| 1. Innocence | |||
| 2. Free World | |||
| 3. Mother's Ruin | |||
| 4. Days | |||
| 5. No Victims | |||
| 6. Fifteen Minutes | |||
| 7. Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! | |||
| 8. Tread Lightly | |||
| 9. What Do Pretty Girls Do? | |||
| 10. Dancing in Limbo | |||
| 11. End of a Perfect Day | |||
| 12. You and Me Baby | |||
| 13. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (She's Having a Baby) [Soundtrack V | |||
| 14. Happy [*] | |||
| 15. Am I Right? [*] | |||
| 16. El Paso [*] | |||
| 17. Foret de Mimosas [*] | |||
| 18. Complainte Pour Ste Catherine [*] | |||
| 19. Free World [Radio Version][*][Version] | |||
| 20. Innocence [Guilt Mix][*] | |||
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Editorial Reviews
British remastered reissue of 1989 album, scheduled to include 10 bonus tracks. EMI. 2005.
Kite,Kirsty MacColl,EMI Int'l,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,College Rock,England,Folk-Rock,Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter
Kite [Original recording remastered] [Import]
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My Green Kite
Peter Himmelman Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000MCID5K Release Date: 2007-02-20 |
Tracks:
- Feet
- My Green Kite
- Another Bite Of Hay
- Maybe Is A Bad Word
- My Father's An Accountant
- A Dozen Roses
- Have You Ever Really Looked At An Egg?
- I Made It For You
- Baseball Tips With Professor Buckley
- Red Rubber Boots
- Nothin' To Say
- Watercolor Set
Product Description
Peter Himmelman has many kites in the air. On his fourth family recording, Peter's quirky sense of humor, strong friendly vocals, expert musicianship and intelligent, touching and laugh-out-loud funny lyrics make his timeless songs soar. Expect the unexpected as Peter surprises and delights any age, any time. Includes songs such as My Green Kite, A Dozen Roses, and Baseball Tips With Professor Buckley.Amazon.com
Peter Himmelman has a rubbery voice, a vivid imagination, an ear for quirky pop songs that sounds ripe for the picking by some brilliant kids' comedy troupe, and a complete lack of self-consciousness--a combination you don't often find in kids' performers, even the most successful ones. My Green Kite follows the just-for-the-fun-of-it formula of previous discs like My Fabulous Plum and My Best Friend is a Salamander--here's Himmelman contemplating how confounding a word "maybe" can be ("Maybe Is a Bad Word"), examining the under-appreciated qualities of an egg ("Have You Ever Really Looked at an Egg") and, in a half-poignant, half-hilarious number, deeply regretting his embarrassment over his dad's painfully boring occupation ("My Father's an Accountant"). The word for these songs is screwball--there's a certain loose genius lurking below the surface. As the soundtrack to a Sunday-afternoon Lego marathon, they're pretty near perfect. --Tammy La Gorce
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Si ji (Four Seasons)
Manufacturer: Gsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AXWHEY Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Wang Huiran: Yi Dance
- He Luting: Shepherd Boy with Flute
- Dietmar Ungerrank: Intonation & 4 Sound-and-Image Compositions - Intonation
- Dietmar Ungerrank: Intonation & 4 Sound-and-Image Compositions - Long Out-stretched Pier with its Shadows
- Dietmar Ungerrank: Intonation & 4 Sound-and-Image Compositions - Wind on The Hill
- Dietmar Ungerrank: Intonation & 4 Sound-and-Image Compositions - Waiting for Guests
- Dietmar Ungerrank: Intonation & 4 Sound-and-Image Compositions - Land Circus
- Traditional - Heavenly Bird
- Tradional - Lantern Song
- Traditional - Mayila
- Evan Hirschelman: Meditation No.2
- Evan Hirshelman: Meditation No.1
- Stephen Goss: The Blue Kite
- Stephen Goss: Yellow Earth
- Stephen Goss: Farewell My Concubine
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 1 T'ai
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 3 Lin
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 4 T'ung len
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 5 Huan
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 6 K'uei
- Carlo Domeniconi: I Ching - 7 Chieh
- Stephen Funk Pearson: South China Sea Peace
- Thierry Rougier: Four Seasons - Spring
- Thierry Rougier: Four Seasons - Summer
- Thierry Rougier: Four Seasons - Autumn
- Thierry Rougier: Four Seasons - Winter
Customer Reviews:
Successful crossing over from East to West.......2007-07-06
Alas, not all attempts are successful. Either there has not been enough nurturing in the Chinese repertoire, or the western playing style has not yet been fully developed.
Ms. Yang is a young classical guitarist. Gathering from what she said in her own introduction to this disc, she is a musician with a great ambition. It is true that the classical guitar may not have a substantial repertoire as other western instruments like the violin and piano. Hence drawing materials from other culture in a guitarist's repertoire is both a necessity and an endeavour.
A guitarist from Beijing, Ms. Yang is familiar with classical Chinese instruments like the gu qin, the zheng and the pipa. These ancient Chinese instruments are like the guitar- all are played by plucking strings set on wooden surfaces. So as Ms Yang herself noted - the guitar originated from the Middle East, a 'cross-over' area of Eastern and Western culture.
In many of the modern works recorded in this disc, Ms Yang played the guitar to the effect of those ancient Chinese instruments, and this is quite stunning. Her familiarity with the Eastern musical style is fully demonstrated, adding the requisite flavour of authenticity to her interpretation. There are a number of great compositions of the gu qing, the zheng as well as the pipa, and I truly look forward to Ms Yang's transcriptions of those to the guitar in due course.
A highly recommended recording for guitar players, guitar lovers and Chinese music fans alike.
One of the best solo guitar albums I have ever heard.......2006-10-06
When I played this CD for my guitar teacher, he commented that it was rare for him not to have heard at least one piece on any particular classical guitar CD, yet all these pieces were new to him. Carlo Domeniconi (who wrote the masterpiece "Koyunbaba") has composed an outstanding suite based on the I Ching. The 3 pieces by Stephen Goss, which are based on Asian films, are themselves cinematic: "The Blue Kite" is a work of minimalist beauty. There are many other talented composers lending their gifts to this CD. Most of the selections are either composed for Yang Xuefei or are arrangements by her. All are inspired by Chinese culture and music. My favorite piece is "Long Outstretched Pier with its Shadow" (by Dietmar Ungerrank); it is elegantly written and the execution is sensual and rich.
Yang XueFei's technical agility, especially the right hand, (as in "Yi Dance") goes beyond that of her contemporaries. As impressive as this is, the passion she imbues into each work is what connects her to the songs and ultimately to the audience. Technique is there to help her express what is inside of her. It is as if the guitar is her lover. This just isn't a great guitar album; it is a great album period. Its emotional complexity deepens with each listening. Buy it!
I've also purchased "Romance de Amor" which is extremely good as well (listen to her version of "Requerdos de la Alhambra" as compared to one of her heroes, John Williams on "The Guitarist"), but "Si Ji" is totally unique. Don't miss it.
As an aside, If you do end up buying and enjoying this CD, you might listen to Lily Afshar. The influence of her Persian heritage is similar in effect to "Si Ji" by Yang XueFei. Both artists have breathed life into the modern repertoire of guitar music.
Virtuoso playing and an unusual repetoire.......2005-10-26
This CD is quite different. The pieces are all Asian in flavor and by composers I had never heard of. And they are quite beautiful. Ms. Yang appears to be quite young, so this could be the start of a long and interesting career. But at least one of the pieces was written for her, so she has already apparently developed a solid reputation.
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When the Kite String Pops
Acid Bath Manufacturer: Rotten ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000017CA Release Date: 1994-08-09 |
Tracks:
- The Blue
- Tranquilized
- Cheap Vodka
- Finger Paintings Of The Insane
- Jezebel
- Scream Of The Butterfly
- Dr. Seuss Is Dead
- Dope Fiend
- Toubabo Kooml
- God Machine
- The Morticians Flame
- What Color Is Death
- The Bones Of Baby Dolls
- Cassie Eats Cockroaches
Customer Reviews:
One of the most unique metal bands ever.......2007-04-28
Debut of the South's finest metal band.......2007-03-01
OK, so not everyone has heard of these guys. Except for those of us in the faithful underground. Unfortunately, (or not!) some "would-be legendary" bands never achieve fame. Acid Bath is one of these bands.
This music is not for everyone. From the front cover featuring a painting by convicted serial murderer John Wayne Gacy to the chilling pulsing rythyms and dark poetry of "Scream of the Butterfly", this album does NOT pull any punches. It is dark, brooding, evil, poetic, raw, haunting and beautiful. Frontman Dax Riggs croons and screams from the deepest corners of his soul while Sammy Duet provides the torturous demonic wails that rip through many of the tracks. Every song on here is excellent, but the standouts aside from the aforementioned track are "Dr. Suess is Dead", the classic "Fingerpaintings of the Insane", "Jezebel", "Morticians Flame", "What Color is Death" and "Bones of Baby Dolls". If you have not heard this band and you are a fan of metal who can handle some dark subjects, you owe it to yourself to buy this album immediately. It is unfortunate that these guys only put out two studio albums in their short career, but they are both musical opuses.
perfection.......2006-12-28
The beginnings of Metalcore.......2006-12-10
One of my favorite albums.......2006-11-03
The highlights: The Blue, Finger Paintings of the Insane, Scream of the Butterfly, Doctor Suess is Dead, and Cassie Eats Cockroaches. I can't even quote a lot of the lyrics on here, but they are great throughout. Interesting musical techniques, too. My favorite: soft acoustic guitar combined with double-bass kicking on Scream of the Butterfly. Dax is one of the best vocalists out there. He goes from the clean, melancholy singing straight into a face-destroying scream, but whatever he does fits in with the music. All the instrumentalists are great: they fit in perfectly with the feel of the album. Nothing exceptional, but nothing bad at all. This album has nothing bad about it, really. I mean, sure, if you're obsessed with solos, there aren't a lot, but this isn't thrash. This album is pretty much perfect for what it is.
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Kite
Kirsty MacColl Manufacturer: Caroline ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007M8I6Y Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
Tracks:
- Innocence
- Free World
- Mother's Ruin
- Days
- No Victims
- Fifteen Minutes
- Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
- Tread Lightly
- What Do Pretty Girls Do?
- Dancing in Limbo
- End of a Perfect Day
- You and Me Baby
- You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (She's Having a Baby) ...
- Happy [*]
- Am I Right? [*]
- El Paso [*]
- Foret de Mimosas [*]
- Complainte Pour Ste Catherine [*]
- Free World [Radio Version][*][Version]
- Innocence [Guilt Mix][*]
- No Victims [Guitar Heroes Mix][*]
- End of a Perfect Day [*]
Album Description
British remastered reissue of 1989 album, scheduled to include 10 bonus tracks. EMI. 2005.Album Details
Originally Released by Virgin Records in 1991 and Now Remastered with Ten Bonus Tracks.Customer Reviews:
mixed emotions.......2007-01-11
The Late Great Kirsty MacColl.......2006-02-26
Soaring "Kite".......2005-12-19
Some rock fans have tended to accuse their favorite artists of becoming insufferable softies in the wake of marriage and parenthood, as if any perceived decline in the quality of the artist's music is blamed on the artist losing his or her mysteriousness and "cool," instead of on the listener's own inability to identify with the artist's new mental state. That said, singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl made 1989's Kite -- only her second full-length album of all-new material to be released in her first 11 years as a recording artist -- after marrying record producer Steve Lillywhite in 1984 and then devoting the next few years to raising their two young sons... The former pub-rocker mostly works in Smiths-style Brit-pop here, except for detours into country (the weary-but-hopeful single "Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim!") and jazz ("Fifteen Minutes"), and a sweet cover of the Kinks' "Days" (one of MacColl's biggest UK hits); HOWEVER, a look through the lyric sheet should assure you that becoming a wife and mum didn't turn Kirsty soft.
Kite kicks off with the 1-2 punch of "Innocence," a bouncy single packed with wickedly funny put-down lyrics ("Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy / You frighten little children and you always wonder why"), and the ferocious single "Free World," an attack on Margaret Thatcher's England. Other standouts include: "Fifteen Minutes," a wry comment on the crassness of fame ("In Sunday papers every week / The silly words you love to speak / The tacky photos and the phony smiles / Well, it's a bozo's world and you're a bozo's child ... Your 15 minutes start now"); its less-snide flip-side, the jangly "What Do Pretty Girls Do?", which ponders the plight of an It Girl once her 15 minutes are up and she can no longer coast on looks or popularity; "The End of a Perfect Day" (co-written with Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr), on which MacColl advises us that good times can't last forever; and "Tread Lightly," on which she warns us that getting what we wish for may not be all it's cracked up to be. To audiences who prefer blander and more sugar-coated sentiments in their pop music, many of Kirsty's lyrics here may seem extremely cynical, but I consider them refreshingly honest.
The Extras:
Kite was the first of two albums MacColl released on the Virgin label; earlier this year, EMI/Virgin reissued both this album and 1991's Electric Landlady, expanding them with bonus tracks. One of the extras on Kite is a slightly cleaned-up radio edit of "Free World" (minus the epithet "shag"); the remaining 9 bonus tracks are B-sides, including a cover of the Smiths' "You Just Haven't Earned it Yet, Baby" (which she had recorded for the soundtrack of John Hughes' 1988 comedy She's Having A Baby), a lively cover of Anna McGarrigle's "Complainte Pour Ste. Catherine," the self-penned French number "La Foret De Mimosas," a cover of Marty Robbins' country hit "El Paso" (!), a pair of so-so remixes, and a demo of "End of a Perfect Day."
Used to merely love it, now in my top 10.......2005-09-01
Time only carries this album's reputation higher and higher.......2005-05-29
I miss Kirsty's wit, songwriting chops and singing. There's few songwriters that were at the top of their craft so soon. This expanded edition mirrors the original US version in that it features "You Just Haven't Earned It Baby", "La Foret De Mimosas" and "Complainte Pour Ste Catherine" which were also on the US released in additon to the original 12 tracks of the album. Also included are a killer B-side "Happy", "Am I Right?", a cover of Marty Robbin's "El Paso" three remixes of album tracks and the original demo of the MacColl/Marr original song "The End of a Perfect Day".
There's a note by producer/ex-husband and friend Steve Lilywhite about the recording of the album as well as the original album lyrics. So if you have the original US release (like myself), this is worth upgrading for the four songs not on the original CD. The three remixes are OK the real gem, though, is the original album. Sadly, Kirsty MacColl was killed at the young age of 41 while swimming. She was hit by a boat in waters where boats were restricted. I miss her wit and I only spoke to her once in an interview by phone. I can't imagine what those who were close to her feel. Pick up this great album, enjoy her music and enjoy.
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Tango Argentino
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000ZKRTE Release Date: 2004-02-17 |
Tracks:
- Kite-Flying Dream
- Milonga Of Confusion
- The Last Woman
- Libertango
- The Day You Love Me
- Coming Back
- Military Tap
- Melancholic
- Nostalgic
- South
- For The Tilingos
- Farewell Nonino
- Midnight In Buenos Aries
- Jacinto Chiclana
- Triumphal
- La Recoleta
- Milonga Of My Loves
- 71 Milonga
Amazon.com
If you want to find out if you'll enjoy this collection of guitar transcriptions, listen to track 7, the "Military Tap" by Mariano Mores. If you can resist the ingenuity of the arrangement and the verve of the performance, this disc is not for you. For further evidence, try track 13, Astor Piazzolla's "Midnight in Buenos Aires," an amazing example of Villadangos's imagination as an arranger. This guitarist, who comes from Buenos Aires himself, has obviously absorbed the tango tradition and idiom completely. You might think guitar solo arrangements would be disappointing, lacking the inherent color of the typical tango band. Not so in this exhilarating collection, which also juxtaposes internationally known tango composers like Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel with others much less well known. Villadangos also supplies his own helpful program notes for this completely satisfying, memorable recital. --Leslie GerberCustomer Reviews:
One of the BEST guitar cds ever!.......2006-12-27
OLE.......2004-06-07
If you are into the Tango or guitar music or just want to be transported, in your mind, to a different time and place, buy this disc.
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Glow
Rie Sinclair Manufacturer: Kite 7 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000HT3AXS Release Date: 2006-03-01 |
Tracks:
- Glow
- Alarmed
- Pale
- Colours Fade
- In My Garden
- Scared Of The Dark
Product Description
Emmy-Nominated songwriter/lyricist & Los Angeles based performer Rie Sinclair, has been writing music for ABC for the last two years. Her yet to be released song, Where You Are (co-written with producer/guitarist Bob Hartry), was nominated as Outstanding Original Song for Daytime Television this year. While still waiting for release of some of her more popular songs from ABC, she's released her current EP, Glow , and now working on several short-cut Singles. For more information and live performance dates, please visit www.riesinclair.com. 'Glow' is also available on iTunes.com.
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A Garland for Presteigne
Manufacturer: Metronome ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000636WDK Release Date: 2005-04-12 |
Tracks:
- Words
- Gwaithla Brook
- Cefn Hir
- Wings Of Grasses
- A Perfect View
- My Paradise Garden
- Shropshire Hills
- The Buzzard
- Nettles
- Tall Nettles
- For A Wine Festival
- Red Kite Flying
Album Description
This recording presents twelve new songs for voice and piano celebrating the border lands of Wales and England, specially commissioned from leading English and Welsh song composers. This August will mark the 21st annual Presteigne Festival, held in this colorful town in the east of Radnorshire, halfway down the border between England and Wales. Founded in 1983 by local composer Adrian Williams and others, the festival commissions new works annually. The 21st anniversary is being celebrated with the commission of 'A Garland for Presteigne,' to which ten composers featured over the years have contributed.Canadian-born soprano Gillian Keith taps into new British writing accompanied by a winner of the Gerald Moore Prize, Simon Lepper.
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Kite - Digipak
Nick Heyward Manufacturer: Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000092GQX |
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All in Time
Mister Kite Manufacturer: Dark Matter Distribution ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000063W5K Release Date: 2006-08-01 |
Tracks:
- All In Time
- I Wnat More
- Here We Are
- Seventeen Years
- Part One (Stranger)
- Part Two (God Knows I Know)
- Part Three (Another Me)
- Rain
- Its Too Late
- Inside
- Soulsaving Sister
- The End Is Near
- Part Four (Reflections)
Album Description
Progressive metal act from Sweden. Drummer Mats Bergenz was a founding member of legendary Swedish band Silver Mountain. Special guest Mattias IA Eklund. Lion Music.
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Kite
Amy Obenski Manufacturer: self released ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000EMT19A Release Date: 2006-03-07 |
Tracks:
- Carousel
- Horizon
- Take What You've Given
- I Must Love You
- Lady of Tomorrow
- Bomb the World
- Good-Bye
- Let Go
- Sun and Sky
- As We Go Down
- Angel's Road
- All the Same
Product Description
Amy Obenski's second full length album, "Kite", is full of swirling images, soaring vocals, and music that cuts through to the soul.
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