The London-based trio Placebo carries on the modern-rock banner with this third collection of glam-influenced guitar pop. Black Market Music may not contain anything as immediately catchy as Without You I'm Nothing's "Pure Morning," but the dark hooks of "Taste in Men," "Special K," and "Slave to the Wage," with its Pavement sample, sink in deep after just a few listens. "Spite and Malice," featuring a guest turn from One Inch Punch rapper Justin Warfield, is a surprisingly successful marriage of Britpop and hip-hop, while the moody drone of "Passive Aggressive" showcases the band's more reflective side. And while songs about tumors and hemoglobin threaten to close the album on a lyrically bleak note, two bonus cuts change the mood: a reprise of Without You I'm Nothing's title track with Brian Molko's hero David Bowie joining in on vocals, and a cover of Depeche Mode's "I Feel You." Black Market Music isn't exactly the feel-good album of 2001, but it gives hope to those who still have faith in the future of Britpop. --Bill Forman
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Black Market Music
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Blueprints for the Black Market
Anberlin Manufacturer: Tooth & Nail Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000093FIP Release Date: 2003-05-06 |
Tracks:
- Readyfuels
- Foreign Language
- Change The World (Lost Ones)
- Cold War Transmissions
- Glass To The Arson
- The Undeveloped Story
- Autobahn
- We Dreamt In Heist
- Love Song
- Cadence
- Naive Orleans
Customer Reviews:
1st time is the bomb.......2007-06-06
But the obvious choice for song i press play on over again is "Cadence". Love everything about the song, vocals, background and the overall feel of the song in all aspects. Anberlin is seriously talented and whatever your preference is on music. You can find something from this super talented group on the way up to enjoy over and over again.
PS-also check out "Never Take Friendship Personal" and "Cities" by Anberlin as well. Fantastic 2nd and 3rd releases as well.
Best band ever........2007-04-01
The only songs that I think less than perfectly of are Foreign Language and Glass to the Arson. Other than that this is simply an amazing disc and one that any music lover should own.
"We Dreamt In Heist" did get stuck in my head for the longest time, so watch out for that. ;)
Wow....what an album!!.......2007-01-27
amazing anberlin... what a treat.......2006-06-29
Amazing Band, Amazing Album.......2006-02-22
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Super Black Market Clash
The Clash Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004C4L1 Release Date: 2000-01-25 |
Tracks:
- 1977
- Listen
- Jail Guitar Doors
- City Of The Dead
- The Prisoner
- Pressure Drop
- 1-2 Crush On You
- Groovy Times
- Gates Of The West
- Capital Radio Two
- Time Is Tight
- Justice Tonight/Kick It Over
- Robber Dub
- The Cool Out
- Stop The World
- The Magnificent Dance
- Radio Clash
- First Night Back In London
- Long Time Jerk
- Cool Confusion
- Mustapha Dance
Album Description
Digitally remastered from the original production master tapes, this a reissue of the 1993 retrospective for 'the only band that matters', England's best punk/ new wave group, The Clash. Contains tracks from their 1980 mini-album 'Black Market Clash', plus some other non-album A-sides & B-sides, as well as some rare tracks every true fan needs. 21 tracks in all. 1999 release.Customer Reviews:
"No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones!".......2006-03-21
But, this also has some of Strummer & Company's greatest early-years vocal tracks - "Jail Guitar Doors" (amazing), "Gates Of The West," "Capital Radio Two" (better than the original by far), and "Groovy Times" to name a few. 1977 has to be my favorite song here, simply because it's my personal Clash anthem: the ending of the song has Strummer belting out, "1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 198-FAW!" I don't know exactly what he was talking about, or why he chose to end on 1984....but Joe Strummer counting out from the year of punk rock's birth to the year of my birth? That's awesome enough that I don't need to ask why.
Another standout track is the 8 minute+ "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over." This is an extended studio version of a dub song the Clash played live throughout almost their whole career, "Armaggideon Time," which can finally be found on CD (on the "Live: From Here To Eternity" disc). What an amazingly great song. The groove lulls you in so completely that the false stop halfway through the song is guaranteed to get you every time, even if you've heard it a thousand times like I have by now.
"Mustapha Dance," a dance remix of "Rock The Casbah" that is almost lyricless, as well as "The Cool Out," a completely lyric-free remix of the Sandinista track "The Call Up," really came as a revelation to me. You think of the Clash as being all about the lyrics, so it's weird to discover that they put out dance remixes for borgeouis (sp?) American white kids to dance to, but they did do it--twice. It makes more sense now that I've read the Strummer biography, "Joe Strummer and the Legend of The Clash," by Kris Needs. Kris Needs is a pretty cool guy who, it turns out, provided the howls and various other strange vocal parts ot certain Clash songs. Anyway, the dance remixes make sense for this reason: Strummer was the one behind the lyrics; and while Mick and the others were on board with his politics in the early days of the band, towards the end they just wanted to be rock stars. At the same time, Mick had been to New York City a few times and was becoming a huge fan of the emerging style called hip-hop. So it was natural for Mick to want to make beat-heavy (that is, rap-influenced) and feel-good (i.e., danceable) versions of Clash songs. And that's basically the reason that Joe fired him - he stopped caring about the politics.
I've probably given the wrong impression. You don't have to care about the band's history to enjoy this disc. If you want to own one of the best rarities albums ever released in the history of music, with a good mix of biting social commentary and feel-good party music, then get Super Black Market Clash ASAP.
Eclectic.......2006-02-17
Super Black Market Clash is just the fix for those of you who have already bought the first three CDs (which I recommend doing immediately if you haven't already). It's a great career spanning picture of the most eclectic punk band.
Bankrobber and Armagideon Time would have made it 5.......2005-12-05
However...
The City of the Dead, The Prisoner, Pressure Drop, Groovy Times, Gates of the West, Capital Radio Two, and Stop The World are some of the best Clash tracks I've heard and make this album very enjoyable.
As for the dubs... i can't stand Justice Tonight/Kick it Over, or Robber Dub. The Magnificent Dance is okay but the song really needs lyrics to be good, same with The Cool Out. The Mustafa Dance is an enjoyable dub of Rock The Casbah though
Aggravating!.......2005-07-25
Super Black Market Ripoff.......2005-07-17
The net effect is that to obtain all of the songs on the original record, one must buy multiple CDs, resulting in the repurchase of songs already appearing on the proper Clash albums. The music originally obtainable on a single vinyl LP is now disaggregated and unreasonably expensive to bring back together. Unfortunately, the mishandling of this reissue has made this once great record a shadow of its former self.
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Black Market
Weather Report Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000066T3M Release Date: 2002-06-04 |
Tracks:
- Black Market
- Cannon Ball
- Gibraltar
- Elegant Pepole
- Three Clowns
- Barbary Coast
- Herandnu
Customer Reviews:
Masterpiece.......2007-07-18
Extraordinarily Good!.......2006-04-01
In my opinion, this is the last truly great Weather Report release that explores sound, rhythm and musical settings. The air of mystery is in-tact and the music is both wonderful and remarkably accessible to just about anyone with ears and a sense of rhythm.
This is also Weather Report's strongest lineup in my opinion, with Acuna and Thompson taking care of the percussion section and Alphonso Johnson, who may just be the funkiest bass player alive, continuing to add to the mix on bass.
I love the early Weather Report, I've owned every release. I'm not a real fan of the subsequent releases starting with Heavy Weather. They are ok, but everything that came after this release was akin to simply running in place it would seem.
Black Market is masterpiece #4 in a string of releases that were all fantastic - Sweetnighter, Mysterious Traveler, Tale Spinnin', and Black Market. The first two release are also very good but the band hit full-stride with Sweetnighter.
If you love Heavy Weather, you will love Black Market and should also consider Tale Spinnin' which is close in sound and concept. Work backward from there (Mysterious Traveler, Sweetnighter, I Sing the Body Electric and self titled Weather Report) and discover what the original Weather Report was really all about.
The best band Weather Report had--with or without Jaco.......2006-03-05
But for my money, the best unit Weather Report ever had was the one present on most of this album: Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Joe Zawinul on keyboards and synthesizers (and synthesizers, and synthesizers, and more synthesizers), Alphonso Johnson on bass, Chester Thompson on drums, and Alejandro Neciosup Acuna on percussion. Of all the drummers to play with Weather Report, Chester Thompson was the only one to really light a fire under the rest of the band and push it forward. This is his only studio album with the band and I believe the musicianship is at its highest due to his presence. He and bassist Johnson were apparently good friends and their rapport really propels the band to new rhythmic heights. Then Acuna is great here on auxiliary percussion (Shorter in particular seemed to like him a lot, based on what I've read) though he was never able to push and energize the band in the drum chair that he would occupy for the next album, at least not to the level Thompson does on tracks like "Elegant People." Incidentally, there is some phenomenal live material by this edition of the band on "Live and Unreleased" which begs the question why it wasn't released before, a la "8:30" by a later unit.
To complement the fantastic band assembled here, this album features some of the catchiest and memorable material, if not always the most creative, that the band ever recorded. As mentioned, "Elegant People" cooks and yet is beautiful and funky all wrapped into one package, and it gives Shorter some good solo space. The title track is funky (listen to how well Johnson grooves and even if you've heard Jaco, you won't miss him) and worldly. "Three Clowns" is one of the only ballads the band did that manages to not remind the listener of Kenny G (though it was never Weather Report's fault that some of the ballads did...it's Kenny G's fault for taking this beautiful music and watering it down to fit his utter lack of creativity). Then "Barbary Coast," one of two tracks on which Pastorius plays, features the funkiest bass playing on the planet, while breaking free of any kind of repetition or stagnancy associated with funk bass playing. Taken as a whole, the material on this album tells a story through its world themes and styles, and sound effect transitions. In a musical climate 30 years later which values one-hit wonders surrounded by 19 other fluff songs, this consistent quality and unity of material is extremely refreshing.
I've read that this album isn't considered as accessible as "Heavy Weather" but I wholeheartedly disagree. This music can be appreciated on many levels: it's danceable and funky, non-intrusive, and yet deep enough and done in enough colors to maintain interest. Plus the musicianship is phenomenal. Start here for a good introduction to Weather Report, especially if you are coming from a rock or pop music background.
Short but quite sweet.......2005-09-29
4 stars for great beats but only seven tracks.
70s Jazz Fusion With Sporadic Funky Moments.......2005-06-09
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Black Market Music
Placebo Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005BC2Z Release Date: 2001-05-08 |
Tracks:
- Taste In Men
- Days Before You Came
- Special K
- Spite & Malice
- Passive Aggressive
- Black-Eyed
- Blue American
- Slave To The Wage
- Commercial For Levi
- Haemoglobin
- Narcoleptic
- Peeping Tom
- Without You I'm Nothing (Bonus Track)
- I Feel You (Bonus Track)
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The London-based trio Placebo carries on the modern-rock banner with this third collection of glam-influenced guitar pop. Black Market Music may not contain anything as immediately catchy as Without You I'm Nothing's "Pure Morning," but the dark hooks of "Taste in Men," "Special K," and "Slave to the Wage," with its Pavement sample, sink in deep after just a few listens. "Spite and Malice," featuring a guest turn from One Inch Punch rapper Justin Warfield, is a surprisingly successful marriage of Britpop and hip-hop, while the moody drone of "Passive Aggressive" showcases the band's more reflective side. And while songs about tumors and hemoglobin threaten to close the album on a lyrically bleak note, two bonus cuts change the mood: a reprise of Without You I'm Nothing's title track with Brian Molko's hero David Bowie joining in on vocals, and a cover of Depeche Mode's "I Feel You." Black Market Music isn't exactly the feel-good album of 2001, but it gives hope to those who still have faith in the future of Britpop. --Bill FormanCustomer Reviews:
forerunners of change.......2007-01-01
Where do I start........2006-09-12
In my mind BMM is when Placebo hit their creative peak, Brian Molko was probably at the top of his madness, and at the same time they had matured enough as musicans to create a more complex album which reflected all the things affecting them. The result is a dark, dense, beautiful, haunting album tinted with bits of clautrophobic madness and large dashes of androgeny. The end result is a work that feels timeless.
"Nancy Boy" may be dead according to the band these days, but in the older albums such as this, he is granted a smudge of immortality.
new muse.......2006-08-05
Really 4.5.......2006-01-18
black market rock.......2005-07-22
NB; this cd is a bit heavier then some of placebo's others. maybe thats why it may be a little disappointing to some...
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Silver Bird
Collard Greens & Gravy Manufacturer: Black Market Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002FP3K0 Release Date: 2004-06-21 |
Tracks:
- Worried Now
- Love Me Right
- Go Back To Your Used To Be
- Silver Bird
- What You Do To Me
- Man Trouble Blues
- Standing On A Limb
- Driving All Night Long
- I Wanna Ramble
- Bluff City Blues
- Mistreated
- Gotta See Ya
Customer Reviews:
Collard Power Baby.......2005-04-24
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Better Than a Killer
Black Market Radio Manufacturer: Slugfest Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SQLCI0 Release Date: 2007-08-07 |
Tracks:
- Wave
- Warned You
- Better Than A Killer
- Good Riddance
- Link
- Big Stones
- Fight Of Your Life
- Gone Ten
- Suicide Parlour
- Broken Ornament
- Ghost
- Better Than A Killer - (edit mix)
Album Description
This debut full-length features lead singer and guitarist Peter Cornell (brother of Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave; former member of Inflatable Soule) and Keith Mannino (formerly of Shadowbox). Eleven original tracks and one radio edit that showcase the band's unique hard rock sound. It opens on a strong note with the blistering "Wave" and continues through the alt-anthems "Fight Of Your Life" and "Gone Ten" to the quieter rock-melody moments of "Ghost". The CD concludes with a bonus radio edit of the ROR radio track "Better Than A Killer".Album Description
This debut full-length features lead singer and guitarist Peter Cornell (brother of Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave; former member of Inflatable Soule) and Keith Mannino (formerly of Shadowbox). Eleven original tracks and one radio edit that showcase the band's unique hard rock sound. It opens on a strong note with the blistering "Wave" and continues through the alt-anthems "Fight Of Your Life" and "Gone Ten" to the quieter rock-melody moments of "Ghost". The CD concludes with a bonus radio edit of the ROR radio track "Better Than A Killer".
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Black Market
Weather Report Manufacturer: Msi Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005HTE8 Release Date: 2002-08-05 |
Tracks:
- Black Market
- Cannon Ball
- Gibraltar
- Elegant People
- Three Clowns
- Barbary Coast
- Herandnu
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The Picnic Party
Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00013BOE2 Release Date: 2004-02-24 |
Tracks:
- The Grasshopper's Dance
- There's A Ring Around The Moon - Mr Purkis
- Black Eyes - Mr Purkis
- Silver Birds - Mr Braddock
- Fiddlesticks Rag
- I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Miss Linda Murray
- He'd Have To Get Under-Get Out And Get Under
- Parade Of The Tin Soldiers
- Humpty Dumpty
- Cinderella's Wedding
- Rag Doll
- Teddy Bears' Picnic
- Happy Frog
- Pattering Feet
- Dainty Miss
- Whistle For Me
- In The Shadows
- Polly
- Down In Zanzibar
- The Ragtime Bass Player - Mr Rundell
- Two Little Sausages - Miss Linda Murray
- In A Persian Market
Customer Reviews:
nostalgia.......2007-01-15
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Thicket
Black Market Flowers Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000008PM5 Release Date: 1995-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Amber
- Rainvisor
- Plum
- Aunt Farmer
- One Bolt
- Thicket
- New Number One
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Black Market Gardening
Fila Brazillia Manufacturer: 23 Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005K3V9 Release Date: 2002-05-28 |
Tracks:
- Obrigado
- Snake Ranger
- Little Dipper
- Blubber Plinth
- Butter My Mask
- Wigs, Bifocals, and Nurishment
- Xique-Xique
- Onc Mongaani
- July 23
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