What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

A little music before dinner.....

Here In The Real World -- CD

Alan Jackson

1990 Arista Records

Alan Jackson's first CD, September 11, 2009
By Edward C. Higbee - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Here in the Real World (Audio CD)

Love this CD and every song on it. Especailly Here in the Real World and Home. Not a bad song on this CD.

"Ace of Hearts" (Carson Chamberlain, Ron Moore, Lonnie Wilson) – 3:06
"Here in the Real World" (Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson) – 3:38
"Blue Blooded Woman" (Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall) – 2:14
"Wanted" (Charlie Craig, Jackson) – 2:59
"Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" (Jackson, Jim McBride) – 3:06
"She Don't Get the Blues" (Jackson, McBride) – 2:46
"I'd Love You All Over Again" (Jackson) – 3:11
"Dog River Blues" (Jackson) – 2:20
"Home" (Jackson) – 3:18
"Short Sweet Ride" (Jackson, McBride) – 2:29

 

[Dennie]

Listening to Red Dirt Girl again, and I really love the music on this album. Great, great songs. Once I made a conscious decision to not listen to the details of the instrumental accompaniment, I was able to get through the whole album and I do enjoy it. It's just a shame, IMHO, that I can't enjoy this album on every level.

Great to hear Pauly and I agree, it is a shame. But a great album, worth listening too! I'm glad you got through it and hopefully, next time will be easier.

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

I love Joan's style and voice!

:text-+1:


Joan has SOUL!!!! Nice Choice Heeman! :handgestures-thumbup:



Dennie

It was one of you guys here that played this one and I said "gotta have it" glad it did! I only other one I have from her is Relish.....any other suggestions would be appriciated!!!!!!

That was me and I'm glad you're enjoying it, it is a great album. Well, she is a great singer, so just about anything she does is going to be good.

Try this one....

I also recommend this DVD, which has Joan singing a couple of songs.....

....and if you get a chance to catch her "Austin City Limits" episode, it is worth it!



Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Kind of Blue -- Remastered 20-Bit CD

Miles Davis

1959/1997 Columbia Legacy

Amazon.com essential recording

This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed

All songs composed by Miles Davis (see content section for more information). Only six complete takes of the five tunes on the album exist, indicated by the song numbers.

"So What" – 9:22
"Freddie Freeloader" – 9:46
"Blue in Green" – 5:37
"All Blues" – 11:33
"Flamenco Sketches" – 9:26

Reissue bonus track

"Flamenco Sketches" (Alternate take) – 9:32

 

[heeman]

No. Title Writer(s) From album Length
1. "Oh Sherrie" Bill Cuomo, Randy Goodrum, Craig Krampf, Perry Street Talk 3:48
2. "Foolish Heart" Goodrum, Perry Street Talk 3:39
3. "She's Mine" Goodrum, Perry Street Talk 4:26
4. "Strung Out" Krampf, Perry, Billy Steele Street Talk 5:54
5. "Go Away" Cuomo, Goodrum, Perry Street Talk 3:51
6. "When You're In Love (For The First Time)" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:08
7. "Against The Wall" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:43
8. "Forever Right Or Wrong [Love's Like A River]" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:31
9. "Summer Of Luv" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:25
10. "Melody" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:05
11. "Once in a Lifetime, Girl" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 4:52
12. "What Was" Perry Previously unreleased track from Against the Wall 3:57
13. "You Better Wait" Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas, John Pierce, George Hawkins For the Love of Strange Medicine 4:51
14. "Missing You" Perry, Tim Miner For the Love of Strange Medicine 3:48
15. "I Stand Alone" Perry Quest for Camelot Soundtrack 3:42
16. "It Won't Be You" Perry Writing Demo Version from For the Love of Strange Medicine Sessions 4:26
17. "If You Need Me, Call Me" Perry Demo Version from Alien Project sessions 4:24

 

[Dennie]

Sweet and Wild -- Deluxe Edition 2 CD Set

Jewel

2010 Valory Records

Jewel Sweet and Wild deluxe edition will please new and old Jewel fans!,
June 8, 2010
By Porfie Medina "Porfie Jr. Medina"
This review is from: Sweet and Wild [Deluxe Edition] [2 CD] (Audio CD)

Jewels new album Sweet and Wild is another beautiful album from this one of a kind voice. I have been listening to Jewels music since 1995 when her first album Pieces of You was released. I have followed her on this amazing journey as I watch and listen to her grow as a artist. Now days Jewel is known as a country artist, but to me and many others (who followed her from the start) she is still Jewel with no labels like coutry, folk, or pop associated with her. Her music has always been more than just those labels. Her music crosses so many different styles its not fair to label her music. Sweet and Wild is a more personal album and is about love and happiness as Jewel herself says. The whole album is great, but the stand out tracks are Fading, What You Are, Satisfied, No More Heartaches, Bad As It Gets, and Stay Here Forever. This deluxe edition will please those early Jewel fans because it has a second CD which has the entire album in Acoustic (titled Sweet and Mild) just like old school Pieces of You Jewel. Both versions are beautiful, but the acoustic version gives a whole new life to the music. I highly suggest getting this amazing and beautiful album from this amazing artist known as Jewel.

Track Listing
Disc: 1

1. No Good In Goodbye
2. I Love You Forever
3. Fading
4. What You Are
5. As Bad As It Gets
6. Summer Home In Your Arms
7. Stay Here Forever
8. No More Heart Aches
9. One True Thing
10. Ten
11. Satisfied


Disc: 2 (deluxe edition only)

1. No Good In Goodbye (Acoustic)
2. I Love You Forever (Acoustic)
3. Fading (Acoustic)
4. What You Are (Acoustic)
5. As Bad As It Gets (Acoustic)
6. Summer Home In Your Arms (Acoustic)
7. Stay Here Forever (Acoustic)
8. No More Heart Aches (Acoustic)
9. One True Thing (Acoustic)
10. Ten (Acoustic)
11. Satisfied (Acoustic)

 

[Botch]

This is the guy who did the Guy Fawkes Day song that I'd posted on that thread; I learned of it from a friend of mine in Atlanta. That song was catchy as hell, so I picked up this semi-EP (6 songs). Helluva good songwriter, some really nice chord changes. :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Dennie]

Song #1 is "God Bless This Mess" and it just seems appropriate....

Detours -- CD

Sheryl Crow

2007 A&M Records

Amazon.com

Thematically, Detours may not seem like much of a detour to Sheryl Crow fans. Her politics pour out of these songs the way you might expect them to if you caught wind of her epic cross-country bus trip, with the activist Laurie David, to promote environmental awareness months prior to this release. From the quiet, faraway-sounding opener "God Bless This Mess"--a novel in a song--to the catchy but thought-provoking "Gasoline," it's clear that Crow has more on her mind these days than soaking up the sun or having a little fun, à la the Tuesday Night Music Club era. Yet there's not a groan-worthy song on this standout rock/pop/folk/blues album. If the themes are heavy (in addition to the political songs, there's an almost painfully tender lullaby for her son Wyatt and one, "Make It Go Away [Radiation Song]," that touches on her breast-cancer experience), the mood is cathartic, determined, hopeful at times and sad at others. "Now That You're Gone" grabs at clarity through the clouds of a devastating love affair and gets it, and "Peace Be Upon Us" picks apart pettiness and arrives at a wide-minded beauty. George Harrison seems present in some of these songs, especially the more personal ones ("Drunk with the Thought of You," "Love Is All There Is"). And that may be the highest compliment that Sheryl Crow, who seems to admire his gentle soul and shares his big heart, could ask for. --Tammy La Gorce

1. "God Bless This Mess" Crow 2:09
2. "Shine Over Babylon" Crow, Bill Bottrell Crow, Bottrell, Brian MacLeod, Eric Schermerhorn 4:03
3. "Love Is Free" Crow, Bottrell Crow, Bottrell 3:23
4. "Peace Be Upon Us" (feat. Ahmed Al Hirmi) Crow, Mike Elizondo, Bottrell, Jeff Trott 4:22
5. "Gasoline" (featuring Ben Harper) Crow, Trott, Bottrell 5:07
6. "Out of Our Heads" Bottrell, Crow Bottrell 4:28
7. "Detours" Crow 3:29
8. "Now That You're Gone" Crow 3:51
9. "Drunk with the Thought of You" Crow 2:39
10. "Diamond Ring" Crow, Trott 4:10
11. "Motivation" Crow, Bottrell Crow, Bottrell 3:47
12. "Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)" Crow 3:24
13. "Love Is All There Is" Crow, Elizondo, Trott 4:01
14. "Lullaby for Wyatt" Crow 4:09
Total length:
52:55

 

[Dennie]

Kind of Blue -- Remastered 20-Bit CD

Miles Davis

1959/1997 Columbia Legacy

Amazon.com essential recording

This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed

All songs composed by Miles Davis (see content section for more information). Only six complete takes of the five tunes on the album exist, indicated by the song numbers.

"So What" – 9:22
"Freddie Freeloader" – 9:46
"Blue in Green" – 5:37
"All Blues" – 11:33
"Flamenco Sketches" – 9:26

Reissue bonus track

"Flamenco Sketches" (Alternate take) – 9:32

I'm listening to this one again. :eusa-clap:


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Wish You Were Here -- CD

Pink Floyd

1975/1990 Columbia Records

Amazon.com Essential Recording

Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too--with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk

Side one
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts I–V) Wright, Waters, Gilmour (Part I)
Gilmour, Waters, Wright (Part II)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part III)
Gilmour, Wright, Waters (Part IV)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part V) Waters 13:38
2. "Welcome to the Machine" Waters Gilmour 7:30

Side two
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Have a Cigar" Waters Harper 5:24
2. "Wish You Were Here" Waters, Gilmour Gilmour 5:17
3. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts VI–IX) Wright, Waters, Gilmour (Part VI)
Waters, Gilmour, Wright (Part VII)
Gilmour, Wright, Waters (Part VIII)
Wright (Part IX)

 

[Botch]

In 1979 or so a skinny gawky kid settled down to watch Saturday Night Live. The musical guest was someone I'd not heard of, called King Crimson, and they played a song called Elephant Talk...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQhLcKyGs8[/youtube]

I had to pick up my jaw off the floor; I'd never seen anything like it! I bought the album the next day and about wore it out; if I had to pick three albums that had the most effect on me as a musician, this is one of them. Absolutely love this disk!
Well, got a new copy from the Man in the Brown Shorts this afternoon. Steve Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and Robert Fripp are remixing some KC classics into 5.1 Surround on DVD-A (I already have Red) and this sounds just great! Quite a few extras on the two-disk set, I'm gonna have fun this evening! :music-listening: :music-listening: :music-listening:

 

[Flint]

Damn you! I love that song, album, and band line-up!!! I was going through the new posts on the forum, pressed play on your video, and now I am stuck here for the full 4:51. I cannot even press "Submit" for this post until the song is finished playing! ARG!!!

 

[Dennie]

Warm Your Heart -- CD

Aaron Neville

1991 A&M Records

Desert island CD, September 12, 2006
By C. A. Ampfer (Fort Thomas, KY USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Warm Your Heart (Audio CD)

This is one of my desert island CD's (you know, if you could only take 10 CD's on a desert island which would you take)I have owned it since its release and it never gets old. Aaron Neville's voice is like a cool breeze on a hot day. I especially enjoy Aaron's versions of Randy Newman's Louisiana 1927 and Jimmy Buffett's La Vie Dansant. However the crowning jewel is the Ave Maria - Aaron sings this beautiful prayer with his heart and soul. This CD is aptly titled - it certainly warms my heart each time I listen.

"Louisiana 1927" (Randy Newman) – 3:04
"Everybody Plays The Fool" (J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark, Ken Williams) - 4:25
"It Feels Like Rain" (John Hiatt)- 4:56
"Somewhere, Somebody" (Max Gronenthal, Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally) - 3:01
"Don't Go, Please Stay" (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) - 2:40
"With You In Mind" (Allen Toussaint) - 3:32
"That's The Way She Loves" (Allen Toussaint) - 4:45
"Angola Bound" (Aaron Neville, Neville Brothers) - 4:32
"Close Your Eyes" (Chuck Willis) - 3:10
"La Vie Dansante" (Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley) - 3:21
"Warm Your Heart" (Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler) - 3:49
"I Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) - 4:00
"Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert)- 4:41

 

[Botch]

 

[Dennie]

The Wall -- 2 CD Box Set

Pink Floyd

1979/1994 Columbia Records

Amazon.com Essential Recording

The Wall is less a collection of songs than a single work, which is sometimes frustrating; the plot lacks enough coherence to hold the snippets of music together. However, there are occasional flashes of brilliance on what ranks as Pink Floyd's most ambitious project. Most of these come from the fully developed songs, which have become classics in their own right. "Hey You," "Mother," and especially "Comfortably Numb" are subtle, incredible pieces of music. Though complex, they move at a relaxed pace, allowing the listener to absorb them slowly; this kind of pacing was something Pink Floyd excelled at. Also worth noting is the "Another Brick in the Wall/The Happiest Days of Our Lives" medley, which has become a staple of rock radio. --Genevieve Williams

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "In the Flesh?" Waters 3:16
2. "The Thin Ice" Gilmour, Waters 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" Waters 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" Waters 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Gilmour, Waters 3:59
6. "Mother" Waters, Gilmour 5:32
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Goodbye Blue Sky" Gilmour 2:45
2. "Empty Spaces" Waters 2:10
3. "Young Lust" Waters, Gilmour Gilmour 3:25
4. "One of My Turns" Waters 3:41
5. "Don't Leave Me Now" Waters 4:08
6. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" Waters 1:48
7. "Goodbye Cruel World" Waters 0:48
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Hey You" Gilmour, Waters 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Waters 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" Waters 3:26
4. "Vera" Waters 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" Waters 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" Gilmour, Waters Waters, Gilmour 6:23
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "The Show Must Go On" Gilmour 1:36
2. "In the Flesh" Waters 4:15
3. "Run Like Hell" Gilmour, Waters Waters 4:20
4. "Waiting for the Worms" Waters, Gilmour 4:04
5. "Stop" Waters 0:39
6. "The Trial" Waters, Ezrin Waters 5:13
7. "Outside the Wall" Waters 1:41

 

[Dennie]

A Decade of Hits 1969 - 1979 -- CD

The Allman Brothers Band

1991 Polydor Records

Amazon.com

With their dueling guitar leads and harmonies built on a double drummer foundation, the Allman Brothers Band cast the mold for the southern rock sound that would proliferate in the '70s. Virtuoso musicians, their songs drew upon a number of southern influences, including country, the blues, New Orleans jazz, and even gospel, creating a sound that was distinctly theirs. Decade of Hits is a great catalog of the Allman's at their guitar wielding best. The sweet, infectious harmonies on the instrumental "Jessica" have become a classic reference point in themselves. Next to the tragedies that plagued them--two motorcycle deaths, heroin addiction--the Allman's are probably best known for the heroic "Ramblin' Man." Written and sung by the now legendary Dickey Betts, the song contained everything that made the band great: intricate guitar harmonies, a strong melody, and just enough twang to keep the thing tight. Decade also contains Allman staples "Melissa," "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed," and "Southbound." --Steve Gdula


1. "Statesboro Blues" (Live 1971) Will McTell 4:08
2. "Ramblin' Man" Dickey Betts 4:47
3. "Midnight Rider" Gregg Allman 2:59
4. "Southbound" Betts 5:10
5. "Melissa" G. Allman, Steve Alaimo 3:52
6. "Jessica" Betts 7:05
7. "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" G. Allman 3:37
8. "Little Martha" Duane Allman 2:09
9. "Crazy Love" Betts 3:43
10. "Revival" Betts 4:03
11. "Wasted Words" G. Allman 4:19
12. "Blue Sky" Betts 5:08
13. "One Way Out" (Live 1971) Marshall Sehorn, Elmore James 4:57
14. "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" Betts 6:54
15. "Dreams" G. Allman 7:18
16. "Whipping Post" G. Allman 5:17

 

[Dennie]

The Traveling Wilburys Collection -- Remastered 2 CD/DVD Box Set

The Traveling Wilburys

2007 Rhino/WEA Records

Amazon.com

The Traveling Wilburys were one of the few supergroups that lived up to their promise, because they didn't try to. Things started inauspiciously when George Harrison, needing a B-side for a 1988 single, called in friends Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison for assistance. Two albums later--the second without Orbison, who had passed away shortly after the first was released--the loose-knit collective had recorded material that was as durable, and occasionally eclipsed, the participants' legendary solo work. The Wilburys succeeded due to a genial and contagious camaraderie that permeates both discs. What could have been a train wreck of ego clashes instead resulted in a frothy meeting of the minds. These guys are having a blast, trading lead vocals and harmonies on energetic folk-rock, quirky rockabilly, and Beatlesque pop that shimmers with the respect and esteem the members clearly hold for each other. Harrison and Lynne's rather slick production polishes off edges that might better have been left unvarnished, but there's no denying the loosey-goosey craftsmanship at work in tunes such as "Handle with Care," "End of the Line," and a striking Orbison performance on "Not Alone Anymore" that ranks with any of his finest. Both albums were million-sellers, but oddly went out of print for about a decade until Rhino resurrected them, adding two rare tracks per disc as well as a DVD of music videos and a band documentary. The resulting package is a comprehensive overview of a once--well, twice--in-a-lifetime project that, especially after Harrison's passing, will never be repeated. --Hal Horowitz
Disc one: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys.

"Handle with Care" – 3:20
"Dirty World" – 3:30
"Rattled" – 3:00
"Last Night" – 3:48
"Not Alone Any More" – 3:24
"Congratulations" – 3:30
"Heading for the Light" – 3:37
"Margarita" – 3:15
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man" – 5:30
"End of the Line" – 3:30
"Maxine" – 2:49
Previously unreleased bonus track, with additional backing vocals by Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison and a guitar solo by Jeff Lynne added in 2007.
"Like a Ship" – 3:30
Previously unreleased bonus track, with additional backing vocals by Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison and a guitar solo by Dhani Harrison added in 2007.

Disc two: DVD

The True History of the Traveling Wilburys documentary - 24 minutes
"Handle With Care" (video)
"End of the Line" (video)
"She's My Baby" (video)
"Inside Out" (video)
"Wilbury Twist" (video)

Disc three: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys, except where noted.

"She's My Baby" – 3:14
"Inside Out" – 3:36
"If You Belonged To Me" – 3:13
"Devil's Been Busy" – 3:18
"7 Deadly Sins" – 3:18
"Poor House" – 3:17
"Where Were You Last Night?" – 3:03
"Cool Dry Place" – 3:37
"New Blue Moon" – 3:21
"You Took My Breath Away" – 3:18
"Wilbury Twist" – 2:56
"Nobody's Child" (Cy Coben, Mel Foree) – 3:28
Bonus track, previously released on Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal.
"Runaway" (Del Shannon, Max D. Crook) – 2:30
Bonus track, originally released as the B-side to "She's My Baby" in the UK. Remixed, with a new clavioline solo replacing the original guitar/harmonica tracks recorded in 1990.

 

[Dennie]

In Between Dreams -- CD

Jack Johnson

2005 Brushfire Records

Amazon.com

For a man who gets his biggest kicks surfing the waves and strumming his guitar on a lonely beach in native Hawaii, singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has carved out quite a remarkable career on the mainland. His 2003 album, On and On, debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and subsequently went platinum on the back of hit single "The Horizon Has Been Defeated." The follow-up, meanwhile, seems destined to shine even brighter. The drifting chords and soft voice are still in place, only now Johnson's instinct for melody has sharpened alongside his ability to self-edit. These small concessions make third album, In Between Dreams, his most conspicuous, particularly on tracks like the three-minute relationship drama, "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing," and "Breakdown," a song he originally recorded for Handsome Boy Modeling School's White People album remade here to reveal its full stripped-down loveliness. Imagine all the coconuts it will buy. -- Aidin Vaziri

1. "Better Together" 3:27
2. "Never Know" 3:32
3. "Banana Pancakes" 3:12
4. "Good People" 3:28
5. "No Other Way" 3:09
6. "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" 3:03
7. "Staple It Together" Jack Johnson, Merlo Podlewski 3:16
8. "Situations" 1:17
9. "Crying Shame" Jack Johnson, Adam Topol 3:06
10. "If I Could" 2:25
11. "Breakdown" Jack Johnson, Dan Nakamura & Paul Huston 3:32
12. "Belle" 1:43
13. "Do You Remember" 2:24
14. "Constellations" 3:21

 

[Dennie]

The Cars -- HDCD

The Cars

1978/1990 Elektra-Asylum Records

Amazon.com essential recording

American art-rock was often stilted and lacking in humor until the New Wave arrived. Liberated by the influence of the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music and punk-era fellow travelers like Blondie and Suicide, the Cars methodically linked hookiness (enough to produce three hit singles and several other FM favorites from this debut album) and at least one raised eyebrow. The result still plays as a rock & roll classic. And if charm wasn't their aim, the fact is, it's undeniable. --Rickey Wright

Side one

"Good Times Roll" – 3:44
"My Best Friend's Girl" – 3:44
"Just What I Needed" – 3:44
"I'm in Touch with Your World" – 3:31
"Don't Cha Stop" – 3:01

Side two

"You're All I've Got Tonight" – 4:13
"Bye Bye Love" – 4:14
"Moving in Stereo" (Greg Hawkes, Ocasek; Copyright Lido Music & Oversnare Music) – 4:41
"All Mixed Up" – 4:14

 

[heeman]

In 1979 or so a skinny gawky kid settled down to watch Saturday Night Live. The musical guest was someone I'd not heard of, called King Crimson, and they played a song called Elephant Talk...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQhLcKyGs8[/youtube]

I had to pick up my jaw off the floor; I'd never seen anything like it! I bought the album the next day and about wore it out; if I had to pick three albums that had the most effect on me as a musician, this is one of them. Absolutely love this disk!
Well, got a new copy from the Man in the Brown Shorts this afternoon. Steve Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and Robert Fripp are remixing some KC classics into 5.1 Surround on DVD-A (I already have Red) and this sounds just great! Quite a few extras on the two-disk set, I'm gonna have fun this evening! :music-listening: :music-listening: :music-listening:

Botch - One of my all time favorites!!!