Security [Original recording remastered]

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After three eponymous discs noteworthy for their thematic richness and musical experimentation, Peter Gabriel yielded to conventional wisdom by actually titling this 1982 successor. In every other respect, however, Security was another stride beyond the progressive-rock terrain Gabriel had explored from Genesis forward. Most crucially, he goes deeper into the heart of world music and further investigates the African sources first invoked on the prior album's magisterial track, "Biko." Security is steeped in polyrhythms, sculpted with synthesizers, and detailed with percussive textures set to a low boil beneath Gabriel's yearning vocals. Its themes of transcendence and identity, and contrasts of modern isolation with primordial community, reverberate through "Lay Your Hands on Me," "I Have the Touch," "The Rhythm of the Heat," and "San Jacinto." And in "Shock the Monkey," the set's initial hit, Gabriel portentously stands dance rhythms on their head in a troubling, funny riff on the mammal within. --Sam Sutherland

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Security [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: Gabriel's rhythmic album A perfect score His masterpiece. Pete has the touch Peter Gabriel Part 4

Security Peter Gabriel Manufacturer: Geffen Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | 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 More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch Peter Gabriel 1: Car So Us ASIN: B000065VCP Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

1. The Rhythm Of The Heat
2. San Jacinto
3. I Have The Touch
4. The Family And The Fishing Net
5. Shock The Monkey
6. Lay Your Hands On Me
7. Wallflower
8. Kiss Of Life

Amazon.com essential recording

After three eponymous discs noteworthy for their thematic richness and musical experimentation, Peter Gabriel yielded to conventional wisdom by actually titling this 1982 successor. In every other respect, however, Security was another stride beyond the progressive-rock terrain Gabriel had explored from Genesis forward. Most crucially, he goes deeper into the heart of world music and further investigates the African sources first invoked on the prior album's magisterial track, "Biko." Security is steeped in polyrhythms, sculpted with synthesizers, and detailed with percussive textures set to a low boil beneath Gabriel's yearning vocals. Its themes of transcendence and identity, and contrasts of modern isolation with primordial community, reverberate through "Lay Your Hands on Me," "I Have the Touch," "The Rhythm of the Heat," and "San Jacinto." And in "Shock the Monkey," the set's initial hit, Gabriel portentously stands dance rhythms on their head in a troubling, funny riff on the mammal within. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Gabriel's rhythmic album.......2007-05-28

Released in 1982, this is Gabriel's fourth solo album. In the US, it was released as "Security". In the rest of the world, it was called "Peter Gabriel", the same title his first three albums had. Even on the US version, it is hard to find the title "Security".

This is an all digital recording and the sound quality is pretty good. For some reason, the original had better sound quality than So, which wa released four years later. There is now a remastered version. I don't know if it is worth getting if you have the original, but there was room for sound quality improvements.

This is Gabriel's more into rhythmic and "world music" sounds. There is much reliaance on a percussive sound and a driving beat.

The sound is much different than the first three Gabriel albums, which were more a progressive and new wave sound. This was turning point for Gabriel, and all of his later albums would continue in this vein.

There a number of excellent, long and deliberate songs, with strong driving beats.

This ablum introduces a new formula for hit making for Gabriel, with his first big hit, Shock the Monkey. This same formula would be repeated later with Sledgehammer (driven by an MTV video), Steam and Kiss That Frog.

This album was supported by a concert tour which is feature on the live album, called "Plays Live". It is the best live album Gabriel has released. This is mainly due to the fact that the songs on Security translate well to a live show.

A perfect score.......2007-03-16

This cd is the best in Gabriel, strange, enigmatic and amazing sound texture. My choice for the best of the cd would be "San Jacinto", "The family and the fishing net", "Lay your hand on me" and "Wallflower".
I still remember the tour for this release, it was so special when Peter enter the stage, not from behind but in front of it, passing through the crowd at the other end of the Québec Coliseum until he reach the stage, maybe ten minutes later...the crowd just went crazy. Amazing concert, just like this cd ! Greatly done !

His masterpiece........2007-03-04

Peter Gabriel is a strange beast, and on this album the bull was charging!
I found his first two solo albums boring and "So" seems like fakery from someone so generally dark.
This album is the one in between the dark and light periods, but that doesn't mean it's a compromise or middle-of-the-road. Far from it!
It is also the album where his interest in world music is most evident within his own compositions (only briefly hinted at on the previous album).
Check out Talking Heads' Remain in Light and Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock for two additional classic 80s albums incorporating "other" musics.

Pete has the touch.......2007-02-03

All killer no filler here, this is the Masterpiece...

Highlights...

The Rhythm Of The Heat - Warning plays loud when the drums come in at the end
San Jacinto - Stellar piece
Shock The Monkey - The hit and most misunderstood lyric.
Lay Your Hands On Me - Live favorite when Peter stagedives
Wallflower - The most beautiful piece of music ever by a major prog artist
Kiss Of Life - Prelude to "So" R&B style

Peter Gabriel Part 4.......2006-11-01

With Security or Peter Gabriel 4 everywhere outside of USA Peter Gabriel picks up where he left on "Melt". It's a somber and gloomy affair that also expriments with world beat, African drums and Fairlight synthesizer. "Security" is a concept album about psychology (I will Later Get Into That), It craves careful listening, be in the right mood while you listen to this, just look at the scary album cover. This would also be the last serious Gabriel album, before he went mainstream on "So" in 1986.

Ok, Let's further describe the album concept and singles, It seems like many songs vaguely get into psychology, Gabriel want to express people's feelings with brilliant sounds and somber atmospheres, kind of like with "Intruder" from "Melt". "The Rhythm of the Heat" is based on Carl Jung's experience while observing a group of African drummers, it creates a unique feeling to be in the middle of Africa. On "San Jacinto" Gabriel wants to explore the the situations for Native Americans in America that have not only lost their lands but also lost their cultures in the Western Society. On this song, there is this awesome perrcussion sound throughput the song which creates a specialo feeling. "I Have The Touch" got a quite funny significant. It's about skin contact. Gabriel thought it was interesting that people in Paris and Latin America would touch each other more while saluting each other while in London people would be more reserved. It's the truth!. The song itself is a synth-pop drive uptempo song, Could have been a hit. "The Family and the Fishing Net" is about the diffrences of modern and traditional weddings. It's a quite stripped down song with percussion sounds and guitar. Very dark.

"Shock the Monkey" digs deeper into the subject of psychology. The song examines how jealousy can release one's baser instincts, and there is no better way then using a monkey as an example since they always express their honest feelings. This was a minor hit, and is well known for it's quite disturbing video where Gabriel is sitting in a dark room with a monkey and he uses a white face paint. It's a synthp-pop song with a memeorable hook. "Lay Your Hands On Me" is a slow and depressive song about the time to heal wounds, it also uses African Drums on the chorus. There is a part in the middle where actually Gabriel talks the lyrics. On "Wallflower" Gabriel talks about Polish activist Lech Walesa, who had spent time in a mental institution before he eventually became the most important person to fight communism in Poland. This is also a dark ballad. Last song "Kiss of Life" also feautures the world beat drums and is quite catchy by Gabriel standards, sounds a little like Paul Simon's music on "Graceland".

Overall, A dark but enjoyable album that picks up where "Melt" left. This is an very creative project full of intelligent lyrics and great musical soundscapes. By Gabriel fans this is a favorite and certainly you'll like it if you also liked "Melt".

Average customer rating: Inching out of Fela's Shadow

Security Antibalas Manufacturer: Anti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Who Is This America? Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1 Myth Takes Sound of Silver The Good, the Bad & the Queen ASIN: B000MR9ESK Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Beaten Metal
2. Filibuster X
3. Sanctuary
4. Hilo
5. War Hero
6. I.C.E.
7. Age

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A ricochet of crossed-horn riffs open Antibalas's third album, Security, and what's immediately marvelous is the production, the lack of polish and purity in the tones. There's a ratty edge on Jordan McLean and Eric Biondo's trumpets, and Aaron Johnson's trombone only fattens the frays. The album's produced, engineered, and mixed by John McEntire, who made his name playing cold-blooded percussion in Tortoise, and he brings this Brooklyn-born twelvetet to the Lagos of Fela Kuti by lessening the sonic distinction between Chris Vatalaro's bass drum, his snare, and his tom-toms. The rhythm's a viscous fluid, stirred by vintage, lo-fi keyboards, slinking guitar riffs, and Stuart Bogie's tenor sax, which bears more than a hint of the roughened "Texas tenor" sound of 60s' hard bop. Antibalas is decidedly like Fela in that theirs is agit-Afro Beat, musically stirring in its core groupthink elements (rather than in flashes of solo genius). Tune into "Filibuster X," an excoriating call-and-response send-up of Republican presidential politics, and you'll hear the echoes of Fela's telltale vocal constructions, the clatter of politicized funk at its best. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

With Security, their ANTI- debut, Brooklyn's Antibalas are ready to connect with a mass audience hungry for loosebooty grooves, intelligent sounds, and committed lyrics - the same audience that made instant classics of genre-breakers like Talking Heads' Remain In Light. Bringing John McEntire of Tortoise into the studio - this is the band's first release with an outside producer - has upped the harmonic density in Antibalas' sound, creating a rich tapestry of harmelodic color that owes as much to jazz masters like Mingus and Coltrane and maverick bands like Can as it does to Fela Kuti. Antibalas have broadened their appeal to the point where they can collaborate with TV On the Radio one day, groove a sweaty Brooklyn club the next, and then turn around and rock massive crowds at festivals like Coachella and Bonaroo. Building from the revolutionary blueprint of afrobeat, the dozen-strong members of Brooklyn's Antibalas weave latin, jazz, funk and horn-laden soul into a blend that is both polyrhythmic and political, independent and infectious.

Customer Reviews:

Inching out of Fela's Shadow.......2007-03-28

As one of the best Fela tribute bands around, Antibals makes one wonder why to pick up their records, when the Man's work is still widley available. With SECURITY, the band beings to move out from under Fela's shadow and find a true voice of their own. Produced by Tortoise's John McEntire, the group begins to stray from mimicry of the 70's Afro-Beat master and explore their own sound to great effect. While the longer tracks like FILLIBUSTER X and SANTUARY still hue tightly to the Fela sound (especially vocally) shorter tracks like the opening BEATEN METAL, I.C.E. and the closing AGE strive for more expansive sounds closer to jazz. No doubt all of these tracks cook in front of an audience, but they still need to take that one last leap to find their own personality and become a special band.

Average customer rating: their best album Ehh??? Sick rythemic pulverizing music with a subtle touch of melody Outstanding Christian Metal Band There is no reason to buy this CD

Shadows Are Security As I Lay Dying Manufacturer: Metal Blade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Frail Words Collapse Ascendancy The Oncoming Storm The Fall of Ideals Suicide Notes & Butterfly Kisses ASIN: B0009FHKPO Release Date: 2005-06-14

Tracks:

1. Meaning in Tragedy
2. Confined
3. Losing Sight
4. The Darkest Nights
5. Empty Hearts
6. Reflection
7. Repeating Yesteday
8. Through Struggle
9. The Truth of My Perception
10. Control is Dead
11. Morning Waits
12. Illusions

Customer Reviews:

their best album.......2007-07-22

i like this album the best from them, but i don't like the way it's recorded. if you listen to frail words or ashes, they are a lot more raw. the drums, guitar, and even the vocals sound too clean on this album. i like the songs themselves better on this album, but i like the raw sound on their other albums better. i hope an ocean between us (the new album coming out in August) sounds more like frail words than like this.

Ehh???.......2007-07-09

I like the album booklet, but the music itself is just mediocre. I wish there were more guitar solos, and I can't stand the guys vocals. I guess I don't mind the screaming, as I like "The Fall Of Ideals" from All That Remains. But this guy's screaming is not tight, it's very sloppy. Anyway, don't get me wrong, the music is fast, drums are tight, guitars are chuggy, but I wish the vocalist would try something else out.

Sick rythemic pulverizing music with a subtle touch of melody.......2007-06-13

When first listening to this album, i thought it was a stepdown from frail words of the collapse since the general tone in this album had less melody and not as many catchy vocal hooks but, when listening to it again it grew on me big time. The guitar grooves on Shadows are so damn aggressive and they capture an empowering feeling more so then Frail words of the collapse. In fact I actually like this album more then frail words for that reason.
Every song on this album is done well. The overall tone here is pulverizing rythemic guitars with change over melodic riffs which still sound aggressive. The vocals are in line with everything and add value to each song..

Outstanding Christian Metal Band.......2007-05-24

As a Christian with growing interest in Metal and Hardcore (especially Christian) music, I bought this CD as an experiment. I immediately fell in love with it. As I Lay Dying's vocals, guitars, and drums are all very good with certain sections being completely off the wall. The vocals on Shadows Are Security are mainly screams through the bulk of the tracks. However, a few tracks (confined, the darkest nights, through struggle) have background vocals in the form of normal singing. I think it is important to note that the background vocals on Shadows Are Securtiy do not sound weak or whiny like so many bands (Atreyu, this is you) but merely serve to support the gifted main singer. My only real complaint with this CD is that it is short, only about 43 minutes long, meaning that many of the songs just feel like they are over too soon (hardly any guitar solos). This one complaint is certainly not enough to seriously harm my opinion of this CD, in fact I would say that it is one of the best CDs in all of current metal music, either Christian or Secular.

There is no reason to buy this CD.......2007-05-20

This album by As I Lay Dying is essentially the distillation of what is wrong with metalcore today. The writing is competent, the riffs are somewhat catchy (though often extremely non-technical), the vocals are average, but there's nothing to separate the album from all the other bands in the genre. Sure, there are a few solos to spice things up, and a piano part in "Repeating Yesterday," but these minor attempts at variety are so predictable that they lose any ability to make things interesting. As I Lay Dying plays one riff after another, one song after another, and there's really no distinguishing between them.

All the musicians are competent, but none of them are exceptional. The drummer can play pretty fast and very accurately, but his drum patterns have no variety at all, and the vocalist really doesn't seem to have any idea how to come up with a memorable vocal part. The bassist has the decency to play nothing but root notes so that you don't have to go to the trouble of actually hearing what he's playing. The guitarists are, really, the low point of the band, with the rhythm guitarist seeming to only know one chord (the open C power chord) and the lead guitarist seeming unwilling to write more than four or five riffs per song. The solos are precisely what you'd expect, with the lead guitarist going from note to note at top speed in the most unimaginative way possible.

I don't know if I should call AILD's release `bad,' per se, but there's no reason to call it `good,' either. If you've listened to any metalcore at all, there won't be anything new or fresh for you in this release. If you haven't listened to any metalcore, start with a more competent band. (Zao would be a good choice, but even some less exceptional bands like Bloodlined Calligraphy and Nodes of Ranvier would top this.)

Average customer rating: Gabriel's rhythmic album A perfect score His masterpiece. Pete has the touch Peter Gabriel Part 4

Security Peter Gabriel Manufacturer: Geffen Records 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 Similar Items: Peter Gabriel 3: Melt Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch Peter Gabriel 1: Car So Us ASIN: B000000OMC Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. The Rhythm Of The Heat
2. San Jacinto
3. I Have The Touch
4. The Family And The Fishing Net
5. Shock The Monkey
6. Lay Your Hands On Me
7. Wallflower
8. Kiss Of Life

Amazon.com essential recording

After three eponymous discs noteworthy for their thematic richness and musical experimentation, Peter Gabriel yielded to conventional wisdom by actually titling this 1982 successor. In every other respect, however, Security was another stride beyond the progressive rock terrain Gabriel had explored from Genesis forward. Most crucially, he goes deeper into the heart of world music, and further investigates the African sources first invoked on the prior album's magisterial track, "Biko." Security is steeped in polyrhythms, sculpted with synthesizers, and detailed with percussive textures set to a low boil beneath Gabriel's yearning vocals. Its themes of transcendence and identity, and contrasts of modern isolation with primordial community, reverberate through "Lay Your Hands On Me," "I Have the Touch," "The Rhythm of the Heat," and "San Jacinto." And in "Shock the Monkey," the set's initial hit, Gabriel portentously stands dance rhythms on their head in a troubling, funny riff on the mammal within. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Gabriel's rhythmic album.......2007-05-28

Released in 1982, this is Gabriel's fourth solo album. In the US, it was released as "Security". In the rest of the world, it was called "Peter Gabriel", the same title his first three albums had. Even on the US version, it is hard to find the title "Security".

This is an all digital recording and the sound quality is pretty good. For some reason, the original had better sound quality than So, which wa released four years later. There is now a remastered version. I don't know if it is worth getting if you have the original, but there was room for sound quality improvements.

This is Gabriel's more into rhythmic and "world music" sounds. There is much reliaance on a percussive sound and a driving beat.

The sound is much different than the first three Gabriel albums, which were more a progressive and new wave sound. This was turning point for Gabriel, and all of his later albums would continue in this vein.

There a number of excellent, long and deliberate songs, with strong driving beats.

This ablum introduces a new formula for hit making for Gabriel, with his first big hit, Shock the Monkey. This same formula would be repeated later with Sledgehammer (driven by an MTV video), Steam and Kiss That Frog.

This album was supported by a concert tour which is feature on the live album, called "Plays Live". It is the best live album Gabriel has released. This is mainly due to the fact that the songs on Security translate well to a live show.

A perfect score.......2007-03-16

This cd is the best in Gabriel, strange, enigmatic and amazing sound texture. My choice for the best of the cd would be "San Jacinto", "The family and the fishing net", "Lay your hand on me" and "Wallflower".
I still remember the tour for this release, it was so special when Peter enter the stage, not from behind but in front of it, passing through the crowd at the other end of the Québec Coliseum until he reach the stage, maybe ten minutes later...the crowd just went crazy. Amazing concert, just like this cd ! Greatly done !

His masterpiece........2007-03-04

Peter Gabriel is a strange beast, and on this album the bull was charging!
I found his first two solo albums boring and "So" seems like fakery from someone so generally dark.
This album is the one in between the dark and light periods, but that doesn't mean it's a compromise or middle-of-the-road. Far from it!
It is also the album where his interest in world music is most evident within his own compositions (only briefly hinted at on the previous album).
Check out Talking Heads' Remain in Light and Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock for two additional classic 80s albums incorporating "other" musics.

Pete has the touch.......2007-02-03

All killer no filler here, this is the Masterpiece...

Highlights...

The Rhythm Of The Heat - Warning plays loud when the drums come in at the end
San Jacinto - Stellar piece
Shock The Monkey - The hit and most misunderstood lyric.
Lay Your Hands On Me - Live favorite when Peter stagedives
Wallflower - The most beautiful piece of music ever by a major prog artist
Kiss Of Life - Prelude to "So" R&B style

Peter Gabriel Part 4.......2006-11-01

With Security or Peter Gabriel 4 everywhere outside of USA Peter Gabriel picks up where he left on "Melt". It's a somber and gloomy affair that also expriments with world beat, African drums and Fairlight synthesizer. "Security" is a concept album about psychology (I will Later Get Into That), It craves careful listening, be in the right mood while you listen to this, just look at the scary album cover. This would also be the last serious Gabriel album, before he went mainstream on "So" in 1986.

Ok, Let's further describe the album concept and singles, It seems like many songs vaguely get into psychology, Gabriel want to express people's feelings with brilliant sounds and somber atmospheres, kind of like with "Intruder" from "Melt". "The Rhythm of the Heat" is based on Carl Jung's experience while observing a group of African drummers, it creates a unique feeling to be in the middle of Africa. On "San Jacinto" Gabriel wants to explore the the situations for Native Americans in America that have not only lost their lands but also lost their cultures in the Western Society. On this song, there is this awesome perrcussion sound throughput the song which creates a specialo feeling. "I Have The Touch" got a quite funny significant. It's about skin contact. Gabriel thought it was interesting that people in Paris and Latin America would touch each other more while saluting each other while in London people would be more reserved. It's the truth!. The song itself is a synth-pop drive uptempo song, Could have been a hit. "The Family and the Fishing Net" is about the diffrences of modern and traditional weddings. It's a quite stripped down song with percussion sounds and guitar. Very dark.

"Shock the Monkey" digs deeper into the subject of psychology. The song examines how jealousy can release one's baser instincts, and there is no better way then using a monkey as an example since they always express their honest feelings. This was a minor hit, and is well known for it's quite disturbing video where Gabriel is sitting in a dark room with a monkey and he uses a white face paint. It's a synthp-pop song with a memeorable hook. "Lay Your Hands On Me" is a slow and depressive song about the time to heal wounds, it also uses African Drums on the chorus. There is a part in the middle where actually Gabriel talks the lyrics. On "Wallflower" Gabriel talks about Polish activist Lech Walesa, who had spent time in a mental institution before he eventually became the most important person to fight communism in Poland. This is also a dark ballad. Last song "Kiss of Life" also feautures the world beat drums and is quite catchy by Gabriel standards, sounds a little like Paul Simon's music on "Graceland".

Overall, A dark but enjoyable album that picks up where "Melt" left. This is an very creative project full of intelligent lyrics and great musical soundscapes. By Gabriel fans this is a favorite and certainly you'll like it if you also liked "Melt".

Average customer rating: Shred Guitar Manifesto a top three neoclassical shred album MacAlpine's finest. Greatest Neo Classical Album Ever! Powerful guitar/shred album

Maximum Security Tony Macalpine Manufacturer: Fontana Island ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Shred | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Edge of Insanity Mind's Eye Time Odyssey Perpetual Burn Chromaticity ASIN: B000001FME Release Date: 1994-01-25

Tracks:

1. Autumn Lords
2. Hundreds Of Thousands
3. Tears Of Sahara
4. Key To The City
5. The Time And The Test
6. The King's Cup
7. Sacred Wonder
8. Etude #4 Opus #10
9. The Vision
10. Dreamstate
11. Porcelain Doll

Customer Reviews:

Shred Guitar Manifesto.......2007-03-15

For those who like me spent the eighties with an electric guitar in their hands this album is something that put a tear in their eyes. I searched for this one for years but for a reason or another I never could find it. This evening I saw a copy of this one in a record shop I rarely visit and I immediatly ran to pay it and to go at home as fast as I can, at the speed of light to listen to this one as soon as possible. Oh! What a marvel this record is! Shred guitar at its best, it is a reference recording. Macalpine never played so lucid, never composed so well again. The melodies are great and the solo are balanced and absolutly perfect. But this album is not only the greatest in his discography, it is one of the greatest shred guitar albums of all time because the compositions are great, because there is the enthusiasm of doing something that was really new at the time. There is a sense of true freshness allaround. Sure it is a flashy, show off music in a sense (think about the Chopin Opus version put here for good measure), but it is great music!! In those days playing great music and being able to REALLY play, to be virtuosos was the thing. Today music is only about nice bottoms. Gosh. Talking again about serious music and shred guitar, someone in the past used to say that Macalpine (and even Vinnie Moore) was a Malmsteen clone. Were they deaf? Macalpine is so different! I love Yngwie of course but Tony is another completly original artist, the only thing they had in common was playing great "guitar-song" even if Yngwie wrote a lot of stuff with lyrics, when Tony was recording only instrumental stuff. Anyway, if you are a guitar kid who grew up in the eighties you know what I'm talking about if you're reading this. You can't stay without this record in your collection. This one with Moore's Time Odissey, Shawn Lane's Powers of ten, Malmsteen's Rising force, Vai's Passion and Warfare, Satch's Surfing with the alien (all the Van Halen stuff of course and few more) define what shred guitar has been. It's a manifesto of an era. A beautiful period! I love this one. Really. I love it. It's amazing music.

a top three neoclassical shred album.......2007-02-24

When I first heard this album (borrowed from a friend), I was electrified. I'd never heard neoclassical guitar before--and I'd never heard such drumming (Deen Castronovo and Atma Anur). The songwriting is some of the best neoclassical instrumental guitar composition ever done. MacAlpine is a very, very good technician also; and with guests such as "Mr.Scary" himself, George Lynch (of Dokken), the playing here is superb. And then Castronovo's drumming in particular elevates it to another level--first time I heard it, I simply could not believe what I was hearing. How could someone drum with such speed and precision and compositional flair?! He matches the guitar intensity perfectly. Overall, if you're a fan of neoclassical shred and you don't own this album, you're probably living in a cave. BUY IT. TODAY.

MacAlpine's finest........2006-12-27

I love all of Tony MacAlpine's albums and this is my favorite by far, so that says something in itself. Tony has the ability to impress musicians with his technical and harmonic depth, while still writing beautiful melodies. He's the Allan Holdsworth of metal, I feel.

Greatest Neo Classical Album Ever!.......2006-11-04

This is my favorite album of neo classical music. Too bad neo classical died out but this cd definitely has more feelings in it than just shredding. These songs remind me of driving out late at night and relaxing. Every song is amazing on this album. A close second to this album is Vinnie Moore's "Time Odyssey." My favorite songs on this cd include "Sacred Wonder", "Dreamstate", and "Tears of Sahara." This cd is great from 1-11 though. A must have album even if you don't like shred. This album is much more melodic than most shred albums.

Powerful guitar/shred album.......2006-09-23

It always annoys me a bit when people accuse any 80's neoclassical-metal solo guitarist of being an Yngwie clone. First of all, all great musicians in this vein (Tony Macalpine, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker, etc.) were playing guitar ever since they were young, the same as Yngwie. Similarly, they were playing neoclassical-styled music on guitar, the same as Yngwie. All Yngwie really does is plays dozens of different scales, modes, arpeggios and runs which could be found in any music textbook. Yngwie is a talented musician, but he isn't superlative in the genre, and I feel that there are others who do what he sought out to do, only better.

Tony Macalpine, especially with this early albums, is quite often accused of copying Yngwie. I would disagree with this greatly. The biggest difference between the two is that Tony (early on) was entirely instrumental. Yngwie has NEVER been entirely instrumental. In fact, even on his most instrumental album, (Rising Force) only three quarters of the songs were instrumentals. From there on, his instrumental pieces became even more scarce, not to mention less varied. Tony was somewhat of the opposite, starting out with an entirely instrumental repertoire, and adding in his own vocals later on. Of course, he also went on to experiment with Fusion and other styles of playing (something which Yngwie has yet to do). Tony's early, Neoclassical days were his greatest.

Now that I've cleared up why Tony isn't just "another Yngwie clone," I can move onto a more detailed description of the album. On Maximum Security, Tony demonstrates a focused, melodic, soulful style of playing which is actually quite unique in the shred genre. Tony gives the guitar room to breathe, endowing almost every song on the album with a beautiful, songlike melody that he can modify and solo over as he pleases. His harmonies (contributed by keyboards and bass which are played by Tony himself) add depth and texture to the songs, while his melody lines are quite superb.

Tony's style of playing is surprisingly tone-oriented, with excellent vibrato, bends and expertly used artificial harmonics, left and right. Every song has a distinct 80's sound to it, which is characterized by Tony's tone, drenched in reverb and distortion, but generally sounding smooth rather than harsh. His songs are all on the short side, the average length for the album being somewhere around 3 or 3 and a half minutes. His works are concise and to the point, with much less showing off than one would expect from a shred artist. His songs feel much more like compositions than showcases for his technical prowess, as Tony only really goes full shred sporadically throughout the album. Most of the time, he's fretting along at a medium tempo, sometimes even in a relaxed, luxuriant manner, like on album standouts Tears of Sahara and Porcelain Doll.

Every song on the album is a winner, and there is hardly anything that could be considered filler, except for maybe the Chopin etude (track nine) which Tony threw in, maybe for a tad of variety, maybe for contrast, or maybe to remind us that he's an awesome classical pianist as well as a virtuoso guitarist--just in case we were doubting his musical talent. The etude is a very commonly played piece, but is also of considerable difficulty. It's short and exciting--most serious piano students will tackle it at some point in their career, but Tony's performance of it is quite polished. He's excellent for an amateur pianist.

The rest of the songs are all Tony's original compositions, though he does borrow a theme from Chopin on Porcelain Doll. Several of the songs also feature solos from fellow 80's shredders George Lynch and Jeff Watson, both of whom are very talented guitarists. This only adds more variety and energy to Tony's already magnificent album.

There's not much to complain about with this album. Tony manages to craft a neoclassical album that is original, concise and almost entirely devoid of excess. Unlike more egotistical, showy players of the time such as Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony manages to keep the song lengths short, and the compositions focused, with a strong melody and logical structure instead of just seemingly random shredding.

This is a must-have album for any fan of virtuoso, neoclassical/metal lead guitar work. MacAlpine is an underrated guitar player, who also blesses the album with a great ear for melody/harmony and stellar keyboard skills.

Average customer rating: i like how often these come out LXIII is 63, not 73 Another Gem At it again.

Security Screenings Prefuse 73 Manufacturer: Warp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Reads the Books E.P. Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives One Word Extinguisher Surrounded by Silence Extinguished: Outtakes ASIN: B000CQO0YE Release Date: 2006-02-07

Tracks:

1. The Letter "P"
2. With Dirt and Two Texts-Afternoon Version
3. Illiterate Interlude
4. Keeping Up With Your Quota
5. No Special Bed
6. Weight Watching
7. When The Grip Lets You Go
8. Another One Long Gone
9. Always It's Gonna Be Like That
10. Creating Cyclical Headaches (with Four Tet)
11. Awakening To A...
12. With Dirt And Two Texts-Later Version With Love
13. No Origin
14. One Star And Three Stripes
15. Mud in Your Mouth
16. Breathe
17. Matrimonioids (For: Elvin + Susana Estela)
18. We Leave You In A Cloud Of Thick Smoke And Sleep Outro (featuring Tunde from TV On The Radio)

Amazon.com

When prolific beat junkie Scott Herren is at the top of his game, he's a musical mad scientist splicing and dicing multiple genres together to craft tunes that are a heady mixture of head-nodding beats and hedonistic pleasure-textures. And right off the bat, on track two, "With Dirt and Two Texts," it's clear that Screenings is a return to form for Herren. Imagine Boards of Canada in love with hip-hop; that's what you have here. There is very little guest vocalizing this time; it's more of a "background" album, in the best sense. The whole thing buzzes with the blurry experimentation of Herren's Savath and Savalas side project, but it always remains grounded in a solid click-hop groove. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

A return to form for Prefuse, who delivers a brilliantly conceived beat spread more in line with "Extinguisher" than his "Surrounded by Silence" LP. Focusing on experimentation & acid trip headnotica, this dynamic production includes a collaboration with FOUR TET, and vocals by TUNDE of TV ON THE RADIO.

Customer Reviews:

i like how often these come out.......2006-04-22

I agree with D. Davidson, though i like the song "creating cyclical headaches." I thought this album was good, it was nice to hear some new prefuse, but at the same time i found it to be closer to his Savath + Savalas, which wasn't really what i was expecting. It would have been better if he had just released the album under that name cause it does go alot better with it. I also liked Surrounded by Silence, i didn't even know there where people who didn't, sure their wasn't alot of just him songs, but the ones that were, were fantastic.

my 2 favorite songs on this album have to be track 4 and 13, the other tracks are good but there really isn't anything memorable about them.

LXIII is 63, not 73.......2006-02-27

This album is good, but not as great as some of his previous works under the Prefuse moniker or otherwise. Unlike many, I felt Silence was a great album, and received too much flak for not being Extinguisher Pt. 2 (3 if you count Extinguished).

I must admit I didn't get "Creating Cyclical Headaches," which I feel is almost unlistenable, save for the bits at the beginning and very end; which is too bad because I nearly jumped out of my skin with excitement when I saw that it was a collaboration with Four Tet.

Another Gem.......2006-02-17

I am never disappointed by each new song that this man produces, not to mention the album as a whole, and the order in which he puts all these tasty morsels. Not a huge departure from what we're all familiar with, however, he appears to be leaning more toward the melodic and songstyling over the expermental noise drops - I think he's got that down pat! All good.

At it again........2006-02-14

Mr. Herren shows us once again, he is at the top of his game. You could say this album is a lot like a Delarosa and Prefuse merge. Songs like Keeping Up With Your Quota, Weight Watchers, Creating Cynical Headaches & With Dirt and Two Texts (Later Version...) offer a slightly new Prefuse style while songs like Matrimonoids bring us back to the One Word days. Not many people liked "Surrounded By Silence", I personally thought it was very good. This cd is very different from the rest; visually and emotionally. You can definately assume Herren makes music visually. Time being his canvas, Sound being his medium. This album, like Herren's others, are for a specific crowd of music listners.... I don't see why people were turned off by his last album having many "guest appearences". Are people afraid of collaboration? Just listen to Herrens music and you'll hear what he feels. Listen to each of his prefuse albums one after the other, you'll hear the evolution of Prefuse's style. I like to see things evolve.

Average customer rating: Rolling Stones - 'No Security' (Virgin) 4 1/2 stars The Stones Rule...................... Thankfully, no standards Questions you should ask yourself before buying: What Again?

No Security The Rolling Stones Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | 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 | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Flashpoint Stripped Still Life Love You Live Voodoo Lounge ASIN: B00000DG19 Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. You Got Me Rocking
3. Gimmie Shelter
4. Flip The Switch
5. Memory Motel
6. Corinna
7. Saint Of Me
8. Waiting On A Friend
9. Sister Morphine
10. Live With Me
11. Respectable
12. Thief In The Night
13. The Last Time
14. Out Of Control

Amazon.com

This is the seventh live Stones album and the second to appear in three years. Now, what do you want to bet the three men who've appeared on every one of them--Mick, Keith, and Charlie--couldn't name them without a cheat sheet? Chances are, they won't remember this one in five years. Culled from the Bridges to Babylon tour, No Security feels more like a tour memento than a stand-on-its-own recording. The 13 tracks are a mix of familiar chestnuts ("Gimme Shelter," "Live with Me," "The Last Time"), welcome restorations ("Sister Morphine," "Memory Motel"), and tertiary Jagger-Richards tunes ("Flip the Switch," "Thief in the Night"). A few recruits are along for the ride: Taj Mahal turns up on the breath catcher "Corinna," Dave Matthews shares vocals with Mick on "Memory Motel," and jazzman Joshua Redman solos on "Waiting on a Friend." They're all, no doubt, quite proud to have joined these legends on stage and CD. But when they want to hear live Stones, it's a good bet even they will reach for Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out before No Security. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Rolling Stones - 'No Security' (Virgin) 4 1/2 stars .......2007-03-23

Review no.63. Never even got to check out this live Stones CD until here recently. A nicely assembled fourteen track concert document of the Stone's 'Bridges To Babylon' U.S. trek. There are three cuts here from that modern day Stones classic - "Saint of Me", "Theif In The Night" and the awesome "Out Of Control". Not sure as to WHY many fans claim that the 'Bridges' CD isn't very good. It's fine! Then of course, there are the old stuff that so few rarely grow tired of, like "You Got Me Rocking" (actually, this is a later tune but it's SO good I thought it was an oldie at first), "Gimme Shelter", "Waiting On A Friend", "Sister Morphine" (hadn't heard this cut in ages), "Live With Me" and the unbeatable "The Last Time" (my personal favorite of the entire disc). Sound quality and production here is superb. Simply, a must-have.

The Stones Rule.............................2007-01-12

I have been reading the reviews of this CD and I cant believe them, these guys are what rock and roll is all about....give me a break, if you were at these shows which IM SURE MOST OF THE REVIEWERS WERE, they were wasted like the rest of us were, this tour was awesome....I saw them on this tour and I was blown away...you people need to wake up, The Stones wont be around for much longer, enjoy them while you can, quit being so critical......

Thankfully, no standards.......2006-07-10

I give this a three based on the tight performances and the fact that there are NO versions of "Start Me Up," "Brown Sugar," "Jumping Jack Flash," or "Honky Tonk Women."
The performances here are solid and I enjoy the updated versions of older material. It's also a nice way to re-acquaint yourself with some good "Bridges to Babylon" numbers.
Even if this is little more than a tour souvenir, it's a solid one. Be honest, who really buys these things other than Stones fans? Most likely, the curious are going to be scared off by the omission of the standards, so these things are purely for our ever-growing collections. Is it just more money in their overstuffed coffers? Sure. But if it's done well enough, I'm not going to get bent about it. The Stones are way past the point of arguing about artistic integrity or how rich these guys are. They're an icon, a brand name, and an institution. When they put out good stuff, I'm a happy fan. This is an example.

Questions you should ask yourself before buying:.......2005-10-23

1. Do I like the Rolling Stones?
2. Do I think the Rolling Stones lost it after (fill in the blanks with either "Some Girls" or "Tattoo You.")?
3. Do I think the Rolling Stones are too old to be doing this?
4. Do I like their older, "classic" material, but don't care to hear new versions?
5. Am I afraid that if someone sees this record in my collection, I'll be mocked for buying a "tour souvenir" with no musical merit?

If you answered yes to the first question and no to all the others, then there's no reason why you shouldn't spend your hard earned $15 on this very enjoyable disk.

This one in particular fills a couple of niches for me. I don't automatically dismiss any of their late work--in fact I like most of it, including the new one, "A Bigger Bang." But "Bridges to Babylon" was admittedly pretty weak. Well, this disk gives you a chance to hear the handful of good songs from that the record, and these versions are preferable. In particular, "Out of Control," a lengthy piece with a lot of dynamic changes, comes off great here. Other recent songs like "Saint of Me," "You Got Me Rocking," "Flip the Switch" and "Thief in the Night" come off better here than in their studio incarnations. Of the older material, the versions of "Gimme Shelter," "Memory Motel," "Waiting on a Friend" and "The Last Time," are spectacular.

Reactions to the Stones are rather predictable and annoying. You're supposed to be annoyed with all their post-tour live albums, and see them as "just cashing in." This just isn't true. The live disks are a chance for them to re-address older material in versions that take advantage of their improved musicianship and matured perspective. On "Flashpoint," for example, you can hear fantastic versions of "Paint it Black" and "Ruby Tuesday," played with great passion and inventiveness. "Stripped" has many highlights, including a wonderful version of the very early tunes "I'm Free," and "Spider and the Fly," and a jolly take on "Let it Bleed."

If you want to let late-night comedians and jaded rock reviewers guide your choices, then you probably aren't going to want to risk the "uncool" label they would surely apply to anyone who bought "No Security." But I enjoy it, I play it all the time, and my hat's off to the Stones for risking ridicule by putting it out.

What Again?.......2005-09-12

Their 7th live album recording? How much money do these guys need? At this point when I heard it, redundency was a word that came to mind. Hey Mick, forget the hair plugs and don't bother w/ facelifts. Hang it up and let some new guys make a buck!!
I saw you live in '65 !! Enuf is enuf!

Average customer rating:

Security Cypher 7 Manufacturer: Subharmonic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Decoder ASIN: B000003ZNT Release Date: 1995-08-29

Tracks:

1. Message Important
2. The Suspicious Shaman
3. Tokyo A.M.
4. Benares (Open Secret)
5. Nothing Lasts
6. Falling Backwards

Average customer rating: PERSONAL FAVORITE Remastered but where are the potential bonus tracks?

The Security of Illusion Saga Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Full Circle Steel Umbrellas House of Cards Heads or Tales Images at Twilight ASIN: B00006RYCG Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

1. Entracte (Instrumental)
2. Mind Over Matter
3. Once Is Never Enough
4. Alone Again Tonight
5. Ill Leave It In Your Hands
6. The Security Of Illusion
7. Stand Up
8. Days Like These
9. Viola (Instrumental)
10. No Mans Land
11. Without You
12. The Security Of Illusion (Acoustic Version) (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Originally released in 1993, the record marked a turning point for the band and quickly went gold in practically all four corners of the earth. Remastered to include the bonus track 'Security Of Illusion' (live acoustic) along with new booklet containing unseen photos & liner notes. SPV. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

PERSONAL FAVORITE.......2005-10-09

THIS CD IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT. I REALLY LIKE THE POWER AND GRACE ON THIS CD. THIS CD REALLY FEATURES THE BEST OF SAGA AND REVEALS THAT THEY ARE STILL FAITHFUL TO THEIR PROG ROOTS.

Remastered but where are the potential bonus tracks?.......2003-02-20

I have purchased all the remastered cds in the Saga catalog so far and am reviewing all. I decided to pass on IN TRANSIT as it was a very short live album. Security of Illusion is a great album for Saga. Better than Wildest Dreams, Behavior and Throwing Shapes (not that they are bad, I own them all). The Remastering is good, but the original was good. You get the acoustic version of Security of Illusion as a bonus track but so far no saga cd has included as a bonus track GOTTA LOVE IT, SOLSBURY HILL, or WALKING ON THIN ICE. It will be a crime if the last few remasters don't include these songs. The inner art is great but whoever does the art for the cover is a slacker, they put a square black box around the cover art. I work with art and there is no excuse for this. My vote...Great album, if you don't need the acoustic version of Security of Illusion, then pass, but if you don't own this one, get it now!!

Average customer rating: Decent CD, but.... Absolutely untrendy, but good! A MUST HAVE

Security of Illusion Saga Manufacturer: Bonaire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 ASIN: B000001QII Release Date: 1993-03-03

Tracks:

1. Entracte (Instrumental)
2. Mind Over Matter
3. Once Is Never Enough
4. Alone Again Tonight
5. I'll Leave It In Your Hands
6. The Security Of Illusion
7. Stand Up
8. Days Like These
9. Voila! (Instrumental)
10. No Man's Land
11. Without You

Customer Reviews:

Decent CD, but...........2005-06-17

With all five of the original bandmembers this album seems like a colossal waste of talent as compared to their earlier recordings. To me, these tracks have a generic 80's-90's hard rock sound that becomes boring after two songs. I hate to talk that way about one of my all-time favorite groups, but I.O.S. is rather disappointing for a band that is fully capable of far, far better music than this.

Absolutely untrendy, but good!.......1999-09-09

I think this is Saga's most enjoyable and consistent '90s-album. In the '80s I thought of them a bit as a boring Rush rip-off, but now I appreciate their record output. Rush have become lame and complacent rock dinosaurs, while Saga are still around. They're gonna have a German concert tour in the autumn this year! "The security.." is a surprisingly diverse and lively collection of songs. "Mind over Matter" is one of my Saga favourites, it has an aggressive guitar drive and shows that Saga are a virtuos and still underrated band. The problem with this record is, that it was released ten years too late. This sound is reminiscent of the early '80s, especially Michael's vocal articulation and phrasing. But if you like '80s rock, "The security.." is made for you.

A MUST HAVE.......1999-05-18

If you are a SAGA fan, you will like this album. I am not sure why this album does not get any more attention than it does, but I am very impressed with it. I hear there is a release planned for later this year??? I'm there.

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