The Handler [Explicit Lyrics]

The Handler [Explicit Lyrics]

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Product Description
Har Mar Superstar, the universally loved r&b crooner from Minneapolis, known for his love of women and money, returns with his third album. With hit making producer John Fields (Pink, Andrew WK, Mandy Moore), Har Mar has made his pop/r&b opus. Includes a duet with Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), plus guest appearances by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Northern State, Holly Valance, and Michael Bland of Prince?s New Power Generation. Move over Linkin Park, "The Handler" has 12 out of 12 hit singles. Har Mar is love, party, and sweat on the dance floors.

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The Handler [Explicit Lyrics]

Schubert: The Masterworks [Box Set]
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • One of the best of the Masterworks series
  • Will not buy this
  • Worth it!
  • Great way to jumpstart a schubert collection
  • Better to Pick a Few First-rate Performances
Schubert: The Masterworks [Box Set]

Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics
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ASIN: B00062FLJC
Release Date: 2004-11-30

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the best of the Masterworks series.......2007-07-06

Brilliant Classics' "Masterworks" series, if you can get them cheaply (and currently they go for about $1/CD from Amazon's France Web site), are a great way to amass a significant library of the works of several great computers. The production values and the performances themselves are uneven, and the interpretations are not always historically-informed (unlike the bulk of Brilliant's "Complete Editions" of the works of Bach and Mozart). But there are numerous gems in the rough in The Masterworks, and the economic value is unsurpassed, even if you were to throw away half of the CDs in each set.

You're unlikely to throw away much of this Schubert collection though. This seems to be the finest of the Masterworks sets, with a succession of solid, often first-rate performances of most of the major Schubert works. Here's what you get:

- The symphonies, performed by The Hanover Band in a historically-informed style. Very interesting performances perhaps marred by an odd recording balance that makes the woodwinds sound distant. Takes up four CDs
- The six Latin masses. Also the Deutsche Messe in the version with wind instruments. Five CDs in all
- Edison Denisov's completion of Schubert's unfinished dramatic work Lazarus (2 CDs, Helmuth Rilling's premier recording)
- The last four string quartets (including the Quartettsatz) with #9 thrown in. Also the octet, piano quintet ("The Trout"), string quintet and both piano trios. In short all the canonical chamber works. Performances are strong, and well recorded
- Two CDs of violin/piano duets, including Op. 137 and Op. 162
- 19 of the 21 "canonical" piano sonatas (missing #7 and #12) as well as the Moments Musicaux, Impromptus, German Dances, Wanderer Fantasy and several other piano works, 11 CDs in all. As with the chamber music, the performances and recordings are strong, often stunning
- Two CDs of piano duets, including the Divertissements and D. 617
- Song cycles: Die Schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Schwanengesang, and four CDs of standalone songs, including such "standards" as Erlkönig and Gretchen am Spinnrade. The singers are a bit uneven here, ranging from standouts Robert Holl, Deitrich Fischer-Dieskau and John Shirley-Quirk to the somewhat shrill Arleen Augér

Missing from the collection is Rosamunde, and a number of famous songs: Die Forelle (The Trout), Death and the Maiden, Ellens Gesang III (the so-called Ave Maria, D. 839), Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and Der Wanderer. But you do have almost all the important instrumental works, and most of the vocal works generally considered to be essential, with some padding added in the form of minor works such as the parochial Deutsche Messe, the German Dances, and the modernist-informed completion of Lazarus by the 20th Century Russian composer Denisov.

As with the other Masterworks sets, there are no program notes. You'll need to do your own research. Answers.com is a good starting point for Schubert compositions. There are also no song texts or translations provided, so again you'll need to track down your own. Try "The Lied and Art Song Texts Page" for lieder lyrics and translations. Hunt down a good price on this collection, browsing one of Amazon's European sites if necessary, and treat yourself to many hours of lovely music for the cost of a modest night out.

1 out of 5 stars Will not buy this.......2007-03-16

I can't see D965 or D945 on this 40 disks worth of Schubert. Bizarre! There are so many great songs missing it scares me.

4 out of 5 stars Worth it!.......2006-12-19

One of the best in "The Masterpices" series. Many of the discs (the symphonies in particular) were licensed from Nimbus and other full-line labels. Not all that long ago these discs would have set you back $18 to $20 a piece. That said, I still wouldn't part with my Hyperion collection. 40 CD's at this price... you can't go wrong.

4 out of 5 stars Great way to jumpstart a schubert collection.......2006-12-19

Hartmut Holl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stephanie Brown, and Jaime Laredo as well as the Stuttgart Bach Collegium performing Schubert are hardly "left-behind artists and ensembles" as the previous naysayer states. These are licensed from major label releases and from the original masters issued at a bargain price, especially for the number of discs you get. Sound quality ranges from good to excellent. Good for all Schubertians and anyone who wants to jumpstart a Schubert collection.

1 out of 5 stars Better to Pick a Few First-rate Performances.......2006-11-14

This is a bargain in dollar/listening time ratio, but who cares? There are many second-rate performances by left-behind artists and ensembles. Obviously the economics of resurrecting disks that don't require royalties has been the driving factor of selection. (On the other hand, the complete edition boxed sets of Bach and Mozart, which you'll find if you look, are stupendous successes artistically.)
The Handler
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Har Mar is My Superstar!
  • 5 Star Superstar!
  • Funk Soul Brother
  • A tarnished, tainted piece of old trash (and that's an overstatement)
  • Bravado & Beats
The Handler
Har Mar Superstar
Manufacturer: Record Collection
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Indie RockIndie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0002T6IKK
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Transit
  2. Body Request
  3. DUI
  4. Cut Me Up
  5. Sugar Pie
  6. As (Seasons)
  7. Save The Strip
  8. O
  9. Back the Camel Up
  10. Bird In The Hand
  11. Back In The Day
  12. Alone Again (Naturally

Album Description

Har Mar Superstar, the universally loved r&b crooner from Minneapolis, known for his love of women and money, returns with his third album. With hit making producer John Fields (Pink, Andrew WK, Mandy Moore), Har Mar has made his pop/r&b opus. Includes a duet with Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), plus guest appearances by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Northern State, Holly Valance, and Michael Bland of Prince?s New Power Generation. Move over Linkin Park, "The Handler" has 12 out of 12 hit singles. Har Mar is love, party, and sweat on the dance floors.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Har Mar is My Superstar!.......2007-05-22

So I read about Har Mar from an interview
with Drew Barrymore, who I love. She raved about it, so I thought I should check it out. It is by far one of the best albums I have ever heard. Completely feel good all around. Everyone needs this in their collection. Buy it, I promise you'll love it!

5 out of 5 stars 5 Star Superstar!.......2007-04-20

He thinks he's Robbie Williams, he looks like your dad. The mesh tank top over the beer gut, the tight leather pants and the bald head make an, er ... exotic look indeed. If it were not for the fact that this guy knows how to take the piss. Lyrically funny and sexy, musically punchy and very clever this is a knockout album. Previous Har Mar cds have failed to sizzle but on The Handler he got it exactly right. So many tracks stand out that is is no use listing them, from start to finish this is a great album, full of great melodies and hooks. Eveytime I put this on people ask who it is. One of the finest albums of the year. Check it out.

5 out of 5 stars Funk Soul Brother.......2006-03-09

Allow me to cut to the chase: This is a truly great album. I bought the previous two Har Mar CDs on the strength of this. OK, so maybe this guy has a healthy, often tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, but the arrangements, production, songwriting and general feel-good vibes make this a serious piece of work. In other words, Har Mar's not mocking the music, he's having a great time ... and so will you! Think of Prince at his best (pre-Batman), add a touch of Stevie Wonder (Track 5 especially), and a pinch of 70's disco energy, and you've got this sexy beast of an album. Don't buy this if you dig the likes of Craig David, but if you count "Lovesexy," "Sign of the Times," and "Parade," (Prince) or "Innervisions," and "Talking Book," (Stevie Wonder) in your top 100 albums then you're guaranteed to enjoy this album. It's no coincidence that Michael Bland -- Prince's New Power Generation drummer -- lended his awesome drumming skills to his CD. Har Mar is the real deal, but he's clearly more interested in making you dance than defending his authenticity to th ever-vocal "haters."

1 out of 5 stars A tarnished, tainted piece of old trash (and that's an overstatement).......2006-03-06

Har Mar Superstar's HANDLER is quite possibly the worst studio album that has achieved wide-spread release that I have ever heard. Not only does the music sound like something composed by a highly-functioning-autistic, but the vocals sound like something from the lungs of a drunken hobo (and that's a VAST overstatement). I am so disgusted by this revolting piece of vile garbage that simply thinking of this music makes me want to hurl the Chinese food I scarfed down for lunch. There are a lot of crappy albums out there (Hawthorne Height's THE SILENCE IN BLACK IN WHITE, Mannheim Steamroller's CHRISTMAS EXTRODINAIRE, any recording by the metal band Metallica), but HANDLER is absurdly terrible and worse than any album ever recorded.

The first time I ever questioned God's very existence was after hearing HANDLER for the very first time. My brother snagged it from a local radio station he occasionally volunteered at and told me about how funny it is. I expected comedy, not excruciatingly horrendous garbage. The album is so bad that when I go into a music store, I am terrified by the possibility of coming across it accidentally (I can often be found avoiding the "H" section altogether). The reason I questioned God was that I didn't think God could create someone awful enough to record an album like HANDLER.

This album may have received two stars had it not been for the completely repulsive track "Back The Camel Up," where his sexual metaphors are about as witty as any rejected, three-legged camel could conjure. One may go as far to say that this album is horrifying and should never, ever be given to anyone who has ever had any suicidal thoughts, because this album would send them over the deep end and possibly into a filled bathtub face down or off a thousand-foot cliff. If possible, I would give this album a negative score, but that's impossible, so the worst I can possibly rate it is 1 star, and that is what it deserves. It's not worthy of one star. It's not worth any stars.

5 out of 5 stars Bravado & Beats.......2005-07-09

These intoxicating tunes from the up-and-coming "Superstar" have been the only sounds blaring out of my car stereo for the past two months. Recorded by an excellent new producer -- John "Strawberry" Fields -- this album is incredible. It combines lewd lyrics, resembling those of gangster rappers and R. Kelly, with a smooth delivery that's one part Stevie Wonder and one part Jamiroquai. Take those two elements and add the atypical, non-pop star "look" of Har Mar -- a fat, white, almost insane-looking man with hair going anywhere it wants, an outfit that fits (spandex pants and tighty-whities), and an abundance of confidence -- and you have yourself a musical Molotov cocktail.

With friends like Ben Stiller, Owen Willson, Karen O, and many others, his personality must be as funny and engaging as it comes off on this record. While most R&B albums get stuck in a stylistic rut, "The Handler" offers a lot of diversity. Admittedly, rump-shaking tracks like "DUI" and "Transit" are what Har Mar does best. And there are quite a few upbeat dance numbers here, including "Cut Me Up" with the aforementioned Karen O. He also throws in an amazing cover of Gilbert O'Sullivan's classic "Alone Again (Naturally)" which ends things on a poignant note. Every song on the album is filled with hooks and perfectly produced. If this guy isn't a household name in a few years, I'll be pretty sad.

Buy "The Handler," and you'll understand what I'm talking about.
Snake Handler
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Buried Nancy and Lee at the Crossroads
Snake Handler
Divine Horsemen
Manufacturer: Sst Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008F43
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Snake Handler
  2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
  3. Stone By Stone (Fire Is My Home)
  4. Curse Of The Crying Woman
  5. Someone Like You
  6. Fire Kiss
  7. What Is Red
  8. Blind Leading The Blind
  9. That's No Way To Live
  10. Superlungs
  11. Frankie Silver
  12. Past All Dishonor
  13. Sanctuary

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Buried Nancy and Lee at the Crossroads.......2004-09-18

It's like hitchhiking a ride with Bonnie and Clyde as they power their '57 Chevy across the American West during the Apocalypse. Filled with imagery swilled from some psychotic home brew, Chris D and Julie Christensen harmonize their fatal attraction with all things mysterious and mythical.
The music on SNAKE HANDLER is bone snapping rock-n-roll; like a homage to Quinton Tarantino, stories of pulp fiction which dance the devil's doo-dah. The vocal and lyrical interplay match Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood during their 'Some Velvet Morning' sing-a-longs (though if on a double date only Julie and Chris would've returned home).Try DH's 'summer wine' with strychnine and peyote and 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'.
Strong psycho-death-folk-rock from a group travelling The Golden Road to Hell...THE DIVINE HORSEMEN, oh yeah!
Franz Schubert: Mass Nos. 2, 3 And 4
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Franz Schubert: Mass Nos. 2, 3 And 4

    Manufacturer: Koch Discover Int'l
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000002237
    Release Date: 1995-10-06

    Tracks:

    1. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Kyrie
    2. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Gloria
    3. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Credo
    4. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Sanctus
    5. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Benedictus
    6. Mass No.2 In G Major, D 167: Agnus Dei
    7. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Kyrie
    8. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Gloria
    9. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Credo
    10. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Sanctus
    11. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Benedictus
    12. Mass No.4 In C Major, D 452: Agnus Dei
    13. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Kyrie
    14. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Gloria
    15. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Credo
    16. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Sanctus
    17. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Benedictus
    18. Mass No.3 In B Flat, D 324: Agnus Dei
    Schubert Masses [Box Set]
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • best complete box set of Schuberts masses for the price
    Schubert Masses [Box Set]

    Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics
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    ASIN: B000F6ZIAQ
    Release Date: 2006-04-25

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars best complete box set of Schuberts masses for the price.......2006-11-10

    The five cds in this set comes beautifully packaged in carton sleeves in a space saving cardboard box with a thin plastic covering. There are several different performers in this set but they all are good. The sound quality is great although not quite excellent. Everything but the German mass was recorded in 1996. The german mass was recorded in 1975 and is an analog recording, but it sure doesn't sound like it.

    The instruments are heard loud and clear, but it sounds as though the mic is too far away from the singers sometimes. It is still good though, a much better deal than the vox box that costs almost as much. This one also comes with a few extras and a complete German mass that the Vox Box set seems to lack. It's too bad there are no samples for this one, everyone buys the one with the samples but if you just take a chance on this one, you won't be disappointed.
    Reflections of Hope
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Beautiful, relaxing , uplifting music!
    Reflections of Hope
    Joyce Handler
    Manufacturer: Healing Art Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000005BNF
    Release Date: 1996-09-17

    Tracks:

    1. Soaring
    2. Windsong
    3. Lamentation
    4. Ocean Dance
    5. Gratitude
    6. Discovery
    7. Transcendence
    8. Search for Redemption
    9. Final Triumph

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Beautiful, relaxing , uplifting music!.......1999-07-31

    I was looking for an other Joyce Handler CD, titled "Take a good care of you" that is even more beautiful(vocals) and make you feel happy and save and loved. The "Journey to freedom" is really special to me. Buy this or the other CD from dr.Joyce if you want to feel good.
    R. Strauss: Ausgewählte Lieder
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A great many Strauss lieder, done with radiant enthusiasm
    R. Strauss: Ausgewählte Lieder

    Manufacturer: Capriccio
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by StraussAll Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000001WR7
    Release Date: 1994-11-08

    Tracks:

    1. Gedichte Aus 'Letzte Blatter' Von Hermann Gilm, Op.10: Zueignung/Nichts/Die Georgine....
    2. Heimkehr, Op.15, 5
    3. Gedichte Von Felix Dahn, Op.21: Du Meines Herzens Kronelein/Ach Lieb, Ich Muss Nun Scheiden
    4. Madchenblumen, Gedichte Von Felix Dahn, Op.22: Kornblumen/Mohnblumen/Epheu/Wasserrose
    5. O Warst Du Mein, Op.26, 2
    6. Morgen, Op.27, 4
    7. Traum Durch Die Dammerung, Op.29, 1
    8. Ich Trage Meine Minne, Op.32, 1
    9. Befreit, Op.39, 4
    10. Gefunden, Op.56, 1
    11. Kramerspiegel, Gesange Von Alfred Kerr, Op.66: Einst Kam Der Bock Als Bote/O Lieber Kunstler/...
    12. Drei Lieder Der Ophelia Aus 'Hamlet', Op.67: Wie Erkenn' Ich Mein Treulieb/Guten Morgen, S' Ist...
    13. Wanderers Gemutsrube

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A great many Strauss lieder, done with radiant enthusiasm.......2006-01-09

    Mitsuko Shirai pithces herself into every song here with radiant tone and inner fervor. That's how it should be in Strauss, whose default mode was rapture. It can get to be too much of a good thing--there are fully 27 lieder here, including almost all the greatest hits (Morgen, Zueignung, Allerseelen). It's like a diet of lavender and honey.

    Not all listeners will take immediately to Shirai's mezzo, which is in very good shape here in 1993-94 when the singer was in her early forties. Her throaty tone tends to be a bit matronly and shiny bright at the same time. She certainly doesn't have a standard German voice, but then Shirai is the leading (and only?) Japanese lieder specialist in the world. One can udnerstand why she has a host of loyal fans--nothing here is less than deeply committed and intense. Her then-husband, Hartmut Holl, accompanies superbly, and the recorded sound is fine.
    Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Cellokonzerte und Sinfonien
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Cellokonzerte und Sinfonien

      Manufacturer: Thorofon
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by WagenseilAll Works by Wagenseil | Wagenseil, Georg | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      ClassicalClassical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00000458R
      Release Date: 1996-05-21

      Tracks:

      1. Sinf in C: Ov A 8, WV 361: Allegro Molto - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      2. Sinf in C: Ov A 8, WV 361: Andante - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      3. Sinf in C: Ov A 8, WV 361 Tempo Di Menuetto - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      4. Con in A: Allegro - Reiner Hochmuth
      5. Con in A: Largo - Reiner Hochmuth
      6. Con in A: Allegro Moderato (Cantabile Con Grazia) - Reiner Hochmuth
      7. Con in C: Moderato - Reiner Hochmuth
      8. Con in C: Larghetto - Reiner Hochmuth
      9. Con in C: Allegro - Reiner Hochmuth
      10. Sinf in g: Vivace - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      11. Sinf in g: Andantino - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      12. Sinf in g: Allegro Assai - Filharmonia Pomorska/Takao Ukigaya
      Dark Spoke
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        Dark Spoke
        Marisa Handler
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000SSQULC

        Product Description

        1 Cold 2 Presume 3 Springtime 4 Love Waltzed 5 Relinquished 6 Heart of Me 7 Give a Damn 8 One Wing 9 Words, Crumbs 10 Look Straight 11 Nothing Wrong 12 Loyal to the Sky 13 Away 14 The Dream
        Dark Spoke
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          Dark Spoke
          Marisa Handler
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000RQ3W84

          Product Description

          1 Cold 2 Presume 3 Springtime 4 Love Waltzed 5 Relinquished 6 Heart of Me 7 Give a Damn 8 One Wing 9 Words, Crumbs 10 Look Straight 11 Nothing Wrong 12 Loyal to the Sky 13 Away 14 The Dream

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