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Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Dvd with Videos and Documentary Footage. Dvd is Ntsc, Region Code 2.

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Average customer rating: At Times Fun, Other Times Beautiful Excellent This CD will get you hooked! Carbon Leaf all polished up and ready for the world The Best Group I had never heard of

Indian Summer Carbon Leaf Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Echo Echo Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat 5 Alive! Ether-Electrified Porch Music Meander ASIN: B0002DRE3Q Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

1. Life Less Ordinary
2. What About Everything?
3. Changeless
4. This Is My Song!
5. Grey Sky Eyes
6. Raise The Roof
7. Paloma
8. One Prarie Outpost
9. Let Your Troubles Roll By
10. When I'm Alone
11. The Sea

Customer Reviews:

At Times Fun, Other Times Beautiful.......2006-09-21

I got to know the band Carbon Leaf through an online community whom shared the song Life Less Ordinary, a catchy and light- hearted song that is radio- friendly indeed. With the love of that song, I checked out the entire album Indian Summer and no later bought it.

What I really enjoy about this album is how well- written it is. Some of the songs are just beautifully sung as well. The strong lyrics and the mixture of different sounds on this album keep the listener eager and satisfied throughout the album. There is not one song on here that is poor. Although, like most albums, there are a few songs that need to grow on you, ad even when do might pale in comparison to others. For me there are a few songs I favor above the others- a few just really stand out for me.

Life Less Ordinary- A
What About Everything- A+
Changeless- B
This Is My Song!- A
Grey Sky Eyes- A
Raise the Roof- A+- This is my favorite song by them hands down.
Paloma- A+
One Prairie Outpost- C+
Let Your Troubles Roll By- A
When I'm Alone- B+
The Sea- B-

Overall this album has plenty of gems on this album to keep you playing their album constantly. Indian Summer has a pleasant, touching and lovely feel to it that is hard to resist.

4/5

Excellent.......2006-02-03

I adore this album. There's nothing about it that I don't like. I keep listening to Indian Summer over and over, and I never get tired of it. In particular, the best tracks are "Life Less Ordinary," "What About Everything?", "This is my song!", "Raise the Roof," "Let your troubles roll by," and "When I'm alone." You won't be disappointed by Indian Summer.

This CD will get you hooked!.......2006-01-05

Carbon Leaf has been around for over ten years, but this, their debut major-label album, has brought them national notoriety, well after their 2002 Coca-Cola New Music Award performance on the AMA's with "The Boxer." Anyway, these guys are great.
Barry Privett, the lead singer and songwriter, rocks the mic and the tinwhistle, with catchy and unforgettable lyrics.
Terry Clark, rhythm guitarist, backs up the band with sizzling chords. You really want to hear this man play on "One Prairie Outpost."
Carter Gravatt, "The String Guy," as I like to call him, not only burns up the acoustic and electric guitars, but breathes life into his mandolin. Hear his fingers fly on tracks like "This is My Song!" and "Life Less Ordinary," just for starters.
Jordan Medas, bassist, is the soul of the music on his electric and uprights. "Paloma" really shows his licks well.
Scott Milstead is the man behind the drums...literally. A wonderful percussionist, Scott stays hidden during the live shows, but rocks the audience and adds the backbone of all of Carbon Leaf's music.
This CD introduced me to Carbon Leaf, but since I have listened to it, I've seen these guys in concert six times, met them repeatedly (they are amazing in person and love their fans!), and bought all of their other CDs.

The music can be summarized as moving, emotional, folk rock with the slightest hint of the Celtic and bluegrass flavor that could be found in their earlier music.

Rock on, CL! :)

Carbon Leaf all polished up and ready for the world.......2005-12-22

This gem of an album is the Richmond based band's strongest so far. It brings together their diverse and prolific work background and channels it all into a professional wrapper but still retains the band's creativity and pathos and produces what might happen if Coldplay met Cat Stevens and they played at a Celtic festival.

Carbon Leaf has always been an energetic and enthusiastic live band, rocking intimate live performances a lot like private jam sessions, the band members are all excellent musicians and uninhibited in their creativity, and their previous albums reflected this raw and untapped ethic. Their style has always been a refreshing mix of folksy, moody, and hyper with themes that tend to be introspective and interpersonal without being depressing, with a fixed eye on the horizon (with a sort of a pioneer spirit; decidedly Virginian). Their sound is ecletic and unabashed in experimenting and trying out different styles from folk and celtic, to pure rock, and indie ballads. So their independent albums are flush with gems of all sorts, one giant brainstorming session.

"Indian Summer" takes all this, cleans it up, and picks out what really works.

The songs on this album are diverse and take a bit of everything the band has developed up to this point, the general mood and theme of the album is just what the title suggests: zest for life with a heavy understanding of the world, hope and joy that has seen melancholy. It comes together in Barry Privett's mellow voice, and the band's tight musicality.

The album is wonderful played straight through, but the highlights are "Life Less Ordinary", uptempo and rhythmic, "This Is My Song" the same but even more rollicking, "The Sea" a long and hypnotizing ballad, "One Prarie Outpost" sweet and reminiscent of James Taylor.

But my favorites without a doubt are "Grey Sky Eyes" a beautiful little ballad that starts off with a dancing guitar, light and cloudlike and romantic but a little bittersweet. "What About Everything?" an insanely catchy, hook-infested quirky monologue on life with fantastic lyrics ("what about being done with no resume/what about aliens? what about you and me? what about gold beneath the sea? what about when buildings fall, what about that midnight phone call, the one that wakes you from your peace?"). It also has my all time favorite Carbon Leaf song "When I'm Alone", it's gorgeous. A loud rhythmically throbbing lament to a lost love and friendship, an almost Irish ode with a rock soul, alternately swelling and retreating to quiet, but always devoutly in line to the beat.

Check these guys out, there's a lot to love about them.

The Best Group I had never heard of.......2005-12-19

Seeing this band at a Celtic fest in Bethlehem PA was a real treat. Since then I have almost glued this CD to my deck. The fact that they are not mainstream is testimony to everything that is wrong in corporate music biz. This is the best indie band in years, and just one of a handful of great CDs buy this band.

Average customer rating: Good not great Great heartfelt music .. These guys are great Carbon Leaf does it again! Love, Loss Hope Retreat

Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat Carbon Leaf Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Indian Summer Echo Echo 5 Alive! Ether-Electrified Porch Music Meander ASIN: B000GY73IC Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Learn To Fly
2. Love Loss Hope Repeat
3. Under The Wire
4. Royal One
5. A Girl And Her Horse
6. Texas Stars
7. Block Of Wood
8. Comfort
9. The War Was In Color
10. Bright Lights
11. International Airport

Amazon.com

In its 13 years together, Richmond, Va. quintet Carbon Leaf has evolved from an Irish-laced bar band into a legitimate rock outfit, and one of Vanguard Record's most coveted artists-along the way winning a soda company's "Best New Artist" contest and earning a bona fide hit with "Life Less Ordinary" (on 2004's Indian Summer album). Led by singer/songwriter Barry Privett and a stinging Rickenbacker 12-string, the band wastes no time aiming for a follow-up on Love Loss Hope Repeat. "But I can see you fly away," sings a disheartened Privett on the break-up song "Learn To Fly," rising up to proclaim, "As I fall apart, I learn to fly." Such an optimism-replaces-hopelessness blueprint, which has befitted Carbon Leaf on five previous records, is peppered throughout the 11 songs here, including the country-flavored "Block of Wood" and perhaps the strongest track of the herd, "A Girl and Her Horse." "And away she rides to the great unknown," Privett sings over a driving guitar lead, effusively aware that Carbon Leaf now knows precisely where it's going. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews:

Good not great.......2007-07-27

I struggled with whether to give this 3 stars or 4, but several stand out songs make this worth the purchase. While this CD isn't quite up to par with Indian Summer or 5 Alive (if you like Live CD's) Love, Loss, Hope Repeat, delivers in the title track along with a few other gems.

Great heartfelt music .........2007-05-11

Carbon Leaf continues to prove themselves as an excellent band. This album is amazing! You can feel the emotion in the music and lyrics each time you play it. It is the number one played CD in my player and each time I listen it gets better.

These guys are great.......2007-01-13

Once again, a great album. This band just keeps getting better and better.

Carbon Leaf does it again!.......2007-01-09

This most innovative group blends acoustic and electric, organ and mandolin, with original songs to create a tight sound. Sometimes haunting, sometimes pedal to the medal, always enjoyable, they may be the greatest group ignored by format radio.

Love, Loss Hope Retreat.......2007-01-04

I was informed that if I enjoyed Great Big Sea, I should enjoy Carbon Leaf. I found there was no comparison at all. Great Big Sea songs create such enthusiasm to its listeners, but I found that not to be true to the songs from Carbon Leaf. If you like Great Big Sea, don't buy this CD from Carbon Leaf.

Average customer rating: Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's Ragtime Marvel

Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Scott Joplin: Piano Rags The Greatest Ragtime of the Century Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin ASIN: B000003QWN Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. The Crush Collision March
2. Combination March
3. Harmony Club Waltz
4. Original Rags
5. Maple Leaf Rag
6. Swipesy Cakewalk
7. Reacherine Rag
8. Sunflower Slow Drag
9. The Augustan Club Waltz
10. The Easy Winners
11. Cleopha
12. A Breeze From Alabama
13. Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

1. The Entertainer
2. The Strenouous Life
3. March Majestic
4. Something Doing
5. Weaping Willow
6. Patr Leaf Rag
7. The Favorite
8. The Sycamore
9. The Cascades
10. The Chysanthemum
11. Bethena
12. Bink's Waltz
13. The Rosebud March

Tracks:

1. Leola
2. Eugenia
3. Antoinette
4. The Ragtime Dance
5. Searchlight Rag
6. Gladiolus Rag
7. Lily Queen
8. Rose Leaf Rag
9. Heliotrope Bouquet
10. The Nonpareil
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugarcane
13. Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

1. Wall Street Rag (1909)
2. Solace (1909)
3. Pleasant Moments (1909)
4. Country Club (1909)
5. Euphonic Moments (1909)
6. Paragon Rag (1909)
7. Stop-Time Rag (1910)
8. Felicity Rag (1911)
9. Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
10. Kismet Rag (1913)
11. Magnetic Rag (1914)
12. Reflection Rag (1917)
13. Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags.......2007-08-02

John Arpin delivers excellent performances of Joplin's rags. Not too much interpretation and not a flat presentation exhibited by piano rolls. Perfect for me. I believe Arpin has truly captured Joplin's essence.

The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.

Average customer rating:

A Hawk and a Hacksaw & the Hun Hangar Ensemble A Hawk and a Hacksaw Manufacturer: Leaf ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Yellow House Person Pitch We All Belong Mirrored The Way the Wind Blows ASIN: B000PC1KHK Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. Kiraly Siratas
2. Zozobra
3. Serbian Cocek
4. Romanian Hora And Bulgar
5. Ihabibi
6. Vajdaszentivany
7. Oriental Hora
8. Dudanotak

Album Description

Superb 8-track audio CD and short film DVD package. Strictly limited edition of 4,000 individually numbered copies in deluxe gatefold card packaging. The EP includes the first recordings by A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (duo ft. former NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL drummer JEREMY BARNES) and THE HUN HANG R ENSEMBLE, a group of extraordinarily talented Hungarian folk musicians. The songs are both traditional (Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian and klezmer) and AHAAH originals. The 20-minute bonus DVD, 'An Introduction To A Hawk And A Hacksaw', documents the last two years of travelling and performing throughout Europe and the United States. The EP follows the highly acclaimed 'The Way The Wind Blows' album from late 2006, their most successful yet, and is a precursor for AHAAH's fourth album.

Average customer rating: The real thing Great modern-day Cajun music

Blues de Musicien Pine Leaf Boys Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: La Musique Les Amis Creole Right Key, Wrong Keyhole Bayou Perdu Pilette Breakdown ASIN: B000MM1F64 Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

1. Blues De Musicien
2. Musicien Avec Un Coeur Casse
3. Wild Side Of Life
4. Ma Petite Femme
5. Mon Coeur Fait Mal
6. La Valse De Belizaire
7. Jig Cajin
8. Pardon Waltz
9. Pine Leaf Boogie
10. Chere Joues Roses
11. Creole Mardi Gras
12. Quand Rita Est Arrive
13. J'Ai Perdu Ma Chance
14. Zydeco Gris Gris

Customer Reviews:

The real thing.......2007-04-13

The Pine Leaf Boys are the genuine article: this is real Cajun music, not just Cajun-flavored pop. The use of accordion and fiddles makes for a wonderful sonority, that is edgy and soulful at the same time, and the singing, most of it in that wonderfully twisted French that Cajuns speak, is just as perfect. There are plenty of zydecko bands out there, who draw from this music, and fuse it with other sources. But the Pine Leaf Boys offer the real thing, straight up, or as I usually tell the bartender, "neat." Une bonne collection, mes copains!

Great modern-day Cajun music.......2007-04-01

Fans of Louisiana cajun music will dig this, another fine album from this up-and-coming young ensemble. Heartfelt and lively, they bring new vigor to this old style... Lots of great French-language originals from fiddler Cedric Watson, too. Recommended!

Average customer rating: Scott and I Smile What the heck??? More Than Excellent

Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin The Greatest Ragtime of the Century The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Scott Joplin: Piano Rags Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 ASIN: B0009J4OAO Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Original Rags
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Easy Winners
4. Elite Syncopations
5. The Entertainer
6. The Cascades
7. Bethena
8. Leola
9. Gladiolas
10. Searchlight
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugar Cane
13. Euphonic Sounds
14. Paragon Rag
15. Solace
16. Wall Street Rag
17. Treemonisha
18. Magnetic Rag

Album Description

Celebrate the diversity of American music with RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN, a comprehensive collection of 18 pieces by one of ragtime's greatest composers. From his signature hit "Maple Leaf Rag" to classics such as "The Entertainer" and "Wall Street Rag", RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN contains some of the most revered tunes in musical history and will be treasured by music fans for years to come.

Customer Reviews:

Scott and I Smile.......2007-08-01

Rich, yet not cloying
Aggressive, yet reflective
Bouncy, yet wistfully romantic
Robert Strickland transports the soul of Scott Joplin's Ragtime
Scott and I smile.

What the heck???.......2007-03-20

Music is great, as is the playing. However, the last song is not Magnetic Rag but rather the same version of Maple Leaf Rag heard earlier on the album.

What is with that?

More Than Excellent.......2006-08-16

I had previously purchased a Scott Joplin CD and was disappointed by the dull quality and dispirited playing by the artist. This CD more than makes up for it. The music was beautifully performed and the recording was very clear. Every piece was perfect!

Average customer rating: Awesome to hear the old masters almost live. The Greatest Ragtime of the Century A great introduction and sampling.

The Greatest Ragtime of the Century Manufacturer: Shout Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Stride Piano | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Boogie-Woogie | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music 1920-1929 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1930-1939 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Scott Joplin: Piano Rags King of the Ragtime Writers The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Red Hot Ragtime Volume 1 ASIN: B00009PJST Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

1. Shreveport Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
2. Sweet Man - Jelly Roll Morton
3. Tom Cat Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
4. A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
5. Nobody But My Baby - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
6. Got To Cool My Doggies Now - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
7. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
8. Weeping Willow Rag - Scott Joplin
9. Something Doing - Scott Joplin
10. Steeplechase Rag - James P Johnson
11. Twilight Rag - James P Johnson
12. Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
13. It's Right Here For You - Eubie Blake
14. Fare Thee Honey Blues - Eubie Blake
15. Mr. Freddie Blues - Jimmy Blythe
16. Regal Stomp - Jimmy Blythe

Customer Reviews:

Awesome to hear the old masters almost live........2007-03-27

It was an awesome experience to hear Ragtime and early blues played by the masters themselves. When you hear the music from their own hands, if not their own pianos, it makes the music immediate, and makes even clearer the stylistic differences of the various American musical pioneers. The sound quality is excellent. I'd strongly recommend this recording to anyone who enjoys early-20th-century jazz.

The Greatest Ragtime of the Century.......2005-10-30

What a terrific CD. What a joy to add to your life. Everyone should begin their day with this Great Ragtime.We would all be much better.

As a former dancer, Flapper, wth the Charleston in my routine, I do appreciate Great Music. I'm not quite as good as I used to be, but neither are you, Gal. Will be 66 next birthday. Still have the rhythm and love life.

Put some spice in your life and don't let this CD get away. Please, just get it today.

A great introduction and sampling........2005-08-23

Prior to this album, the only ragtime I really knew was "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag". I don't know how this album fares for enthusiasts, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It introduced me to several different composers. The way the album is organized by giving you a two or three song block by each composer is good. As you listen to this, you can easily hear the different styles from one composer to another. As for the recording quality, I don't have any complaints whatsoever. Each note is clear without much noticable fuzz or hissing. The versions of Scott Joplin's songs are played a bit brash and speedy when compared to Joshua Rifkin, but I think they sound livlier because of it. Overall a solid release.

Average customer rating: The Mystical Quality Edgy Ambient Fusion album leaf ! A great album

Into the Blue Again The Album Leaf Manufacturer: Sub Pop 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 Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lifetime or More Yellow House Pocket Symphony Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun Desert Ocean ASIN: B000H7JA98 Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. The Light
2. Always For You
3. Shine
4. Writings On The Wall
5. Red Eye
6. See In You
7. Into The Sea
8. Wherever I Go
9. Wishful Thinking
10. Broken Arrow

Album Description

Jimmy LaValle's varied experience includes stints with Tristeza, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, The Blackheart Procession, and Sigur Ros. "Into The Blue Again" sees LaValle handling the bulk of the vocal and instrumental duties. After tracking, he took the concentric billows of feathered keyboards, filmy strings, and chiseled drums to Iceland for three weeks of mixing to tape to maintain Brian Eno-informed translucence. Having shared so much time and space with others on the road, LaValle proves, with this personally charged release, that The Album Leaf resonates most profoundly when he goes it alone.

Customer Reviews:

The Mystical Quality.......2007-06-23

In William James' classic The Varieties of Religious Experiences, buried deep in the 400 page work is a passing comment concerning music's appeal to one's mystical sensibility. Into the Blue Again is a great album that captures nearly flawlessly that mystical quality that is so attractive to some people. What I enjoy about it the most is that it captures this quality without being barbaric, eccentric, or abrasive. Into the Blue Again is peaceful and transcendent while at the same time powerful, both familiar and new at the same time.

Edgy Ambient Fusion.......2007-01-11

Shimmering ambient meets translucent edge in a creative fusion with artistic appeal. An escape into satisfaction that leaves you filled with anticipation. The warmth is exciting and the casual coolness leaves you in mystery.

"The Light" purrs into life and then washes into liquid solitude in a reverberating perfection that opens up into "Always For You."

"Shine" is rigid and dreamy like ice melting into hot chocolate and wolves running through snow. "Writings on the Wall" is moody and revelatory with solitary violin haunting an emotional landscape with indistinct vocals. This song melts into "Red Eye" as notes echoes through cavernous underground chambers splintering off stalactites and diving into deep luminous pools. Crystalline textures dance with warm ambience echoing out in all directions. Once this haunting track takes hold of you it doesn't let you go and takes you on an edgy ambient fusion.

"See in You" continues the instrumental mood with snappy rhythmic beats that seems to blur out into a mellow soul tuning introspection. More like poetry than music, at times this is a study of tone.

"Into the Sea" is slightly more reticent than the previous selections and this creates an element of tension throughout as the track tries to break free. As if seeking a destiny, the song finally moves from swirling in circles to an exciting flourish. Ancient voices seem to be calling from faraway lands and then they dissipate into a silky wave.

"Wherever I Go" arrives and takes over in a moody orchestration and mellow vocals. The instrumentation is striking and ecstatic with an intriguing ending that makes your head spin.

"Wishful Thinking" is soothing classical piano in delicate notes echoing off concert hall walls and then this solitary intimacy warms to sweet winter lullabies. The violin is especially relaxing and this track seems to embrace a momentum that moves out of the deep cold earth into a sky of crystalline beauty. "Broken Arrow" has hardly ended when you feel you want to begin the experience all over again. Slightly addictive!

"Into the Blue Again" is exciting and ambient with worlds of textures and creativity to absorb.

~The Rebecca Review

album leaf.......2006-12-27

i cant stand his singing on this album, i dont know if im being hypercritical.

!.......2006-10-19

jimmy lavalle does it again...i really like the way he recorded this. and where he recorded this (Iceland) it really adds to the feel..

A great album.......2006-09-20

The new Album Leaf album Into the Blue Again was released last week to relatively little fanfare with an advance track that I liked but didn't love, so it took me over a week to actually purchase the new CD. I'm not sure why. I've loved each of their previous releases, from the completely wordless but beautiful One Day I'll Be on Time to the more filled-out arrangements (and Sigur Ros influence) of In a Safe Place. And this collection does not disappoint. The Album Leaf started as a side project to Jimmy LaValle's Tristeza, which is more electronic based, but LaValle has really expanded his sound into an ambient masterwork, somewhat similar to Sigur Ros, and approximating some of the lighter sounding tracks of Mogwai.

LaValle does some more singing on this new album, and while I thought the vocal tracks on In a Safe Place were the highlights, creating a welcome change of pace to the same-ness that plagued One Day I'll Be on Time, the sung songs are unfortunately the weak points of this album. But those minor down points are more than made up for on the rest of the album, which features some of the most beautifully melodic tracks I've heard this year. Opener "The Light" kicks this off with understated brilliance and is followed by the aforementioned "Always for You", a good but not great song. Then "Shine" hits you and it takes a while to recover. Just an almost perfect song as LaValle confidently applies his craft, creating shimmering beauty out of several instruments that blend together into a seamless form. According to the liner notes, "Shine" uses violins, Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizers, bass guitar, glockenspiel, drums, and drum programming, all but the violin performed by LaValle himself. How he creates such wonderful music by basically programming a machine is amazing to me.

The rest of the album includes other highlights, almost equally as wonderful, including instrumental tracks "Red-Eye" and "Into the Sea". Of the ten songs, LaValle sings (or mostly sing-speaks) on three of them and the other seven are all just about perfectly rendered. Closing track "Broken Arrow" brings back memories of older Album Leaf tracks, with the beeps and bits emerging amongst the minor-key piano strumming. That works well too. A great, great album. Well done, Mr. Lavalle.

Average customer rating: Excellent - but no substitute for seeing them live! Incredible Tunes, Incredible Band Thank iTunes! Thirty Year Time Warp Good singin', good playin', good things to come!

Taught to Be Proud Tea Leaf Green Manufacturer: Reincarnate Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rock 'n' Roll Band Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Elko Safety in Numbers The Wind at Four to Fly (Dig) ASIN: B000BM6AY2 Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. The Garden (Part III)
2. Taught To Be Proud
3. Rapture
4. If It Wasn't For The Money
5. I've Been Seeking
6. John Brown
7. Pretty Jane
8. 5000 Acres
9. Morning Sun
10. Ride Together
11. Flippin' The Bird

Customer Reviews:

Excellent - but no substitute for seeing them live!.......2007-02-07

I love this album. If you are a jam band fan you will love this CD/album. Some one I know thought it sounded a lot like the Grateful Dead when I played it for them. I bought this CD after seeing them for the first time live. They are a great band and are very "together" with their sound. Found this CD addictive and never seem to get tired of it. GREAT BUY!

I only put 4 out of 5 stars because they are still better live than the CD.

Incredible Tunes, Incredible Band.......2006-12-31

Tea Leaf Green is one of the fastest growing bands in the jam band scene and this album explains why. From the very first riff of the Garden III TLG lays down funky lines and fantastic songs (courtesy of keyboardist, singer and banjo player Trevor Garrod) that will blow you away. Though certainly a Jam band and by no means mainstream, their songs are incredibly catchy but remain very satisfying to listen to over and over again.The Rapture is an example of a song you'll immediately take a liking too, but has a quite original rhyme scheme and a unique cowboy funk rhythm.

This album is the culmination of a line of albums that just seem to keep better and better. Their last album, Living in Between is also a masterpiece worthy of pages of commendation. Also their live show is amazing and gets better every time I see them.

Check these guys out!!! They are the future of the jam band scene so get with it and buy this album!

P.S. They rep the bay!

Thank iTunes!.......2006-08-07

Without Apple's iTunes, I never would have found these guys. They are outstanding. Kind of in the same genre of String Cheese Incident or Perpetual Groove, but better!

This is a great album.

Thirty Year Time Warp.......2006-03-29

This album demonstrates everything that was good about 70s rock music - except it's from 2005, not 1975. What kind of diabolical time warp allows an album this stellar to be released 30 years too late? Who knows? Who cares? Call it fearful symmetry and just listen to this album.

For a jam band, there's not a lot of jamming here which - depending on your particular musical slant - might be a good thing. Or not. One thing's for certain, the musicianship is first-rate. Another thing's for certain, and it's that Taught to be Proud is chock full of memorable hooks and thoughtful melodies. At times they sound like the Jerry Garcia Band; at others, Paul Simon; and just when you think you've got them figured out, here comes what sounds like an amphetamine-dosed Pete Townshend guitar solo or power chord to push things over the edge - and all of that in the same song!

Good singin', good playin', good things to come!.......2006-03-06

This is a mighty fine release! TLG is a band to keep an eye on.

My real rating for this is 3 1/2 stars, primarily because I think it is quite good...it's just not landmark (at least, not yet!). TLG are plenty talented and this is one release that I have been enjoying more with each repeated listen.

As other reviews have noted, there's a reasonable tendency to want to compare this to some of the classic albums of days gone by. I'll suggest it may be a little early in TLG's recorded history for that, but here's to hoping that they continue to live up to (and even to exceed) the promise that this release shows they have. I'll gladly give them credit for having come up with a cd good enough to have invited those comparisons!

If you're reading the reviews on this and don't have it yet, all I can tell you is that I bought it and having heard it, would absolutely buy it over again. Check it out!

Average customer rating: I can listen to this album for weeks on end. Easily their best album! Some different thoughts..... A unique and addictive sound Super blend of folk-rock ala Celtic pub- Pagan- Americana

Echo Echo Carbon Leaf Manufacturer: Constant Ivy Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Indian Summer Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat Ether-Electrified Porch Music 5 Alive! Meander ASIN: B00005B5IO Release Date: 2001-03-31

Tracks:

1. The Boxer
2. Wanderin' Around
3. On Any Given Day
4. Torn to Tattered
5. Mellow Tone
6. Shine
7. Mary Mac
8. I Know The Reason
9. Lonesome Pine
10. Follow The Lady
11. Desperation Song
12. Toy Soldiers
13. Maybe Today

Customer Reviews:

I can listen to this album for weeks on end........2006-07-13

Of the 120+ albums I own, this is my favorite. I discovered Carbon Leaf in Virginia in 2000, and this album is their strongest to date. "The Boxer" had some radio play across the country in 2001-2 on modern rock-type stations. "Shine" is my favorite song--I put it on like John Travolta puts on Staying Alive in Saturday Night Fever to get pumped up. "Mellowtone" and "Maybe Today" are great chill songs, but I listen to the whole album straight through. No songs to skip over or weak tunes at all. Enjoy!

Easily their best album!.......2005-08-03

Echo Echo is a marvelous fusion of alternative, punk and Irish folk music. It is by far their best album.

Some different thoughts............2005-02-27

I stumbled across Carbon Leaf after XPN in Philly had their most recent album as one of 2004's 50 best. Rather than repeat what others have said, let me note a few other things I really like about them (and this CD specifically)

1. Having available 2 complete albums for free and legal download. I downloaded both Echo Echo and Electrified Ether Porch music and was able to get a really good sense of the music without purchasing them (which I now plan to do just to fulfill my end of the bargain)

2. Slightly different song structures. Rather than just plain vanilla verse and chorus, many of the songs build, adding additional lines to subsequent choruses, and contrasting less assesible verses with catchy chorsuses. Reminds me a bit of XTC in this last regard.

3. Great rhythmn section. After repeated listenings, I realized that the drummer reminds me of an old high school friend (who was a fantastic drummer) in that he really drives the songs forward and adds a lot of texture to the songs. Not bombastic or really flashy, but if you notice what he's doing you really appreciate it. Same things for the bass player.

Excellent throughout.

A unique and addictive sound.......2005-01-28

Despite not being their most recent release, this CD remains my favorite Carbon Leaf CD. For those not familiar with their sound, I'd have to call it a mix of mellow to moderate rock and folk music with a significant Irish influence.

Songs such as "The Boxer" and "Mary Mac" will draw you to the CD initially, while the lyrics in songs such as "Maybe Today" and "Toy Soldiers" will keep you coming back.

If after your purchase of this CD you want to expand your Carbon Leaf collection, I would then ask you this: Do you find yourself more attracted to the irish element or the lyrics? If it is the irish element then I would tell you to pick up Ether-Electrified Porch Music next. If its the lyrics, I would recommend Indian Summer.

Super blend of folk-rock ala Celtic pub- Pagan- Americana .......2004-08-05

What can I say? The music of CARBON LEAF is hard to catagorize. All the tracks have a "backwoods" ramble to them. Wether the lyrics hint at everyday troubles (despertation song), future wars and the coming of age (toy soldiers), the music is always thoughtful and mature.
The mesh of styles is seamless. I find the celtic flow especially dominant in the wild tongue twister 'Mary Mac'...and even while tackling more current themes (to never give up hope) as in 'The Boxer'.
The music never falters from it's sublime "roots".Chuck full of interesting guitar and vocal florishes, the music of CARBON LEAF stays true to its Celtic/Appalachian beginings.
CD is over 70 minutes...and there's a hidden track to boot!

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