Low Life [Import]

1. Death Rattle

2. Low Life

3. Disengage

4. Locomotive

5. Barrier

6. Wheeling Vultures

7. Curved Dog

8. Abasement

9. Land One

10. Tingle Hairs

11. Last Detective

Tracks:

Love Vigilantes
The Perfect Kiss
This Time Of Night
Sunrise
Elegia
Sooner Than You Think
Sub-Culture
Face Up

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With the 1985 release of Low Life, New Order put forth their most commercially accessible effort to date. While some of the dark-wave drippings of their Joy Division roots are evident, high energy progressions, which would carry them for years to come, began to emerge here. Hits like "Perfect Kiss" and "Sub-Culture," with their synth hooks, club-stomping accents, and visceral lyrics, helped bridge the gap for growing synth-pop audiences who bolstered their success. Other refined techniques on the album became standard New Order conventions: sweeping analogue rolls, live and sequenced drum percussion, tight bass melodies, and edgy guitar leads. Sustained by a peerless level of emotional involvement, the vocals and lyrics further entice the listener with the obliquely nuanced style of Bernard Sumner. Standing the test of time, this release is a must-have in order to understand the origins of introspective pop-wave culture. --Lucas Hilbert

Customer Reviews:

O.K., but far from their best.......2006-06-09

For those fans more into New Order's 80's techno-brit-pop sound, I suppose "Low-Life" might be a favorite. To me though, the band really came into its own with the lusher and more layered sounds of "Republic," "Get Ready," and "Waiting for the Sirens' Call," N.O.'s last three albums. While "Sub-Culture" is certainly one of their dance classics, it really doesn't have the resonance of "Age of Consent" or "Blue Monday." "Love Vigilantes" and "Perfect Kiss" are certainly fun, but hardly stand out. The other tracks (other than "Elegia" and "Sunrise," which are discussed below) hardly make an impression. In general Bernard Sumner's vocals and lyrics on "Low-Life" are sub-par.

There are two songs on "Low Life" I like quite alot. The instrumental "Elegia" strongly reminds me of the soundtrack from the "Phantasm" movies, and that, by itself, is enough for me to really like the song. What truly puzzles me though is that the other reviewers don't unanimously acknowledge what is clearly the best song on the album by far: the amazing "Sunrise." Finally we hear what the boys can sound like playing real instruments -- scintillating guitars, riveting bass-line, real drums, and Bernard Sumner singing with soul. Oh yeah, and let's not forget the song's obvious connection to The Cure's monumental "A Forest." Surely the opening notes are a dead giveaway that the comparison is meant to be made.

With these earlier albums, those with my taste heard alot of potential in New Order, but may have been somewhat put off by the all too frequent reliance on 80's styled synthesizers and drum machines. But the best was yet to come, as Bernard Sumner continued to grow into his role as the creative force of the band, both musically and lyrically.

The Definitive Work By The Splendid New Order.......2005-12-19

"Low Life" is New Order's definitive work, and a defining moment in 80's music. Finally finding their post-Joy Division voice after the splendid but less confident "Power, Corruption & Lies", New Order joyfully arrive fully formed on "Low Life". Every song bristles with energy and is celebratory, even when dark. Starting with the haunting but deceptively upbeat "Love Vigilantes" it's game on. "The Perfect Kiss" follows, yet another New Order classic, and "Low Life" is chock full of them. There is the darkly sophisticated "Sooner Than You Think", club favorite "Sub-culture", and the gorgeous, and I mean gorgeous instrumental "Elegeia". The incredibly buoyant "Face Up" ends things. The sound of "Low Life" is everything that made New Order so very unique, and what still sets them apart as absolute originals; no one else sounds like them. Musically the relentlessly inventive and energetic counterpoint of synth, bass, guitar, and percussion create a sound that simply compells and propels every song. Bernard Sumner's lyrics and enigmatic vocals bring the sinister contrast to the almost ebullient chemistry of the music. "Low Life" is a midnight sun of happy darkness, and one of the very best albums of the 80's.

the pinnacle of all their brilliance.......2005-06-04

This album is a cut above everything else they've ever done, and that's saying a lot. Even with New Order's long and magnificent career, I think this album truly stands out as something special. It has that special quality that can only be attained when Bernard is "Pumped Full of Drugs."

New Order has had so many songs with vague and hard-to-puzzle lyrics, but "Love Vigilantes" actually narrates the story of a man fighting in Vietman. Not my favorite song on the CD, but a good one.

If you're considering buying this album, you've probably already heard "The Perfect Kiss," and you know just how complex and beautiful this song is. If you haven't heard it, then you need to buy the album just to experience this one song. A lot of people prefer the longer version found on Substance, but I've always prefered the shorter one... it's just a rush.

The first time I listened to "This Time of Night," I thought to myself, "Wow, this is so 80's." The drums definitely give it a very typical 80's feel and in some ways I think it is exemplary of mid-80's synthpop, but it still kicks the ass of anything else like it.

"Sunrise" is the only song here that I've ever seen receive any real criticism. The guitar is very heavy, almost too heavy, and maybe the song isn't quite up to the standards of the rest of the album, but it's still New Order, and damn good.

"Elegia" perfectly lives up to its title and is one of my favorite instrumental tracks. The song is a line drawn between the first and second parts of the album, but in a good way.

"Sooner Than You Think" is always overlooked. Hard not to be, when it shares a disc with such greatness, but it stands on its own. The song starts in a mellow sort of way (following "Elegia," it almost has to), but after a minute or so, there's a kick-in with the sort of subdued energy that no one does like New Order.

"Sub-culture" is one of those songs that has caused New Order to be labelled "dark pop." Bernard's voice is almost monotone and emotionless at times, and it complements the song much more than any sort of lyric-matching wailing would have.

"Face Up" is a mood-lifter after Sub-Culture. I think others would agree that this one is reminiscent of "The Village" on Power, Corruption, and Lies. An all around good song, and a nice closer to their best of albums.

Off the Hook!.......2005-05-11

This an awfully good album. I picked this up after purchasing Substance and Brotherhood back in the day.

I remember lying in my bed thinking this band is ridiculously good. Only two of these songs appear on Substance when realistically Love Vigilates would be the high point of most bands careers.

Pick it up and discover what the 80's were all about!

"Tonight I Should Have Stayed At Home...".......2004-08-24

Here you have it, New Order's first full fledged masterpiece. Flawless in every way, shape, and form. Band members Sumner, Morris, Hook, and that fine fox Gillian hit every note. "Low-Life" is sort of the theme for the whole album, because throughout the album the members of New Order make it blatently clear that they are in fact "low-lifes". If they are "low-lifes", they are some of the most talented, charismatic, hot (one member anyway) "low-lifes" I've ever heard. Now that you've seen my sneaky ploy to use the term "low-life" as many times as I can in a two sentence period let's get down to reviewing this album. This is one of the few albums where I don't think about how hot Gillian is when listening to it, and that takes a lot of willpower. That shows how good this album really is. "Love Vigilantes" starts off the album and is more or less a metaphor for Sumner being lost, alone, and confused for so long from Ian Curtis's death, but he finally finds his way home. Just so you know, that interpretation was probably a bunch of bullcrap, as I am really bad at interpreting lyrics. No matter what hidden message lies in the song, it doesn't change anything as the song is great, very, very poppy, but not overly sugar coated as to where it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, like that candy "Warheads". The second track, "The Perfect Kiss", is the most masterful use of synths I've ever heard. The song is just so elegant, and it's arguably the most complex song with synths ever recorded, screw The Cure. The rest of the album is great. "This Time Of Night" is probably the best dark and gritty song that New Order wrote, leagues above their Movement stuff. "Elegia" is one of my favorite instrumentals every, and it lives up to it's title. Every song is excellence, there's no reason to go in and review every song from you. I will tell you this though, "Face Up" has, in my opinion, the best vocal performance by Sumner ever. Uplifting and spirtual. Every song on here is a ten out of ten. And that is why it's my favourite album of all time.

Kurt Weill: Life, Love, & Laughter--Dance Arrangements, 1927-50

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SAIL ON, KURT!
Not at All Vile Weill
ELEVATOR MUSIC

Kurt Weill: Life, Love, & Laughter--Dance Arrangements, 1927-50
H.K. Gruber , and Palast Orchestra
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ASIN: B000055YBR
Release Date: 2001-02-12

Tracks:

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Here's a disc of 19 familiar and unfamiliar Kurt Weill songs arranged for dance band and played by an expert group of specialists in Roaring Twenties band music. They're led by singer-conductor-composer H.K. Gruber, whose previous recordings include Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper. The result is a start-to-finish delight. From the first notes, you're beamed back in time to one of those sleek transatlantic passenger liners, sitting in an art deco ballroom watching elegant couples in tuxedos and ball-gowns swirl by while the band plays hits from Weill's German and Broadway triumphs. Sure, the venom is leached from the originals, but who needs agitprop when you're on a dance floor? The arrangements are by a variety of hands, hired by Weill's European and American publishers with his approval to get more mileage from his musical theater works. They're delightfully square rhythmically and formulaic in transferring Weill's music to conventional dance bands, but the music still holds up and is fun to hear in its new clothes. A special treat is the eight tracks with Max Raabe, whose light tenor and falsetto singing preserve the spirit of Weill's songs, as well as perfectly mimic the boy band singers of times gone by. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

SAIL ON, KURT!.......2006-04-23

I wouldn't take offence here oh, Weill purists! These reconstructions are charming and harmonically reverent to their originals, more than could be said for many versions of the Weill Songbook through the decades, including Lou Reed's friendly `adaptation' of the September Song's chord progression and melodic line!

Shoenberg and Webern expressed their disdain of Weill's music; curiously, Arnold had also disclosed a secret wish of having his own audiences walk back home "whistling his tunes", oh, don't ask why... You can certainly whistle, hum and sway your partner now, as the transatlantic's bouncy dancehall sails on just as Kurt, Lotte and the lot of them did when escaping the lethal hounds of early 30s Berlin.... the-next-little-dollar bound.

Not at All Vile Weill.......2001-08-13

The ever versatile HK Gruber has done it again digging up these gorgeous dance arrangements for Weill's music--proving, if anything, Weill's versatility. Anyone familiar with the Capriccio historical Weill recordings will be aware of the long tradition of dance bands taking Weill's music as the lead for dance music or pop music incarnations (all the way up through the more obvious appropriations familiar to Americans: Mack the Knife and September Song). Hardly MUZAK arrangements (listen to the delicate violin in track 17's "What Good Would the Moon Be" to hear what I mean), this generous helping of 19 songs offers a chance to see Weill through a delightfully different but entirely compatible lens. Max Raabe provides the ideal vocal compliment on 8 of the tracks, his tenor floating effortlessly into his head voice suggesting a "period" sound reminiscent of Bing Crosby. The import title for this disc is "Charming Weill," and that modest adjective expresses the least of its virtues.

ELEVATOR MUSIC.......2001-05-23

This is a very strange CD: why would anyone want to take the quirky rhythms and melodies of the great Kurt Weill and "tame" them into dance arrangements? Certainly one has listened to (& even perhaps admired) dance arrangements of composers from Victor Herbert to Cole Porter to Jerry Herman, but these are all, if you will, main stream composers-- men whose music sounds good in original Broadway or Hollywood arrangements and just as good (or almost as good) as played by a dance band...think "Begin The Beguine" as done by Fred Astaire on film or "Begin The Beguine" done by Jo Stafford with the Paul Weston Orchestra.

But Weill was an innovator: a man who can still be listened to experiencing the thrill of something fresh and new. One immediately thinks of his collaborations with Bertolt Brecht in Germany: "Threepenny Opera" and "The Rise & Fall Of The City of Mahagonny" or "The Seven Deadly Sins", etc. his American opera, "Street Scene" with Langston Hughes or his American musical plays: "One Touch of Venus" with Ogden Nash or "Love Life" with Alan Jay Lerner, etc. The songs on this CD all deserve great recordings from the "Alabama Song" to "September Song" but they turn into a kind of flattened elevator music instead of having fresh interpretations or even more traditional ones. What happens is that the longing in "What Good Would the Moon Be" and the romance of "Speak Low" and the raucousness of "Bilbao Song" are all much too similar and much too easy.

Tracks:

Act 1: Pirate Jenny - Charlotte Rae
Act 1: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Jodi Stevens
Act 1: Economics - Jane A. Johnston
Act 1: Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Pam Dawber
Act 1: Barbara Song - Linda Purl
Act 1: Lullaby - Kathryn Skatula
Act 1: That's Him - Nancy Dussault
Act 1: Don't Look Now - Sharon Lawrence
Act 1: Apple Jack - Norm Lewis
Act 1: Speak Low - Sally Kellerman
Act 1: September Song - Rod McKuen
Act 1: Ice Cream Sextet - David Holladay

Tracks:

Act 2: Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - David Holladay
Act 2: What Good Would The Moon Be - Melissa Dye
Act 2: It Never Was You - Hugh Panaro
Act 2: We'll Go Away Together - Hugh Panaro
Act 2: Tschaikowsky - Jack Noseworthy
Act 2: The Saga Of Jenny - Carole Cook
Act 2: Surabaya Johnny - Tim Curry
Act 2: My Ship - Shirley Jones
Act 2: Mack The Knife - Loretta Devine
Act 2: Lost In The Stars - Brock Peters

Customer Reviews:

Kurt Weill: Re-discovery..........2006-11-10

I am so impressed and pleased to have found this recording on Amazon.com. I am always amazed when I find these seemingly obscure recordings, and thrilled to know they exist. What a wonderful history of our musical world---and what a chance to hear interesting, challenging, and unusual performances from so many well-known people. The songs live on--the composer is 'new' again, and this recording becomes part of history re-discovered. Thank you Amazon.com for your continued professionalism and for having these recordings available.

Incredible Live Album.......2002-02-10

This incredible concert (which i attended) benefitting The Actors' Fund of America, contains some absolute MUST performances for any Broadway collector.

For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!

Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
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Very Good

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper

Everything is right but the style

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor

Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings

Anne Sofie von Otter - Speak Low ~ Songs by Kurt Weill / Gardiner
Kurt Weill , John Eliot Gardiner , Anne Sofie von Otter , Bengt Forsberg , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Karl-Heinz Lampe , Frederick Martin , Christfried Biebrach , and James Sims
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ASIN: B000001GM3
Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

Die Sieben Tods Prologue
Die Sieben Tods No. 1 Faulheit (Sloth)
Die Sieben Tods No. 2 Stolz (Pride)
Die Sieben Tods No. 4 Zorn (Anger)
Die Sieben Tods No. 5 Vrei (Gluttony)
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Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Very Good.......2006-01-03

This is a very nice selection of Weill pieces showing the full range of his output. These range from the ambitious Seven Deadly Sins to songs from Happy End to some of his Broadway work. All are very interesting. The performers, particularly Von Otter, are excellent. Recommended strongly.

Excellent Weill Alternative to Lenya and Lemper.......2005-09-29

`Speak Low Songs by Kurt Weill' is a great addition to the performances of Herr Weill's works by the prominent mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie Von Otter. I have listened to many performances by Weill specialists from the archetype, Weill's wife, Lotte Lenys, for whom many of the songs were originally written to Ute Lemper and Gisela May, who lean heavily toward Lotte Lenya's gravel-voiced interpretation of Weill's songs.

Anne Sofie Von Otter breaks with this tradition and gives us what are easily the sweetest interpretations of Weill's songs from both his German and English works, which I have heard anywhere.

The flagship performance on this disc is `Die Sieben Todsunden' (`The Seven Deadly Sins') which was a cycle of songs to be sung on the stage, accompanied by dances done by a second performer. This takes the first nine (9) tracks and is at least as good as what I have heard from Weill specialist, Lemper. This album is the first time I have noticed that there are two versions of this work, and that Ms. Von Otter is performing the version for soprano.

But, I think the most moving performances come later, especially in von Otter's performances of the three numbers from `Happy End', `Bilbao-Song', `Surabaya-Johnny', and `Das Lied von der harten Nuss' (Song of the Big Shot). I have heard these done by many people, but never so sweetly. These numbers are so lovingly performed that I insist that you ignore the fact that the lyrics are in German. The accompanying booklet gives English translations, which I simply ignore and enjoy the musical talent with no filter. My understanding German has nothing to do with this, as I do the same with French, which I can just barely make out.

Kurt Weill may not be the most important influence on American musical theatre in the 20th century, but he is easily in the top five, along with the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and collaborators, and Cole Porter.

Ms. Von Otter is ably accompanied on this disk by her favorite pianist, Bengt Forsberg plus the Norddeutch Rundfunk orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner. While I really like her selection on this disk, the collection makes me wish Ms. Von Otter would do some more Weill and spend less time hanging out with Elvis Costello, but that's a different story.

Everything is right but the style.......2005-09-24

Weill and Brecht defined a nasty age with nasty art, writing some of the grittiest satire in the history of music. In this CD von Otter misses that edge, skirts all the dangerous, sleazy implications, and ultimately sounds too much the opera singer slumming it for an hour. Her earnestness is no subtitute for the right period style, a la Lotte Lenya.

Intelligent reading from both singer and conductor.......2005-01-27

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS is such a brilliant mini-masterpiece (and, to me, the pinnacle of the Brecht-Weill years) that it is hard to screw up. It is a testament to the staying power of this work (and to the brilliance of Weill's music in general) that it can be performed by the likes of Lotte Lenya, Julia Migenes, Ute Lemper, Judy Kaye, Marianne Faithfull, Teresa Stratas, and -- as here -- Anne Sofie von Otter, and STILL work... and EACH of these women are totally successful in the piece on their own terms.

Here, Anne Sofie von Otter gives us an intelligent (and highly musical) rendering of the text, keeping the musical line very much intact. She sings with vibrato at times, and then will turn around and use straight-tones at moments where it is dramatically appropriate to do so. She balances the performance well, shifting gears between cool detachment (which she is often criticized for) and impassioned outbursts (which her critics often fail to notice).

John Eliot Gardiner surprised me with how easily this music seemed to come to him, especially as he seems to be a man more at home with "Period-Instrument-Mozart" than highly charged 20th century works. However, his reading of "The Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky was totally staggering. For example, his choice beginning the climactic moment of the score ("Envy") as slowly as he does caught me very much off guard at first, and I didn't really care for it at all. However, with each successive listen, I find myself "getting" this choice more and more.

Finally, the "filler." As to be expected, she is more successful with the European material than she is with the songs from Weill's Broadway years. But this is the case with about 99.9% of all opera singers who try to sing Weill's Broadway scores. You will never hear any singer give "Je ne t'aime pas" a more hauntingly beautiful, passionately intense performance than Anne Sofie von Otter. Truly, the ultimate interpretation of one of my favorite Weill songs. "Nannas Lied," "Der Abschiedsbrief," and the HAPPY END selections. However, "My Ship" and "One Life to Live" seem to fail at catching fire -- the former because it is marred by an attempt to sound like a "pop singer," the latter because von Otter sings English better than native speakers (she knows where the ACTUAL emphasis in the phrase "nothing: the thing is to have fun" goes, as opposed to where Ira Gershwin placed it). I also -- surprisingly enough -- don't care for her performance of "Schickelgruber" -- she just seems totally lost to me. (I really think that this song is foreign territory to 'legit' sopranos and mezzos -- I don't even care for the Stratas rendition.) Just when I thought I would have to suffer through another bad batch of "opera-crossover," Anne Sofie turned around and surprised me by giving highly successful performances of the numbers from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (especially on "I'm Stranger Here Myself").

All in all, a worthy purchase: highly recommended to all fans of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Kurt Weill enthusiasts.

Brilliant--The best of the 7 Deadly Sins recordings.......2002-10-12

Weill, and particularly anything Brecht-Weill, has suffered for too long with interpertations based on tired ham theatrics, burlesques of Lenya's style, to the point where we have come to expect it as the only way to sing this music. Lenya herself is said, late in life, to have commented that a better singer (specifically Stratas at that time) would be more appropriate for properly interpreting Weill's music.

Here, after countless CD releases of the Seven Deadly Sins, is the first recording sung in the key the composer originally intended! The result is relevatory, sublime and magnificent.

Ms. Von Otter interprets the rest of the songs with mixed results--all are lovely, several are excellent, though several others have been handled better by singers with more "theatrical" talents. Nevertheless, this recording stands alone, head and shoulders above the others.

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miami greatest
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2 Low Life Muthas
Poison Clan
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1. Low Life Mutha F**kas
2. Spoiled Rotten
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10. The Neighborhood Haps
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miami greatest.......2004-10-30

this was a good record ,it's tell about the streets of miami.

spoiled rotten.......2001-08-24

kids if you think jt money is new to the game check this out this debut was good back in 1990. jt did'nt use his pimp persona much on this,but this was the poison clan discovered by luke himself, yes he disses women, yes these are juvenile raps. but interesting to all who love old school rap.

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Low Life
Beasts of Bourbon
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This offering is from the Beasts of Bourbon, Low Life. Recorded Live at The Tote and mixed at Atlantis Studios. Spooky Records. 2005.

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Evan Bliss <3
You gotta get this CD!
buy this album!
Listen Up!
This is some damn good music

Thixotropic

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Evan Bliss <3.......2007-07-09

I met Evan Bliss, the lead singer of this band, on a internet video game 4 years ago. Since hearing his music, I've probably been one of his number one fans. I've only ever talked to this guy online, and I do a bit, but I know the lyrics to almost every single song this band has ever written.
He's done solo work since the bands split.

If you liked this cd, which you probably did, you should also look into Evan Bliss and the Welchers. It's probably the only CD they'll have released being he's gotten married and moved to Ireland.

The CD is absolutely amazing. "Fiona" is one of my favorite songs on the entire cd. The message in the song is well delivered. My absolute favorite is "Bag of Money". The first time I heard this song, I had hounded Evan on MSN on how he came up with such a glorious song. "It was a dream I had one night".

The CD is filled with hits left and right. While the song "thixotropic" is just an instrumental, it's still worth listening.

This is one of my favorite CD's in my entire collection (4500+ songs)

You gotta get this CD!.......2006-02-21

The only word is WOW! I may not agree with their morals or politics but man, the music is just AWESOME! I just can't stop
listening.

buy this album!.......2004-09-10

You won't stop tapping your foot along with The Low Life. This album was giving to me by a friend and I haven't stopped listening to it. I love all the songs, but You Are Everything is my favorite. This album, or anything by The Low Life, is a great buy! :-)

Listen Up!.......2004-07-29

Let me be honest. I, at first, did not like this cd. It was given to me by a friend of a friend who wanted to get the band's name out. I played it, and put it away. Maybe it was cause i was in the middle of a video game, I just wasn't interested in it at the time. But when I pulled it out a second time, I loved what I heard. Every song has very memorable opening sounds. My favorite opening has to be "Work You Did". You can't help but bob your head to the beat. My favorite songs on the album are "Bag of Money" and "You are Everything". I always love the idea of a story in a song, and "Bag of Money" has that. "You are Everything" speaks to every guy that has had a very annoying girlfriend that just can't take a hint. There are very memorable songs on the album, but those two are the two i skip to over any others. My only problem with the lyrics is this: at some points the words run together and you can't understand what they are saying. But this mostly happens when the lead singer hands the mic over to someone else for a short phrase or two. But for the most part, this cd is a very good buy. If only I knew they were playing at Artscape in Baltimore, I woulda been there. Definitaly get this cd.

This is some damn good music.......2004-06-23

The low life is the best band to come out of maryland. i just saw them in concert in towson and it couldent get any better.Some of there better songs are Bag Of Money, They're coming, You Are Everything and well the whole cd is good. they also came out with a live cd which is not as good but still high quality music.Trust me you will be a fan after hearing just one of there songs.

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One of the best rock songs in years.
This Man's Art Continues to Amaze Me
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Low Life
Roland Orzabal
Manufacturer: Eagle UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056PK2
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

Low Life (Album Version)
Low Life (Supersub Mix)
Low Life (President Who Mix)
Low Life (Radio Edit)

Album Description

First single off the Tears For Fears singer/songwriter's long awaited solo debut, 'Tomcats Screaming Outside'. Tracks, 'Low Life' (Album Version, Supersub Mix, President Who? Mix & Radio Edit). 2001 release.

Album Details

First single from the ex-Tears for Fears man's 2001 solo full length disc titled 'Tomcats Screaming Outside'.

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One of the best rock songs in years........2002-02-23

I thought rock died by 2000 with the horrible nu-metal garbage that luttered the charts recently. This song from the meistro of Tears For Fears has brought new life to what I think is a dying genre of music. Low Life is a heavy rock song with ambient guitar riffs with techno drums and electronic sound effects and a danceable beat. I missed the great sound of rock music that has been lacking since like 1994. Roland Orzabal amazes me with his incredible music. His former group Tears For Fears is my all-time favorite group.

This song is the first single off the Tomcats Screaming Outside. It was a smart choice to release it. It's sad it didn't make a dent on the American charts. If you have this single, go and get the Tomcats Screaming Outside CD. It's incredible.

This Man's Art Continues to Amaze Me.......2001-11-28

I have been a Roland fan since 93, when one night I stayed up late and happened to catch "Elemental" on VH1. I was entranced, and bought the album the next day. A picky music lover, I NEVER do that. Now Roland is my favorite "popular" artist (surpassing a previous obsession with R.E.M.) On "Tomcats Screaming Outside" he finally lets himself just... be himself. No personal messages- just pure delight. THE WHOLE ALBUM IS FOOD FOR MY SOUL. Low Life is just one of its many excellent tracks. (...)

Lost Potential.......2001-09-03

Low Life is an incredible song. One of the best of the year. It is also the type of song that screams for a remix. It is layered, has several different sections where the song varies, and has a great beat that could be manipulated for a remix. It's a re-mixer's dream and I was very exicted to see the results. Unfortunately, I was sorely disappointed in the re-mixes. They basically stuck in some rapper who repeats a stupid line over and over and basically ruins everything about the song. Yuck. What a shame. Get a new remix outfit Roland!! The single version is just the album version minus a few bars to cut the time down as expected.

By the way, the album is great. It combines Roland's classic melodies and hooks with a nice new, trip-hop feel. Highly recommended--just don't get the remix single.

Roland Keeps Rollin' !!!.......2001-04-20

I'll leave the other [...] to try and out-do each other with their attempts at glossy, wanna-be-professional critic verbage in describing Roland Orzabal's new album. Instead, I'll use simple words like phenomenal, fantastic, and fat! to describe this killer new release. Listen to it twice in a row and it'll make you want to listen to it at least once a day after that. How does this man keep things fresh and constantly improving with each new release? As much as I LOVED TFF and having Curt Smith's distinct voice be a part of the band, Roland keeps proving that not only does he not need the TFF moniker anymore, but that he was the true talent in the band all along!! If there's anything negative I can share it's the fact that Roland keeps us waiting too long between studio releases!

Stratos-fear-ic!.......2001-04-12

I have listened to this album a dozen+ times, and every time a different song is my favorite. This is a rare, watershed album which touches the full range of emotions. There aren't enough stars in this system to rate this album!

Life Styles Of The Slow & Low : 17 Classic Oldies

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Sweet Soul Treasures
lifestyles of the slow & low; 17 classic oldies

Life Styles Of The Slow & Low : 17 Classic Oldies
Various Artists
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001YYD
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Rock 'N' Roll Gangsta - Aalon
If My Heart Could Speak - The Manhattans
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Lowrider Girl - Don Julian
I'm Still Here - The Notations
My Cloud - Joe Bataan
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The Party's Over - The Latinos
Ain't No Big Thing On You - The Radiants
Jealous Kinda Fella - Garland Green
Somebody Loves You - The Delfonics
When You're Gone - Brenda & The Tabulations
Hey Romeo - The Sequins
Let It Be Me - Tiera

Customer Reviews:

Sweet Soul Treasures.......2000-12-13

I was elated when I first ran across this CD some years ago. It contains songs, I thought, I would never hear again. I used to own many of these songs on vinyl back in the day, many of which are now rare collectables. Of the hundreds of CD's I own, this is still one of my favorites. Sweet Soul is my main music interest and this CD, in my opinion, is one of the sweetest. I encourage all sweet soul aficianados, definitely pick this one up. I gaurantee you will be just as elated.

lifestyles of the slow & low; 17 classic oldies.......2000-09-29

this compilation of oldies, notations

this compilation of oldies, notations, dramatics, etc is fabulous i enjoyed every song on this cd. i would strongly urge serious listeners who enjoy oldies to make this their next purchase. if you enjoy oldies like, dells, temprees, manhattans, madlads, five stairsteps this is the one one cd that you will like that will impress you. happy listening.

, dramatics, etc is fabulous i really enjoyed every song this cd offered.

Low Life Lullabies
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Low Life Lullabies
Tiger Lillies
Manufacturer: Misery Guts Music
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