Voodoo [Clean]

Track Listings

1. Playa Playa - D'Angelo, ,

2. Devil's Pie - D'Angelo,

3. Left & Right - D'Angelo, , , C. Smith

4. Line - D'Angelo

5. Send It On - D'Angelo,

6. Chicken Grease - D'Angelo, ,

7. One Mo'gin - D'Angelo

8. Root - D'Angelo,

9. Spanish Joint - D'Angelo,

10. Feel Like Makin' Love - D'Angelo

11. Greatdayndamornin'/Booty - D'Angelo, , ,

12. Africa - D'Angelo, , Danny Thompson

Voodoo,D'Angelo,Virgin Records,Contemporary R&B,Pop,Popular Music,R&B,Urban

Voodoo [Clean]

Tracks:

The Boogie Bumper
Mr. Pinstripe Suit
King Of Swing
Minnie The Moocher
You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)
Jump With My Baby
Maddest Kind Of Love
Go Daddy-O
Please Baby
Mambo Swing
Jumpin' Jack
So-Long-Farewell-Goodby!

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Grunge angst got old. We wanted to have fun. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was there, ready with serviceable, pumped-up swing. Their music is straight, uptempo, dance floor jazz. There's nothing particularly original going on, but the sleazy horns and snappy arrangements get the job done. There's nothing campy or tongue-in-cheek either; the music just barrels ahead...like good rock & roll. --Steve Tignor

Customer Reviews:

i love big bad voodoo daddy!.......2007-07-08

this has to be my favorite bbvd cd. great to blast in the car for any ride and to dance to.

Great Stuff.......2007-02-03

We used to see these guys play on the Nashville club circuit in the late 1990s, and bought the CD at that time. the energy of their live performances comes through on this New Orleans-style jazz compilation. From the back beat to the great rhythms, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will have you snapping your fingers, tapping your toes, and wishing you had more of their stuff. I highly recommend it.

Where did these guys come from?!.......2006-03-01

Wow! If you would like a change in pace from hiphop or rock and want to be transported back in time, check out these guys! This group creates a wonderful mix of New Orleans jazz, swing, and modern story lyrics. I only wish we could have some clubs open up in our downtowns with this sound. This group will make you move and you'll be "swinging" before you notice what's happening.

Wonderful.......2006-02-26

With bands like "Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy" they just don't get better than this. If you want to get in a good mood, lose weight, (I did. I lost 25 pounds with this band)or just feel good, this is the music to buy!!!

Couldn't be more satisfied.......2005-08-02

I went to the concert and enjoyed the music sooo much that I decided to buy the CD. My family and I absolutely love it. All of the music is so upbeat it just makes you want to dance.

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good music
Way out West and ahead of their time
The Call Of Excellence
Good... but not buyable
Brilliant

Call of the West
Wall of Voodoo
Manufacturer: A&M
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good music.......2007-05-25

if you like early 80's and punk, you'll like this album. wall of voodoo is a great band often overlooked.

Way out West and ahead of their time.......2007-03-24

This IS it !!!!! If you are an European (like myself), and want to know what America is all about, (both above and below the surface), you get it here - served with a blink in the eye, a smile, alot of fun, and some frustrations. It is all their - blended nicely together.
Wall of Voodoo is phenomenal in American music. Not many other US artists can create such an precise look and perspective on their homeland and the western culture in general. And always served with a surplus of humour !!
The song "Call of the West" is perhaps the finest rock/pop song ever crafted. Big words, but it is hard to beat.
Overall, the lyrics (actually more accurate: full-blown stories) are second to none and the music was perhaps 20 years ahead of its time - mixing rhytm-machines, keyboards, electric guitars in a great mix !
Get it. I will make your life a little richer (which is actually alot)
and a whole lot cooler !!

The Call Of Excellence.......2007-03-07

This is the album that got noticed because of the hit

single "Mexican Radio". So this was there best selling

album & the last with Stan Ridgeway as lead vocalist. I

wish they would have added bonus tracks to this already

excellent album (maybe the 12" dub mix of "Mexican

Radio" Ummm). A excellent record & a band that stood

apart from all others in the 1980's. I highly recommend

you to get this album. After that, buy the two previous

recordings by the band, "The Index Masters" & the highly

collectable rare & expensive "Dark Continent". What are

ya waiting for anyway! Get um! Search "Judemac Forever"

on msn.

Good... but not buyable.......2006-05-10

I had the "45" if anyone even still knows what that is, a single of "Mexican Radio" back in the 80's and after hearing it on the radio the other day, I looked here and saw where you could listen to all the others songs if only for a moment. All I can is- WOW! How did this band crank out suck a kick @ss song compared to the rest of other music on the alblum?! I mean my god their bad. I suppose they grow on you if you forced yourself to listen to it enough times, and Im sure others will disagree harkening back to a better time, better music argument. Sorry, the rest of the track suckx. WOV must have just been another One-Hit-Wonder (despite 9 alblums??!!).

Brilliant.......2006-03-22

This album is as innovative as any ever produced. It is however the antithsis of pop music so pop fans beware. If you want something that is totally out of the box, but never gets old, this it! One of the best rock albums ever!

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Monotone
D'Angelo-Voodoo
excellent
Four Years After the Fact, I Finally Get It!!!!!!!!!
smooth sounds

Voodoo
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Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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ASIN: B000035X1M
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

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Left & Right
The Line
Send It On
Chicken Grease
One Mo Gin
The Root
Spanish Joint
Feel Like Makin' Love
Greatdayindamornin' / Booty
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Like Robin Hood working on a tip from Chuck D, D'Angelo has stolen back the soul that was missing from the just-add-water R&B scene. Voodoo is a simmering cauldron of sound, a magical collection. Stained with sweat, longing, and rage, this is an album with trouble on the brain. But it also includes sacred sweet nothings and rapturous raw rhythms to get you through the night. --Lizz Mendez Berry

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Halfway through the languid midtempo ballad "Send It On" from D'Angelo's new sophomore effort, Voodoo, the young retro-soul maestro and band shift tempo and melody. It's a move so understatedly dramatic that it elicits comparisons not just to obvious touchstones Marvin Gaye and Al Green, but to the Jimi Hendrix of Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland. While Voodoo is hardly in a league with such major statements, it's a record inviting enough to attract repeated plays of its 78-minute length. As on his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, D'Angelo covers a wide range of concerns--sex, home cooking, the destructive side of current street life--in a deceptively offhand manner. But he's a crafty craftsman: even a throwaway workout like "Chicken Grease" is blessed not only with a slinky groove and a guitar lick that deserves to be called just that, but bursts of Gaye-style vocal harmonies; the whole track, for all its retro flavor, ends up sounding like nothing else around. Throw in the blasts of anger that fire "Devil's Pie," the restatement of Bono's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in "Greatdayindamornin'," and the complete takeover of Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love," and Voodoo proves one jam that was well worth the nearly five-year wait. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Monotone .......2007-08-04

This CD is by no means horrible but it's by no means great either. Though I do love the song Devil's Pie, I must say that this album failed to hold my interest. Outside of that track, his lyrics are almost impossible to make out and the songs all begin to sound the same. The melody's are your typical neo-soul sharp notes and the beats are really predictable. Normally, I LOVE slow songs but they have to have an intersting/pretty melody to them.
I suggest you listen to the samples before purchasing. I hope this album grows on me.

D'Angelo-Voodoo.......2007-06-07

Timeless! That is the perfect way to describe this album is timeless. It never gets old. Voodoo is one of those albums that you can listen to it over and over and you will hear something you did not here the first time. For the most part he stays on the same type of style Brown Sugar had, just a little more modern to fit with the time. And speeking of time he made his fans wait long enough for this masterpiece coming just shy of five years in between Voodoo and his debut. And now he is going on eight years for his follow up to Voodoo and there is still very little mateiral coming to light for the set entitled James River which is suppose to be due out in late 07 early 08. The anticipation is killing me as well as thousands of other i am sure. But with Voodoo being the masterpiece it is, i will say it just pushes Brown Sugar out of the way as far as which one is better. I mean you still have that mellow laid back style, but with a few more "Groove" tracks. Like the mid tempo banger "Left & Right" which is one of the many highlight on this album. Another being the super soulful "The Line" which is possibly the best song only behind "The Root". The great thing about "The Root" is the guitar in the background just sounds so mellow, and his vocals are so quiet that you would swear he was whispering. Beware though, dont listen to this album in the dark, because this album has smokiness to it that is almost eeiry in a good way, but it can play tricks on you if listen in the dark. But he still is unmatched for his vocals, and yet again if you are thinking about buying this, keep in mind D is far from the poppy radio R&B, because you wont get any of that here. But this is definetly one of the best albums of all time, and i cant wait for James River, definetly buy Voodoo.

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A-

excellent.......2007-05-05

i don't listen to a lot of r&b. i really have no idea who are the hot or popular artists singing r&b currently and i don't care that much. that being said, this cd is my favorite of all time. i bought it the first day it came out in 2000 and haven't stopped listening to it since then. it's that good.
it's definitely r&b but has a deeper affinity with soul. there are also jazz and blues elements. and this may sound trite but it is far different than anything else out there. there are a few other neosoul artists that i like -- erykah badu and raphael saadiq in particular -- but none of them are nearly as talented or innovative as d'angelo.
this cd is a lot different than brown sugar with its smooth and jazzy polish. voodoo is funky and raw. this cd showcases some of the most innovative black musicians out there today -- roy hargrove provides horns on several tracks with ?uestlove on the drumset. and all that talent gelled really well.
it's been over 7 years since voodoo came out and i really hope that d'angelo can get himself together enough to put out another album.

Four Years After the Fact, I Finally Get It!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-03

I hate to admit it but when "Voodoo" was first released, I was straight up pissed. I thought it was ok, but it wasn't want I wanted to hear. I think many of us have that problem. (If it's not what WE want it to sound like, then it's not good, or they're slippin'.)

But let's be real. (This goes out to the negative reviewers.) I have to be honest, I was looking for another "Brown Sugar Volume 2", PERIOD. That was my mistake. So I put it away for about four years. I was talking to one of my boys about that project and how I thought it was just okay. He told me to pull it back out. DAMN!!!!!! This project is so hot.......... Now I appreciate this music for what it is. (Innovative, original, funky, soulful and creative.)

But what's really stupid is that if he stuck to the same formula that was successful, these same folk that are complaining now would criticize him for repeating himself and not doing anything new. Isn't this why we listen to artist like D'angelo, Badu and Jill Scott, because they're different? So I got to apologize to D for not gettin' it at first.

I dare anyone to pull this cd back out. It's hotter than anything out there right now.

smooth sounds.......2007-03-14

he started this whole"neo-soul"thing that alicia keys is getting paid off
of.anybody into john legend should pick up this and his first album "brown sugar".the only negative is his enunciation while singing.without the insert of the cd,you would never understand what the hell he is saying!it's actually more 3 1/2 stars than 4 but way better than any of this psuedo rb garbage that is out presently.

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Great type of Jazz.
A 5 star treat indeed that is mmm delish
Fun, soulful, carefree...like the spirit of New Orleans
This is the Best!
Hear Oh Yeah in the PC Game Casino Empire!

Save My Soul
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ASIN: B00009YRSB
Release Date: 2003-07-08

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Zig Zaggity Woop Woop Pt. 1
You Know You Wrong
Always Gonna Get Ya
"Don't You" Feel My Leg
Oh Yeah
Simple Songs
Next Week Sometime
Save My Soul
I Like It
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy did more than any other band to fuel the sing revival of the '90s, due largely to the group's appearance in the 1996 film Swingers. Since then, the craze has waned, although you couldn't tell it by BBVD. If anything, the combo has approaches their fifth album with more gusto and verve than ever, infusing their old-school jive and greasy horns with a New Orleans sensibility and panache and, in the process, creating their strongest album yet. Although their songs sound like they were lifted right out of the Zoot-suited '40s, the band writes all their own material, taking swing into a raw and modern direction. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy by rights will still be here when the next wave of swing arrives. --Jaan Uhelszki

Customer Reviews:

Great type of Jazz........2006-08-17

Growing up in the 50s is what I listen to, but after seeing a live show of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, I bought a CD at the show. After listening to the CD, I bought two more CDs at Amazon.com. The music has a real beat to it, and you can't help but move some with the music. It really rocks. Great stuff.

A 5 star treat indeed that is mmm delish.......2006-07-26

This cd is delightful from beginning to end, full of suprises, swing, New Orleans jazzy jump blues ,and smokey infectious vocals that are smouldering hot. Red hot horn riffs that remind one of Bourbon street. Hot tempos and exotic swinging rhythms. Let this cd voodoo your voodoo.

Fun, soulful, carefree...like the spirit of New Orleans.......2006-07-04

I can't compliment this band enough. The contagiuos beat and happy rhythms of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are contagious... Their music makes you want to dance!

I saw them perform recently at the House of Blues in New Orleans. It was an incredible show. Just prior to singing the title track of this CD, Save My Soul, lead singer Scotty Morris told the crowd that he had written the song 14 years ago. He felt he owed a debt of gratitude to the musical tradition of New Orleans. But now, post-Katrina, the song carries more meaning for him and for all who love N'Awlins.

Save My Soul is a fun, soulful, and carefree CD. Buy it. Enjoy it. Share it with those you love.

Highly recommended!

This is the Best!.......2005-01-20

I own three of BBVD's CDs and this one is the best. You just have to move those feet! I just love these guys.

Hear Oh Yeah in the PC Game Casino Empire!.......2004-10-14

I found this out accidentally! The PC game, Sierra's Casino Empire, which was released in 2000, uses an early version of the song, "Oh Yeah" as background music. I thought it was just a really cool song in a PC game (and, er, the demo, at that!) when I heard it again during the October 11, 2004 episode of the NBC TV show, LAS VEGAS. It made me more curious about the song, so I looked up the lyrics, and found that the song was actually by this truly cool band. Get the CD, buy the PC game!

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Go Daddy Go!
voodoo magic
Best of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
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Customer Reviews:

Go Daddy Go!.......2007-01-24

I first saw Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in the movie, The Swingers, some years ago, and was curious to hear more as Swing dancing is as big as ever these days. Big Daddy pretty much sticks to the grooves, a kind of "dancabilly" that is even more infectious in this live album than on previous studio albums. For swing dancers, this is a modern take on the classic rhythms of the 40s with some pretty jazzy improvisations. Big Daddy can play and they have a lot of fun with the music, showing a tremendous amount of versatility as well as humor on these recordings. The added DVD doubles the pleasure.

voodoo magic.......2007-01-17

Wonderful music! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a class act, whose energy and love of music is apparent not only in the sound, but in the enclosed video of one of their concerts. Their sound is catchy and original, while also being reminiscent of a bygone era.

Best of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.......2006-08-18

I love this album!!!!! Listening to this album makes you feel like you are right there at the show. The musical arrangements are great, that big band swing sound is present and the sense of humor of the bandmates is evident. You don't see any better than this is music today.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy = BIG FUN.......2006-06-25

The first word that comes to mind when I think of BBVD is FUN.

I first heard this band on the radio. I was hooked immediately...and so were my wife and children. I bought two of their CDs from Amazon.com: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Save My Soul. And we've been listening to --and singing along with-- them ever since.

My toddlers tend to sing BBVD songs in public...without inhibition! It's only slightly embarrasing to stroll the grocery store with three kids screaming out the lyrics to Go Daddy-O. But I really can't blame them. The music is contagious!

Just last week, my wife and I caught BBVD live at the House of Blues in New Orleans. It was an incredible performance that kept the crowd smiling. We had so much FUN! BBVD = FUN! There is no other way to say it.

I admit that I was hesitant to purchase this CD / DVD at first, since I already owned most of the songs. But, after seeing them live, I bought this CD the very next day...and we love it.

There is just something about a live performance, even when you're listening to a recorded "live" performance. On stage, BBVD generates some serious energy, and you can't help but be pulled right into it.

The sound quality on both the CD and the bonus DVD is excellent, and the video on the DVD is crystal clear. As a matter of fact, the DVD provides a better view of the band than the one I had "live" at the House of Blues. The music content on both the CD and DVD is the same, though the DVD has extra features like a short film on the band's beginnings. For a two-disc set, the price can't be beat.

If you are into swing, or just need a good dose of happy music, treat yourself to this Live performance of the Kings of Swing. Their fun music can't be beat!

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ROCKS!!.......2006-02-24

If you like swing or big band music, you will like this CD. The music is upbeat and makes you want to dance. The bonus DVD of their concert is fabulous. If you are looking for one swing/big band music CD/DVD, you can't go wrong with this one.

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Warren Haynes other band
This just gets better and better...
Guess I'm just not a fan
Great Southern Jams
hot hot hot

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Warren Haynes other band.......2007-07-04

This is an excellent introduction to Govt Mule, if you have not heard of them before, and are looking for some quality guitar rock music. Warren Haynes leads this band, as well as stepping in for Dickie Betts in the Allman Brothers. This is not music in the same southern rock genre as the Allman Brothers, it is blues based rock.

Warren is stellar on slide guitar, the guitar work is framed within excellent song craftsmanship as well. Some of the songs run long, but this is not a jam band.

Highlights:
About to Rage is a slowburner, Slackjaw Jezebel uptempo funk rocker, as is Lola leave your light on.

This just gets better and better..........2007-01-27

Man, the more I listen to it, the more I like it! These guys can definitely rock, and their ballads are not just filler (check out "Wine and Blood" and it's sweet, cryin' guitar hooks and clever opening line..."Desiree's in disarray...") They tell stories.

This is blues-based rock with intelligent and original lyrics and unexpected and sophisticated chord changes ("Little Toy Brain.".)

Even...dare I say..a "Zepelin-esque" riff or two. Modern, yet with a big nod to late 60's/early 70's stuff; if a woman were to sing in this band, you could easily picture Janis Joplin or Dale Kranz (of Rossington Collins...damn, she rocked!) belting these out. Guitarist Warren Haynes, I believe, is the singer. And let me just say, he's no slouch in the vocal department. In fact, he's spot-on.

I've seen this tagged as "party rock" and "swamp rock." Huh? Nope. Just damn good music. You'll probably find yourself listening to this alot.

Guess I'm just not a fan.......2006-08-15

I heard great things about them but I guess I wasn't really familiar with their work - either that or this particular album just isn't for me. Then again I'm not a blues fan so maybe that's the problem. The first tune is catchy but the rest is not funked up enough for my taste.

Great Southern Jams.......2006-03-08

This is a 5 star effort all the way! What a great and fun band these Gov't Mule guys have turned out to be. Along with the always awesome rhythm section and perfect guitar we also get some great keyboards courtesy of Danny Louis.

These guys consistently create fantastic music.

hot hot hot.......2005-10-19

Warren Haynes and Matt Abts return with new players Danny Lewis and Andy Hess on keyboard and bass respectively for a rebirth of one of the most intense bands working. While I prefered the stylistic breadth of the Deep End projects, this is in my opinion the best Mule CD as a self contained unit. While the instinctive communication between Haynes and the late Alan Woody is missing, overall the band burns with a purpose.

Standouts include Bad Man Walking, Slackjaw Jezebel, Wine and Blood, Lola Leave Your Light On, Little Toy Brain, and New World Blues

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Swing music to dance to
More great Jazz
It doesn't get any better than this
Kings of Swing!
good cd, more evolved sound

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Ol' MacDonald

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Scotty Morris is a sincere, talented, knowledgeable music lover who unfortunately can't translate his passion into truly effective sounds. Wide-ranging hipster credentials in hand--BBVD got its name from late blues guitarist Albert Collins--the seven-piece outfit's sound is totally competent and no more. Pushing forward deliberately, but with little sense of the swing that's their supposed trademark, the bland-voiced Morris and band remain lukewarm through This Beautiful Life's dozen cuts. Paying tribute to Sinatra with a closing "Ol' MacDonald" is a nice touch, but not as nice as the real thing is. (Hint: It's on Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!) --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Swing music to dance to.......2007-01-03

I especially like the last song of this CD. All the other songs have a typical swing dance beat to it.

More great Jazz.......2006-08-17

This was the second CD that I bought after seeing a live show of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and even though it perhaps is not my type of music, I thought it was great to listen to. It really rocks and it has to move you. I really enjoy music that has a beat to it. I think it opened up a new type of music for me. Great stuff.

It doesn't get any better than this.......2005-03-30

This is definitely one of the best swing cds I've ever listened to. The music has a lot of variety, from the very brassy and bright to the softer and more subtle.

This cd leaves their first cd in the dust. A definite must for anyone interested in Swing.

Kings of Swing!.......2005-03-29

If you're a "Swingster" this is one CD you must have in your collection. This is hot, hot, hot! You can't just sit and listen to this one . . . it is so contagious that you'll come down with a major case of the jitterbug and you'll be swingin' all over the room before you can say "Cab Calloway!" The only thing better is seeing these guys in person! Top Drawer for Sure!!!

good cd, more evolved sound.......2004-10-22

the title says it all. the cd is about life, the ups and downs, and everything inbetween. It is a good cd, but doesnt have quite as many super stong songs as Americana Deluxe. You have to be in the mood to listen to this cd, but all the songs are still good, just not something i pop in the cd player just for background music. still recomended tho

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The Index Masters-Wall Of Voodoo
EP Into An Album
New Wave will never die!
Finally!
Wall of Voodoo was way ahead of their time

The Index Masters
Wall of Voodoo
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Call of the West
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ASIN: B000AY9ORG
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

Longarm
The Passenger
Can't Make Love
Struggle
Ring Of Fire
Granma's House
End Of An Era (Live)
Tomorrow (Live)
Animal Day (Live)
Longarm (Live)
Invisible Man (Live)
Red Light (Live)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly / Hang Em' High (Live)
Back In Flesh (Live)
Call Box (Live)
The Passeneger (Live)

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Though they found their fortunes intertwined in a punk/new wave/MTV marketing sensibility that typically confused style with substance, L.A.'s Wall of Voodoo was musically rooted in a distinctly different, often more compelling late '70s art rock ethos. Anchored by the stark, angular rhythms of the late Marc Moreland's guitar and singer/chief songwriter Stan Ridgway's sly sideshow barker vocal antics, this re-release of the band's debut 1980 EP (supplemented with raw, exemplary live tracks recorded at UC Riverside in '79) now seems more prophetic industrial music template than quirky new wave tract. If legend says their ominous, synth-drone take on Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" may have originally been intended elsewhere (WOV began as low-budget soundtrack collective), tracks like "Longarm" and "Can't Make Love" crackle with anxious energy and wit; small wonder Ridgway occasionally revisits them with success in his contemporary incarnation as acoustic singer/songwriter. The live tracks further showcase the band's cinematic bent via a medley of Morricone's main title for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Frontiere's Hang 'Em High theme, as well as offering up early versions of songs from Dark Continent and their 1982 classic, Call of the West. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

The Index Masters-Wall Of Voodoo.......2007-05-29

Stan Ridgway at his best!!! Puts a entire new sound to the classic Johnny Cash Ring of fire (Or old sound being the CD from Wall Of Voodoo is 27 years old)!

EP Into An Album.......2007-03-07

A welcome sight, the original EP with added bonus tracks that some ended up as "B" sides on 12" singles. You just can't beat "Ring Of Fire" & "Can't Make Love". So buy this one & if you like this album, you'll want to get their first album "Dark Continent" which is a expensive one right now but worth the money & "Call Of The West". As long as Stan Ridgeway was the lead vocalist, this band was great.

New Wave will never die!.......2007-01-12

Wall is great on this album. No negative things to say about this one. Its a great Wall of Voodoo venue without Mexican Radio. Shh..man Ring of Fire is one of the best I've heard!

Finally!.......2005-12-30

I had Wall of Voodoo's first LP when it came out and a couple of year's ago thought I would see if I could find it on CD. No such luck! The " Index Masters ", which contains several of the songs from that album was out of print. I found it on ebay several times, usually going for around $70.00 or so by the time the auction was concluded! Finally it is available for a reasonable price. This album is a gem, I recommend it to anyone who loves 80's or Punk or New Wave Music. As a previous reviewer stated, Wall of Voodoo was really ahead of the times!

Wall of Voodoo was way ahead of their time.......2005-10-26

The Good
Not having heard of Wall of Voodoo before, and having been four years old when this album originally came out, I instantly made comparisons to Devo and the B52's once I heard the opening tones and bombastic vocal delivery on "Long Arm". The guitar tones are stunning as each ring out with a biting twang. I think I even hear a slide whistle in there. The keyboard tones of "Passenger" are reminiscent of the Knight Rider theme mixed with any creepy horror movie theme.

It doesn't get any more experimental sounding than "Can't Make Love". Vocalist Stan Ridgeway sounds as though he's on the brink of madness. The Johnny Cash cover "Ring of Fire" shows how ahead of their time Wall of Voodoo was, because it uses effects and rhythms similar to a lot of hard rock music today. You may smirk the way `fire' is pronounced and everything else that sounds like it; very new wave. The live tracks are twenty five years old, yet you can't tell much of a difference from them and the songs from the EP.

That says a lot for the group because they didn't have the technology that the industry has today to make great live recordings. "End of an Era" has a melancholy sadness to it as it explores growing up. "Animal Day" has a percussive beat that you can dance too and lyrics you can laugh too. "Red Light" shows you that there's nothing that drummer Joe Nanini won't tap on, as you hear everything from symbols to wooden blocks. The disc (and live set) concludes with a fervent rendition of "The Passenger".

The Bad
Nothing notable

The Verdict
On The Index Sessions it's evident that Wall of Voodoo was way ahead of their time. Their combination of rock guitars and experimental sounds fell right in line with their peers, as well as establishing them in a league of their own. However, I don't think the music world was really ready for them yet. So what's your reason now?

Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

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Room to improve
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The best compilation for the Hendrix freak

Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
Jimi Hendrix
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ASIN: B00005BJLP
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Purple Haze
Hey Joe
The Wind Cries Mary
Fire
Highway Chile
Are You Experienced?
Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Little Wing
All Along the Watchtower
Crosstown Traffic
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Spanish Castle Magic
Stone Free
Izabella
Stepping Stone
Angel
Dolly Dagger
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)

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Fire (live)
Hey Joe (live)
I Don't Live Today (live)
Hear My Train a Coming (live)
Foxey Lady (live)
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Freedom (live)
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Album Description

2 CD's in a trifold digipak featuring his greatest studio recordings and 12 live tracks. Full color 20 page booklet. Includes the bonus track 'Third Stone From the Sun' along with previously unreleased live versions of 'Fire', 'Hey Joe', 'Red House', 'Freedom' & 'Wild Thing'. 2002.

Album Details

Includes One Bonus Track, "Third Stone from the Sun", Not on the Us Version.

Customer Reviews:

Mediocre Best of Release.......2006-11-26

Now, if you are a huge Jimi fan - and I am - please read the review before clicking the "not helpful" button.

First of all, the digipak packaging for this release is by far the worst I have seen. The manufacturer's plastic pegs wear down (they don't break) and eventually the discs won't stay on the spindles. The plastic just "feels" really really cheap - like it was vacu-formed. The booklet is glued into the packaging so even if you want to change the CD box, you can't. Experience Hendrix should have looked at the digipaks that Impulse used for their John Coltrane remasters or those used by ABKO for the Rolling Stones remastes. I cannot stress enough just how lousy this packaging is, perhaps the worst I've seen in all my years collecting CDs. Even the paper in the booklet feels flimsy. It's clear that they put this package together on the cheap like a KTEL or Ronco release.

Disc one has a good selection though if this is truly a best of collection aimed at a new generation of buyers, I don't know why the track selection includes alternate takes rather than the masters of some of Hendrix's better works like All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. Now, that said, I find them interesting but there is a reason they are alternate takes. Jimi was a perfectionist in the studio and these alternate takes don't represent his best work. So again, for that new generation of buyers that this package claims to be aimed at, this seems wrong headed to me.

Disc two has a great selection of Jimi live; however, I can't for the life of me understand why they are not presented in chronological sequence the way the studio stuff is. My only guess is that when you hear the stuff from late spring and summer of 1970 it is very clear that Jimi was tired of the rock star thing. His singing is really pretty terrible in these later tunes. His playing, though pretty wild is also very noisy and sloppy. Maybe it's out of sequence in order to diminish the impact of these sub-par (with respect to Jimi's other live work) performances? I used to have an Lp when I was a young man called 'In the West" that seemed a far better representation of Jimi's live work. Actually, the photo on the cover for this set looks very similar and might even be the same photo from "In the West" To be quite honest, I have not found another Hendrix live release that is anywhere close to as satisfying as "Band of Gypsys", one of the great live recordings of that era.

If you are interested in Jimi, what you really want to do is buy the remastered CDs in this order:

1. Are You Experienced
2. Axis Bold as Love
3. Electric Ladyland
4. Band of Gypsys (always bugs me that the plural of Gypsy is spelled incorrectly on this release!)
5. First Rays of the New Rising Sun
6. Live at Fillmore East with the Band of Gypsys (outtakes from BOG)
7. South Saturn Delta.
8. Live at the BBC

Then move on to some of the other stuff like Jimi Plays Berkley and Live at the Fillmore.

Personally, I believe this 2 disc set is a dis-service to this remarkably gifted artist's legacy but I've been listening to Jimi since 1969 so maybe I'm just not getting the marketing angle.

A Breathtaking Collection From A Rock Legend.......2006-07-19

Jimi Hendrix.

What is left to say about this man? He's only widely considered to be the most creative and influential guitarists in rock and roll. His songs are among the most powerful songs in music, and every guitar player who came both before and after him still looks up to him in awe.

"Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection" is a two disc cd compiled by Rhino as well as Experience Hendrix, a production company run by Jimi's surving relatives that controls his entire recorded output.

The first disc of this collection contaisn all of Hendrix's most popular studio tracks (some in alternate versions), including the timeless "Purple Haze", the brooding "Hey Joe", the solemn "The Wind Cries Mary", the sweltering "Fire", his blazing cover of "All Along The Watchtower" and the passionate, ethereal "Angel". The sound quality is absolutely fantastic. This is Jimi the way he is meant to be heard.

The second disc is a 12 track collection of live performances. Though only a few songs are (or were back in 2001) previously unavailable, this disc gives perfect insight into the electrifying vibe present at a Hendrix concert. This disc includes his classic performance of The National Anthem at Woodstock. Once again, the sound quality is terrific.

The packaging is beautiful and includes insightful liner notes by Kurt Loder.

If you are just starting to experience the genius of Hendrix, this disc is the perfect palce to start your collection.

Are you experienced...?

Room to improve.......2005-12-13

This is a new type of greatest hits collection: it comes with all the hits to attract newbies to Hendrix, but unfortunately, it also includes unreleased material that Hendrix fans need. Unforunately, because the unreleased stuff could have fit in one CD, instead, we need to get yet another studio version of Purple Haze, Little Wing, etc., to get to the stuff we Hendrix fans are interested an pay for a double CD. The liner notes suck, why does Experience Hendrix has to pay people to tell the same Hendrix bio over and over again? Some of the highligts for Hendrix fans are the alternate versions of Stepping Stone and Izabella, and the live Fire, Foxey lady and Red House. A very strong compilation for anyone with interest in finding out whats the big deal about Hendrix, if this doesnt get you into Hendrix, nothing will.

sweet.......2005-09-27

to understand hendrix, you have to try to understand his fire, the inner turmoil, dissatisfaction with the heartskips life gives..and THAT can only be found in his blues.

the live "red house" on this record i have via alan douglas' "the jimi hendrix concerts." very special song it is, but sad when one realizes he really felt that stuff. althesame, don't try to be cool, be youl. and laugh.

The best compilation for the Hendrix freak.......2004-08-18

If you're reading this, no doubt you are looking for the best Hendrix album, whether to start out or "complete" your collection. I have seen several attempts to distill Jimi's musical legacy with varying degrees of success. This is the ONE, folks. Often with these compilations, something is ignored. Not this time. Hendrix's live work is featured quite well; The Star Spangled Banner was only the tip of the iceberg.
The studio disc has the usual standards (of course). A real treat, though, was the last tracks. I am very picky about my Hendrix records,and I don't want to get the same thing over again. But finding "hey baby/land of the rising sun", was interesting- very interesting. As I had not known it even existed in such a complete form, I had to get it.And the alternate takes of "spanish castle magic" and "all along the watchtower" didn't hurt either.
To sum up: new Hendrix fan: this is a good start. Old Hendrix fan: if you don't have this, what's taking you so long?
Now, if they could re-release the movie "Jimi Hendrix"...

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