Remedy

Product Description
Debut album from band founded by veteran singer-songwriter-guitarist Luke Brown. A classic pop rock album with character, depth and unmistakable spiritual edge. Squint/Warner Brothers. 2003.

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Remedy

Average customer rating: Thank You! Boyz II Men are back! Changing Ways Something Different from the Boyz you Love Still the greatest!!! Vintage Boyz II Men

Remedy Boyz II Men Manufacturer: Avex ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music New Jack | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Winter/Reflections Throwback Ten Ain't Nothin' Like Me Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya ASIN: B000HEZ2Z2 Release Date: 2007-04-11

Tracks:

1. Muzak
2. Gonna Have
3. Here I Come
4. Perfect Love Song
5. Misunderstanding
6. Booed Up
7. You Don't Love Me
8. Last Time
9. Just Like Me
10. Crush
11. Ego
12. Morning Loe
13. Muzak Ft. Atsushie (Exile)

Album Description

2006 Advanced Japanese pressing adds the bonus track ''Muzak'' feat. Atsushi (Exile). Fifteenth anniversary commemorative release from R&B giants Boyz II Men. This is their first release in four years, featuring everything from their upper party tracks to their legendary slow jams. A highly-anticipated release. BBMC.

Album Details

2006 Release for their Fourth Album. Includes Japan-only Bonus Track 'muzak featuring Atsushi(Exile)'.

Customer Reviews:

Thank You! Boyz II Men are back!.......2007-03-09

Great album! I am a Boyz II Men fan from the '90s but found the last several CDs released to be lackluster. This album finally brings back a little of the soulful sounds BIIM were known for. It is a more mature sound (and more mature lyrics). The beats are interesting and the harmonies are true BIIM. I found the 1st single to be released, "Muzak", to be the least interesting of the tracks. "You don't love me" is a great mix of harmonies and beats. "Morning Love" is one of the slow love songs Boyz II Men are known for. All in all, VERY pleased with this album. Hopefully they release the album in the US with good publicity because this album is worth a listen!

Changing Ways.......2007-03-09

The Remedy definitely has a different feel about it that after the likes of the Full Circle and Throwback. I found myself wanting harmony, with Wanya bringing it home at the end of the track. Overall not a bad album. "The last time" and "just like me" were by far the best!

Something Different from the Boyz you Love.......2007-03-08

I am a lifelong fan of Boyz II Men,and although this is not your comfortable Boyz CD, I LOVE IT. The fellas have grown up, and this music reflects it! It is full of the R&B that they had been wanting to do for so long. I for one am glad they got the opportunity to do it. The dance tracks are so catchy,"All Booed Up" and "YOu Don't Love Me" are awesome.
The slow tracks are sensual and sweet all at the same time. "Morning Love" is a the best! "The Last Time" is the most beautiful AND technically sound song on the entire album, although it is the saddest. Even though it is sad, you will enjoy listening none the less. My personal favorite on the album is "Crush". This song is fun and sexy and everything all together. On a whole, Boyz II Men fans will be pleasantly surprised.And although this is not the first album recorded without Mike,(Throwback was in 2005, get this one too!),I have to say that Nate does a wonderful job holding down the bass notes. You can hear all the wonderful harmonies you are used to, along with the R&B they had been wanting to do.
Outstanding!

Still the greatest!!!.......2007-03-06

The fellas are still doing it. I've grown from a girl to a woman along with Nate, Shawn, Wanya (and Mike though he's moved on). I love Boyz II Men and no matter what the industry says, they are one of the crown jewel groups of R &B. Their fans and R&B fans in general will not be disappointed in this album. They were with me when I first fell in love and "Please Don't Go", "Uhh-Ahh" "End of the Road" and "Water Runs Dry" were part of the soundtrack for that relationship. When it ended, they comforted me with "Doing Just Fine" and "Four Seasons of Loneliness." When I found the love of my life and got married, "I Do" was the song that played as my husband made his entrance. Now five years into marriage, "Morning Love" and "Perfect Love Song" touch me in a particular way. "Last Time" and "Crush" are also great ballads whose words speak to me directly. The fellas have always been able to come out with songs that make you feel like they're in your life, going through the same joys and heartbreaks as you do.

Vintage Boyz II Men.......2007-02-27

I got this C.D. almost a week ago now and I have been listening to it non-stop. This is classic Boyz II men, in the sense that this whole c.d. is worth listening to repeatedly, and it is one of their best albums. They have a new feel to them, with every group memeber having equal parts to almost every song. The bridge isn't just sung by Wanya anymore, which is refreshing to hear Nathan and Shawn providing their voices. My favorite song, if I had to choose, would be "Here I Come". It is a really nice song and nicely done. My only complaint about this album, as with every Boyz II Men album, is that it is to short. They should just make about 25 songs and just let their fans jam for hours. This review is biased since I am a die-hard Boyz II Men fan, but I'm sure anybody buying this won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating: Instant Recollection A Crazy Dance Floor Classic A Classic A absolute belter! Remedy

Remedy Basement Jaxx Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rooty Kish Kash The Singles Homework Discovery ASIN: B00000JPVF Release Date: 1999-08-03

Tracks:

1. Rendez-Vu
2. Yo-Yo
3. Jump n' Shout
4. U Can't Stop Me
5. Jaxxalude
6. Red Alert
7. Jazzalude
8. Always Be There
9. Sneakalude
10. Same Old Show
11. Bingo Bango
12. Gemilude
13. Stop 4 Love
14. Don't Give Up
15. Being With U

Amazon.com

Finally, Basement Jaxx's long-awaited full-length, Remedy, has been issued in the U.S. It's aptly titled, to be sure: the production duo's record is a remedy to the dull, faceless house and techno that populates dance floors. The duo are unrepentantly pop savvy, bringing vocals and lyrics to their unique blend of electro, house, hip-hop, salsa, and soul. It's a weird combo, but like the best of all pop songs, Basement Jaxx tracks stick like putty to the ears within a few listens. In fact, you may feel that you've already heard much of Remedy when you give it a spin on your CD player. With their boisterous samples, vocal hooks, and funked-out, catchy bass lines, the songs "Rendez-vu," "Yo-Yo," and "Red Alert" seem like familiar friends, rather than just the next big thing. --Tricia Romano

Album Description

A set of incredibly diverse tracks, 'Remedy' is indebted to the raw American house of Todd Terry and Masters at Work, and even shares the NuYoricans' penchant for Latin vibes (especially on the horn-driven 'Bingo Bango' and the opener, 'Rendez-Vu,' which trades a bit of salsa wiggle with infectious vocoderized disco). 15 tracks, including 'Red Alert' and 'Rendez-Vu', on this Astralwerks release.

Customer Reviews:

Instant Recollection.......2007-03-24

This is one of those albums where you can hear the first few beats of a song, and instantly you can recall all the words to the songs, the rest of the melody, and that certain era in your life where this album was your soundtrack.

Watching QAF Season 1 on DVD just now, I've heard Bingo Bango and Rendez-Vu and I'm instantly transported to my freshman year of university, living in the dorms. I also remember Coke using Red Alert in an advert, and I can picture perfectly the overweight guy dancing fluidly to this song with glowsticks.

It's amazing what you can remember and how much is buried deep down inside you until something like this brings it right back up to the surface. Instance recollection, and instant classic. Highly recommended!

Also check out L'Amour Toujours by Gigi D'Agostino, another significant album from that period.

A Crazy Dance Floor Classic.......2005-12-24

Ask anyone who's an expert on the dance music scene who has had the biggest impact over the past 10 years, and the answer you're most likely to get is Basement Jaxx. Since the late Nineties, this dance/funk duo, comprising of Felix Burton and Simon Ratcliffe, have been releasing club anthem after club anthem. Dance music is usually associated with chavs and people who are, well, let's just say, less intelligent than someone who listens to rock and indie. For the most part I have to agree with this, because the majority of dance music is just absolute junk with no soul. The Basement Jaxx, however, are very special and a clear exception to this rule. Their dance music is varied, incorporating many different musical styles from ska, jaxx, disco, funk, techno, pop, rock and so much more.

The duo's first full studio album arrived in April 1999 and was called "Remedy." It crashed straight into the UK album chart at No.2 and is widely considered one of the best dance albums ever made. I still remember hearing the singles on the radio when this album came out and thinking just how brilliant the melodies were. The lyrics are quite primal and animalistic, very nature-orientated, but channelled through dance music, presenting the idea that you become primal and uninhibited when on the dance floor. At least that's my theory.

The album opens with the second single "Rendez-Vu," which charted at No.4 in the UK in August 1999. The album version is much better than the radio edit because it runs for almost six minutes, and the Spanish guitar just rides along for the full length! The beat on this song sizzles in the summer heat; the video was a perfect compliment. "Yo-Yo" is just a crazy beat-laced song with a bass that rides on the underbelly of the beat like Prince on acid. The lyrics are really cool and spiky, and the vocal delivery is sensual, dark and mysterious. "Jump N' Shout" is one of the best songs I think I've ever heard. The Jaxx take this song up into the clouds with a beat that climbs higher and higher until an explosive, siren-blasting chorus. The male vocal delivery is brilliant, even though I don't know what the hell he's going on about in the verses. "U Can't Stop Me" is a slower, more laid-back song and not up to par with the first three songs. However, I still find the instrumentals interesting.

"Jaxxalude" is a rather pointless interlude, which leads us into the dance classic, "Red Alert." This is easily one of the most famous dance songs in history and has ruled night clubs since its inception back in late 1998. It charted at No.6 in the UK in early 1999 and still remains a big radio hit seven years later. The video was crazy and sex-fuelled, the vocals are manic and the beat will rock ya body all night long! "Jazzalude" is my favourite interlude of the album, it's very classy, albeit brief. "Always Be There" is a bloody amazing song, an aural soundscape of synths and beats whipped up into a crazy concoction of Jaxx-ness! The lyrics and vocals are almost indecipherable, but that's all part of the plan to let the beat take over your body. And the strings! Oh, the strings! Pure classy smoothness. "Sneakalude" is pretty pointless too. This is followed by "Same Old Show," which opens with rather orgasmic vocal screams. These continue throughout the song, as more clicks and bleeps gradually get thrown into the mix.

Up next is "Bingo Bango," a true Jaxx classic, worth its weight in gold! This song runs for almost six minutes and is another dancefloor classic. You might not know it from the title, but once it starts playing, trust me, you'll have heard it somewhere! The vocals aren't much, it's just more about the beat which is just incredible and relentless. "Gemilude" is another annoying little skit thing that I don't care for. This is followed by "Stop 4 Love," which is one of the album's more laid-back, chilled songs. It opens almost like Bjork's "Possibly Maybe," with what sounds the hum of a telephone ringing, before a warm and inviting bed of synths envelops you. "Don't Give Up" has a crazy synth beat that swings side to side, causing you to feel a bit disorientated! The vocals aren't up to much and neither is this song to be honest. The album closes with "Being With U." This song has a consistent beat and rhythmic flow that I like a lot. The lyrics are quite sweet too, vocals very soft and understated. A great closer.

OVERALL GRADE: 9/10

The Basement Jaxx are probably the best thing to ever happen to dance music, period. Some will say Faithless are better. I disagree. The Jaxx are just out there and piss some people off for their 'inaccessibility' but I just think they're incredible and very experimental. I love creative artists not afraid to try new sounds out, because when the end result is really impressive you know they're something very special. This album is a testament to this, but I think their sophomore effort is possibly even better.

A Classic.......2005-10-21

Basement Jaxx is one of those groups that never ceases to amaze me with their electronic creativity. They are among the funkiest beats I've ever heard and remind me of The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers. The tracks pump you up and make you want to dance. They accomplish their grooves without redundancy within each track or within the compilation itself. And although people may not recognize "Red Alert" from the title, trust me you've heard it and probably love it too.

A absolute belter!.......2005-06-24

If you have not heard this band then you must, they turn the faceless and forgettable world of dance music into one of namedropping fabulousness. The tracks are catchy, funky, rocking and ever so slightly barmy. Not a track on the album could be accussed of sounding like any other, these guys have a knack for celebrating and trendifying the nafist samples and embedding them in your head in a naughtily, wonderful, hypnotic manner! An absolute "must have" album purchase.

Remedy.......2005-04-24

While Basement Jaxx's debut is a good record, I have to say it pales in comparison to the funky "Rooty". Tracks like "Rendez-Vu", "Red Alert", and the Dizzee Rascal-style "Jump N' Shout" are great tracks, period; however, "Rooty" is much better.

Average customer rating:

Organix The Roots Manufacturer: Remedy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Illadelph Halflife Do You Want More?!!!??! Things Fall Apart Game Theory The Roots Come Alive ASIN: B000639X4K Release Date: 2006-10-19

Tracks:

1. Roots Is Comin'
2. Pass the Popcorn
3. Anti-Circle
4. Writers Block
5. Good Music (Reprise) [Preclude]
6. Good Music
7. Grits
8. Leonard I-V
9. I'm out Deah
10. Essawhamah?
11. There's a Riot Goin' On, Pt. 2 [Extended House, Acid Jazz, Hip Hop, Ra]
12. Popcorn Revisited
13. Peace
14. Common Dust
15. Session [Longest Posse Cut in History]
16. Syreeta's Having My Baby
17. Carryin' On

Album Description

First released in 1993, Organix launched Philadelphia's Square Roots (as they were originally known) on their journey to become unquestionably the best live band in hip-hop. This is probably the Roots at their most playful and unpretentious. Recently deleted domestically. Scenario. 2005.

Average customer rating: If music could fall into the category of being TOO GOOD - this album would qualify... Happy Birthday Daniel G.! Some of PoS's Best, Inventive Take On Progressive Metal Gildenlow's finest hour Oh the blood, the lust.....

Remedy Lane Pain of Salvation Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Perfect Element I One Hour By The Concrete Lake Entropia Be 12:5 ASIN: B000063CMK Release Date: 2002-04-02

Tracks:

1. Of Two Beginnings
2. Chapter 1: Ending Theme
3. Chapter 1: Fandango
4. Chapter 1: A Trace Of Blood
5. Chapter 1: This Heart Of Mine (I Pledge)
6. Chapter 2: Undertow
7. Chapter 2: Rope Ends
8. Chapter 2: Chain Sling
9. Chapter 2: Dryad Of The Woods
10. Chapter 3: Remedy Lane
11. Chapter 3: Waking Every God
12. Chapter 3: Second Love
13. Chapter 3: Beyond The Pale

Customer Reviews:

If music could fall into the category of being TOO GOOD - this album would qualify..........2007-01-07

Honestly, the music on this album is so moving, so inventive, so unique, that trying to explain it to someone is almost futile. You would benefit yourself immensely if you just stopped reading my review right now and immediately bought this album.

This music does not easily fall into any category, but if you are a fan of progressive rock/metal, alternative, classical, or just a music fan in general, then you NEED this album. If I had to choose one word to describe the sound it would be EPIC.

The first track 'Of Two Beginnings' gives you an idea of the diversity, emotion, and complexity that will captivate your ears when listening through the entire album. Starting with a mellow, eery mood and Daniel's soft melodic vocals beginning the story of this concept album, not even a minute into the song the atmosphere changes dramatically with the vocals becoming a deeper emotional yell backed by pounding riffs, various background vocals, and wailing guitars - within 2 minutes the song is back to a mellow mood again before immediately taking you into the next song with a loud melodic guitar piece that almost makes you cry.

The entire album is full of climactic mood changes, intelligent lyrics, and unpredictable complex song arrangments that defy normality. The drumming, keyboards, strings, vocals, and other sounds are arranged in such perfect beauty that the listener can only sit in wonder and amazement at the quality of sound coming forth from their speakers.

My personal favorite track is 'Trace of Blood', an epic 8 minute tale of a couple's emotions over having a miscarriage, full of great guitar work and hauntingly moving vocals. 'Dryad of the Woods' is a beautiful 5 minute instrumental piece that has just as much emotion as any of the songs accompanied by Daniel's broad vocal range. There is no bad song on this album, and one song runs into the other making a complete musical masterpiece.

RECOMMENDATION: Do yourself a favor and buy not only this album, but every POS release. If you have to choose one more to buy after 'Remedy Lane' then purchase 'The Perfect Element 1' - another masterpiece, but you cannot go wrong with any music by this band. The new album 'Scarsick' is coming out this month!

Happy Birthday Daniel G.!.......2006-06-06

Hey, just wanted to write a review for Pain of Salvation on Daniel Gildenlow's birthday. This album is really amazing, their second best next to TPE. If you haven't heard it, you should definitely buy it (although if you haven't heard them before, get TPE first).

So anyway, that's it. One of the best albums ever, by anyone, for sure.

Some of PoS's Best, Inventive Take On Progressive Metal.......2006-01-17

With `Remedy Lane', Pain of Salvation discarded doubts and worries that they could not make another album as good as `The Perfect Element'. As with many others, I would have enjoyed a second part to `The Perfect Element', but in some ways a new direction keeps the music fresh and interesting. With such a unique sound in the first place it would be a shame for the band to simply re-create a winning formula.

While the general sound to the album is undeniably PoS, with Gildenlow's vocals still as diverse and emotional as ever and the unique mix-matching of prog sub-genres, `Remedy Lane' is a different direction for the band, one focusing much more on the emotions created by music as opposed to a concept. This is not to say Gildenlow has deserted the concept, there is one dealing with human relationships and the feelings attached to it, but it is much looser when compared to the weighted concepts of `The Perfect Element' and especially the latest release `Be'. With less emphasis on concepts PoS come up with arguably their finest array of musicianship, matching the seemingly unmatchable exhibit of TPE.

The album is split into three main chapters, with the moody `Of Two Beginnings' working as an introduction. Chapter one includes some of PoS finest work to date, and is possibly my favourite of the three chapters (although that does change all too often). `Ending Theme' is a typical tragic PoS song, Gildenlow's vocal delivery is superb here, with a real sense of frustration and anguish as he bursts out the chorus lines. `Fandango' is a great example of what makes PoS so unique and compelling, for anyone new to the band, I'd check this out, after a few listens the odd melody and time changes really work, one of the `quirkier' songs of the album. `A Trace of Blood' is simply stunning, at just over 8 minutes it's very progressive in style and structure, recalling the kind of writing of the old prog gods such as Rush and Yes. Despite sounding relatively `upbeat', the lyrics deal with a stillborn child, adding yet another emotional dimension.

Chapter two contains one of my favourite PoS ballads, `Undertow' is a melancholic piece full of emotional guitar playing and of course a huge vocal delivery by Gildenlow to cap it off. `Rope Ends', like `A Trace of Blood' is hard hitting in the lyric and music department and is the heaviest song on the album, full of disorientating guitar and drum arrangements, a fine jazz middle section and some poignant lyrics on considering suicide.

Chapter three for me has two extremely fine moments, the first coming in the infectious `Waking Every God' which has a superb chorus with great vocal harmonising. The closing track is at times my favourite, twisting and turning through its 10 minute duration, showcasing some fine melancholic passages and great hard/soft contrasts.

For anyone looking for something new and fresh in their progressive collection, this is certainly worth a try. For those already familiar with PoS, just not this album, what are you waiting for honey?

Gildenlow's finest hour.......2005-11-23

My favourite Pain of Salvation album, also my favourite album of all time. Remedy Lane is dark, emotive, beautiful, dealing with subjects such as suicide, love, despair, miscarriage, and a trip into a painful past.

Why is it my favourite? First, the production is great. No more muddy tones such as in Perfect Element I. Second, the humanity of the subjects clicks with me very well. Don't get me wrong. 'Be' is good as a philosophical piece, but Remedy Lane's lyrical subjects, music strikes the deeper (and deepest chord) compared to all of their other albums.

Let me touch on Gildenlow. Amazing singer, truly unique, and the only singer I have ever heard to truly use his voice as an instrument. The weird sounds he makes, as mentioned by another reviewer, just enhances Remedy Lane for me. He is on top form here, and backed by an excellent vocalist with complex, deep and stirring music - How could Remedy Lane be anything short of a masterpiece?

Oh the blood, the lust............2005-06-08

"We will always be so much more human than we wish to be...."

Pain of Salvation.

This band is my favorite ever.

I'm sorry to resort to hyperbole, but no band has ever had such a powerful emotional draw for me, and Remedy Lane is a perfect example of these powerful emotions that PoS evokes so wonderfully. While I do feel that The Perfect Element pt. I is their best album as a whole, I think many of the individual songs on Remedy Lane stand out strongly. I NEVER tire of listening to this album, and even the songs that initially sounded strange because of the polyrythms sound "just right" to me now.

It certainly helps that Daniel Gildenlow is also one of my favorite vocalists ever. Many people say he is over the top or something, but that's how I like my singers to be: theatrical, dramatic, evocative, versatile...there are so many times where his voice both lifts me uup and drowns me in intense pain. That moment in "Trace of Blood" where he mournfully wails, "too late we learned!" just breaks my heart every time. And there is of course the amazing "Undertow" that just builds and builds, and Fandango is one of the strangest but most interesting songs, and "Beyond the Pale" still gives me chills... "its just another small thorn in my crown/ Then suddenly one day there was too much blood in my eyes/ and I had to take this walk down Remedy Lane of whys and whys.....

Pain of Salvation.

Watch them dance down the Remedy Lane and let the Undertow sweep you away....

Average customer rating: Sick Good experimental old school sound a bold new step Still Way Ahead of It's Time ahead of it's time

J. Beez Wit the Remedy Jungle Brothers Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Raw Deluxe Done By the Forces of Nature All That We Do Straight Out the Jungle Dust to Dust ASIN: B000008H69 Release Date: 1993-06-22

Tracks:

1. 40 Below Trooper - Jungle Brothers, Billy Squier
2. Book of Rhyme Pages - Jungle Brothers, Run-D.M.C.
3. My Jimmy Weighs a Ton
4. Good Ole Hype Shit
5. Blahbludify
6. Spark a New Flame
7. I'm in Love With Indica
8. Simple as That
9. All I Think About Is You
10. Good Lookin Out
11. JB's Comin Through
12. Spittin Wicked Randomness
13. For the Headz at Company Z
14. Man Made Material

Customer Reviews:

Sick Good.......2007-05-24

Totally experimental. Beats change smoothly. Bridges go on too long in a good way and become vamps. Choruses come in at odd moments. A couple songs at the end are sick freestyle. There are great soul moments, funk moments, reverb/echo moments, turntablist moments, and even pure noise moments. Check out unprecedented "Spittin Wicked Randomness" and "Jimmy Weighs a Ton." This is genius stuff for sure.

experimental old school sound.......2005-12-28

this album make mi the same effect when I heard the second album of DIVINE STYLER spirr..1992.The direction that take JUNGLE BROTHERS in year 1993 was a surprise but it function I think it's the more underground album of JB's and the strangest for the hears electro sound very speed this is an old school def jux also if you love this style tcheck releasing hypnotical gaces of ORGANIZED KONFUSION
buy it if you have a choice you need it

a bold new step.......2005-10-26

this is one of the weirdest and most experimental rap albums made in the early 90's. J. Beez Wit The Remedy is a bold and daring record that was way ahead of it's time and no doubt left many mainstream hip hop fans (and many Jungle Brothers fans) scratching their heads in confusion. this incarnation of Jungle Brothers featured the insane hip hop artist Sensational in their ranks and that might explain some of the less than common styles represented here. the production of tracks like "Spittin Wicked Randomness" and "For The Headz At Company Z" seem to hint at appreciation of experimental industrial music and contain a very hallucinagenic affect. it sounds like De La Soul got trapped inside a nuclear chemical plant. a very underrated and underheard album.

Still Way Ahead of It's Time.......2005-05-07

J. Beez Wit the Remedy is an incredibly interesting mosiac of samples, ryhmes, and styles. This record was originally produced by Bill Laswell, however the initial recordings were so experimental and off-kilter that Warner Brothers felt the need to re-record some of the tracks. I have heard some of the unreleased recordings on the 10" 'Crazy Wisdom Masters' which is totally sick, but this final version of the record is still amazing. Brooklyn MC, Sensational, even appears on the record under his original moniker, Torture. This is one of the most entertaining records I have ever heard...even though it is missing some of the orginal tracks.

ahead of it's time.......2003-04-16

this is the best cd by the j beez, so underrated

Average customer rating: Out of nowhere..... OXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO This band rocks. wow PERFECT RANDOM BUY

Remedy Strange Celebrity Manufacturer: Word Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sleepwalker Back to the Innocence Perfect Change Vonray Swim ASIN: B00009L4SK Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

1. Free
2. If I
3. Back To Life
4. I Can't Breathe
5. Someday
6. Ruin
7. Dangerous
8. Control
9. Rise
10. Paralyzed
11. Perfect World

Album Description

Debut album from band founded by veteran singer-songwriter-guitarist Luke Brown. A classic pop rock album with character, depth and unmistakable spiritual edge. Squint/Warner Brothers. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Out of nowhere............2005-11-03

The fact is-out of the blue this band called Strange celebrity pops up and blew me away anyway. This band absolutely rocks the christian rock scene and to tell you the honest truth SHOULD be rocking the secular scene if only people weren't so critical toward their religous stance. The reality is these guys produce music that in my mind is up there with the likes of Lifehouse, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox20 in terms of potential. With the upbeat absolutely rocking tracks like the first single; free, and If I, I can't breathe and mellow, spine shivering tunes like dangerous, someday and perfect world it suddenly dawns on me that there is not a track I could skip on this Album, It is absolutely brilliant, and I really hope more people start hearing of these guys cause they deserve ALOT more credit than they getting...The fact that they love God shouldnt create any bias hostility against this kind of perfect music...Spread the Strange word!!

OXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO.......2005-09-08

Some good stuff, but kinda makes you wonder how this never got the recognition it deserves and why radio stations are still shoving garbage like Jason Mraz and The Killers down our throats. Free, If I, Control are the standouts but the whole cd is pretty good. Buy it or at least download it and do your part to bring good music back into the Black Eyed Peas and Hanson-infested, hopeless world.

This band rocks........2004-01-17

This band kicks it in. Great guitar work.

wow.......2003-07-20

I haven't heard alot of Strange Celebrity, but enough to really like. I recently heard about the band on an advertisment for "Remedy" on the back of CCM magazine. A couple of days ago I was visiting a local christian book store and i saw it there. I listened 2 it and i just love it! no complaints on this one-- really good. Yeah, a little like 12 stones but not enough to be posers. really good cd!

PERFECT RANDOM BUY.......2003-07-05

I was perusing some new music out of sheer boredom, and I'm much a fan of bands that have some bite to their lyrics and their melodic choices. I'm not a huge fan of 'pop' rock, and so I've been really jaded with a lot of music that's out these days. HOWEVER, S.C. caught my eye - checked out their website ... and listened to the first song on the cd, "Free," and I was completely hooked. It's the first time I've heard a band IN A LONG TIME that gets better with every listen. It's the kind of band that has the ability to get in your veins. It's the Coldplay/Dave Matthews talent of the mainstream...maybe now the radio won't make me cringe. Amazing debut. 5 STARS.

Average customer rating: Sweet Sarah-Records-esque British Indie Pop Miss Cloudberry Jam? Try Velocette. Awesome music backed by awesome vocals

Fourfold Remedy Velocette Manufacturer: Wiiija Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000I8QT Release Date: 1999-05-04

Tracks:

1. Reborn
2. Bitterscene
3. La Sirena
4. Unkind
5. Where Are We?
6. Get Yourself Together
7. Spoiled Children
8. Submarines
9. Someone's Waiting
10. That Ain't Mine

Customer Reviews:

Sweet Sarah-Records-esque British Indie Pop.......2002-10-17

This album reminds me of early Heavenly, and they sound like a band that could have been on the infamous Sarah Records label. The lineup is drums, bass, fuzzy guitars, and sweet girl vocals. While there are some hits such as "Bitterscene," "Get Yourself Together," and "Spoiled Children," there seems to be an equal number of misses on this album, which only seem to exist as filler, and which is why it only gets 4 stars. Overall, the production is good, the vocals are great, and there are some catchy pop songs on this album.

Miss Cloudberry Jam? Try Velocette........1999-06-26

Velocette has produced a mature, sophisticated, and exquisitely beautiful CD with intelligent melodies and lyrics. It is not crashingly loud or intrusive, and innately hummable. La Sirena and Spoiled Children are especially good.

Awesome music backed by awesome vocals.......1999-05-03

this is one of the best albums i own!!! i was so eager to get it, i ordered it overseas because i couldnt wait!!!!!!! this album rules!!! buy it!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Not heavy but very very good !!!

Perfect Remedy Status Quo Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ain't Complaining In the Army Now 1+9+8+2 Back to the Beginning Thirsty Work ASIN: B000CS3R0K Release Date: 2006-02-06

Tracks:

1. Little Dreamer
2. Not at All
3. Heart on Hold
4. Perfect Remedy
5. Address Book
6. Power of Rock
7. Way I Am
8. Tommy's in Love
9. Man Overboard
10. Going Down for the First Time
11. Throw Her a Line
12. 1000 Years

Album Description

Remastered UK 18 track CD album featuring 6 Bonus Tracks including 'Gone Thru The Slips', 'Dirty Water' (Live) & 'The Anniversary Waltz' (7 inch Version), picture booklet complete with extensive liner notes by esteemed rock writer Dave Ling, rare photographs and memorabillia. Polydor. 2006.

Album Details

More Quo by the Fans for the Fans. Following the Success and Critical Acclaim of 2005's First Set of Quo Reissues, Here Comes the Second Batch of Status Quo Releases from their Vertigo/Polydor/Umtv Years, 1982-2001. Packed with Hits, They Come Complete with Notes by Esteemed Rock Writer Dave Ling and Are Full of Rare Photographs and Memorabillia.

Customer Reviews:

Not heavy but very very good !!!.......2007-03-14

I'am a long devoted STATUS QUO fan... so normally I should not be happy with this album, because it is not heavy. But don't mind..! The songs are very well made...and you will enjoy them. If you are a country rock fan and the famous "Marguerita time" is one of your favourite QUO song.. you will like the gems like the " Adress book" and the " Going down.." So don't hesitate...!! Try this together with the Ain't Complaining album...

Average customer rating: If music could fall into the category of being TOO GOOD - this album would qualify... Awesome Album Some of PoS's Best, Inventive Take On Progressive Metal Powerful, emotional, and refreshing... Gildenlow's finest hour

Remedy Lane Pain of Salvation Manufacturer: Inside Out ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Perfect Element I 12:5 One Hour By The Concrete Lake Entropia Be ASIN: B00005V4O5 Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

1. Of Two Beginnings
2. Ending Theme
3. Fandango
4. Trace of Blood
5. This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)
6. Undertow
7. Rope Ends
8. Chain Sling
9. Dryad of the Woods
10. Remedy Lane
11. Waking Every God
12. Second Love
13. Beyond the Pale

Album Description

German edition of the Swedish progressive metal act's 2002 album. Less expensive than the Japanese but minus the bonus track. Housed in a slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

If music could fall into the category of being TOO GOOD - this album would qualify..........2006-12-24

Honestly, the music on this album is so moving, so inventive, so unique, that trying to explain it to someone is almost futile. You would benefit yourself immensely if you just stopped reading my review right now and immediately bought this album.

This music does not easily fall into any category, but if you are a fan of progressive rock/metal, alternative, classical, or just a music fan in general, then you NEED this album. If I had to choose one word to describe the sound it would be EPIC.

The first track 'Of Two Beginnings' gives you an idea of the diversity, emotion, and complexity that will captivate your ears when listening through the entire album. Starting with a mellow, eery mood and Daniel's soft melodic vocals beginning the story of this concept album, not even a minute into the song the atmosphere changes dramatically with the vocals becoming a deeper emotional yell backed by pounding riffs, various background vocals, and wailing guitars - within 2 minutes the song is back to a mellow mood again before immediately taking you into the next song with a loud melodic guitar piece that almost makes you cry.

The entire album is full of climactic mood changes, intelligent lyrics, and unpredictable complex song arrangments that defy normality. The drumming, keyboards, strings, vocals, and other sounds are arranged in such perfect beauty that the listener can only sit in wonder and amazement at the quality of sound coming forth from their speakers.

My personal favorite track is 'Trace of Blood', an epic 8 minute tale of a couple's emotions over having a miscarriage, full of great guitar work and hauntingly moving vocals. 'Dryad of the Woods' is a beautiful 5 minute instrumental piece that has just as much emotion as any of the songs accompanied by Daniel's broad vocal range. There is no bad song on this album, and one song runs into the other making a complete musical masterpiece.

RECOMMENDATION: Do yourself a favor and buy not only this album, but every POS release. If you have to choose one more to buy after 'Remedy Lane' then purchase 'The Perfect Element 1' - another masterpiece, but you cannot go wrong with any music by this band. The new album 'Scarsick' is coming out next month!

Awesome Album.......2006-03-14

The is a great album. The lyrics are excellently written and are deep passionate. The music intense and shows a wide range of emotions and dynamics. The musicianship is excellent.

Some of PoS's Best, Inventive Take On Progressive Metal.......2006-01-17

With `Remedy Lane', Pain of Salvation discarded doubts and worries that they could not make another album as good as `The Perfect Element'. As with many others, I would have enjoyed a second part to `The Perfect Element', but in some ways a new direction keeps the music fresh and interesting. With such a unique sound in the first place it would be a shame for the band to simply re-create a winning formula.

While the general sound to the album is undeniably PoS, with Gildenlow's vocals still as diverse and emotional as ever and the unique mix-matching of prog sub-genres, `Remedy Lane' is a different direction for the band, one focusing much more on the emotions created by music as opposed to a concept. This is not to say Gildenlow has deserted the concept, there is one dealing with human relationships and the feelings attached to it, but it is much looser when compared to the weighted concepts of `The Perfect Element' and especially the latest release `Be'. With less emphasis on concepts PoS come up with arguably their finest array of musicianship, matching the seemingly unmatchable exhibit of TPE.

The album is split into three main chapters, with the moody `Of Two Beginnings' working as an introduction. Chapter one includes some of PoS finest work to date, and is possibly my favourite of the three chapters (although that does change all too often). `Ending Theme' is a typical tragic PoS song, Gildenlow's vocal delivery is superb here, with a real sense of frustration and anguish as he bursts out the chorus lines. `Fandango' is a great example of what makes PoS so unique and compelling, for anyone new to the band, I'd check this out, after a few listens the odd melody and time changes really work, one of the `quirkier' songs of the album. `A Trace of Blood' is simply stunning, at just over 8 minutes it's very progressive in style and structure, recalling the kind of writing of the old prog gods such as Rush and Yes. Despite sounding relatively `upbeat', the lyrics deal with a stillborn child, adding yet another emotional dimension.

Chapter two contains one of my favourite PoS ballads, `Undertow' is a melancholic piece full of emotional guitar playing and of course a huge vocal delivery by Gildenlow to cap it off. `Rope Ends', like `A Trace of Blood' is hard hitting in the lyric and music department and is the heaviest song on the album, full of disorientating guitar and drum arrangements, a fine jazz middle section and some poignant lyrics on considering suicide.

Chapter three for me has two extremely fine moments, the first coming in the infectious `Waking Every God' which has a superb chorus with great vocal harmonising. The closing track is at times my favourite, twisting and turning through its 10 minute duration, showcasing some fine melancholic passages and great hard/soft contrasts.

For anyone looking for something new and fresh in their progressive collection, this is certainly worth a try. For those already familiar with PoS, just not this album, what are you waiting for honey?

Powerful, emotional, and refreshing..........2005-12-29

I, like other reviewers here, didn't fully grasp this album at first. It was different, and therefore intriguing. But after about 7 or 8 listens, I filed it away in my CD case, not ever really "getting it."

Fast-forward roughly a year. After finally getting tired of Spocks Beard and Dream Theater, I was hungry for something new. I decided to flip through my CD collection, and re-discovered POS Remedy Lane, and am I ever glad that I did! Remedy Lane has given me a renewed enthusiam for progressive rock.

A few years back I was talking with a friend of mine, who is a very talented musician, about prog rock, and how Dream Theater was my favorite band. His opinion of DT was that they are a very talented band, but that their music lacked EMOTION. I didn't understand what he was talking about...until Remedy Land reached inside me and started pulling emotions and feelings out of me that I didn't realize were there.

To sum it up...what I have come to find with great albums, "masterpieces" as some would label them, is that on the first 3 or 4 listens, you find yourself saying things such as "what is this stuff?" or "man, what were they thinking?" But after some time passes, and you give the album a few more listens, it dawns on you that you have truly come across a "masterpiece." Kind of weird how it works, isn't it?

This new masterpiece that I have discovered is called "Remedy Lane," and it was just the "remedy" that I needed to cure my "progrock burn-out" blues. It is an emotional journey that I will continue to enjoy for years to come.

Gildenlow's finest hour.......2005-12-01

My favourite Pain of Salvation album, also my favourite album of all time. Remedy Lane is dark, emotive, beautiful, dealing with subjects such as suicide, love, despair, miscarriage, and a trip into a painful past.

Why is it my favourite? First, the production is great. No more muddy tones such as in Perfect Element I. Second, the humanity of the subjects clicks with me very well. Don't get me wrong. 'Be' is good as a philosophical piece, but Remedy Lane's lyrical subjects, music strikes the deeper (and deepest chord) compared to all of their other albums.

Let me touch on Gildenlow. Amazing singer, truly unique, and the only singer I have ever heard to truly use his voice as an instrument. The weird sounds he makes, as mentioned by another reviewer, just enhances Remedy Lane for me. He is on top form here, and backed by an excellent vocalist with complex, deep and stirring music - How could Remedy Lane be anything short of a masterpiece?

Average customer rating: Easily one of my favorite cd's lost in the shuffle? Manifesto Jukebox - Remedy

Remedy Manifesto Jukebox Manufacturer: Better Youth Org. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000068R00 Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Inadequate
2. Remedy
3. Consent
4. Exits To Sanity
5. Signs Of Life
6. No Love Lost
7. Trail
8. A Losing Battle
9. When Bubbles Burst
10. Safety Valve

Album Description

File under punk, this is hotter than being impaled on a spit roast! Incredible Hot Water Music meets Husker Du punk from Finland? 2002 release on BYO Records.

Customer Reviews:

Easily one of my favorite cd's.......2003-05-21

I picked this one up off a sites recommendation as I listened to the samples I fell in love with it! All I need to hear was a few melodies and I was hooked. The first thing that attracted me was the sound of the lead guitar it has a healthy ethereal sound mixed with an acoustic sound and slightly metallic like, not in the metal sense at all. Its like the sound of someone who chews tinfoil and the sound is represented buy the feal of this strange phenomenon, no it doesn't hurt or irritate your nerves, but that the best way to describe it. Think "Fugazi". There compositional work is great I love how the songs develop. To me this is the sound of an evolved punk sound and I think if only all punk sounded this way maybe I would officially call myself a punk again, but frankly I am embarrassed to do so with the recent sell out to MTV... What is weird is that I say the guitar had an ethereal sound well during 1977 most punks didn't like "Pink Floyd" for its ethereal sound, they said it was pompous?! This I learned from reading a review of "Pink Floyd's" "Animals" so its rather Ironic that punk has changed in this way. Tho you might think ethereal? It might not be the word you chose but I think so purely on how it affects my emotions. It often times reminds me of "sunny day real estate's" song "pillars" of the album "how it feels to be something on". Many emo bands these day have shed their punk influences from 3 chord punk and play what mostly sounds like indie. At least that how I felt about the difference between "Juliana Theory's" First compared to the Second album. I told this to my friends and they said of course it is emo, its real emotional! And so is Pink Floyd but do we call it emo? Blahhh what do you know of emo.. But this very much still has an original emo sound to it in much the sense that it is hard to call it emo or punk, like "Fugazi", I feal. And as the name implies this a serious band not some immature group of people who sing of bubblegum and lame "I had a bad break up" types of songs. Lastly at times I think of "Avail" when I hear this CD. Anyway now that my totally lame review is up I must say I whole heartily recommend "Lifetime" CD "Hello Bastards" try that one out sometime its ones of those CDs that has been long forgotten but rules! In fact I don't think they were ever really popular anywhere except New Jersey where they are from or maybe it was DC ??? can't remember. Over and out... Note! P.s! if any of my other reviews get published you will notice my complaint of emo and for the most part I don't like what people are calling emo, but neither do I think it is actually emo at all.. plus all my industrial friends hate emo, well what it has come to be known as and not what it is. Go to audiogalaxy home page and read the article about hot bodi gram and then please burn your braid CDs and stop whining and crying about your love life will you? Other wise we will be stuck in a 1950s nightmare of perfectionism and repression. But you like to listen to what is effectively the musical version of leave it to beaver.. Sigh.. Like "They Might be Giants"???!!! oh God save us all! But Manifesto Jukebox will save you!! Smiles with glee!

lost in the shuffle?.......2003-02-23

with so many "product"bands being spewed out at us at a frightning pace,so many unknowns are virtually lost in the shuffle,bands like "manifesto jukebox","leatherface" and even lesser knowns like "dumping page" have remained somewhat obscure until recent times.bless the boys at BYO for bringing to light these great bands,it would be recommended that one look into the back cataloges of bands like manifesto jukebox(like the desire c.d.)to witness some of the greatest punk to date,lets hope byo continues to re-release/release this stuff for a long time to come....

Manifesto Jukebox - Remedy.......2002-07-01

There's an uneasy level of silence about this band. I've seen very little reviews of "Remedy" so far and it's a probably because the album isn't easy to gauge on the first few listens.

Manifesto Jukebox if a Finnish trio roughly in the same vein as Hot Water Music, Small Brown Bike, Leatherface and early Fugazi. The band exhibits the same gruff vocal style and swirling guitar-play as their contemporaries, making far more noise then a three-piece should. "Remedy" charges by at a frantic pace, rarely relying on a particular hook to carry a song as much as riding the wave created from the onset. In this respect the Jukebox may not be immediately satisfying, but their songs have enough substance that you'll find yourself returning time and time again to savor their intricacies. The sonic chaos at times gives way to incredibly effective mood-setting instrumentals. The atmosphere that the buildup to "Exists To Sanity" expresses is truly amazing.

Lyrically the band is heads and tails over anything else I've heard this year (some possible translation awkwardness aside). Just reading through the liner notes along with the Antti's vicious-to-anguished vocal range is fascinating. The lyrics are a good example of how the band has forgone common pop-songwriting conventions. The verses are built on more complex multisyllabic word structures then usually attempted (they use both the words "omnipresent" and "lethargy" in the opening line to a song, if you've ever studied pop-songwriting, that's about as unconventional as it gets). Most importantly, the complexities don't affect the pacing or delivery.

Unfortunately the vocals get lost in the mix at times. The band has a dense enough sound that lower range vocals don't pack the power they should. On a similar level, the band's shouts are all the more effective and work incredibly well with their sound. The title track has some fantastically charging verses that bring to mind Sick Of It All, of all things.

Spend some time with "When Bubbles Burst," "No Love Lost," "Remedy" and "Consent" to get a feel for the band. The more times I spin this, the more I like it. I wouldn't be surprised to see this release falling under everyone's radar yet sneaking onto a lot of top-10 lists this year.

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