Redhead [Enhanced]

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It probably didn't take Bleu brainchild James McAuley III too much effort to entice reclusive Jellyfish frontman Andy Sturmer out of hiding to co-write and sing backup on "Could Be Worse," so potent are the hooks and cascading harmonies on his second full-length album. With Semisonic's Dan Wilson joining the Boston rocker on "Something's Gotta Give," Redhead is an all around power-pop treat with enthusiastic nods to AM radio mainstays like Badfinger and Supertramp, and warm, playful songs like "I Won't Go Hollywood" and "Could Be Worse." "Something Else," which also appears on the Spider Man soundtrack, is an obvious high point, but so is the surging ballad "We'll Do It All Again" and the hidden track "Dance Dance Baby Doll Dance." --Aidin Vaziri

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Redhead [Enhanced]

Average customer rating: Bubblegum Pop for a Dying Star Gorgeous sheets of sound 23 is a Keeper!! SWEET EDGE HUUUUUUGE disappointment

23 Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Reminder Sound of Silver Pocket Symphony We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Volta ASIN: B000NJLYSK Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

1. 23
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. The Dress
4. Sw
5. Spring And By Summer
6. Silently
7. Publisher
8. Heroine
9. Top Ranking
10. My Impure Hair

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As if getting a spread in a popular home décor magazine just a month prior to this album's release wasn't enough of a tipoff, Blonde Redhead have come a long way since their days of mimicking Sonic Youth's brittle art-rock. Clanging guitars have been replaced by warm synthesizers and soft strings, while Japanese singer Kazu Makino's thin voice has become a ghostly moan on the grandiose opener and title track of the New York trio's seventh full-length release, 23. Their last one, 2004's Misery Is a Butterfly, was a lovely throwback to the dream-pop heyday of the Cocteau Twins and Lush. This one presses further down that road, only with a more experimental streak, as cascading guitars, military rhythms, and wobbly melodies shape opulent, otherworldly songs like "The Dress" and "My Impure Hair." --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

As rich and densely layered as their last album, "Misery Is A Butterfly", but the overall mood of wistfulness, melancholy, and regret has been replaced by one of mystical wonder and renewed energy. "It's art music and heart music, with equal appeal to a Serge Gainsbourg fan as to a Sonic Youth fan, without ever sounding like either act" - LA Times.

Customer Reviews:

Bubblegum Pop for a Dying Star.......2007-07-15

Are these guys camping out and recording in some sort of mystical glass castle: Melodically pristine, opulent, and delicately humming through colored sunlit skylights that view the shape shifting cosmos, there is something just stretched and unnervingly pure on this utterly dreamy and hypnotizing Blonde Redhead CD. A record, that RARE record that makes loneliness in the dark after midnight make THAT much more sublime sense, as in YES of COURSE I was meant to be here listening to Makino's echoey little-girl voice ring all around me even though its dark in here and the atmosphere is thick: though you'll somehow HEAR the light and SEE a glow--somewhere, anywhere...These are haunted songs after all, angelic, listless, brave. These guys are lit from within, and they can shine through any darkness. Ladytron puts them to bed at night. The Cocteau Twins wake 'em up. Lush, Ride, and My Bloody Valentine drop by for tea and biscuits...and these dappled afternoons get mellow, the world shimmering and pretty. Imagine if Portishead were given magic mushrooms and Lexapro instead of the aged gin and dusty Byron texts they must have stuffed in their backpacks in their trippity hoppity mid-90's escapades, and you'll get some idea whereof I speak.
I enjoy high, lilting, surprising little records like this one; It's short and shimmery and although after every sugary pretty song you expect a downtempo disappointer, a tad a slab of filler, but no, it never comes.

Gorgeous sheets of sound.......2007-07-06

This may be my favorite album of 2007 so far (we still have another 6 months to go!) Gorgeous dream pop that hearkens back to the early 90s shoegazer days. Kevin Shields would be proud. I hear some Cocteau Twins in there somewhere as well, which is why it is the most erotic record that I have heard in a long time. Sit in a room by yourself and let the sounds permeate.

23 is a Keeper!!.......2007-06-27

In my never ending search for new sounds, bands I have not heard I came across this band. Very impressed with their sound, great vocals and the music quite original. At first I was not sure about the female lead vocals but in time it became quite interesting. But also to my surprise, when I thought that only she did the singing, another male vocals came to play which in my opinion made the album much better if for the change of pace alone. Never heard of Blonde Redhead before this and by the time the CD had ended I was definitely sold and bought for. I would rate them higher than a 4 but not quite a 5. This is a very delicately woven endeavor and it shows. Now all I need is to play it at a louder volume with a more concentrated sweet smoke and enjoy the ride, they are a classy act and I am very happy I found them. The sound was tight and the songs interesting and appealing, did not find a bad one to complain about. Like most albums there are standouts but the overall quality of the songs is there. Yes, I know, I am not a professional critic that is able to dissect the songs to their lowest denominator and that knows the history of the band. No. I am an avid fan of good music and believe me when I say it is indeed a rare treat to find an act that deliver the goods. I like to change the famous saying "All Men are equal but some are more equal than others" to "All Bands are equal but some are more equal than others". Blonde Redhead "23" was certainly a good buy, one I am very content with, and when it comes down to it, what more can a music loving consumer wish for?

SWEET EDGE.......2007-06-26

I've never heard of them until lately.

If you like catchy melodies, sweet music and some edge to your music... this is the blonde redhead album to buy. Their earlier albums are raw, less friendly, and less catchy. This album fits into the Cocteau Twins/Sugar Cubes category.

If you're looking for harder stuff like Artic Monkeys, don't buy this album.

Gems: Dr Strangeluv, S.W., 23, Silently, My Impure Hair.

HUUUUUUGE disappointment.......2007-06-18

As a fan of Blonde Redhead's work for quite some time, I bought this as soon as I had money to do so. I was so excited to hear this record. I loved their old stuff, I loved Misery...even with how different it was from the old stuff. It was just so beautifully done, I didn't care. 23, on the other hand, is just plain bad. The music definitely picks up where Misery left off, but it's really boring. The vocals are equally boring. There is no intensity at all to this. Not to mention that there is no artwork really to speak of. The red wrap around banner is pretentious to say the least. Open it up and there's....nothing. No lyrics, no liner notes, nothing to really draw people to actually purchase this, as opposed to downloading it. Then again, the music doesn't really do that, either.

Average customer rating: Swirling Sounds in a Hurricane of Noise with Blonde Redhead's Best Work to date Someone Please tell Amedeo not to sing! "Misery" is a post rock gem. Better Every Time. it's a good one

Misery Is a Butterfly Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blonde Redhead Pocket Symphony La Mia Vita Violenta The Reminder We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank ASIN: B0001EFUJ6 Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. Elephant Woman
2. Messenger
3. Melody
4. Doll Is Mine
5. Misery Is a Butterfly
6. Falling Man
7. Anticipation
8. Maddening Cloud
9. Magic Mountain
10. Pink Love
11. Equus

Album Description

The band's gently mournful economy of style is adorned by a cinematic breadth of instrumentation and by arrangements of rich depth. "Misery..." is a creative leap forward from their last album, "Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons".

Customer Reviews:

Swirling Sounds in a Hurricane of Noise with Blonde Redhead's Best Work to date.......2007-06-21

Blonde Redhead is a name Kazu Makino, Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace came up with supporting New York No wave bands.
Blonde Redhead uses alternative tunings and wall-wall guitar blasts much to the tune of Sonic Youth, but with this release Bonde Redhead has created a sound that is all their own. You won't hear these mix of keyboards, swirling guitars, and precise drumming anywhere else. Especially adding Kazu's and Amadeo's fractured spectral harmonies. Kazu's vocals takes you on a journey with her high soprano and desperte shrieks. Pure glorious beauty.
Amadeo Pace's voice balances out 'Misery Is A Butterfly' as a noble tenor, adding nice variety. I don't mind it as much when he sings with Kazu, but I don't care as much when he sings songs on his own. The 10th track "Pink Love" is a Wonderful song and a Good balance of both singers' voices.
'Misery Is A Butterfly' is Blonde Redhead's fifth album and their first on label 4AD released in 2004.
It took longer for this band to put this album together(Kazu had a accident) - but what I have heard from BR - this is their Best work to date, even compared to their newest release in 2007 "23"-
This one here is full of charm with it's wonderful strings, gorgeous instrumental flourishes and keyboards.
Blonde Redhead has found their true sound with 'Misery Is A Butterfly' - Darkly romantic and atmospheric, a kind of sadness in some ways.
If you are new to Blonde Redhead I suggest getting this one first. It is better then earlier 90s releases of theirs.
-Favorite track- the closer "Equus" - A burst of joyful disstressed energy from Kazu. Simply Brilliant.

Someone Please tell Amedeo not to sing!.......2007-03-30

This could have been an absolutely AMAZING album. Unfortunately, it is
not. Blonde redhead is one of those bands where the vocal duties are shared. In this case, it is between Amedeo Pace (voice,words, guitar, baritone guitar) and Kazu Makino (voice, words, clavinet, guitar). Each of these individuals have very unique voices and a tendency for atonal, off-key lamenting. Kazu voice is unique and interesting in a way that seems that transcend its inherent limitations. Amedeo's voice, on the other hand, is just plain awful. It sounds like some random idiot singing in the shower- the voice of someone who thinks they can sing but cannot. It is nasaly, whiny, completely off-key (flat) and utterly irritating. If anyone thinks differently, they have let too many positive reveiws skew their perception of his flawed singing. This is a shame because this completely obliterates the otherwise fantastic instrumentation on the songs in which he sings. It is like listening to a beautiful melody with the teakettle whisting in the foreground - it isn't cool, artsy, or edgy...it is just ridiculously annoying. It almost sounds as though he is deliberately trying to sound as bad as possible. Contrary to what many of you hipsters may think, it is not cool, sexy, avant-garde, mysterious, or in any way interesting to sing like a tone-deaf wounded animal.

Let's review:
The instrumentation- very complex and beautiful.
Kazu's vocals- unique and somewhat atonal but very ethereal and complimentary to the instrumentation.
Amedeo's vocals- unique... as in uniquely bad. His voice greatly detracts from what would otherwise be a truly amazing record.

I truly hope that someone will eventually tell Amedeo that he cannot sing and that his vocals DESROY otherwise beautiful songs. Please let Kazu handle all of the vocal duties from now on. It is the attributes of her voice and the instrumentation that sell records.

"Misery" is a post rock gem........2006-11-21

I first heard "Elephant Woman" on the film "Hard Candy." The melody and dreamy voice haunted me for days. I decided to pick up this album for that song alone. I am so glad that I did that for the rest of "Misery" is just as superlative. BR sounds like Sonic Youth doing Trip-Hop.

Better Every Time........2006-09-01

As I've been buying Blonde Redhead records since their self-titled LP came out, I almost negected to listen to "Misery is a Butterfly" out of pretentious, pre-emptive boredom.

I have to admit: This is an incredible record. The first time I heard it, I was turned off by how massive and polished it sounded compared to their prior records. As a big fan of "Fake Can Be Just As Good" this is not what I ussually look for in a Blonde Redhead Album. This is a massive, solid and majestic record that easily creates its own universe.

One of the concerns that I've heard is that each song captures a particular mood so perfectly, that after a while, all of the songs can begin to meld, and the whole album may begin to feel like one really long song.

Don't worry though, whenever you're in the mood to listen to this record, it will probably be because of it's abillity to maintain a dark, dreamy and romanticzed vibe for 40 minutes straight; not in spite of it.

"Misery", like "Damaged Lemons" before it, finds the band becoming more and more interested in straighter pop, more traditional songwriting, and smoother arrangements. In this vein, "Misery is a Butterfly" is a much greater success.

I don't know what misguided A&R stooge picked "Equus" as a single. Any other song would have provided a more honest glimpse of what the record is all about. It is the one occasion on "Misery" where the band seems insincere. It appears that they made a misguided effort to be "current" and conform to the pseudo-'hipster' conventions that have been established by artists that they've influenced themselves.

Although they're plauged by some small degree of inconsistency, Blonde Redhead are sure to continue releasing some of the most timeless music available today.

it's a good one.......2006-07-29

Do you really need another person to tell you how great this album is? Probably not. You should definitely pick this up. The songs have plenty of minor key goodness, with cool beats,and; this one is a big selling point for me, they don't sound like anyone else. The only reason this fell short of a 5 is that a couple of songs with the guy singing are stinkers, but this definitely does not detract too much from the overall worth of the album.

If you are into female vocally type acts (there's two singers here, but the girl is better), this will be a refreshing change, and you'll probably like it alot.

Average customer rating: After 5 years.. Unlike any album youve bought this year. Best Album i've heard in a long time. Amazing album A rare beauty

Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: La Mia Vita Violenta Blonde Redhead Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) 604 Witching Hour ASIN: B00004SW9X Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

1. Equally Damaged
2. In Particular
3. Melody Of Certain Three
4. Hated Because Of Great Qualities
5. Loved Despite Of Great Faults
6. Ballad Of Lemons
7. This Is Not
8. A Cure
9. For The Damaged
10. Mother
11. Bonus Track 1

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New York City's Blonde Redhead developed a reputation as Sonic Youth imitators, because their sound originally depended on the same discordant guitar points and sexless machinelike rhythms. But over the course of five albums, they've grown out of that heady shadow. Incorporating sinister keyboards, conventional melodic guitar lines, and a stronger grasp of songwriting ("Melody of Certain Three," among others, is hummable), Blonde Redhead is emerging from the underground rock world with a sound that mixes dissonant alt-rock ("For the Damaged") with space-age pop grace ("Ballad of Lemons") and orchestral ambitions ("Loved Despite Great Faults"). Mixed louder than the usual indie release, the atmospheric lead vocals of Kazu Makino bring the imagistic lyrics to the fore. "Hated Because of Great Qualities" builds into a teetering seesaw of notes while Makino admits, "It never meant a thing. So be it," with Godardian detachment. Definitely one of the more noteworthy bands that have slowly been growing into a diverse and formidable act. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

After 5 years.........2007-06-30

.. Of friends and strangers recommending i listen to BRH i finally was casually forced into listening to this album.. start to finish. And let me just say, i was moved. I've heard one or two songs of theirs before but thought nothing of it, however while listening to this album on the way back from a weekend beach vacation, completely relaxed and happy, i couldn't believe how fantastic it was. I rushed out and bought it for myself less than a week later and i'm in love. This album is constucted so beautifully, so poetically.. It's magic. I'm overwhelmed with it's composition and melody. BUY THIS ALBUM. nowww!!

Unlike any album youve bought this year........2007-01-08

You will not regret buying this album. From the first song to the last youll be caught up in Kazu's voice or entraced my the melody.No song is like the other on this cd, making every song unique and beautiful. My favorite song on this cd is A Cure by far, but not far behind In Particular and melody of certain three.

Best Album i've heard in a long time........2006-11-15

Buy it. You won't regret it. This is what music should be.

Melody of certain three is priceless (track 3).

Amazing album.......2005-08-30

Most bands write songs. With Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blonde Redhead wrote and album. All the songs were masterfully put together. When you sit down to listen to this album, the songs blend in, creating juxtoposition or accentuating the previous song's great qualities. Kazu Makino's voice is hypnotic, a voice that can easily be compared to Thom Yorke's. The solitary piano in "mother" is intricately laced with her voice, and produces a great ending to the album. An amazing must have, music came back to life for me when i heard this album. Captivating from start to finish, you will not regret purchasing this album.

A rare beauty.......2004-01-09

I bought my first album ("Court of the Crimson King") back in 1969. I have collected well over a thousand records and CD's since then, but few have affected me as much as this one has. This CD has an ethereal beauty which is difficult to describe; the vocals and music merge seamlessly to create some magic! Do yourself a favor and buy this.

Average customer rating: Puts You In a Trance Loved Despite Great Faults Dissonant, meditative Blonde Redhead aren't blonde at all the beauty...

La Mia Vita Violenta Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: Smells Like Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blonde Redhead Secret Society of Butterflies Silent Shout Secret Name Come on Die Young ASIN: B00005Y7KP Release Date: 1995-09-04

Tracks:

1. (I am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off
2. Violent Life
3. U.F.O.
4. I Am There While You Choke On Me
5. Harmony
6. Down Under
7. Bean
8. Young Neil
9. 10 Feet High
10. Jewel

Album Description

On their sophomore album, Blonde Redhead streamline the beautiful ballast of their debut into a feral flow as focused as it is furious. An upgrade in production values this time around doesn't stifle the energy, and greatly enhances the increasingly sophisticated interplay between intstruments and voices. If the debut announced their arrival, La Mia Vita Violenta cemented their (rightful) place at the table.

Customer Reviews:

Puts You In a Trance.......2007-01-08

This album is essential. Blonde Redhead play it even better live.

Loved Despite Great Faults.......2005-01-18

Like many great and influential bands - Led Zepelin, The Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Sleater-Kinney - on first listen, you may find the vocals irritating (much like Squeaky Fromme singing love ballads to Charles Manson)... until by the third listen you realize the genius of it. But while you were trying to wrap your head around the vocals, the guitars and melody lines have gotten you hooked like crackhead to 'pipe and there's no going back. Beware, one Blonde Redhead CD will have you buying all 20 and wanting more. La Mia Vita Violente is the gateway drug.

Dissonant, meditative.......2003-07-15

This album is brilliant. If you enjoyed Loveless from My Bloody Valentine or Goo or Dirty from Sonic youth, you'll probably like La Mia Vita Violenta. It has a great balance of slow dreamy numbers and ear drum popping rockers. I saw Blonde Redhead a couple of weeks ago in San Francisco and they blew me away. The songs that they performed form this album were particularly good. For three skinny little people, they sure know how to make a lot of noise.

Blonde Redhead aren't blonde at all.......2000-11-30

I don't remember why I got this album. Like most great finds I think I heard a track on the college radio and went to purchase it immediately. They have been known to rock on this one like Dirty-era Sonic Youth. "I Still Get My Rocks Off" and "I am There While You Choke On Me" absolutely kick. The quieter stuff is hypnotic. I added "Young Neil" for a friend's compilation tape just for one amazing chord change deep into the song. If you're reading this you're most likely a fan of experimental guitar rock. This album does not disappoint! PS- The songs sound even better live.

the beauty..........2000-02-21

this band, and especially kazu's vocals, carry an exquisite beauty that is indescribable in the english language. i went to see them live in cleveland and they cancelled due to illness. my heart was shattered. if anyone knows of shows coming up, or a way to get info, get me at why.who@mailcity.com

Average customer rating: Consistently decent WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GUY? Do It All Again Bleu One Big Highlight Bleu = Phat

Redhead Bleu Manufacturer: Red Int / Red Ink ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alpacas Orgling Presents Author Unknown Owsley Can You Still Feel? Solid State Warrior ASIN: B000095J1T Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. Get Up
2. I Won't Go Hollywood
3. That's When I Crash
4. We'll Do It Again
5. Searchin' For The Satellites
6. Could Be Worse
7. Watchin' You Sleep
8. Something's Gotta Give
9. Somebody Else
10. You Know, I know, You Know.
11. Trust Me
12. 3's A Charm

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It probably didn't take Bleu brainchild James McAuley III too much effort to entice reclusive Jellyfish frontman Andy Sturmer out of hiding to co-write and sing backup on "Could Be Worse," so potent are the hooks and cascading harmonies on his second full-length album. With Semisonic's Dan Wilson joining the Boston rocker on "Something's Gotta Give," Redhead is an all around power-pop treat with enthusiastic nods to AM radio mainstays like Badfinger and Supertramp, and warm, playful songs like "I Won't Go Hollywood" and "Could Be Worse." "Something Else," which also appears on the Spider Man soundtrack, is an obvious high point, but so is the surging ballad "We'll Do It All Again" and the hidden track "Dance Dance Baby Doll Dance." --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Consistently decent.......2007-07-09

Nothing stands out as being exceptionally good, or exceptionally bad. I can groove to some of the tunes, but I don't think I'd miss the CD if I lost it.

WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GUY?.......2006-06-02

This CD suprized me by blowing my doors off - if I had doors, that is. Thanks to the "Customers who bought this item also bought..." option. I saw this CD listed under two of my fav bands - Jellyfish and Owsley. WARNING - don't listen to this if getting songs stuck in your head for days and days is an issue for you. It's inevitable. Bleu has gained a forever fan in me. Now just play some live gigs in NYC soon!

Do It All Again Bleu.......2006-03-21

I bought a copy for a friend recently and she said "His music sounds so fresh and it's so singable. The lyrics are meaty, too, not just fluffy pop. I'm kind of obsessing over this music right now--which is fun! Thanks so much... I'd like to see him in concert sometime." I had this album for a year before I really got into it, since it takes a couple of listens to really appreciate. At first listen I really liked We'll Do It All Again, and put it onto my MP3. A year later I finally got the album out again and it bleu me away. I realize that there is something slightly Barry Mannilowish about We'll Do It All Again, because he has some lungs, not because of style or anything. He reminds me more of Jellyfish, or They Might Be Giants. Some songs are so pathetic, vulnerable, and a little too honest for comfort as far as lyrics go, but they are energetic and hopeful in their delivery. Anyone who appreciates art for arts sake will probably like this album. The songwriting is superb and precisely produced. The second hidden track is a real gem, that you don't need to relate to in order to appreciate. The lyrics are clever and fun even though several songs have a theme of loneliness.

One Big Highlight.......2006-01-29

"Could Be Worse" is the standout track; the rest is OK but undistinguished. I'm writing the review mainly so I stop getting this CD recommended every time I buy another power pop album.

Bleu = Phat.......2005-06-15

Any fan of power pop needs to purchase this cd. Bleu is the Cheap Trick/Knack of the new millenium. Every song on this thing is great. I got it used on here for about $1.75...total bargain! I haven't stopped listening to it since.

Average customer rating: Sounds like they just wanted to destroy something beautiful groovy Blonde Redhead's growing pains good, but lacks something Glorious!!

In An Expression of the Inexpressible Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: La Mia Vita Violenta Blonde Redhead We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Shut Up I Am Dreaming Rather Ripped ASIN: B000009T1V Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

1. Luv Machine
2. 10
3. Distilled
4. Missile ++
5. Futurism Vs. Passeism Part 2
6. Speed X Distance = Time
7. In An Expression Of The Inexpressible
8. Suimasen
9. Led Zep
10. This Is For Me And I Know Everyone Knows
11. Justin Joyous

Customer Reviews:

Sounds like they just wanted to destroy something beautiful.......2005-04-20

For me, Blonde Redhead at their best conjures images of deranged looking Japanese scientists in pristine white lab coats hovering over my hospital bed, grinning like Cheshire kittens whilst allowing the hypodermic needles in their hands to drip some kind of poison onto the floor.

Let's put the Sonic Youth comparisons to rest by just saying that for one, Kazu Makino whomps Kim Gordon's ass as far as listenability goes, and for some that might be saying something. Kazu's ability to pitch her voice up into that weird hesitate-to-call-it-a-falsetto-but-for-lack-of-a-better-word thing she does is a big part of the magnetism of Blonde Redhead's unique sound.

The best moments on this record come when Blonde Redhead are at their most twistedly melodic. The overdriven miasma of guitar that is "Distilled" will lope through your head for days like a wounded deer; "Suimasen" is surgeon's background music for a back alley abortion; "Futurism vs. Passeism Pt. 2" is a floaty, repetitive sound collage of guitar spackled with spoken word snippets doctored up to sound like they were pulled from the AM radio waves.

The worst moments on this record comprise the entire 6:00 or so of the title track, "In An Expression of the Inexpressible," and the rest of the album is fairly hit-or-miss.

They're not the most consistent of bands -- as others have said, they lend themselves more to mixtapes than anything else. As ridiculous as it seems to suggest, a 'Best Of,' done well, would encapsulate them better than any of their albums proper. As it is, though, they are one of few bands out there worth exploring despite their inconsistency.

Their latest, "Misery is a Butterfly" has very little guitar but is still quite listenable and considerably poppier than this record. If "In An Expression..." didn't fly your kite, try "Butterfly."

groovy.......2004-11-30

I dont think the Sonic Youth comparisons are really accurate, this band has a sound of their own. I would recomend it to anyone that likes My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab or (yeah) Sonic Youth

Blonde Redhead's growing pains.......2004-08-24

Might be described as a transitional album. Worth owning for the song "Distilled" alone. It feels rougher to me than other BR albums -- much less poppy than Damaged Lemons and more awkward in the vein of their first two. Still -- excellent if you enjoy their sounds.

good, but lacks something.......2003-11-11

This album was made in the transition between when the group abandoned bass and before realizing a fuller sound using additional musicians and studio trickery with "Melody of..." and their latest gem "Misery Is A Butterfly". Subsequently, it's quite an intersting record, with alot of good ideas, but it lacks a certain fullness that prevents it from being their best as other people have put it. As I said, the actual songs are mostly pretty good---intriguing dischordant melodies, distant detached thin vocals, left-of-center electronics and percussion, and an overall feeling of 'the inexprssible' and disconnectedness--but I found myself wishing there would be more layers to fully realize the potential of these songs. The production is too sparse for my tastes. Maybe I'm just more of a newer-Blonde Redhead fan. There is something of a no-wavish meets art-punk contrast in the arrangements that makes it cool, but if you're looking for a bigger and bolder version of Blonde, I recommend 'Misery Is A Butterfly' instead.

Glorious!!.......2003-05-12

This is just an incredible album, like all of the rest of their stuff. It took me awhile to start enjoying them. The dissonant guitars made me think they were biting Sonic Youth. But after a few listens I realized that they are very different. While Sonic Youth at their best relied on distortion and improvisation, Blonde Redhead writes non-traditional and dissonant melodies and uses lots of unique time signatures. But there's not a whole lot of improv there. I'd say they had more in common with Don Caballero than Sonic Youth.

If that sounds like your bag, get this record. It's wonderful, exhilarating, and totally unique. My favorite is the great drum line and cracking vocals that is track 4.

And if you have a chance, see them live. They are one of the best performing bands you'll ever see.

Average customer rating: the art of noise Great Music, Mediocre Recording How can anything sound so much like SY and still be great? What a debut! brilliant moody spacey tight nyc post rock

Blonde Redhead Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: Smells Like Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: La Mia Vita Violenta Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? New Moon Secret Society of Butterflies Sound of Silver ASIN: B0000030KG Release Date: 1995-01-19

Tracks:

1. I Don't Want U
2. Sciuri Sciura
3. Astro Boy
4. Without Feathers
5. Snippet
6. Mama Cita
7. Swing Pool
8. Girl Boy

Customer Reviews:

the art of noise.......2004-08-17

can't escape the Sonic Youth comparisons when talking about Blonde Redhead...that's just how it goes. this cd comes across as a young band trying to emulate their guitar abusing heroes, but there also seems to be some elements of Can (who sonic youth also love). the sound here is okay. but the songs don't fare so well over time. i bought this cd when it first came out because i was intrigued by the band's name. i listened to it a few times and i've pulled it off my shelf once in awhile and it always just seems kind of "there." there are some interesting moments of good tension and dynamics as in "Mama Cita" and "Swing Pool." but those kind of moments are overshadowed by the face that another NYC noise rock band (can you take a guess who?) have done it all before bigger and better.

Great Music, Mediocre Recording.......2000-07-31

Blonde Redhead makes excellent music. This album is a collage of feelings swarming around in both words and music, as are the other B.R. albums. I have to admit, though, that this has the worst sound quality of any of their work. The guitars are muffled, the voice too quiet at times, and the bass sometimes indistinguishable. Despite these technical problems, though, the songs still come across as great. The album is excellent and worth buying, along with all B.R,'s others. Their resemblance to Sonic Youth is small. Kim Gordon and Kazu Makino sound almost identical when they sing loud, but I've never heard Kim Gordon scream... I mean ACTUALLY SCREAM in a song, as Makino does in Astro Boy. The effect is huge, and the emotion invoked by this band is nothing compared to the rambling commentaries of Sonic Youth.

How can anything sound so much like SY and still be great?.......2000-02-10

I love how it starts. I love how you're thrown immediately into the opaque smoke of a dark, empty club. There's some screaming, and suddenly you're on the Sonic Youth Express into the tunnel voice of Kim Gordon. But I'm not criticizing - it's the same and yet different, SY but with better songs. If you could mix the best parts of "A Thousand Leaves" with "Dirty", here's where you'd be. Floating, falling, colliding, and repacking your chute with extra fat bass strings for the next trip. As with the Youth, it is the songs that stand on their own. It wouldn't matter who played them, they'd get any crowd throbbing. Unexpected bridges make you forget the chorus you promised you'd always remember, and suddenly the song is fading. Happy / sad, swirling in a marble cake of feedback and vocals, express the only true anguish ever heard in a rock song.

What a debut!.......1999-06-05

This is a magnificent album that mesmerizes me. In fact, it's so hypnotic for me that when I got it yesterday and listened to it, it had a very relaxing effect on me. I don't know if it would have that effect on everybody--it would probably jar most--but if experimental music and noise don't usually jar you, this album will relax you. Oh yeah--and the songs are incredible. I know people have compared them to Sonic Youth--and if you like SY, you'll probably like this--but Blonde Redhead certainly has a sound all their own and it's simply stunning.

brilliant moody spacey tight nyc post rock.......1998-06-23

brilliant moody spacey tight nyc post rock see also unwound, and versus.

Average customer rating: here's where I started i have to wonder... Good can be just as fake It made me a fan The least of the Blonde Redhead catalog.

Fake Can Be Just As Good Blonde Redhead Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: La Mia Vita Violenta Blonde Redhead Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) Washing Machine "turn it up faggot" ASIN: B0000019LV Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

1. Kazuality
2. Symphony Of Treble
3. Water
4. Ego Maniac Kid
5. Bipolar
6. Pier Paolo
7. Oh James
8. Futurism Vs. Passeism

Customer Reviews:

here's where I started.......2005-11-07

Funny, a lot of people are warning new listeners away from this album...but this is where I started -- and I would describe myself as a serious fan (of all their work). Starting someone out on "Certain Damaged Lemons" may be a surefire way of producing another convert, but they'd be a little misled about where the band's sound is coming from if they were compelled to dig into the back catalog.

"Fake" is a cusp where the band began moving towards the textural brilliance of later recordings. Yet it's still possessed of the scintillating no-wave-ish guitar that characterized their initial recordings.

Maybe I love it for partially nostalgic reasons, but even when I revisit it in search of faults it rocks my socks off!

i have to wonder..........2004-08-17

is this title in reference to all the Sonic Youth comparisons the band must receive on a daily basis? Blonde Redhead have never really made me crazy. they have some good songs and some good ideas. but i can't shake the obvious copycat syndrome. it's like, who is better...AC/DC or Rhino Bucket? know what i mean?
but...this cd is okay. the layout and design be hideous stank rotten, though. next...

Good can be just as fake.......2003-08-04

I'm reviewing to add that this album is excellent, though it was a sleeper for me, having it for a month before I could even try listening to it a second time. The last BR album I had bought before this was "Mia Vita Violenta..." which I liked pretty much instantaneously. I guess that means that the two albums are pretty different. This album has a fairly consistent tone and sound, much like their first album. Feedback, distortion and jangled melodies give rise to Sonic Youth comparisons. (In fact one song has a chord progression that sounds just like a SY song, though I can never figure out which song.) The thing I like the best about this album is that it's packed with raw agression and energy and doesn't loosen its grip. If you like that, then I HIGHLY suggest PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, which sounds a bit like an ambush by rocket launcher.

It made me a fan.......2001-12-08

A few years ago, before I knew that BR had released earlier albums that sounded a lot like Sonic Youth, (which is not a bad thing) I saw that BR was coming to Boise. Fake had just come out, so I bought the CD a couple days before the concert. I became an instant fan and their concert was as good as the album. While I like all of their albums, this one is so unique that I really have nothing to compare it to. It is easily one of my favorite indie rock albums.

The least of the Blonde Redhead catalog........2001-05-29

Least lovely, least exceptional, least consistent, just least solid all around. Even at the peak of my BR obsession, I rarely listened to this album all the way through. My guesstimate is that after their first two more Sonic Youth-y albums the band was deliberately trying to change their sound, to move their unique song structures closer to something a little more rocking. Note the guest addition of Vern Rumsey from Unwound on this album. The album is more aggressive than the earlier two, but doesn't seem to go far enough. (After this album BR seem to more actively embrace the pop element and tweak their sound around that center, to wonderful effect.) But despite all my gripes, I must concede that there are some fantastic moments on this album - specifically the amazing "Symphony of Treble," which is still one of their best songs and which could be reason enough to snatch this disc up. But trust me, get everything else BR put out first.

Average customer rating: Tony Award for Best Musical ? How could they...? GREAT Performers better than the material. Commendable Memorial to Gwen Verdon, but . . . Redhead Remastered is a Musical Theatre Joy!

Redhead (1959 Original Broadway Cast) Albert Hague , Dorothy Fields , and Gwen Verdon Manufacturer: Fynsworth Alley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hallelujah, Baby! (1967 Original Broadway Cast) Raisin (1973 Original Broadway Cast) Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast) The Happy Time (1968 Original Broadway Cast) Fiorello! (1959 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00008QSC3 Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. The Simpson Sisters
3. The Right Finger of My Left Hand
4. Just For Once
5. I Feel Merely Marvelous
6. The Uncle Sam Rag
7. Erbie Fitch's Twitch
8. She's Not Enough Woman for Me
9. Behave Yourself
10. Look Who's in Love
11. My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me
12. Dream Dance (Essie's Vision)
13. Two Faces in the Dark
14. I'm Back in Circulation
15. We Loves Ya, Jimey
16. Pick-Pocket Tango
17. I'll Try
18. Chase and Finale

Customer Reviews:

Tony Award for Best Musical ? How could they...?.......2006-06-29

I still can't believe that this musical made it for the Tony as Best Musical. Most probably Miss Verdon was marvelous in the theatre production, but as this is an opinion for the soundtrack, I may say that I found it awfully boring and quite dissapointing. Once you listen to the album, it's difficult to remember one single tune since they simply respond to the most conventional clichés for a musical. I wouldn't recommend it except to fanatic collectors of Tony award winners.

GREAT.......2005-09-21

Excellent service, timing, etc. One of my very favorite Broadway scores and delighted to find it.

Performers better than the material........2004-09-02

Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley give fine performances here but the material is decidedly second-rate.

Though the show won the 1959 Tony award it has never been revived and will probably NEVER see a full-scale revival.

The disc is for musical theatre completists only.

Commendable Memorial to Gwen Verdon, but . . ........2004-07-01

Being a fan of Gwen Verdon (I own recordings of every Broadway show she's appeared in), I am grateful to Fynsworth Alley for reissuing REDHEAD, especially because - except for Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley - musically it has so little to offer. I don't doubt that it was deserving of the Tony Awards it received, but 1959 was a dreary year for musicals on Broadway. I'm sure both she and Kiley (I have all of his shows as well) were fine, but I imagine it was Bob Fosse's direction and choreography that kept the show going. It certainly wasn't the score.

Previous reviewers have called the score "beguiling" or listed the "gems." Frankly, I find most of the songs either derivative or exceptionally dull. The scores for both GOLDILOCKS and FLOWER DRUM SONG, also from 1959, are far superior. I would have preferred a reissue of NEW GIRL IN TOWN from 1958 which also won Tonys for Best Musical and for Best Actress (Verdon), as well as best featured actress, the wonderful Thelma Ritter. Bob Merrill wrote an excellent score that contains nemerous "gems". Perhaps Fynsworth Alley or DRG will get around to bringing back this show, one of the many shamelessly deleted by RCA.

Amazon lists Varese as the reissuing company, but it fact it was remastered and released by Fynsworth Alley. Their website is currently undergoing reconstruction, so keep checking them out. It's the only available outlet for Marc Blitzstein's JUNO, a superb score featureing Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas. BUY IT!!

All said, REDHEAD is an important show and worthy of this fine reissue. It's an important document of both Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley and the heady days of the book musical. May Vernon's and Fosse's stars shine brightly forever.

Redhead Remastered is a Musical Theatre Joy!.......2003-06-04

Redhead won 1959 Tony Awards for Richard Kiley, Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse, and Best Musical. A star vehicle for triple threat Verdon, Redhead edged out Flower Drum Song to become the hit of the 1959 theatre season. With a score by legends Albert Hague(Plain and Fancy) and Dorothy Fields(Sweet Charity, Seesaw), Redhead is the story of a simple English girl(Verdon) who gets caught up in a murder mystery and eventually swept off her feet by a heroic American, Tom Baxter(Kiley). The score features beautiful love songs(Look Who's in Love), comic duets(Behave Yourself, She's Not Enough Woman for Me) and good old fashioned fun from the Golden Age of Broadway(The Uncle Sam Rag, Erbie Fitch's Twitch, and I'll Try). This CD is a wonderful representation of a world and genre of musical theatre that has since passed us by. Any fans of the Golden Age of Broadway will not regret purchasing this CD. Beautifully remastered by Bill Meade and Fynsworth Alley, the orchestrations and vocals sound as fresh as ever- Redhead has never been heard like this before! Generously included are three handpicked songs that were cuts during tryouts. "You Love I"(a charming song for Tom and Essie), "It Doesn't Take A Minute"( a solo for Essie) and the brilliantly clever and catchy "What Has She Got" (delivered by Faith Prince and a supporting cast). Any lover of Broadway would be mistaken not to purchase this remastered CD of one of Broadway's most charming Tony winners. You will fall in love with Redhead!

Average customer rating: The picture

100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music | Contemporary Christian | Gospel Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Heritage of Hymns: Classic Recordings of the Great Songs of Faith and Inspiration Abide with Me and other favourite hymns Best Loved Hymns Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral Hymns Triumphant 1 & 2 ASIN: B00008GEKT Release Date: 2003-04-14

Tracks:

1. Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
2. Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
3. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
4. This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
5. Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
6. God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
7. Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
11. Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
12. Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
13. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
14. Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
15. There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
16. Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
17. Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
18. New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
19. Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
20. O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
2. Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
3. In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
4. Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
5. Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
6. Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
7. At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
8. To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
9. Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
10. Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
11. Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
12. He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
14. Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
15. This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
16. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
17. Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
18. Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
19. O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
20. Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

1. Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
2. Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
3. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
4. Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
5. O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
6. O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
7. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
8. We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
9. Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
10. Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
11. Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
12. O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
13. O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
14. O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
15. Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
16. O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
17. Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
18. God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
19. O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
20. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
2. All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
3. Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
4. God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
5. Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
6. Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
7. Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
8. Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
9. Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
10. God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
11. O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
12. Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
13. Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
14. For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
15. Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
16. Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

1. Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
2. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
3. O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
4. O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
5. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
6. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
7. First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
8. Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
9. Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
10. Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
11. On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
12. Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
13. O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
14. Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
15. O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
16. Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

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