| 1. Sno Cat |
| 2. Deep Wilson |
| 3. Snake Oil |
| 4. Vanishing Twin |
| 5. SRB |
| 6. Silver Sun |
| 7. Vitamins V |
| 8. Arnica Montana |
| 9. Milk Street |
| 10. Ether |
Editorial Reviews
Kristin Hersh took the occasion of resurrecting her pioneering alternative band Throwing Muses after a seven-year hiatus to simultaneously issue this hauntingly spare new chapter of her solo career. Bringing her music full circle, it's an effort that offers both stark contrast with the Muses' traditions and a continuation of the acoustic flirtations of 1998's Strange Angels. Colored by Hersh's austere, Ry Cooder-like acoustic guitar and the gorgeous, if all-too-occasional violin flourishes of Andrew Bird, Hersh's breathy, evocative vocals waltz along the edge of the abyss, delivering typically angst-ridden concerns with wry poetic license ("That's the way the cookie bounces") and no small amount of dramatic chutzpah. Hersh has also masterfully tamed her potent vocal quirks here, using them to tease one moment and hypnotize the next. Wed to the delicate musical framework offered up by Giant Sand's Gelb and Bird, it's a moody daydream of an album. --Jerry McCulley
Product Description
First solo acoustic recording since 1998's 'Strange Angels', features a wonderful mix of musicians to accompany her personalized style, including piano by Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) & violin by Andrew Bird (Bowl Of Fire, The Squirrel Nut Zippers). Digipak. 4AD. 2003.
The Grotto,Kristin Hersh,4ad / Ada,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter
The Grotto
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...Waltzing Alone
The Guggenheim Grotto Manufacturer: United For Opportunity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000HWXRDS Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
Tracks:
- Philosophia
- Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue
- Told You So
- Wonderful Wizard
- Rosanna
- I Think I Love You
- Ozymandias
- A Lifetime in Heat
- Koan
- Vertigo
- Cold Truth
- Tromboner
Album Description
...Waltzing Alone is wistful, earnest, heart on your sleeve. It speaks to the collective human soul through themes of love and tragedy to which we can all relate, and treasures the most unassuming moments - painting them as some of the most beautiful in life.At first feeling unoriginal in light of the amount of love songs he turned out for the album, Kevin came to terms with his approach. "The reason love is the greatest theme is that when you're in a relationship, your senses are so heightened; you're lifted out of the banal; you notice more and you see more details," he said. "I think that it's within that idea of a relationship that you learn a lot more about yourself because it's far more dramatic (than normal life) - that's why I write love songs."
...Waltzing Alone features twelve heartfelt tracks, leading with the aforementioned "Philosophia," and into the tale of a first night-swim, "Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue"; what it means to be lovers, "Told You So"; choosing the path of solitude, "Wonderful Wizard"; the chilling yet intimate "Rosanna"; whimsical new love, "I Think I Love You"; inevitability of death based on a Shelley poem of the same title, "Ozymandias"; unfulfilled passion, "A Lifetime in Heat"; a tribute to Leonard Cohen, "Koan"; the Marvin Gaye influenced "Vertigo"; leaving love behind, "Cold Truth"; and finally a simple and lonely piece about the lover who didn't show up, "Tromboner."
Customer Reviews:
Love them.......2007-07-05
A Must Have!.......2007-06-11
Highly Recommended!.......2007-03-03
Beautiful, intelligent music.......2006-12-23
As musicians, these guys are extremely talented, showing mastery as multi-instrumentalists and writing beautiful songs the way it seems like no one writes them any more: songs in 3/4, songs with bridges, etc. (Great live shows, too.) Top that with some beautiful lyrics courtesy of lead singer Kevin May.
"Told You So" is a perfectly crafted pop song. "Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue" is a boogie-fest that ends before you want it to. "I Think I Love You" is a cute country-tinged song about the excitement of new love. "Cold Truth" has to be one of the most beautiful break-up songs ever written. And "Tromboner" sees Mick Lynch, usually the back-up vocal, singing the lyric exactly as a trombonist might play it.
Pure genius, in a beautiful faux-leather cover. Don't wait, buy it today.
Brilliant!.......2006-10-18
They each play several instruments and coninually switch up what they are playing.
Check them out live if you get the chance!
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Great Film Music
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000004265 Release Date: 1996-05-14 |
Tracks:
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Mountain Top And Sunrise
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Prelude
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Grotto
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Salt Slides
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Atlantis
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Giant Chameleon And The Fight
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Shaft And Finale
- The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad: Overture
- The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad: The Duel With The Skeleton
- The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad: Baghdad
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Outer Space
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Radar
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Gort
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: The Robot
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Space Control
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Terror
- The Day The Earth Stood Still: Farewell And Finale
- Fahrenheit 451: Prelude
- Fahrenheit 451: Fire Engine
- Fahrenheit 451: The Bedroom
- Fahrenheit 451: Flowers Of Fire
- Fahrenheit 451: The Road And Finale
- Gulliver's Travels: Overture
- Gulliver's Travels: Minuetto-Wapping
- Gulliver's Travels: Hornpipe
- Gulliver's Travels: Lilliputians 1&2
- Gulliver's Travels: Victory 1&2
- Gulliver's Travels: Escape
- Gulliver's Travels: The King's March
- Gulliver's Travels: Trees
- Gulliver's Travels: The Tightrope
- Gulliver's Travels: Lovers
- Gulliver's Travels: The Chess Game
- Gulliver's Travels: Pursuit
- Gulliver's Travels: Finale
Amazon.com
Captured on this one disc are the great film scores Bernard Herrmann did for several classic science fiction films of the '50s and '60s. Herrmann did not go in for simple atmospherics and cheap orchestral tricks with his music. He knew that the music would have to conjure a mental world all its own. This is especially true in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad". It's a tone poem Rimsky-Korsakov could have written. The best here is "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with its use of the (then) revolutionary theremin. It's a clear masterpiece, all on its own. --Paul CookCustomer Reviews:
The other essential Herrmann CD.......2004-08-25
Unfortunately it is not available as I write this. Last time I visited this Amazon site, there was one CD for sale for almost $60. You'll have to make up your own mind if this music is worth that much to you. I made my choice long ago to own this and keep it in my library, conceivably forever.
With five film scores, 35 tracks and 72 minutes of the most high grade science fiction music, this CD should be considered the definitive source for Bernard Herrmann's non-Hitchcock film scores. Not only did he conduct the National Philharmonic Orchestra in these recordings, the composer approved of the Phase 4 recording and mixing. It is, as the notes say, a unique listening experience.
I have found this CD to be a constant source of imagination, vision and scope in film music that still has no peer 30 years after its production. The opening sequence to "Journey To The Center of the Earth" is better than it ever was in the theater, where the music was a hackneyed backdrop to an incredilbe film. In this CD, the music dwarfs the film action.
My favorite sequence in this issue is Herrmann's work for the Ray Bradbury novella "Fahrenheit 451", which was recast in some minds recently when "Fahrenheit 911" appeared in theaters throughout the country.
Every bit of the miracle of that little film is projected through this eerily wonderful music, which seems to comprise a world of its own. The sections help recall Sontag's first trip on the fire engine, the bedroom fire and the finale.
The lengthiest tract on this disk is the near 27 minute set from the film "Gulliver's Travels". I've never seen the movie but will attest that the music is out of this world in a very British way. This section seems closer to following the musical rules for a suite than any other on this disk.
Decca had the good sense to return the Bernard Herrmann-conducted Hitchcock scores to circulation, so maybe they will do the same with this miraculous disk. Again, the notes are nothing to write home about, but even with that considered no lover of film music or the music of Bernard Herrmann can consider their library complete without this disk.
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The Grotto
Kristin Hersh Manufacturer: 4ad / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007KN39 Release Date: 2003-03-04 |
Tracks:
- Sno Cat
- Deep Wilson
- Snake Oil
- Vanishing Twin
- SRB
- Silver Sun
- Vitamins V
- Arnica Montana
- Milk Street
- Ether
Amazon.com
Kristin Hersh took the occasion of resurrecting her pioneering alternative band Throwing Muses after a seven-year hiatus to simultaneously issue this hauntingly spare new chapter of her solo career. Bringing her music full circle, it's an effort that offers both stark contrast with the Muses' traditions and a continuation of the acoustic flirtations of 1998's Strange Angels. Colored by Hersh's austere, Ry Cooder-like acoustic guitar and the gorgeous, if all-too-occasional violin flourishes of Andrew Bird, Hersh's breathy, evocative vocals waltz along the edge of the abyss, delivering typically angst-ridden concerns with wry poetic license ("That's the way the cookie bounces") and no small amount of dramatic chutzpah. Hersh has also masterfully tamed her potent vocal quirks here, using them to tease one moment and hypnotize the next. Wed to the delicate musical framework offered up by Giant Sand's Gelb and Bird, it's a moody daydream of an album. --Jerry McCulleyAlbum Description
First solo acoustic recording since 1998's 'Strange Angels', features a wonderful mix of musicians to accompany her personalized style, including piano by Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) & violin by Andrew Bird (Bowl Of Fire, The Squirrel Nut Zippers). Digipak. 4AD. 2003.Customer Reviews:
grotto songs.......2007-03-26
what you DO get on this disc are Kristin's, as always, inspiring vocals and crusty lyrics, however, each song
is accompanied only by plain acoustic guitar, very nice, but, nothing overly engaging with an occasional piano shade or violin.
If you have good taste...........2006-02-17
The Grotto is a good pick if you are interested in albums that require multiple listens. After a while the songs inhabit your space and you feel like you always knew them. Gelb and Bird's additions to the recording are sublime. The flourishes of piano and violin suit Hersh's voice and guitar perfectly.
found something good........2003-11-30
The first few songs on The Grotto are immediately accessible; they make you wanna press repeat and not continue the album just yet because you've just found somethin' so good. I guiltily, sporadically repeated Sno Cat and Deep Wilson for several days, like I had just discovered some incredible, addictive food I kept plucking out of the kitchen cabinet whenever my willpower couldn't stand to wait anymore. Then, as you go deeper into The Grotto, you connect with all these other incredible songs. Right now, Vitamins V is my favorite. I can't tell you what it's supposed mean because even after dozens+ listens I still get caught up in each and every musical-lyrical moment of the song until I'm spit out on the other side of it; I could care less about the "big meaning." Something with a "mouth full of vodka," a "lukewarm catastrophe," "staring through the fishtank," and "I can't seem to lie to you," all of which only appear as words here uncoverted by her music. But don't be fooled, every single song on this album is its own speechless standout.
I have to disagree with others who say Kristin's voice has lost power with years. On The Grotto, her voice may be scratchier but seems more incredibly commanding and captivating than on her previous works, the perfect remedy for many other streamlined, contemporary vocalists who are still struggling to find new ways to make their one-dimensional angst or love interests not sound regurgitated, while this woman changed the subject years ago. Only Kristin's voice over that guitar, piano, and violin could give these lyrics such life.
Everything this woman has stepped out on her own to do just knocks me over: Hips and Makers, Strange Angels, Sunny Border Blue, and now The Grotto. Even with all the incredible artists on the Just Say Roe compilation, her Hysterical Bending stands out as setting a whole new musical standard you didn't even know existed. Hopefully, one day I can see her live. This woman is of another world, but, god, I'm glad she visited ours.
Amazing.......2003-05-12
Well, it did. It does. Kristin toned things down with this one; it's quiet & thrilling & it overwhelms me. "Deep Wilson" has been stuck in my head for about two months now. This woman can do no wrong.
Gorgeous, Difficult, Thrilling.......2003-04-13
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Il Trionfo Dell'Amore
Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005UCZU Release Date: 2001-11-09 |
Tracks:
- Transformation
- Agis, The Conspirators and the Idea
- March into the Garden
- First Meeting
- Leontine
- Seduction
- Follow That Young...Person
- Revenge
- Agis and the Phocion: The Archery
- I Am Aspasie
- Let Us Not Talk of Love
- Grotto
- Solitary Philosopher
- Vain Fool
- Phocion!
- You Will Hate Me
- Arrival of the Princess (Don Giovanni: Overture)
- Rightful King
- Carriage
- For Paisibles - Cast
- Phocion! (Reprise)
Album Details
2001 Soundtrack Release from the Italian Motion Picture "il Trionfo Dell'amore.
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Back to the Grotto
Mother Hips Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002M8X Release Date: 1995-03-14 |
Tracks:
- Hey Emilie
- Potrero Road
- Run Around Me
- Chum
- Back to the Grotto
- This Is a Man
- Precious Opal
- Two Young Queens
- Stephanie's for L.A.
- Figure 11
- Hot Lunch
- Turtle Bones
Customer Reviews:
Solid Debut .......2006-07-24
As with most debut's, 'Grotto' is rough around the edges, but really adds to the charm. Standout tracks are 'Turtle Bones', 'Precious Opal' and the title track.
This album has grown on me over the years and I was fortunate enough to see this band in the early-early days, and I was blown away. One of the best bar bands to emerge from the 90's.
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Lasso: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum
Manufacturer: Stradivarius ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000N4SA3M Release Date: 2007-05-08 |
Tracks:
- Carmina Chromatico
- Sibylla Persica
- Sibylla Libyca
- Sibylla Delphica
- Sibylla Cimmeria
- Sibylla Samia
- Sibylla Cumana
- Sibylla Hellespontica
- Sibylla Phrygia
- Sibylla Europaea
- Sibylla Tiburtina
- Sibylla Erythraea
- Sibylla Agrippa
- Magnificat 'Praeter Rerum Seriem'
- Introitus: Puer Natus Est
- Alleluia: Dies Sanctificatus
- Sequentia: Natus Ante Saecula
- Communio: Viderunt Omnes Fines Terrae
- In Principio Erat Verbum
Album Description
"The most striking aspect of this new Italian ensemble of eight mixed voices is their restraint. The sound is ineffably hushed, unlike any group I can recall." -- FanfareDe Labyrintho is one of Italy's outstanding Early Music ensembles and their recordings have been greeted with wide acclaim. Orlando di Lasso was one of the leading Renaissance composers. Along with Palestrina he dominated his era, and was the last great composer of the Flemish School. The Prophetiae Sibyllarum ("Prophecies of the Sibyl") are among Lasso's most adventurously chromatic compositions, and apparently date to early in his life.
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Exemplar
Jeremiah's Grotto Manufacturer: Diamante--DNA-- ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00003OPBV Release Date: 1999-11-30 |
Tracks:
- Reach For Light
- Melissa's Decision
- Tumble
- No Justification
- Every Single Day
- 1994
- Melissa's Decision (Radio Version)
- 20/20
- Loss-Impurity
Customer Reviews:
SHOULD BE ON MTV!!!!!!!!!.......2001-10-04
you guys rock!!.......2000-12-03
Great Guys, With Great Music.......2000-07-01
Jeremiah's Grotto Rules!.......2000-05-18
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Steve Potter - Grotto Says!
Manufacturer: Grotto Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006AKZK Release Date: 2002-05-24 |
Tracks:
- My Special Place
- Born Blind
- Hang On Now
- Your Sweet Love
- I Just Keep Lovin' Her
- What Have I Done
- Key To The Highway
- Grotto Says!
- Don't Break My Heart
- G.S. Blues
- When The Saints
Album Description
Swingin' Jump Blues with Big Toned Harp and Guitar
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Fisherman's Grotto
Justin Warfield Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000DEGA Release Date: 1994-01-20 |
Tracks:
- Fisherman's Grotto [Single Remix]
- Fisherman's Grotto [Flex Remix]
- Fisherman's Grotto [Delta House of Funk Vocal Mix]
- B Boys on Acid [Album Version]
- B Boys on Acid [Flex Dub]
- B Boys on Acid [For the Beatniks Instrumental]
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Is This the Way to Amarillo (Santa's Grotto)
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000C1OYVI Release Date: 2005-12-20 |
Album Description
Taken from the album Santa Sings, the title track is backed 'Santa's Christmas Wrap'. Sony. 2005.Rap Music:
- The London Sessions 1973
- The Lost & Found [EP]
- The Need to Feel Alive
- The Singular Adventures of the Style Council
- The Very Best of Supertramp, Vol. 2 [Original recording remastered] [Import]
- The World Tonight [CD-single]
- Tom Verlaine
- Tomcats Screaming Outside
- Treat Her Groovy
- Ultimate Collection
Recommended Music:
XFM's the Remix Album [Import]
Contemporary American Orchestral Miniatures
Hip Jazz Bop: This Is Your Brain
Garbage [Extra tracks] [Import]