Sounds of Liberation

Sounds of Liberation

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Original October 2000 Man's Ruin pressing of the desert rock super group debut album, featuring Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu), Alfredo Hernandez (Kyuss) and Dave Dinsmore (Unida). Highly collectible! Seven tracks in all.

Sounds of Liberation,Che,Man's Ruin,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Sounds of Liberation

Sounds of Liberation
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • How bad do you wanna ROCK?!
  • Excellent Rock record! Can't go wrong....
  • Should be a standard of modern rock.
  • 7 Stars!!!
  • Excellent
 Sounds of Liberation
Che
Manufacturer: Man's Ruin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YWMY
Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

  1. Hydraulicks
  2. The Knife
  3. Pray For Rock
  4. Sounds Of Liberation
  5. Adelante
  6. Blue Demon
  7. The Day The Pirate Retired

Album Description

Original October 2000 Man's Ruin pressing of the desert rock super group debut album, featuring Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu), Alfredo Hernandez (Kyuss) and Dave Dinsmore (Unida). Highly collectible! Seven tracks in all.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars How bad do you wanna ROCK?!.......2007-03-06

Che is a rock music monolith which magnificently stands proud and casts a shadow over anything that purports to be rock. This album soulfully gives itself to trusting ears. It shares the secrets of true rock: No whirling lasers. No blasting sirens. No blinking lights. This is THE GoodStuff.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Rock record! Can't go wrong...........2004-04-06

One of the cool features about buying off Amazon is that they often give you snipets of the album in question you are thinking about purchasing. After hearing the first clip for "Hydraulicks", I added Che' to my cart. I've been a Fu Manchu fan for years and always wondered about Brant Bjork's solo offerings, but I had never heard anything by him. Needless to say, I now own 3 out of his 4 so far. I still need to get "Keep Your Cool".

This record is killer rock music from start to finish. It's got a nice grind at times, it can be kind of funky, it's fast...honestly (and this isn't a bad thing) if you put Scott Hill's vocals in place on a few of these songs, it would be Fu Manchu. For people who dig Fu Manchu it's just another plus. Brant Bjork has surprised me. I always admired his drumming, but I never knew he was such a talented all-around musician as well.

If you are reading the reviews for this album, chances are you are familiar with either Brant Bjork's work with Kyuss, Fu Manchu or the other collaborations he's worked on. Trust the reviews on this page, you'll love this album and you'll crank it up while you're driving down the road with the wind in your face going deaf.

5 out of 5 stars Should be a standard of modern rock........2003-11-28

So the members of this band have previously been in other very awesome rock groups, which led me to expect quality. I wasn't let down and found this record to be different yet has the guitar riffs that remind me of alot of the other desert rock bands. There is no crap or pretentious virtuoso musicianship being displayed here but solid driving rock. There some cool psychedelic effects on the guitar and bass lines here and there and even some brief solos which levels out the sparse change ups of the songs. Brants vocals (as well as his lyrics) are ridiculous at times, like when he uses a line from an NWA song to open Blue Demon. I don't know if its a joke or he's too high to think about it.

5 out of 5 stars 7 Stars!!!.......2003-09-25

This cd rocks really hard! I just saw Brant Bjork play in Hollywood a few weeks ago and I was blown away by his incredible, versatile talent, and really warm presence. The sound feels like a mix of Hendrix, Thin Lizzy, and Brant's own.

If you like any of the desert staples (QOTSA, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, etc.) then get this cd. You will not be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2003-01-11

I had to buy a used copy because they were out of print for awhile......I'm glad to see they are available once again on [Partners &]Amazon, because this is some quality material from true talent. If you dig Kyuss and you dig Brant Bjork's solo album "Jalamanta" (and maybe Brant Bjork & The Operators, although I haven't listened to that one yet), you will get your money's worth with Che. Intense, trippy, positive, and inspired are words I'd use to describe it. Good stuff!
John Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • I was Looking at the Ceiling - Comment
  • This is Not Classical Music; It's Also Not Very Good Pop Music
 John Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B9O9PW
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

  1. I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
  2. A Sermon On Romance
  3. Leila's Song Of The Wise Young Woman
  4. Solo In Sunlight
  5. Donde Estas?
  6. Mike's Song About Arresting A Particular Individual
  7. Tiffany's Solo
  8. Song About The On Site Altercation
  9. Song About The Bad Boys And The News
  10. Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
  11. Consuelo's Dream
  12. Rick's Cross-Examination Of Tiffany And Mike
  13. Song About Law School As The Natural Follow-Up To Jail
  14. Leila's Solo: Alone (Again Or At Last)
  15. Song About The Sweet Majority Population Of The World

Tracks:

  1. Duet: Three Weeks And Still I'm Outta My Mind
  2. Earthquake-Sounds
  3. Earthquake Music
  4. Crushed By The Rock I've Been Standing On
  5. Duet In The Middle Of Terrible Duress
  6. Dewain's Song Of Liberation And Surprise
  7. Este Pais/This Country
  8. One Last Look At The Angel In Your Eyes
  9. Finale

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I was Looking at the Ceiling - Comment.......2007-06-26

Adams shows great versitility in this piece. There are entertaining references to American musicals. The music is, simply, fun to listen too. The voices are excellent, the production is well executed. It has an interesting plot, attractive characters, tunes you can whistle (almost) - what more can you want?

2 out of 5 stars This is Not Classical Music; It's Also Not Very Good Pop Music.......2005-11-11

I admire John Adams immeasurably -- I think his 'Harmonielehre,' for instance, is truly a masterpiece -- although I've had some questions about some of his compositions. Many people think his cantata 'El Niño' is terrific. I think it's claptrap. And this one, I'm sorry to say, is much worse. It is lousy pop music, quasi Broadway, and although it shows that Adams can compose music in several pop styles -- gospel, soul, r&b, blues rock, et al. -- none of it sounds very good. The combo that accompanies the singers sounds like someone's garage band. The pop singers in this recording are primarily European and their accents -- although some are fairly good -- are often jarringly European in what is quintessentially American music.

I freely admit that as an old geezer, I'm not particularly fond of the past twenty-five years of American pop music, and you must take that into account when considering my opinion here. But for those of you who are expecting something along the lines of Adams's better-known works, including his operas, this one is a real shocker. Be warned.

Scott Morrison

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