Seed

Editorial Reviews
Ambient Visions, Jim Brenholts
The deep and ethereal ambience is absolute ear candy..... an amazing cd! Deserving of any and all accolades!

Album Description
The second collaboration between Ma Ja Le (who previously released IMAGINARIUM with Vir Unis) and James Johnson (who released ENTERING TWILIGHT on Hypnos this year) is a sonic melding of the minimalist overtones and organic synth work of James Johnson & the ethno-tribal-atmospheric sounds of ambient duo Ma Ja Le.

The "duo plus one" previously worked together on the limited-edition (now out of print) LIVE UNDER A HARVEST MOON, and now show us what they can accomplish given some time in the studio. The sonic tapestry is as lush, emotive and transportive as it gets. A spiraling journey to the deepest depths of ethereal ambience and back. Hypnos Recordings is pleased and excited to release this "organic space music," SEED by Ma Ja Le and James Johnson.

Sharecropper's Seed, Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of thee Best
  • Pulls at the heart strings
  • Her Best Album Yet
 Sharecropper's Seed, Vol. 1
Nicole C. Mullen
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJXC7Q
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

  1. Sharecropper's Seed
  2. So In Love
  3. One Touch (Press)
  4. Convinced
  5. When I Grow Up
  6. Under The Shadow
  7. Elohim
  8. I Wish
  9. Fall
  10. Baby Love

Album Description

The new album from Nicole C. Mullen, Sharecropper's Seed, is an ode to the American spirit. This is a moving collection of musical vignettes that open the doorway to inspiration and aspiration. Her songs include stories of heritage, racial unity and love for all mankind.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of thee Best .......2007-07-19

Nicole C. Mullen music from this c/d is thee best inspirational music that I have listen to for months on the way to work. Her spirit is beautiful. One of my friends was playing her c/ds in her store and I said who is singing this? I fell in love with her music and so did many of my friends! I have bought 3 of her c/ds so far...












5 out of 5 stars Pulls at the heart strings.......2007-05-12

I have waited so long for her to come out with a new project. This one is well worth the wait.

5 out of 5 stars Her Best Album Yet.......2007-04-07

There comes a point in the life of most artists regardless of the medium, where all that is intensely personal comes bursting forth. Sharecropper's Seed (Vol 1) is that album for Nicole C. Mullen. She wrote or co-wrote every track, co-produced alongside a new producer and has fully come into her own as a writer and musician. Sharecropper's Seed (Vol 1) is pensive, beautifully lyrical, and touches the areas of life that mean the most to her; namely her family and her relationship with Christ. Younger listeners may miss some of the hip-hop sassy sounds that she is famous for, but adults especially, will love this album with it's folk-styled contemporary, ruminative and mature flavor.
Seed of Memory
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The seed of memory
  • Where was I when this came out?
  • Perfect album!
  • Terry Reid:The best kept secret in Rock !
  • WOW!!!
 Seed of Memory
Terry Reid
Manufacturer: Edsel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020VWDW
Release Date: 2004-05-17

Tracks:

  1. Faith to Arise
  2. Seed of Memory
  3. Brave Awakening
  4. To Be Treated Rite
  5. Ooh Baby (Make Me Feel So Young)
  6. Way You Walk
  7. Frame
  8. Fooling You

Album Description

2004 reissue of 1975 album, featuring David Lindley & Graham Nash, packaged in a slipcase with updated notes. BGO Records.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the "Would-have-been" Singer of Led Zeppelin's 1973 Solo Album. Reid Moved West to California and Totally Got in the Groove, as this Set is Much More Laid Back Than his Previous Output. A Lot of that Probably Has to Do with his Choice of Producer, Pal Graham Nash. The Tracks Feature Jackson Browne Sideman David Lindley as an Integral Part of this Record as Well as Appearances by Graham Nash, Tim Weisberg, Ben Keith, Fred Wesley, Joel Bernstein and Al Perkins.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The seed of memory.......2007-07-17


I courted my wife to the music of this LP the better part of thirty years ago. It was, and is still one of finest collections of ballads and truth's recorded.

5 out of 5 stars Where was I when this came out?.......2007-05-13

I bought this cd because I heard 3 of the songs in Rob Zombies horror movie "The Devil's Rejects." Excellent movie. Now I grew up in the 70's, and I never heard of Terry Reid. But the songs in the movie were pretty good, good enough that they really caught my attension in a horror film. I looked this guy up on amazon, and discovered that the 3 songs I was looking for were on this one record. I ordered it.
I still don't know what to say. I thought, I'd heard just about everything. I'm a musician, and a music history buff. Where was Terry? This album is FANTASTIC! Sorrowful, jazzy, country like blues influenced, with one or two rock songs thrown in for measure. It is one of the most unique and beautiful albums I've ever heard.
It is truly an honestly wrought piece of work about what it was like in the mid seventies.
You know...I'd pay 100.00$ for this record and it would still be worth every penny. An album like this you'll own it forever. I'd like to thank Terry for putting this on the earth for us. He did more than he will ever know. A standing ovation. 5 super stars!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Perfect album!.......2007-01-02

This cd is his shortest cd, but his best one by far. The songs on this album were simply amazing. If you like crosby, stills, nash, and young, you will adore this cd! This album has a very chill mood to it that makes it an instant favorite. Every song on here is a classic. Terry Reid has a mildly raspy, amazing voice. I think Terry Reid is one of the best singers and song writers out there. His singing is powerful yet suttle. And you will highly enjoy this album.

5 out of 5 stars Terry Reid:The best kept secret in Rock !.......2006-07-16

Seed of Memory by Terry Reid is a delightful collection of tunes... Think "California nites with a bottle of wine & trusted company"... The entire cd is solid, with standouts being the title track- Seed of Memory,Brave Awakening, and by far the finest track- To Be Treated Rite ! Terry's voice, along with producer Graham Nash adding vocals, David Lindley playing slide and an uncredited appearance by Joni Mitchell in certain spots- make this perhaps one of the finest records to come out of the 70's- BUY it proudly and Pass on the Knowledge !!!

5 out of 5 stars WOW!!!.......2005-08-21

I've only recently become aware of Terry Reid. I was watching "The Devil's Rejects" and really liked the songs on the soundtrack,not knowing that Rob Zombie used 3 Terry Reid songs. I picked up the soundtrack and after listening to it ad nauseum for weeks,I decided to try to find some Terry Reid stuff. Boy am I glad I did! "Seed of Memory" has not left my CD player since I got it. EVERY SONG IS GOOD. There is not one song on this CD that I skip over. I play it over and over and over again obsessively. I just wish I was around when his music came out initially. I'm 29 and "Seed of Memory" was released the same year I was born (1976....a GREAT year!LOL!). Why can't today's music sound as cool as this?
John Barry: The Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!
  • Persuaders Theme!
  • A Variety Of Classics!
  • Incredible Barry Collection
  • " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"
 John Barry: The Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005BADD
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Zulu
  2. From Russia With Love
  3. From Russia With Love - 007
  4. Goldfinger
  5. The Ipcress File
  6. The Knack
  7. Mister Moses
  8. Thunderball
  9. The Wrong Box
  10. Born Free
  11. The Quiller Memorandum
  12. You Only Live Twice
  13. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
  14. Deadfall

Tracks:

  1. The Lion In Winter
  2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  4. Midnight Cowboy
  5. Midnight Cowboy
  6. The Appointment
  7. The Last Valley
  8. Walkabout
  9. Monte Walsh
  10. Diamonds Are Forever
  11. The Persuaders
  12. Mary Queen Of Scots
  13. The Man With The Golden Gun
  14. The Dove

Tracks:

  1. The Tamarind Seed
  2. King Kong
  3. Eleanor And Franklin
  4. Robin And Marian
  5. The Deep
  6. Hanover Street
  7. The Black Hole
  8. Moonraker
  9. Somewhere In Time
  10. Raise The Titanic
  11. Body Heat
  12. Frances
  13. Octopussy
  14. The Cotton Club

Tracks:

  1. High Road To China
  2. A View To A Kill
  3. Out Of Africa
  4. The Living Daylights
  5. Dances With Wolves
  6. Dances With Wolves
  7. Chaplin
  8. Moviola
  9. Indecent Proposal
  10. The Specialist
  11. The Scarlet Letter
  12. Cry The Beloved Country
  13. Mercury Rising
  14. The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

5 out of 5 stars Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

5 out of 5 stars A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

5 out of 5 stars " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.
Seed
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Music Should Rule the World
  • absolutely wonderful
  • A FABULOUS Blending Of Music!!!! 2 Thumbs WAY UP!
  • 4.5 stars - Just as good as Volume 3
  • Frightfully Disappointing
 Seed
Afro Celts
Manufacturer: Real World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008DAN1
Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

  1. Cyberia
  2. Seed
  3. Nevermore
  4. The Otherside
  5. Ayub's Song/As You Were
  6. Rise Above
  7. Rise Above It
  8. Deep Channel
  9. All Remains
  10. Green Instrumental

Amazon.com

In 1996, the Afro-Celt Sound System formed a sound clash that mixed Irish music, dance floor grooves, West African percussion, and the kora. While there were highlights, often with help from high profile singing guests like Sinead O'Connor and Peter Gabriel, the albums were fragmented. Now the members have shortened their name to the AfroCelts for their forth album, declaring that the Sound System isn't applicable because they've evolved into a more conventional and fully formed group. The change sounds radical, but it's really just a refinement in their working relationship and songwriting skill. Consequently, Seed holds together more strongly as an album. The songs are more consistently crafted and sonically rich here, with different voices and instruments coming to the fore, but never outshining the greater whole. Highlights include the blues slide guitar-driven title track, the wholly acoustic (which is a first!) and Irish jig-inspired "Ayob's Song/As You Were," and the Radiohead-influenced "All Remains." --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Music Should Rule the World.......2007-02-15

If music ruled the world...there wouldn't be any wars. This album is a perfect blend of two very diverse cultures, & yet the music works in perfect unison & harmony. The mystical style of celtic music, combined with the rhythmic style of traditional african music is truly unique!
I first heard Afrocelts in the soundtrack from Riding Giants(in Laird Hamilton's story - when he discovers a new way to surf giant waves)and it blew me away!It's one of those 'Serendipitous' things...
'Lucky Me' to have found this little treasure!

5 out of 5 stars absolutely wonderful.......2006-09-21

I just got this three days ago.
I have been listening to it at work non-stop, ever since I first put it in.
So far, that's about 25 hours. Seriously.

The guest artists (22 according to the liner notes) on this disc are awesome. The energy.. mmmm... Somehow it's able to keep me going with a buzz all day, without forcing a frenetic burn-out as most of my other fast electro-ish albums inevitably do. Absolutely grateful. I have other albums by the Afrocelts, but at the moment, this is definitely my favorite. It's a gem.

5 out of 5 stars A FABULOUS Blending Of Music!!!! 2 Thumbs WAY UP!.......2006-03-27

I maybe late in the game of knowing this group, but I am hooked now! My mother and I first saw them on tv, channel 35(wybe). We were just cruisin' thru the channels and heard this great music and just had to take a look! Glad we did! After I heard the song "Seed", that was all she wrote, LOL! I had to find out who this group was and I came down later that evening and looked them up on Amazon and orderd it! The blending of the different genres of music is pure genius!!! What a FANTASTIC find this CD is! Afro Celts' music will draw you in and keep you there! :0) All I have to say is ORDER IT!!!

4 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars - Just as good as Volume 3.......2004-12-30

"Seed" represents the fourth production of Afro Celt Sound System (here known as Afrocelts). This is one ensemble that only gets better with time. Their first and second albums I enjoyed, but nowhere as much as their third one. And this album, I find just as solid as their third production.

The album's balance between afro, celtic and new age music seems to favor the latter two, though there are plenty of african voice samples and drums. But the overall feel I get after listening to it, is that I've heard a very good new age album with touches of celtic music and a hint at african sounds. With the exception of "Cyberia" and the title track, in general I enjoyed more the shorter tracks. The best example of this is the introductory "Rise" and the 10+ minute-long piece "Rise Above It" that builds upon it. The intro is extremely powerful, yet the follow-up gets to a point where it cannot hold your attention much longer.

All in all, this is one solid production by this world music party. Don't miss it. Like most acts from Real World Music, it deserves a space in your music shelves.

2 out of 5 stars Frightfully Disappointing.......2004-10-06

Let me start by saying I really love Afro Celt Sound System. My father introduced me to their first CD and now I'm more rapid about getting their new stuff than he is... Or anyway, I was.

The first two CD's were nothing short of relevatory for me, and the third seems to go in a different direction, but is still quite good.

Sadly, I feel like unlike Paul Mounsey (Nahoo, et al) Afro Celt doesn't seem to be aging well. I couldn't help but feel that Seed was very, very derivative and washed out compared to their other offerings. The same sort of over-produced sensation I get from Vanilla Pop rubbish on the radio.

I realize this is pretty harsh criticism of a group whose first 3 CDs retain an honored position in my CD case, but I just feel Seed isn't up to snuff. They can and have done much, much better.
Wild Seed -- Wild Flower
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "Time slips ever fast instantly becoming the past"
  • no
  • Wild Seed ~Wild Flower - - actually 3.5 stars
  • Great Single - OK Album
  • awesome album
 Wild Seed -- Wild Flower
Dionne Farris
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000029AI
Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

  1. I Know
  2. Reality
  3. Stop To Think
  4. Passion
  5. Food For Thought
  6. Now Or Later
  7. Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)
  8. 11th Hour
  9. Water
  10. Blackbird
  11. Old Ladies
  12. Human
  13. Find Your Way
  14. The Audition
  15. I Know (NY Reprise Mix)

Amazon.com

You may not know Dionne Farris' name, but you've heard her voice. Hers were the soaring vocals that powered "Tennessee," the breakthrough hit by alternative rappers Arrested Development. Here Farris steps out on her own with a strong debut called Wild Seed-Wild Flower. She smoothly blends elements of hip-hop and alternative rock while positioning herself as a new kind of R&B divathe anti-Whitney. Farris has a lot more on her mind than "I Will Always Love You." On "Don't Ever Touch Me Again," she tackles child abuse, while on "Stop to Think," she rails against drug addiction. But Farris never sounds preachy, and she even manages to take a Beatles song and make it her own with a slow, funky version of "Blackbird." .--Jim DeRogatis

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Time slips ever fast instantly becoming the past".......2007-06-24

Whatever happened to Dionne Farris? The question poses some merit given that the former singer of Arrested Development made such a great solo debut. She had a very hip and relaxed nature about her with one of the best songs to hit radio during the mid 90's in "I Know." She even served as opening act for the Dave Matthews Band when they were first becoming popular. As for Wild Seed-Wild Flower, I haven't listened to this album(or CD)in quite some time until recently, and it still holds up as a terrific offering of rock, pop, and soul. Plus the gospel tinge in her voice still has that perfect passion that made her songs feel so sobering and uplifting when they played the first time around. I'm sure that "I Know" will one day find a second life when it gets played on future classic pop stations once the music of the 90's becomes retro.

1 out of 5 stars no.......2007-03-13

please do not buy this. she has a great voice, but the only song worth anything on here is the 'i know what you're doing' single....

3 out of 5 stars Wild Seed ~Wild Flower - - actually 3.5 stars.......2006-12-06

This is a good debut from an artist who burst on the scene with a phenomenal single, I KNOW. This song featured a mash of rock, pop & soul that touched a lot of fans across music genres. The only other song on the disc that moved me in the same way is, PASSION - that features a stunning baseline, unstructured melody & terric guitar-heavy chorus.

Other tracks that I still enjoy to this day are:

NOW OR LATER - she really toned it down on this one, her vocals are so sweet & light

11TH HOUR - features spoken word & a pretty melodic beat

WATER - her soulful wails & the construction of the song kind of reminds me of an old Rufus & Chaka Khan song

BLACKBIRD - again features really pretty vocals

Although it's unfortunate that Dionne didn't get to release a sophomore set, this is still a fun album that I continue to enjoy listening to as time goes by.

3 out of 5 stars Great Single - OK Album.......2006-06-01

Great single, ordinary album. Going solo after her stint with Arrested Development, Dionne Farris seemed intent on making a statement of her own. The single, "I Know," promised a lot. Based on a snaking slide groove and a neat vocal hook, it gave the impression that Farris just might be able to break out. Unfortunately, the first solo album suggests Arrested Development without the diversity. Like that band, the musical topics are based on inner thoughts; sort of like cranial soul music. The titles alone give away - "Stop to Think"; "Food for Thought"; "Find Your Way"; Even the song "Passion" approaches the subject of the title as if it were a mental exercise. Naturally, the arrangements are intelligently constructed, perhaps even a bit fussy. If only she could have tapped into the passion that she found on her hit single, this would have been one heck of an album. All in all, there's just too much thinking going on here for the record to be much fun.

5 out of 5 stars awesome album.......2005-11-24

the year was 1995 and I was addicted to the radio. This song was on heavy rotation in spring of 1995, it was the catchy melody of the chorus and funky guitar grooves that caught me. I guess she became a one hit wonder which is sad because she has talent for singing and songwriting and I hope she comes back someday.
Jpop CD, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Rainy Days Never Stays is the greatest.
  • Come on it's not that bad
  • Great for anime fans...
  • Representative
 Jpop CD, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Tofu Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BI1YJ2
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

  1. D-technoLIFE - UVERworld
  2. Rewrite - Asian Kung-FU Generation
  3. Hit In USA - Beat Crusaders
  4. Beginnings ~Hajimari no Uta~ - Puffy AmiYumi
  5. Dramatic - YUKI
  6. Houkigumo - RYTHEM
  7. Days - FLOW
  8. Lost Heaven - L'Arc~en~Ciel
  9. Infortion - Suitesho-jo
  10. Pride - High and Mighty Color
  11. *~asterisk~ - ORANGE RANGE
  12. Hey my friend - Tommy heavenly
  13. pureness - Nana Kitade
  14. Glaring Dream - Kinya Kotani
  15. Life is Like a Boat - Rie Fu

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rainy Days Never Stays is the greatest........2007-01-14

I love these songs.
Rainy Days Never Stays is the greatest.
Jpop is all so lively.

5 out of 5 stars Come on it's not that bad .......2006-04-26

I just got this C.D. the other day and it's awsemo yes,awsemo. I don't know how any on could rate it not purrrrrrrfect. This is only my second review but I know that Jpop is one C.D. that you need in your anime collection if you have one like me.

5 out of 5 stars Great for anime fans..........2006-04-12

This CD is great for anime fans. I'll list what animes the songs come from here...

1. D-tecnoLIFE ~From the Anime TV Series BLEACH~ -UVERworld
2. Riraito(Rewrite) ~From the Anime TV Series Fullmetal Alchemist~ -Asian Kung-Fu Generation
3. Hit in the USA ~From the Anime TV Series BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad~ -Beat Crusaders
4. Beginnings ~Hajimari no Uta(Song of a New Day)~ ~From the Anime Movie Pokemon: Myuu to Hadou no Yuusha -Puffy Amiyumi
5. Dramatic ~From the Anime TV Series Honey and Clover~ -YUKI
6. Houkigumo(Comet Cloud) ~From the Anime TV Series Yakitate!! Japan~ -RYTHEM
7. Days ~From the Anime TV Series Eureka 7~ -FLOW
8. Lost Heaven ~From the Anime Movie Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Shamballa wo Ikumono(Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa) -L'Arc~en~ciel
9. Information ~From the Anime TV Series E's Otherwise~ -Suitesho-Jo
10. Pride ~From the Anime TV Series Gundam SEED Destiny~ - High and Mighty Color
11. *Asterisk ~From the Anime TV Series BLEACH~ -ORANGE RANGE
12. Hey My Friend ~From the Live Action Movie Kamikaze Girls~ -Tommy heavenly6
13. Pureness ~From the Anime TV Series BEET the Vandel Buster -Kitade Nana
14. Glaring Dream ~From the Anime TV Series Gravitation~ -Kotani Kinya
15. Life is Like a Boat ~From the Anime TV Series BLEACH~ -Rie fu

And there you have it. Many of the series haven't even been released in the US, and we're already getting opening and ending theme releases like this.

My personal favorite is Lost Heaven from L'Arc~en~ciel, because it says so much about Fullmetal Alchemist and its theme with the lyrics of "We say goodbye lost heaven, how we longed for heaven. We're letting go, of something we never had, time goes so fast, heaven is lost...". Second favorite would be Life is Like a Boat from Rie fu. It's got a really laidback feel to it, and questions worth and other things.
*Asterisk is a rap song, that's really good. I usually dislike rap, but I don't mind this one. It also may be interesting to note that it was the top selling Anime theme song single in 2005. BLEACH fans are really lucky with this CD, since there's 3 themes from BLEACH. D-tecnoLIFE, Life is Like a Boat, and *Asterisk.
Hey My Friend is a rock song that has a really laid back feel as well, and it really gives more meaning to the movie Kamikaze Girls and its plotline when it says things like "I lose my way without you", and "Hello my friend". Tommy heavenly6 has put together a great song with this one.
Dramatic is a pop song, with really high vocals from the vocalist of Judy and Mary. YUKI also sang Sobakasu(Freckles) in J-pop CD1, so if you picked that one up as well, you should recognize her vocals. Dramatic manages to be really peppy, without being annoying and screechy. Honey and Clover hasn't seen a US release yet either, so this is somewhat unusual, but it definately works for me.
Houkigumo is a softer song, with lots of melody and harmony. It's got a lot of melody and soft guitars. The vocalist is also really sweet sounding, and harmonious. Yakitate!! Japan's anime hasn't seen a US release, but the manga releases in fall of 2006.
Hit in the USA is another rock tune, with an odd kind of drive behind it. With lyrics all in English, and the theme of "I was made to hit in America!", it's very bouncy and repetitive.
Days is a good song, with a solid beat behind it. It's the opening to Eureka 7, which is getting a US release very soon. Days has good vocals as well, that support the beat and song.
Pureness is from the same artist that sang Kesenai Tsumi(Unerasable Sin), Kitade Nana. Pureness isn't as good as Kesenai Tsumi in my opinion, but it's still got a good guitar riff going, and she still sings well. BEET the Vandel Buster hasn't gotten an anime US release yet either.
Riraito(Rewrite) is the final ending theme to Fullmetal Alchemist. Asian Kung-Fu Generation just put out a new album(Solfa) recently, so you can check out more of their music domestically as well. Riraito is a really good rock song with good vocalists and lyrics. It's also the only opening theme to only be played when it was supposed to be played, and most of the time, in full. Ready Steady Go was only supposed to be played with Tobira no Mukou e, but adult swim had a business deal going on, so it got played all throughout the series of Fullmetal Alchemist until the final set of episodes.

And now for the actual packaging... The actual packaging itself is really chibi and cute. The booklet has lyrics, but no translations, so you'll have to search around online for those. It has a visual spread of some album covers, and the artists themselves. There's also a page and a half text piece outlining the stuff on the CD, and giving a talk about anime and J-pop in the US.

Altogether, it's a good deal for anime fans, and people who would rather buy domestically than importing everything. All of the artists included and the songs themselves are good solid songs that aren't your standard music fare.

3 out of 5 stars Representative.......2005-11-02

In a land where fads come and go with lightning speed, where consumer electronics are always years ahead of us in the USA, and where even the language changes faster than most, it seems incongruous that the pop music doesn't change. I lived in Japan 15 years ago, thus surrounded by J-Pop music. This CD represents the latest of the genre, yet it doesn't sound any different from what J-Pop sounded like 15 years ago, with exceptions in a few songs of some noticeable new developments.

There is a reason J-Pop has never caught on in the USA and Europe. The music is terribly overproduced, which gives it a kind of show-tunes sound. Even the rock music has that annoying overproduced sound, nerding up what would otherwise be some killer rock music.

But J-Pop's not being known in the USA is in the process of changing, due to the popularity of manga and anime. With so many people now enjoying anime, the Japanese style of adult cartoons (mostly action and fantasy cartoons), and hearing the theme songs of these TV shows and movies, at least a subculture of Americans is developing a taste for this music. Hence the release of this album, a showcase of J-Pop tunes that are used in anime.

In J-Pop, I strongly prefer songs fronted by female vocals to that of the male vocals. This is true for me in American & European music, too, as most of my favorite groups have female lead singers (Viva Voce, Bon Voyage, Cocteau Twins, Curve, Evanescence, The Randies, The Go-Go's, etc.). But this is even more true for me in Japanese music; the male vocals have a certain tonal quality that I especially don't care for. Some people may find the high-pitched tone of the typical J-Pop female singer to be annoying, but I enjoy it.

The first three songs on this compilation didn't do much for me, but the fourth one I was immediately crazy about. I later looked at the cover and learned that it was Puffy Amiyumi. I had already heard of this duo and wanted music by them; now I've heard them for the first time and I definitely want some of their albums!

New influences in J-Pop are found in the track "Pride" by High and Mighty Color. This is primarily a typical female-led J-Pop overproduced pop tune, but interspersed in it is an intense rock section with some scream-rap (made unintelligible by sound alteration). "*~Asterisk~" by Orange Range has some rapping in it, something else I don't remember hearing in J-Pop 15 years ago. But aside from these two tracks, I don't really hear anything new in J-Pop. Amazing how it doesn't change.

I give this album 3 stars, which in my book is a good album that I would definitely recommend to others. This album is a good representation of J-Pop music. If you're an anime fan, you're likely to enjoy it. If you want to learn what Japanese pop music is like, this compilation is a good place to start.
Down By the Creek Bank CD Special 25th Anniversary Edition
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • classic!
 Down By the Creek Bank CD Special 25th Anniversary Edition

Manufacturer: Benson Music Publications
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0006GWH86

Product Description

Down By the Creek Bank is 25 years old this year! It's a timeless, classic work - for kids of all ages!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars classic!.......2005-10-30

You will love this album! Even after all these years it brings a smile to my face and one of the songs even brings a tear to my eye. I loved it as a kid and hope to pass it on to my own kids someday!
In Seed Comes Fruit
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • You Move Me
  • Poi pleases once again
  • Straddling the line...
  • A good album but misses the PDP standard
  • In Seed Comes Fruit
 In Seed Comes Fruit
Poi Dog Pondering
Manufacturer: Premonition (Emd)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009QGDK
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

  1. Had I Known
  2. You Move Me
  3. A Love Rains down
  4. 10-28
  5. Daytrippin
  6. Hangover
  7. Keep The Faith
  8. True
  9. So Real
  10. Hotel Seze
  11. Simple Song
  12. In Seeds Come Fruit

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Poi Dog Pondering founder and only constant member Frank Orrall has rarely stood still since forming his group in Hawaii in 1986. He's maneuvered his band through nearly as many different cities as line-up changes. The eclectic outfit has gradually found its niche somewhere between the easygoing acoustic rock of the Dave Matthews Band and the pan-American rock and R&B fusion of Santana. Its ninth album is typically overflowing with ideas and energy, as the fifth line-up of Poi Dog Pondering takes up the experimental bent of 1999's Natural Thing, mixing strains of folk, electronic music, and soul into uplifting tracks like "A Love Rains Down" and "Keep the Faith." --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You Move Me.......2006-12-29

This has to be one of my all time fav bands, and this one...my fav song!

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5 out of 5 stars Poi pleases once again.......2005-07-26

This is your typical beautiful poi cd. Even though it is a bit more synthesized than their earlier stuff, that's what I prefer. If you like liquid white light, natural thing, and their newer sound this cd was made for you. It is powerful...keep bringing it on pdp!

3 out of 5 stars Straddling the line..........2005-07-04

There's a fine line between elevator music (so-called "Musac") and ambient rock, and at times this latest one from Poi Dog Pondering crosses the line. It's not that "In Seed Comes Fruit" is a bad album by any means. In fact, it's quite ambitious when combining world music with sly, pulsating techno waves and rolls. Indeed, like more mainstream acts such as Santana, Dave Matthews Band, and even Moby to an extent, Poi Dog encoporates nearly all types of music (world, jazz, etc)into each album (and occasionally each song). Whether melodic acoustic or soothing piano that resembles something off of an "Air" album, nobody can accuse this album of being narrow-minded.

Unfortunately, however, that's where things stop. The music may be open-minded, but that doesn't mean it's inspired. By the middle of "In Seed Comes Fruit," the listener has heard everything the album has to offer. In a word, the music gets a little tedious. Unlike it's cousin, the rather silently brilliant "Natural Thing" album released several years earlier by Poi Dog, "In Seed Comes Fruit" is hardly a journey. None of the songs posess any real "groove" that wants the reader to, at best, keep listening and at worst, even stay awake.

As other reviewers have said, the members of Poi Dog failed to liven things up at all on this album. Hopefully on their next go at it, they'll turn up the bass and speed a few tracks up a bit. Anything to give the listener something to move to rather than music that simply blows like a breeze (and a breeze that never really goes anywhere, at that).

3 out of 5 stars A good album but misses the PDP standard.......2004-09-25

I'm a huge PDP fan so of course I was excited to hear their most recent offering. After hearing some of these songs live I was somewhat disappointed by the album. It's still pretty good but lacks the energy of its predecessors. It's a good album if you just wanna chill out and relax although at times - it's dangerously close to something you'd hear in an elevator.

1 out of 5 stars In Seed Comes Fruit.......2003-12-30

I've seen Poi Dog Pondering live a number of times and have always loved their energy and vibe, both of which are missing on this CD. In Seed Comes Fruit is a huge disappointment. The songs are totally over-synthesized and all sound the same. I couldn't even make it through the whole CD.
Ling
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • One of my personal favorites
  • Amazing Album
  • Four guys from Texas?
 Ling
Seed
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002L21
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

  1. Rapture
  2. Virgin
  3. Baa Baa Song
  4. Kids...This Is Fabulon
  5. Ladybug
  6. Nail
  7. You Should Not Take These Things For Granted
  8. Doe
  9. Tortoise Shell
  10. Fortune
  11. For Adam
  12. Mariposa

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of my personal favorites.......2003-12-27

Seed, ive always liked em personally. Theyre not for everyone just like Ozzy isnt for everyone. In my opinion Seed has a real good laid back, straight forward sound that just makes you think and feel good.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Album.......2002-08-11

This is one of the greatest (and one of the most below-the-radar) albums that came out in the early/mid 90's, which was one of the greatest times for rock music since the late 60's. I got this album when I was 12, and at first I only liked a few of the songs on it, 'Rapture' and 'Doe' really being two of them. Over the years though, this album has been one of the elite four or five CDs that I have always checked out from time to time. This album really has the whole package. The songwriting is very unique but still catchy; The melodies are wonderful; The guitar sound has a perfect loud, ringing, distortion sound without being too obnoxious to cover up the chords being played; The drummer grooves hard through the whole album; There's a lot of great vocal harmonizing; and the fretless bass really adds a great 'watery' feeling to the music as well. The slow songs don't drag, and the faster, heavier songs aren't overbearing. This is just a great album from a great era in rock music. The band is no longer around, although two of the members (Chad Salls and Dean Truitt) have recently formed the group 'Color'.

4 out of 5 stars Four guys from Texas?.......2001-06-05

I first heard of Seed on MTV's 120 minutes. They played "Doe" and "Rapture" live and I was amazed.The fretless bass and smooth vocals really stand out on this cd.Seed kicks it into high gear toward the latter part of the album with songs like "Rapture", "Release", and "Tortoise" and a last song that fades out only to fade in to something that has no real sense of direction, a woman speaking german, and a brief moment of kids on a playground.All in all a decent, and at times beautiful, cd that got passed over in the wake of bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, and (my favorite) The Smashing Pumpkins.
Mutiny/The Bad Seed
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Last of the Birthday party is a collection of aftershocks
  • One of the best cd's....
  • Tonight We Sleep in Separate Ditches
  • Wow! Postmodernism can be interesting!!!!!!!!
  • oh my lord!
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The Birthday Party
Manufacturer: Buddha
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ASIN: B00004T0N9
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Sonnys Burning
  2. Wildworld
  3. Fears of Gun
  4. Deep in the Woods
  5. Jennifers Veil
  6. Six Strings That Drew Blood
  7. Say a Spell
  8. Swampland
  9. Pleasure Avalanche
  10. Mutiny in Heaven

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Last of the Birthday party is a collection of aftershocks.......2006-07-03

If "Junkyard", the quintessential Bithday party album was the great earthquake in the punkscene, the songs on the following two E.P.'s (and the last of The BP) can at least be called some severe aftershocks.

The opening scream-out on "Sonny's burning" says it all: "Hands up who wants to die!" howlers singer Nick Cave in pain. And the deconstructive podium-busting of "Junkyard" goes on.
Then "Wildworld" follows, with its slow pacing drums and howling guitar; the song trashes the mind and soul and causes many lonely abandoned off spring to dance with their own shadows in the dark.
There seems to be more echoing effects in the guitars, and more contemplation and sanity in Cave's voice - not that the man is cured of whatever demons are troubeling him, thank God not, but the tight ensembling-work of The Bad Seeds come more and more into vision here.

"Jennifer's veil", a stiring emotional statement, hints at future Bad Seeds output; more singing tendencies than just spoken word or screaming, this track solely is worth a finger.
"Six strings that drew blood" is an early punk version of one of the best songs on "The firstborn is dead" album, the second Bad Seeds release. Although very rarely mentioned, is "The six strings..." version on the "First born..." album still one of Nick Cave's best pereformances, and here on the Birthday Party E.P. we have its original blueprint.
"Swampland" still has the chaos of "Release the bats" from the "Junkyard"album, as have the multi-vocals on "Mutiny in heaven".

Call it aftershocks, call it more matured and pollished, call it a musical testament, it's still all classic TBP.
This last release doesn't show any signs of decline or perishing of the band. It's just "Junkyard" little successor, and a good reason to to ponder on the question where Nick and the mates would have gone to, if The Bitrthday Party hadn't crashed that early in its own personal dark history.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best cd's...........2004-09-11

If you don't love this cd (and many people won't), then you must have a very different taste in music then me. Yes, it's different. Yes, it's offensive. Yes, it's incredibly powerful. Mutiny in Heaven is insanity on a disc, Six strings that drew the blood is awesome, as is everything on this disc. Simply brilliant, and best disc to start a birthday party obsession with.

5 out of 5 stars Tonight We Sleep in Separate Ditches.......2003-11-12

To categorize this CD as "goth" or "blues influenced" or "Stooges-like" is a gross oversimplification. Nick Cave is at his best bible infused morbid-ism. The addition of Einsturzende Neubauten's (and future Bad Seed) Blixa Bargeld on `Mutiny in Heaven' is pure genius. The CD in its entirety is pure genius. A timeless classic, for sure.

An excerpt from `Deep in the Woods':

Now the killed waits for the killer
And the trees all nod their heads, they are agreed
This knife feels like a knife feels like a knife that feels like it's feed.
Yeah I recognize that girl
I took her from rags right through to stitches (pray for me now)
Oh baby, tonight we sleep in separate ditches.

5 out of 5 stars Wow! Postmodernism can be interesting!!!!!!!!.......2003-05-26

Every song on this compilation of two EP's is a highlight of goth, and rock and blues. Opening with the wierd "hands up who wants to die" Sonny's Burning will make you feel just like youre at a lynching - of someone who listens to commercial FM radio ( so they're not advocating anything bad ). The songs on the Bad Seed tend to be particularly percussive with a basic blues structure. Mutiny is more of a layered, introspective sound, like the earlier B.P. recordings like Prayers on Fire, although they are raucous and designed to grind. The ending of this cd is an ode to the herion addiction that the band loved to hate.

5 out of 5 stars oh my lord!.......2002-02-24

This is one of those albums, that at first listen, i gasp, jump up and down, shake my hands wildly and start chanting "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!" IT ROCKS!!!! Nick Cave and his cohorts create such believably dark and menacing atmospheres that you can feel the fear. it's sooooo raw. all the tracks have this sleazy evil mood...like a strip joint in the swamp at night. all the tracks are perfect; it's one of those perfect cd's that can be listened from start to finish. it's just so coherent. if you want a goth cd...i mean real dark goth...get this cd. it basically screams "Hands up! Who wants to die?"...well actually Nick does. ;-) you can hear all the Stooges influence...It's like "Nightclubbing" meets "Search and Destroy"...super charged doom and gloom. God Bless You, Birthday Party!

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Nature's Symphony: Symphony of the Sea

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