Presents the Rise & Fall [Enhanced] [Import]
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For most Americans, Madness's career started and ended with the 1982 MTV staple "Our House." In Britain, however, the group is considered one of the country's greatest singles bands of all time. This pivotal album helps explain why. The seven-piece's nutty ska sound is buoyed by some genuinely endearing melodies, suggesting that Madness were far more clever than their whimsical hit made them out to be. "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" rolls along on a warm, ascending melody, while "Primrose Hill" sounds a touch classical, as crisp horns waltz and a jumpy piano rhythm pushes the song along. The still-charming "Our House" serves as the disc's centerpiece. --Aidin Vaziri --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Album Description
UK reissue of the 1982 album from the much loved new wave/ska act, digitally remastered with special packaging. Includes CD-ROM videos for 'House Of Fun', 'Driving In My Car', 'Our House' and 'Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Average customer rating:
- Great compilation - and that's just the first half.
- The best of Elfman!!!
- Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic
- What Great Music
- super
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Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music
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ASIN: B000002OEB
Release Date: 1990-10-15 |
Tracks:
- Excerpts From: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
- Excerpts From: Batman
- Excerpts From: Dick Tracy
- Excerpts From: Beetlejuice
- Excerpts From: Nightbreed
- Excerpts From: Darkman
- Excerpts From: Back To School
- Excerpts From: Midnight Run
- Excerpts From: Wisdom
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- Excerpts From: Big Top Pee Wee
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- Excerpts From: Tales From The Crypt
- Excerpts From: Face Like A Frog
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Great compilation - and that's just the first half........2005-09-14
I first got this on cassette in the summer of '94 and listened to it every day, drawn by its thematic range and compositional depth. And that was just side-one.
Elfman pioneered the sound that drives today's movie adaptations of comic-books and darker-themed children's stories. Side-One kicks things off with a rollicking, hyper-cartoonish theme from the first Pee-Wee movie - the one where Pee-Wee searches for his beloved bike. Elfman's theme contains layers of different rides - on tightropes, highways, in the middle of a NASCAR rally - which rudely yet melodically crash into each other.
The Batman entry actually contains several pieces - the opening credits, the extended sequence in the cathedral and the climax - which show Batman's darkened extreme at its "Frank Miller" best. (Dir. Tim Burton couldn't sustain the mood in the next sequel, and the franchise took a turn towards the camp of the TV series with the next 2 movies.)
The theme for "Dick Tracy" is perhaps the most romantic on this disc, a quality that surpasses the theme's comic-book origins, but ends on an ironic note that's pure Elfman.
"Beetlejuice" (opening & closing credits) gives Elfman's childish ID a chance to stretch its legs, or in this case, slam-dance.
"Nightbreed" is an enigma wrapped in a dark mystery, and that's just Elfman's score. Elfman's work on this movie is as good as the movie wasn't, having a more powerful narrative than the script - easily the best track on the entire disc, one likely to exceed the movie in its dose of chills.
"Darkman" doesn't quite rise to the occasion, though the score may be hobbled by the movie itself, which seldom surpassed one of the many "Batman" clones of the early 1990's. "Darkman" (the movie, I mean) excelled as a parody of many comicbook staples (the wronged hero, the relentless villain, the scientific breakthrough with just one flaw), but not enough to escape being largely anonymous. Within those constraints, it's still a moving if scary piece.
When is Elfman not like Elfman? When he was in the mid-late `80's and scored "Back to School" (A Rodney Dangerfield vehicle) and "Midnight Run". Horns in "School" bring it closer to Elfman's over-the-top style, while "Run" sounds like a love-theme for the run-down, out-of-the-way parts of America that seldom appear in Elfman-movies. "Run" is a fun score for a fun movie - it's nothing like Elfman's previous work but it perfectly captures the on-the-road-without-a-map craziness of the movie.
To this day, I don't know why I never ventured to Side-two, but it's irrelevant. Even half this disc is worth it
The best of Elfman!!!.......2005-09-05
I was obsessed about getting this CD right from when I heard about it. I found it at the library and was so excited about it, and it didn't let me down. In fact, it was a lot better than I expected. It's a fun and creepy (strange mix, but it really works!) collection of Danny Elfman's film and television soundtracks. The first track, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, is probably my favorite. Also, I really like Batman and Wisdom. Batman is creepy and dark, and Wisdom is just weird, in the best possible way.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes film music, or everyone who is even the tiniest bit an Elfman fan. It's amazing!
Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic.......2003-08-19
You should be able to tell from the movies and TV shows listed here whether or not you'd be interested in this collection. It's a little too eclectic for my tastes (hence only 4 stars) but better than volume 2. I think thatthe miscellaneous collected ites here along with the previously unreleased stuff should make this worth buying. Especially if you're a fan of Elfman's movie soundtrack work.
What Great Music.......2003-05-11
I fell in love with the music of Danny Elfman when Beetlejuice came out. There was something different about the music that he made. When Edward Scissorhands, and then Nightmare Before Christmas - I knew this man was a musical master. Its the verbal form of surrealism.
super.......2003-04-17
What a great CD. Danny's music is so original and inventive. this CD contains his pre 90's quirky, gothic music. it's all very well written and beautifully orchestrated. batman and darkman contain some really excellent long, dark, gothic cues that really take u away from reality. in my opinion no one, apart from howard shore, is as inventive and original as danny in the world of filmmusic. he far surpasses the repetitive works of williams or horner. buy this, and volume two, and keep supporting one of the greatest film composers of all time.ohh...and buy fellowship of the ring and two towers by howard shore....amazing work!
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- Simply outstanding
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Presents the Rise & Fall
Madness
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
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New Wave
| New Wave & Post-Punk
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ASIN: B00004SRKA
Release Date: 2000-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Rise and Fall
- Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
- Blue Skinned Beast
- Primrose Hill
- Mr Speaker (Gets the Word)
- Sunday Morning
- Our House
- Tiptoes
- New Delhi
- That Face
- Calling Cards
- Are You Coming (With Me)
- Madness (Is All in the Mind)
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For most Americans, Madness's career started and ended with the 1982 MTV staple "Our House." In Britain, however, the group is considered one of the country's greatest singles bands of all time. This pivotal album helps explain why. The seven-piece's nutty ska sound is buoyed by some genuinely endearing melodies, suggesting that Madness were far more clever than their whimsical hit made them out to be. "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" rolls along on a warm, ascending melody, while "Primrose Hill" sounds a touch classical, as crisp horns waltz and a jumpy piano rhythm pushes the song along. The still-charming "Our House" serves as the disc's centerpiece. --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
UK reissue of the 1982 album from the much loved new wave/ska act, digitally remastered with special packaging. Includes CD-ROM videos for 'House Of Fun', 'Driving In My Car', 'Our House' and 'Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details
Reissue of New Wave/Ska Act's 1982 Release Feat. The Hit 'our House'.
Customer Reviews:
Simply outstanding.......2004-04-02
This is one of those rare albums that you come back to time and time again. I have friends who have heard it once and said 'hmm, not bad' then they've come back and asked to hear it again. It's one of those that gets under your skin and makes you want to listen to it again and again.
Tracks like Primrose Hill, and Mr. Speaker (Gets The Word) are outstanding and unlike anything you will have heard released by Madness in the general charts.
Buy this album, you may not appreciate it the first time you hear it but you will come back to it and it will be one of the best albums you own.
fab memories.......2003-12-11
loved madness all the way through my teens
loved madness all the way through my thirties
still love them this album is a must FAB.
Incredible..........2001-12-28
The more I listen to this album the more incredible it appears to be. I first got into Madness through fascination with the 2-Tone scene of the late 70's. The Specials were for awhile my "all time favorite band" but long after as my music tastes wandered from thing to thing and matured, it was Madness that endured. They are in a total league of their own, with the closest thing to them I have yet to find to be Blur(while they were still "British" and not wanting to become Americans.) I'm suprised no one has reviewed this album, because this album, like The Jam's All Mod Cons, Blur's Parklife, and before both of them the Kink's Village Green Preservation Society, is a work of art in British guitar-pop music tradition. My favorite Madness album was for a long time "Absolutely", their 2nd, and 2nd most ska orientated(as well as last overall "ska" album pretty much altogether), but overtime, Rise and Fall has become not only my fav Madness, but one of my all time favorite albums, period. The Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Smiths, and today Blur and maybe Supergrass..Madness is one of the great British guitar pop bands with a sense of tradition, not to mention simply one of the greatest singles bands of all time and, at their peak, the most popular British band since the Beatles.(In Britain anyway, what do Americans know anyway?)
Average customer rating:
- Simply outstanding
- fab memories
- Incredible...
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Presents the Rise & Fall
Madness
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
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| New Wave & Post-Punk
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ASIN: B0000071RM
Release Date: 1999-02-16 |
Tracks:
- Rise and Fall
- Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
- Blue Skinned Beast
- Primrose Hill
- Mr Speaker (Gets the Word)
- Sunday Morning
- Our House
- Tiptoes
- New Delhi
- That Face
- Calling Cards
- Are You Coming (With Me)
- Madness (Is All in the Mind)
Amazon.com
For most Americans, Madness's career started and ended with the 1982 MTV staple "Our House." In Britain, however, the group is considered one of the country's greatest singles bands of all time. This pivotal album helps explain why. The seven-piece's nutty ska sound is buoyed by some genuinely endearing melodies, suggesting that Madness were far more clever than their whimsical hit made them out to be. "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" rolls along on a warm, ascending melody, while "Primrose Hill" sounds a touch classical, as crisp horns waltz and a jumpy piano rhythm pushes the song along. The still-charming "Our House" serves as the disc's centerpiece. --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
UK reissue of the 1982 album from the much loved new wave/ska act, digitally remastered with special packaging. Includes CD-ROM videos for 'House Of Fun', 'Driving In My Car', 'Our House' and 'Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details
Reissue of New Wave/Ska Act's 1982 Release Feat. The Hit 'our House'.
Customer Reviews:
Simply outstanding.......2004-04-02
This is one of those rare albums that you come back to time and time again. I have friends who have heard it once and said 'hmm, not bad' then they've come back and asked to hear it again. It's one of those that gets under your skin and makes you want to listen to it again and again.
Tracks like Primrose Hill, and Mr. Speaker (Gets The Word) are outstanding and unlike anything you will have heard released by Madness in the general charts.
Buy this album, you may not appreciate it the first time you hear it but you will come back to it and it will be one of the best albums you own.
fab memories.......2003-12-11
loved madness all the way through my teens
loved madness all the way through my thirties
still love them this album is a must FAB.
Incredible..........2001-12-28
The more I listen to this album the more incredible it appears to be. I first got into Madness through fascination with the 2-Tone scene of the late 70's. The Specials were for awhile my "all time favorite band" but long after as my music tastes wandered from thing to thing and matured, it was Madness that endured. They are in a total league of their own, with the closest thing to them I have yet to find to be Blur(while they were still "British" and not wanting to become Americans.) I'm suprised no one has reviewed this album, because this album, like The Jam's All Mod Cons, Blur's Parklife, and before both of them the Kink's Village Green Preservation Society, is a work of art in British guitar-pop music tradition. My favorite Madness album was for a long time "Absolutely", their 2nd, and 2nd most ska orientated(as well as last overall "ska" album pretty much altogether), but overtime, Rise and Fall has become not only my fav Madness, but one of my all time favorite albums, period. The Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Smiths, and today Blur and maybe Supergrass..Madness is one of the great British guitar pop bands with a sense of tradition, not to mention simply one of the greatest singles bands of all time and, at their peak, the most popular British band since the Beatles.(In Britain anyway, what do Americans know anyway?)
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Solid PR Presents, Vol. 1: A Benefit for the National MS Society
Various Artists
Manufacturer: On the Rise Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Release Date: 2005-07-12 |
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- 10 Lbs. Moustache
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- Cuckoo Pit - The Vanishing
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![Side One Dummy Records Presents: D.T.L.3 "FEATURING" Gratitude, Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday, Motion City Soundtrack, MXPX, Lucero, Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, The Bled, Rise Against, Piebald, Lydia, Alexisonfire, Funeral For A Friend, The Sounds, VCR, The Kinison, Saosin, Name Taken, Street Dogs, Recover, Murder By Death, Mae, Bedouin Soundclash [see product details for track listings]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31JTuivNTRL.jpg)
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Side One Dummy Records Presents: D.T.L.3 "FEATURING" Gratitude, Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday, Motion City Soundtrack, MXPX, Lucero, Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, The Bled, Rise Against, Piebald, Lydia, Alexisonfire, Funeral For A Friend, The Sounds, VCR, The Kinison, Saosin, Name Taken, Street Dogs, Recover, Murder By Death, Mae, Bedouin Soundclash [see product details for track listings]
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2. Not Now - Blink 182
3. Number Five With A Bullet - Taking Back Sunday
4. 1000 Paper Cranes - Motion City Soundtrack
5. Grey Skies Turn Blue - MXPX
6. Bike Riders - Lucero
7. The New Year - Death Cab For Cutie
8. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy (Acoustic) - Fall Out Boy
9. Red Wedding - The Bled
10. Dancing For Rain - Rise Against
11. Part Of Your Body Is Made Out Of Rock - Piebald
12. Smile, You've Won - Lydia
13. No Transitory - Alexisonfire
14. She Drove Me To Daytime Television - Funeral For A Friend
15. Living In America (Andy Wallace Mix) - The Sounds
16. Bratcore - VCR
17. You'll Never Guess Who Died - The Kinison
18. Bury Your Head - Saosin
19. Cover Up - Name Taken
20. In Defense Of Dorchester - Street Dogs
21. Cigarette - Recover
22. Until Morale Improves, The Beatings Will Continue - Murder By Death
23. This Time Is The Last Time - Mae
24. When The Night Feels My Song - Bedouin Soundclash
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I.T.Y the Empire
Manufacturer: I.T. y Music LLC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000CAH6HI
Release Date: 2004-10-26 |
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