Flood

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TMBG has always been a great reason for math and computer science majors to add a real rock album to their collection of John Williams and Weird Al records--and Flood is a bacchanalian celebration of dorkiness. Lifting off from their previous album, Lincoln, which was a sort of transitional hit-or-miss, Flood is a soaring, catchy sing-along album destined for people who love quoting Monty Python sketches. Try not singing the words to "Particle Man," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," or "Birdhouse in your Soul." (Apparently, "Particle Man" was so catchy that the song was later used as a sing-along in a cartoon show for children.) Combining a book-smart, funny love of history, junk culture, and film noir, this is the album to own. Put it on loud, sing along, and dance very, very badly. --Todd Levin --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
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Neko Case - Amazing Voice, Lyrics and Sound

Doesn't live up to billing

Doesn't even come close to Blacklisted

Excellent.

i'm in love with neko case, just so you know...

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case
Manufacturer: Anti
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ASIN: B000CS4L1E
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

Margaret vs. Pauline
Star Witness
Hold On, Hold On
A Widow's Toast
That Teenage Feeling
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
John Saw That Number
Dirty Knife
Lion's Jaws
Maybe Sparrow
At Last
The Needle Has Landed

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Nine seconds into her first studio album since 2002's Blacklisted, and there it is. You can't miss it. The voice. Instantly recognizable and uniquely commanding, it has been uniformly overlooked by the masses and beloved by those who have caught on. And, believe it or not, it gets even better, whether Neko Case is warbling like a porch-swing neighbor to Loretta Lynn ("Margaret vs. Paulene," "John Saw That Number"), pontificating from the spiritual pulpit of Etta James ("Lion's Jaws," "Maybe Sparrow"), or unleashing the high-octane zeal of a power-pop spitfire ("Hold On Hold On," "The Needle Has Landed"). Her uncanny, often eccentric lyrics have always been delivered with an inherent passion behind the impulse, but rarely have they approached the boldness of these dozen--many of which were inspired by generations of tales from her Ukrainian ancestors. As usual, Case's industry running buddies collaborate to make the sounds behind her, from Calexico to Howe Gelb of Giant Sand to the Band's renowned Garth Hudson. Still, it all comes back to the voice, that serenading urgency that asks in the title song, "How can people not know what beauty this is?" Yes, there are some to ask, how not? --Scott Holter

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Album Description

Neko is a major poet by any standard, a songwriter less interested perhaps in traditional narrative form than in distilling a pure moment of time. She claims no genre, nor utilizes any classic formula for her songs and singing. More than anything she thrives in the spaces in between her music. After two years in the making, "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood" is in many ways the sum total of her journey.

Customer Reviews:

Neko Case - Amazing Voice, Lyrics and Sound.......2007-06-28

Though this album is a smidge over 35 minutes long, it is such a good listen. She could have recorded this album with only the lyrics and vocals alone.

Doesn't live up to billing.......2007-06-20

I heard "Hold On, Hold On" and read the rave reviews, so I got it. Unfortunately, I discovered the reviews are unwarranted.

Yes, she has an incredible voice, but her caterwauling on some of the cuts is just too much. The instrumentalists are adept, but they can't make up for the mediocre songwriting.

Take the obscure lyrics. Perhaps they resonate with the songwriter, but they do nothing for me. Instead of coming off as mysterious or enigmatic, they simply fail to connect on any level.

Then there are the tunes. At best they are forgettable, at worst, supremely annoying.

Perhaps "Hold On" is worth buying the CD for. If not, I would recommend carefully listening to all the snippets before making your decision.

Doesn't even come close to Blacklisted.......2007-06-19

Blacklisted is in a league of it's own. If you like the more twangy country sound that Neko had on her first few cd's, the you might like this. I prefer the darker, haunting, sometimes jazzy sound on Blacklisted, and this just doesn't do a whole lot for me.

Excellent........2007-06-14

Hauntingly refreshing in todays world of crappy rock and pop music, Neko Case is something that floats up from the bottom of that barrel. It has a southern taste in it's sound but I certainly wouldn't call it country. Very relaxing music that just lets your mind unwind, whether your driving in your car or messin' around at home. I would call this music slow, mood music with a southern haunting feel to it...with drop tuned guitars and slow rhythms that relaxes a person instantly.

i'm in love with neko case, just so you know..........2007-06-01

my friend let me borrow this cd and after the first listen i went directly to amazon and bought it. it's truly a fantastic and beautiful album. "HOLD ON" still give me the chills every time i hear it. it may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it does wonders for me...do yourself a favor and check this out.

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good project
Oustanding Quality and Great Album
What this album is like
Great songs, but too repetitive
Modern Day Blues Classic

Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00000ICN5
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

Love Struck Baby
Pride And Joy
Texas Flood
Tell Me
Testify
Rude Mood
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Dirty Pool
I'm Crying
Lenny
SRV Speaks - (previously unreleased)
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Testify - (previously unreleased, live)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - (previously unreleased, live)
Wham - (previously unreleased, live)

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This legendary 1983 debut by the fallen torchbearer of the '80s-'90s blues revival sounds even more dramatic in its remixed and expanded edition. Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar and vocals are a bit brighter and more present on this 14-track CD. And the newly included bonus numbers (an incendiary studio version of the slow blues "Tin Pan Alley" that was left off the original release, and live takes of "Testify," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and the instrumental "Wham!" from a 1983 Hollywood concert) illuminate the raw soul and passion that propelled his artistry even when he was under the spell of drug addiction. Texas Flood captures Vaughan as rockin' blues purist, paying tribute in his inspired six-string diction to his influences Larry Davis (who wrote the title track), Buddy Guy, Albert King, and Jimi Hendrix. His own contemplative "Lenny," a tribute to his wife at the time, also suggests a jazz-fueled complexity that would infuse his later work. --Ted Drozdowski

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good project.......2007-05-15

Steve Ray Vaughan one of the best blues guitarrist in the world, in this album ,Texas Flood , with three live performances as bonus tracks with Chris Layton on drums, Testify live version is unreal great guitar play very well played,there is not question about it he was good.
I strongly recomend this album for anyone .

Oustanding Quality and Great Album.......2007-01-25

For an SACD, this fills the room with one of SRV's best albums.

What this album is like.......2006-11-27

The liner notes of this CD quote a 1981 spectator of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's live show: "It was like church."

That's exactly what it was like. I used to say it was "like a religion," some 25 years ago, for me to show up an hour early at Fitzgerald's in Houston, to be first in line when the club opened and get a table right in front of SRV's microphone. What I remember most vividly is his hands on his guitar. He didn't schmooze his audience; he didn't have much patter. Stevie Ray expressed himself through his fingers, and he poured out his soul.

I think he knew very well that one night, my hand was regularly moving in my purse because I was starting and stopping a tape recorder. According to SRV, he was then stuck in a recording contract with someone who would release neither an album nor him from the contract. I listened to that bootleg frequently between his live appearances. (Don't ask: I no longer have it and wouldn't copy it if I did.)

Thus I can "Testify" that the cuts on this first album faithfully replicate the sound of his performance of these songs. Nothing is added - there are only bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton ably anchoring SRV's guitar - and nothing is taken away. If the trio required more than one recording for each of these tracks, it was only to choose among SRV's brilliant improvisations.

The liner notes from the follow-up album, COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER, emphasize SRV's macho appearance as this Texan blasted away a New York City audience. "Macho" is not what SRV was like. He had a slight build. He was soft-spoken. The last cut on the original issue of TEXAS FLOOD, a tribute to SRV's wife, is exquisitely tender, the opposite of macho - in front of God and everyone! SRV played not to impose himself on his listeners but to persuade. Which is ultimately much more powerful.

I learned only from the liner notes for the TEXAS FLOOD reissue that SRV is credited with igniting the 1980s blues revival. That's what a prophet is for, isn't it?

Great songs, but too repetitive.......2006-11-10

Like Berry, many of the tracks on this album sound alike.

That said, it's classic.

Modern Day Blues Classic.......2006-10-17

This is one of the finest blues albums to be produced in the past 25 years. Right off the bat from the blistering 'Testify' to the classic 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' to the closing jazz influenced 'Lenny' you know this album is going to be something special. SRV & TD are found here as a trio and you would be hard pressed to find a tighter band. This album is a little more striped down and more bluesy then SRV latter works. This and 'In Sessions' with Albert King are probably Stevie's best blues albums.

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Modern classic
Favorite Fun CD
Terrible
Oddly, Endearingly Enduring
Classic TMBG

Flood
They Might Be Giants
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Release Date: 1990-01-05

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Theme From Flood
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Lucky Ball And Chain
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Dead
Your Racist Friend
Particle Man
Twisting
We Want A Rock
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
Hearing Aid
Minimum Wage
Letterbox
Whistling In The Dark
Hot Cha
Women And Men
Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
They Might Be Giants
Road Movie To Berlin

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TMBG has always been a great reason for math and computer science majors to add a real rock album to their collection of John Williams and Weird Al records--and Flood is a bacchanalian celebration of dorkiness. Lifting off from their previous album, Lincoln, which was a sort of transitional hit-or-miss, Flood is a soaring, catchy sing-along album destined for people who love quoting Monty Python sketches. Try not singing the words to "Particle Man," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," or "Birdhouse in your Soul." (Apparently, "Particle Man" was so catchy that the song was later used as a sing-along in a cartoon show for children.) Combining a book-smart, funny love of history, junk culture, and film noir, this is the album to own. Put it on loud, sing along, and dance very, very badly. --Todd Levin

Customer Reviews:

Modern classic.......2007-06-05

Flood was definitely one of the best albums of the early '90s. At a time when a lot of groups were starting to make music that sounded an awful lot a like, They Might Be Giants pioneered a completely unique sound of their own that no one has ever successfully emulated. It's creative, whimsical, and downright fun to listen to. Nearly two decades later, Flood is still one of my favorite albums.

Favorite Fun CD.......2007-05-13

This is a great CD to have fun with. A sense of humor
like some of the old sing alongs with a mother goose
moral and sometimes scary side. If a member of the band reads this I am not
sure they would understand the compliment but I can't help
but note they're singing the "one eyed purple
people eater" songs of the future. SURE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

Terrible.......2007-03-10

They Might be Giants is kind've like Hip-Hop for me. There really isn't any musical talent involved, from the simplistic "music" here to the beats there. So, when the music isn't interesting to listen to, you have to have good vocals to listen to. Well, the vocalist is downright annoying and boring, and what he's saying isn't any better. It's nonsense, without any redeeming value. This album really is terrible, and very, very boring.

Oddly, Endearingly Enduring.......2007-02-16

No clue or memory how I learned about TMBG or why I bought Flood, but I had the brand-new cassette in the car when we set out for a group house at the beach. For a bunch of dork-babes in their mid-twenties, working at a big name think tank in DC, this album became not only the official anthem of the beach house, but of that particular decade in our lives. We swooned over a band that would write a theme song for its own album. We cheered those who could keep up with the lyrics to Letterbox. Harmony was easy when we sang along to Racist Friend during all-night card games. We tortured our boyfriends with the total un-coolness of it all (although my husband now grudgingly admits - 17 years later - that Particle Man and We Want a Rock were pretty funny). Flood has wit, intelligence, bounce and manages to play straight man to its own comedy routine. It is so worth a listen.

Classic TMBG.......2007-01-17

If TMBG can be defined by two eras (John & John vs Full Band), Flood is the essense of the John & John period. Outstanding, creative, varied pop songs with clean, engaging lyrics. This is a must-have album.

Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]

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Flat out amazing...
best dylan recording ever
Dylan + the Band = Brilliance
A Rocking Good Time
etc. spectacular album, and a correction to a previous review

Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]
Bob Dylan , and The Band
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ASIN: B0000025OU
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Lay Lady Lay
Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
It Ain't Me, Babe
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Up On Cripple Creek
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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The Shape I'm In
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The Weight
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Like A Rolling Stone
Blowin' In The Wind

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Dylan has issued a large number of live albums in his day, but 1974's Before the Flood deserves special mention because of the presence of the Band behind him. Dylan had recently brought the Band into the studio to record the chart-topping (yet still somehow underappreciated) Planet Waves, which was the first (and, as it turned out, only) studio record he made after leaving Columbia for Asylum. He then asked them along on the subsequent tour, which at the time became the most successful rock tour in history. The fruits of that partnership are contained on this two-CD set, which actually ignores Planet Waves completely in favor of older classics. Although the album includes several strong collaborations, the highlights ironically come during Dylan's solo-acoustic portion, which yields powerful and gritty versions of "Don't Think Twice" and "It's Alright Ma," and during the Band's own exhilarating numbers with Dylan sitting out. --Marc Greilsamer

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Flat out amazing..........2006-08-10

I have been to 4 Dylan concerts, and they have all been spectacular, with each one better than the last. The press always said he was mediocre live, but I never heard a mediocre concert of his. This album is ablaze with energy, precision, and passion. I play it a lot. Dylan infuses his old material with new arrangements (something he's done his whole career), and it all works. In fact, many of the songs here are superior to their studio versions, especially Like a Rolling Stone and Blowin' in the Wind. Hearing the audience scream (and I mean scream) when Dylan and The Band break into the chorus of Rolling Stone is chilling. The crowd is so massively into it. Even The Band's take on their material is superior to the studio versions. Everyone seems loose and relaxed here, but the playing is really tight. In fact, all the live Dylan albums I have (Before the Flood, Bootleg Vol. 4, Hard Rain, and Dylan and the Dead), only Dylan and the Dead really sucks. The others are magnificent. This is one of the greatest live albums ever...

best dylan recording ever.......2006-01-24

When Robert Zimmerman(Bob Dylan) started, he was a Woodie Guthrie clone. Many of the old Woodie Guthrie type folkies felt that the torch had been passed to a new generation. Many other young people,like myself,prefered Dylan songs done by popular rock groups of the time because Dylan's words were awsome, but the sound wasn't as good as rock music.
Dylan wanted to be a rock muscian, not a singing poet that was marketed as a Savior.
This Album is the dream realized for Bob Dylan. He was a rock star out on tour with "The Rolling Thunder Review"
Dylan gave Rock & Roll a new catagory. Rock music for people who can think.

Dylan + the Band = Brilliance.......2005-11-23

A strong live set from Zimmy and his ex-backup group, the Band. The energy here is everywhere, and though not as much as on Hard Rain, Before the Flood is my favorite Dylan live album out of the three I own, by a mile.
Since this is a live set with Dylan and the Band, not only are Dylan classics Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Just Like a Woman, It Ain't Me Babe, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, All Along the Watchtower, Like a Rolling Stone and Blowin' in the Wind included, but some of the Band's more popular numbers (the Weight, Stage Fright, Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up On Cripple Creek) are also played. Dylan and the Band are a very good match, and the songs are generally quite good. My problem is Bob's voice. He seems congested, and the same can be said for Hard Rain. Also, why does Lay Lady Lay sound so angry? Bob sings it the way he sang the studio takes of Positively 4th Street and Like A Rolling Stone. Isn't he supposed to be happy here?

A Rocking Good Time.......2005-11-09

This is the second record that Mr. D recorded for David Geffin's Asylum label before he went back to Colombia, (both this record and "Planet Waves" are now with CBS/Sony where all Dylan's stuff is now) and it's a rocking good time of a record. Dylan's voice is right up front and central, the Band's playing is strong. And Dylan performs a very, very angry, version of "It's Alright Ma," where the audience goes nuts when he shouts out, "Even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked." You have to remember that this record came out during the Watergate scandal, seems Mr. Nixon wasn't to popular with the Dylan crowd. Five stars for this one.

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etc. spectacular album, and a correction to a previous review.......2005-10-05

I agree with the post being a bit "political" -hard not to with Bob - But lets not have them in reviews

Yes as the recent DVD (brilliant) clearly shows it was the tour in the UK the the "Judas" etc. booing took hold, I too find it so odd by this time -as said- Like a Rolling Stone was #1 (were they not shipping Lp's to the UK ?)
It did start not when the Band were his back-up band but at Newport with Mike Bloomfield's brilliant pick of side men.
Thinking of Dylan being booed for what is IMHO his best period of music is mind boggling but it was indeed a FOLK festival and Bob was not "unwise" to the power of the Press and keeping his popularity intact.
I must consider "Flood" the Live GEM of the magical match between these *6 men that created ONE Band!

R-
The Royal Albert Hall release is a treat but at that time the drummer was not Levon so this is really the true combination Live

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One to have in your collection
Admittedly a bit inconsistent , but still a personal favorite
A great disc for rainy days
Here Comes Sunshine
ALL THE YEARS COMBINE, THEY MELT INTO A DREAM

Wake of the Flood
Grateful Dead
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ASIN: B000E1ZBEU
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
Row Jimmy
Stella Blue
Here Comes Sunshine
Eyes Of The World
Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part I/Part II (Let It Grow)
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Following the Dead's early Warner Bros. LP's and their evolution from a San Francisco hippie phenomenon to one of the biggest bands on the planet, these five album masterpieces chronicle the creatively expansive portion of their long, strange, and amazing trip beginning in 1873 when they launchd their own label. Rhino's remastered & expanded editions celebrate the Dead's immortal music with state-of-the-art sonics and a wealth of fresh-from-the-archives bonus rarities.

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One to have in your collection.......2007-03-20

Simply put, the moment I heard this from front to back, I had to make it part of my Dead Collection.
Better late than never! You'll find some classic stuff in this one that really defines how the Dead make you feel when you listen to their unique style and sound.

Admittedly a bit inconsistent , but still a personal favorite .......2007-02-13

Wake of the Flood marked the (studio) debut of the Dead's "jazzy" phase that really culminated in Blues For Allah's modal romps. Not that the entire album fits comfortably into such a generalization. Half Step can be seen as a contining exploration of the stylistic vein Hunter and Garcia had mined for both Garcia's 1st solo lp (gambling metaphors appear in Loser and Deal) and the new material on Europe '72. Garcia's masterful integration of many forms of American music is evident in Half Step's seamless melding of country and blues influences and Vassar Clement's fiddle playing injects a Jazz vibe channelled indirectly perhaps
through Western Swing.

The next song, Keith Godchaux's Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, is OK, but in my opinion, detracts from the album's flow because of it's fairly "pop" character. Unlike many folks, it seems, I am a big fan of his keyboard work, but this particular song sounds like it wandered in from an entirely different musical universe.

Row Jimmy was one of Garcia's favorite tunes, and has always been one of my top-ten Dead tunes. It's long, and I can see why some find it monotonous. But emotionally it find it very affecting-- it seems to address something very fundamental about the human condition.

Stella Blue is just a gorgeous tune, and the alternately soaring and crying pedal steel playing really heightens the mood of somewhat world-weary introspection. It must be one of the most emotionally intense tunes Garcia and Hunter ever came up with. What a beautiful piece of music!

Here Comes Sunshine has been often described as "Beatlesque" and one can certainly hear it that way, if one desires. The imagery is solidly Dead, though, even if the melody does evoke fab-four-ness to some extent.

Throughout Wake the interplay between Lesh, Weir and Garcia is quite stellar, but it reaches its apex in Eyes Of The World. Another great tune that has been given many terrific live performances, but the studio version is still very nice. Like the album as a whole, the energy level is a bit lower than one might prefer, but one when is in an appropriately mellow mood, this fits the bill very nicely. Check out Phil's gorgeous bass playing on the outro!

The final tune(s),a "magnum opus" of sorts for Weir as a composer, combines many influences fairly successfully. You have a Baroque-style guitar intro and liturgical organ playing courtesy of Keith Godchaux, who was certainly the most gifted Dead keyboard player in terms of convincingly covering a very wide stylistic range, leading into a somwehat sombre meditation on cycles-- seasonal and otherwise-- that is nevertheless extremely lyrical, like most of the tunes on this album. This flows into a dynamic Spanish-tinged section that in turn opens into a jam, with horns and Garcia's lead guitar intertwining. Personally, over the years I've found the leads in this section a bit disssatisfying... but of course, it is unrealistic to expect the Dead's studio jams to approach their live shows. Too bad the Playin In The Band on Ace was such a fluke, but hey, like the Stones song goes, "you can't always get..".

I have no idea how this music will sound to younger folks. This album came out while I was in high school and it's impossible for me to untangle my experience of that period from the music itself. Plus the fact that I so often listened to it in an ahem, altered state, has no doubt affected my connection to it on a "cellular level"! Probably not the best Dead album to start out with, but the 70's have always been my favorite Dead decade, and this one delivers that lyrical quality that marked the passage from the 60's, kind of like Hot Tuna's Phosphorescent Rat. It doesn't reach for hot jamming-- instead there is a quality one might term Grace-ful Dead. Coupled with a strongly introspective lyrical flavor, it's probably best appreciated when one is in the right mood (one reviewer mentioned rainy days and that sounds about right). Nothing wrong with that, though.

A great disc for rainy days.......2006-12-02

This album feature alot of classic Dead material such as Half Step, Eyes, Row Jimmy, Stella Blue and Let It Grow. The performances are all really nice. The interplay between band members on here is very good. The overall effect is kind of laid back and mellow. The "new" bonus tracks are great.

Here Comes Sunshine.......2006-05-21

This album is somewhat of an oddity within the Grateful Dead's canon. It sort of combines the folk-oriented song structures of "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty", along with the more jazz-oriented sound that they would approach more on "Mars Hotel" and "Blues For Allah".

"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo" is an interesting opener. The lyrics are very folky, but interplay between Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir's guitars, Keith Godchaux's piano, and guest violinist Vassar Clements really makes it different from anything else that they've ever done in that style.

"Let Me Sing Your Blues Away" is a rarity for The Dead. This song is both composed and sung by Keith Godchaux. His voice is probably the least impressive of anybody in the Dead. He sounds like a struggling Pete Townshend. The song however blazes from the saxophone courtesy of Martin Fierro and Donna Jean's vocal melismatics.

"Row Jimmy" is another slow folky song. Godchaux break's his tradition of grand piano with his use of Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes Piano, and Hammond Organ on this song. Garcia utilizes a very "Cosmic Charlie"-esque slide guitar sound during the verse interludes. It's also a rare feature for 4-part harmony between Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and Donna Jean that was hardly ever utilized.

"Stella Blue" yet another slow folky song. It's one of pain and desperation in the vein of "Black Peter" and "China Doll". It even features very Pigpen-like organ playing by Godchaux (something of a tribute to a member who at the time was dying), and a rare post-1972 appearance of Garcia's pedal steel guitar.

"Here Comes Sunshine" feature the Dead's first use of synthesizer, which would be expanded on, on "Mars Hotel".

"Eyes Of The World" is another mold-breaker for this album. It would become the classic concert staple, but the album version stands on it's own. However the usual concert segues between this and "China Doll" were always solid and always a staple.

The albums true shining moment, "Weather Report Suite" the only artistic rendering of Bob Weir and lyricists Eric Anderson and John Perry Barlow.

It's a song in 3 parts;
"Prelude" - is perhaps the quietest thing that they ever recorded. You can hear a snippet of this played by Weir on the Steppin' Out set as a tune up between "Ramble On Rose" and "Black Throated Wind".
"Part 1" - is a mellow song about the change of seasons. It features Keith Godchaux on a mellow Fender Rhodes, and Garcia on pedal steel through a Leslie Speaker, giving it a tone of desperation. Interestingly, the transition to "Let It Grow" at the end of this always give me goosebumps.
"Part 2: Let It Grow" is something of an oddity in the Dead's canon. It once again features that mysteriously rare 4-part harmony that The Dead were never keen on reproducing live, but also breaks some rules with the inclusion of 12-string acoustic guitar courtesy of Dougie Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet, and a blazing horn section and Sax Solo from guest musician Frank Morin.

It's a good album by itself, coming after the live 1-2 punch of "Skull and Roses" and "Europe '72", it was time for a studio album, and "Wake Of The Flood" perfectly filled the void, and really showed how versatile musicians Keith & Donna were in the studio, in a way that they were unable to show on "Europe '72".

ALL THE YEARS COMBINE, THEY MELT INTO A DREAM.......2006-04-21

A broken angel sings, from a guitar, In the end there's just a song ... (still that song) Come's cryin' like the wind, Down every lonely street that's ever been...(Stella Blue). That song at the end is Weather Report Suite, but the journey through this wonderful album is like a dream in a way.

I have had Wake for almost 30 years, and it was always up there on my list of favorite DEAD albums. I personally was a bit more into Blues for Allah, American Beauty and Workingman's on the studio album front since they really absorbed me as a teen. After all these years, I truly have to say this is the equal (in my mind) to every "best" album of the DEAD you can think of, live or studio! I know many DEAD lovers will quibble, but this in some ways is their most perfect recording...so smooth and pleasant. Not quite the fire and spontaneity of Blues for Allah, but at least as much underlying beauty and musicianship. Not quite as catchy as American Beauty or Workingman's...but just as great songwriting and consistency. The quiet nature of some of the songs require careful and meditative attention to fully appreciate, but is it ever worth it. Stella Blue for instance, is sweet enough to reduce you to Jello. I personally love the Weir song Weather Report Suite - very intricate and well-crafted (the demo on the remaster is great too, bare bones beauty of guitar and vocal). Row Jimmy Row plucks the old soul fibers with it's catchy slow shuffle. This provided much material for concerts of the future.

Here Comes Sunshine MIGHT have made a better beginning and introduction to Wake; The signature chimey, joyful Garcia guitar intro, Lesh bouncing off the walls, takes your spirit immediately to Dead Heaven. That song sticks in your head like gum on hot pavement, has a great hook and the title itself sets up the anticipation and atmosphere (ears will quickly find congruity with the lyrics: "Wake of the flood, laughing water ... get out' the way"). With that change, Vassar Clements nice additions (fiddle) in Toodeloo would be less of an abrupt (intro, new sound) change - that song would nicely lead into Weather Report Suite it seems to me. You will be picking up the pieces of your emotional body double after Stella Blue ... Let Me Sing Your Blues Away would be welcome relief between it and Eyes Of The World (another charming song that wrings-out drops of your love for humanity, if you still have it in you).

I now have both of the unbelievably great box sets to replace the many records and cassettes (and a few older cd's), and the sound quality is something I clearly was missing! They have never sounded so good before! The addition of an earlier (and different) version of China Doll goes further to make this album perfect. There is also a 17 minute live Eyes of the World that kicks! Wake is absolutely one of the deepest DEAD records in my opinion and will certainly reward anyone who opens their ears and lets it soak into their souls. Really people, turn it up and ENJOY --- it doesn't get much better than this (the people who constantly try to tell everyone that only the live albums are worthy are trippin').

It all rolls into one, and nothin' comes for free, there's nothing you can hold for very long ... It seems like all this life was just a dream (Stella Blue again).
PEACE!

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Mysterious, haunting and delicately dark
Discovery!
Wow!
The Queen of Rich Music
Superb mix of global non secular musical denominations

Flood
Jocelyn Pook
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001R3FE
Release Date: 1999-09-06

Tracks:

Requiem Aeternam
Migrations (1999 Mix)
Romeo And Juliet
Oppenheimer
Blow The Wind/Pie Jesu
Masked Ball (1999 Extended Mix)
Forever Without End (Solo Voices)
La Blanche Traversee
Thousand Year Dream
Goya's Nightmare
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Flood

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On Flood, we join British composer Jocelyn Pook as witnesses to a catastrophe, transfixed by its totality, muted by its incalculable human toll. Pook's faintly beautiful, profoundly sad music is all that hovers above her ashen, apocalyptic landscapes, one we dare not survey too long, it seems, lest we suffer the fate of Lot's wife. Pook's ability to summon such imagery--via patient, edgy, atmospheric use of voice, strings (viola, violins, cello), and electronics--is what led film director Stanley Kubrick to invite Pook's participation on the original soundtrack for Eyes Wide Shut. First released in 1997, Flood contains two selections that were modified for the film: "Migrations," a hypnotic work with Middle Eastern textures and Persian vocalists, heard during the film's orgy scenes, and "Masked Ball," where Pook achieves an ominous effect by playing the chants of Romanian priests in reverse. The album's most arresting work may be "Oppenheimer," an evolving, multicultural choral requiem prefaced by a reflection on Hindu scripture spoken Robert Oppenheimer, an inventor of the atomic bomb. It is affectingly reprised in the album's haunting final track. A bleak and somber work, and an utterly absorbing one. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Mysterious, haunting and delicately dark.......2006-09-29

"Flood" contains the music written or rewritten by Jocelyn Pook at the request of Stanley Kubrick, to serve as the soundtrack for his film "Eyes Wide Shut." Pook's inspiration for the compositions (originally conceived as "Deluge," music for a Canadian dance company) was "linking up the two millenia - the year 1000 and the year 2000 - by means of myth, legends and fears about the end of the world." She "wanted the music to embody ideas and influences from both these ages, and to draw upon cultures as diverse as Hinduism and Christianity, Judaism and Islam." The result is a broody, eclectic and at times minimalistic fusion of medieval chant motifs, lush modern harmonies, childlike lead vocals, traditionally nasal world folksongs and chamber-style strings that alternately drone menacingly and pulse like heartbeats. It's an interesting and effective mood, though a bit laid back for a depiction of the end of the world. But to listen straight through can get a little monotonous sometimes, so "Flood" might be one of those albums whose tracks are better appreciated when mixed up with others. That said, "Blow Thy Wind" is a gently winning song that is engagingly developed, and the drum-laden "Goya's Nightmare" also stands out from the rest. Try Pook's other work, like "Untold Things" and the soundtrack for "The Merchant of Venice," and compare with James Newton's haunting, emotive soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," and also (speaking of the end of the world) Richard Gibbs's laid back, minimalistic soundtrack for the "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries.

Discovery!.......2002-04-11

What a relief to discover such a unique talent! I did not know that such a significant composer exists at our time. And it is a young woman! How come that only through the movie I could make my discovery! I was not impressed by the movie at all, except for the music - and that is how I discovered this refreshingly strong composer. Her music should be everywhere. I will make sure that all my friends who are mostly artists, writers and musician will learn everything they can about Mrs. Jocelyn Pook and her amazing, AMAZINGLY ORIGINAL, POWERFUL, INCOMPARABLE MUSIC!

Wow!.......2000-07-19

I had heard some of the RA samples on amazon.com, and I was blown away by how rich the music was, even on a bad quality clip. It's nothing compared to listening to the CD in a massive stereo. The music resonates through your ears and fills your soul with this energy that just overflows through you. The most powerful song, I think, is "Blow The Wind/Pie Jesu". It amazes me how two different songs can blend and dance together through your mind. Especially around 1:15 when the music blends with "Dona Eis Requiem". "Masked Ball", used in EYES WIDE SHUT, is the extended version, and is twice as long as the one on the EWS soundtrack. At first, the two minutes or so of ominous music gets tedious, but then the tenor voice comes in and the organ/keyboard cresendos to a powerful backing for the singers. This is repeated, forming the length of the song. "Oppenheimer" and "Flood" are also excpetional. Jocelyn Pook weaves here, a dreamscape of rich music that blows you away with its deiversity and melencholy beauty. A winner!

The Queen of Rich Music.......2000-03-05

This CD is an almost religous experience. Ms. Pook, besides being a phenomenol musician and vocalist, is a trailblazing pioneer in her genre (which is basically just her). For an excursion to a future that is still steeped in the past check out this disk.

Superb mix of global non secular musical denominations.......1999-10-29

I first heard Ms. Pook's music on the "Eyes Wide Shut" soundtrack (the masquerade ball scene) and was blown away; if ever there was a necessity for music to permeate a scene in a film this was it. She incorporates a blend of the traditional songs from faiths across continents and mixes them, for lack of a better comparison than similar to your quintessential raver d.j. (though these are better and definitively more original :) "Oppenheimer" is my favorite, and if you let the last track run for a few minutes a portion of the song will play once more. I can't wait to hear more of her stuff - these hymns are awesome.

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Monumental jams!
Flood is a hurricane of ninja-like jazz/funk skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOO MUCH FUNK!!!!!!
I give this one so many stars it would light up the world!!
Absolutely recommended to everyone

Flood
Herbie Hancock
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ASIN: B000007VYX
Release Date: 1997-11-20

Tracks:

Introduction / Maiden Voyage
Actual Proof
Spank-A-Lee
Watermelon Man
Butterfly
Chameleon
Hang Up Your Hang Ups

Album Description

Originally released in 1975 as a double live album, recorded and initially released only in Japan. Flood admirably documents Hancock's Headhunters-period in a concert setting. The tunes are mostly culled from the recommended studio albums Headhunters, Thrust and Man-Child, with an excellent remodeling of 'Maiden Voyage' opening the program.

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Herbie Hancock is the Master Pianist Behind the Timeless Compositions Like 'Watermelon Man', 'Rockit' and 'Chameleon'. This is his 1975 Double Live Album, Recorded and Initially Released Only in Japan. Features a Few Hancock Staples, plus Much Dynamic, Electric Playing and a Seemingly Endless Stream of Killer Grooves and Individual Solos.

Customer Reviews:

Monumental jams!.......2005-12-30

From the solo sailing of 'Maiden Voyage,' you can tell is the sound of Herbie and the Band on top form. 'Spank a Lee' really grooves, and that's before Herbie has even taken to the stage!
Mike Clark provides some seriously clean and chakaboom style licks. Every track cooks, and differs rythmically from their studio predecessors, making it even more of a joy, especially if you've been listening to them for over 10 years!!!!

The best Live Herbie/Headhunters CD around for sure!

Flood is a hurricane of ninja-like jazz/funk skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-09-26

Flood is in most ways BETTER than the original studio recordings of the same tunes. The live energy is intense and engaging...at the same time, the quality of sound and performance are flawless (mostly). This is the pinnacle of funk. Herbie is a BMF!!!! The rest of the group is SLAMMIN'!!!!!! If you fancy yourself a funk musician, you MUST have these recordings...MUST!
6 Stars out of 5!!!!!!!!!!
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TOO MUCH FUNK!!!!!!.......2004-01-29

DO NOT listen to Herbie Hancock's live "Flood" album in one sitting-particularly the closing 20 minute "Hang Up Your Hang Up's" where a tight groove from his "Manchild" album
is drawn out into a heavy.funky freak-out where the drums,horns and even Herbie's key's are each given a wild,dintinct solo space within an extended groove.Another surprize is the the
clavinet-free "Actuall Proof" where the grand piano replaces
the electronic instruments used on the studio version.The opening "Maiden Voyage" offers a similar lead as the Headhunters
come firmly to grips with a smooth post-bop style.Amazingly every number from Hancock's funk period are given slightly more
acoustic,very different musical treatments and that quality is what makes "Flood" a true funk ovedrload!

I give this one so many stars it would light up the world!!.......2003-10-24

I am completely 100% biased- as I am a HUGE Headhunters fan with and without Herbie. I agree with some other reviewers in that you definately need to check out "Headhunters", "Thrust" and "Man-Child" before you get this slab of funkified goodness!! I searched for many moons to get my ears on this and I would have searched many more. The band stretches these songs out like a rubber band and just when you think it's over they bring the beat back and slap it upside your head-DAMN!! WHAT WAS THAT!! The sound is crispy clean, the songs are choice cuts from the above mentioned albums and the players- Mr. Paul jackson on funky bass, Mike Clark the ultimate funky drummer, Bill Summers congas & percussion, Bennie Maupin sax clarinet flute & percussion and Mr. Herbie Hancock piano clavinet & synthesizer. If you are into jazz, funk, fusion, rock & roll, reggae, or any type of music you need this in your collection-no matter what the cost is!!

Absolutely recommended to everyone.......2002-07-18

I have avoided writing a review of this album for about two years because I wanted to express myself very eloquently, but I give up. You must purchase this CD for absolutely anyone. It is beautiful. Buy it for the absolutely essential "Butterfly" if you need one reason. If you need more reasons than that, Maiden Voyage is beautifully transformed into a piano solo. The whole thing.

It is impossible for me to convey how I feel about this CD - it is just as close to absolute perfection as a CD can get, in my eyes. So, so beautiful.

Found in the Flood
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Brace Yourself...

A very good album

great progression

I like this

damn good cd

Found in the Flood
The Bled
Manufacturer: Vagrant Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-08-23

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Customer Reviews:

Brace Yourself..........2006-07-12

I dont see how anyone can give this anything less than 4 stars. I've seen these guys twice live, and let me tell you they kickass. Every song is awesome, just overall one of my favorite albums. I recommend Last American Cowboy

A very good album.......2006-06-03

Why does everyone seem to hate this album and love their previous album? I'm not going to get into which album is better for which reasons because I believe these albums are too different to just compare like that. This one seems to mix their previous work with The Mars Volta, with its progressive egde. I personally really enjoy the progressive side exhibited in this album. They have certainly progressed from their overabundance of breakdowns in "Pass the Flask" to this disc.

Overall, I would certainly recommend this album. It isn't absolutely amazing, but it is very well done, especially with the onslaught of mediocrity in the hard music realm of late. "Found on the Floor" is worth the money if you like bands from Remembering Never and Unearth to Dream Theater and The Mars Volta. It's not perfect, but it's a great example of what happens when hardcore meets intelligent musical arrangments (a la progressive rock).

great progression.......2006-03-13

a lot of people look at pass the flask as being original. i happen to find this album to be more original (although i cannot pick which one is better). a lot of bands seem to slack once they're picked up by a bigger label, but this band really took advantage of what they could do with better production. there can be connections made to radiohead, mars volta, refused, and many other 'odd' influences, all of which make this album sound very different from other hardcore/metal bands. if you like listening to bands experiment and push themselves creatively, this album is worth listening to. on the other hand, if for example you're one of those people that only enjoyed poison the well's first album, you probably won't like this.

I like this.......2006-02-21

This CD is really good, I love the singers voice and the guitar work. The singer kind of reminds me of Cedric from ATDI and TMV, even looks like him a little. The only thing that I dont like about this CD is how the last song has over 30 minutes of the same noise, thats just a waste of disc space, they couldve done something more creative there, at least something listenable. Fav. song: THe Last American Cowboy.

damn good cd.......2006-01-19

I believe this is a really good cd. I used to be into the whole hardcore genre, but its all starting to sound the same. There are a few bands that really stand out to me and this is one of them. The song writing on this cd is excellent. It is not your typical hardcore cd with the stereotypical indecypherable screams and all the same sounding breakdowns. The Bled makes their mark by their creativity. Listen to this whole cd and you will see what I mean. The stand out songs are numbers 1,2,3,5,6, and 9. These seem to have the most energy. The other songs are excellent and show the slower side of the genre. This and Gutter Phenonmenon are my favorite hardcore cds of this year. If you enjoy this cd, check out their old cd and their EXTREMELY RARE EPs. Also check out Every Time I Die because they are the definition of perfection and creativity in the genre. Also be on the look out for Anterrabae, their first cd shows the same potention as these. The Bled brings back to life a dead genre of music for me.

Stravinsky: The Flood; Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky

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release this you crinimals!
Terrific Recording! But Dunderheaded DGG Dropped It
More please
Surprisingly, one of the best albums I recently purchased!
breathtaking musicianship

Stravinsky: The Flood; Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B000001GPK
Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

The Flood: Prelude: 'Te Deum laudamus'
The Flood: Melodrama: 'In A Worm's Likeness Will He Wend'
The Flood: The Building Of The Ark (Choreography)
The Flood: The Catalogue Of The Animals: 'The Lord Bade That I Should Bring'
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Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayikakh Avraham et atze ha'olah' ('And Abraham Took The Wood Of The Burnt Offering')
Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayi sa Avraham et enav vayat v'hineh' ('And Abraham Lifted Up His Eyes And Looked')
Variations - Aldous Huxley In Memoriam
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Requiem Canticles: Tuba mirum
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Requiem Canticles: Rex tremendae
Requiem Canticles: Lacrimosa
Requiem Canticles: Libera me
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A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary
A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation
A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Lament
A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation Continued
A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary
A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Coda

Customer Reviews:

release this you crinimals!.......2004-05-13

the insensativity polygram has displayed in the 'oh so causual' dropping of this; possibly the most needed and best modern collection we have of late starvinsky, borders on crinimal recklesness.
sadly, it used to be EMI that we thought of when it came to tactics like this but polygram is quick on the way to catching up in the reputation of wielding the deletion axe.
too, late straivnsky needs all the friends he can get.
every collection in the world of course had the firebird and one can understand igor's late hatred of it.
when stravinsky went 'serial' protestes of 'sell out' were heard everywhere.
but stravinsky was too much the artist to merely be a follower. his exploration into serial music was much like his exploration into post romanticism; he filtered it through his own artisitc sensabilities.
the huxley memeorial may well be the best late stravinsky and here it is beautiflly played.
knussen obviousely relishes the music and all here give their best.
in a field of very crowded beethoven cycles and mozart concertos we desperately need a great recording like this of stravinsky's most ignored period.
thank you polygram accontants for your depth and understanding regarding art.
god, i hate accountants.

Terrific Recording! But Dunderheaded DGG Dropped It.......2003-04-24

My title ought really to have trumpeted what a great job Knussen has done in preparing and recording this music. As a composer himself, Knussen has an unusually acute affinity for this literature, which he takes great pains to bring off accurately.

The Flood is more than merely accurate, though; it is here realized as a flowing dramatic narrative. James Wood deserves great credit for expertly preparing the New London Chamber Choir both in this, and in the Requiem Canticles.

The notion of having the voice of God represented by more than one voice singing (and not in unison), inspired related treatment in Wuorinen's Genesis.

The crowning lament in DGG's having dropped this disc, is the Wuorinen Reliquary, built from sketches which Stravinsky left at his death (and what a testimony to an active musical mind, that he was sketching fresh works at such an advanced age). Wuorinen's piece is a fine achievement, a setting for these sketches, the setting itself skilfully woven, largely out of gestures from other serial Stravinsky works.

Write to DGG; tell them they made an artistic mistake in deleting this item from their catalogue.

More please.......2001-06-29

Despite Stravinsky's reputation as a musical giant of the last century, his later serial compositions often don't get the attention they deserve. So this CD is much appreciated. Without going into the virtues of the CD, which I see other reviewers have amply done, I want to make a different point: It's time we had a new recording of Stravinsky's Threni. Many people say that S's Requiem Canticles is his most successful 12-tone composition. I can't agree. Requiem Can. is too much like a series of independent pieces and not enough like a unified composition. Threni, I want to suggest, is his most successful 12-tone piece. Highly unified, the first chord ultimately ushers in the last. It is a sustained meditation highly focused on a single mood space. Requiem Can. is too much like a compilation of pieces which happen to have some serial links to one another.

My point -- my plea -- is this: If there are any conductors out there listening, please consider recording a new performance of Threni. It's long overdue and would be much appreciated.

Surprisingly, one of the best albums I recently purchased!.......2000-07-07

I hadn't heard the requiem canticles since the 1970's on an old recording, so this is quite a treat. Similar things could be said for the other performances. While another equally outstanding performance of the Variations is currently available by Michael Tilson Thomas, this performance is incredible. Even the Wuorinen piece is a delight-it really does sound like late Stravinsky and works well in its own right. All in all, I'm glad I gave in to a whim and purchased this CD.

breathtaking musicianship.......2000-01-17

At last - late Stravinsky played musically by someone who has lived with this style and assimilated it to its very bones! The Requiem Canticles recieve a stunning performance, finely etched and honed, every detail of its magical sound world precisely observed. The bell effects in the Epilogue are breathtaking - you'd rarely get such unanimity of attack and dynamic perfection in a live performance. Strong solo performances too. The recording on the Stravinsky edition (conducted Craft) was always one of the most disappointing with rough choral intonation and a cactus-y recording, so this is doubly welcome.

The revelation on this CD is the recording of 'The Flood', so often regarded as the Cinderella of Stravinsky's dramatic works. Here this strange hybrid casts a spell, the pictorial moments are beautifully etched. The narration is unobtrusive, if a little 'BBC' and redolent of the schoolroom in quality - the Stravinsky recording (which this undoubtedly supercedes)has a starry line up including Laurence Harvey and Elsa Lanchester which is (understandably) superior. Superlative performances of the Variations - and of 'Abraham and Isaac' - a piece I find totally resistable in every way, you may differ. The Wuorinen piece is interesting and well worth hearing, though any composer must suffer in comparison to the trenchancy and individuality of the best of these late works. Buy, and if you are new to these pieces, start with the 'Requiem Canticles'.

Faith of Our Fathers: Classic Religious Anthems of Ireland
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a voice teacher and early music fan

Inspired & Deeply Moving!

Beautiful

If you want to hear the Catholic hymns you grew up with

Excellent! Our children can not get enough of it.

Faith of Our Fathers: Classic Religious Anthems of Ireland

Manufacturer: Valley
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ASIN: B000005BWO
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Sweet Heart Of Jesus
Hail Redeemer, King Divine
Salve Regina
Faith Of Our Fathers
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To Jesus, Heart All Burning
Tantum Ergo
Soul Of My Saviour
Cead Mile Failte romhat, a losa
Queen Of The May
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Lord Of All Hopefulness
Ave Verum
Hail Glorious Saint Patrick
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1. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name - Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
2. Sweet Heart Of Jesus - Regina Nathan/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
3. Hail Redeemer, King Divine - Frank Patterson/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
4. Salve Regina - Monks Of Glenstal Abbey
5. Faith Of Our Fathers - Frank Patterson/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
6. Bells Of The Angelus, The - Mark Duff/RTE Cor Na Nog
7. To Jesus, Heart All Burning - Regina Nathan/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
8. Tantum Ergo - Monks Of Glenstal Abbey
9. Soul Of My Saviour - Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
10. Cead Mile Failte Romhat A Iosa - RTE Cor Na Nog/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
11. Queen Of The May - Frank Patterson/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra
12. O Sacrament Most Holy - Regina Nathan/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Lord Of All Hopefulness - Monks Of Glenstal Abbey
14. Ave Verum - Monks Of Glenstal Abbey
15. Hail, Glorious Saint Patrick - Frank Patterson/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
16. I'll Sing A Hymn To Mary - Ros Ni Dhubhain/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra
17. Hail, Queen Of Heaven - Regina Nathan/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra
18. Regina Coeli
19. Jesus My Lord, My God, My All - Frank Patterson/Irish Philharmonic Orchestra
20. We Stand For God - Irish Philharmonic Orchestra

Format: CD