Not Alone [Import]
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Japanese release with all six tracks from the first two solosingles by Suede's guitarist: 'Not Alone', 'Bye Bye', 'It's Alright', 'Stay', 'Hotel Splendide' and 'The Sea'. Also features the arwork of the European single for 'Not Alone'. Standard jewel case. 1998 Epic release.
Not Alone, Music, Bernard Butler, Pop
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- You're so cold... but you feel alive... lay your hand on me one last time...
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We Are Not Alone
Breaking Benjamin
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ASIN: B0002A2VS2
Release Date: 2004-06-29 |
Tracks:
- So Cold
- Simple Design
- Follow
- Firefly
- Break My Fall
- Forget It
- Sooner Or Later
- Breakdown
- Away
- Believe
- Rain
Album Description
All sharp hooks and hefty beats, We Are Not Alone starts off with the Middle Eastern melody of the roaring lead single "So Cold," a riff-heavy track that showcases the fretwork of guitarist Aaron Fink, an expressive guitarist with a flair for both color and crunch. Employing a palette of quirky pedal effects, distorted textures and throttled power chords, he amplifies the emotion in each song, be it the confrontational rage in "Believe" or the sweeping emotional plea of "Break My Fall." "Aaron really stepped up on this record," says vocalist/guitarist Ben Burnely. "He's not so much a riff guy as someone who creates atmosphere. His talents really shine through here."
The perfectly paced album is anchored by the propelling rhythms of drums and bass as well as being driven by Burnley, who brings each melody to life with a voice that's both graceful ("Rain") and Godzillian ("Away"). He soars over the mile-high chorus of "Follow," delivering the insistent hook with unbridled passion and grit. "Touring helped develop my singing ability and allowed me to try new things on this record," he says. "It gave me a sense of confidence that was really liberating."
The band credit producer David Bendeth for the album's adventurous spirit, saying that he encouraged them to reach higher by digging deeper. "David has a great ear and helped pull better performances out of us," says Fink. "He also added a lot of flavor to the record. Unlike the first album, which was all bass, drums and guitar, this record is filled with all sorts of tasty ear candy. It's definitely headphones-worthy."
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You're so cold... but you feel alive... lay your hand on me one last time..........2007-05-21
Breaking Benjamin is an awesome band! I really love their song So Cold. The whole CD is awesome!!!
Their best cd........2007-05-09
One of the leaders in modern hard rock. This is their breakthrough album. Check 'em out and stay away from all the Nickelback clones!
good cd.......2007-02-24
this cd is pretty good, i bought it for my brother for his birthday and he really liked it
allways improving.......2006-11-04
Each cd better than the last. On there way to becoming one of top groups around.
We Are Not Alone.......2006-10-19
This album is awesome. Every song is good on this cd. Buy it.
1.So Cold - 5/5 First single Awesome song Very dark sound
2.Simple Design - 5/5 One of my favorites love the guitar and lyrics
3.Follow - 5/5 My favorite on the album I never get tired of it
4.Firefly - 5/5 Love the Lyrics
5.Break My Fall - 5/5 I like this song a lot
6.Forget It - 5/5 Slower song Love it
7.Sooner or Later - 5/5 Second Single Another one of my favorites
8.Breakdown - 5/5 Love the lyrics and guitar Another Favorite
9.Away - 5/5 Good Lyrics
10.Believe - 5/5 Harder Song He Yells in this one sometimes
11.Rain - 5/5 Perfect ending I love the lyrics and Acoustic sound
12.Rain (2005 Version) - 5/5 Adds the full band i think it sounds better
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- Very pleased
- Sumptuous and mellow
- One of the Best Collections of English Madrigals
- A Delightful Collection of English Madrigal
- A wide variety
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All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals; The King's Singers
John Dowland , Thomas Morley , Thomas Weelkes , John Wilbye , William Byrd , John Farmer , and The King's Singers
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ASIN: B000002RPZ
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
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- English Madrigals: A Little Pretty Bonny Lass
- English Madrigals: Weep No More, Thou Sorry Boy
- English Madrigals: Shoot False Love
- English Madrigals: Now Is The Month Of Maying
- English Madrigals: Four Arms, Two Necks, One Wreathing
- English Madrigals: Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above
- English Madrigals: Since Robin Hood
- English Madrigals: Though Philomela Lost Her Love
- English Madrigals: O Wretched Man
- English Madrigals: Weep, O Mine Eyes
- English Madrigals: The Nightingale, The Organ Of Delight
- English Madrigals: Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho!
- English Madrigals: Cruel, Behold My Heavy Ending
- English Madrigals: Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone
- English Madrigals: Sing We And Chant It
- English Madrigals: On A Fair Morning
- English Madrigals: Oft Have I Vowed
- English Madrigals: Is Love A Boy?
- English Madrigals: Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
- English Madrigals: All At Once Well Met
- English Madrigals: Construe My Meaning
- English Madrigals: Lord! When I Think
- English Madrigals: Cruel, Wilt Thou Persever
- English Madrigals: Fine Knacks For Ladies
- English Madrigals: Strike It Up, Tabor
- English Madrigals: I Love, Alas I Love Thee
- English Madrigals: Farwell, Dear Love
- English Madrigals: See, See The Shepherd's Queen
- English Madrigals: Have I Found Her
- English Madrigals: Lady Your Words Do Spite Me
- English Madrigals: Were I A King
- English Madrigals: Come Again
- English Madrigals: Tan Ta Ra, Cries Mars
- English Madrigals: Why Should I Love?
- English Madrigals: This Sweet And Merry Month Of May
Customer Reviews:
Very pleased.......2007-06-10
I wasn't sure what to expect when I bought this CD. True, I could have listened on line before buying but that would have taken the fun out of the purchase. Besides, I really didn't care for the CD the first couple of times I listened but now I really love it. It's not something to listen to all the time but given the right circumstances e.g. a small gathering of friends, it's perfect. If I'd listened to online, I wouldn't have purchased it.
Sumptuous and mellow.......2002-11-28
The six men of the King's Singers present sweet and light-hearted madrigals of such English composers as Morley, Weelkes, Dowland, Wilbye and Byrd. The thirty five selections include "Now is the Month of Maying", "Though Philomela Lost Her Love", "Sing We and Chant It," the celebration of tobacco entitled "Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho!" and a host of other fa-la-la-la-la venues interspersed with wistful laments. I love the rich, sonorous sound of a male vocal ensemble, with countertenors, tenor, baritones and bass, and these six singers do a great job. Occasional instrumental accompaniments by lute and tabor are included, but this group doesn't really need it--I could listen to them for hours all by themselves. Also quite enjoyable, as well as educational, is their earlier release, "The King's Singers' Madrigal History Tour: Italy, England, France, Spain and Germany". For a more risque' take on the vocal music of Renaissance England, you might get a kick out of "The Art of the Bawdy Song" by the Baltimore Consort with the Merry Companions.
One of the Best Collections of English Madrigals.......2002-03-27
Any fan of the King's Singers will regret not having this album in their collection.
This album offers a veritable feast of the choicest English madrigals found on any comparable album. From the obligatory "Now is the Month of Maying" and "Fair Phyllis" to the more obscure "Tan ta ra, cries Mars," there is certainly enough on this album to bring a smile to lovers of Renaissance music - and a spark of recognition to anyone who sang traditional madrigals in high school or university. For serious students of early music, this album comes very highly recommended.
Among the more sonorous offerings on this album, Jones' "Farewell, Dear Love" and Dowland's "Come Again," cannot be ignored. Nor can Bennet's immortal "Weep O mine eyes" be matched more musically than here by the King's Singers.
This album has been played again and again for almost 6 years as both serious listening and background working music. And it has yet to lose its delight.
A Delightful Collection of English Madrigal.......2000-08-16
With 35 tracts to enjoy you're sure to find a couple of favorites. I gave this CD 4 of 5 stars compared to 5 stars for the King's Singers World Madrigal Tour CD. If you prefer all your songs in English, this will be your 5 star CD. Tract 32 "Come again" is my favorite due to the surperb tenor lead and melodic development. Compared to many polyphonic early music styles (1300s-1485), this era (1500-1610) provides many memorable melodies.
A wide variety.......2000-04-28
This is an excellent sampling of English madrigals. This presentation, given by an older roster of the Singers, is a nice introduction to the world of the madrigal, and English madrigals in particular.
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We Are Not Alone
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ASIN: B000QFAFFO
Release Date: 2007-06-19 |
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- Fall Down
- Tell Me What You Think Of God
- Be Still
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- Demons And Angels
- Don't Let It Go
- That Is Love
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- For You
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ASIN: B00006LSQJ
Release Date: 2002-10-22 |
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- Send In The Clowns (From 'A Little Night Music') - Cleo Laine
- Losing My Mind (From 'Follies') - Barbara Cook
- I Remember (From 'Evening Primrose') - David Korman
- Liasons (From 'A Little Night Music') - Hermione Gingold
- With So Little To Be Sure Of (From 'Anyone Can Whistle') - Jerry Hadley
- Not A Day Goes By (From 'Merrily We Roll Along') - Bernadette Peters
- Pretty Women (From 'Sweeney Todd') - Michael Rupert
- In Buddy's Eyes (From 'Follies') - Barbara Cook
- No One Is Alone (From 'Into The Woods') - Cleo Laine
- Johanna (From 'Sweeney Todd') - Victor Garber
- So Many People (From 'Saturday Night') - Suzanne Henry
- Sorry-Grateful (From 'Company') - Stephen Collins
- Too Many Mornings (From 'Follies) - Barbara Cook
- Finishing The Hat (From 'Sunday In The Park With George') - Mandy Patinkin
- Not While I'm Around (From 'Sweeney Todd') - Angela Lansbury
- Like It Was (From 'Merrily We Roll Along') - Julie Andrews
- Unworthy Of Your Love (From 'Assassins') - Annie Golden
- Anyone Can Whistle (From 'Anyone Can Whistle') - Cleo Laine
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Wonderful songs.......2003-02-07
If you're a Sondheim ballad fan, this a must-have. While there are a few renditions that aren't great (Not a Day Goes By is way overdone), the selections from Follies sung by Barbara Cook are outstanding. The Cleo Laine version of "Send in the Clowns" is lovely and Stephen Collins does an amazing good job on "Sorry-Grateful" from Company. Still, it's the Follies songs that truly shine!
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- "Celebration" is not strong enough a word
- A maginificent evening, a magnificent album
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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23 |
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
- Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
- Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
- Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
- Being Alive--Patti LuPone
- Good Thing Going--The Tonics
- Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
- Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
- Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
- Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
- Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble
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- Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
- Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
- Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
- The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
- Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
- I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
- With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
- Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
- Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
- Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
- Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
- Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus
Customer Reviews:
Great CD.......2006-08-06
This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.
Simply the Best.......2005-06-29
First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.
In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.
In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.
If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21
I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30
This review is by Crosley.
I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.
There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.
I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16
There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.
This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.
My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."
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- Roy Buchanan: the final frontier
- raw brilliance
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- TONE , TONE and more TONE
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You're Not Alone
Roy Buchanan
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
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Release Date: 2002-05-07 |
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- The Opening...Miles From Earth
- Turn To Stone
- Fly...Night Bird
- 1841 Shuffle
- Down By The River
- Supernova
- You're Not Alone
Album Description
Roy Buchanan was a guitar blues/rock virtuoso who put out numerous albums in the 70's & 80's. Tragically he took his own life in 1988. Between 1976 & 1978 Roy recorded three albums for Atlantic Records.You're Not Alone hit the Billboard charts in 1978 and features his unique interpretation of the Neil Young classic 'Down By The River'. This album is making its U.S. CD debut! Wounded Bird Records. 2002.
Customer Reviews:
Roy Buchanan: the final frontier.......2006-07-28
This is Roy Buchanan at his most experimental and dangerous. After this album, he recorded three (quite good) straight blues albums. This one must've worn him thin. The opening track, MILES FROM EARTH (Roy doesn't feature here) sets the mood: a vast soundscape is formed as the mesmeric piano plays and the space-like synthesizers fade in and out. Anything is possible now. The next song, from the opening whip, will flatten you - TURN TO STONE. Roy hasn't rocked this hard since HEY JOE. The Joe Walsh cover then drops into a jazzy cruise before picking up where it left off with 2 mins to go. The next track, FLY NIGHT BIRD, will give you 2 minutes to breathe before the bird takes flight. Then we are given a moody blues song that betters with every listen. Though not my personal favourite, there are some amazing periods in this when Buchanan makes his guitar imitate the hovering, soaring and screeching of seagulls - again, with a backdrop that seems set in space.The next tracks, 1841 SHUFFLE and SUPERNOVA are fairly standard blues riffs that struggle to materialise because Roy's Telecaster is having a well-earned rest. DOWN BY THE RIVER however is brilliant stuff. (If you want the best RIVER experience, listen to the original by Neil Young, then this, then the live version on the SWEET DREAMS compilation)
Then the title song. Through the slow drums and bass buildup, the synthetic cries and the atmosperic keyboards, we board the ship into space. Our captain Roy Buchanan then signals liftoff with a flick of the wrist and we soar. In the unknown we discover Roy's world - his final frontier. And with 3 mins remaining, keyboards drop the platform and ring out the message that Roy Buchanan believes and we come to believe through him - that we aren't alone. When we drift through this new world with Roy's indefatigable fretwork leading the way... THE END.
raw brilliance.......2006-05-21
I first was exposed to this recording when in 1988 my father gave it me as he purchased it thinking it was more Al Dimeola in style not rock (apologies if misspelt) I had no idea what to expect but was instantly hooked by the superb atmosphere created by the outstanding support muscians and synth backgound with his raw searing emotion packed rythym and lead playing - to this day I wwould consider this recording among the best Ive ever heard
Landmark Recording.......2006-04-11
"You're Not Alone" was Roy Buchanan's 3rd album of his Atlantic trilogy ("A Street Called Straight" the 1st and "Loading Zone" the 2nd) and his 1st endeavor recording using a Gibson Les Paul instead of his signature wood grain Fender Telecaster. The results were phenomenal. Roy's Tele-twang transforms into a spacey soaring tone best decribed as flying, thus the airborne themes on 4 of the 7 tracks. Also using synthesizers here more extensively than on previous outings makes this album by far Roy's most unique album ever. Along with some fabulous session musicians considered some of the best are backing Roy on this one including Willie Weeks on bass and Andy Newmark on drums, who have appeared on many other successful albums. The great Luther Vandross also makes an early appearance on backing vocals.
Highlights include Joe Walsh's (Barnstorm) "Turn To Stone" lending itself to be ripped to shreds by Roy in one of his most hard rocking cuts ever.
"1841 Shuffle" was a reflection of the struggles Roy received from the Atlantic Records 1841 Broadway address bigwigs.
Neil Young's "Down By The River" had long been part of Roy's live act but is forever caught here in studio as a totally new and distinct expression unto itself. While playing off the fret board, Roy quite possibly hits his highest notes ever. Absolutely eardrum piercing.
The final track "You're Not Alone" is the ultimate proof of Roy's genius.
I would recommend all 3 albums of the Atlantic trilogy, but "You're Not Alone" is the finest of the 3 and may be the best of all Roy Buchanan albums depending on your particular taste. It is one of my favorite's for blasting in the car stereo turned up to 11 on a hot summer day.
Excellent!.......2004-07-07
This is an excellent album from the late Roy Buchannan. I don't know all his recordings but so far consider this album his best. I came across two very different of his songs by accident: "Fly... Night Bird" (from Carl Sagan's Cosmos) and "The Messiah Will Come Again".
That got me interested enough to sample and get a couple of his collections "American Axe: Live in 1974" & "Deluxe Edition".
I was a bit dissapointed... while he is a superb virtuoso I couldn't fully appreciate those CDs as I thought.
"You are not alone" surpassed all my expectations. In this CD his playing reminds me of shared styles from David Gilmur (Marooned) , Clapton (Double Trouble), Jeff Beck (Cause we've ended as lovers...) and even Hendrix (All along the watchtower). If that rings a bell, you won't be wrong with this CD.
TONE , TONE and more TONE.......2003-06-03
This is a great body of work by one of the greatest of all time. The title track by itself is worth the cost. Roy Buchanan was a tone master, his sound came from his soul and this a great example of his axe-man-ship. His sounds came from somewhere deep and not as a by product for record sales.
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Release Date: 2004-11-09 |
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ASIN: B0002A2VSM
Release Date: 2004-06-29 |
Tracks:
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- Simple Design
- Follow
- Firefly
- Break My Fall
- Forget It
- Sooner Or Later
- Breakdown
- Away
- Believe
- Rain
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The best edited cd ive ever heard..........2006-06-05
This cd contains no curse words and the scary part is, you can't tell. Personally, I enjoy cds that don't cantain profanity because it proves to me the writer/singer is smart enough and creative enough to make otherstuff up that sound ever better. this cd is a good representaion of that.
I got this cd from amazon the same day i had oral surgery, so i took a long bath and listened to this all the while [long enough to listen tot he cd 4 times]. so after listening to the cd so many times, I'll rate the songs, based on their replay value.
So Cold: 2/5 good the first time, but it gets old really fast. This cd does contain the music video, which is worth watching even if you don't like the song.
Simple Design: 5/5 after listening to this song countless times, It's still as good as the first time i listened to it.
Follow: 3/5 this is taverage. don't hate, dont love it.
Firefly: 5/5 This is a great song for those of you who've gone through a recent breakup. I wish the guitarist would've gotten a little more creative in the intro tho, but otherwise a very good song.
Break My Fall: 3/5 same as follow, dont hate it, dont love it.
Forget It: 3/5 the first time i listened to it, this was a really good song. by the third time, it was getting boring.
Sooner Or Later: 4/5 Exelent lyrics, exelent music, after listening to it 5 times, i just had no desire to listen to it for a few minutes... then i got the urge again.
Breakdown: 5/5 This is an awsome song to listen to again and again and again and again...
Away: 3/5 average
Believe: 4/5 Different from all the rest of the songs in my oppion, still good tho.
Rain: 5/5 For those of you who enjoy soft melodies on classical guitars, this is one for the record books, and proves my point again, hard rock music groups, play the BEST slow stuff.
For 14 bucks, this is not a bad cd to buy. In my opinion, one of the best edited cds ive ever heard [and ive heard quiet a few]. Surely this is alot better than most if not all of today's mainstream music who produces "bleeped" music. Finally we have a group who "SUBSTITUTES" the foul language with words that actually... are better and make sense!
I like this cd, I think I'll listen to it again.
overall, 42/55 that translates as four stars to me.
This is censored?.......2005-12-18
It was a few weeks after I bought this CD that I realized it was not the original version of the album. Unlike, say, Eminem, Breaking Benjamin has put effort into making the edited version of "We Are Not Alone" sound every bit as good as the explisite version, if not better. Highly recommended! This has some awesome songs. The first song, So Cold, has been tearing up the radio recently, u've probably heard it. It has some powerful riffs, but it isn't the best song on the disc. From Simple Design to Forget It, the album gets steadily softer, shifting into a more ballad-esque style. The tone of the record really transforms at the other huge highlight, Breakdown, which is, if not heavy metal, then at least hard rock. Away and Believe follow similar patterns. The closer, Rain, is my least favorite song, but it's still worthwhile. I suggest buying the entire album (and for goodness' sakes, the clean version), but ill rate the individual tracks below if u want to download them from iTunes etcetera:
-So Cold (10/10)
-Simple Design (9/10)
-Follow (8/10)
-Firefly (6/10)
-Break My Fall (10/10)
-Forget It (8/10)
-Sooner or Later (8/10)
-Breakdown (10/10)
-Away (10/10)
-Believe (10/10)
-Rain (7/10)
If u like this CD u will probably also like Breaking Benjamin's EP release "So Cold", which has live versions of So Cold (on acoustic), Away, and Believe, as well as a song from Halo 2 called Blow Me Away. And as a bonus, they threw in a song called Ladybug.
My Favorite Cd.......2005-11-04
This has to be the coolest Cd I own, all the songs on here are excellently written and performed.If I could give it a higher rating I would. The better known songs on here are So Cold and Sooner or Later. Although their probably more popular the other songs are insanely awesome.
Save yourself!!!.......2005-09-27
There are subliminal messages in this cd that are telling you to rob liquer stores! It's true; my best friend Steve as this really cool computer program which allows you to play the music of any cd backwards. Usually we just use it to hear how crazy the songs sound that way, but little did we know as we played 'Firefly' from this album that we would soon be hearing the band's bassist whispering sweet nothings into our ears, and also telling us that we would burn in purgatory unless we ran to the nearest liquor dealer in our small suburban habitat and heist the place! This music is not appropriate and you should throw this cd away if you have it. If you don't, I would suggest buying it, then throwing it out the window like a frisbee, which is probably a big waste of money, but at least you're standing up for what you beleive in. Go buy a Simple Plan album instead; they write catchier music anyways. Plus they don't put subliminal messages on their albums, but if they did they'd probably say something like "Go have a great day; kiss babies and help old women across the street," unlike Breaking Benjamin, who tell you to swallow scissors and eat Pine-Sol. That's just sick.
Godd CD.......2005-07-03
Awsome Cd
1.10/10-First song Always Good.
2.10/10-Perfect
3.9/10-Okay
4.9/10-Love It
5.9/10-Long Pause where it bleeps out the f word
6.0/10-Crappiest song ever
7.8/10-Pretty good
8.10/10-Awsome
9.8/10-good
10.9/0-good
11.0/10-terrible
Average customer rating:
- Great Band / Great Album
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You're Not Alone
Black Train Jack
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Release Date: 1994-04-26 |
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Great Band / Great Album.......2007-06-17
No don't hide, don't hide away at home.
Bring out the truth that's deep down below
Don't ever leave those things that you believe
You'll fight the lies because you're not alone
Under appreciated band...
Wish they were still together, never got to see them live.
Lightning in a Bottle... it's a CRIME this isn't re-mastered or re-issued.......2007-05-01
ONE flippin' "review" for this album?(and if you call track listings and "good cd" a "review") This is just sad...
and even sadder to think about how many horrendous bands of this era found some level of success with a sub-standard passionless sound while Black Train Jack suffers in oblivion with out of print albums and hardly a footnote on the web. It's a cold world I know, but Black Train Jack were lightning in a bottle; a band / experience that deserves SO MUCH MORE.
BTJ played caffeinated '90s "melodic pop-punk" in a more polished Descendents style with a healthy dose of NYC posi-hardcore attitude. Think Dave Smalley fronted Dag Nasty meets Scott Renolyds era ALL in a Pre-H2O 90's era (got all that? lol). Black Train Jack had some killer musical chops, a vocalist with range, a sense of humor and a great live show. (I had only seen them as a warm up act for Down By Law and the Mighty Bosstones, but they blew me away both times)
There are some excellent excellent tracks on this disk: Lottery, Not Alone, Handouts, That Reminds Me and even that Steve Miller Band cover...
If I was a trust-fund baby I would purchase the rights to Black Train's catalog and re-master / re-issue them because they are great and more people out there would seriously dig this band. Until then all I can do is state my honest opinion on the web.
Good cd.......2005-01-25
Tracks...
1) Handouts
2) Not Alone
3) The Joker
4) What's The Deal
5) The Struggle
6) Alright Then
7) Lottery
8) Regrets
9) Back Up
10) The Reason
11) Mr. Walsh Blues
12) That Reminds Me
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Sings Sondheim
Mandy Patinkin
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ASIN: B00006JP2C
Release Date: 2002-10-29 |
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- Lesson #8
- Another Hundred People
- When?
- Someone Is Waiting
- Johanna
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird
- Pretty Women
- Finishing the Hat
- If You Can Find Me, I'm Here
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- Broadway Baby
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- You Could Drive a Person Crazy
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- Waiting For The Girls Upstairs
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- All Things Bright and Beautiful
- It Takes Two
- In Someone's Eyes
- Beautiful
- Losing My Mind
- Take the Moment
- Sunday
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Recorded live at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, this double CD is one heck of an extensive tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Backed only by Paul Ford on piano, Mandy Patinkin gets through nearly three dozen songs penned by the Broadway master. Some are obvious (excerpts from Sunday in the Park with George, in which the singer created the title role), others less so ("If You Can Find Me I'm Here" from Evening Primrose). Patinkin is often mocked for his shivering falsetto, but here, it's actually when his voice explores a lower register that it falters. What's more interesting is when he tackles songs usually sung by women, such as Follies' "Broadway Baby" and Company's "Another Hundred People" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"--the latter hammed up so much that you can hear the chewing of the scenery. A distinctively mannered interpreter, Patinkin remains an acquired taste, but fans of his will be in heaven with this set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews:
Patinkin Live.......2007-07-19
I am a huge Mandy Patinkin fan, and this is, without a doubt, one of the best CDs in my collection. The transitions between songs are excellent and seamless, plus the song selection was top-notch.
Sondheim recital.......2007-01-22
Probably the best way to approach these disks is to treat them like a recital in a concert hall. Rather as you would listen to a Schubert or Schumann song cycle. Taken together this way, we come to hear Sondheim as one of our finest composers, serious, comic, manic, depressive, always dead on target no matter what the subject matter. And Patinkin is perfect for these songs; he understands the meaning and value of every note and every word, just as a fine concert singer would do, and he makes his listeners understand, too. One of the most intriguing concept albums in recent memory, and a joy all the way through. Bob Finley, Palm Springs, CA.
Also a very dissapointed fan.......2003-08-22
I too LOVE Mandy and Stephen Sondheim and own just about everything both has ever made! I also have been to 6 of Mandy's live performances. This was truly a big dissapointment to me. Every concert I have seen Mandy in has been filled with emotion and his personality just grabs hold of you for an evening of wonderful escape-ism. This to me was very un-entertaining and I actually became irritated after awhile of listening to it. It seemed to drone on with out the wonderful feelings and emotions and soaring voice that Mandy typically puts into his music. I gave this as a gift too (since my friend and I had missed Mandy at his Sondheim review in DC last year) and felt badly that I had. There are so many other great recordings of Mandy...Kidults, Saturday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Mandy sings Rogers & Hammerstien and Sondheim. This one has just sat on my shelf after I played it through twice hoping to warm up to it...while my other recordings are very worn out with years of playing!
Adequate performance; poor entertainment.......2003-05-04
I received this disc the same day a "Philip Quast Live at the Donmar". The Quast disc has its own flaws (and I dont wish to compare the two performers) but it has been strung together in a more thoughtful manner, with witty imagination and using a more dangerous in the choice of songs, which is really where this disc fails. The songs here are generally enjoyable though rather standard, and the lack of cohesion (running the songs together doesnt count) means I just dip into the discs listening to a few favourites, rather than enjoying the whole show.
a very disappointed fan.......2003-02-05
I have every recording Patinkin appears on, even if he's only on one track; I adore his voice, his flair, his emotion, his ability to deliver a song.
But (much of) this recording is disappointing, mainly because Mr. Patinkin's voice in the lower range sounds muddled and forced, as though he's lost ability to control it (however, the more falsetto sounds are as clear and sharp as ever).
And I don't care for the format of this performance. Live recordings should have live audience reactions: one (often unrelated) song after another without applause had me wondering when--if ever--was the audience was going to be allowed to react.
Also, while I've never had the privilege of attending a Patinkin concert, I imagined that--above all-- he would be passionate. Perhaps he was. But what (mostly) comes across on the CD is a somber--almost technical--performance.
I hope he's healthy, that mixed quality of singing on this recording was just a fluke, and that his next CD will be a Five-star as all his previous ones have been
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The Big Trio Reprise
Reyhaldo Hahn
Vol. 1-Hits Of Tracy Byrd [Karaoke]
The Rain, the Park & Other Things [Import]
Turnaround [Import]
The Quest for the Infinite Pizza
The Baroque Style (Transcriptions for 8-string guitar)
The Spectacular Johnny Horton [Original recording remastered]
Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy
The BBC Sessions [Live]
Street Story [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
Techno 2004 V.2 [Import]
The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Best of Natacha Atlas