Last Splash

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For her second full-length Breeders album, Kim Deal jettisoned Tanya Donelly, brought in her sister Kelley as lead guitarist (despite the fact that she could barely play when she joined), and came up with a disc full of fun, toothsome rock, not least of which was the mammoth summer-of-'93 hit "Cannonball," a celebration of mosh-pit bounce and purred innuendo. Deal's voice is coy, but the band's full of dreamy energy, rocking like her old band the Pixies without their abrasion, tomboyish rather than macho. Not everything on Last Splash is fully fleshed out as a song, but even the more fragmentary pieces--the embittered punk mutter of "I Just Wanna Get Along," the horny daydream "Divine Hammer"--speed the album's flow. --Douglas Wolk --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Not very listenable today

Power Pop Masterpiece

Reminds me of "Speaking In Tongues"...for some reason.

An Acquired Taste

brilliant, hunt this down.

Last Splash
The Breeders
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

New Year
Cannonball
Invisible Man
No Aloha
Roi
Do You Love Me Now?
Flipside
I Just Wanna Get Along
Mad Lucas
Divine Hammer
S.O.S.
Hag
Saints
Drivin' On 9
Roi (Reprise)

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For her second full-length Breeders album, Kim Deal jettisoned Tanya Donelly, brought in her sister Kelley as lead guitarist (despite the fact that she could barely play when she joined), and came up with a disc full of fun, toothsome rock, not least of which was the mammoth summer-of-'93 hit "Cannonball," a celebration of mosh-pit bounce and purred innuendo. Deal's voice is coy, but the band's full of dreamy energy, rocking like her old band the Pixies without their abrasion, tomboyish rather than macho. Not everything on Last Splash is fully fleshed out as a song, but even the more fragmentary pieces--the embittered punk mutter of "I Just Wanna Get Along," the horny daydream "Divine Hammer"--speed the album's flow. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

Not very listenable today.......2007-01-08

Back in the day, this was very popular. Not many people are driving around with this in their cd player today. It sounds dated.

However, "Cannonball" is a classic. This band just happened to stumble on a genuine, "Louie, Louie" type of song.

"No Aloha" is interesting (sounds very Pixie ish), "Divine Hammer" is decent and "Driving on 9" is a cool, trucker vibe of a song.

The rest of this is pretty unlistenable.

Power Pop Masterpiece.......2006-09-10

While driving through Utah this summer, my girlfriend's little sister insisted we start this CD on track 13, but since the CD player repeats we still hear all the songs... I think she just wanted to hear "Driving on 9" twice, as it's a brilliant finish to the CD... but the thing is, the ebb and flow of this CD is absolutely brilliant! If you let it roll on repeat and start in the middle or end, it just doesn't seem to have a beginning or an end. Instead, it has a kind of ying-yang flow that pulls you into an endlessly beautiful, powerful vision of the world. You have to really play it a few times to get it, but not too many times.

Another great trademark of a masterpiece is that it never seems to get old or dated. I really believe that if it were released today it would still get plenty of airplay. Whatever you may have heard about this CD, well, it's all talk until you really start playing it. A masterpiece speaks for itself, and that's exactly what this is: A Rock'n'Roll Power Pop Masterpiece.

Reminds me of "Speaking In Tongues"...for some reason........2006-07-20

This is a great album. But for some reason, it has always reminded me of the 1983 Talking Heads album "Speaking In Tongues" and I have no clue why. The sound is completely different, but, I don't know, I think maybe the status of both of the albums are alike. "SIT" had a huge rock hit on it with "Burning Down the House" and of course "Cannonball" is the song everyone knows from this album. But there are many other great songs on here. Namely: Drivin' on 9', Invisible Man, Saints, Flipside, Divine Hammer, etc. Definitely worth getting.

An Acquired Taste.......2006-02-03

When I first listened to this CD I hated it. Save for maybe a couple of songs, the rest I found boring. I listened to it for a while, and it still didn't grow on me. I put it away and then a few months later I took it out again. This time I fell in love. I can't explain why. 'Last Splash' is definately an album you must acquire a taste for. It's an album you won't love at first but instead find irritating, and that's what makes it challenging and a good album. The Breeder's (whom I have heard were ripped off by bands such as Veruca Salt) blow their copiers out of the water. They have a sound all their own, and they use great techniques and little sound effects you won't notice the first time. The lyrics are rather vague, and that's what makes them great because they are open to interpretation by anyone. 'No Aloha' gives me chills just listening to the middle of the song where the drums kick in. Everything about 'Last Splash' is weird, weird, weird, and that's what makes it such a compelling and unique album.

brilliant, hunt this down........2005-12-20

i bought this album at a coconuts 4 years ago for $2. i bought more as a piece of 90's nostalgia, but i ended up spinning it far more often than i had imagined. I adore the pixies, but sometimes i find myself spinning this more than their later efforts. Surfer Rosa and Doolittle will always have their soft spots in my heart, but i find Last Splash to be more consistent than Trompe Le Monde or even Bossanova. i feel kind of strange that this was only $2. it is almost insulting to a brilliant band. I highly reccomend you get out there and look in the bargain bins for this one and dig in. you will not be disappointed. Especially if you find yourself enjoying Scout Niblett, Sleater Kinney, or the Fiery Furnaces these days.

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Another great trip down the MFU memory lane
The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release

The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

First Season End Title
Vulcan Affair (Suite No. 2)
Iowa-Scuba Affair
Shark Affair
Deadly Games Affair (Suite No. 2)
Meet Mr. Solo
Giuoco Piano Affair
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First Season Main Title [Revised]
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Second Season Main Title
Alexander the Greater Affair
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Third Season Main Title
Sort of Do-It-Youself Dreadful Affair
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Customer Reviews:

Another great trip down the MFU memory lane.......2005-10-19

Volume 2 (comprised of 2 CDs) is another first rate compilation of the series' original music and not to be missed by U.N.C.L.E. fans. The liner notes are wonderful and add a lot to ones appreciation of the music.

My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.

The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

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You Can Fly!
Simply magical

Peter Pan

Manufacturer: Disney
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-07-31

Tracks:

Main Title ( The Second Star To The Right) - The Jud Conlon Chorus
The Last Night IN The Nursery
On The Roof Top/ What's A Kiss?/ Perturbed Pixie
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske
A Pirates Life - The Jud Conlon Chorus
Blast That Peter Pan/ A Pirate's Life (Reprise) - The Jud Conlon Chorus
Legend Of Croc/ Double Powder/ Follow Tinkerbell
Just When I Brought You A Mother/ Banished
Following The Leader - Bobby Driscoll, Paul Collins & Tommy Luske
Hide And Sneak/ No Let'em Go
Mermaid Lagoon/ Bad Day At Skull Rock
Plotting A Pixie's Plight
What Made The Red Man Red/ Tinknapped - Candy Candido & The Jud Conlon Chorus
Rumour Has It/ Hangman's Tree
Big Chief Flying Eagle/ I Had A Mother Once
Your Mother And Mine - Kathryn Beaumont
Good-Bye Peter/ Shanghaied
Medley: The Elegant Captain Hook/ Pen Or Plank - Hans Conried, Bill Thompson & The Jud Conlon Chorus
Medely : No Splash/ Take That/ Hero Of Neverland
Medely : Home Again/ Finale (You Can Fly!) - The Jud Conlon Chorus
Never Smile At A Crocodile (Bonus Track) - Henry Calvin
The Boatswain's Song (Demo) - The Jud Conlon Chorus