Hollywood Town Hall (Reis)

Editorial Reviews
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The Jayhawks' breakthrough album is a roots rock classic. "Like folk music, but really loud," is how guitarist Gary Louris liked to describe the Jayhawks, but the reality is more complex--try the country-rock sound of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, or the Band married to white-boy soul, bar band rawness, and a slight alternative edge. Hollywood Town Hall is a masterpiece of American songwriting, blending irresistible melodies, ringing guitars, and Louris and Olson's gorgeous harmonies with moody, imagery-rich lyrics. Best cuts: "Waiting for the Sun," "Take Me with You (When You Go)."

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Because the Jayhawks' lyrics are more interested in expressing a mournful mood than in evoking any specific emotion, and since their strengths are searing guitar solos and cathartic, Gram Parsons-influenced harmonies, it makes sense their best album would come when they teamed with a producer (George Drakoulias) who could make all that sorrowful noise come to life. Hollywood Town Hall is such a sonic marvel, in fact, that even the new version of the beautiful, if vague, "Two Angels"... read more --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Hollywood Town Hall (Reis)

Hollywood Town Hall
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock
  • One of my few favorites...
  • the jayhawks are a great band
  • On of the Top 10 albums of all time.
  • Drive and listen
 Hollywood Town Hall
The Jayhawks
Manufacturer: American Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Tomorrow the Green Grass
  2. Rainy Day Music
  3. Smile
  4. Sound of Lies
  5. Weird Tales

ASIN: B000068FY1
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

  1. Waiting For The Sun
  2. Crowded In The Wings
  3. Clouds
  4. Two Angels
  5. Take Me With You (When You Go)
  6. Sister Cry
  7. Settled Down Like Rain
  8. Wichita
  9. Nevada, California
  10. Martin's Song

Amazon.com essential recording

The Jayhawks' breakthrough album is a roots rock classic. "Like folk music, but really loud," is how guitarist Gary Louris liked to describe the Jayhawks, but the reality is more complex--try the country-rock sound of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, or the Band married to white-boy soul, bar band rawness, and a slight alternative edge. Hollywood Town Hall is a masterpiece of American songwriting, blending irresistible melodies, ringing guitars, and Louris and Olson's gorgeous harmonies with moody, imagery-rich lyrics. Best cuts: "Waiting for the Sun," "Take Me with You (When You Go)."

Amazon.com

Because the Jayhawks' lyrics are more interested in expressing a mournful mood than in evoking any specific emotion, and since their strengths are searing guitar solos and cathartic, Gram Parsons-influenced harmonies, it makes sense their best album would come when they teamed with a producer (George Drakoulias) who could make all that sorrowful noise come to life. Hollywood Town Hall is such a sonic marvel, in fact, that even the new version of the beautiful, if vague, "Two Angels" (repeated from their earlier album Blue Earth) sounds less a retread than a revelation. Though still obscure, like everything here it sounds breathtaking. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock.......2007-06-04

I don't really remember how I got into this band since it is not really the type of stuff that I normally listen too, but somewhere along the line I picked up this and another one of their albums and still enjoy them quite a bit. I guess I would categorize the Jayhawks as American roots rock. There are elements of folk, country, and rock to be found in their material along with tight vocal harmonies the occasional blistering guitar solo. They are not a band that blew me away upon first listen, but over time I grew to enjoy what they do. Highlights of the disc include "Waiting For The Sun", "Two Angels", "Take Me With You When You Go", and "Nevada California". This is not an album I pull out often, and I have to be in the right mood, but I do enjoy it when I give it an occasional listen.

5 out of 5 stars One of my few favorites..........2006-12-22

This is my favorite record of all time. It's like a story that takes you from chapter to chapter with such amazing songstyling and vocal harmonies, All I really want to say about it, is that you are really missing out if you do not experience Hollywood Town Hall. The stuff that they do now is also very good, but here you have them in their heyday with both Olson and Louris bouncing harmonies off eachother - amazingly beautiful. They Jays also defy being labeled, so in order to explain them to my friends, I say that they are like alt.country + roots rock + power pop + a little bluegrass and a little honkytonk thrown in there too. While still being dynamically beautiful. Just listen to it even though I sound like a raving lunatic, we give the best reccomendations anyhow.

4 out of 5 stars the jayhawks are a great band.......2006-02-28

it says it right on the the sticker they put on the cd "the jayhawks are an astonishingly(sp?) easy band to love." it is true. they are a great band they are my second favorite band right behind tom petty & the heartbreakers. i love this cd it is not their best(tomorrow the green grass and rainy day music are both better). but this album is still about as close to perfect as a band can get. the song "clouds" has one of my favorite opening lines of any song "the God of the rich ain't the God for the poor..." also the song "settled down like rain" is just fantastic and is probably my favorite song of all time. i am very suprised no one else has mentioned this song. they tend to single out "take me with you(when you go)", "waiting for the sun", and "nevada, california" which are all great songs but still not as good as "settled..." basically this album is great and i can't imagine anybody not enjoying it. it is a classic one of the best albums i own.

5 out of 5 stars On of the Top 10 albums of all time........2005-07-31

My favorite album. Every song is perfect and listening to it always takes me back to the days when nothing really mattered but the music.

5 out of 5 stars Drive and listen.......2005-07-19

The first few times through, this CD made little impression on me. Then, I really listened to it. I was on a road trip, it was a CD I picked up on the way out the door, but it and Buddy Miller's _Universal United House of Prayer_ were the only ones I played. And both were worth the time and attention. At least one of these cuts--"Nevada, California," "Waiting for the Sun," or my favorite, "Crowded in the Wings"--will eventually get to you and draw you in. It might take a rainy-day road trip to set the mood, but the Jayhawks will eventually make you glad you listened.
Hollywood Town Hall
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock
  • One of my few favorites...
  • the jayhawks are a great band
  • On of the Top 10 albums of all time.
  • Drive and listen
 Hollywood Town Hall
The Jayhawks
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Tomorrow the Green Grass
  2. Rainy Day Music
  3. Smile
  4. Sound of Lies
  5. Weird Tales

ASIN: B000002LSH
Release Date: 1992-09-15

Tracks:

  1. Waiting for the Sun
  2. Crowded in the Wings
  3. Clouds
  4. Two Angels
  5. Take Me With You (When You Go)
  6. Sister Cry
  7. Settled Down Like Rain
  8. Wichita
  9. Nevada, California
  10. Martin's Song

Amazon.com essential recording

The Jayhawks' breakthrough album is a roots rock classic. "Like folk music, but really loud," is how guitarist Gary Louris liked to describe the Jayhawks, but the reality is more complex--try the country-rock sound of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, or the Band married to white-boy soul, bar band rawness, and a slight alternative edge. Hollywood Town Hall is a masterpiece of American songwriting, blending irresistible melodies, ringing guitars, and Louris and Olson's gorgeous harmonies with moody, imagery-rich lyrics. Best cuts: "Waiting for the Sun," "Take Me with You (When You Go)."

Amazon.com

Because the Jayhawks' lyrics are more interested in expressing a mournful mood than in evoking any specific emotion, and since their strengths are searing guitar solos and cathartic, Gram Parsons-influenced harmonies, it makes sense their best album would come when they teamed with a producer (George Drakoulias) who could make all that sorrowful noise come to life. Hollywood Town Hall is such a sonic marvel, in fact, that even the new version of the beautiful, if vague, "Two Angels" (repeated from their earlier album Blue Earth) sounds less a retread than a revelation. Though still obscure, like everything here it sounds breathtaking. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock.......2007-06-04

I don't really remember how I got into this band since it is not really the type of stuff that I normally listen too, but somewhere along the line I picked up this and another one of their albums and still enjoy them quite a bit. I guess I would categorize the Jayhawks as American roots rock. There are elements of folk, country, and rock to be found in their material along with tight vocal harmonies the occasional blistering guitar solo. They are not a band that blew me away upon first listen, but over time I grew to enjoy what they do. Highlights of the disc include "Waiting For The Sun", "Two Angels", "Take Me With You When You Go", and "Nevada California". This is not an album I pull out often, and I have to be in the right mood, but I do enjoy it when I give it an occasional listen.

5 out of 5 stars One of my few favorites..........2006-12-22

This is my favorite record of all time. It's like a story that takes you from chapter to chapter with such amazing songstyling and vocal harmonies, All I really want to say about it, is that you are really missing out if you do not experience Hollywood Town Hall. The stuff that they do now is also very good, but here you have them in their heyday with both Olson and Louris bouncing harmonies off eachother - amazingly beautiful. They Jays also defy being labeled, so in order to explain them to my friends, I say that they are like alt.country + roots rock + power pop + a little bluegrass and a little honkytonk thrown in there too. While still being dynamically beautiful. Just listen to it even though I sound like a raving lunatic, we give the best reccomendations anyhow.

4 out of 5 stars the jayhawks are a great band.......2006-02-28

it says it right on the the sticker they put on the cd "the jayhawks are an astonishingly(sp?) easy band to love." it is true. they are a great band they are my second favorite band right behind tom petty & the heartbreakers. i love this cd it is not their best(tomorrow the green grass and rainy day music are both better). but this album is still about as close to perfect as a band can get. the song "clouds" has one of my favorite opening lines of any song "the God of the rich ain't the God for the poor..." also the song "settled down like rain" is just fantastic and is probably my favorite song of all time. i am very suprised no one else has mentioned this song. they tend to single out "take me with you(when you go)", "waiting for the sun", and "nevada, california" which are all great songs but still not as good as "settled..." basically this album is great and i can't imagine anybody not enjoying it. it is a classic one of the best albums i own.

5 out of 5 stars On of the Top 10 albums of all time........2005-07-31

My favorite album. Every song is perfect and listening to it always takes me back to the days when nothing really mattered but the music.

5 out of 5 stars Drive and listen.......2005-07-19

The first few times through, this CD made little impression on me. Then, I really listened to it. I was on a road trip, it was a CD I picked up on the way out the door, but it and Buddy Miller's _Universal United House of Prayer_ were the only ones I played. And both were worth the time and attention. At least one of these cuts--"Nevada, California," "Waiting for the Sun," or my favorite, "Crowded in the Wings"--will eventually get to you and draw you in. It might take a rainy-day road trip to set the mood, but the Jayhawks will eventually make you glad you listened.
Hollywood Town Hall
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Hollywood Town Hall
    The Jayhawks
    Manufacturer: Wea/Warner
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Country RockCountry Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000GYJNDA
    Release Date: 2006-09-04

    Tracks:

    1. Waiting for the Sun
    2. Crowded in the Wings
    3. Clouds
    4. Two Angels
    5. Take Me With You (When You Go)
    6. Sister Cry
    7. Settled Down Like Rain
    8. Wichita
    9. Nevada, California
    10. Martin's Song

    Album Description

    Out of print in the U.S.! 1992 release, the third album overall, by the Americana-Pop/Roots-Rock outfit led by Mark Olson and Gary Louris. 10 tracks. Warner.
    Hollywood Town Hall
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock
    • One of my few favorites...
    • the jayhawks are a great band
    • On of the Top 10 albums of all time.
    • Drive and listen
    		 Hollywood Town Hall
    The Jayhawks
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Tomorrow the Green Grass
    2. Rainy Day Music
    3. Smile
    4. Sound of Lies
    5. Weird Tales

    ASIN: B000009QPO
    Release Date: 1998-08-11

    Tracks:

    1. Waiting For The Sun
    2. Crowded In The Wings
    3. Clouds
    4. Two Angels
    5. Take Me With You (When You Go)
    6. Sister Cry
    7. Settled Down Like Rain
    8. Wichita
    9. Nevada, California
    10. Martin's Song

    Amazon.com essential recording

    The Jayhawks' breakthrough album is a roots rock classic. "Like folk music, but really loud," is how guitarist Gary Louris liked to describe the Jayhawks, but the reality is more complex--try the country-rock sound of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, or the Band married to white-boy soul, bar band rawness, and a slight alternative edge. Hollywood Town Hall is a masterpiece of American songwriting, blending irresistible melodies, ringing guitars, and Louris and Olson's gorgeous harmonies with moody, imagery-rich lyrics. Best cuts: "Waiting for the Sun," "Take Me with You (When You Go)."

    Amazon.com

    Because the Jayhawks' lyrics are more interested in expressing a mournful mood than in evoking any specific emotion, and since their strengths are searing guitar solos and cathartic, Gram Parsons-influenced harmonies, it makes sense their best album would come when they teamed with a producer (George Drakoulias) who could make all that sorrowful noise come to life. Hollywood Town Hall is such a sonic marvel, in fact, that even the new version of the beautiful, if vague, "Two Angels" (repeated from their earlier album Blue Earth) sounds less a retread than a revelation. Though still obscure, like everything here it sounds breathtaking. --David Cantwell

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars The Jayhawks - Pleasent Americana Roots Rock.......2007-06-04

    I don't really remember how I got into this band since it is not really the type of stuff that I normally listen too, but somewhere along the line I picked up this and another one of their albums and still enjoy them quite a bit. I guess I would categorize the Jayhawks as American roots rock. There are elements of folk, country, and rock to be found in their material along with tight vocal harmonies the occasional blistering guitar solo. They are not a band that blew me away upon first listen, but over time I grew to enjoy what they do. Highlights of the disc include "Waiting For The Sun", "Two Angels", "Take Me With You When You Go", and "Nevada California". This is not an album I pull out often, and I have to be in the right mood, but I do enjoy it when I give it an occasional listen.

    5 out of 5 stars One of my few favorites..........2006-12-22

    This is my favorite record of all time. It's like a story that takes you from chapter to chapter with such amazing songstyling and vocal harmonies, All I really want to say about it, is that you are really missing out if you do not experience Hollywood Town Hall. The stuff that they do now is also very good, but here you have them in their heyday with both Olson and Louris bouncing harmonies off eachother - amazingly beautiful. They Jays also defy being labeled, so in order to explain them to my friends, I say that they are like alt.country + roots rock + power pop + a little bluegrass and a little honkytonk thrown in there too. While still being dynamically beautiful. Just listen to it even though I sound like a raving lunatic, we give the best reccomendations anyhow.

    4 out of 5 stars the jayhawks are a great band.......2006-02-28

    it says it right on the the sticker they put on the cd "the jayhawks are an astonishingly(sp?) easy band to love." it is true. they are a great band they are my second favorite band right behind tom petty & the heartbreakers. i love this cd it is not their best(tomorrow the green grass and rainy day music are both better). but this album is still about as close to perfect as a band can get. the song "clouds" has one of my favorite opening lines of any song "the God of the rich ain't the God for the poor..." also the song "settled down like rain" is just fantastic and is probably my favorite song of all time. i am very suprised no one else has mentioned this song. they tend to single out "take me with you(when you go)", "waiting for the sun", and "nevada, california" which are all great songs but still not as good as "settled..." basically this album is great and i can't imagine anybody not enjoying it. it is a classic one of the best albums i own.

    5 out of 5 stars On of the Top 10 albums of all time........2005-07-31

    My favorite album. Every song is perfect and listening to it always takes me back to the days when nothing really mattered but the music.

    5 out of 5 stars Drive and listen.......2005-07-19

    The first few times through, this CD made little impression on me. Then, I really listened to it. I was on a road trip, it was a CD I picked up on the way out the door, but it and Buddy Miller's _Universal United House of Prayer_ were the only ones I played. And both were worth the time and attention. At least one of these cuts--"Nevada, California," "Waiting for the Sun," or my favorite, "Crowded in the Wings"--will eventually get to you and draw you in. It might take a rainy-day road trip to set the mood, but the Jayhawks will eventually make you glad you listened.
    SCRAPPLE
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • There's a Heaven Somewhere ...
    		SCRAPPLE
    The Jayhawks
    Manufacturer: Def American
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000J3ZVAC

    Product Description

    TRACKLIST: 1. Take Me With You 2. Leave No Gold (UNRELEASED) 3. Keith And Quentin (UNRELEASED) 4. Up Above My Head (UNRELEASED) VERY RARE JAYHAWKS "SCRAPPLE" PROMO CD WITH 3 UNRELEASED TRACKS!!! EXTREMELY RARE!! This 4 track CD was never available in stores. This disc was issued by Def American Records in 1992 and given out to Record Store Managers and Radio Stations to promote the Jayhawks "Hollywood Town Hall" CD and is also a fan collectable.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars There's a Heaven Somewhere ... .......2007-06-08

    A couple of good songs to listen in some bar ... on a cold day.

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