Sticks & Stones + 4/Japan

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese edition of the emo-punk band's 2002 album featuring guests Mark of Blink 182, Rusty & Toby of H2O and Matt & Danny of Alkaline Trio. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Anniversary', 'Forget Everything' & 'Ex-Miss' plus the video for 'My Friends Over You'. Digipak.

Tracks:

Understatement
My Friends Over You
Sonny
Something I Call Personality
Head On Collision
It's Been A Summer
Forget My Name
Never Give Up
The Great Houdini
Singled Out
Belated
The Story So Far

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Sticks and Stones, the third record from Florida emo-punkers New Found Glory, might wear its broken heart on its sleeve, but that doesn't mean it has to pretend to be mature. No, Blink-182's first choice of opening band have a firm grasp of the puerile: Sticks and Stones churns out dumb punk thrills at such a breakneck pace, you'd swear they were going out of fashion. The chugging "It's Been a Summer" does Blink as well as Travis, Mark, and Tom do themselves, while "Head-On Collision" displays the group's tender emo side, frontman Jordan Pundik smarting at a vicious relationship spat. "It feels like I'm bruised and broken / From our head-on collision," he sobs, as guitars crunch and blunder madly in the background. Thing is, although some of the tunes are spot on--particularly, the lovestruck "My Friend's Over You" and the moshpit-friendly "Something I Call Personality"--there's little to radically distinguish New Found Glory from their peers. If you're a diehard pop-punk fan, you've probably got records like this--and better--in your collection already. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

A tale of two CDs.......2006-08-05

before the emo/punk (if you can call it that) boom of 2004, there were still bands, such as New Found Glory, interested in writing simple catchy songs over crunching guitars in the vein of Green Day and Blink182 (before every band, including NFG, started inserting every hardcore and metal cliche in the book).

This music is not incredibly original, but "Sticks and Stones" is very likable and does a fine job honoring the pop-punk tradition. Unfortunately the second half of the disc cannot keep pace with the first half. After "Forget My Name", one figures that if the band can keep this up for five more songs, "Sticks and Stones" becomes a classic. Starting with the fast, crackling, opener "Understatement", the first single "My Friends Over You" and the pinnacle "Forget My Name", the first half rolls along with a great, exciting pace and energy. But, then comes the caveat. With the exception of "Story So Far", the second half pales in comparison with the first half, as you can see and hear the creative juices of New Found Glory running short in the final five songs.

However, the first seven songs are enough to earn this CD four stars (really more like 3.5) as well as making it worth a buy, seeing as you can probably get it for fairly cheap. Pick it up for 11 bucks and you'll get your money's worth

This is all getting out of hand.......2006-07-28

Punk is not about listening to bands like the MIsfits and T.S.O.L and other old punk bands. Punk is about not following the crowd and doing stuff your own way and not letting other people get in the way of your own intrests. SO technically if the pop punk listeners listened to all those idiots telling people to listen to old school punk then they would actually become something their not

Anyway this happens to be a great cd. Very differant from Nothing gold can stay and All about a girl. JOrdan's voice obviously was polished in some way. The instrumentals are actually very similar to the sound of their two first cd's.

Now i guess I am going to review each cd.

Understatment 5/5 An incredibly catchy song that doens't get old very fast. This song will please most NFG fans.

My Friends over you 4/5 Most people will adore this song until about a week after they hear it when this song gets very annoying.

Sonny. 4.5/5 This song has very creative lyrics and a very interesting story.

SOmething I call Personality. 3/5 A song that most people will enjoy but it just doesn't do it for me

Head on Collision. 4/5 Pretty much the same story as My Friends Over you.

It's been a Summer 5/5 Starts with a very catchy riff and stays like that for the whole song.

Forget my Name. 4.5/5 Very good lyrics.

Never Give up 4.5/5 A song that can cheer anyone up

The Great Houdini 5/5 Really catchy

Singled Out. 5/5 Defienntly my favorite on the cd.

Belated. 2.5/5 Pretty good lyrics but just doesn't have the thing that makes te other songs so great

The Story So Far. 5/5 Great finisher

Overall 52/60 A great effort

Best NFG Album!.......2006-03-07

These are how I rate the songs-

Understatement- Possibly the best opener ever 5/5

My Friends Over You- A really good song but if you listen to it more than two times in a hour time period it gets annoying. 4/5

Sonny- Nice, Calm and Melodic but possibly the worst song on the album. 2.5/5

Something I call Personality- Really fast and cool it almost makes listening to "Sonny" worthwhile. 4/5

Head on Collision- Their greatest slow song ever. 4/5

It's Been a Summer- Really catchy to listen to and it will never get annoying even if you listen to it one-hundred times! 4.5/5

Forget My Name- This song kinda' reminds me of Sum 41, and that is a good thing a really good thing. But it can be really sad if you really listen hard to the lyrics. 4/5

Never Give Up- This song is a little more hopeful than "Forget My Name" and I think everyone can enjoy it. 3.5/5

The Great Houdini- Has nothing to do with Harry Houdini and so I say WTF!!! 3/5

Singled Out- I like the techno beginning alot and the rest also rules. It is the best song on the album next to "Understatement." 5/5

Belated- Sorta' sucks but in its own way it is good. In other words it sounds like a Simple Plan song and that is a put down. 3/5

The Story So Far- Cool song very awesome except for that P.O.C hidden track. Get rid of the hidden track and you have a winner! With hidden tack loser! Keep the Hidden Track, 0.5/5
Without, 5/5

Possibly the greatest punk album ever.

pretty good stuff.......2006-02-28

I am rather new to New Found Glory and, not being a huge fan of this genre of music, was pleasantly surprised.I own both this and Nothing Gold Can Stay and this is the better of the two in my opinion. I also know that one of the members used to be in a band called Shai Hulud, and old metalcore band that I'm a fan of. Check them out, broaden your musical interests. That's what I did with this cd and it turned out fairly well. 4 stars.

A slight decline.......2006-01-23

New Found Glory is one of the oldest of the current pop punk bands. Their self titled album was hands down their crowning achievement, bursting with catchy and well written songs for their mostly teenage audience. This album kind of carries over, possessing much of the same drive, but lacking a little bit of each of the elements that made their last album so great.

Understatement starts the album off with a roar. This is actually my favorite song of theirs ever. It is well written, it is catchy, it is fast and loud, and it is pretty much amazing. My Friends Over You is slightly overrated, but I was at one time obsessed with it. It is certainly pretty damn catchy. Sonny is a slow and catcy song about losing someone. Something I Call Personality is a slightly overdone song. By the sound of it, you expect something assaulting, but it doesn't really pick up in any of the right places, and comes out seeming incomplete in some ways, overdone in others. Head on Collison is a good, but lyrically predictable song. Its Been a Summer was like a little mini crack addiction for me. I listened to that song for a good 2 or 3 weeks pretty much all the time. Trust me, it will find its way into your head.

Forget My Name is a great song, if not purely redeemed by the first 20 seconds. Jordan definitely has a good voice for hooking the listeners in. The next two songs are really where the album lags. They are OK, but mainly boring and uninteresting. The album would be MUCH better off just without them. Singled Out is a great song about a long relationship or friendship gone sour. Belated is another boring song which usually has me reaching for the seek button. The Story So Far is another good song. It is actually a little different than what they usually sound like, and it left me hoping for a musical evolution in the band for the next album (which, by the way, did NOT happen).

All in all, this album succeeds in putting out a pretty good pop punk album. A few amazing songs, a handful of decent ones, and a few stinkers. If you are looking for a good cd to listen to these guys, i would suggest their self titled album. If you listened to that and what the next best, definitely go with this one. Definitely worth a try

The Presidents of the United States of America

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10 years on and still improving with age
Cool CD
Everybody Wants To Be Naked And Famous
THEY"RE BAAAACK
YEAH, THE PRESIDENTS ARE BACK!

The Presidents of the United States of America
The Presidents of the United States of America
Manufacturer: P.U.S.a. Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Love Everybody
Freaked Out & Small
Presidents of the United States of America: II
Pure Frosting
The Presidents of the United States of America

ASIN: B000654YVA
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

Kitty
Feather Pluckn
Lump
Stranger
Boil Weevil
Peaches
Dune Buggy
We Are Not Going To Make It
Kick Out The Jams
Body
Back Porch
Candy
Naked And Famous
Bonus Track: Confusion
Bonus Track: Candy Cigarette
Bonus Track: Wake Up
Bonus Track: Carolyn's Booty
Bonus Track: F**K California
Bonus Track: Puffy Little Shoes
Bonus Track: Kitty (Demo)
Bonus Track: Lump (Demo)
Bonus Track: Stranger (Demo)
Bonus Track: Boil Weevil (Demo)
Bonus Track: Candy (Demo)
Bonus Track: Naked And Famous (Boston Demo)
Bonus Track: Naked And Famous (New York Demo)

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The Presidents of the United States of America scratch that itch that you can't reach. They do and say all those things that you'd like to, but fear what people might think of you. They are your inner-child, but stinking drunk on a half-case of cheap beer. And, with the youthful appeal of the Dead Milkmen, the off-kilter storytelling of Primus, and a razor-sharp sense of irony, they are utterly undeniable.

Try, if you will, not to sing along with "Lump." It sticks in your brain after the first chorus and won't leave until you hear something supremely catchy just to scrape the chorus out of heavy frontal lobe rotation. Musically, they keep everything very minimal (they have only five strings between bassist Chris Ballew and guitarist Dave Dederer) and use their incredibly twisted wit to engage the listener. From the punkish "Lump" and "We Are Not Gonna Make It" to the funky "Boll Weevil," the Presidents are the perfect antidote to the serious, heavy-handed rock perpetuated by their Seattle brethren. --Adem Tepedelen

Album Description

The Presidents Of The United States Of America's 1995 debut went double platinum in the U.S., rocketed all the way to #6 on Billboard's Top 200, produced three Top 40 hits & a #1 single on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart, and garnered two Grammy nominations and a gaggle of critical praise. You either loved this record or…you loved it.

The band is back and, believe it or not, they once again own this album. They've chosen NAIL to distribute it, which is in line with their renewed esprit de corps and desire to keep things friendly and local this time around. The album is on the band's own PUSA Music label, headquartered in their hometown of Seattle, just up the road from NAIL's Portland HQ. Getting the rights to this classic debut back from Sony precipitated the band's recent much anticipated reunion.

The Presidents played their first show in five years on New Year's Eve 2002, and in the last year and a half they've continued gathering steam. The new songs originally recorded for the re-release of their debut became a whole new album, 'Love Everybody,' which produced the current radio hit "Some Postman." The band has been touring the U.S. this summer and fall in support of that release, and will continue with dates in major markets through the end of 2004.

Customer Reviews:

10 years on and still improving with age.......2005-08-22

I bought his album ten years ago when it came out first. It was special at the time, singles like 'peaches' and 'lump' matched my energy at the time. It seemed like there was only one song that summer, 'peaches' and it lasted beyond. The songs on the original are great summer party songs and they still are. I lost my original a while back and the summers just werent the same - this album has a great energy and this summer was made complete with this release. The added material is interesting but a little desparate, there are some good alternate versions of the originals and some demos. The demos are interesting to see how the process involved in songwriting works and then to compare with the finished product, as i said interesting but i could have done without half of the bonus material. The original album hasnt lost any of its vibrant, headbopping energy and the sometimes complete childish idioacy of the lyrics makes the music special in its genre and still makes me grin. Yes, i am that old fart in the office, 2 stone heavier, and thinks that nightclubs are to noisy - reliving the lost pleasures of youth and fond memories - it works for me. This album is good fun both 10 years ago and today. enjoy the fun.

Cool CD.......2005-07-29

I sent this cd to a good friend who's an avid PUSA fan and he liked the album so much that until now he never fails to say thank you (that's 2 weeks since I gave him the cd). I like their 2 songs, Peaches and Lump. A good ol' punk CD. :)

Everybody Wants To Be Naked And Famous.......2005-02-06

Talk about nostalgia. I wore this album out back when I was 14. When I got a couple years older, I sold most of my CDs because I needed money and wanted to put off getting a job for as long as I could. Unfortunately, this album was one of those I sold. I downloaded this album a few months ago and fell in love with it again. I remembered and sang all the words to every song with a huge, beaming smile on my face the whole time. Song to song, this album is a complete blast. It's brilliantly simple, tons of fun, and outrageously sophomoric. If you're looking to hear social commentary, look elsewhere. In this country run by these Presidents you'll hear songs about animals, chicks, dune buggies, and 30 foot smurfs. Being that my last name is Peach, I feel like I have some sort of connection with these guys, even though it got to be annoying during high school when the song "Peaches" was big. Now being 10 years older and in the "real" world, I listen to this album and it transports me to a time in my life when I didn't have a care in the world. It's the type of album you put on when you're wasted or when you're just plain lurking to rock out. I'm excited that they got back together and they're making music again. Looking forward to hearing more stuff and hopefully seeing them on tour.

THEY"RE BAAAACK.......2005-01-07

I loved this CD when it first came out, i was a freshman in high school. It was stolen from me and i have been searching for it since then. I went to the local CD store, where they can order any CD you can think of, only to find out that it was out of print. I was bummed! Then i thought, about AMAZON and how they have new and used figuring that someone had to be selling a used copy. I was elated to see my favorite CD not only back in print but enhanced by a bonus DVD. To my fellow generation, buy now, relive those fund days of High School when these guys rocked our world. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!

YEAH, THE PRESIDENTS ARE BACK!.......2004-11-06

Finally, after many years, the Presidents decided to re-release their 1st album. It went out of print a little while ago, just as I was getting into these guys. And now, they have brought it back on their independent label. Now we can all get our daily dosage of ROK!

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Music and Creative Movement

Lummi Sticks For Kids

Manufacturer: Kimbo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0001Z7F4S
Release Date: 1984-06-15

Tracks:

Sing A Happy Song
The Lummi Stick Kids
Electric Sticks
Tapping Forever
Yaba-Daba-Doo
Believing
Sing A Happy Song (Instrumental)
Are You Happy?
Tap Together
Be A Tapper
Come Sing With Me
Happy Sticks
Doggie Dance
Are You Happy? (Instrumental)
Come Sing With Me (Instrumental)

Album Description

Children will happily tap, tap, tap away to some motivating musical favorites. These exciting activities are easy enough for 3 to 7 year olds to gain a sense of accomplishment, and they will help kids develop their coordination, motor skills and sense of rhythm. The guide reinforces the activities and instructions. Rhythm sticks (Lummi sticks) are available from Kimbo and come in 6" and 10" sizes.

Customer Reviews:

Music and Creative Movement.......2007-07-09

My children LOVE this CD (ages 3 and 5). This Cd has voice guides within the music. You can literally pop it in and grab some sticks and follow along with the children. (ie- no preparation needed)!
Songs are original and not average hokey pokey.

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Great CD
Tracy is the best
Great combination of modern and traditional country
Today's Lonely Fool.
Very country......what a talent he is!!

Sticks and Stones
Tracy Lawrence
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I See It Now
Time Marches On
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Lessons Learned

ASIN: B000002ISA
Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

Runnin' Behind
Sticks and Stones
Somebody Paints The Wall
Dancin' To Sweet 17
Today's Lonely Fool
Paris, Tennessee
Froze Over
Between Us
April's Fool
I Hope Heaven Has A Honky Tonk

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At 23 years old, Tracy Lawrence helped usher in the "hat act" era in country music with this highly successful 1991 debut. Using traditional country instruments to create a polished modern sound, Lawrence and producer James Stroud concocted tasty, accessible radio fare with the upbeat "Runnin' Behind" and the midtempo ballad "Today's Lonely Fool." The album set the tone for a series of successful albums by Lawrence that balance fun country romps with romantic balladry. Oddly, the turmoil of Lawrence's private life--which includes parking lot shootings, highway chases, and brief and stormy marriages--never seeped into his music. On record, Lawrence maintains a mature, happy-go-lucky persona, no matter what goes on behind the scenes. --Michael McCall

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-07-12

Hey, how can you go wrong with Tracy. He's great no matter what he sings.

Tracy is the best.......2002-02-24

This is one of Tracy's first albums, he just keeps getting better with each one he puts out! Tracy can sing a love song like no other. He can also get you up and dancing the very next song.

Great combination of modern and traditional country.......2002-01-09

Sticks And Stones, Tracy Lawrence's debut CD from 1991, introduced a young, vibrant new vocalist to country music, one of many who followed in the wake of Garth Brooks' amazing success story. Country in the early 90s retained enough of a traditional element to satisfy older fans (unlike today), while still establishing the music as of its time and not dated. Tracy Lawrence was one of the long line of country males often categorised as "hat acts" and to the general public, all too similar to really have clear identities of their own. In Lawrence's case, this would not be a fair accusation, as his soulful vocals made him an all too rare example of an instantly recognisable vocalist in a sea of clones. His debut album was surprisingly (and to his credit) dominated by ballads and mournful country heartbreakers. There are only three uptempo songs on the album, which he performs well. It's the ballads that he excels at, including his two co-writes, Dancin' To Sweet 17 and Froze Over. The best song on the album, and later covered by George Jones (a compliment in itself) is Somebody Paints The Wall, the story of one of life's losers who seems to encounter disappointment at every turn in his life. Tracy Lawrence has long since established a long hit-making career in country music which continues to this day. This album remains one of his best.

Today's Lonely Fool........2000-06-14

Tracy Brings Out The Goods Of Country Music. Sure He Can Sing Like George Strait. He Says That He Is Alone On The Midtemple Ballad "Today's Lonely Fool". The Upbeat "Runnin' Behind" Can Make You Get Up And Dance. The Title Track Was Also A Dance Ballad Too And It Became His First Number 1 Hit.

Very country......what a talent he is!!.......1999-06-30

Tracy Lawrence is now what I believe to be the best singer with the most range in country music. This album was only a stepping stone for him. Buy it and I am sure you will approve!!

Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal

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wonderful music
Good musicians
Excellent Irish Fiddle Festival Recording
The fiddle at its best!
Toe Tapping

Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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High Part of the Road
Milestone At The Garden: Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (Reels, Jigs & Polkas)
Celebrated Recordings
Traditional Irish Music

ASIN: B0000037EC
Release Date: 1992-12-02

Tracks:

The Boys Of Malin/The Gravel Walks (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin
Stirling Castle/Miss Ramsey (Strathspey & Reel) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
Farrell O'Gara/Ciaran O'Reilly (Reels) - Tommy Peoples/Seamus Gibson
Two Jigs - Tommy Peoples
Gusty's Frolicks (Jig) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
The Glen Road To Carrick (Reel) - Seamus Glackin
The King Of The Pipers/Frainc A'Phoill (Jigs) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
The Jug Of Punch/John Stewart (Reels) - Tommy Peoples
The Pinch Of Snuff/The Wild Irishman (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
The Lord Of Mayo (Air) - Kevin Glackin
The Mullingar Races/The Pigeon On The Gate (Reels) - Proinsias O Maonaigh/Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh/Paula Doohan/Liz Doherty
The Turnpike/The Shetland Fiddler/The Boys Of Malin (Reels) - Paula Doohan/Liz Doherty
Two Mazurkas - Proinsias O Maonaigh/Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
The Silver Spire/The Boys Of Ballisadare (Reels) - Tommy Peoples
Tripping Up The Stairs/The Gravel Walks (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin
The Wedding Jig - Dermot McLaughlin
The Fantastic Reel/McFarely's Reel/Miss Ramsey (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Gibson/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
The Jig Of Slurs/The Irish Washerwoman/The Atholl Highlanders (Jigs) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin/Proinsias O Maonaigh...
The Wise Maid/Macleod's Reel/The Boys Of Malin (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin/Proinsias O Maonaigh...

Customer Reviews:

wonderful music.......2007-05-08

This music is an enthralling taste of Irish fiddle music. Extremely entertaining. This review is coming from an avid Irish fiddle player

Good musicians .......2007-01-13

I bought this as a gift for my son, but I highly recommend the "Fiddlesticks" to anyone, no matter which CD it is. We really enjoy their music.

Excellent Irish Fiddle Festival Recording.......2005-12-04

If you want to hear Irish fiddle by itself or in combination with other fiddles, or wish to practice along with a strong recorded fiddle lead, this is a remarkable CD. When you are playing a strong and only lead in a tune, it takes exceptional skill to not make the little errors that get missed playing in musical groups or jam sessions. This CD demonstrates this uncommon precision.

I have spent many hours and drank more than a few gallons of the good stuff to lubricate my playing practicing guitar, bouzouki and bodhran to these tracks. This CD was recorded in 1991 at the "Fiddlesticks Festival" organized by the Traditional Music Society of University College Cork, and includes well known fiddle players within Ireland, such as the legendary Tommy Peoples. There is also the lovely Mairead ni Mhaonaigh and Ciaran Tourish of Altan contributing several tracks. The well knowned Glackin family of Dublin is represented by brothers Seamus and Kevin. I would especially recommend the first track duet, "The Boys of Malin, The Gravel Walks" reels for amazing double lead and counterpoint playing. The last track is very spirited, the typical everyone on stage at the end of a concert, "The Wise Maid, McCloud's Reel, The Boys of Malin."

If you love the old tunes in the old way with "naked fiddle" or the small groups that would play in pubs and at family gatherings, you will love this CD.

The fiddle at its best!.......2005-08-05

The best fiddle music CD out there. Very real, with live performances and no new-agey extras.

Toe Tapping.......2004-01-27

A good variety of Irish fiddle music that has the spirit to start your toes tapping. Great music to accompany jogging on a treadmill or any aerobic exercise.

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Six Stars!
Outstanding jazz with an authentic south-of-the border flair

Sticks & Stones
Ray Obiedo
Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000NIL
Release Date: 1993-02-09

Tracks:

Real Life
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Sticks And Stones
Iemanja
True Or False
Hocus Pocus
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Customer Reviews:

Six Stars!.......2000-01-29

It would be impossible to over-rate this CD by Ray O. Closer to six stars than five. End-to-end, wall-to-wall sensational, every cut: writing, playing and execution. BTW, Don't bother to sit down after you put this CD in the player...!

Outstanding jazz with an authentic south-of-the border flair.......1999-02-20

Ray Obiedo has impressed before, but really outdoes himself with this fine work. The arrangements and musicianship are lively and implacable. The music line follows that wonderful South American sound, but Ray is not afraid to divert onto some really way-out jazz story-lines when the mood seems right. Of particular note on this album is "Braziliero", which moves along at a really nice pace. You will find yourself moving arms, legs, fingers and perhaps, some body parts you didn't know you had, especially when one of Rays musicians takes off on the steel pans...what a ride! A terrific album, especially if you love that S.A. influence as I do! Just ever-so slightly reminiscent of our beloved Sergio Mendez only jazzier. But don't be the "fool on the hill"; give this-un an ear, or two!

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Music of the Fiji Islands
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Arc Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007PLKP2
Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

Ni Sa Bula - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Same E Me Au - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Chuluchululu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Isa Lei - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Duri Tiko Na Vatu Ki Baravi - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Bula - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Sa Vadugu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Ko Nawaka Oqo - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Coka I Rara Ni Tabua - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Noqu Moce Tiko - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Vei Yanu Yanu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Qiri Na Va - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Mana Meu Talanoataka - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Veisau Ni Ua - Nawaka Entertainment Group
1982 Ni Yabaki - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Ni Rogoca Ni Raica - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Vasa - Rewasese Entertainment Group
a Veli - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Kuru a Laba - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Kukuru - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Vula Serau - Rewasese Entertainment Group
Sa Varoro - Nawaka Entertainment Group
Isa Lei - Rewasese Entertainment Group

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Waiting for the Real Thing
The Pointed Sticks
Manufacturer: Sudden Death
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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No Escape
Milk 'n' Cookies

ASIN: B000FGFUUE
Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

What Do You Want Me To Do?
Somebody's Mom
Real Thing
Out Of Luck
Lies
I'm Numb
It's O.K.
All I Could Take
How Could You?
Apologies
Marching Song
True Love
New Ways
All That Matters
Love Or Money
The Witch
Real Thing
You Must Be Crazy
Care Less
Worse
Middle Age Teenagers/No More Love
Found Another Boy
Middle Class
Automatic You

Average customer rating:

Intelligent acoustic - "The Corn"
Sexy, Mystical and Soul Stirring
fahey reincarnated with hedges
All time Classic!!
Has Sensibilities.

Sticks & Stones
Rob Eberhard Young
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000001ERD
Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

Trance Dance
Pictures of Lulu
Mr. Possum
Jeremy
Elizabeth
En Soleil
Rhumb Line
Magister Ludi
For the Love of Children
1126#2

Customer Reviews:

Intelligent acoustic - "The Corn".......2007-06-15

The "Corn" is how REY refers to his sound. Sticks & Stones is it. This is one of my top CD's of all time and stays near if not in my CD player at all times. I originally heard the song "Elizabeth" on digital cable radio at a friend's house and wrote down Rob's name as I was blown away by the song.

The CD starts of with tribal influences flowing right into "Trance Dance" and does not disappoint. Michael Hedges appears on the track "Mr. Possum" and Michael Manring's (bassist extraordinaire) signature and playing are pervasive as well. Favorite tracks are the afore-mentioned "Elizabeth", "En Soleil" and "Magister Ludi" (a reference to Herman Hesse's Glass Bead Game novel). The CD ends on a unique note with Rob looping a riff through a Lexicon Jam Man during the hidden track "Christopher Contemplates The Edge". I find myself listening very deliberately on all the tracks to hear the different guitar's that Rob uses as well, from his Koa Jumbo to the Martin Parlor.

This is just one of those CD's that you will find yourself wishing for a set of headphones so you have no outside influences or if you do have a pair, pressing them so hard against your ears to not miss a note. BUY THIS CD.

Sexy, Mystical and Soul Stirring.......2005-01-24

I love to find good music for listening to during intimacy. Rob Eberhard Youngs guitar stylings have all the requirements of a mood setter. He should make an entire collection of ballad type songs just for listening to alone with a significant other. This man has to be a tender lover, for he knows exactly how to romance the guitar for optimum results.
It is rare to find something I can listen to in its entirety. Rob Eberhard Young is a guitar genius. I confess, I bought 'Sticks and Stones' on a whim. I had no idea what I was purchasing. I only knew that I enjoy good guitar music and I chose this CD, quite out of an innocent desire to try something new. I am an amateur at playing the guitar. Listening to Young wrap his mind around the frets, makes me think I ought to spend more time with it. Creative, innovative, intriguing, and captivating. I can't recommend this CD highly enough for the sheer ingenuity of it all. I am impressed and I think you will be, too. It has all the smoky, cimmerian mysticism necessary for being transported to another dimension.

fahey reincarnated with hedges.......2003-02-26

they DO come back...felt like i was in a seance visited by the ghosts of fahey and hedges and yet even perhaps Robbie Basho sat in for the session.this guy is everything and then some. why aren't there more c/ds out here by rob eberhard? such a delicate touch, an almost zen-like sensitivity to the material needs to be more available. if you love fahey and hedges,you will think the ghosts have somehow found a reunion in this disc. buy it and fly...trance dance will definitely take you there.

All time Classic!!.......2001-06-18

Wow! What an album. Rob Eberhard Young is one of the most passionate guitarists I have ever heard. Both his fingerstyle and his wacka-wacka (which Hedges would call it) is such a pleasure to listen to. There is just so much between the notes. Passion. There loads of movement in songs like Trance Dance and Magister Ludi whilst there's also soothing tracks like En Soleil (featuring Will Ackerman) and Jeremy (which was actually recorded in some cave in Bali). The album also features an amazing 25 minute hidden track of guitar loops that always drives me into an hypnotic state. Sticks and Stones also features the Great Michael Hedges on harp guitar on the powerful Mr. Possum and Michael Manring on e-bow and bass on a few tracks too. REY's second album, Sticks and Stones will take you places that no one has been able to and won't allow you back. Buy it NOW!

Has Sensibilities........2001-04-23

Other reviews may comment on Young's chops or some moments that are reminicent of Michael Hedges, thats all fine....but who doesn't have great chops and hasn't taken inspiration from MH??

This CD is sensitive and the music is pretty. The playing and composition is patient, reserved and each note is carefully taken into account. Spacious and colorfull.

Makes for a very non-pretentious and effective listening pleasure.

Great player, great musician.

Tracks:

Million Seller
Let the Good Times Roll
World Is Turning On
Sugar Baby
I Saw the Light
Susan Sleepwalking
When the Girl Wants to Be Free
Baby Wanna Go Round With Me
Sugar Mello
Rainbow Rider
Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone
Jelly on a Plate
That Was the Greatest Song

Customer Reviews:

david, please .......2006-08-20

not that anyone is looking here, but that poor fellow in Vancouver is taking time away from his precious life to knock an album he hated THIRTEEN years ago? What can we possibly make of that? "million seller" is so much fun it hurts. It is everything you could wish for in a bubblegum top 40 record -- sweet, disposable bliss from pros who are smart enough to do whatever they want, and what they want is pretty much the best of The Archies. I've LOVED this brilliantly textured and produced disc since 1993, so I'm here for different reasons, to sing out praise and invite whatever kids are out there rummaging around for AM radio, summer, windows-down in the car bliss to pay the buck forty four or whatever it is and see if it turns your world on or not. I've seen Todd Rungdren, the Partridge Family and others mentioned when describing their sound, but you can't overlook the wonderful buzz of the guitar -- the parents of Apples in Stereo at their melodious, and un-frathouse rockish best. Heaven help for me saying it, but this is one of the best records I've ever heard and archeologists in a time long after we are gone will vindicate it at such. So there.
Now where was I? Oh, yes . . . Always overlooked, though, is the Pooh Sticks, despite the put-on that they could be, actually understood how to write really sharp lyrics. I love the line ("I know he hurt you/there wasn't a lot I could do about it.") and then there is the piano only heartache of "The Girl Just Wants To Be Free." God bless all you Pooh Sticks wherever you are these 13 years later. -- Love on ya.

You can't have her there every minute of the day
And you can't hold her close when the light goes away
You can't touch her hair
Though you know that's the way it should be
You can't have her
When the girl wants to be free

It hurts so badly you just wanna sleep
You love her so completely
She's in your movement and when you breathe
You read the only letter you didn't rip up together
But the girl wants to be free

You think you're sleeping under the same star
But as far as she's concerned it's only her star

You can't hold her when she wants to be free
You can only love her
When the girl wants to be free

Should Have Been Sterilized . . ........2006-07-02

"The World is Turning On" is just 10 seconds shy of 2 minutes. A great anthem of the Goof-Rock craze of the early 1990s to be sure - and appreciatively offering a little sunshine into that ghastly cavern of Gloom-Rock (read: Nirvana) - it is, nonetheless, a fantastic waste of valued currency being sold as a full-length CD. Million Seller is nearly 2 minutes of joy nestled between 12 tracks of the most grotesquely cheerful hippie rubbish I've ever had the misfortune to endure.

I will not forgive myself for paying full price for this mess, and I will ask no quarter of those who appropriately cast spit and stones in my direction. Such was my self-inflicted fate for being so cheerfully optimistic after seeing "The World is Turning On" video and then purchasing Million Seller based on that one, singular infectious groove. Archeology is well-applied in disciplines other than science.

I own this CD still as only a talisman, shrieking forbearance whenever I am moved to buy a CD inspired by one song. . . . Haec quotiescumque feceritis, in mei memoriam facietis.

I give the balance of the planet - who did not buy this CD - envied credit . . where we you in 1993 while I was standing in that Vancouver record shop in the section marked "P"? Could not one of you directed me towards Pop Will Eat Itself instead?

Accordingly, in the direction of The Pooh Sticks, the rest of the world wisely turned away. While, for the rest of us who did not, in a response of sonic revulsion, barfed up the contents of our tummies and then quickly turned the Pooh Sticks' world OFF.

Should have been huge.......2003-04-04

I can't believe I'm the first to review this great album. If you don't know anything about this band, let me first begin with the fact that there really wasn't even a band. It was all a joke on the indie music scene. One guy wrote and produced all the songs: Steve Gregory; although, he probably had a little help from his lead singer Hue Williams. They're two guys from Swansea, Wales. The rest of the band was imaginary. The backing band and singers were hired out; the singers, I believe were from Tallulah Gosh.

Now onto the tunes. This is pure, feel-good power pop. The Pooh Sticks were not ashamed to borrow lyrics, choruses, and melodies from other pop songs and craft them into their own great music. I'm not saying they were plagiarists; on the contrary, this is great songwriting craftsmanship. There are sparkling melodies in the choruses, yes, but also great melodies in the verses. And they also had bridges, folks. This isn't verse-chorus-verse all the time. This is great Welsh pop, done very well, and slightly cheeky. You will find yourself singing or humming these songs in the shower or wherever. There are some irresistible, catchy tunes here.

Some standout tracks are: The World Is Turning On (watch them shift seemlessly from 3/4 to 4/4 time), Susan sleepwalking (not afraid to use Major 7th chords); GoodBye Don't Mean I'm Gone (6/8 to 4/4 time, again seemless); Jelly On a Plate; Rainbow Rider (listen for the whispers in the background); the title track has some nice faint astral keyboards sounds; The Girl Wants to Be Free...Heck, there all good, from start to finish.

I personally haven't gotten tired of this album. And Optimistic Fool, the last album they released, is just as good. Bottom Line: If you want great brit pop, great songwriting and chord progressions, vocal harmonies that Crosby, Stills and Nash would KILL FOR, and fun, pure rock and roll, this is the album for you. It's too bad these two guys did not make it big.

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