Black Sunday (Limited Edition) [Import]

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If a case can be made for gangsta rap, Cypress Hill is the act to make it. The trio of L.A. Latinos has the commercial clout and its raps are mercifully free of the misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Asian, anti-Jewish racism that so often mars the genre. Member/producer D.J. Muggs creates an eerily lean soundscape of whining sirens, off-kilter funk rhythms, metallic percussion, nasal taunts, and gruff warnings that's the aural equivalent of today's nerve-rattling cop flicks and mob movies. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
Limited Digipack Release

Black Sunday (Limited Edition),Cypress Hill,Sony

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Black Sunday (Limited Edition) [Import]

Average customer rating: The album that got me into rap Can I Get A Hit From The Bong? (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4 stars) "Cypress Hill" Part 2 Fun, but fake... Rap in its prime

Black Sunday Cypress Hill Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Rap | Latin Music | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cypress Hill Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom Skull & Bones IV Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000295Y Release Date: 1993-07-20

Tracks:

1. I Wanna Get High
2. I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
3. Insane In The Brain
4. When The Sh-- Goes Down
5. Lick A Shot
6. Cock The Hammer
7. Lock Down
8. Lil' Putos
9. Legalize It
10. Hits From The Bong
11. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
12. A To The K
13. Hand On The Glock
14. Break 'Em Off Some

Amazon.com

If a case can be made for gangsta rap, Cypress Hill is the act to make it. The trio of L.A. Latinos has the commercial clout and its raps are mercifully free of the misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Asian, anti-Jewish racism that so often mars the genre. Member/producer D.J. Muggs creates an eerily lean soundscape of whining sirens, off-kilter funk rhythms, metallic percussion, nasal taunts, and gruff warnings that's the aural equivalent of today's nerve-rattling cop flicks and mob movies. --Geoffrey Himes

Album Details

Limited Digipack Release

Customer Reviews:

The album that got me into rap.......2007-06-14

Okay, so the first CD I owned with rapping on it was, technically, C+C Music Factory, but forget that. 'Black Sunday' was the album that truly got me interested in hip-hop. Like every other white boy in America, I heard 'Insane in the Brain' on the radio and was hooked. Luckily, it's just about the worst song on the album.

From the siren-call that opens to the album to the syncopated beat in 'Break 'Em Off Some,' this album just doesn't quit comin' with dusty funk loops, rough-edge beats and hilarious herb references. The Amazon.com reviewer said this album presaged the sound of Dre's 'Chronic,' buuuuut according to Amazon's Web site, 'Chronic' was already out when this dropped in '93, so I'm not sure how they came up with that.

Regardless, I would argue that Muggs' and Dre's styles are not really very similar at all. Dre's sound was a lot more crisp, whereas Muggs opted for a smoky, vinyl-scratchy ambience that really suits the treble tones in B-Real and Sen Dog's voices.

I always make the argument that while 'Temples of Boom' was Muggs' best album in terms of production, 'Black Sunday' is the group's best album overall. I stand by it. A true hip-hop classic.

Can I Get A Hit From The Bong? (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4 stars).......2007-03-16

Cypress Hill's (B-Real, Sen Dog, & DJ Muggs) second album "Black Sunday" was an excellent album, from a Latin Hip Hop group based out of Los Angeles. If you haven't already figured out, Cypress Hill mostly rhymes about getting smoked out through out their career. And those rhymes are all over this album. That mixed with DJ Muggs production really makes the vibes in this album easy to catch. I believe "Insane In The Brain" was the lead single on this album, and it's a good song. B-Real handles most of the vocals through out the album. When I hear Sen Dog's voice and his ad-libs on here, he cracks me up because of how he sounds, but his rhymes are dope as well. Along with rhyming about smoking weed, they also rhyme about shooting people like "Hand On The Glock" (aka "Hands On The Pump Part II") and "Cock The Hammer". "When The Ship Goes Down" is another excellent track by B-Real with Sen Dog's background vocals. (I'm aware of the actual song title, but I placed the title in my review from the radio edit of the song.)

As for flaws, the only thing is lack of subject matter. Not too often Cypress Hill detours from the topics of smoking weed and guns on this album (they even put facts about marijuana inside of the linear notes that are interesting). That is the only inferior about this album. It's an excellent album from 1993, a time when gangsta rap was in full swing. If you're a big time smoker, you'll probably relate to this easier than others. But if you want to hear some west coast tunes from the early-mid 90's, you'll probably like this album.

Lyrics: B+
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: A+
Overall: A-

My favorite tracks: I Ain't Going Out Like That, Insane In The Brain, When The Ship Goes Down, Cock The Hammer, Hits From The Bong, A To the K, Hand On The Glock

Peace!

"Cypress Hill" Part 2.......2006-12-19

Cypress Hill's second album, 1993's "Black Sunday," is another great album of funny, pro-weed paranoid lyrics from B-Real, Sen Dog and the crew, amazing beats courtesy of DJ Muggs, and just overall original and fun hip hop music. This album is very similar to their debut, "Cypress Hill," but the quality of the music is just as good, if not better in many spots, than on their debut. They went with the philosophy of if it ain't broke, don't fix it on "Black Sunday," and it works perfectly. On this album you start to see a little bit of the rock influence that they would later explore more in the late 90s, and Muggs steps his production up a little bit while staying with the heavy bass, slow beats, woozy synths, and smoky sampling and instrumentation that made him famous. B-Real and the MCs stay with the same kind of subject matter as on the debut, centering around smoking, humorous recollections of urban violence, and Latino references, but it doesn't sound even slightly redundant. B-Real's nasal rumble and Sen Dog's deep bellows and chants are as awesome as ever. This is the second classic album from the pioneering Los Angeles Cuban rap collective, and I recommend it to all hip hop fans.

The album begins with the self-explanatory "I Wanna Get High," with its great chorus and verses from all parties. The production is laced with deep, funky bass and a distant sounding siren, showing Muggs's signature style. The upbeat and drum-staticky "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" follows, another high point. The next song is maybe the most well-remembered song of early 90s rap, the song that made the group a household name, "Insane in the Brain." This song is a classic, boasting a memorable chorus, great production, and funny verses, creating a legendary song that is still so widely recognized today. "When the S... Goes Down" has a great beat and good chemistry from the MCs. "Lick a Shot" sounds reminiscent of the late 80s LA hip hop style, but the lyrics make it totally Cypress Hill. "Cock the Hammer" displays once again the signature weirdness that is B-Real, Sen Dog, and Muggs. The tough "3 Lil' Putos" preaches tough violence with threatening sounding lyrics. The smoker's anthem "Hits From the Bong" has a great beat and chorus, as does "What Go Around Come Around, Kid." "A to the K" is funny, and "Hand on the Glock" follows in similar procession. The album ends with the excellent "Break `Em Off Some," an upbeat and funky production. Like on their debut, short songs like "Lock Down" and "Legalize It" provide focused, beautiful beats courtesy of the legendary DJ Muggs.

Bottomline is that if you liked "Cypress Hill," you'll love "Black Sunday," because basically it's the same ideas musically and lyrically, just advanced two full years. This album is a consistent classic, and all kinds of rap fans are certain to enjoy it. I could definitely make an argument that this is Cypress Hill's best album, but regardless it is definitely among the finest albums of hip hop's greatest year, 1993, and has stood the test of time, sounding fresh and original even thirteen years later. I think everyone can enjoy "Black Sunday" and I highly recommend it.

Fun, but fake... .......2006-10-06

Don't get me wrong, I really like their songs -- they're catchy as hell...
but like most "gansta" rappers, they are posers. I don't think they have even come close to ever killing anyone. In "When the Sh** Goes Down", they talk about gettin the "sawed off Glock", which makes NO sense. A Glock is a handgun. What are you going to do, saw off the grip?! Even Biggie used to say some totally uneducated things about firearms (taking the safety off a Glock? Glocks don't have external safeties, genius!) Just because you smoke weed doesn't make you gangsta. Try picking up a gun and actually learning about how it works before you spit all this b.s. about your gat-toting hardness. Again, I like these guys, but I know to take it all with a grain of salt. This is a band selling a product.

Rap in its prime.......2006-03-27

Although Cypress Hill is as laid back as they portray themselves to be, they can very much bring color, ingenuity and astonishing lyrics. From tracks like 'I Want to Get High' to 'Insane in the Membrane', this is one of the best rap albums in the past two decades.

This team of three originated from latin poetry in the mid-80s to a hardcore rap format. Influenced by the likes of Wu Tang and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill have managed to make many hits, and along the line influence Naughty By Nature, Redman and Dialated People. This album is exceptional in the sense that the lyrics are humorous, factual, powerful and poetic.

This group is legendary for their constant refrence to weed; a source that potentially helped them become one of the most popular artists in rap. This is a five-star album - enjoyable and a timeless classic.

Average customer rating: very pleasant to listen to Wonderful worship music Excellent !!!

Sunday Morning Jam Quiet Time Players Manufacturer: Alliant Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sunday Morning Jam, Vol. 2 The Covenant Project - Gospel Jazz Piano Prophet Sunday morning Jam Vol 3 Songs for the Soul, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0009UVCIK Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

1. Power In The Blood
2. I'm Going Through
3. Thank You Lord (For All You've Done For Me)
4. Living Word
5. Blessed Assurance
6. Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
7. I'm Going Away
8. Sweet Medley: He Sweet I Know/Sweet Jesus
9. Have Thine Own Way Lord
10. Speak To My Heart
11. When You Pray
12. Sweet Hour Of prayer

Customer Reviews:

very pleasant to listen to.......2007-04-11

I really enjoy listening to this cd. I play it during the day when I am in my office. It's relaxing, and it allows me to enjoy some of my old favorite songs.

Wonderful worship music.......2007-02-23

I always like a different take on gospel music. This is a wonderful surprise on the old classics. Paul Wright's keyboard skills are phenomenal. I just truly enjoyed the vibe...had me jamming in the office. God's manifestation is amazing.
Keep up the good work fellas.

Excellent !!!.......2005-09-13

Donald Hayes and Derick Jackson are phenomenal musicians. I have never heard gospel music that was so passionate and soulful, with yet a gentle hint of jazz and and R&B flavor. This is a high spirit album. This band is definitely under rated!!!!

Michael Harris

Average customer rating: "Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting" A Gem!

Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes Darryl Taylor , William Warfield , Maria Corley , Erik Santos , and Patricia Terry-Ross Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Voice of Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers You Can Tell the World: Songs by African-American Women Composers ASIN: B00006I9HH Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. My People - William Warfield
2. Heart
3. Island
4. The Weary Blues - William Warfield
5. Litany
6. A Black Pierrot
7. March Moon
8. Negro - William Warfield
9. The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
10. My People
11. Song To The Dark Virgin
12. Evil - William Warfield
13. Joy
14. Lonely House
15. Minstrel Man
16. Sunday Morning Prophecy - William Warfield
17. In Time Of Silver Rain
18. Carolina Cabin
19. Madam And The Census Taker - William Warfield
20. Lovely, Dark And Lonely One
21. Sylvester's Dying Bed - William Warfield
22. Sandman/Birth
23. Bound No'th Blues
24. To Artina
25. Down Where I Am
26. The Dream Weaver/Bouquet
27. Still Here - William Warfield

Customer Reviews:

"Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting".......2004-08-18

"Dreamer" is unquestionably the finest recording of original songs by black composers available today. The singing of tenor, Darryl Taylor is superb and demonstrates a vocal beauty, musicianship, and interpretive sensitivy that is rarely equaled. The selection of poems of poet laureate, Langston Hughes is first rate, and even more important, the songs themselves are original, varied and well written. I think every listener will find "Dreamer" an exciting musical experience, and I predict for Darry Taylor a distinguished career as an interpreter of art songs. For the Naxos price, buy two albums and give one to a friend!

A Gem!.......2002-10-17

This collection is a gem! Langston Hughes was a very "musical" poet who was inspired by a variety of forms, from jazz to classical. His poetry in turn inspired a whole generation of composers, thirteen of whom are represented here in fifteen art songs. Additionally, eight Hughes poems are read by William Warfield.

Average customer rating: The album that got me into rap Can I Get A Hit From The Bong? (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4 stars) "Cypress Hill" Part 2 Fun, but fake... Rap in its prime

Black Sunday Cypress Hill Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Rap | Latin Music | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rap & Hip-Hop General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rap & Hip-Hop General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Cypress Hill Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom Skull & Bones IV Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000029A1 Release Date: 1993-07-20

Tracks:

1. I Wanna Get High
2. I Wain't Goin' Out Like That
3. Insane In The Brain
4. When The Ship Goes Down
5. Lick A Shot
6. Cock The Hammer
7. Interlude
8. Lil' Putos
9. Legalize It
10. Hits From The Bong
11. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
12. Hand On The Glock
13. Break 'Em Off Some

Amazon.com

If a case can be made for gangsta rap, Cypress Hill is the act to make it. The trio of L.A. Latinos has the commercial clout and its raps are mercifully free of the misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Asian, anti-Jewish racism that so often mars the genre. Member/producer D.J. Muggs creates an eerily lean soundscape of whining sirens, off-kilter funk rhythms, metallic percussion, nasal taunts, and gruff warnings that's the aural equivalent of today's nerve-rattling cop flicks and mob movies. --Geoffrey Himes

Album Details

Limited Digipack Release

Customer Reviews:

The album that got me into rap.......2007-06-14

Okay, so the first CD I owned with rapping on it was, technically, C+C Music Factory, but forget that. 'Black Sunday' was the album that truly got me interested in hip-hop. Like every other white boy in America, I heard 'Insane in the Brain' on the radio and was hooked. Luckily, it's just about the worst song on the album.

From the siren-call that opens to the album to the syncopated beat in 'Break 'Em Off Some,' this album just doesn't quit comin' with dusty funk loops, rough-edge beats and hilarious herb references. The Amazon.com reviewer said this album presaged the sound of Dre's 'Chronic,' buuuuut according to Amazon's Web site, 'Chronic' was already out when this dropped in '93, so I'm not sure how they came up with that.

Regardless, I would argue that Muggs' and Dre's styles are not really very similar at all. Dre's sound was a lot more crisp, whereas Muggs opted for a smoky, vinyl-scratchy ambience that really suits the treble tones in B-Real and Sen Dog's voices.

I always make the argument that while 'Temples of Boom' was Muggs' best album in terms of production, 'Black Sunday' is the group's best album overall. I stand by it. A true hip-hop classic.

Can I Get A Hit From The Bong? (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4 stars).......2007-03-16

Cypress Hill's (B-Real, Sen Dog, & DJ Muggs) second album "Black Sunday" was an excellent album, from a Latin Hip Hop group based out of Los Angeles. If you haven't already figured out, Cypress Hill mostly rhymes about getting smoked out through out their career. And those rhymes are all over this album. That mixed with DJ Muggs production really makes the vibes in this album easy to catch. I believe "Insane In The Brain" was the lead single on this album, and it's a good song. B-Real handles most of the vocals through out the album. When I hear Sen Dog's voice and his ad-libs on here, he cracks me up because of how he sounds, but his rhymes are dope as well. Along with rhyming about smoking weed, they also rhyme about shooting people like "Hand On The Glock" (aka "Hands On The Pump Part II") and "Cock The Hammer". "When The Ship Goes Down" is another excellent track by B-Real with Sen Dog's background vocals. (I'm aware of the actual song title, but I placed the title in my review from the radio edit of the song.)

As for flaws, the only thing is lack of subject matter. Not too often Cypress Hill detours from the topics of smoking weed and guns on this album (they even put facts about marijuana inside of the linear notes that are interesting). That is the only inferior about this album. It's an excellent album from 1993, a time when gangsta rap was in full swing. If you're a big time smoker, you'll probably relate to this easier than others. But if you want to hear some west coast tunes from the early-mid 90's, you'll probably like this album.

Lyrics: B+
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: A+
Overall: A-

My favorite tracks: I Ain't Going Out Like That, Insane In The Brain, When The Ship Goes Down, Cock The Hammer, Hits From The Bong, A To the K, Hand On The Glock

Peace!

"Cypress Hill" Part 2.......2006-12-19

Cypress Hill's second album, 1993's "Black Sunday," is another great album of funny, pro-weed paranoid lyrics from B-Real, Sen Dog and the crew, amazing beats courtesy of DJ Muggs, and just overall original and fun hip hop music. This album is very similar to their debut, "Cypress Hill," but the quality of the music is just as good, if not better in many spots, than on their debut. They went with the philosophy of if it ain't broke, don't fix it on "Black Sunday," and it works perfectly. On this album you start to see a little bit of the rock influence that they would later explore more in the late 90s, and Muggs steps his production up a little bit while staying with the heavy bass, slow beats, woozy synths, and smoky sampling and instrumentation that made him famous. B-Real and the MCs stay with the same kind of subject matter as on the debut, centering around smoking, humorous recollections of urban violence, and Latino references, but it doesn't sound even slightly redundant. B-Real's nasal rumble and Sen Dog's deep bellows and chants are as awesome as ever. This is the second classic album from the pioneering Los Angeles Cuban rap collective, and I recommend it to all hip hop fans.

The album begins with the self-explanatory "I Wanna Get High," with its great chorus and verses from all parties. The production is laced with deep, funky bass and a distant sounding siren, showing Muggs's signature style. The upbeat and drum-staticky "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" follows, another high point. The next song is maybe the most well-remembered song of early 90s rap, the song that made the group a household name, "Insane in the Brain." This song is a classic, boasting a memorable chorus, great production, and funny verses, creating a legendary song that is still so widely recognized today. "When the S... Goes Down" has a great beat and good chemistry from the MCs. "Lick a Shot" sounds reminiscent of the late 80s LA hip hop style, but the lyrics make it totally Cypress Hill. "Cock the Hammer" displays once again the signature weirdness that is B-Real, Sen Dog, and Muggs. The tough "3 Lil' Putos" preaches tough violence with threatening sounding lyrics. The smoker's anthem "Hits From the Bong" has a great beat and chorus, as does "What Go Around Come Around, Kid." "A to the K" is funny, and "Hand on the Glock" follows in similar procession. The album ends with the excellent "Break `Em Off Some," an upbeat and funky production. Like on their debut, short songs like "Lock Down" and "Legalize It" provide focused, beautiful beats courtesy of the legendary DJ Muggs.

Bottomline is that if you liked "Cypress Hill," you'll love "Black Sunday," because basically it's the same ideas musically and lyrically, just advanced two full years. This album is a consistent classic, and all kinds of rap fans are certain to enjoy it. I could definitely make an argument that this is Cypress Hill's best album, but regardless it is definitely among the finest albums of hip hop's greatest year, 1993, and has stood the test of time, sounding fresh and original even thirteen years later. I think everyone can enjoy "Black Sunday" and I highly recommend it.

Fun, but fake... .......2006-10-06

Don't get me wrong, I really like their songs -- they're catchy as hell...
but like most "gansta" rappers, they are posers. I don't think they have even come close to ever killing anyone. In "When the Sh** Goes Down", they talk about gettin the "sawed off Glock", which makes NO sense. A Glock is a handgun. What are you going to do, saw off the grip?! Even Biggie used to say some totally uneducated things about firearms (taking the safety off a Glock? Glocks don't have external safeties, genius!) Just because you smoke weed doesn't make you gangsta. Try picking up a gun and actually learning about how it works before you spit all this b.s. about your gat-toting hardness. Again, I like these guys, but I know to take it all with a grain of salt. This is a band selling a product.

Rap in its prime.......2006-03-27

Although Cypress Hill is as laid back as they portray themselves to be, they can very much bring color, ingenuity and astonishing lyrics. From tracks like 'I Want to Get High' to 'Insane in the Membrane', this is one of the best rap albums in the past two decades.

This team of three originated from latin poetry in the mid-80s to a hardcore rap format. Influenced by the likes of Wu Tang and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill have managed to make many hits, and along the line influence Naughty By Nature, Redman and Dialated People. This album is exceptional in the sense that the lyrics are humorous, factual, powerful and poetic.

This group is legendary for their constant refrence to weed; a source that potentially helped them become one of the most popular artists in rap. This is a five-star album - enjoyable and a timeless classic.

Average customer rating:

Sunday Morning Jam, Vol. 2 Quiet Time Players Manufacturer: Alliant Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sunday Morning Jam Sunday morning Jam Vol 3 The Covenant Project - Gospel Jazz Him This Is Gospel: Inspirational Jazz ASIN: B000EUMK5O Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. Soon And Very Soon
2. Follow Me
3. How Great Thou Art
4. Speak To My Heart
5. Amazing Grace
6. I Surrender All
7. I Don't Know About Tomorrow
8. I Need Your Spirit
9. Come To Jesus
10. Worship Medley: Oh Come Let Let Us Adore Him/My Faith Looks Up To Thee/Holy, Holy, Holy/Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow
11. Peace Be Still
12. Hallelujah

Average customer rating: Kings X - I Seem To Be In The Minority, But I Really Love This Album A Big Disappointment for a Long-time Fan Some people are idiots This album is the acoustical equivalent of an '80's party. And so it is....

Black Like Sunday King's X Manufacturer: Metal Blade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ogre Tones Out of the Silent Planet Live All Over the Place King's X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska ASIN: B000095J1L Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Black Like Sunday
2. Rock Pile
3. Danger Zone
4. Working Man
5. Drams
6. Finished
7. Screamer
8. Bad Luck
9. Down
10. WOn't Turn Back
11. Two
12. You're The Only One
13. Johnny
14. Save us

Customer Reviews:

Kings X - I Seem To Be In The Minority, But I Really Love This Album.......2007-07-20

"Black Like Sunday" is an album of previously unreleased material that stretches all the way back to the beginning of the band. I seem to be in the minority here as this disc seems to get really trashed by a lot of Kings X fans, but I have to admit that I really love it. This is all old material that was re-recorded for this album. Yes, some of it sounds a bit dated, but I still really dig it. The band actually stretches out instrumentally on the almost 12 minute track Johnny. A lot of fans seem to look at this as unneeded noodling, but I wish Kings X would do more stuff like this. I have always found it frustrating that a band so instrumentally competent never seems to want to show it off keeping most of their compositions in the 3 to 4 minute range. There are several great songs on this album as well, "Black Like Sunday", "Rockpile", "Screamer", and several others. I really find it surprising how much many Kings X fans loath this album. Personally I think it is great and find this more satisfying than a lot of the band's more recent works.

A Big Disappointment for a Long-time Fan.......2007-06-26

It pains me to give a King's X album such a low score. I mean, I own the entire catalog, I've seen the band live at least ten times, and have even had beers with the guys after a show. I remember hearing them for the first time as a kid watching late-night TV when their video for Over My Head made a splash for a while on MTV. I've been a fan ever since. But, alas, I have to be truthful and honest about this collection, as nothing less will benefit the band or fans.

This is a sub-par album for any band, let alone one as stellar as King's X. As many have already mentioned, it's a modern recording of a bunch of rehashed throw-away tunes that didn't make it onto their first album, Out of the Silent Planet. They were put in the circular file then, and that's honestly where they should have stayed. The sound is dated, the structures are boring, the lyrics are juvenile and banal...need I go on? It's cheesy, 1980s pop-rock that is barely saved by the fact that it being played by a band with incredible execution.

Screamer is novel enough, but that's the problem: it's merely a novelty song to show off Doug's screaming ability. Rock Pile has a decent enough verse, but the chorus is sickeningly goofy. Johnny is the epic tune that doesn't justify its epic length...Ty's long solo is the most pointless, meandering bunch of swoops and ambient sounds he's ever put together into a single chain. The title track is passable.

Honestly, this album should be avoided by anyone except collectors. It is definitely not the place to start if you're just trying to get into King's X. If you really want to support this band, buy their latest CD, Ogre Tones, which is an excellent, excellent album. It has a great variety of sound, and should satisfy both their later fans that are used to the "heavy" version of King's X as well as their earlier fans that long to hear the soaring guitar and Beatlesesque harmonies. I'm a fan of both eras, truly, and I think it's their best CD since Please Come Home Mr. Bulbous, and possibly since Dogman (another awesome disc that everyone should own).

Avoid this one, but don't avoid King's X. I'm one of those music nerds who owns like 1500 CDs, and if I had to give up all but, say, 100 of them, I would take up slots in that batch for all of my King's X CDs. This is one of the best overall rock bands still recording that hasn't ever sold out and keeps pumping out great tunes. They deserve many a listen...just don't start with Black Like Sunday.

Some people are idiots.......2006-06-02

This is what stevering or whatever his name put in the first line of his "review"

"I don't even have to buy this CD to know the direction that the band have taken"

What kinda idiots does this? Well ALOT of them! Too many people review stuff they never listned too.

Why put a negative spin on something you've never heard?? Are you trying hurt the band? Do you have mental issues? did the band let you down somehow and your getting back at them?

Thisis a great cd worthy of your money.

This album is the acoustical equivalent of an '80's party. .......2006-04-27

This album is the acoustical equivalent of an '80's party: Pleasing escape into a punk-past, but riding a little tight in the crotch.

It's so bad --it's good!

I've been a King's X fan since 1989 or so. The epic Gretchen was the first I heard, and like everyone else - it blew me away. I saw them live - finally - when they came to Saskatoon, SK just last week... An incredible experience long overdue!

Only a band with a fan-base as well-established as KX could have pulled off this album (for what it is). Black Like Sunday is NOT likely an album which will woo prospective K-X listeners; the songs are just so ancient. While the title track, Rockpile, Dreams, Working Man, Bad Luck, Won't Turn Back, etc. do smack of garage-punk-band lyrics/cadence from the '80's, their contemporary performance is, of course, flawless. These songs won't win any originality awards. That said, I think that vintage stripped-down sound works well for songs like Finished, Screamer, Down, Two, and Johnny. These ones are keepers.

If you're looking for the latest, greatest King's X CD, look elswhere. (Perhaps the trio just got tired of hearing people whining for them to remake "the old sound"?) If you are already a longtime fan and want to cringe nostalgically together at gawdy sonic roots... look no further.

I'm glad they released this less-than-serious album. Now I'm looking for them to move on.

And so it is...........2006-02-20

I don't even have to buy this CD to know the direction that the band have taken.
As in the other major 3 piece letdowns, Rush, this band has had enough of creativity and chosen a sedentary direction for their music. Pretty much everthing after "King's X" was mediocre, AT BEST. You can always tell a band's most inspired work, and it's almost ALWAYS at the beginning of their fame. Gosh, these guys used to KICK A**. I don't know what happened. Maybe they do, but they're not talking.

You know, it's really COOL and eclectic to have solo careers, but not at the mercy of the collective collaboration. I listened to a little of ALL of their solo stuff and it just seems that some people just don't GET that they're meant to play TOGETHER AS A BAND...... Their individual efforts just don't stand on their own merits. I wouldn't know what it was like to be a "professional musician" but I'd be willing to bet it's a little like living too long inside your own ego and not having a chance to step out every once in a while for an unbiased, fresh look at what you've become. Kind of like a heroin addict, I would imagine.

Doug (or as he eclectically likes to call himself "dUg"), Ty and Jerry, you guys are the ultimate band, and had the right idea on "Gretchen". Once you've painted your masterpiece, I guess everything else pales by comparison. Considering the kind of lousy excuse for music that is out there these days, you guys still rock.

Average customer rating: Promises Kept Third Time's a Charm for Larger-Than-Life Lemalu and His Transatlantic English Repertoire

Love Blows as the Wind Blows: English and American Songs / Jonathan Lemalu Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Finzi, Gerald | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel Jonathan Lemalu - Songs (Brahms, Fauré, Finzi, Schubert) Russian Album Vaughan Williams: Willow Wood Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs ASIN: B000B63IF2 Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Who Is Silvia?
2. When Daffodils Begin To Peer
3. How SHould I Your True Love Know?
4. Sigh No More, Ladies
5. Dover Beach Op.3
6. A Song Of Enchantment
7. Silver
8. Tit For Tat
9. The Mouse And The Bumblebee
10. Baby, Baby, Naughty Baby
11. As I Walked By Myself
12. Santa Chiara
13. When Lights Go Rolling Round The Sky
14. I. In The Year That's Come And Gone
15. II. Life In Her Creaking Shoes
16. III. Fill A Glass With Golden Wine
17. IV. On A Way To Kew
18. I. Come Away, Come Away, Death
19. II. Who Is Silvia?
20. III. Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun
21. IV. O Mistress Mine
22. V. It Was A Lover And His Lass
23. Song Of Black Max (As Told By The De Kooning Boys
24. George
25. Waitin

Customer Reviews:

Promises Kept.......2005-12-01

Some months back Jonathan Lemalu was introduced to us with a collection of Opera Arias, a recording that showed great promise of an important voice but also one that raised questions about the durability of the vocal technique. He sounded promising: with this excellent recording he shows that those promises are being kept!

In an entertaining potpourri of English songs the handsome and charismatic New Zealand baritone proves that he can complete with the likes of Thomas Hampson and Bryn Terfel and while he has not yet the finesse that only comes with time (he is a young 29!), the communicative powers are clearly present.

Lemalu's voice is rich and dark when the music demands (as in Barber's 'Dover Beach' accompanied by the Belcea Quartet) and yet he can lighten the tone and color and take on the technically difficult light and airy tunes which abound on this recording. His astute and sensitive collaborator is Malcolm Martineau who provides just the right mood for each of the songs selected. He seems completely at ease in this medium and his enunciation is crisp and clear. He makes the listener feel assured that here is a new star on the rise in the bass-baritone cadre, He is a joy to hear! Recommended. Grady Harp, November 05

Third Time's a Charm for Larger-Than-Life Lemalu and His Transatlantic English Repertoire.......2005-11-14

Having just come home from Jonathan Lemalu's recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau in Berkeley, I am convinced that the New Zealand-born Samoan is fast moving to the front ranks among bass-baritone singers. His third solo disc, the second to be released in 2005, is further evidence of his burgeoning talent, this one focusing exclusively on an eclectic mix of English and American songs accompanied again by Martineau. With an ebullient personality that comes across on record as well as on stage, Lemalu has a large, rich voice capable of surprising nuance and particularly resonant in its middle and lower ranges. Only 29 years old, he carries a tone more callow than his more mature colleagues like Bryn Terfel, but Lemalu's more youthful sound, as well as his large-scale theatrical sense, is placed at a greater advantage with this program than in his previous opera arias disc. That's because the 25 tracks here are short pieces from a variety of sources ranging from poems about childhood to well-known passages from Shakespeare to off-kilter cabaret songs.

There was a tantalizing glimpse of Lemalu's affinity with English art songs on his 2002 debut recording, for example, John Ireland's strapping "Sea Fever". Here he tackles two more Ireland works with the melancholy swoon of "Santa Chiara" and the rollicking "When lights go rolling round the sky". Lemalu also tackles Roger Quilter's "Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 30", with ease. He downshifts his powerful chest voice to enhance the open yearning of "Who is Silvia?", deliver the vocal pizzicato of "When the daffodils begin to peer", perform the sonorous "How should I your true love know?" and provide a confident reading of the advisory "Sigh No More, Ladies". As an intriguing contrast, Lemalu sings Gerald Finzi's more animated version of "Who Is Silvia?" written a decade after Quilter's, the second of a five-Shakespeare song cycle called "Let us garlands bring".

Lemalu achieves a particular depth of pathos on "Fear no more the heat o' the sun". Accompanied by the assured Belcea Quartet, Samuel Barber's "Dover Beach Op. 3", the longest continuous piece on the album at nearly eight minutes, is a moving and eloquent sea metaphor for finding love against the most dire of odds. The quartet shows up again to great effect on four highly atmospheric songs from George Butterworth's "Love blows as the wind blows" starting with the haunting "In the year that's come and gone" and ending with the reflective "On the way to Kew". Sounding very much like pieces from his epic "Peter Grimes", Benjamin Britten's "Tit for Tat" provides the source for three selections ideal for Lemalu's immaculate taste - the wistful "A Song of Enchantment", the mournful "Silver" and the more emphatically dramatic title song.

Richard Rodney Bennett provides three selections from "Songs Before Sleep" written expressly for Lemalu, all based on nursery rhymes, including the energetic "The Mouse and the Bumblebee" and the pensive "As I walked by myself". The comical side of Lemalu's personality pops out in William Bolcom's "Cabaret Songs", the first two bordering precariously on camp - the Kurt Weill-sounding "Black Max" about a dastardly pimp, the quixotic "George" about the life and death of a drag queen, and the moving "Waitin". This is an exquisite recording of a major talent that continues to grow.

Average customer rating: Black Sunday doesn't lead to Blue Monday...

Tronic Blanc Black Sunday Manufacturer: Dirtnap Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009K8L0W Release Date: 2005-06-14

Tracks:

1. The Picture Looks So Small
2. Torture Torture
3. Next Girl Detour
4. You're Gonna See Me
5. This Heart Is Now Aluminum
6. Modulated Simulated
7. Good Dreams
8. Take The Bad And Make It Turn Good
9. Desxtory Everything In Your Path
10. What I Think Is Wrong
11. Little Bird
12. On the Way Downtown
13. Mosquitoes

Customer Reviews:

Black Sunday doesn't lead to Blue Monday..........2005-10-10

Contrary to what some might think, p person can have a black Sunday without it leading to a blue Monday. Take the band Black Sunday, who sound nothing like New Order's "Blue Monday." I don't know if there's a dessert called "Black Sundae," but rest assured this is nothing like it, although it's pretty sweet, esp. if you're in the mood for noisy indie rock with electronics.

Essentially the one-woman project of someone identified only as "Alicja," Black Sunday make use of the kind of analog synths favored by labelmates The Cripples. Alicja adds in lots more guitars, though, often sounding something like "Daydream Nation" era Sonic Youth, but more often like very early versions of punk rock, i.e. the Dead Boys, or better yet long lost San Francisco legends the Screamers. "You're Gonna See Me" starts off like a particuarly melodic Screamers track, but suddenly a majestic wave of epic guitars. "This Heart is Now Aluminum" is a synth-punk rave-up, with a chorus made for singing along to. "I'm not a machine," Alicja sings on "Modulated Simulated," but you better believe she knows a thing or two about using her machines, which is proven on the short instrumental "Good Dreams," which is the kind of thing Gary Numan could've done.

Mind you, a real Black Sunday might mean doing something stupid, like going to church. This is one Black Sunday that's guranteed to be more productive. No, this won't change your life, but then it wasn't meant to.

Average customer rating:

The String Quartet Tribute to the Velvet Underground + Nico Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009UW0S Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Femme Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run, Run, Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. The Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

Product Description

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Female Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run, Run, Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. The Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

Format: CD

Average customer rating: Impressive (mostly) European-style piano music Wonderful!

Black Piano Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music of William Grant Still Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th & 19th Centuries ASIN: B000006KFE Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

1. Three Visions: I. Dark Horsemen
2. Three Visions: II. Summerland
3. Three Visions: III. Radiant Pinnacle
4. The Cuckoo
5. In The Bottoms: Prelude: Night
6. In The Bottoms: His Song
7. In The Bottoms: Honey
8. In The Bottoms: Morning
9. In The Bottoms: Juba Dance
10. Invention In G Minor
11. Invention In A Minor
12. Invention In C Major
13. Big Bunch Of Roses
14. Seven Traceries: I. Cloud Cradles
15. Seven Traceries: II. Mystic Pool
16. Seven Traceries: III. Muted Laughter
17. Seven Traceries: IV. Out Of The Silence
18. Seven Traceries: V. Woven Silver
19. Seven Traceries: VI. Wailing Dawn
20. Seven Traceries: VII. A Bit Of Wit
21. The Gentle Waltz
22. Come Sunday
23. Valse-Suite, Opus 71: I. Allegro Molto
24. Valse-Suite, Opus 71: II. Andante
25. Valse-Suite, Opus 71: III. Allegro Assai

Customer Reviews:

Impressive (mostly) European-style piano music .......2006-04-21

What a treat this collection is. I've been listening to it for the past two days straight and am thoroughly hooked. As the previous reviewer writes, there are a lot of styles represented here: W.G. Still's rather Debussy-like Three Visitors, Swanson's playful "The Cuckoo," Dett's serene "Prelude: The Night," Peterson's and Ellington's jazzy pieces, and the Chopinesque romanticism of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Valse Suite. I have long been a fan of jazz pianists from Jelly Roll Morton to McCoy Tyner, but, to be clear, these are much more so European-style *classical* pieces than jazz or anything else, though there are jazz influences in many of the pieces (Peterson and Ellington, obviously). I don't think anyone would place any of these compositions on the level of Beethoven or Chopin, but they are delightful in their own right and well worth hearing (repeatedly in my case). I am especially fond of all the Still pieces; they have persuaded me to seek out more of his compositions. The performances by Monica Gaylord are first rate, and the total playing time of 77 minutes makes for a great bargain.

Wonderful!.......2001-02-18

Wonderful! There is something on this CD for every taste, and it provides an excellent introduction to a broad cross-section of musical styles: nineteenth-century romanticism, impressionism, jazz, Negro folk tunes, and contemporary clissicism. Pianist Gaylord is equally at ease in any of these musical languages.

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