Head on Collision, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]

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Album Description
Taken from the U.S. emo-punk's 2002 album, Sticks & Stones. The title track is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Ex-Miss' & 'Head On Collision' (Radio Session). Drive-Thru Records.

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not My Style
  • Rockin' Western Collection
  • Hard to Find Great Western Themes
  • Western Music
  • A great follow-up
 Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000060PBU
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

  1. The Hallejuah Trail-Overture
  2. The Alamo-The Green Leaves Of Summer
  3. The Alamo-Davy Crocket
  4. The Big Country-The Welcoming/Finale
  5. The Big Valley-Main Theme
  6. Blazing Saddles-Blazing Saddles
  7. Bonaza-Main Theme
  8. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid-raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
  9. The Comancheros-McBain/Main Title
  10. Duel In The Sun-Main Title/The Legend/Orizaba
  11. A Fistfull Of Dynamite-Duck You Sucker
  12. For A Few Dollars More-Main Theme
  13. Friendly Persuasion-Thee I Love
  14. Giant-Main Theme
  15. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Main Theme
  16. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-The Ecstasy Of Gold
  17. Gunfight At The O.K. Corral-Suite
  18. Hang 'Em High-Main Theme
  19. The Hanging Tree-Main Title

Tracks:

  1. High Caparral-Main Theme
  2. How The West Was Won-Prelude/The Land
  3. High Noon-Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'
  4. The Jayhawkers-The Lynching/Two Brothers/The Hayhawkers
  5. The Lone Ranger-William Tell Overture: Finale
  6. Nevada Smith-Main Title
  7. Old Gringo-Main Themes
  8. Once Upon A Time In The West-Man With The Harmonica
  9. One Eyed Jacks-Main Title
  10. The Proud Rebel-Main Titles
  11. The Quick And The Dead-End Titles
  12. Quigley Down Under-End Titles
  13. Rio Bravo-Rio Bravo/De Guella
  14. The Scalphunters-Main Title
  15. Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
  16. The Shootist-Main Title
  17. The Unforgiven-The Need For Love
  18. Viva Zapata-Gathering Forces
  19. The Virginian-Main Theme

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

5 out of 5 stars Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

4 out of 5 stars Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

5 out of 5 stars A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.
The Head on the Door
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Cure for musical ennui
  • a Very Simple Equation
  • Ripping review
  • Its Midnight And The Crows Are Beckoning: The Cure Resurrect A Goth-Pop Classic
  • A dramatic shift.
 The Head on the Door
The Cure
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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ASIN: B000GGSM76
Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

  1. Inbetween Days [Disc 1]
  2. Kyoto Song [Disc 1]
  3. 10. Sinking [Disc 1]
  4. Disc 2
  5. 1. Inbetween Days (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
  6. Inwood (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
  7. Push (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
  8. . Innsbruck (RS Home demo) [Disc 2]
  9. Stop Dead (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  10. Mansolidgone (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  11. Screw (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  12. Lime Time (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  13. Kyoto Song (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  14. A Few Hours After This... (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  15. Six Different Ways (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  16. A Man Inside My Mouth (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  17. A Night Like This (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  18. The Exploding Boy (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  19. Close To Me (Studio demo) [Disc 2]
  20. The Baby Screams (live bootleg) [Disc 2]
  21. The Blood (live bootleg) [Disc 2]
  22. Sinking (live bootleg) [Disc 2]

Album Description

This is The Cure's 6th studio album--brilliantly-fused brooding, artistic experimentation with pop instincts to propel the band onto the American charts for the first time.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Cure for musical ennui .......2007-02-15

Whenever I'm mourning the death of our old friend, Good Music, I just slap any Cure CD onto the disc player. The Cure is the definitive "80s and beyond" band. Their mercurial pop melodies mingled with singer Robert Smith's Poe-meets-Rimbaud-meets-Dr. Seuss lyrical musings and plaintive wail make The Cure a truly mesmerizing presence. All of its albums are stunningly solid efforts, including the recent "The Cure" and "Bloodflowers," but 1985's "Head on the Door" is its most intriguingly layered offering, serving up an experimental foray into various musical styles; bits of flamenco, Japanese new wave, funk, hard rock, and even jazz sneak their way onto this magical album. The best part is, the Cure manages all the musical genre-melding without surrendering its trademark surrealistic sound.

5 out of 5 stars a Very Simple Equation.......2007-01-09

Take one part renewed band confidence and camaraderie, one part incredibly strong songs, one part compelling visual identity ( this was, after all, the mid-Eighties ), throw in the fact that they're English and just *slightly* mad and you've got the recipe for the undeniable, unstopable force of "the Head on the Door." Helped no doubt by two of the best, most recognisable singles these lads have ever released, THOTD finally broke the Cure as a viably popular band around the world. I think the main reason is that this is an all-Cure-for-all-people kind of album. Neither completely bleak nor completely "pop", it has elements of all the sounds the Cure had explored up to that point. A few angry, tense moments ( "Push", "Screw" ), melancholy navel-gazing ("Sinking"), a bit of mindless dance fun ( "Close to Me", "the Baby Screams" ) some world music textures ( "the Blood" "Kyoto Song" ) and timeless pop ( "Inbetween Days", "A Night Like This", "Six Different Ways" ) all come together in this, a definite keeper in the Cure's catalogue. The remastered reissue is a real sonic improvement, the liner notes, commentary and photos are nice extras, and the demos and live performances on the bonus disc show the song development in a fascinating way. A Highlight of popular music, and Very Highly Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Ripping review.......2006-08-26

I'm going to handle this the same was as Kiss Me and not say anything about the CD itself, what for? We all know it by heart anyway. The bonus stuff? Interesting, but hardly essential.

The question is how has the music improved from the "standard" CD? Methodology? I ripped the new CD using Winamp, and to be fair, re-ripped the old one, using the same settings. I kept neither one, because some kid on usenet did an even better job than me . . . hey, that's fair, I bought this, so quiet now. I'm not about to cheat Bob. In any case, I made a new playlist in Winamp and flipped back and forth between the rips.

Results? Like Kiss Me, more presence and punch in the new versions vs. the old. Is it startling? No, and it's possible that I could have tweaked the settings to bring up the old version to sound similar. Limitations? X-Fi driving an HK 3400 into Ascends and a Sony subwoofer . . . and totally wrecked 55 year old ears.

Recommendation? Cure fans must of course have it. No one else is listening, so I don't suppose it matters much what else I say! But it's not an earthshaking improvement I'm afraid. Faith was helped quite a bit, the original was kind of muddy in comparison, but as you go forward the improvements get harder to find. Ah well, let's move onto the grail. I'm sure that will bring the audiophiles out of the woodwork!

4 out of 5 stars Its Midnight And The Crows Are Beckoning: The Cure Resurrect A Goth-Pop Classic.......2006-08-20

CD Review: The Cure - The Head On The Door: Remastered And Expanded Edition

Have you ever been to a concert where nobody showed up?

I've actually been to a number of these type of shows over the years. I can remember for example seeing Genesis with Peter Gabriel around the time of Selling England By The Pound with about 50 other people in the 8000 seat capacity Seattle Center Arena. The crowd was so small they actually put the stage in the center of the arena and had one full half of the place curtained off. Genesis themselves, God Bless Em', still delivered their full theatrical spectacle even if it must've felt more like a dress rehearsal to them. So roughly fifty delighted fans we're treated to Peter Gabriel complete with his various fox heads and masks, weaving his stories around the wildly progressive for the time sounds of Genesis at a creative peak, years before they devolved into the worst formula rock band of all time under Phil Collins leadership.

I had another such experience seeing The Cure about ten years later in the same building. Same deal. A curtained off stage in the center of the arena this time before a slightly more respectable crowd of about 200 devotees decked out in various shades of gothic black.

My interest in the band at the time was strictly casual as the darker sides of my musical taste ran more to bands like Echo And The Bunnymen and the lesser known Chameleons. So I really didn't know what to expect from the band who would soon launch a million or so covens of goth kids around the globe.

In a word, The Cure were dark. Very dark.

So much so it prompted the friend I went with to come up with one of the most original one sentence reviews of a concert I've ever heard.

By the second song my friend looked over at me and said, "Glen, it's midnight and the crows are beckoning." It was at once the most hilarious and the most accurate description of what we saw on that particular night I've ever heard.

But there was also some very interesting musical terrain being mined by the Cure onstage that night. In between all of the darker hues, you could make out some very distinctive pop hooks and even a hint of funk in the basslines. Underneath the wiry jet black hair and pasty white facial makeup, Robert Smith was also an impressive vocalist who managed to somehow make the dark detachment of his songs sound almost, well emotional.

About a year after that show The Cure released The Head On The Door, the album many fans cite as the record which began The Cure's evolution from the goth dungeonmasters that I saw in concert that night into the worldwide pop phenomenon that produced a string of hit albums like Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration.

And make no mistake about it, with The Head On The Door, Robert Smith was intent on broadening the musical canvas of The Cure. Coming off what was arguably The Cure's most non-commercial album ever, The Top, The Head On The Door sounds like a downright collection of pop singles by comparison.

The themes of darkness and isolation are still prevalent and the album still has enough minor chords to keep the black nail polish crowd happy. But there are plenty of hints here at the poppier direction to come, most notably on tracks like the leadoff "In Between Days" and the hit single "Close To Me."

On "Kyoto Song", Smith incorporates oriental brushstrokes into the mix. On the album's standout track "A Night Like This," the band mines a more familiar dark drone which is then broken up about midway through by the sort of gorgeous sounding sax solo you'd find more at home on a Supertramp record.

Returning bass player Simon Gallup again provides a hard funk bottom popping his way through what would otherwise be more standard Cure fare like "Screw." The seeming contrast of a decidedly funkier rhythm section and the more standard doom and gloom of The Cure actually works remarkably well throughout The Head On The Door.

On the remastered treatment of this new version from Rhino, those nuances--from Gallup's bass popping to the broader textures added to the Cure's trademark drone--are newly enhanced in the mix, making this reissue that all too rare case where the treatment is actually warranted. The recording here is mixed several notches brighter, allowing the high end to shine far above the droning low of the original version.

The bonus disc is also truly a real bonus. Nearly all of Head's original 10 tracks appear here in various stages of their growth in demo versions. The result is a rare glimpse into the actual creative process where you are able to almost visualize these songs as they began to take shape. On "A Night Like This" for example, the smooth sax solo of the final version veers into more experimental territory, sounding almost like something out of the Coltrane book of avant garde jazz.

Rhino has also reissued new remastered versions of The Top and Kiss Me, Kiss Me which I will most definitely check out based on the results here. If those reissues are anywhere near as surprisingly good as this, this represents an all too rare example of the label getting it right, rather than just simply cashing in.

3 out of 5 stars A dramatic shift........2006-08-18

A distinct change of direction, "The Head on the Door" finds the Cure drifting towards pop music for the first time. This is really enabled by the band-- with the return of bassist Simon Gallup to the fold, leader/vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith had the anchor that the band needed. Gallup could play the morbid, goth sort of basslines that the band cut their teeth on, but he could also manage a bright funk and pop sound. Ditto for drummer Boris Williams, who provided a fine foil for Gallup in the rhythm section. But just as key was the presence of guitarist Porl Thompson, who allowed Smith to construct shimmering guitar textures. The group is rounded out by founding member Lol Tolhurst, contributing on keyboards (although in the liner notes, his contribution is played down quite a bit).

The shift in sound is obvious right from the start-- bright acoustics, delicate synths and an overall light touch lead the superb "In Between Days". Likewise throughout the album, this variation of texture is what carries the record-- the minimalist Asian textures ("Kyoto Song"), Spanish gypsy rhythms ("The Blood"), funky bass (standout track and single "Close to Me") and frantic, punky stuff that wouldn't've sounded out of place on their debut but for the improved songwriting and musicianship ("The Baby Screams").

Still, for all this good, sometimes it gets a bit dull ("Six Different Ways") and the pieces occasionally don't take off and aren't exactly memorable ("Push", "Screw"). The net result is a mixed bag, when it's good, it's great, but while none of it is bad per se, some of it doesn't stand out.

The deluxe edition of the album features fantastically remastered sound, a set of demos including material that didn't make the album, and a handful of live tracks. It makes for a fine collection and in many cases, the evolution of the pieces is obvious. What's noticably missing is the significantly hotter single remix of "Close to Me" that ended up on "Staring at the Sea" (and subsequently "Greatest Hits"). At the least, the whole record sounds absolutely fantastic courtesy of remastering and includes a nice booklet detailing the band's history during the recording.

A lot of folks really love this album, I've always looked at it as a stepping stone on the way to "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me"-- it's a decent record, but they'd very shortly do much better.
The Premiere Collection: The Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Original Cast Compilation)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Musical Pleasure
  • The Premiere Collection
  • beautiful
  • Fair Album with 1 starlight and 0 aspects
  • Superb collection
 The Premiere Collection: The Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Original Cast Compilation)

Manufacturer: Mca
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ASIN: B000002O5W
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Phantom Of The Opera
  2. Take That Look Off Your Face
  3. All I Ask Of You
  4. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  5. Magical Mr. Mistoffeles
  6. Variations 1-4
  7. Superstar
  8. Memory
  9. Starlight Express
  10. Tell Me On A Sunday
  11. The Music Of The Night
  12. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
  13. I Don't Know How To Love Him
  14. Pie Jesu

Amazon.com essential recording

There are many, many Andrew Lloyd Webber albums out there, including cut-and-paste compilations and songbooks from individual artists, most notably Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, and even Jose Carreras. The Premiere Collection is probably as authentic as you can get in a hits album, however. In addition to the most popular selections from the original casts of Evita, Cats, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the 57-minute album includes two selections from Tell Me on a Sunday (also recorded by Bernadette Peters as Song and Dance), the title tune from Starlight Express, the "Pie Jesu" from the Requiem, and a snippet from the Paganini Variations, thereby allowing you to hear the good stuff without having to spring for the complete albums. Note that the three selections from Phantom of the Opera are the 1986 pop singles instead of the cast recordings, meaning Steve Harley rather than Crawford sings with Brightman on the title tune and Cliff Richard subs for Steve Barton on "All I Ask of You." (Crawford does sing "The Music of the Night," of course.) This 1989 compilation was too early for Aspects of Love or Sunset Boulevard, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is ignored, but these omissions are rectified in the follow-up album The Premiere Collection Encore, and the American-slanted version, The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Musical Pleasure.......2007-07-03

I enjoy all of this music, listening frequently. Some not original cast members, so less than 5 star. Product exactly as advertised.

5 out of 5 stars The Premiere Collection.......2007-01-17

My sister had this and it got destroyed. She wanted an other, This was the only place I have found it!! Very hard to find! I have been to every music store in my area. She loved it!! And was so happy to have it again. Anyone who loves Andrew Lloyd Webber will love this. As it has many songs from some of his most famous plays with the original cast. Great item.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful.......2006-12-21

This CD is a great compilation of some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hits. If you are just looking for a "quick fix" for your Broadway craving, this is a great value.

5 out of 5 stars Fair Album with 1 starlight and 0 aspects.......2004-07-09

I think this album is F-A-I-R because it has one starlight express song and zero aspects of love songs. This is why i liked the album The reason i said that this is a fair album is that I like Starlight Express better. Song i like are "The Phantom of the Opera", "Take That Look off Your Face", All I Ask of You", "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", "Mr. Mistofflees," "Superstar," "Memory", "Starlight Express", "Tell Me On A Sunday", "Music of the Night", "Another Suitcase in Another Hall", and "I Don't Know How To Love Him". I dislike the following songs:" Track 6" and the last one because the last one was hard to understand and track 6 is instrumental.

5 out of 5 stars Superb collection.......2003-08-11

... It is a collection of the best of ALW's creative efforts, and a collection of great performances. Anyone who loves "Broadway" should have this disk in their collection.
The Head on the Door
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not what I expected, but still good.
  • The Best Cure Album! Bar none.
  • Not just the best Cure, an all-time great by any band
  • The Head on The Door....
  • a GREAT album--superior craftsmanship and an engaging mixture of styles
 The Head on the Door
The Cure
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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ASIN: B000002H2Z
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. In Between Days
  2. Kyoto Song
  3. The Blood
  4. Six Different Ways
  5. Push
  6. The Baby Screams
  7. Close To Me
  8. A Night Like This
  9. Screw
  10. Sinking

Amazon.com

This is the Cure album to start with. Robert Smith and company's best and most coherent statement, The Head on the Door is a successful, if schizophrenic, synthesis of the best of '80s rock, boasting danceable Eurobeat anthems ("In Between Days"), world-music-flavored exotica ("Kyoto Song," the Latin-tinged "The Blood"), and more sullen statements of post-modern angst from the band that gave you such downer epics as Faith and Pornography. More than any other Cure album, Head rewards those who don't subscribe to the darker side of the group's ethos. The use of Spanish guitar and other colorful arrangement touches help to create a rich dynamic. The softer, more introspective cuts (like the claustrophobic "Close to Me," Smith's confessional classic) are also far more effective for them. --Don Harrison

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, but still good........2006-03-14

The Head on the Door breaks away from The Cures previous traditon of releasing dark and goth like albums. This album is much more mainstream and poppy then what I had come to expect from the cure. It is more inline with Three Imaginary Boys then Seventeen Seconds or Pornograpy. Highlights of the album include Kyoto Song, Push, and A Night like this.

5 out of 5 stars The Best Cure Album! Bar none........2006-02-28

When this album first came out, it was a total revelation. I had been a casual fan for a few years, but never rabid. This record changed that.
I may be in the minority, and this flies in the face of convention (sorry Matt & Trey) but the Cure would never make an album this brilliant again. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was certainly great (well, except "Walking on Sunshine"...er, I mean "All I want Is You") And Disintegration was a great (if overly long) statement. But no other release carried such an overall broad, yet concise approach that keeps Head sounding so fresh after 21 years.

5 out of 5 stars Not just the best Cure, an all-time great by any band.......2006-02-21

There isn't much point in me reiterating what just about every other review here says. Into the late '80s, I'd heard and owned every Cure album at one point or another. Today, I own one and only one Cure album, and this is it. I even went out of my way to grab a copy on vinyl.

There is a presence on this album that transcends what the Cure were. It simply nails a particular sound that drives on all cylinders and yet manages to keep from sounding stale by the end of the disc. I'm still sad when it's over.

Oddly enough, I saw a video for Inbetween Days on Fuse last night. Twenty-plus years after the album comes out and I see a video for the first time. Very strange. Needless to say, I had to stop what I was doing, sit down, and watch every second of it.

I will continue to listen to this album until I die, I'm sure. I must recommend this album to everybody. It's a classic. Go get it. You will not be sorry.

5 out of 5 stars The Head on The Door...........2006-02-12

Though this is the premier Cure album for most....All Cure recordings are timeless. As I listen to "Pornography" or "Faith" both still seem new and vibrant. As "The Cure" progressed into the '90's they went from dark to somewhat bright with "Friday I'm in Love" (not a favorite of mine). IPrsonally prefer the darker, yet intriguing "Cure" of the early/mid to late 80's. Push, Sinking, Screw, When the Baby Screams...all the best and most memorable tracks from The Cure!

5 out of 5 stars a GREAT album--superior craftsmanship and an engaging mixture of styles.......2006-02-05

Depending on whether or not you count 1983's "Japanese Whispers" as an actual 'non-compilation' album, "The Head On The Door" is either the 7th or 6th proper Cure album since their 1979 debut "Three Imaginary Boys". Originally released in August of 1985, "The Head On The Door" left no doubt whatsoever as to who the main creative force in the Cure was: Robert Smith. Regardless of what other members came and went, The Cure's very existence rested squarely on the shoulders of Robert Smith.

With "The Head On The Door", it appears that Smith decided, for once, to acknowledge that he essentially WAS The Cure--Smith has sole writing credit for every track on the album instead of the usual crediting of all the members in the band at the respective time (I don't mean to imply that Smith's fellow band members NEVER contributed any songwriting ideas to the band). The resulting album is an absolute classic that also marks yet another key turning point for the band.

Smith had already begun to demonstrate that the Cure weren't going to get pigeon-holed into a single style and that their sound would evolve over time. Unlike earlier albums such as "Seventeen Seconds" and "Faith" which, as great as they are, are very uniform in sound and style, "The Head On The Door" is an impressive mixture of various stylings, and yet, every track contains that unique, distinct Cure-ness to it that we know and love the band for. Another thing is that none of the songs here reach the 5-minute mark, HIGHLY unusual for a Cure album--a majority of the songs are even under 4--but don't let that mislead you into thinking this album is a crass 'pop-rock sell-out', because, with the quasi-exception of "Inbetween Days", it simply is NOT.

Most of the songs are absolutely terrific. As usual, most of them are also either creepy, haunting, and mysterious, or some combination of those three. "Kyoto Song" has a fittingly Oriental flavor to it with its percussive melody and droning arpegiatted guitarwork, and it features Smith layering his own voice magnificently. "The Blood" mixes flamenco-styled guitars with an Indian flavor that evoke images of a desert--extremely fitting since Smith make references to mirages in the lyrics. The waltzing "Six Different Ways" is a really fun, whimsical-sounding tune matched to highly mysterious, and rather cartoonish lyrics. The uptempo "Push" is a surging, exhiliarting song with ringing guitar and piano interplay and a great opening riff. "The Baby Screams" is a great example of the Cure's attention to arrangement detail--an ominous, uptempo tune stuffed with catchy hooks and soaring Smith vocals. "A Night Like This" is simply a great, supremely tuneful minor-keyed pop-rocker. The bouncy and 'dementedly'-cheerful "Screw" is great fun, built around an infectious fuzz bass riff.

And then the best is saved for last. Well, considering how great most of the songs are, it's not really fair to say "Sinking" is THE best song on the album, but it's a particular personal favorite of mine. It's an absolutely wrenching minor-keyed epic arranged to perfection with a thick bass line, a swaying rhythmic feel, contemplative guitar washes, rippling pianos, and soaring synthesized strings. And Robert Smith brings the song to an almost overwhelming outpouring of emotion. Again, a great example of the Cure's increasingly elaborate, lush instrumental arrangements, this song points straight down the road to "Disintegration". It'd be somewhat tempting to give the album five stars just for this song alone--well, you probably see what I mean.

Ironically, the only two songs that are slightly disappointing are the two hit singles. "Inbetween Days" is an undeniably catchy pop-rock song that totally lays the groundwork for "Just Like Heaven"--the latter of which is perhaps their most well-known song--but "..Days" has kind of a nagging "we're trying for a hit single" vibe to it with its obvious lyrics and somewhat sugar-coated feel. And the funky, starkly-arranged "Close To Me" is marred considerably by Smith's 'heavy breathing' sounds that run throughout the song--otherwise it's amusingly 'spooky' and a lot of fun; and it's worth pointing out that the single mix of "Close To Me" does differ considerably from the album version (there are no horns on the album version).

So, a couple minor gripes here, but by all means, the positives steamroll the negatives. For any serious listener, "The Head On The Door" is a hands-down must-have album from one of the best bands of all time.
Spider-Man 2 Original Motion Picture Score
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • This is One of Elfman's Best Scores!!!!
  • Not the best soundtrack I've heard
  • Missing some music pieces
  • A well Motion Picture Score.
  • great buy
Spider-Man 2 Original Motion Picture Score
Danny Elfman , Burt Bacharach , Pete Anthony , Hollywood Studio Symphony , and B.J. Thomas
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0002IO1D2
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

  1. Spider-Man 2 Main Title
  2. M.J.'s New Life/Spidus Interruptus
  3. Doc Ock Is Born
  4. Angry Arms/Rebuilding
  5. A Phone Call/The Wrong Kiss/Peter's Birthday
  6. The Bank/Saving May
  7. The Mugging/Peter's Turmoil
  8. Doc Ock's Machine
  9. He's Back!
  10. Train/Appreciation
  11. Aunt May Packs
  12. Armageddon/A Really Big Web!
  13. The Goblin Returns
  14. At Long Last, Love
  15. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head- Performed by B. J. Thomas

Amazon.com

What's a woebegone wall-crawler to do? Arachnid-powered superteen Peter Parker's all-too-human foibles are never far from the heart of director Sam Raimi's second installment of the Spider-Man saga, giving it an emotional resonance that sets it smartly apart from its summer blockbuster competition. But while Raimi and star Toby McGuire help emotionally ground the film, its stunning CGI effects -- and this robust, aggressive orchestral score by Danny Elfman -- insure we never forget this is no mere soap opera. The composer returns with a vengeance to the larger-than-life, crowd-pleasing sensibility of his acclaimed work on Batman and its sequel, though he occasionally seasons it with sparing dashes of the post-modern flirtations of his Hulk score. Elfman conjures his formula masterfully, bookending a suitably moody, rhythmically anxious new theme for Dr. Octopus with a brassy reprise of villainy-past on "The Goblin Returns." Though leavened by more emotionally bright passages, it's a score largely dominated by the dark, brooding comic book melodramatics that are the favorite of so many Elfman acolytes. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This is One of Elfman's Best Scores!!!!.......2007-05-09

I really love this cd. ive always wanted to hear the main title from the movie and when i got this cd i was really happy and when i heard it i felt like i was watching the movie again. Elfman is one of my favorite and best composers since John Williams!!! This is a MUST have!!!!

4 out of 5 stars Not the best soundtrack I've heard.......2007-03-09

I own a lot of soundtracks and this is not one of the best. The music is great when the movie is playing but loses something on its own.

3 out of 5 stars Missing some music pieces.......2006-10-14

I decided to buy this CD after wanting a piece played in Spider-Man 2 SO badly. I was furious when I listened to this and didn't find it anywhere. The piece I was looking for was the piano piece during the scene when Peter hugs Aunt May when she's packing. You'd think it would be in 'Ant May Packs' but it's not. It is also missing some other great pieces from the movie. A bit of a let down...

3 out of 5 stars A well Motion Picture Score........2006-02-10

This Orignal Motion Picture score was great becuase of the music that Danny Elfman used on this Cd. I love #1"Main Titles",#2,and I love the Doc Ock theme. I really wish that they would of put in the Pizza Delivery when Peter delivers the pizza's. And when Doc Ock puts his arms up for the first time. But I love this motion picture score soundtrack. It's a great score to listin to. I highly recommend it! And it's a 48 minute soundtrack and the music in the film wasn't all in the soundtrack. But Danny Elfman did an awesome job with this Orignal Motion Picture Score for Spider-Man 2!

5 out of 5 stars great buy .......2006-01-20

this cd is a great buy for spider-man fans because it includes most of the music score but not all. my favorite tracks are track #1 whick the title theme, track #7 which is titled the mugging/peters turmoil peters turmoil is the first 3 minuets and is also the theme when peter says I'm spider-man no more, I also like track #9 which is titled hes back, track #14 which is titled at long last love, and finnaly the classic but annoyingly catchy track #15 which is raindrops keep fallin on my head. other themes on this cd are train/appreciation which is track #10. also there is the track titled the goblins returns which includes a little of the green goblin theme.
Head on Straight
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Tonic at their best!!
  • Love this Tonic---!
  • outstanding
  • Take another shot, boy, I'm open!
  • Tonic keeps on rocking
 Head on Straight
Tonic
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels
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ASIN: B00006JKA1
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

  1. Roses
  2. Take Me As I Am
  3. Count On Me (Somebody)
  4. Do You Know
  5. Head On Straight
  6. Liar
  7. On Your Feet Again
  8. Come Rest Your Head
  9. Ring Around Her Finger
  10. Believe Me
  11. Irish
  12. Let Me Go

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Los Angeles pop-rock trio Tonic's choice of Bob Rock as producer of their third disc is an odd one. Rock is a meat-and-potatoes studio man known for dialing up the thud quotient (see Metallica, the Cult, and especially, Veruca Salt), while Tonic is noted for its sweeping power ballads. With the release of Head On Straight, they still are. Certainly, there are some jagged moments: "Liar" absolutely pounds and opener "Roses" growls, lyrically and musically. But there's unabashed emotion in tracks like "On Your Feet," "Ring," "Count on Me," the title track, and the gently rocking "Let Me Go." And then there's "Irish," a rousing, historic jig where guitars mimic bagpipes, Big Country-style, and singer Emerson Hart manages a credible Irish lilt. Perhaps Rock's Maui base proved irresistible, but really, this is more of the same stuff Tonic gave us with Lemon Parade and Sugar--sturdy, wide-eyed power-pop with lyrics reaching for something grander than "ooh baby baby." Let's hope Tonic feels they got their money's worth. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Tonic at their best!!.......2006-08-30

It is tough to believe this album has already been out four years, and tonic are still touring for it in 2006. This album is still as sharp and clean as the day it came out. Heavy and Melodic, all that you would expect from tonic. The only readily released radio song in my area was Take Me As I Am, and it is a good song, but only a small glimpse of what is burried on this disc. Starting at track one, Roses sets a loud fast pace for the rest of the album, with spells to rest like the tracks "count on me" and "on your feet again". My personal favorite is "Irish" with a close runner up of "Liar", both heavier songs, but irish has a Jig Cut that you can dance to. Other highlights are Head on Strait and Do You Know.

Overall, all the songs are very good, no real one that I drag through, an a fine investment, even for a new collector of tonic. I can't say any of their albums would dissapoint.

5 out of 5 stars Love this Tonic---!.......2005-09-10

I've only knew tonic for 6 months, and just purchased this CD 2 months ago and already obsessed with it. They have one of the best rock sounds I've heard and don't quite understand they didn't quite get a recognition they deserve. This is sure to be a grammy material, as you know it was nominated for the best rock album 2 years ago. The guitar work here is just great, totally a thick tonic-style. I'm always surprised to here new tunes each time I listen to---And that didn't happen much in music these days. So far this is a recommanded album for every rock fans looking for great music. Also recently, I've heard that guys are doing solo project. But don't get me wrong, they're still a band and hope they'll reunite and deliver more.

My favorite so far---I like them all. But the one I never thought I'd had like is Ring around her finger because the title is a bit weird to me. but it turn out I like it so much. So full and packed of emotions, I can listen to this any time any mood ~.

5 out of 5 stars outstanding.......2004-01-28

usually you buy a cd for one song and find that it is the only song you like on the cd. THAT is NOT this cd. i am new to "tonic" but this is one GREAT cd and while i do not love every song ,10 OUT OF 12 is not bad.if you're a fan of Train ,Matchbox 20 ,The Calling ,Lifehouse ,YOU WILL enjoy this cd.

5 out of 5 stars Take another shot, boy, I'm open!.......2003-11-26

Though I could write a rather lengthy explaination as to why I like this album, I'll keep my praise brief. I enjoy every song on this CD, especially "Liar" because it sounds like a good kiss-off to a deceitful ex-lover. In short, whether the song is slow or fast, the music is highly enjoyable and if you like Tonic you'll be impressed with "Head On Straight".

4 out of 5 stars Tonic keeps on rocking.......2003-11-17

I have to admit that I am a very loyal Tonic fan...I have never been dissapointed in any way with their music. I have both of their previous CDs: Lemon Parade & Sugar...which I have had to re-buy because I have worn them out from playing them so much. Tonic is one of those very few bands who has an amazingly consistent high quality with each album. This is one of those CDs you put on and play the whole way through.
So why only four stars ?? The first two albums definitely deserve 5 stars..in fact, at least 6 out of 5...they are truly remarkable.With Head On Straight, they don't quite reach the same level of emotional rawness...but that is not necessarily a bad thing. They continue to have some of the best lyrics & musicianship out there today, always impressive. If you are a Tonic fan, this will reinforce that, if you are not, you will be after listening to them. With the first two albums, I was hooked from the get-go...completely addicted...took me a few months to even have any other CD in my player...with this one, not quite the same level, but after listening to it a couple of times, it definitely is just as great !! Bottom line : BUY IT
Spirituals in Concert
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "Lord, How Come Me Here"
  • WOW!
  • uhm......yeah right!!
  • scadalise my name
  • Broadway takes on the spiritual ...
 Spirituals in Concert

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001GDC
Release Date: 1991-03-08

Tracks:

  1. In That Great Getting Up Morning
  2. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass
  3. Over My Head/ Lil' David
  4. Oh, What A Beautiful City
  5. Lord, How Come Me Here
  6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home-Lordy, Won't You Help Me
  7. Ride On, King Jesus
  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot-Ride Up In The Chariot
  9. You Can Tell The World
  10. Scandalize My Name
  11. Great Day
  12. Oh, Glory
  13. Calvary-They Crucified My Lord
  14. Talk About A Child
  15. Gospel Train
  16. My God Is So High
  17. There Is A Balm In Gilead
  18. He's Got The Whole World In His Hand

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Lord, How Come Me Here".......2007-06-18

I must add, to the praises above, that Kathleen Battle's "Lord, How Come Me Here" is the best "quick" explanation of the long-lasting effects of slavery that I can think of. The line, "They sold my children away," says it all.

And the VERY funny "Scandelize My Name" is also worth the price of the total album!

Alinde O'Malley

5 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2007-03-22

You know, after owning both the CD and VHS of this performance, and having been coached by Sylvia Olden Lee herself, it is no wonder why spiritual mean so much to me. And these two ladies bare their souls and bring these masterpieces to life! WOW!!!

5 out of 5 stars uhm......yeah right!!.......2006-06-21

Clearly you are mistaken. I don't know who that guy is-the person below recommended-but there is NO COMPARISON to JESSYE NORMAN AND KATHLEEN BATTLE!!!! Jessye Norman herself has *30* HONARY DOCTRATES from places like Harvard, Juliard, Yale, Cambridge....I mean HELLO!!!! That guy had no where near the ease, the musicality or even the breath support as these two veterans show!! It is a beautiful CD though it came out in 1991 and I HIGHLY recommend it.

1 out of 5 stars scadalise my name.......2004-10-29

this isn't that good specially after hearing William Warfeild sing it. You can find him at www.wlym.com

2 out of 5 stars Broadway takes on the spiritual ..........2004-01-29

... takes it on and puts it on the canvas by the end of the first round.

I'm going to be the dissenting voice here: thank goodness I signed this disk out of the public library 'cause I'm sure not going to listen to it twice.

There is nothing wrong with the performances. Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle sing beautifully, and there's no problem with the pick-up orchestra under James Levine.

The problem, and it's huge, is the conception of the show and the musical arrangements. To make the video marketable, I suppose, the producers decided that the concert had to be big: big names, big arrangements, big effects. So we have eighteen spirituals given the musical theatre treatment, with a philharmonic chorus providing chain-gang sound effects, big brass, and big percussion -- including a chinese gong. A chinese gong in a spiritual??? Spare me! Almost every track turns out sounding like either a curtain-raiser or a big, end-of-act production number with cute and predictable modulations between some of the stanzas and the sort of curly-cue orchestral ornamentation typical of Broadway shows.

And you know what? It all kills the spirituals stone dead. The spiritual is one of those musical forms where less is more and very little is best of all. That's how they started, after all. That's how and why they worked for their original audiences, and that's why they were powerful enough to make the transition from folk song to art song. If you want to hear Battle sing spirituals that are irresistible, listen to the set on her Salzburg recital CD, also with Levine (ASIN B00000E31B). There, the music speaks for itself and speaks with a strength and a beauty that the tracks on this disk never approach.
Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Much Anticipated
  • A Taste of Heaven
  • The Energizer Bunny
  • Great Seasonal Album
  • The Most Beautiful Sounds I Have Ever Heard
 Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols
Robert Shaw , and Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003D0G
Release Date: 1994-10-18

Tracks:

  1. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
  2. Angels We Have Heard On High
  3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
  4. How Unto Bethlehem?
  5. The Boar's Head Carol
  6. O Tannenbaum
  7. Masters In This Hall
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  10. Good Christian Men, Rejoice
  11. The Holly And The Ivy
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  14. Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
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  18. Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
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  28. Susanni
  29. In The Bleak Midwinter

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Much Anticipated.......2007-01-26

I have been looking for this CD for years!! Our family had a Shaw Chorale LP which contained almost all the songs on this CD. We had a number of excellent holiday albums and played all of them often, but we wore the Shaw Chorale album out! Not only are the musical renditions excellent and very similar to earlier Shaw recordings, the nostalgia evoked for this listener is incomparable!

5 out of 5 stars A Taste of Heaven.......2007-01-18

I received this recording on cassette from a choral teacher, and played it so often that I wore it out! I especially appreciate the purity of sound and the arrangements in this recording. Lovers of choral music will feel as though "Songs of Angels" brings them a taste of heaven!

5 out of 5 stars The Energizer Bunny.......2007-01-18

Alas that Robert Shaw is no longer with us. Throughout his long and varied career he gave us choral music with exactness,good pacing,and proper execution though not all musicologists would chose his renditions.
In "Songs of Angels" recorded in 1994 he shows us that even in later years he just kept going and going. Giving us stellar performances of masterpieces such as "Elijah","The Creation" and other large choral works. Yet in this album he shows the same attention to detail and
enraptures us with that special beauty of tone and ensemble which was
was to be Shaw's watermark on his life's offering.

5 out of 5 stars Great Seasonal Album.......2006-01-16

This is one of the most impressive period albums I own. Wonderful for the holiday season. Will miss it during the rest of the year.

5 out of 5 stars The Most Beautiful Sounds I Have Ever Heard.......2003-02-04

A fluid and seamless piece of heaven that transcends all classical and holiday music. This is an OUTSTANDING non-traditional Holiday CD!!! Many voices come together as one in these enchanting verses sung in languages other than English. It is just enough language mix to appease and intrigue the soul but not too much so that the listener does not understand the lyrics. For example, the English verse is sung then a verse in German and then back to English. Emmanuel is written this way. Other languages include French (Angels we Have Heard on High) and even Catalan which is a dialect of Spain.

Several of the songs were not traditional Holiday songs (at least for my generation), yet they were intriguing to learn and now I feel I know them just like the traditional ones. This CD offers a healthy mix of traditional and non-traditional songs on this CD.

If you can picture the most beautiful sounds you have ever heard you can come close to the joy this CD will bring you. It is February and I can't stop listening to it. You will not regret purchasing it&the only regret you may have is not buying all of Robert Shaw's holiday CDs.

I am writing this review to share the joy with you!
Classic Movie Themes
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • great instrumental classics
 Classic Movie Themes

Manufacturer: Delta
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ASIN: B000001VBT
Release Date: 1997-03-25

Tracks:

  1. A Fistful Of Dollars
  2. Moon River
  3. As Time Goes By
  4. Never On Sunday
  5. Tara's Theme
  6. Maria
  7. The Music Of Goodbye
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  10. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

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5 out of 5 stars great instrumental classics.......2000-09-13

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra never ceased to amaze me with their vibrant and versatility in intrepreting the instrumental versions of the classics..I like the classic Clint Eastwood western "fistful of dollars"...melodic sounds of "never on sunday" and don't forget the really western classics of them all.."high noon" (do not forsake me)...very very nice.buy one today.
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together With Andy Williams
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head by Andy Williams
  • Great CD!!
  • A new view of ANDY WILLIAMS----and a COOL view it is!!!!
 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together With Andy Williams
Andy Williams
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ASIN: B00005YQJ3
Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

  1. Long Time Blues
  2. It's Over
  3. Sweet Memories
  4. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
  5. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  6. Little Boy / If Wishes Were Horses
  7. Today Medley
  8. Reason To Believe
  9. Simple Thing As Love
  10. Both Side Now
  11. My Cherie Amour
  12. You Are
  13. Yesterday When I Was Young
  14. Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet"
  15. Quentin's Theme (Shadows Of The Night)
  16. Good Morning Starshine
  17. Sweet Caroline
  18. Get Together
  19. More Today Than Yesterday
  20. Put A Little Love In Your Heart
  21. Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine In

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head by Andy Williams.......2007-01-10

I grew up listening to this album. The music is timeless and Andy's voice is at it's best. It fills my soul, lifts my spirits, and takes me back to my childhood in all ways that are good. Receiving this cd from Amazon was like reuniting old friends. Mmm...mmm...good.

5 out of 5 stars Great CD!!.......2004-04-29

I've recently bought this CD off of Amazon.com a while back. The music on this Andy Williams CD is excellent. I've admire Andy's sweet voice for about 3 years. What is so amazing is that Andy re-records these hits like Bridge Over Troubled Water and turns them into his own arrangement. One of my favorite songs on this CD is "Long Time Blues". If you also admire the voice of Andy Williams, then this is the CD for you.

5 out of 5 stars A new view of ANDY WILLIAMS----and a COOL view it is!!!!.......2002-08-05

In 1969 Andy Williams was in the midst of a transistion. He turned 40 that year and he was back on NBC with a new show. No longer content to be the tuxedo or sweater clad champion of easy listening, in 1969 a new Andy Williams emerged. THis was a newer, cooler, and hipper ANDY. Take a listen at these two classic albums, and get to know a newer view of Andy Williams--a really cool view indeed.

Music:

  1. Higher [CD-single]
  2. How To Be Happy All the Time [Explicit Lyrics]
  3. Human Clay
  4. I & I Survived (Dub) [Enhanced]
  5. Impressions [Explicit Lyrics]
  6. In The Company Of Wizards
  7. In Your Room [CD-single] [Import]
  8. It's in Our Hands [CD-single] [Import]
  9. It's No Good Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]
  10. Juxtapose

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