Elektra: The Album [Soundtrack]

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This Jennifer Garner-starring film version Marvel Comics' martial arts expert/assassin-as-superhero never quite found its focus as successful big-screen adaptation. But its modern-rock song-score "Album" (Christophe Beck's more traditional orchestral score is also available) has no such obstacle, gathering together new recordings that punctuate the film's milieu with often forceful effectiveness. Jet keeps things lively with "Hey Kids," another rollicking dose of snotty retro-pop from the Aussie newcomers, while "Breathe No More" by Evanescence (previously only available as a live cut) is essentially a solo showcase for the emotive moodiness of singer Amy Lee's dusky voice, yet one that finds ample resonance with the film's title character. A shadowy remix of Finger Eleven's "Thousand Mile Wish," Taking Back Sunday's new "Your Own Disaster" and Strata's "Never There" mine a similarly introspective vein, contrasting well with more lively cuts like The Donnas' "Everything Is Wrong" and NYC's Twenty-Twos giving Veruca Salt's "5 Years" a nervy kick. --Jerry McCulley

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Includes NEW TRACKS from Taking Back Sunday, Jet, Alter Bridge, and Evanescence.

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Elektra: The Album [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating: Dollars and (common) cents. This Witchy Woman Loves this Album Eagles Rock Great album to be a cornerstone of a music library Best Ever

Eagles : The Very Best of Eagles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Bob Seger - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000CD5FR Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. Desperado
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Doolin-Dalton
7. Already Gone
8. The Best Of My Love
9. James Dean
10. Ol' '55
11. Midnight Flyer
12. On The Border
13. Lyin' Eyes
14. One Of These Nights
15. Take It To The Limit
16. After The Thrill Is Gone
17. Hotel California

Tracks:

1. Life In The Fast Lane
2. Wasted Time
3. Victim Of Love
4. The Last Resort
5. New Kid In Town
6. Please Come Home For Christmas
7. Heartache Tonight
8. The Sad Cafe
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Long Run
11. In The City
12. Those Shoes
13. Seven Bridges Road (Live)
14. Love Will Keep Us Alive
15. Get Over It
16. Hole In The World

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This packed double-disc is the slim option for fans who find the Eagles' vaunted greatest hits sets too little and the boxed set too hefty. Hit singles large and medium are here, often ("One of These Nights," "Hotel California") still sounding definitive and even tough. Large helpings of favorite album cuts are also included, along with a taster from a promised 2004 Eagles studio reunion. Unfortunately, "Hole in the World," Don Henley's response to September 11, feels just as empty and entitled as "Get Over It," the band's previous state-of-the-union message (from which the newer song represents a philosophical 180-degree turn). But for those seeking an overview of this Southern California juggernaut's successes, as well as telling comments from band members--mostly Henley and Frey--in a well-designed booklet, Very Best will more than do. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Dollars and (common) cents........2007-06-14

I'm going to rate this CD based on a $1 per song cost to total cost for the entire CD (Apple and Rhapsody charge $1 per song).
The Eagles are great. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh. I'm sure glad Hell froze over for them. Not that their recordings as the Eagles have been any good since then, but at least we might get a chance to see them live in concert.
This CD is the 'Greatest Hits' I've been waiting for. No longer do you have to buy their 'Greatest Hits - 1971 to 1975' for $14 and also their 'Greatest Hits - Vol. 2' for $15, in order to get all of their best work. There are $16 worth of great songs on here, but it will cost you $20 for the CD on Amazon. The songs are: CD 1: Tracks 1,2,3,4,7,8,13,14,15 & 17; CD 2: Tracks 1,3,5,7,9 & 10.
Better yet, all of the songs I've listed are available on iTunes. So buy each of the 16 songs individually on iTunes and save yourself $4.
Hope this helps.
Darium June 2007

This Witchy Woman Loves this Album.......2007-06-05

Twenty hits from the Eagles make's sure you get your moneys worth. "Hotel California" & "Best of My Love" are my two faves, but I love them all. California rock and roll, gotta love it. I know this desperado type witchy woman does as she sips her tequila sunrise just before she takes it to the limit.

Eagles Rock.......2007-05-13

I love, love, love this CD. I will treasure it forever. It has all the songs I love and wanted to hear. I recommend it to anyone looking for a great Eagles collection. The Eagles Rock!

Great album to be a cornerstone of a music library.......2007-03-07

Confession time. I never grew up with the Eagles. Until I watched the live reunion DVD at a high end home audio shop, I only knew the names and some of the songs.

This is a darned good album that spans The Eagles portfolio of songs. The live album has a more refined sound due to age and experience of the band members BUT, this is a benchmark hits album of the original recordings.

Best Ever.......2007-02-10

This will probably become my favorite CD ever. I was wild about the Eagles' music as a kid, and I still love it!! I am so glad that I bought this CD.

Average customer rating: economic car collection Drive The carrs cd DRIVE Hooked on the Cars

Cars - Complete Greatest Hits The Cars , and Cars Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits Styx - Greatest Hits The Very Best Of Supertramp Boston - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005Y1XY Release Date: 2002-02-19

Tracks:

1. Just What I Needed
2. My Best Friend's Girl
3. Good Times Roll
4. You're All I've Got Tonight
5. Bye Bye Love
6. Moving In Stereo
7. Let's Go
8. It's All I Can Do
9. Dangerous Type
10. Touch And Go
11. Shake It Up
12. Since You're Gone
13. I'm Not The One
14. You Might Think
15. Drive
16. Magic
17. Hello Again
18. Why Can't I Have You
19. Tonight She Comes
20. You Are The Girl

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If rock's most successful and memorable acts have usually succeeded by wrapping their own distillation of music history and personal tastes in whatever fashionable trappings are currently gripping the culture, it's hardly surprising that the Cars remain one of the most enduring symbols of the punk/new wave era. This 20-track anthology distills that argument perfectly. Ric Ocasek's songs embody a solid '60s sense of pop craftsmanship informed by a trend-conscious stylistic sheen and a cynical, slippery emotional detachment that's often betrayed by his own distinctly weary brand of romanticism, from the anxious pop of "Just What I Needed" and "You're All I've Got Tonight" to the melancholy-on-ice musings of "Drive" and "Tonight She Comes." Sixteen of the 20 cuts here were chart singles, and radio staples like "Bye Bye Love" and "Dangerous Type" might as well have been. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

20 of their best tracks available on 1 CD, including 'Just What I Needed', 'You're All I've Got Tonight', Touch and Go', 'Magic', 'You Might Think' & more. Rhino Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

economic car collection.......2007-07-17

Excellent condensed collection of Cars hits. Easily could have been a 2 cd
collection as the Cars were a hit machine in their day. Very good selection of songs that are catchy and fun as well as mysterious and open-ended. Once you get this you will likely want more.

Drive.......2007-07-06

A good late 70s early 80s CD. Reminds on of early MTV. Good mix, great sound

The carrs cd.......2007-06-08

The itemwas fine but it took wayyyyy toooooo long to receive it!!!

DRIVE.......2007-05-17

DRIVE--My favorite Cars' song and one of my top five songs EVER. Just so beautiful. It touches me in some way, even now.

Fran Mobley

Hooked on the Cars.......2007-05-08

The more I play (almost every afternoon) the 20 hits on this CD the more I love each and every one of them. From the 80s I was hooked on the video for "You Might Think" and only now am able to appreciate the other great Cars recordings as included on the CD. They put a lift in the day of this old Disco music fanatic. How fortunate that they are available today.

Average customer rating: Fly with the Eagles Flyin' High - 4 Ever The title says it all! A smooth shot of tequila A 70's classic, but now obsolete

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Eagles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Hotel California Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits Hell Freezes Over Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits ASIN: B000002GVS Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Lyin' Eyes
4. Already Gone
5. Desperado
6. One Of These Nights
7. Tequila Sunrise
8. Take It To The Limit
9. Peaceful, Easy Feeling
10. Best Of My Love

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The pre-Hotel California years were arguably the best for The Eagles (though there were, thanks to Joe Walsh, some stellar future moments). Their mix of country, folk, and rock had a harder, grittier edge, and helped define what would become known as the Southern California sound. There was just enough of a country feel in the beautiful harmonies of "Best of My Love," to blur the edges between the genres. "Take It Easy" and "Lyin' Eyes" could easily have come out of the new Nashville school, as well. The twang that characterizes the guitar intro to "Already Gone" and the leads in "Witchy Woman" and "One of These Nights," also pays tribute to country's guitar greats. Greatest Hits 1971-1975 houses a scant ten singles, but not only does it illustrate the magic of the collaboration between Glen Frey and Don Henley, it shows the breadth of The Eagles impact on the many who would follow their lead. --Steve Gdula

Album Description

From the original master tapes on 24 karat Gold disc. Booklet includes complete original artwork. 1993 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Fly with the Eagles.......2007-06-10

Great collection that you will enjoy. Its got some essential Eagle hits that really are gems. A fine collection of music from a fine collection of musicians.

Flyin' High - 4 Ever.......2007-03-09

This record ranks as the #1 best selling album in the American Music Industry, so I guess that speaks for iteslf. 41 million copies worldwide and still selling, probably indicates just how their music appeals to all young and old...
If you want an introduction to the Eagles buy this and also "Hotel California" and you'll be set.
Take It Easy is as fresh now as it was in 1973 (and still stands as the best ever Eagles song recorded - that opening "G" chord still sends shivers down one's spine!) Contains all the great stuff pre-Hotel California.
However, if you want a far more comprehensive collection of Eagles songs - buy the double CD "Complete Greatest Hits".

The title says it all!.......2006-12-18

This album can afford to be out of print now that there's the surpassing THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES. Here are ten chart-risers that were previously released respectively on the band's first four non-compilation releases,THE EAGLES,DESPERADO,ON THE BORDER and ONE OF THESE NIGHTS.

A smooth shot of tequila.......2006-12-06

This album stops a bit early in the Eagles' career, just before the release of "Hotel California," and that's to its advantage because there isn't a dud on the album. After this, it was hit or miss for them. The standouts here are "One of These Nights," "Best of My Love," and the underrated, overlooked, and totally awesome "Tequila Sunrise." Great music for singing along in the car (especially the doo-doo-doos at the end of "Peaceful Easy Feeling").

A 70's classic, but now obsolete.......2006-11-03

This was a must have album in the 1970's, but it has since been superceded by their "The Very Best of" 2 CD set. This CD is simply a song for song re-issue of the vinyl album, so it only contains 10 songs from their early days. Which would be fine if this were a budget release, but it is not. The songs on here are great, but I think you would get a better value from buying "The Very Best of The Eagles" collection. It spans their entire career and includes 33 songs on 2 CDs.

I know they want to keep selling this CD since it is the biggest selling album of all time, but they need to cut the price or at least throw in a few bonus tracks.

Average customer rating: Love Tracks...... The other great Joni record "Star maker machinery" Court... has the spark (Almost) unfettered and alive

Court and Spark Joni Mitchell Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blue Ladies of the Canyon Clouds Hejira For the Roses Accessories: Dead Reckoning ASIN: B000002GXL Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Court And Spark
2. Help Me
3. Free Man In Paris
4. People's Parties
5. The Same Situation
6. Car On A Hill
7. Down To You
8. Just Like This Train
9. Raised On Robbery
10. Trouble Child
11. Twisted

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Painter-turned-folksinger Joni Mitchell had slipped stark saxophone solos into her prior album, For the Roses, and her singing had often hinted at a capacity for bluesier fare than her guitar- and piano-framed confessional ballads offered. None of those hints prepared fans for this sudden, expansive shift toward a much larger canvas--a sleeker, orchestrated pop style pulsing with jazz elements. Court & Spark found Mitchell casting aside her earth mother affectations and revealing herself as the thoroughly modern, thoroughly complicated woman she is; the songs sustained familiar preoccupations with relationships but replaced courtly settings and naturalistic imagery with recognizably modern locales. Deeply romantic, constantly questioning, classic tracks like the title song, "Help Me," "Free Man in Paris," "Same Situation," and "Raised on Robbery" display a more liberated Mitchell, ready to rumble with unbridled electric guitars (guest Robbie Robertson on "...Robbery"), even willing to poke fun at her own oh-so-sensitive rep with a hip cover of Annie Ross's hilarious "Twisted." --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Love Tracks.............2007-07-04

This was a present to me for my birthday in 19...I just forget...1975, 80, 90?
Might be good for a listen this July 4th thinking here about what we find to complete us in life, our choices, our diversions, our battles, where we stand up and for what we do what we do, ultimately...with a life.
It all comes down to this.
Celebration of freedom on our 4th, I think of this album.

Young, drawing, painting, feeling, living life it fit every feeling I had at that time in my 25,30 year old life. Standing alone looking at heaven on earth, for surely nature doesn't do it better, I remember listening once on a Walkman player with ear things driving me to distortion trying to walk the trail early morning out to Point Lobos, CA. I was also in some of the worst physical pain of my life which now seems relative, my spine, with no idea the reason for the hurt that took ten more years of being told it was imagined, over the real debilitating degenerative spinal condition it actually was.....This a walk about self belief and external disapproval and the collision of something so playfully contained in Joni Mitchell's tune from this album...about one's sanity. Walking wondering how my faults could generate this as my 'other' half and medical doc were so happily stating as "obvious". Reached the limits of self loathing and external disharmony for the waste of time they are. As you move through this trail it opens onto ocean pitched as suspended above on a precipice. I stood on the edge. With that aquamarine pool far down the rocks below, this music probably stopped me from jumping, my hoping to reach the perfection of arresting time in the just then. Visual external perfection weighted against internal incapacity to meet the moment with joy, hit me. Then. Inadequate by definitions.
And this trip on my birthday this weekend brought back both songs and those silences in the past to grapple. It passed from my daily memory in days bleeding through my fingers as does water and maybe, too, passing flesh like lit kerosene...the contradictions of love, living, fire, your speck of stardust flashing, suffering...it's here in her words. Burning, quenching. Our Dualities.

And that hand she offered me and held out meant something. Then and now listening again...today. It did stop me from flying out to see those cormorants that day, to realize this was just a path I traveled/weathered. Could and would take others. Could. Would. Will. And such a lonvely path it can be sometimes. Her singing just gave me a sense there might be someone that had an understanding what life might really just be. It was a Beautiful present.
I don't think 'laughing it all away' was missed in my life then. It brought me this musical seed...growing inside.. my own Tree of Knowledge....the processing of teaching in South Central, poverty, others suffering at the hands of those unconcerned and greedy, illnesses, pain, relating, loving, failing, being reduced to clown,my loss of a baby, loss of innocent place in this world had me on my knees....actually on my back...and I remember standing listening that day long ago all the way through rather frozen....and days just passed on until I was listening again in times with my children...growing....trade-offs bargained in situations constructing many lead walls all through our personal and societal worlds..opening windows in my heart, ... I was falling in love with the notion I could live making, doing, in my own spaces and sing to a girl losing loves, finding loves, turning to work with a group of children no one ever saw, no one ever saw.... Turning around in the whirl of time passing and melodies blowing through your heart. She sang the lust, the desire, the truth of waiting for stolen moments, of wanting, of needing to push forward into meaning something, doing something of value independent of a self that burns all it touches with petty insignificance, waves I sat and watched in Malibu.
Why does it come as shock to know you have no one? She sings...
Another dream over the damn. My right to be human going over too, over the fall.....when I went in the waves at Malibu I nearly drown. In so far I was sucked under. Still trying to surface... her soul reading mine, ours. Seen.


I must have played this album a million times. Until in my dull repetitive way it blossomed into my being with that oboe playing, "It all comes down to you." And it does. Riddled now with aches, pains, limits,idiotic trivial delusions, truths and contradictions I listen to this and develop the most intense kaleidoscopic Alice vision of my days.Returning via mirror to the repelling external truths. We blow most of life.

When I do go, play this and that'll be wonderful, and know I mostly acted thinking of "Help Me"......it centered in my heart. The things contained in man's , my soul, reaching for another and love, and I turned to reach for a way to meaning, to do something with some value. Risk making meanings and loving our world. Risk it. Your mistakes will always outweigh everything. It's the human condition...but we have to try. For something.
It brought me to teach children...longing had to be contained. Caged. Knowing her call for freedom for bird, kitten, fish, all creatures great and loved mattered more...matters more .....comes inside.....slips away....floats like a melody through my soul.

Joni Mitchell on this album brought into my life a flash of enlightenment. And in my passions the fruit of loves, living ....danced....cried out.

I want to quote songs, favorites, pieces of genius. I also want to feel the words fly around in my mind so I think I will go just listen and recommend it with some fresh July strawberry-raspberry rhubarb pie.

Savor your freedoms, it was bought at a price no money changer can refund.

The other great Joni record.......2007-05-15

Between this and Blue, I'd have a tough time picking my desert-island Joni album. It's nicely balanced, and the guitar work is stellar as always, and the songs are catchy and/or lovely. "Twisted" is a wonderful work of vocal acrobatics (with guest stars Cheech and Chong!). Highly recommended.

"Star maker machinery".......2007-04-20

Now here is something startling. After the perhaps somewhat awkward ramblings and disjointedness of For the Roses (1972), Joni hits us with this - an instantly appealing pop album. Admittedly, there was a clue beforehand with her first US radio hit, aptly named "You Turn Me On (I'm A Radio)" but if the rest of For The Roses was something to go by (musically and thematically) it seemed she would drift off on a wave of free floating obscurity. That however, would come a little later. Court & Spark become a big US hit and deservedly so.

The title track is of Joni's most seductive, matched by lower range vocals and trancelike piano playing. It seems to tell the tale of a woman who falls in love with a busker, only to let him go out of fear of commitment. This `love versus freedom' struggle echoes earlier song "Cactus Tree" from Song To A Seagull (1968). "Help Me" exemplifies a similar theme in a jazzy pop number fashion and would become Joni's biggest hit single.

Many of the other songs touch on love/freedom/compromise scenarios in some sense. The character in the jazz-rock ruckus "Free Man In Paris" wants to be exactly that, then there is longing to be at ease in some way in the downplayed original version of "People's Parties" which (I think) would appear in finer form on her live album Miles of Aisles (1974). The piano lead into "The Same Situation" is more than a nice touch though. There is a nice piano led instrumental part too, on the epic "Down To You" in which Joni begins with these great lines:

"Everything comes and goes / Marked by lovers and styles of clothes"

Court & Spark seems to be aching to that sentiment because on one level it seems very timeless and on another, very much of the 70's. Joni sings of `Woman with that teased- up kind of hair" in the playful "Just Like This Train" though with "Raised On Robbery" she goes all out 50's in probably her most rockin' tune ever about a prostitute trying to make "A little money..." Things jazz up to the max with the final
two tracks; "Trouble Child" is full of Joni's exotic guitar painting a portrait of a loser in life who knows what he has to do but seems to have an inability to do it - very poetic, if a little downbeat. "Twisted" is Joni's first ever cover version and she does it with a lot of humour, and style scatting like her life depended on it.

Although brass heavy, Court & Spark is on the right side of jazz to be pop, while neither being too pop to be disposable even if belonging partly to the 70's. While "Twisted" will not appeal to everyone, songs such as "Help Me" and "Car On A Hill" are sure to be favourites of old and new fans alike. Often touted as her best, Court & Spark is engaging and at least in that running.

Court... has the spark.......2007-04-17

An excellent album by Ms. Mitchell, containing three of her biggest songs (Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Raised on Robbery) in the company of equally engaging material. The last track, Twisted, presages Joni's shift into jazz and, depending on your taste, either detracts from enhances the album or detracts from it (I'm of the latter opinion). Still, this is a magnificent album and perhaps her crowning achievement.

(Almost) unfettered and alive.......2007-04-10

There's many MANY many people who feel this one is IT, Joni Mitchell full of glamour and wit, rocking and wooing - and altering the 70's.

I'm not one of those people.

I believe Court and Spark, essential as it was for building up JM's clout, stands as a crowd-pleasing stop on the road to the BIG muse. But, it falls short - the session sharpies play too unctuously.

We all know the (lovely) radio hits, and there's little to add to the zillions of words aired. These are enchanting tunes - shrewd, warm and full of good chops. Vocals soar unpredictably like autumn breezes.

What I would like to add is "Trouble Child," rockin' yet noir, might be one of JM's first jaw-dropping masterpieces. Listen to it again (then spin the fine Travelogue version). What a dark topic (could be rehab for bipolar disorder), burnished with benevolent humanism.

Also notable: "Down To You" (which, alas, did not receive a Travelogue reincarnation) is a savvy, serpentine melody and heartfelt lyrical runimation buoyed by keen, clean orchestration - an early experiment of merit on the way to those incredible Paprika Plains.

And yeh, sure, "Twisted" is twisted; and "Raised on Robbery" rampages like Fear of Flying.

Average customer rating: Very good, and I'm not a big prog fan Mountains Come Out of the Sky 'Fragile' One of the Best by YES Yesssssssss!!!!! A touchstone of my youth comes back around about.

Fragile Yes Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Close to the Edge The Yes Album Tales from Topographic Oceans Relayer Going for the One ASIN: B00007KWHP Release Date: 2003-01-14

Tracks:

1. Roundabout
2. Cans And Brahms
3. We Have Heaven
4. South Side Of The Sky
5. Five Per Cent For Nothing
6. Long Distance Runaround
7. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
8. Mood For A Day
9. Heart Of The Sunrise
10. America
11. Roundabout (Early Rough Mix)

Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of 1972 album includes two bonus tracks, 'America' & 'Roundabout' (Early Rough Mix). Digipak in a slipcase. Elektra/Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

Very good, and I'm not a big prog fan.......2007-07-02

Yes' high point, obviously, with a pair of eight-minute epics that make good use of their shifting arrangements and keep themselves just absolutely stunning through their length: "Roundabout" and "South Side of the Sky". The former was of course the big hit, mixing a classical guitar introduction, a funky clavinet-mania part, the spaced-out harmony section and the hard-rock section; "South Side" is similar but just as good, and that song's hard rock section is the heaviest I've ever heard Yes. "Heart of the Sunrise" is similar, but much longer than either of those two, and in truth could've been as good if two things happened: the introduction was cut, and the transitions between sections smoothed out a bit. There are also several short songs, mostly quite good: the keyboard-driven single "Long Distance Runaround" is, that's for sure; so is the a capella piece "We Have Heaven" and the classical guitar solo "Mood for a Day" is real pretty. A couple of the other short songs ("Cans and Brahms"; "Five Per Cent for Nothing"; "The Fish") don't add much, but they're brief, so that's forgiven. I'm not big on prog, and even I admit I like this quite a bit.

Mountains Come Out of the Sky.......2007-06-28

As a self-professed progressive rock aficionado, I'd always been a little ashamed that I didn't own one of the cornerstones of the genre: Yes' FRAGILE (1971). It was on my "to-get" list for the better part of two years, but every time it came time to place an order from Amazon I found other albums that seemed more "urgent", so to speak, and I wasn't willing to pay almost twice as much at a brick-and-mortar. But then just recently I decided to splurge and order half-a-dozen CDs I'd been meaning to get for a while, FRAGILE among them.

This album marks the inauguration Yes' most familiar lineup: Jon Anderson (vocals), Bill Bruford (drums), Steve Howe (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), and in his debut with the band, Rick Wakeman (keyboards). Interestingly enough, this "classic" incarnation of the band would only record three albums together, but they made some damn fine music in those three albums. This one can be broken into two distinct halves: one devoted to full band outings, the other to individual showcases for each bandmember. Yes was basically composed of five virtuosos at this point, so each solo piece is at the least interesting; Steve Howe's lovely classical guitar piece "Mood for a Day" and the "bass orchestra" of Chris Squire's "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" stand out especially.

But it's the full band stuff that really shines. Of course you've heard "Roundabout", and if it's been overplayed on classic rock radio for three decades and change, it's still brilliant, a distillation of everything good about prog into an eight-minute monster that transcends traditional pop/rock structure but never overstays its welcome - AND it's catchy as hell! When it comes to the Rick Wakeman vs. Keith Emerson debate, I side with Emerson, but Wakeman's immense talent is undeniable, especially in the middle section of "South Side of the Sky", the album's second epic - beautiful piano here. The fluid, three-and-a-half-minute "Long Distance Runaround" defines Yes as well as any of their epics and would've seemed to me the obvious choice for a single. "Heart of the Sunrise", on the other hand, sprawls its way across the better part of twelve minutes, twelve minutes that contain both the serenest and the most intense music on the disc.

Is FRAGILE the masterpiece everybody makes it out to be? After listening to it in its entirety at last, my verdict is: probably not. Is it a great album though, and does it belong in the collection of any progressive rock fan - hell, classic rock fan in general? Well, to that I have only one thing say: YES.

'Fragile' One of the Best by YES.......2007-06-26

I do believe this would make a good first buy for anyone that is new to the classic prog-rock band, YES.
As it is one of my favorites by the band, I do hear a lot of criticism on Fragile's opening track - "Roundabout". To me, this song will never get old. I heard it many years ago on classic rock radio and this would have to be one of the best opening songs out of all of the YES albums that I own, in it's full unedited 8 1/2 minutes. Very energetic and a fantastic epic to say the least.
"We Have Heaven" may seem like a simple filler to some fans, but I do think it highlights Jon Anderson's incredible vocals and the closing of the song steps into a gusty wind and now onto the second full group effort on 'Fragile' with "South Side of the Sky" possibly my favorite song on this album, containing some blistering guitar and a piano solo by newly added bandmember Rick Wakeman.
"Five Percent of Nothing" is a short track and exactly what the title says. It's Bill Buford's piece and a nice little collage of noise with time signatures. I just wish it was a little bit longer(only 35 seconds).
"Mood for a Day" is a beautiful solo guitar piece by Steve Howe. It's a good introduction to one of YES' finest efforts - the closer on the original 'Fragile' that was released in 1972 : "Heart of the Sunrise"-
a brilliant epic (the last of four on Fragile) about being lost in the city. It features driving guitars on this prog-rockin' masterpiece and haunting keyboards. "Heart of the Sunrise" is one of the most popular songs by YES and to me it doesn't even feel like a 10 + minute song. Time flies, I guess when you listen to such an amazing song.
Taking you back to Earth, the sounds on 'Fragile' goes beyond the normal classic rock sound and the whole album takes it's listener on a Musical journey from start to finish.

- If you enjoy Rock at it's most complex, I do believe nobody does sound better then YES, and I do think you will enjoy 'Fragile'- and if you do, check out other phenomenal YES classics : "The Yes Album" - "Close to the Edge" - "Tales from Topographic Oceans" and "Relayer"

Yesssssssss!!!!!.......2007-05-29

Being a more than casual fan of Yes,hearing over and over the great classics,such as Roundabout,Long Distance Runaround,The Fish, and Heart of The Sunrise,it was time to dig deep. Having listening to alternate radio,it was perfect. I discovered America,Cans & Brahms and South Side of The Sky.All,of course from Fragile.The album is just top notch and maybe one of the best,if not the best,from Yes. many of the classic artists I listen to,perhaps Yes being the perfect example,is just the right band to dig deep into. Their songs can be complex,but that just makes it the more fun and interesting.So , if you are a Yes fan and wanting to buy your first Yes,I would suggest this one. If you want to go well into the past.90125 has always been my all-time fave,being I am in my 30's.
So,go out and get this one. You won't be disappointed and will only want more and more!!!!!

A touchstone of my youth comes back around about........2007-03-17

Yes came together when Rick Wakeman brought his organs and pianos on board for 1972's "Fragile." The band suddenly had a greatly expanded dynamic and what was cinematic before became downright operatic. My first real taste of Yes was hearing "Round-About" on my transistor radio and being blown away by it. It was all so trippy ("Mountains come out of the sky. And stand there.") that every other teenage guitar player I knew was trying to learn that opening sequence by the end of the year.

There was so much more to Yes than "Round-About," though. Granted, there were what became classics of prog-rock, like "Long Distance Run Around" and "Heart Of The Sunrise," but this was also where each individual band member was giving a canvas to hang a self-portrait. Jon Anderson multitracking "We Have Heaven," Wakeman dispensing a classical quickie with "Cans And Brahms," bassist Chris Squire plucking "The Fish," Bill Bruford working out "Five Percent For Nothing" and Steve Howe folkishly fingering "Mood For A Day." Each of these was a bridge between the unified band, virtuoso show-off pieces in the days when this was not considered hubris.

"Fragile" has it all. The Post-Sgt Pepper British band urge to keep forging ahead with classical-pop synthesis of Progressive Rock, the dynamic of a young band hitting a new peak of creativity, and a delightfully spacey cover painting by Roger Dean. The dual visions of a peaceful world with a mystical boat floating in space backed by that same planet breaking apart as the boat turns out to be an escaping ark symbolised the range of "Fragile." Anderson's choir on high vocals and some of the instrumental solo songs were indicative of an almost new-agey aesthetic, while "Heart Of The Sunrise" was an aggressive rocker that threatened to splinter at any moment.

The remaster helps significantly on that level. The solos sound clearer than the older Atlantic issue, and the dynamics of the four band songs are much cleaner and crisp. The bonus of "America" (the Paul Simon song) is worth having (I recall hearing it on the radio as a youth), even if the rough-mix of "Round-About" could have easily stayed buried. None-the-less, "Fragile" is a landmark of 70's music, and should this kind of classic rock be your particular bag from ten true summers passed, you should order it now.

Average customer rating: Welcome to the Hotel California 4 1/2 stars. This isn't Wasted Time Can't check out Eagles at their absolute height.... bring back Felder!

Hotel California Eagles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 The Long Run Desperado Hell Freezes Over Rumours ASIN: B000002GVO Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hotel California
2. New Kid In Town
3. Life In The Fast Lane
4. Wasted Time
5. Wasted Time (Reprise)
6. Victim Of Love
7. Pretty Maids All In A Row
8. Try And Love Again
9. The Last Resort

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It's no accident that The Eagles Greatest Hits might one day pass Michael Jackson's Thriller as the best-selling album of all time-- the Eagles made great singles. By contrast, their albums could be spotty and strained by self-conscious artistry. Hotel California was arguably the band's best single album--it was certainly the Eagles' biggest original disc-- and it also underscored the band's need to make a big statement. The title tune reflected the album's theme of paradise lost in California, painting this picture with a musical arrangement that punctuated strumming guitars with dramatic drums, and perhaps the band's most famous lyric: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." "New Kid in Town" was an equally fine albeit much more traditional Eagles ballad. "Life in the Fast Lane" aspired to hard rock but largely gunned its engine without taking off. The rest is okay, but nothing more than secondary Eagles songs that happened to be nestled into the album that came to define the `70s supergroup. --John Milward

Album Description

From the original master tapes on 24 karat Gold disc. Booklet includes complete original artwork. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Welcome to the Hotel California.......2007-06-10

This is quintessential Eagles. The CD is chocked full of tunes that made the Eagles famous. A fine collection any fan of the Eagles would enjoy. One of my favorite CDs in college. You can check out, but you can never leave. A classic line that really brought back my days of struggling through my first year adjusting to college and being away from home. A great CD, in my humble opinion.

4 1/2 stars........2007-04-07

the hotel california, baby. in my neck of the musical woods (been listening to a lot of john coltrane lately) you are supposed to dislike the eagles. pure snobbery. i will have none of it. this is a fantastic album. the closing number, "the last resort," is reason enough alone to have this thing in your home. an absolutely beautiful song. seven minutes and twenty-five seconds of exquisite songcraft. not really a dud song anywhere on the album, in fact. this is the eagles masterpiece. no doubt. commercial music that is heartfelt, emotional, and fine. don't be a snob. check it out.

This isn't Wasted Time.......2007-04-01

This is one of the Eagles two best albums(the other being Desperado) and that doesn't mean that their other albums weren't good, however, both of these albums really are great from beginning to end. Okay so the first three songs were/are played to death on the radio. This is another album that surprises me that it was a hit because it's so dark for the most part and doesn't sound like the other stuff that was being played on the radio at the time. A song like Wasted Time reminds me of an updated tourch song and not really anything like the Bay City Rollers or Tony Orlando And Dawn(big hits at the time). Originally this was going to be the last Eagles album but the record company had other ideas. This is also the first with Joe Walsh in the band and his main song on the album Pretty Maids All In A Row is the best song he's ever written. Randy should be pointed out for his tune Try And Love Again which is also the only song on here in which the band does it's country/rock thing. Once again, I would suggest going with the box set and getting the mini lp sleeve version.

Can't check out.......2007-03-13

Time has passed Bachman Turner Overdrive, Ted Nugent and thankfully, The Hansens by, for reasons that only the gods and Robert Hilburn know. Bands may have their peak, but they don't often stay at the summit for decades to haunt the listener with a new nuance or an unheard overtone or a lyric that takes on new meaning or a vocal that pulls a tear when years before it generated a giggle. Time proves the mettle of the band in the maelstrom of public opinion and in the pop culture mindset of society.

A review of Hotel California in the classic sense of a track-by-track critique is folly. It's like going to the symphony to discover that Mahler should be capable of more subtlety, or to take issue with the color of the Golden Gate Bridge. The CD (or the "album" as we remember it) is now a part of us. To take it down to its component parts is like pulling the cornerstone from the Chrysler Building out for inspection. Pick it apart all you like, but there's no replacing a masterpiece of memory. It's not going anywhere. It's the Petrified Forest of rock.

Great music, music that transcends, that transports, is for all time, and messing with the components risks an awakening of evil spirits, a cacophonous clash of cultural traps, a probable trip to the edge of the abyss. DON'T GO THERE. The Eagles are as they were, an aural collection, and recollection for the ages.

Eagles at their absolute height.... bring back Felder!.......2007-03-09

The title says it all. I scrouged $5 of pocket money from my parents in 1977 to buy the vinyl LP and it stayed on my turntable for about a year (only occasionally to be replaced for a breif moment by other greats such as Dark Side of the Moon). This is the Eagles at their peak and not a throwaway track on the album. 30 years later it is on my iPod. The title track is haunting and the ripping guitar solo at the end is a simply brilliant guitar interplay between two of the most under-rated and genius rock guitarists about, Joe Walsh and Don Felder. The album is a nice blend of hard ripping rock (Felder's solo on Victim of Love is simply "wicked" - supposedly done "live in the studio" with no overdubs) and lovely melodic softer tunes (I really like Randy Meisner's often passed over "Try and Love Again"). Only bands of the quality of the Eagles can do this variety on one album and pull it off. The guitars are alternatively, haunting (like Henley's vocals), melodic (like G.Frey) and hard edged. Lyics are bitingly cynical and still relevant today... how many people still say the famous line "...you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave?"
Eagles are also brilliant live. If you like this you will also like Joe Walsh's "You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind" CD and The Eagles Farewell 1 Live DVD (it's great except there's no Felder [boo-hoo], but otherwise Joe is great....). Try also Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island" for more cruisier stuff from the same year.

Average customer rating: Waits' debut... 4 1/2 stars Classic gem. Timeless songs. Start your Tom Waits collection with this one! Good, but not as good as I hoped

Closing Time Tom Waits Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Heroes | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Small Change The Heart of Saturday Night Rain Dogs Nighthawks at the Diner Blue Valentine ASIN: B000002GYR Release Date: 1990-10-12

Tracks:

1. Ol' '55
2. I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
3. Virginia Avenue
4. Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
5. Midnight Lullaby
6. Martha
7. Rosie
8. Lonely
9. Ice Cream Man
10. Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)
11. Grapefruit Moon
12. Closing Time

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It starts with a sunrise, it ends with "one star shining," and in between Closing Time contains an honest year's worth (1973, to be exact) of sweet, melodic, vintage Tom Waits--minus some of the vocal growl and thematic grit of his later stuff (but you can see it coming). Waltzes, lullabies, blues, jazz, you name it. Driving songs and drinking songs, even an honest to gosh country tune: "Rosie." There are torchers ("Lonely"), scorchers ("Ice Cream Man"), and back-porch senior citizen love songs ("Martha"): "Those were the days of roses/Poetry and prose, and/Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me." Other standouts are "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (guess what--he does!) and "Grapefruit Moon," in which Waits croons: "Every time I hear that melody, something breaks inside." Hang on to your hearts and hats, folks. --Dan Leone

Customer Reviews:

Waits' debut..........2007-06-11

Tom Waits' first album "Closing Time" is appropriately titled, because it perfectly captures the mood of the bar between 1:45 - 2:00 a.m. during last call. This is one of the definitive late night listening discs in my CD collection, and if I had a dollar for every time I've slipped this one on after a night at the bars I could quit my day job. Probably the best known song off of "Closing Time" is the opening song "Ol '55" which was later to be covered by The Eagles and Richie Havens, although neither captured the melancholy mood created by Waits. His voice was still young in 1973 and was nowhere near the grit and bombast it would attain on later albums, but his voice was perfectly suited for the songs on this album. "Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" is a well written description of the cat and mouse games people play near the end of the night, and gives the listener a glimpse of Waits' talent at the songwriting craft. One of my personal favorites off this disc is "Lonely", which is a spare and simple melody that never fails to tug at my heart when I hear it. One of the reasons this album is so effective is due to the many moments scattered throughout it that bring a tear to your eye. If you can listen to a song like "Martha" and not be moved in the slightest your heart must be made of stone. This album and "The Heart Of Saturday Night" were Waits at his most accessible and I would recommend either to those who are new to the music of Tom Waits. Waits moved further into more challenging realms as his career went on, but this album remains a snapshot of a budding genius.

4 1/2 stars.......2007-03-27

it was a beautiful spring afternoon. i was up on a ladder, cleaning out the gutters on our suburban dream-home. suddenly i slipped. next thing i know, i'm coming to in a hospital bed all bound up with a neck-brace and the works. i was alone, confused. then from down the hallway i heard this album being played on a boom-box. i smiled, cause i knew everything was going to be alright.

Classic gem. Timeless songs........2007-03-21

This was my first Tom Waits purchase...picked it up in my early college years. There are very few albums out there that have resonated with feelings I've had, I mean right on the money and spelled it all out in song! This album is one of those. Nothing like staying in on a rainy night, lighting some candles, having a scotch and easing into this wonderful yarn of songs.

Start your Tom Waits collection with this one!.......2007-03-18

This is the first Tom Waits album I've bought. This is a fantastic album. Folk, jazz, piano, guitar, unique voice, poetic songs. If you like acoustic music and bob dylan/neil young type voices, i expect you'd like this. No lyrics on this CD unfortunately. This was made in 1973 - it has a timeless appeal. Get this one, especially if you've never heard him before or if think you hate Tom Waits. You might change your mind.

Good, but not as good as I hoped.......2007-02-15

I know Tom Waits mostly from his later material. Based on the reviews, I was looking forward to this album. For me, it came up a little short.

This album contains romantic songs performed seriously, and it's just not as playful as some of his later albums. Call me crazy, but I prefer the gravelly voice of his older years. Maybe I'm disappointed because I didn't come in with a clean slate.

That being said, there are some excellent songs on this. "Ol' 55", "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You" and "Grapefruit Moon" are all wonderful. Some of the others? Well, let's just say not wonderful.

I think of Tom Waits as Captain Hook in Shrek II. This isn't that guy.

Average customer rating: stands the test of time Great Yes Album A gigantic staple of FM radio The Yes Album is the one to get if you can only afford one Probably the most radio-played Progressive Rock album ever made

The Yes Album Yes Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Close to the Edge Fragile Relayer Tales from Topographic Oceans Going for the One ASIN: B00007KWHN Release Date: 2003-01-14

Tracks:

1. Yours Is No Disgrace
2. Clap
3. Starship Trooper: A. Life Seeker/B. Disillusion/C. Wurm
4. I've Seen All Good People: A. Your Move/B. All Good People
5. A Venture
6. Perpetual Change (Bonus Tracks)
7. Your Move (Single Version)
8. Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version)
9. Clap (Studio Version)

Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of 1971 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Your Move' (Single Version), 'Starship Trooper - Life Seeker' (Single Version), & 'Clap' (Studio Version). Elektra/Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

stands the test of time.......2007-05-06

What makes this a truely great and timeless album is that not only is the music superb but the recording is equally superb. This is the downfall of most recording of this genre. Many albums, where even though I love the music, I find them hard (and painful) to listen because of the muddy nature of the sound and the lack of base dynamics - so I end up not listening to them. Not so with The Yes Album, it stands up to todays recordings. The only other one of their's that comes close is Fragile. Relayer, which I consider their creative best, is lacking in soundstaging and base punch. (On the remastered release there is a demo version of Gates of Delerium that is beautifully crystal clear with lots of dynamic punch. It painfully demonstrates what the final recording is lacking)

Great Yes Album.......2007-03-03

I just like this album, although it is not as complex as the upcoming releases of the band, it is a great album. Most of this material is still part of any current Yes show...Plenty of classic tracks, I've seen all good people", "Starship Tropper", "Yours is no disgrace" and "Perpetual Change" (A prophetic title for the many changes to come in the band !)...the only weak tune is "A venture" The rest is pure classic Yes, a must have for any Yes music fan !

A gigantic staple of FM radio.......2007-03-02

In spite of the rather stupid cover, this album delivers. The introduction of guitarist Steve Howe into the band represents the beginning of the "classic Yes" lineup. The band is beginning to move away from their sixties influences and into a more complex, highly textured sound that emphasizes collective arranging. Anderson and Squire still seem to be the primary writers, but Howe's assertive presence immediately pulls the ear into his corner of the group as he seems to stylistically throw everything into the mix including the kitchen sink. Hearing Howe's colorful combination of jazz, rock, country, and classical playing is like reading an encyclopedia of guitar playing. As usual, vocals and harmonies are beautiful, and Bruford plays against the delicate vocals w/ a contrasting punch. Tony Kaye goes out with a bang putting in fine performances before his exit (until the 1980s reunion). If you only want 2-3 Yes albums to get your feet wet, start here, then buy "Fragile" & "Close To The Edge." That will be PLENTY to digest. Great stuff.

The Yes Album is the one to get if you can only afford one.......2007-01-28

The album that hooked me and many other Yes fans still holds up as their masterpiece. Every track is a classic, even the seldom played A Venture is strong. Get this CD if you can only afford one Yes Album, this is the one folks and it still sounds as fresh as it did in 1971.

Probably the most radio-played Progressive Rock album ever made.......2007-01-10

When rock radio had to recognize that it had to let go of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and all the other established rock icon's of the sixties, a new sound was being sought after since all the legends we suddenly gone.

Yeah, many of us were ready to just get away from the "icon rock guitarist" and start to look for a sound that was much more adventurous and other-worldly. Suddenly, we started to explore the sound of Progressive Rock. It was a sound like it was trying to put Science Fiction to music. Some of the most intelligent rock music was recognized as "progressive rock". About 1970, Pink Floyd was venturing into experimental instrumental music and wasn't quite making much of an impact yet, but new bands like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, King Crimson, and Yes were really challenging our tolerances of what an adventure or a fantasy could sound like when put to music. I'd personally like to give credit to The Moody Blues for starting the humble beginnings of "progressive rock". The Moody Blues were like "gods" during their day because nobody else sounded like them and they were taking us into the worlds of questionable mystique (and spiritual guidance).

The first couple of albums from Yes sounded very experimental at best. Several groups from Europe were doing this and many never really hit international stardom like The Moody Blues did. But when Yes came out with this album "The Yes Album", this opened the door to unimaginable cerebral adventures and outer as well as inner space travel. Nearly every track on this album became an FM rock staple, but what made this Prog album such a legend (and a few of the following albums from Yes) are that these albums became even more important as they got older.

Even today's kids cannot deny that they're heard "I've Seen All Good People", "Yours is No Disgrace", and "Starship Trooper". Whenever I turn on typical classic rock radio, any given moment, one of these tracks will come on.

The early seventies had the most known classic albums from the progressive rock genre, but I'll bet they were growing stronger in appeal many years after they have been released. Prog artists are the Immortal Gods of album rock. You can't just buy a greatest hits album from prog rock bands. Their albums are extremely important episodes of the overall big picture of what album rock was all about.

Unfortunately, there probably aren't that many true "prog fossils" like myself anymore. But, I'm happy to continue to be Proudly Unhipp and hang on to the Rock icons of the Prog genre. I wouldn't doubt that my review here ever even gets read by anyone. Nobody's even responded to my review on Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's first album that I reviewed many years ago, so I must truly be the only "prog dinosaur" left. Nobody in California seems to care about 1970's Prog Rock. I'm originally from Detroit, Michigan and I wonder if they even care about Prog rock anymore. It's a lonely world still lovin' classic prog rock, but I will never give it up. It is the most creative and adventurous music ever made. Even to this day.

Average customer rating: good album Not so great ! The title says it all! Greatest Hits not as great as they could be... The hits, take two.

Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Eagles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Hotel California Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 Hell Freezes Over ASIN: B000002H1C Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hotel California
2. Heartache Tonight
3. Seven Bridges Road
4. Victim Of Love
5. The Sad Cafe
6. Life In The Fast Lane
7. I Can't Tell You Why
8. New Kid In Town
9. The Long Run
10. After The Thrill Is Gone

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This second collection of hits features a hardening of sorts for these laid back southern California rockers. The emphasis shifts away from the lazy, rolling rhythms of the first collection to the tighter and harder-edged material contained herein. Part of the blame may be the inclusion of James Gang veteran Joe Walsh who adds noticeable lead guitar work and galvanizes Don Henley and Glenn Frey into taking greater chances. "Hotel California" is the obvious potboiler, but "Heartache Tonight," "Life in the Fast Lane," and "The Long Run" are close runners-up. Timothy B. Schmit's vocals on "I Can't Tell You Why" return the band full circle to their mellow, country-rock roots. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

good album.......2007-07-05

"Seven Bridges Road" is my favorite Eagles song, yet I never had a copy of it. I had a few copies of the early Eagles albums on vinyl and later on cassette, but this was the first Eagles CD I added to my collection. I purchased this CD mainly because I couldn't find any other way to get a copy of "Seven Bridges Road". I listen to the whole album often. Turns out, I like the later day Eagles hits even more now than when they were on the radio all the time.

Not so great !.......2007-04-18

I am not a fan of the band, I have listen to this cd a couple of time and I am not very pleased with it. There is just a couple of good tracks, not enough for me to keep this cd. I will use it as a gift for somebody who will listen to it, because I won't if I keep it.

The title says it all!.......2006-12-18

As I said in my review for the first compilation,this album can afford to be out of print now that there's the surpassing THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES. There are ten chart-risers on this set(on hit parade between 1976 and '80) like the first set has. SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD is a live track derived from a 1980 concert(the band was still promoting THE LONG RUN). It could have used PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS which many radio stations played every Christmas season since 1978. HOTEL CALIFORNIA tracks include the title track,NEW KID IN TOWN,LIFE IN THE FAST LANE and VICTIM OF LOVE. Tracks from TLR are the title track,I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY and HEARTACHE TONIGHT(co-written by Bob Seger,a longtime friend of the band's lead guitarist/vocalist Glenn Frey's and drummer/vocalist Don Henley's). This set was released in 1982 when Frey and Henley were just experiencing success as solo artists(the Eagles disbanded the previous year). Frey put out NO FUN ALOUD on the MCA label and Henley remained with Asylum putting out I CAN'T STAND STILL. Henley signed with Geffen thereafter and still records on that label today.

Greatest Hits not as great as they could be..........2006-10-14

First off, I love the Eagles. If you're just getting into the Eagles, I think this and the first Greatest Hits are a good way to start. However, for people like myself, who know the band in and out, this isn't so 'great'. "After the Thrill is Gone" shouldn't be on here. The addition of "Those Shoes" would have been much better. I am also not fond of the inclusion of "Seven Bridges Road". I know they play the song at a lot of their shows, but it's not their song. I think "Wasted Time" would have been a great choice. Sadly though, the two Greatest Hits CDs have been rendered almost-useless by the 2003 The Very Best Of. This is still worth the money.

The hits, take two........2005-10-10

Obviously this goes well with the previous hits collection, but Volume 2 stands on its own also. It's just another ten songs that everybody knows well. The biggie here of course is "Hotel California", but tracks like "Seven Bridges Road" and "Life In The Fast Lane" are classics too. Again, they're all great. I miss many songs from this era, specifically "In The City", but a ten track album was typical for the time this was released. Now that we have the 33 track "Very Best Of The Eagles" this isn't so essential, but it's still a sweet 45 minutes.

Average customer rating: Original Bad Company Anthology Review Needs Better Remastering... "Must Have" for Bad Co fans Rock n Roll not watered down Poor man's Zeppelin

Original Bad Company Anthology Bad Company Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Dynasty | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Foghat The Very Best of Deep Purple Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits The Firm ASIN: B0000256NE Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Can't Get Enough
2. Rock Steady
3. Ready For Love
4. Bad Company
5. Movin' On
6. Seagull
7. Superstar Woman
8. Little Miss Fortune
9. Good Lovin' Gone Bad
10. Feel Like Makin' Love
11. Shooting Star
12. Deal With The Preacher
13. Wild Fire Woman
14. Easy On My Soul
15. Whiskey Bottle

Tracks:

1. Honey Child
2. Run With The Pack
3. Silver, Blue And Gold
4. Do Right By Your Woman
5. Burnin' Sky
6. Heartbeat
7. Too Bad
8. Smokin' 45
9. Rock And Roll Fantasy
10. Evil Wind
11. Oh Atlanta
12. Rhythm Machine
13. Untie The Knot
14. Downhill Ryder
15. Tracking Down A Runaway
16. Ain't It Good
17. Hammer Of Love
18. Hey, Hey

Customer Reviews:

Original Bad Company Anthology Review.......2007-06-14

I have always loved Bad Company's music. This CD has all of their best songs. "Seagull" is their greatest song.

Needs Better Remastering..........2007-06-11

Nothing wrong with the songlist but this set disappointed me with its mixing. I found it very flat and lacking THE PUNCH needed to kick a**...I gather that the original Bad Co. masters were not in tremendous shape, but if Jimmy Page had stepped in and helped to remix the old Bad Co. as well as he remixed Led Zeppelin - this might have been stunning stuff. But that would have probably taken some time. I'm almost tempted to say go seek out the vinyl and enjoy that...I hope someone somewhere will find a way to improve this mix. Nice booklet though.

"Must Have" for Bad Co fans.......2007-01-14

Short and sweet...this anthology is comprised of the greatest works of one of the greatest bands in Rock & Roll...it is worth every penny

Rock n Roll not watered down.......2006-11-10

Singer Paul Rodgers in his prime was arguably the best voice ever
in rock. At present he is still pretty damn good. The band was productive in a time when men were not afraid to be men and rock and the keep it
simple yet up tempo power rock style is evident in the songs.

Bands today too often forget to save the drama for high school drama
class. There is too much fluff and not enough raw power and power chord structure. Bad Co. never forgot the pleasure of having a few drinks, turning the amp up to 11 and just letting the rock do the talking. The
combination of a solid Bad Co. bottom end, a great drummer and Rodgers
pool hall guy enthusiasm just plain works.

Poor man's Zeppelin.......2006-09-06

This collection, the "Original Bad Company Anthology," is the one to get if you're looking for a perfect overview of this famous band. Born in the era when rock music was getting down to "business," you know, well crafted "connect-the-dots" rock, but fortunately, this is pretty good overall, for being a poor man's Led Zeppelin. Also, this anthology really delivers with a good choice of tunes and amazing digital-remaster sound quality on two semi-packed CD's. I don't know if I needed two packed discs, so no complaints. Disc one is much stronger than disc two by a long shot, but still pretty enjoyable overall.

The four "new" songs at the end of disc two are alright, but forgettable. Apparently it's hard for an old band to come up with something new and really good in the modern era of rock. Only Deep Purple has been able to do this in my opinion. Actually, I'd love to see a two disc anthology like this one, for the classic Deep Purple lineup. After all, they are one of the biggies. Case closed!

As for this collection, I didn't mind too much that the later Bad Company albums were skimmed over, if you know what I mean. Nice job there. Enjoy it with a few beers and whatever you can find to inhale.

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