Heat

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Oscar Lopez's 1997 release challenges the Strunz & Farahs and Ottmar Lieberts of the world head on. Full of flamenco-inspired nylon-string guitar themes fleshed out with fiery improvisations, Heat largely eschews traditional flamenco compas for more straight-ahead, relaxed rhythms, backed by acoustic bass and percussion. But the Santiago, Chile-born Lopez is considerably more comfortable with flamenco puro than is Liebert, as his dynamic and fairly virtuosic "Fuego y Furia" attests. Like those of Strunz & Farah, his compositions are more pan-Latin than strictly flamenco, giving the buoyant "Fiesta Latina" and "Distancia" a hearty, authentic feel, which is coupled with a clear, sober production that brings Lopez's percussive guitar tone to the fore. --James Rotondi

Heat,Oscar Lopez,Narada,Adult Contemporary,Flamenco,Int'l & World Music,Jazz Music,Latin Folk,New Age / Meditation,Pop

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Average customer rating: Ageing hippy? This Is Sure A Can Of Heat A great musical flashback! Great Canned Heat Compilation and Great Sound The Bear is There

The Very Best of Canned Heat Canned Heat Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hooker 'n Heat The Best of Mountain Living the Blues The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits Blind Faith ASIN: B0008G2ETQ Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

1. On The Road Again
2. Goin' Up The Country
3. Amphetamine Annie
4. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
5. Dust My Broom (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
6. Bullfrog Blues (Live At Monterey Pop Fest, 1967)
7. Henry's Shuffle (Previously Unreleased)
8. Fried Hockey Boogie
9. Same All Over
10. Time Was
11. Low Down (And High Up)
12. Poor Moon
13. Let's Work Together
14. Future Blues
15. Human Condition
16. Whiskey And Wimmen'
17. Long Way From L.A.
18. Rockin' With The King
19. Rock & Roll Music

Customer Reviews:

Ageing hippy?.......2007-05-14

My 17 year old son, who was born 20 years after Woodstock bought this CD after he heard "On the road again" at a friend's house. The CD is great and brings back memories from the 60s and 70s

This Is Sure A Can Of Heat.......2007-03-21

I am a Chicago Electric Blues man and was brought up on that kind of music. When the white bands decided to start covering black muscic I was some what dubious. I remember when Canned Heat first came out. I was immediately impressed with their style it was almost like listening to some of the better blues artists at the time. This compilation has assembled a ton of good ear stuff. I particulary liked .......... "Dust My Broom," (almost an Elmore James sound)" Bullfrog Blues," (that cooks)" Rollin and Tumblin" (a traditional black blues song also). They have one of their John Lee Hooker tracts "Whiskey and Women" which is awesome. This sucker even has a Little Richard combo on it.....what more can you ask! Well you can ask for the two songs they are most noted for "On The Road Again," and "Goin Up To Country" ...awesome baby..but the icing on the cake to me was "Let's Work Together." Buy it, try it and you will like it. Joliet Jayke the Bluze Brother would not steer you wrong...now go order it so you can gettin some "Heat" in your soul.

A great musical flashback!.......2007-01-07

It had been over 30 years since I listened to a song by Canned Heat. I liked them somewhat in the 60's and early 70's but they were by no means one of Wow, I forgot how great they were. These guys could play some music. Maybe my tastes in music have matured as I have, I am now 54 yrs. old but I just really appreciate the talent that was Canned Heat. Kick back, and flash back, you will be glad you did.

Great Canned Heat Compilation and Great Sound.......2006-09-20

This CD is great! It contains the very best and most comprehensive collection of Canned Heat singles. And, the recorded sound is extraordinary...much better than the original releases in most cases. If you like Canned Heat, whose legend continues to grow, then you will LOVE this CD.

The Bear is There.......2006-07-19

This album is by far the best compilation out there, if you wish a good solid concise overview of one of maybe a half-dozen bands who could make po bedevilled blues lovers like me and my friends git down on our knees and cry! real tears! because they were (and remain, dead or alive) one of the absolute best blues bands ever. The respect these guys had for their material is evident in every song, and they practiced long and hard, obviously, to get the sound they wanted. Buy this, at any price between ten and fifteen bucks, I'd say, it's worth it. You might want to pick up "Future Blues" as well. Contrary to what some revisionists now say, that was the LP we decided was the ultimate blues album, back in the day. Noone would never top that. (After awhile on our knees, weeping again)...I've haven't heard any better since.

Average customer rating: Are you kidding me????? Seriously Wonderful and Not Half as Scary as Some Would Suggest. Violent, bitter, and brilliant. An Intro to the Art of Noise-making Even today, one of the weirdest records ever made

White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico Loaded VU Loaded (2-CD Fully Loaded Edition) ASIN: B000002G7E Release Date: 1996-05-07

Tracks:

1. White Light/White Heat
2. The Gift
3. Lady Godiva's Operation
4. Here She Comes Now
5. I Heard Her Call My Name
6. Sister Ray

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Nothing in their debut could really have prepared fans for the sonic assault the Velvets unleashed in White Light/White Heat. Freed from Andy Warhol's patronage (and Nico's vocals), Lou Reed and company strip production values to a minimum and turn out a primitive rock & roll masterpiece: everything on this record sounds distorted and abrasive. Depending on how you feel about these sorts of things, this makes it either their best or their worst record. Of course, underneath it all are some of Reed's greatest songs, from the title track to the wistful "Here She Comes Now." It all culminates on side 2 with the raucously joyous "I Heard Her Call My Name" ("And then my mind split open," Reed sings, and his guitar lets you know just about how that would feel) and the epic "Sister Ray"--10 minutes of transcendent, pounding fuzz as Reed searches for his "mainline." --Percy Keegan

Customer Reviews:

Are you kidding me?????.......2007-08-03

Keep in mind that this album has the hallmarks of a low grade production. Vocals are muffled, guitars sound thin, there's hardly any bass, the drums are nowhere to be foud in the mix, and is ove-rmodulated as all hell. This album was designed to be listened to on an old cheap record player connected to cheap speakers. If your into collecting MFSL gold discs then this should be a nice addition in the "What Were They Thinking" file. Others save your money and just buy the standard aluminum disc.

Seriously Wonderful and Not Half as Scary as Some Would Suggest. .......2007-05-23

Most of the comments I've read about the Velvets on this site are surprisingly smart and well done, so check 'em out, particularly with reference to this album of the Velvet's, but I wanted to add a few things.

When I first listened to this record about 16 years ago (at the age of 16) it freaked me out and I put it aside in favor of Loaded and ESPECIALLY the s/t record (their best, by far). Those records are comforting and oddly familiar (even on the first listen)... they're just plain brilliant and they are pretty easy to dig, and to get. But over the years I've come back to WL/WH again and again and it honestly keeps getting better and better and better.

This is the most interesting and the most challenging record in the Velvet's catalog (not Lou Reed's--see Metal Machine Music) and for that reason I beseech you (if you have any interest in music that colors outside of the lines) to really listen to this, hard. It's not a perfect record, not sure it's even a "masterpiece", but it's remarkably f#&@%^%G cool and it's fun to get lost in. I think of it as a document regarding a particular time in American musical history, one that gets ever more relevant as bands like Comets on Fire, Wolf Eyes, The Warlocks and so on and so on, head off deeper into the forest that the Velvets, I'd argue, seeded.

And honestly, The Gift alone makes this record worthwhile--that you get Sister Ray and Lady Godiva's Operation as well makes it a no-brainer.

Violent, bitter, and brilliant........2007-05-23

Recorded in 1967 (and released early the next year), while Lou Reed and John Cale were constantly at each other's throats, White Light/White Heat is a loud, angry, uncompromising record, full of anti-social dismay and cathartic rage. And since this is a Velvets album, its also sarcastic, smart, drug-addled, and brilliant. If you're here after being floored by the group's astounding debut, be warned: this is a much less accessable, much more hostile album than its predecessor. Where the debut used feedback and unusual song structures to augment what were essentially offbeat pop songs, White Light/White Heat seeks noise as an end in itself- the songs brutal whirlwinds of of distortion and dissonance, messes of pure volume and screaming amplifiers. This stuff makes heavy metal sound like "Ring Around the Rosy." Needless to say, you probably won't like it the first time you hear it. When I bought this on CD (way back when I was all of sixteen years old), my dad actually threw it out the window during the car ride home. It's not the most accessable thing around. But give it a few more listens and you'll discover that the Velvets rarely make artless noise: these songs are hotbeds of raw, negative emotion and boundry-pushing experimentation. They bristle with nervous energy and uncontrolled fury. It really is something that should be heard.

The title track and and "I Heard Her Call My Name" are hypercative, rugged, and speedy (and when I say "speed," think "amphetamene"), racing along on rockin' rhythm sections and stinging lead guitar lines. The lyrics to the former are pure sleaze-obsessed Lou Reed-isms, full of references to shooting up and spending time with seedy characters, while the latter (the one that made my dad throw out the CD, by the way. If only he'd made it to the track after that!) is a shuddering, broken-down blues rocker with instrumental breaks that approximat pure white noise. "The Gift" is a two-headed monster: It consists of John Cale reading an increasingly bizarre (and darkly funny) short story in one stereo channel, while the band pounds out a hypnotic, greasy instrumental jam in the other, full of pinwheeling guitar solos and leering rhythms. Equally unhinged is "Lady Godiva's Operation," which starts out as a somewhat pretty (but undeniably odd) surrealist ballad, but soon transmogrifies into a quiet freakout, complete with startling lyrical interruptions and jabs of nasty guitar. The short, sweet, "Here She Comes Now" is the closest thing on the album to legitimatly beautiful song, complete with haunting vocal harmonies, delicate verses, and ethereal, playful guitar lines. It's proof that Reed could write a gorgeous song when he wanted to (for further evidence of that, see their third album).

And then there's "Sister Ray." To this day, there really are few experiences in this world that are as twistedly wonderful as "Sister Ray." It's the epitome of difficult brilliance: at over seventeen minutes in length, the track is a monster, an endless tornado of tooth-gnashing keybords, shattered guitar chords, and jurassic rhythms. It may not be easy to listen to, but get used to it, and you'll discover that its a masterpiece of ecstatically enraged white noise shattered-mirror psychedelia, a sociopathic rock 'n' roll classic that'll stay with you for the rest of your life. Whenever you're in a bad mood, rank it up. It's better than antidepressents.

White Light/White Heat may be a difficult album to appreciate, but don't give up: If its harshly noisy nature turns you off the first time around, give it a few more listens. You just might discover one of your favorite rock albums ever.

An Intro to the Art of Noise-making.......2007-04-18

The VU is a hipster dream band. Now it has become fashionable to simply adore the Velvet Underground, especially the debut (yeah the one with the banana). I do not doubt how important the VU's debut was but now I rarely seem to listen to it. It seems the VU has become a name-dropping device for pseudo-artsy hipster kiddies while sporting his/her new Warhol made-in-China banana peel shoulder bag. However, true lovers of the VU will always turn to the still little-known soundscape. This album- White Light/White Heat- distilled the VU to its pure core (aka without the annoying Warhol and odd Nico) with John Cale and Lou Reed.

There will always be a fight over which member of the VU was the most important but this noise masterpiece seemed to be guided by the genius of John Cale with his avant-garde inclinations and willingness to challenge the listener's perception of music. Cale would later make far more tuneful, pretty, and (better?) recordings such as his stunning Paris 1919 album but this is the one and only White Light/ White Heat.

As for Lou Reed, well, he is being plain ole Lou Reed. He plays a nasty guitar on "I Heard Her Call My Name". The best VU album that displays his folky pop talents would be the album after White Light/White Heat- the self titled album.

If you like this album get Wire's Chairs Missing, Sonic Youth's EVOL, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, PiL's Metal Box, and (if you want to go all the way with this noisy stuff...) Fripp and Eno's No Pussyfooting.

This album will scare all the poseurs away.

Even today, one of the weirdest records ever made.......2007-02-05

The Velvet Underground were always something different and special. The first album, even by today's standards, was pretty innovative and artistic, and the second album is the more shocking and more avant-garde of the two. It's also the least digestible VU album, as it's not as catchy as "Loaded," melodic as the self-titled record, or as song-for-song standout-ish as the debut. Even today, this record is menacing and scary, and still pretty unique. It may take some time for you to appreciate, as it is certainly an acquired taste.

The tracks get even more detailed into drugs, particularly the likes of cocaine, in the first track. That's one of the greatest songs on this album, and while there's six songs, there is so much that's accomplished on here. I wish John Cale had sung on more VU songs. I thought he was a great vocalist, particularly on "Lady Godiva's Operation." It is brilliant and worth owning "White Light" for this alone. It is such a beautiful song.

Although, on the other side of the spectrum is the infamous seventeen-minute jam-out track "Sister Ray," which is kinda scary, and totally dark and sinister. This track can be seen as one that paved the way for goth and noise rock. It is actually pretty well done and even at its incredibly long length, I think it's just fine. Well performed.

As for the other three songs, they're a little bit interesting, even if not as noteworthy. The only one I'm not a really big fan of out of those is "The Gift," which goes the entire time through a poetic spoken word verses. I guess it's not bad, but not my type of thing.

This record is interesting, and if you're in for it, I totally would suggest getting this sophomore album from the Velvet Underground.

Average customer rating: Nice selection of songs, but buyer beware... Should we be ashamed to own this!? Are You Kidding Me? This is Asia We're Talking About... Good Compilation of Songs, Very Bad Sound Quality Good compilation of one of the better 80's bands...

The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982-1990) Asia Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ultimate Survivor Night Ranger's Greatest Hits The Essential Toto Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits REO Speedwagon - The Hits ASIN: B00004TKGK Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

1. Heat Of The Moment
2. Only Time Will Tell
3. Sole Survivor
4. Time Again
5. Wildest Dreams
6. Here Comes The Feeling
7. Don't Cry
8. Daylight
9. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
10. Lying To Yourself
11. The Heat Goes On
12. Never In A Million Years
13. Open Your Eyes
14. Go
15. Voice Of America
16. Too Late
17. Days Like These
18. Ride Easy

Customer Reviews:

Nice selection of songs, but buyer beware..........2007-03-07

This is a good compilation and the sound quality is nice. BUT, I noticed the remastering chopped off a few bars in "Sole Survivor" (very noticeable after the bridge) and "Time Again". I know those songs well and it jolted me a bit. There may be other cuts that I just haven't noticed yet.

If you are a purist, skip this and get the debut album separately. If you're looking only to replace your vinyl, this is fine.

Should we be ashamed to own this!?.......2007-01-03

Last year I saw the movie "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and the band Asia and one of their songs were sort of a running joke in the movie. The lead character was harangued by his friends for having an Asia poster in his apartment. I was like, "Hey, what's wrong with Asia? I used to have one of their records!" I remember when Asia was pretty cool, but I guess now they are looked at with a laugh (as are many of the bands from the 80's). No matter, the music is still great. Certainly a lot better than some of the cuff-me-beat-me death metal on the radio today. Buy the CD, you won't be disappointed.

Are You Kidding Me? This is Asia We're Talking About..........2006-10-31

What's with all the four and five stars for an Asia CD? Is this the Asia Groupie Convention camped out here on Amazon? I'm being generous here with three stars. This was a band of talented musicians who faded fast after their successful debut album. The critics weren't too thrilled with them for a reason: their material was mediocre. There's nothing earth shattering or groundbreaking here. If you're not familiar with the band borrow a cd from someone before you waste your money for two or three good songs.

Good Compilation of Songs, Very Bad Sound Quality.......2006-05-02

I love all the songs on this cd. I can't argue with the selection, but when I plopped it into my cd play I was shocked at how bad the songs sounded. For a cd from a band like Asia to succeed you need to have a crisp sounding cd. The sound here is tainted...even when you turn it up. I would think there are better Asia greatest hits out there.

Good compilation of one of the better 80's bands..........2005-10-19

Ok, I didn't give it 4 stars because being a purist I didn't like the stuff from the later albums (after Astra) as much as those early stuff. But I have fond memories as a teenager listening to Asia. Their music, for what is worth, is full of great textures and melodies. Do I think they are the epitome of great rock music or the end all of prog rock? No, but I give them due because their music moved me and still does: the guilty pleasures of their simple catchy riffs but with story and drama. I don't think Asia set out to revolutionize rock and roll in the 80's, they were just a group of seasoned musicians having fun without the trappings of the earlier days of prog rock glam. While many of my school mates listened to the likes of Ratt and the Crew (the real hair band stuff), Asia's music gripped me because it was full of drama as any true prog rock should be. Now, many of my buddies who sneer at Asia inevitably admit to have bought the first ablum because something about the band's music (amidst all the new wave bore of the early 80's) stood out.

Now I listen to much of what is being played in the FM stations and long for the days when music on the radio meant something. Just listen to the track "Voice of America" and you will realise the lyrics are so relevant now.

Average customer rating: Great raw soul! An explosive missile to the past... So, so hot If this ain't funky enough for you... Essential Listening for Every Music Fan!!!

Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Now Again ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Funky 16 Corners Raw Funk Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75 Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 Texas Funk: Black Gold from the Lone Star State 1968-1975 ASIN: B0007A2G6Y Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. The Thing/Carleen & The Groovers
2. Free Your Mind/Amnesty
3. The Stretch (edit)/Detroit Sex Machines
4. Loaded To The Gills (edit)/Michael Liggins & The Supersouls
5. Go For Your Self (edit)/Kenny Smith & The Loveliters
6. Slipping Into Darkness/Dayton Sidewinders
7. James Brown Medley (I Made A Mistake/Lowdown Popcorn edit)/The Apollo Commanders
8. Cold Heat/Lil' Lavair and The Fabulous Jades
9. The Cissys Thang/The Soul Seven
10. Color (original 7" version)/L.A. Carnival
11. Don't Go/The Aristocrats
12. Drugs Ain't Cool (instrumental)/Ebony Rhythm Band
13. Mr. Chicken ---- (alternate take)/The Soul Seven
14. Street Scene/Leon Mitchison
15. Scorpio/Kashmere Stage Band
16. The Sad Chicken/Leroy & the Drivers

Album Description

Compiler Egon's follow up to the definitve Deep Funk compilation The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw, 2001).

Contains rare and never-before-heard tracks by many artists featured on The Funky 16 Corners including Carleen and The Groovers, Kashmere Stage Band, Soul Seven and Ebony Rhythm Band.

Another expertly assembled survey into America's late 60s and early 70s funk scenes of restored and remastered from rare 45s and master tapes for near perfect sound quality.

Nearly 80 minutes of both classic and unreleased funk and soul music by some of the movement's unsung heros-packaged with 28 page archival booklet, complete with bonus, CD only tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Great raw soul!.......2007-01-12

We've all heard enough Sly, PFunk, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with that...THEY ROCK. But, it's nice to know that there were so many funky people that didn't get on the Top 40. This CD compilation has a ton of very cool stuff. It's worth owning just for the Supersouls' Loaded To The Gills(though I wish I could hear the whole thing! A few of these tracks are edited, but not in a bad way). Put it on and DANCE.

An explosive missile to the past..........2006-06-17

Wow. I just picked this up, yesterday. This s__t is so hip! Collects many obscurites from around the country, all high energy, smokin' funk. You dig funk at all, this collection rules!

So, so hot.......2006-04-28

A HUGE thank you to the people who rated this album. It is gold.
For non-funk-o-philes, which I am, all I can say is: imagine all of your favourite 70s shows and then amplify the theme songs by about 1000, and you'll get close to where this little beauty will take you.
I have bought a fair bit of stuff off Amazon, and this is the first CD that I really reckoned everyone else should know about.
Whoever it was that wrote that "if you want to pay a fistfull of bucks for funk" list knows what they are about. I have played this thing thrice over and it just gets better.
Do yourself a favour, buy it, whack it on your headphones and wander the city Shaft-style ... people will puzzle about your slightly odd head gyrations while you're cruising the vege aisle, but that's because they don't know better yet.
Don't ask me to describe the choons, I can't, all you need to know is that your life is lesser without them.

If this ain't funky enough for you..........2006-02-03

If this 80 minute power house of rare and raw late 60s early 70s funk doesn't do something for you, something is wrong... It is the type of stuff that some funk searching DJs wet their pants for and do nothing but dream of... that one rare obscure ultra funky find that NO ONE ELSE has. Well, now this label has reissued it... can't say how long it will remain in print, but I can tell you this, unless you happen to be an expert of expert collector on EXTREMELY rare funk, odds are this collection is going to be a gem that will remind you that no, you haven't heard it all... and maybe more juice like this is hiding in yet other vaults waiting to surface!!!

Begining in the nasty James Brown "Mother Popcorn" era, the groups also reflect the influences of other funky soul powerhouses from the era including Archie Bell and The Drells, Dyke and the Blazers - - and of course the JBs themselves and the emerging Memphis sound. "Down Home" Funky drumming, driving bass, biting bluesy syncopated rhythm guitar and yes, quite a few Hammond organs epitomize the sound. Tunes range from horn driven instrumentals to hard core soul shouting.

Surprises include a funky James Brown Apollo melody as well as super funky version of War's SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS that actually outfunks the original ! My favorite includes the Lyn Collins sounding ultra bumpin' masterpiece DON'T GO, by the Aristocrats long before they were a really dirty joke...There's also a bit of ultra funky psychadelic soul in the form of the Ebony Rhythm Band and The Soul Seven. Finally its topped off with a real cool wa wa driven/early Kool and the Gang sounding STREET SCENE and a nice slick sounding version of SCORPIO.

All in all this is some ultra rare groove juice from the vaults that you definitely don't want to let pass you by !

Essential Listening for Every Music Fan!!!.......2006-01-09

A treasure! A jem! The title says it all! Heavy funk rarities is an absolute must have purchase and listen to any one who: likes to party, is a musician, music historian or anyone who is just a plain old music fan. Really cool beats and melodies that you could dance, sing and hum to all day long!

Average customer rating: Back To Their Roots... SD AT ITS BEST Hard Driving Rage ! The Best Record Ever Made Absolutely gorgeous agony

White Light, White Heat, White Trash Social Distortion Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell Social Distortion ...And Out Come The Wolves Let's Go Punk in Drublic ASIN: B000002A69 Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. Dear Lover
2. Don't Drag Me Down
3. Untitled
4. I Was Wrong
5. Through These Eyes
6. Down On The World Again
7. When The Angels Sing
8. Gotta Know The Rules
9. Crown Of Thorns
10. Pleasure Seeker
11. Down Here (With The Rest Of Us)
12. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Back To Their Roots..........2007-03-30

While not completely departing from the rockabilly sound of their previous three albums, "White Light, White Heat, White Trash" is definitely a return to the band's punk rock roots. This album is the closest Social Distortion has come to releasing another pure "punk rock" album since "mommy's little monster". Lyrically, this album has a much more angry and bleak outlook on the world than what was presented in the previous three albums.

This album, along with "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" stand as the best two complete albums that Social Distortion have ever released. It is another album that is easy to listen to in its entirety. In my opinion, these are the real highlights of the album...

-Dear Lover
-Don't Drag Me Down
-I Was Wrong
-Through These Eyes
-When The Angels Sing
-Down Here With The Rest of Us
-Under My Thumb

SD AT ITS BEST.......2007-01-03

"White light..." is undoubtlessly the climax of Mike Ness' search for a definitive punk-hearted rock style. Songs like "I was wrong" or "Don't drag me down" deserve to be in every anthology of the finest punk ever played by an american band.

Hard Driving Rage !.......2006-06-09

Probably my favorite album from this incredible band. Heck, all of their albums are great, I cannot really think of another band with the consistency as Mike Ness and the boys. What I like so much about this album is how hard it is. This album kicks off with a rockin' # and just keeps driving the pace and sound up up up. Mike Ness, you freaking rule!

The Best Record Ever Made.......2006-05-03

I've been listening to rock and roll and other popular music since 1963. My tastes run from Hank Williams to Chevelle, from Donovan to Type O Negative, from Dinah Washington to Catherine Wheel. I rarely use words like "the best" because "the best" tends to vary over time and with moods - there is just so much good music out there. This recording, however, over the 10 years since its release, has proven itself over time. Ness and Co. set out with a mission: to make a great "punk rock" album. I don't think they did that at all, this isn't even "punk rock" to my ears. What they made is simply The Greatest Record of All Time. It is flawless in its writing, its performance, and its production. I will be forever grateful to them for making it.

Absolutely gorgeous agony.......2005-10-10

Being a long time Social D fan, I greatly anticipated the release of White Heat... Mike Ness and co. had gone through some line-up changes and in the process acquired "Master of the Skins" and former Danzig drummer, Chuck Biscuits. This new arrival, while he had never been a core writer or personality in any previous band, made his presence more than known on this cd. The tempo and drumming, put to sadistic use in this collection perfectly matched the atmosphere that Ness created when he wrote the songs. Some may say that this cd is a bit depressing. Those people would be right but Ness's pain, loneliness, and frustration is beautiful to listen to unfold. In point of fact, this cd reminded me of why I love music so much. It allows you to explore the darker side of yourself and not to be afraid of it. Kind of scary, huh?
When your finished listening to the entire cd from start to finish, and I advise you to do so, you will feel spent, exhilerated and humming some of the songs all day. Magnificent, heartfelt writing coupled with virtuoso musicianship and recording standards of the highest caliber should result in this cd becoming a pillar in everyone's music library. Most highly recomended!!

Average customer rating: Best movie ever! Not the best soundtrack, unfortunately. very good Great Music From A Great Movie Fascinating Soundtrack with many Contributors Closing Music from the Film is not the Version on this Album

Heat: Music from the Motion Picture Elliot Goldenthal Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Collateral Miami Vice The Insider: Music From The Motion Picture Traffic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Heat ASIN: B000002N4J Release Date: 1995-12-19

Tracks:

1. Heat - Kronos Quartet
2. Always Forever Now - Passengers
3. Condensers - Elliot Goldenthal
4. Refinery Surveillance - Kronos Quartet
5. Last Nite - Terje Rypdal & The Chasers
6. Ultramarine - Micheal Brook
7. Armenia - Einsturzende Neubauten
8. Of Helplessness - Elliot Goldenthal
9. Steel Cello Lament - Elliot Goldenthal
10. Mystery Man - Terje Rypdal
11. New Dawn Fades - Moby
12. Entrada & Shootout - Elliot Goldenthal
13. Force Marker - Brian Eno
14. Coffee Shop - Elliot Goldenthal
15. Fate Scrapes - Elliot Goldenthal
16. La Bas - Lisa Gerrard
17. Gloradin - Lisa Gerrard
18. Run UpHill - Elliot Goldenthal
19. Predator Diorama - Kronos Quartet
20. Of Separation - Elliot Goldenthal
21. God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters - Moby

Amazon.com

This is a downbeat and brainy set of mostly instrumental tracks from the likes of Kronos Quartet, ECM guitarist Terje Rypdal, guitarist Michael Brook, and Lisa (Dead Can Dance) Gerrard. Highlights include "Always Forever Now" by Passengers (Brian Eno, U2), and Moby's mordant cover of Joy Division's "New Dawn Fades." --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Best movie ever! Not the best soundtrack, unfortunately........2006-10-29

Alright, first of all, in my opinion this is the best movie ever made. No question. It is simply perfect. With that said, you may say that my review is biased. But I think my analysis of this album is pretty fair.

I didn't really notice the music in the film too much, it was kinda just background music, except for a few cases. Track 21, "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters" by Moby is simply a beautiful song, you may remember it during the final scene and the credits. It is wonderful. Moby also has another great song on the album, track 11 "New Dawn Fades", which you may remember from the late-night highway pursuit between Pacino and DeNiro. And finally, the only other song of note on this album is the high-intensity track 13 "Force Marker" by Brian Eno, which you may remember from one of the best scenes in film, the L.A. bank robbery/shootout.

Aside from tracks 11,13, and 21, there is really nothing here on this album. And I think that the 'soundtrack' moniker is incorrect. I would have labeled this album under original 'score' from the movie. This is almost fully instrumental, with only 3 tracks that standout, and it is simply not worth listening to. This is true even for someone who thinks this is the best movie ever made.

If you are looking for great 'soundtracks' look at Vanilla Sky, Great Expectations, and Donnie Darko.

very good.......2006-08-07

has many songs from the movie not just a few like many other worthless soundtrack cd's

ive always enjoyed this movie becuase it's one of the all time greats, and any great movie has to have great audio.

hence this cd

Great Music From A Great Movie.......2006-05-16

What can i say? I dont even remember the number of times i have seen this movie. And the soundtrack is excellent. To tell the truth , after listening to this soundtrack, i was curious about soundtracks of Michael Mann's other movies.So i got other soundtracks too. Latest one being Collateral. Buy it!

Fascinating Soundtrack with many Contributors.......2006-01-02

Michael Mann is a director who is very music conscious, I like directors who are very music conscious. Filmmakers who take the time to work out how the music and the images will go together and the kind of music to put in their movies. The soundtrack to the movie 'Heat' is mostly a success. Look at the names of the contributors alone, Elliot Goldenthal, the Kronos Quartet, Terje Rypdal, Moby, Brian Eno, Lisa Gerrard and more. It makes for quite a listen. Elliot Goldenthal is the primary name here, he is the composer of the original music score, he has the most number of tracks on this CD and even though some of his industrial sounding tracks are repetitive and annoying, he can create absolutely gorgeous sounds, check out the first 2 and a half minutes of track 1, labeled 'Heat', truly beautiful work by Goldenthal, ( the Kronos Quartet perform it ). Another highlight of the soundtrack is the dreamy track 10, by Terje Rypdal, titled 'Mystery Man'. Goldenthal later returns on other selections, many tragic and mournful.

Moby performs 'New Dawn Fades', not his song apparently and Moby also wrote and performs the haunting, minimalist final track on this CD, 'God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters', a hypnotic landscape of sound which perfectly evokes the final, tragic moments of the film. Yes, I know the version in the film is slightly different from this one here, get both versions if you must, it's only a few seconds of difference.

If it wasn't for some of that annoying industrial music interspersed throughout the CD, I would have put this among my highest recommendations. It is still a must own if you liked the movie and especially if you enjoy listening to movie scores/sountracks.

Closing Music from the Film is not the Version on this Album.......2005-09-23

If you are looking for the music to the closing scene of the film, the music that reaches an almost religious apex, the soundtrack does not contain it. That song is indeed called "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" and it is by Moby, but that song exists in several versions. The version included here on the soundtrack album has the twinkling piano and chords, but does not reach the rousing synth high, as found in the film. For the version closest to what appears in the film, see Moby's album "I Like to Score."

Average customer rating: better than the first... The higher you go! elevator awesome elevator review

Elevator Hot Hot Heat Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bravery Employment You Could Have It So Much Better First Impressions of Earth Plans ASIN: B0007US8ES Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Running Out of Time
3. Goodnight Goodnight
4. Ladies and Gentleman
5. You Owe Me An IOU
6. No Jokes-Fact
7. Jingle Jangle
8. Pickin It Up
9. Island of the Honest Man
10. Middle of Nowhere
11. Dirty Mouth
12. Soldier in a Box
13. Shame On You
14. Elevator

Amazon.com

Hot Hot Heat hail from Victoria, B.C., a town best known for imitating the queen's England in the service of tourism. But never fear: the high teas and manicured gardens are all well and good, this band knows that bad manners are what rock is all about. Case in point, the song "Goodnight Goodnight," in which a former girlfriend learns "you're embarrassing me, you're embarrassing you...this isn't goodnight, this is goodbye." There's nothing quite so much fun as a good dis song, and the Heat keeps the fun going on their newest album, Elevator. Virtually every track on the CD is short and sweet with plenty of energetic, poppy goodness. Standouts include "Ladies and Gentleman" (another semiburn: "everybody's got the same story--we never wanted him here, he showed up anyway."), "Middle of Nowhere," "Soldier in a Box"--well, I'll stop before I list them all. --Leah Weathersby

Album Description

Hot Hot Heat has scorched the college charts and warmed the hearts of critics with its most recent pair of indie albums. Now Canada's top Modern Rock outfit makes its major-label debut with Elevator, produced by Dave Sardy. With Elevator, Hot Hot Heat is on its way to the top with an album that, keeping with superstition, purposefully has no 13th track.

Customer Reviews:

better than the first..........2006-10-31

Hot Hot Heat is one of the few new bands to pique my interest. Their first release was decent, but "Elevator" is even better. Great tunes, drums and guitars - and, of course, Steve Bays' yelping vocals. There's only three songs I really don't care for - "Pickin' It Up", "Soldier In A Box" and "Shame On You". Looking forward to the next CD!

The higher you go! .......2006-07-28

Energy=Hot Hot Heat! this album is full of it, though not just in the album as well as on the stage these four performers pour their hearts out to you and sweat as the play their instruments. With catchy melodies thougout the album, though fast that you have to look at the lyrics to see what exactly he says, you'll be sure to enjoy this alternative' dance album that makes any kid that thinks he/she is to cool to dance, Dance!!, that is all Hot Hot Heat makes you want to dance, besides that, they also have other songs like "elevator" and "jingle jangle" to tone down the album. This whole album comes from all of the emotions of a gone band member, but newly found one, being a great addition, and being in love. So to dance and sing get this album.

elevator.......2006-07-15

Elevator is indeed a good album, but I admit it does lack in some areas. The standout songs are Running Out Of Time, Goodnight Goodnight, Island of the Honest Man, Middle of Nowhere, and Shame on You. This album, although sounding like a lot of familiar rock, has this certian edge that only Hot Hot Heat has. But, you have to remember, this was made during a hard period for the band--when a former member left. Overall, though, I do reccomend buying it.

awesome.......2006-07-10

This album is amazing. I got into them after hearing one of their songs, then buying the album. At first I thought they kind of sounded like the Beatles. They have kind of an older sound. 60s to 80s.
I recommend listening to "soldier in a box", "island of the honest man", and definitely "middle of nowhere".

elevator review.......2006-07-06

As if Make Up The Breakdown wasn't good enough already, Hot Hot Heat's follow up to it is just as amazing. All the songs are really catchy, with witty lyrics and great choruses. They start the album off with "Running out of Time" a totally high energy and incredibly fun song. For a change of pace, "Jingle Jangle" and "Elevator" are a little slower. And all the other songs like "You Owe Me an IOU", "Island of the Honest Man", and "Goodnight, Goodnight" are all really fun to dance to. Great album!

Average customer rating: Great blues union I felt so good, I would boogie just the same... Cookin Baby - Hooker' n Heat A seminal blues album and John Lee's best........ Hooker n' Heat Boogies, but isn't perfect

Hooker 'n Heat John Lee Hooker w , and Canned Heat Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Detroit Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Canned Heat Living the Blues Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison) Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat It Serves You Right to Suffer ASIN: B000002UZU Release Date: 1991-11-05

Tracks:

1. Messin' With The Hook
2. The Feelin' Is Gone
3. Send Me Your Pillow
4. Sittin' Here Thinkin'
5. Meet Me In The Bottom
6. Alimonia Blues
7. Drifter
8. You Talk Too Much
9. Burning Hell
10. Bottle Up And Go

Tracks:

1. The World Today
2. I Got My Eyes On You
3. Whiskey And Wimmen'
4. Just You And Me
5. Let's Make It
6. Peavine
7. Boogie Chillen No. 2

Amazon.com

This 1971 collaboration between primal one-part-Delta/one-part-Detroit singer-guitarist John Lee Hooker and Southern California blues revivalists Canned Heat works in large part because all parties involved are a little off. Hooker, the most unsystematic of the major bluesmen of his generation, isn't a good fit for disciplined players; rather, he requires sidemen who play by feel. In harp player-guitarist Alan Wilson, the Crawling King Snake found a particularly sympathetic foil; sadly, Wilson died shortly after these sessions were completed. Roughly divided into spare, gritty Delta exercises and full-on boogie stomps featuring the full band, Hooker 'n' Heat is surely one of Canned Heat's crowning moments, which isn't saying that much. But that it stands as a milestone in Hooker's oeuvre is quite a statement indeed! --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Great blues union.......2007-05-28

In 1970 the blues-rockers Canned Heat got this, as it would turn out, great idea in bringing blues-legend John Lee Hooker into the studio for a close collaboration. The album was planned as a feature for John Lee Hooker in that respect that half of the album would mostly feature his solo stuff, where as the other half would be together with the group.

The amazing thing is that it brings the best out in John Lee Hooker, as he would deliver some of his most inspired performances ever - that also maybe due to the "Heat's" enormous respect for the man. Canned Heat had proved themselves to be among the most serious and properly best of the "white" American bluesbands with original compositions, especially by the late blues-harp `wonder' & rhythm/slide guitarist Alan Wilson - and by bringing in a slightly more `rocking' approach, they popularised a music that, at the time, seem to have faded away from the limelight (maybe some remembers hits like "Going Up The Country" or "On The Road Again").

Even more wonderful is the fact that the inspiration is mutual and Hooker's duets with Wilson's soulful harmonica, later in the first half, is literally sparkling - there is a fantastic communication between the two. But also the second half with the band is really smoking and I personally really like their bassist Antonio De La Barrada for his inventive and driving playing, but no doubt that Canned Heat fore and most was a group - a unit, and that really shows and because of their open, raw and honest nature, they musically fits so well with Hooker and makes him sound so great.

Canned Heat's lead-singer though, Bob "the bear" Hite, respectfully stands back and solely dedicates himself as a producer together with Skip Taylor. Unfortunately this also was to be Canned Heat's last album with Alan Wilson, who prematurely died soon after these recordings. A loss they properly never really overcame and their best work is also to found before this tragic event occurred with albums like: "Boogie With Canned Heat", "Live At Topanga Corral", "Living The Blues" and "Future Blues".

Many have acknowledged this work to be some of the best Hooker ever delivered - I for one agree.

I felt so good, I would boogie just the same..........2007-04-15

As much as I love the 1989-1997 albums that closed out John Lee's amazing career (Healer, Mr. Lucky, Boom Boom, Chill Out, Don't Look Back), 1970's Hooker 'n Heat is a true crown jewel in the legacy. Just as Johnny Winter's pure sympatico hand of support guided Muddy Waters through his late-career Blue Sky albums, Canned Heat provides the most solid and driven backing I've heard on a JLH album. John Lee is in full-blown Crawling King Snake mode here...on this album he's not a kindly "elder statesman," he's a dangerous man, and if you approach his flame, you WILL get burned. The late Heat vocalist Bob "The Bear" Hite limits himself to co-producer duties here, so the musical dynamics come from Al "Blind Owl" Wilson (his final recording), guitarist Henry "Sunflower" Vestine (get ready for the thoroughly insane 11 minute "Boogie Chillen No. 2"), Antonio de la Barreda on bass and Fito de la Parra on drums. The first 9 tracks are John Lee solo. Wilson joins tracks 10 and 11, and the full band backs the remaining 6 tracks. Make no mistake about it...you WILL get cold chills when Hooker bellows "Alan! Alan! Blow your HORN, baby!" on "Let's Make It."

Cookin Baby - Hooker' n Heat.......2007-03-20

If you want an analytical analysis and disection review of this music, skip to the next review. If you want a review from some one who has been listening to the blues since the late 1950s, read on. "The Hook" is his magical self as always. He goes from "havin Delta mud squeezin between his toes" to full out "boogie chillun." What more can you ask. "The Heat" is a great white boy blues band and for this compilation added a touch of harmonica. My idea of the ideal blues band song would have everything that is in this compilation but maybe a touch more of piano or harmonica....This sucker is soulful and it cooks. I love the spoken line "let's boogie." The best covering of black blues music by a white band I have ever heard. Add John Lee and you have got a winner. Buy it, play it, enjoy it and you will never regret the purchase.

A seminal blues album and John Lee's best...............2005-08-28

I wore a hole in this vinyl record simply because it was definitive blues at its best.
The interaction between the legend John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat was incomparable, confirmed by Hooker's patter between tracks.
The rawness is still there but with that added polish. At one point Hooker suggests they have enough for a "triple album" which would mean "triple money". A shame it wasn't a triple album, it records both Hooker and Canned Heat at their pinnacle.
If you want to hear Blues music played in its purest form buy this album, it doesn't get any better. John Lee Hooker is at his articulate best and it is surely a definitive blues album which recorded a magic moment in time. Al "Blind Owl" Wilson's harp playing went hand in glove with Hooker's playing and he says between tracks that Wilson must have been listening to his records all his life, it truly is inspired playing. A tragedy that Wilson overdosed shortly afterwards, he was at the height of his musical powers.
The production is excellent and did justice to the musical experience.

This is one of the classic albums of modern times. If you like John Lee, I believe he produced no better album than this, Canned Heat stayed in the background and let him do his thing, whilst providing the best backing band he had ever experienced.
An absolute gem!!!!

Hooker n' Heat Boogies, but isn't perfect.......2004-09-16

Hooker n' Heat is a great collaboration between white blues players and the Hook (in my opinion, the best blues singer of all time). The recording is raw, stripped down and meaty. Reverb wasn't even added to John Lee's vocals or most of the instruments for that matter, which makes me think of After the Goldrush by Neil Young, also a profoundly stripped down record made the same year. Because of its simplicity, this album sounds very different than the Hook's famous late 50's, early 60's work.

My only complaint is that some of the album's songs should have remained out. The album could have been a great single disc. Most of the first disc is John improvising, getting warmed up to boogie the next day. Aside from "Burning Hell" "Messin with the Hook" and a couple of others, these first songs sound like exercises rather than organized material. The album probably should have been arranged as a 12 song single disc and still kicked butt, but I imagine Heat wanted a double album, and had to work with what they had in the end. Hook even tells the producer to take "nothin' but the best and later for the garbage."

Nonetheless it still stands as an awesome collaboration. And I do enjoy the eccentric rambling between tracks, it gives insight into John's personality. Too bad Alan Wilson committed suicide right after recording this record, Wilson and the Hook could've made great records for years. Long live the Hook

Average customer rating: Good Good Greatness Sing-A-Long fun Nothing like before... Super Happy Funky & Energizing!!! great CD

Make Up the Breakdown Hot Hot Heat Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elevator Scenes One Through Thirteen The Bravery Employment First Impressions of Earth ASIN: B00006L3PY Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Naked In The City Again
2. No, Not Now
3. Get In Or Get Out
4. Bandages
5. Oh, Goddamnit
6. Aveda
7. This Town
8. Talk To Me, Dance With Me
9. Save Us S.O.S.
10. In Cairo

Album Description

'Make Up The Breakdown' is the second album release for the Canadian angular post-punk pop act, who have been compared to XTC & The Cure. It follows 2002's 'Scenes One Through Thirteen' which brought together tracks from their early EPs. 10 tracks. Limited edition UK reissue is scheduled to include UK versions of the two songs 'No Not Now' & the single 'Bandages'. B-Unique. 2003.

Album Details

Limited UK Edition CD in Special Packaging with Extra Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Good Good Greatness.......2007-07-20

I became obsesed with hot hot heat after the debut of Elevator. I couldn't believe that this band could become anymore upbeat. That is untill I listened to this album. It is simply the kind of cd that you want to listen to very LOUD while jumping around because otherwise there would be too much energy trapped inside of you. Well I guess you could jog to it too or something if you are more practical, but anyways this is a GREAT ALBUM especially if your a indie rock fan.

Sing-A-Long fun.......2006-09-06

This is party music with a 80's new-wave vibe. Every song is a hit and it's so catchy that some of the songs will stay in your head long after hearing them. Get it!

Nothing like before..........2006-08-03

When you first hear them your like "what was that?" 10 great songs to dance to, even "In cairo" the slow ballad of which he is not sure of. The whole album is full of yelping and screaming, well not much screaming more melodic. Catchy, but fast some might say to fast as one learns in the first single "bandages". having many rhymes and truths about life that come out subtlely (not sure if it is spelled right) "Make up the breakdown" is Dance, sing, catchy, truthful, and awesome!

Super Happy Funky & Energizing!!!.......2006-07-29

Every time I listen to this album, I have to jump up and down!!! Lot's of fast tempo beats and super fun lyrics! I highly recommend it!

great CD.......2006-07-21

i completely love this whole album. what's great about it is that you can never get any of these songs confused with another on the CD, each song has something different and special about it. "bandages" and "this town" are great songs. as well as everything else on the cd. but those are just my favorites. it's definately worth owning.

Average customer rating: The Rev's First "Rockabilly Freakout"...How Apt Go. go.. go Sparks Fly, Hot Rods Race, Buxom Women Swoon... Fun music

Smoke 'em If You Got 'em Reverend Horton Heat Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Psychobilly | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies & Retro | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: It's Martini Time Liquor in the Front Lucky 7 We Three Kings Cockadoodledon't ASIN: B0000035ES Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Bullet
2. I'm Mad
3. Bad Reputation
4. It's A Dark Day
5. Big Dwarf Rodeo
6. Psychobilly Freakout
7. Put It To Me Straight
8. Marijuana
9. Baby, You Know Who
10. Eat Steak
11. 'D' For Dangerous
12. Love Whip

Customer Reviews:

The Rev's First.......2007-04-05

This album, the Rev's first, should be required listening for all who lust for great Rock 'n Roll. Never have I come across an artist that hits the target so consistently on center. Usually placed in the catagory of "rockabilly" or "psychobilly" (two if my favorite catagories, BTW) Mr. Heath is much much more than that. Mix up a cocktail of classic rock and roll, one part punk, a dash of rockabilly/1950s, a sprinkle of Johnny Cash and Ernest Tubb, a hint of Roger Miller's wit...then supercharge it. Absolutely blazing guitar work, complimented by the rock solid slap bass of Jimbo Wallace and drumming of wild man Taz Bentley. Makes the Stray Cats (who they are often compared to) look like pussies. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING beats the Rev live...see him soon at a venue near you. (Next buy Full Custom Gospel Sounds of...)

"Rockabilly Freakout"...How Apt.......2007-01-12

I first was introduced to the Reverend and his particular form of sermonizing on a long-gone PC FPS called "Redneck Rampage". The game disc also included a soundtrack, which featured two of the Reverend's songs, "Wiggle Stick" amd "Nurture My Pig". I then was re-introduced to the Reverend on "Guitar Hero 2", which featured "Psychobilly Freakout", which was exactly that. I don't see how anyone could play a guitar that fast, but he did. And based on the strength of that one song, I bought this CD, and I'm glad I did. I like every single song on this CD, and that is exceptionally rare for me. All of the songs are good, there are only ones which I like better than others ("Big Dwarf Rodeo" and "Eat Steak" come to mind). If you're a fan of rockabilly or the Stray Cats, the other group that falls into this niche, then you owe it to yourself to get this CD.

Go. go.. go.......2006-07-20

Another straight ahead headbanger from the Reverend. If you like your music loud and strong with a hint of C&W on some tracks, then this is it. He follows other strong CD,s in the same vein.

Sparks Fly, Hot Rods Race, Buxom Women Swoon..........2005-12-03

Behind the deceptively subdued exterior of the album cover, and the Reverend's Eddie Haskell grin that appears thereon, lies a world we all desperately yearn for. (Well, some of us, anyway.) It features fast women, fast cars, big, thick steaks, and rodeos with big dwarfs. Holy cow, what more could a guy ever want from life?

The Reverend rocks like a man who's been brought up properly in the Rockabilly tradition. He'll have you playing air guitar and before you know it, you're dancing around like a concert madman and then trying to explain to the wife that it was a pretend Stratocaster that she saw you holding and thrusting in front of your hips.

This is good old fashioned bang yer fingers on the dashboard, jam the accelerator, punkamunkahunkabilly rock and roll. I bet George Thorogood wishes he could play his riffs half as fast and with as much feeling.

Fun music.......2005-11-13

Whatever happened to music that felt good? I know that depression is en vogue these days, but I'd much rather feel good than be cool. The Reverend Horton Heat is fun music. I know most of my friends would not appreciate this, but I like it. The Reverend plays "psychobilly", but this doesn't sound much like the Cramps. Southern Culture on the Skids are closer. Anyway, if you like hot rods, steak, and women...you should hear the Reverend preach.

Salsa Music:

1. Herido de Amor
2. Historia de Un Amor
3. La Guarecita
4. La Molienda
5. La Morena (Burn It Up) [CD-single]
6. Lo Mas Grande de Banda Pequenos Musical
7. Lo Mas Grande de Banda Pequenos Musical
8. Lo Mejor de Camilo Sesto
9. Lo Mejor de Juan Gabriel con Mariachi
10. Me Piden

Salsa Music

salsa music

Salsa Music

Funky People [CD-single]

Lute Music: The Loss of the Golden Rose Lute

Latin Jazz Dance Classics, Vol. 1

Who Cares

Into the Tomb

LifeSong

Last & Evil Days

New Day Rising

Pop Music: 20 Exitos de Oro de los Panchos, Vol. 2

Michael Torke: Six

Optimistic Voices

Lo Mejor

Music: 16 Haiku & Other Stories [Import]

The Courts of Love: Music from the Time of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Sinfonye

Remixed