Around the Sun

Editorial Reviews
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Having delivered their last great album with 1992's haunting Automatic For the People, R.E.M. spent more than decade attempting all kinds of reinvention, from the pointlessly noisy Monster to the painfully dull Up. But with Around the Sun it feels like the band is getting its bearings back. Not only is it the Georgia trio's most consistent album since the 1997 departure of drummer Bill Berry, but it also sees the return of the lush imagery and intricate playing of the band's vintage years. There are trains, mandolins, Man Ray skies. More importantly, it seems heartfelt. Witness the gorgeous disquietingly dark opener "Leaving New York," the rapturous folk of "I Wanted to Be Wrong" and the solidly intense "Boy In the Well." At 13 generous tracks, it's far from perfect but--just when everyone thought R.E.M. was down for the count--Around the Sun is an unexpected bruiser of a comeback. --Aidin Vaziri --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Album Description
Around The Sun, R.E.M.’s first new studio album since 2001's gold Reveal, is as emotional and ulti- mately uplifting as its "Leaving New York" single. With a renewed band dynamic and songs influenced by world events, Around The Sun surprises and satisfies and is both political and poignant. Says Michael Stipe: "Even the most depressing R.E.M.song is going to have a glimmer of hope." For fans of one of rock's most acclaimed bands, hope revolves around R.E.M. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Around the Sun, Music, R.E.M., Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop, Rock, United States of America
Another Run Around the Sun
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful CD
  • Soothing Lullaby
  • Wonderful Pop-Rock!
  • Good music, bad CD
  • Another Run around the Sun Ben Taylor
 Another Run Around the Sun
Ben Taylor
Manufacturer: Iris Records Label
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A8AXLI
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

  1. Nothing I Can Do
  2. Always
  3. Someday Soon
  4. One Man Day
  5. Digest
  6. You Must've Fallen
  7. Think A Man Would Know
  8. I'll Be Fine
  9. Surround Me
  10. Love

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD.......2007-06-05

I love this CD. Ben Taylor did the nearly impossible....rose out of the shadow of two musical giants with his own style and sound. It is impressive. Great music. Thank you Ben Taylor.

4 out of 5 stars Soothing Lullaby.......2007-02-08

Ben Taylor's sophomore set is an excellent pop folk mix that keeps growing with repeated plays. Of my three favorite tracks, the opener "Nothing I Can Do" is a lovely folk melody with Ben's finger style guitar and some luscious Simon family background vocals and lyrics that are exquisite poetry, "When she spun 180 degrees & beheld the sweet light rising through the trees, she fell to her knees & she begun to smile because she had been in darkness for a long long while." It's a lovely awakening. The sweet shuffle of "You Must've Fallen" has a melody that bubbles like a brook in summertime as Ben floats over the notes, "I swear to God you must be some kind of ghost in disguise." "Think A Man Would Know" has a beautiful counter-melody to intro the track with Carly Simon on vocals and then blooms into Ben's pensive reflection, "I'm gonna do some changing, try to lead the life I know my life deserves to live." The track ends with a stunning call & response with strings punctuating the melody line. The other tracks on the disc are also strong including the breezy "Always," the wry "Someday Soon" & the gentle closer "Love." "Another Run Around the Sun" is so different from the pop onslaught of drum loops and sampling that it comes as a soothing lullaby from this fine young musician with the famous family tree. Enjoy!

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful Pop-Rock!.......2007-01-10

Ben Taylor's style comes across as a pleasurable mix of pop-rock in the tradition of the 1970's. The pleasant surprise is that it has a 21st century appeal! A MUST for "baby-boomers" looking for new material and their children who want something better than their parents' nostalgia!

1 out of 5 stars Good music, bad CD.......2007-01-09


I love Ben Taylor's voice and sound, but the CD has many glitches, portions of it keep repeating, even though it went in to my player in pristine condition. It may be a manufacturing flaw. I don't have this problem with other new CDs.

2 out of 5 stars Another Run around the Sun Ben Taylor.......2007-01-05

I loved Ben singing " I Will", sounded so much like Dad, I thought how could I not like a whole CD by him? Well I was very disappointed, he has a lovely voice but I didn't click with any song on his CD. Don't know if it's just his choice of songs or if it was my 35 year old addiction to James Taylor that clouded my vision, expecting to see what his father has. I bought Sally's CD also, hers was a little better, but not nearly as great as I thought she would be after listening to her sing on her Mom's CD. I love that whole talented family but I wasn't thrilled with this CD, sorry Ben!
Around the Sun
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Nice enough, but missing more than just Bill Berry
  • Introspective, melodic wonder
  • this fear will not destroy me
  • Revisited This Recently
  • Great album
 Around the Sun
R.E.M.
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002W4UVG
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

  1. Leaving New York
  2. Electron Blue
  3. The Outsiders
  4. Make It All Ok
  5. Final Straw
  6. I Wanted to Be Wrong
  7. Wander Lust
  8. The Boy in the Well
  9. Aftermath
  10. High Speed Train
  11. Worst Joke Ever
  12. The Ascent of Man
  13. Around the Sun

Amazon.com

Having delivered their last great album with 1992's haunting Automatic For the People, R.E.M. spent more than decade attempting all kinds of reinvention, from the pointlessly noisy Monster to the painfully dull Up. But with Around the Sun it feels like the band is getting its bearings back. Not only is it the Georgia trio's most consistent album since the 1997 departure of drummer Bill Berry, but it also sees the return of the lush imagery and intricate playing of the band's vintage years. There are trains, mandolins, Man Ray skies. More importantly, it seems heartfelt. Witness the gorgeous disquietingly dark opener "Leaving New York," the rapturous folk of "I Wanted to Be Wrong" and the solidly intense "Boy In the Well." At 13 generous tracks, it's far from perfect but--just when everyone thought R.E.M. was down for the count--Around the Sun is an unexpected bruiser of a comeback. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

Around The Sun, R.E.M.'s first new studio album since 2001's gold Reveal, is as emotional and ulti- mately uplifting as its "Leaving New York" single. With a renewed band dynamic and songs influenced by world events, Around The Sun surprises and satisfies and is both political and poignant. Says Michael Stipe: "Even the most depressing R.E.M.song is going to have a glimmer of hope." For fans of one of rock's most acclaimed bands, hope revolves around R.E.M.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Nice enough, but missing more than just Bill Berry.......2007-07-07

The album is nice enough, but has the feeling of sameness from song to song. It needs a rocker or two and some of classic R.E.M.'s jangle. 'Leaving New York" and "Electron Blue" are good songs to kick off the album, and the rest of the record is very listenable, but unremarkable and a bit too cohessive. I just listened to it twice and thought it was good, not great, and in the past R.E.M. has been great. Here, they sound a bit tired - competent, but tired.

4 out of 5 stars Introspective, melodic wonder.......2007-01-21

I'm a relatively recent fan of the REM. My southern belle spoke so highly of them I had to check it out. Frankly, just the way I like Adore by the Smashing Pumkins better than their more rowdy records, although their ardent fanbase thinks they've gone "soft," I like the latest three outings by REM. Their longtime fan's don't seem to respond to the mellower, more mature REM, but I think that Around the Sun is an introspective, melodic wonder.

5 out of 5 stars this fear will not destroy me.......2006-12-21

The very first chords of 'Leaving New York' assure us that AROUND THE SUN will be classic R.E.M.

Not to mention the lyrics. As before, here is R.E.M. chronicling loneliness, leaving, being left, getting left behind:

'you might have laughed if I told you
you might have hidden a frown
you might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around'

But of course the story line will not tolerate sudden changes, imposed reformation, reconciled lovers. It is about things that were, things that could have been, love and satisfaction overcome by life's enduring entropy:

'it's easier to leave
than to be left behind
leaving was never my proud
leaving new york. never easy.
I saw the light fading out'

That, after all, is what lights do. Fade. Flicker. Gone. But never forgotten.

R.E.M. is about remembering, their lyrics a complex narrative of loves lost but somehow present in the angst-ridden act of recalling things that simply couldn't last. Didn't last. Can't last.

There is an almost existential embracing of this fragmentation that permeates the DNA of human experience. Loss, we are asked to suppose, without fear. 'The Outsiders':

'A man walks away. when every muscle says to stay.
how many yesterdays? they each weigh heavy.
who says what changes may come. who says what we call home.'

Who indeed? There is only loss, hands that no longer even grasp onto what they understand must slip away.

A persistent element of R.E.M.'s genius across two decades of narrating loss and speaking of memory, remembering, memories is the failure to raise their voice. They regret, but they do not rage.

Though 'Final Straw' is as angry as its title suggests, Michael Stipe almost whispers his resolve. Whispers, doesn't shout:

'if hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
and forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
there's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.
there's a voice in me that says you will not win.'

A steely, simmering morality interpenetrates this track. The songwriter will not be overcome by hatred, but he will insist on understanding why:

'for this fear will not destroy me.
and the fears that have been shed
it's knowing now where I am weakest
and the voice in my head. in my head

then I raise my voice up higher (reviewer: morally, but Stipe is still almost at a whisper)
and I look you in the eye
and I offer love with one condition.
with conviction, tell me why.
tell me why.
tell me why.
look me in the eye.
tell me why.'


Even pandemic regret insists on understanding why. Perhaps that's what it means to be human. Perhaps.

R.E.M. is at its best in AROUND THE SUN -- as throughout the band's career -- when a down-tempo balladesque tone allows them to tell the story of regret, always regret. Trauma too intelligently bent on understanding to become numb. The embrace of the freedom that comes from not raising one's voice.

Rage cut off at the margins by decency, forgiveness, even regret.

'the crime of good men who can't wrestle with change,
or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
you're not hurting anybody else's chances,
but you're disfiguring your own.'

A morality of regret. Beautifully sung, questions poignantly put. Asked. Put again.

All the way around the sun.

2 out of 5 stars Revisited This Recently.......2006-11-02

(After years of forward progress (With the exception of Up) some signs of aging finally show here. There's nothing awful here. There's just nothing memorable. Hopefully, the next release will show this was a fluke.)

I wrote that awhile back, but have been listening to this again recently. It's really not as average as I originally thought. "Leaving New York" is a really good song, and "Electron Blue" and "I Wanted To Be Wrong" really caught my ear this time. Overall I'd upgrade it to 3 stars but Amazon wouldn't let me.

4 out of 5 stars Great album.......2006-08-11

Ascent of man is one of REMs finest moments. Around the Sun is a great record. Leaving New York, Wanderlust and Around the Sun are all fantastic. The only song I could do without was the Outsiders. I felt Q Tips portion of the song just didnt fit. Overall highly recomended.
Spinning Around the Sun
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Amazing Songwriter and Unique Vocalist
  • Why didn't I discover this before?
  • jimmie dale gilmore's masterpiece.
  • spinning with joy
  • studio
 Spinning Around the Sun
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002HD7
Release Date: 1993-08-24

Tracks:

  1. Where You Going
  2. Santa Fe Thief
  3. I Was The One
  4. So I'll Run
  5. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  6. Mobile Line (France Blues)
  7. Nothing Of The Kind
  8. Just A Wave
  9. Reunion
  10. I'm Gonna Love You
  11. Another Colorado
  12. Thinking About You

Amazon.com

After years of making brilliantly eccentric albums with his scruffy Texas friends, Jimmie Dale Gilmore was invited to Nashville to record an album with mainstream country producer Emory Gordy Jr., George Jones, Patty Loveless, and some of country music's top session players. The result, Spinning Around the Sun, sounds very much like its predecessors, proving that Gilmore has far more to teach Nashville than it has to teach him. Gilmore, named after Jimmie Rodgers and a product of Buddy Holly's hometown of Lubbock, sings with a hillbilly purity that nails every note even as it retains a dirt farmer's dignity in the midst of a lover's last-chance confession. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Songwriter and Unique Vocalist.......2007-07-05

Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a talented songwriter and vocalist. His voice is so strong and unique. He can do things with his voice that you just don't hear from any other artist. It is amazing. I have several of his cds and this is my favorite of his work. I really like the song "Another Colorado" because that is the name of the river that runs through my hometown and I love it. Jimmie's song is called "Another Colorado" because one day when he was on the banks of the river he learned that the Colorado River running through Austin, Texas is a whole different river from that other Western Colorado River that so famously carved out the Grand Canyon.

Jimmie Dale's songwriting skills are impressive in the lyrics to songs like "Just a Wave." He has some newer work out Come on Back but this is the best. Some of his best music is with his band the Flatlanders Wheels of Fortune including his buddies from his hometown, Joe Ely Letter to Laredo and Butch Hancock War and Peace. The film Lubbock Lights, Limited Edition gives some great background to Jimmie Dale and the other flatlander's experience growing up in Lubbock where the people are the biggest things around.


5 out of 5 stars Why didn't I discover this before?.......2007-05-17

The absolute best of Jimmie Dale as a solo artist. The cover songs sounded new and written for Jimmie Dale's unique voice. The original songs are soulful and memorable. My favorite states "Babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water".

5 out of 5 stars jimmie dale gilmore's masterpiece........2007-04-05

i had a dream last night. i dreamed that i lived in a world where toby keith, vince gill and garth brooks were anonymous individuals, perhaps working in construction, and that the most lauded and famous country music stars were fellas named "billy joe shaver," "buddy miller," and "jimmie dale gilmore." what a great dream. and when i awoke i was sad, because i remembered how the world really was. i just wanted to go back to sleep and dream some more.

5 out of 5 stars spinning with joy.......2007-03-08

This is flat-out the best Jimmie Dale Gilmore CD ever. Just listen to it once and you will want to listen again and again. And again.

4 out of 5 stars studio.......2006-07-03

If you are like me, (and nobody is) you will want to have all of JDG's works, but I would get Fair and Square or One Endless Night before getting this one. Even when an actual artist does a "studio" album it has a feeling of being handcrafted. Maybe he should have culled I'm So Lonesome. . . But this is a guy who took Mack the Knife away from Bobby Darin and Louie Armstrong.
Over the Rainbow
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of America's great songwriters
 Over the Rainbow

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000000WMG
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. (You Got Me In Between) The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
  2. I've Got The World On A String
  3. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  4. Public Melody No. 1
  5. When The Sun Comes Out
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  11. Rasin' The Rent
  12. Blues In The Night
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  15. It's Only A Paper Moon
  16. Bud's Won't Bud
  17. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
  18. Stormy Weather
  19. Kickin' The Gong Around
  20. Two Blind Loves
  21. That Old Black Magic
  22. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
  23. Ill Wind
  24. Get Happy

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of America's great songwriters.......2001-03-09

Amid the Cole Porters, Irving Berlins and George Gershwins of the world, Harold Arlen tends to be forgotten. And yet, when the greatest song of the 20th century was recently voted on by a distinguished panel of critics, whose song came out on top? Mr. Arlen's (Over the Rainbow). Here is a superb cross section of Harold Arlen songs by a cast ranging from Judy Garland to Bing Crosby to Ethel Waters, spanning decades and spanning a wide range of styles, from jazz to ballads, poignant to funny. Although the sound is not ideal, as many of the recordings date from the 30's and Pearl's objective in remastering has always been to achieve the fullest musical sound rather than to reduce surface noise, this is a minor complaint given the rich and mind-opening selection of great music found here.
Introstay
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This is the one
  • ahhhhhhhmazing!
 Introstay
Years Around The Sun
Manufacturer: Manaloft Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CSTER0
Release Date: 2005-12-27

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  1. Align
  2. Dead Mans Sea
  3. Dry Lake Bed
  4. Sinclair
  5. Soft Soul
  6. Northfork
  7. Warm Jets

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This is the one.......2006-11-06

This is the best album I have heard in a long time. A good band, finally. I don't know what else to say. The music is just so relaxing and powerful. Very emotional.

5 out of 5 stars ahhhhhhhmazing!.......2006-04-01

I heard this band on fm94.9 in san diego and the second I heard it, i knew I had to get the CD. Each song is a stand alone work of art with the whole set making for a classic first record. If this band can keep up the momentum that they've started on Introstay, I can even imagine what they'll have in store for us in the future.
Space: 1999 Year 1
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not to be missed!!!
  • Great year one compilation
  • An Excellent CD
  • Fantastic Future Score
  • Space 1999 Year One Soundtrack Available Once Again!
 Space: 1999 Year 1

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006UEVQS
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

  1. Space: 1999, Main Titles
  2. Breakaway
  3. War Games
  4. Matter Of Life And Death
  5. Space: 1999, End Titles (Alternate Version)
  6. The Infernal Machine
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  8. Ring Around The Moon
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  11. The Troubled Spirit
  12. Space: 1999, Main Theme (Extended Alternative Version)
  13. The Testament Of Arkadia
  14. Another Time, Another Place
  15. Space: 1999, End Titles

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Not to be missed!!!.......2007-04-30

This CD is simply excellent! Anybody who ever cared for TV soundtracks should give it a chance. The only better thing is Barry Gray's music for "UFO" TV series, which has been promised from Silva Screen (and has been published by "Fanderson" and since sould out). So, whatever somebody think of the series, this music will not fail to delight. Impressive and nostalgic, mysterious and enthralling, this music really deserves to be heard by everybody.

5 out of 5 stars Great year one compilation.......2007-01-09

This remastered version of Space:1999 year one or series one sounds excellent. It is very clear and you can better appreciate Barry Gray wonderful job.

If you are Space:1999 fan, it is a must have.

5 out of 5 stars An Excellent CD.......2006-07-27

Talk about bringing back memories. The music is crisp-clear & updated. For the 1999 fans-this is a must have.

4 out of 5 stars Fantastic Future Score.......2005-04-01

Space:1999 - the series - may be one of the most controversial SF shows ever. People either love it, or they hate it... there seems to be little middle ground. As a kid I was thrilled with the series, although even then I could see the weaknesses in science, story, and characterization. But from a purely visual and aural standpoint, the first series rarely disappointed.

Especially when it came to the music. As many fans know, Barry Gray scored only 4 episodes - the rest being rounded out by reusing his cues for those episodes, plus liberal doses of library music. This disc gives a good overview of the magnificent music written specifically for the series, as well as a sampling of some of those library cues. As a previous reviewer said, the ultimate soundtrack to the series was released several years ago by the Fanderson organization ( which one had to join as a member to be able to order ) and is sadly out of print. Copies can be found on the internet, often selling for prohibitive prices. Unless you are a diehard collector, willing to shell out a good sized portion of your paycheck, this single disc is the way to go.

Sound quality is superb, and in some cases surpasses the previously mentioned two disc set, as several of the tracks have been remastered to remove wow, flutter, and distortion that could be heard on the Fanderson set. The main title was remixed to make it truer to the on-screen version, and the tracks from the episode "Black Sun" are in stereo on CD here for the first time ever. The previous release featured the episode's complete score, but only as a monophonic version, as many of the multitrack masters for that particular episode have been lost. For that alone, this disc is worth owning, even if you have the Fanderson set.

However, it is Gray's music that is the true reason to own this soundtrack - regardless of your feelings about the series. Full bodied, sweeping, emotional and grand... not at all your typical seventies television soundtrack. Years before John Williams revived the popularity of orchestral scores for science fiction projects, Barry Gray was filling small screen speakers with epic music that would have sounded perfectly at home in a motion picture theatre.

5 out of 5 stars Space 1999 Year One Soundtrack Available Once Again!.......2005-03-09

I give this soundtrack 5 stars only because the soundtrack is awesome, but if you want a more complete compilation, you need to find the Fanderson version.
The year 1 music definately set the tone for the TV show back in 1975. It gave it beautiful character and feeling for the show. It was ashame that for the second year that they had changed so much (even the music) and lost that character and feeling (but that is a whole other debate).
In 1976, RCA records released the year 1 soundtrack with a beautiful gate fold cover and for about 20+ years, that is all we had, until Fanderson. The year 1 soundtrack is no longer available through them, but it is the most complete. This CD, however, does well to capture the feeling of year 1 and does throw an additional track for you sun bathers out there. It is a nice 30 year anniversary gift to myself. Happy 30th Birthday: SPACE 1999!!!
Once Around The Sun
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • great moment
  • An amazing group!
  • More than "once around the sun"!
 Once Around The Sun
Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio
Manufacturer: Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006GH18M
Release Date: 2004-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Here I Stand
  2. Better Than Anything
  3. Send In The Clowns
  4. Once Around The Sun
  5. Twelve
  6. Lost In The Words
  7. Lush Life
  8. Breaking The Chains
  9. Homeward Bound
  10. In My Life

Album Description

This album was released precisely twelve months after its predecessor, "Things I Meant To Say." It features ten carefully selected songs, five of which are original compositions by Jake Fleming. Arrangements and instrumental performances by both Jake and fellow arranger/composer Chad Langford, paired with the sublime vocal talents of Jeni Fleming, make this collaboration the trio's most significant musical achievement to date.

The Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio proudly presents what they feel is truly a comprehensive representation of their musical soul. Enjoy the radiance of "Once Around The Sun!"

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars great moment.......2007-03-30

Jeni Fleming's voice is beautiful ,arrangement and performance of "in my life" is sublime

5 out of 5 stars An amazing group!.......2005-06-27

I've got to say this group's music is the best I have heard in a long time. I went to see them live and was amazed by the talent in each of them (Jeni Fleming's voice is incredible). Don't miss out on this great album.

5 out of 5 stars More than "once around the sun"!.......2005-01-28

This is by far their best. Jake's original pieces are ones you will have flowing through your head even as you wake up in the morning. You will listen to this CD again and again and again. Their arrangement and performance of "Send in the Clowns" is phenomenal. And the title track gives you a way to express the blessing of another day. Don't let this one pass you by!!
Another Spin Around the Sun
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Just amazing
  • Not bad
  • What Else Could Be Expected?
  • Edwin - Another Spin Around the Sun
  • EDWIN ANOTHER SPIN AROUND THE SUN
 Another Spin Around the Sun
Edwin
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001ZTCF
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

  1. Theories
  2. Trippin'
  3. Hang Ten
  4. And You
  5. Screaming Kings
  6. Shotgun
  7. Alive
  8. Rush
  9. Amazing
  10. Take Me Anywhere
  11. Better Than This
  12. Another Drink

Album Description

1999 solo album by the former lead singer of metal group I Mother Earth. 11 tracks.

Album Details

Former Lead Singer from I Mother Earth.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just amazing.......2005-08-22

I'd been semi-familiar with I Mother Earth's music and then I heard that their lead singer Edwin had split from the band. I knew he had his own style but I never realized just how good his solo material was until I heard the song "Alive"...and then as I've been known to do, I bought the CD to see what else this guy had up his sleeve. Well, as it turns out...this guy has some sleeves. From the opening heartbeat in "Theories" to the slightly Lennonesque "And You" to everything else on the album, this is just some amazing stuff. Not a single track that sounds like any other track on the disc...totally diverse and yet totally cohesive. There were at least five singles to come from this disc in his native Canada, and I've turned a ton of folks on to this CD here in the States. It draws you in and keeps you there. Don't wait. Investigate this CD...then bombard Edwin's website with e-mail asking when his next CD is coming (his second CD with his new band, Edwin & the Pressure, is filled with more of his unique spin on the world...no pun intended).
This CD IS very much worth your time!

4 out of 5 stars Not bad.......2005-02-06

This isn't as good as "Scenery and Fish" by I Mother Earth but it's still a decent solo album. Edwin's song "Alive" was a huge hit in Canada and it's easy to see why - it's a beautiful song with nice lyrics. Aside from Edwin's annoying voice, "Another Spin Around the Sun" is an awesome record.

3 out of 5 stars What Else Could Be Expected?.......2004-02-15

Well, here it is. Edwin left I Mother Earth on the basis that they wanted to go different ways in te directions of their music, and in Another Spin Around The Sun he sounds like he wanted to go the route with the most pot on it. Most of the songs on this album can be found to be hinting to marijuana or blatently singing about it, leaving one to wonder just what it was Edwin really saw in his solo career. Anyone who listened to him on IME's productions 'Dig' and 'Scenery And Fish' can say that weed has always been around those guys, but this album shows the true affinity Edwin has for the sweetleaf. We can't blame him, but I think Snoop Dogg had that one wrapped up in the lyrical bag. Nice try, but I think we can expect more to come from the guy who was the frontrunner of Canada's best kept secret, right?

5 out of 5 stars Edwin - Another Spin Around the Sun.......2001-01-30

This CD is amazing. Edwin is truely an amazing artist and his talent should be brought into the US a little more. I have recommended this CD to all of my friends. Every song is great, unlike some other CDs with only one good song. In short, this is a must have CD.

4 out of 5 stars EDWIN ANOTHER SPIN AROUND THE SUN.......2000-10-22

WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS CD HOME I WAS SURE IT WOULD BE GOOD BUT JEESE I WAS WRONG. THIS CD IS JUST AMAZING.I WAS NOT THAT SURE IF EDWIN WOULD MAKE IT FOR A SOLO CAREE. ALMOST EVERY SONG IS GOOD. MY PERSONAL FAVORITES ARE ALIVE,HANGTEN,RUSH AND AND YOU.IF YOUR LOOKIND FOR SOMTHING GOOD TO BUY PLEASE BUY THIS CD. IT IS WORTH THE MONEY
All Around Me
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		All Around Me
    Loren Gold
    Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
    MeditationMeditation | New Age | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00009YXKO
    Release Date: 2003-07-29

    Tracks:

    1. Cascade
    2. Falling
    3. The Magic Mirror
    4. All Around Me
    5. Jake's Dream
    6. Snow
    7. A Song For Nancy
    8. Midnight Blue
    9. The Morning After
    10. Sounds Of The Mersey
    11. Snow Revisited
    12. Searching
    13. Until Tomorrow
    Another Run Around the Sun
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Another Run Around the Sun
      Ben Taylor
      Manufacturer: Independiente
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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