatest soundtracks to be released and shows what an icon Miss M is

WoW! is all I can say!!!!!!!!WHAT AN ALBUM!.......2005-03-29

This is a great album!This is the best cd i have ever heard from the divine miss m.She gives a great performance
in this CD.She sings the best songs like chapel of love , Boogie woogie bugle boy,fire down below also a passionate version of STAY WITH ME BABY.This is a must have for any BETTE MIDLER FAN!!!!!THREE CHEERS! FORV BETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not the same thing.......2003-10-19

The movie was great, but the album is not. It was re-recorded, and the songs are not as dynamic as they are in the movie. If you want the real soundtrack, you just have to listen to the movie.

The best tracks from the "Divine Madness" concert video.......2003-10-06

Given how great of a live performer she is, it is rather amazing that none of Bette Midler's live albums really capture the Divine Miss M in all of her glory. Like the others, "Divine Madness" comes close and it certainly has its moments. Although Midler starts off with "Big Noise From Winnetka," reaffirms her position as the queen of Forties boogie-woogie, the album is dominated by some emotional ballads, including "My Mothers's Eyes," "Stay With Me," and "I Shall Be Released." Those would be the Divine part of the proceedings and the Madness would come from her dramatic enactment medley of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Leader of the Pack." For those who missed Bob Seger's "The Fire Down Below" not being on the soundtrack album for "The Rose," Midler corrects that omission on this 1980 album, which made it to #34 on the Billboard chart. In the end what you will enjoy the most are the medleys, the best of which is the last where Midler starts off with the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and suddenly breaks into Dylan's "I Shall Be Released." She even manages to work in a bit of Bruce Springsteen as well. Just remember that while this is the cream of the crop there is much more on the video tape of this "Divine Madness" concert.

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The best of RCPM
I really enjoy listening to this guy
Move over Bruce, the new Boss is here
album: 5 stars, live show: 6 stars. wow.
Really Great Music

Sonoran Hope & Madness
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Manufacturer: Emma Java
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000060O1R
Release Date: 2002-02-12

Tracks:

Fireworks
Sonoran Hope And Madness
Colorblind Blues
Sleep Like A Baby
Ashes Of San Miguel
Mile High And Risin'
Bury My Heart At The Trailer Park
Interlude (Home On The Range)
Buffalo
Smaller And Better Things
The Ballad Of Lupe Montosa
Better Beautiful Than Perfect
Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

The best of RCPM.......2007-07-04

The first time I heard this album, I was not grabbed, so to speak. It lacked the outwardly fun and catchy, easy to listen to rock songs the previous three albums (including The Refreshments, of course) had. This album is no party, no Mexican fantasy, no overall good time. Rather, Sonoran Hope & Madness is a trip into the Southwest. Sonoran commands your attention more than any of Roger's other work, as if to say, "Hey, listen up for a minute. I have something to say." This album seems to exist to actually show us the serious side of life.

Musically, Sonoran has a little more of a country feel to it. It is more diverse than anything else in the Roger Clyne catalog, with rockers as loud, heavy, and emotional as "Colorblind Blues", all the way down to sweet, mellow ballads such as "The Ballad of Lupe Montosa." It represents Roger's most mature and interesting work, something that both musically and lyrically makes you think and feel. Lyrically, Sonoran has its light moments (such as "Bury My Heart at the Trailer Park"), but also some of Roger's most thoughtful words (the aforementioned "Colorblind Blues", "Buffalo").

This is a must-have album. If I could keep only one RCPM album, it would surely be this one.

I really enjoy listening to this guy.......2005-07-09

Whether it was Roger and his Refreshment buddies or Roger and his AZ Peacemakers, the product was still strong. There is a purity to his music that is hard to describe. His songs deal largely with the Southwest and always have that great cowboy guitar in it. This album is a little bit of a departure from his Refreshments' stuff, which was a little more honkytonk/rocknroll and other than "Colorblind Blues", there are no weak tracks. Good stuff!

Move over Bruce, the new Boss is here.......2003-11-11

No one in rock plays harder live than Roger Clyne, including the Boss. If you like your rock, fun, hard, meaningful, thoughtful, sometimes whimsical and all together eclectic, this it the band. From straight rocking it on songs like Colorblind Blues, to breaking your heart with a song (from a terrific storyteller like Roger Clyne,) about a dearly departed friend as in Ashes of San Miguel, to silly, "celebrate your inner White Trash" roots, country-fried rock in Bury My Heart at the Trailer Park, this CD has a little for everyone, and lot to offer if you got the mind open enough to hear what Roger has to say. With a couple of decidedly more Mexican border rock tracks with songs like Better Beautiful Than Perfect, and the title track you'll soon have a whole new perspective on living in those dusty borderlands. Thanks Roger.

album: 5 stars, live show: 6 stars. wow........2003-10-13

I listenend to Roger Clyne while he was in the Refreshments and really appreciated his first album. He had a freshness and charismatic outlook that makes you younger for having heard it, and the way he seamlessly blends his Southwestern lifestyle with his music makes me at once envious of him and proud just to bear witness to it. I lamentably stopped paying attention to them after Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy and missed their second CD, Bottle and Fresh Horses. Then just recently I downloaded a bunch of songs from his catalog and to my great surprise I realized that not only had he not fallen off the face of the earth, but he has been steadily grinding out what may be the only true American music for the last decade with his new (sort of) band the Peacemakers. While I can't say with certainty that he has been getting better, I can say that he has been traveling in a (pretty) straight line and you can literally watch him grow from an immature young savant into a pensive and wise man. He has equipped himself with equally awesome band members. Danny Blanco, PH Naffah (from the Refreshments) and Steve Larson (from Dead Hot Workshop) all do a spectacular job but they are eclipsed by that divine young man Roger Clyne.

Really Great Music.......2003-08-15

This is a great new CD which is similar to the defunkt "The Refreshments", it has some great songs.. and I recommend anyone pick it up!

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