'A Casual Introduction' is a compilation of the most popular tracks by Edinburgh-born Edwyn Collins & his early 1980's...
(08/27/11) 'A Casual Introduction' is a compilation of the most popular tracks by Edinburgh-born Edwyn Collins & his early 1980's project, Orange Juice. His music has been compared by critics to acts such as Lloyd Cole & Pulp. 'A Girl Like You' was a top five solo hit in 1995, whilst 'Rip It Up' was a top ten hit for Orange Juice in 1983. Setanta. 2002.See less
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BBD stands for Bell Biv DeVoe, named after the three New Edition members (Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe)...
(06/26/10) BBD stands for Bell Biv DeVoe, named after the three New Edition members (Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe) who made up this 80's new jack swing outfit. It also makes sense that the letters stand for Bewildered, Baffled, and Dumbfounded, which is what one will be after listening to this collection of tunes. After all, does a halfway-decent, spin-off band (best remembered for the phrase "Smack it up, flip it, rub it down") really merit a greatest hits collection? And only seven years after Hootie Mack--their last, largely unnoticed album--came out? Probably not. But there's a certain pleasure in hearing cuts poised pleasantly between cheese and nostalgia, such as the group's biggest hits "Poison" and "Do Me!", as well as lesser-known, giggle-inducing tracks such as "She's Dope! (a.k.a. Dope!)" and "Ghetto Booty." However, given that the Guy reunion album disappeared from the scene only moments after it dropped, it's probably safe to say that new jack swing isn't quite ready...See less
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Comparisons generally stink, but sometimes they're so obvious that they're inevitable. So it is with L.A. native and...
(08/17/08) Comparisons generally stink, but sometimes they're so obvious that they're inevitable. So it is with L.A. native and blue-eyed soul man Robin Thicke. Equal parts Remy Shand and Jamiroquai--though funkier than the former and less knuckleheaded than the latter--Thick's Cherry Blue Skies staggers through the speakers with moxie to spare. Opening track "Oh Shooter"--which finds Thicke drawling lazily while tires screech in the background--is a bait-and-switch for what's to come. By "Sugar Mama," Thicke is outfitted in the proverbial white suit and fedora, slinking around the edges of the groove and wailing in a falsetto like some funk-soul cat from the '70s. Levity plays an essential role in the formula, too; "Make a Baby" is as silly a love song as its title suggests, and "When I Get You Alone" steals wholesale from Walter Murphy's disco-era novelty hit, "A Fifth of Beethoven." But the dance floor is only one destination in Thicke's view. Earnest ballads also appear (notably, the sweetly...See less
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A Special Christmas - SWV This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard...
(12/30/09) A Special Christmas - SWV This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.See less
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Embracing neither the rampant guest appearances favored by the Chemical Brothers, nor the blatant, pop-flavored...
(12/30/09) Embracing neither the rampant guest appearances favored by the Chemical Brothers, nor the blatant, pop-flavored pandering of recent work from Paul Oakenfold and BT, Sasha's first studio full-length mimics the up-down-up pattern of a classic trance mix. As closely associated as he is with John Digweed, Airdrawndagger illustrates their different tendencies: Digweed is most comfortable with sinister, subterranean grooves, while Sasha is always threatening to float over the dance floor. Accordingly, Airdrawndagger's head is firmly in the clouds, but it's also a clever mish-mash, convincingly melding electro and ambient sounds with occasional four-on-the-floors, like "Bloodlock" and "Golden Arm." Tracks like "Mr. Tiddles" have a warm facility with machines worthy of a Depeche Mode, as Sasha transforms the grandiose, operatic pretensions of trance into a quick and potent chunk of dance pop. The brooding "Cloud Cuckoo" starts off in a similar vein before building itself up into a wash of...See less
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Amazon.com: Bedrock 11: John Digweed: Music
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2008 two CD set released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Bedrock parties at London's legendary Heaven night...
(12/30/09) 2008 two CD set released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Bedrock parties at London's legendary Heaven night club and the fast approaching 10th anniversary of Bedrock Records. Master DJ John Digweed is responsible for this double disc dance blast, compiling and mixing a stunning collection of remixes that shine new light on the label's back catalogue alongside the cuts that are currently representing the distinguished Bedrock sound. John has drafted in a careful selection of remix heavyweights to shed new light on some of the labels biggest tracks along with a tidy fistful of the labels freshest output all blended to perfection in the inimitable John Digweed mixing style. Bedrock.See less
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Slabs of dub, slices of surrealism, and disembodied "found" voices make their appearance on the latest offering by...
(11/27/07) Slabs of dub, slices of surrealism, and disembodied "found" voices make their appearance on the latest offering by ambient dub commandos The Orb. Bicycles & Tricycles offers little in the Orb oeuvre that wasn't stated back on Orblivion and it's not the seismic paradigm shift of "Little Fluffy Clouds," but that's not to say there isn't plenty left in that fertile cumulus to explore. There's the Augustus Pablo melodica and dub bass on "Towers 23," and "Abstractions" lifts Frippertronics, something The Orb has been doing for over a decade. Except for a rap by MC Soom T on "Aftermath," the Orb has abandoned the trip-hop vocals of Cydonia. Instead, Bicycles & Tricycles returns to the original Orb concept which isn't about songs, but lysergic landscapes. Industrial grinds propel you through one moment, only to be untethered into infinite space the next, before being snagged into synchronicity by a dub groove. This album has been available as an import for a while, but the Orb's founder and...See less
Depeche Mode's most foreboding album, leaning toward the gothic, is DM at their most bleak, black-armband, and...
(08/04/08) Depeche Mode's most foreboding album, leaning toward the gothic, is DM at their most bleak, black-armband, and nihilistic--no doubt played over and over by countless self-loathing teens as they dyed their hair black behind locked bedroom doors. The tracks are tastefully minimalist, yet the few sounds that dominate each song have a consuming, even overwhelming feel--like a big, heavy black cloud that descends upon and surrounds listeners until their knees buckle from the weight. Rhythmically, songs like "A Question of Time" are driven with moderately paced 16th notes pounded out on synths filling out the low end. Other tracks follow the path of "Stripped," an all-out lamentfest powered by David Gahan's overproduced baritone. --Beth BessmerSee less
As a Sinatra-molded swinger, Harry Connick, Jr. may have had some of his thunder stolen by young star Michael Buble....
(11/27/07) As a Sinatra-molded swinger, Harry Connick, Jr. may have had some of his thunder stolen by young star Michael Buble. But with his raved-about performance on Broadway in Pajama Game and his continuing development as a jazz pianist, he's doing quite nicely, thank you. Chanson du Vieux Carre is one of two new simultaneously released big band tributes to his hometown of New Orleans by him. Released on Marsalis Music, it is a largely instrumental big band session divided between originals and classics that shows off his writing and arranging skills while featuring his longtime trumpeter Leroy Jones and trombonist Lucien Barbarin on incidental vocals. (Connick is in full vocal mode on Oh, My Nola, released by his longtime "A" label, Columbia.) Though his surprisingly few turns at the piano are mostly Basie-like in their edgy economy, his coloristic, sectional approach on tunes such as his own "Luscious" and Hoagy Carmichael's "New Orleans" evokes Duke Ellington. Named for the storied old...See less
Leave it to the artist formerly known as Prince to end his 18-year relationship with Warner Bros. Records by handing...
(08/17/08) Leave it to the artist formerly known as Prince to end his 18-year relationship with Warner Bros. Records by handing over a somewhat ragtag collection of tracks initially "intended 4 private use only." Who else would cast aside the elaborate wrappings of his previous release, The Gold Experience, in favor of a crude photo collage apparently cobbled together in one afternoon with the aid of a home computer and a color Xerox machine? And who else would assure that said album was actually a pretty good checklist of many of the things this frequent genius does best? Even when lyrics appear deliberately puerile ("Dinner With Delores"), Prince is often able to salvage the song with a cranked-up guitar (he plays a lot on these 11 cuts) or a catchy chorus. "I Like It There" is a metal-pop lust-anthem that's both slight and undeniable, the way "Raspberry Beret" was. ("More than I love my hair!" he exclaims in thrall to, presumably, wife Mayte.) "The Same December" takes a similar musical tack...See less
When it comes to yuletide albums, an artist has maybe three choices as to how to proceed: 1) You can write your own new...
(12/29/09) When it comes to yuletide albums, an artist has maybe three choices as to how to proceed: 1) You can write your own new songs. 2) You can try really hard to put your own spin on these popular chestnuts by doing radically different arrangements or recording them all in a death-metal polka style because no one else has made a death-metal polka holiday release. 3) Or you can just do the songs straight-ahead already, as best you can, and hope that you measure up to the greats who've done those songs before you. For Joan Osborne's first holiday record, the full-throated singer-songwriter admirably (and smartly) uses all three approaches at once. Osborne uses a wide variety of arrangements and styles to tackle these tunes. There are ribald, bluesy arrangements ("What Do Bad Girls Get?"), songs with gospel elements (the title track), and stripped-down, piano-driven numbers ("Silent Night") that really showcase her vocal strengths. Note: This 2007 re-issue of Osborne's 2005 album of the same...See less
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Amazon.com: Communicate: Sasha & John Digweed: Music
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Amazon.com: Decksandrumsandrockandroll: Propellerheads: Music
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Doctor Syntax is former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins's fifth solo album in 13 years. Three years in the making,...
(11/27/07) Doctor Syntax is former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins's fifth solo album in 13 years. Three years in the making, it's his first LP since 1997's I'm Not Following You and comes a full seven years after his breakthrough single, "A Girl Like You." Its name inspired by an early 19th century satire, Doctor Syntax is a finely crafted collection of alt-pop gems that drip with soul and wry wit. Enjoying his status as an indie-rock elder statesman, Collins delivers cunning asides that occasionally burst into overt ridicule "The Beatles" is an acerbic "arch-riposte" to the Fab Four, while "Back to the Backroom" belittles Cool Britannia. With the jangly guitars of his earlier work all but extinct, Collins's music is now lined with sugary summer soul and driven by sleek, sophisticated rhythms. --Christopher Barrett See less
Aussie edition of the second offering from UK duo dubbed, 'the British Air'. Same tracks as the UK but with one...
(02/28/08) Aussie edition of the second offering from UK duo dubbed, 'the British Air'. Same tracks as the UK but with one additional track, 'Spinning Dub'. Five tracks in all. 2001 release. Slimline jewel case.See less
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2004 Grammy Award Nominee Sasha returns with the highly anticipated follow-up to the hottest and most critically...
(12/30/09) 2004 Grammy Award Nominee Sasha returns with the highly anticipated follow-up to the hottest and most critically acclaimed electronic music album of 2004: Involver. To be clear, the most exciting thing about this release is that this is not "Involver 2", the Involver concept is Sasha finding the space between artist, producer, and DJ. Fundacion on the other hand, is a whole new take on DJing. He's given up the turntables and CD players in exchange for a custom designed mixing setup that uses the Ableton "Live" software and a one of a kind controller that Sasha has dubbed "MAVEN" to create a never before heard kind of mixing. To showcase this new technology and its sonic capablities, Sasha launched a bi-coastal residency (at New York's Crobar and Los Angeles's Avalon) with the closing party in New York being the launch party for the fruition of the entire endeavor: the Fundacion mix CD. Fundacion will be the recorded version of what Sasha has been doing live at his residencies:...See less
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Following a tide of critical acclaim and numerous appearances on every other chill-out compilation since records began,...
(11/27/07) Following a tide of critical acclaim and numerous appearances on every other chill-out compilation since records began, Groove Armada's Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) has an awful lot to live up to. Vertigo, released in February 2000, was a phenomenal success, critically and commercially, spawning hits like "If Everybody Looked the Same" and the sun-drenched "At the River." Having found their niche in downbeat, Groove Armada explore the style even further on Country. The opening track, "Suntoucher," is a slow-burning dub plate, featuring Jeru The Damaja, which breaks out a supercool horn riff midway through. It's a fantastic start to the album, but it does begin to feel a little long as the song unspools. Even the slightly more uptempo numbers, like first single "Superstylin'" and "Fogma," don't rush into anything, building slowly before the bass hook and drums kick in with a lukewarm impact. Goodbye Country is another musical triumph for Groove Armada, with every track as good as...See less
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By the time Orbital released its fourth album, the Hartnoll brothers were strongly tipped as techno heavyweights...
(11/27/07) By the time Orbital released its fourth album, the Hartnoll brothers were strongly tipped as techno heavyweights alongside more commercially palatable prospects like Underworld and Prodigy. Yet, instead of catering to the curious, they presented their most self-indulgent album to date with In Sides. Packaging the 24-minute symphonic track "Out There Somewhere?" with the loopy psychedelic flight of "P.E.T.R.O.L.," they created a most unusual and intriguing collection. Despite their best efforts, though, "The Box" still packed the same insistent rhythm that made "Belfast" such an indelible club staple, while a bonus disc featured live versions of "Satan," "Halcyon," and the duo's streamlined themes from The Saint. --Aidin VaziriSee less
Invol2ver is no ordinary mix CD. Its's a painstakingly created blend of mix and artist album in which a world class DJ...
(12/30/09) Invol2ver is no ordinary mix CD. Its's a painstakingly created blend of mix and artist album in which a world class DJ pushes his creativity to its very limits, helped by a crack team of studio experts. This is Sasha cutting loose. Taking a diverse collection of the widest tracks imaginable. Picking them apart. then weaving them into a colourful tapestry that is completely his own. Involver 2 is the sound of one of the world's finest DJs at the peak of his powers, mixing you the future.See less
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Pure, weightless elegance, Involver is true to its title, as Sasha comes up with a mesmerizing stunner. Two years after...
(12/30/09) Pure, weightless elegance, Involver is true to its title, as Sasha comes up with a mesmerizing stunner. Two years after the lukewarmly received artist record Airdrawndagger, the Welsh waxman and frequent John Digweed co-collaborator has retreated into remix territory, but with a twist. In an effort to meld songwriting ambition with his feather-light touch behind the decks, 10 stellar tracks were totally remade in-studio, not just blended together. The result sounds livelier than dagger, putting Sasha's superb instinct for dance flow to work. Still, despite the presence of Felix Da Housecat's "Watching Cars Go By" stomper, it's a very even record; themes patiently recede and resurface from the bubbly bottom of the mix. The warm, warbling melody from Petter's "These Days," for example, reappears long after you think it's vanished for good, lifting U.N.K.L.E.'s "What Are You to Me?" into hypno-dance orbit. Songs like Spooky's "Belong" and Lostep's "In a State" breathe the same air, rising...See less
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The music of these two former Jodeci stars has grown to the point that It's Real might be the best new R&B album of...
(11/27/07) The music of these two former Jodeci stars has grown to the point that It's Real might be the best new R&B album of 1999. Making the themes of classic soul come alive one more time, the duo also impress with their sheer sound. Their voices compel you to listen; they're as serious as a heart attack. --Rickey WrightSee less
It may have taken until 1991 for punk to break as a commercial form, but the genre was hardly new. In that story, even...
(11/27/07) It may have taken until 1991 for punk to break as a commercial form, but the genre was hardly new. In that story, even Jane's Addiction were latecomers to the revolution. But it was the frenzied trailblazing rock of this quirky Los Angeles quartet that made the later successes of Nirvana, etc. somehow inevitable. In this recording of a hometown club gig, Jane's offer raw versions of songs that would appear in a more refined form on their debut album, along with a dubious cover of "Sympathy for the Devil." Hear a noticeably younger and shriller Perry Farrell while guitarist Dave Navarro plays out his Jimmy Page dreams across a punk canvas the rest of the world would soon discover. --Steve ApplefordSee less
Australian exclusive release of 11 previously unreleased tracks & mixes from the British dance duo. Tracks 'Red Alert'...
(11/27/07) Australian exclusive release of 11 previously unreleased tracks & mixes from the British dance duo. Tracks 'Red Alert' (Jaxx Radio Mix), 'Razocaine', 'Miracles Keep On Playin' (Re d Alert Mix), 'All U Crazies', 'Jump N' Shout' feat. Slarta John (Radio Edit), 'La Photo', 'La Photo', 'I Beg U', 'U Can 't Stop Me' (Stephen Emanuel Mix), 'Red Alert' (Jaxx Nite Dub), 'Jump N' Shout' (Boo Slinga Dub), & 'Rendez-Vu' (Radio Edit). Standard jewel case.See less
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