Turbulence

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Saucy Monky, fronted by songwriters Annmarie Cullen from Dublin and Cynthia Catania from New Jersey, embrace the distinctive meshing of Irish and American cultures with two very different perspectives. Originators of the sexiest and most addictive guitar driven music today.

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Turbulence

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3.5 stars, a bit too ambitious
Dream Theater is the best!
Shameless Pandering Hurts This Release
One of the most rewarding albums ever
My Favorite Dream Theater Album

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater
Manufacturer: Wea/Elektra Entertainment
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Binding: Audio CD

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Train of Thought
Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory
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Images and Words
Octavarium

ASIN: B00005UEAR
Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

The Glass Prison
Blind Faith
Misunderstood
The Great Debate
Disappear

Tracks:

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: Overture
About To Crash
War Inside My Head
The Test That Stumped Them All
Goodnight Kiss
Solitary Shell
About To Crash (Reprise)
Losing Time/Grand Finale

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Never a band to do things by halves, Dream Theater here delivers a two-disc extravaganza with a title track that clocks in at a prog-tastic 42 minutes. Very much in the style of its 1999 studio predecessor, Scenes from a Memory, the "Six Degrees" piece, which occupies the entire second disc, is divided into eight movements beginning, of course, with the overture. It's meaty stuff, though musically it alternately noodles and thrashes about in a somewhat haphazard manner while singer-lyricist James LaBrie's struggles to make an impression over the stunning instrumental onslaught. The first disc serves up five pieces averaging about 10 minutes each that hearken back to the grungier sound of 1994's Awake. The result is an album that fulfills fans' expectations. These guys have found a formula and they're sticking to it. --Mark Walker

Album Description

Dream Theater's latest 2 CD studio epic, produced by drummer Mike Portnoy & guitarist John Petrucci. Elektra Entertainment.

Customer Reviews:

3.5 stars, a bit too ambitious.......2007-07-07

Like most other Dream Theater fans, I was practically foaming at the mouth when the band announced that their follow up to 1999's Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory would be a double album. It turns out that Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence would feature one disc containing 5 individual songs, and a second disc containing one epic song.

Disc 1 is by far my favorite of the pair, as it contains some really fantastic songs.
The Glass Prison is the first in a series of songs that conceptualize the 12 steps of the Alcoholics' Anonymous program. Beyond having a cool concept, it is a heavy-hitting metal track, which is a refreshing change from SFAM's overwhelming "progginess". Almost instantly it became one of my favorite Dream Theater songs, and one that I wish the band would use to open every single live performance.
Blind Faith is another great track. It's less intense than the Glass Prison, alternating between relaxed and upbeat, particularly during the instrumental passages. The chorus is a bit jarring, but during the verses James LaBrie's warm vocals are like another instrument enhancing the song's already great melodies.
I like the idea and lyrics behind Misunderstood, but I wish this were either a shorter or faster-paced song. James lays down another great vocal performance, but the pace of the song is just too slow for a 9-minute track.
For all its focus on both sides of the stem cell issue, The Great Debate just comes across as "Dream Theater does Tool", and that's just not a good thing. 13 minutes of Tool-style vocals and clips from news programs make this easily the worst song on this disc.
Disappear is an interesting enough song with a strong Radiohead influence. I don't love it or hate it, and it does serve as a nice transition to the second CD.

Disc 2 features the 42-minute epic title track, broken into 8 chapters, each of which (save for the Overture) deal with a different aspect of mental illness. This disc features everything great about progressive music - lengthy song structures, intricate instrumental work, and an interesting concept. It also features everything negative about progressive music - self-indulgent instrumental passages, artistic pretension, and yes lengthy song structures. I can't help but compare it to Dream Theater's previous epic song, A Change of Seasons. 6 Degrees comes across as a group of individual musicians screaming "look at me, look at me!" A Change of Seasons is an actual SONG, and a damn good one at that. It's tight, focused, and when it ends you're left panting for more. There are some impressive moments (About to Crash and Solitary Shell come to mind), but as a whole it just leaves me cold (and checking my watch).

It's funny, but I've seen quite a few reviewers here who share my opinion of this album, and none of us can bring ourselves to give the album the three stars it probably deserves. It's as if associating Dream Theater and a 3-star rating will cause our brains to melt. Well, disc 1 is worth at least 4 stars, and you have to grant disc 2 at least 3, so I'll round up and call Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence a 4-star effort. If they had added a couple of tracks from disc 2 to the first disc and called it quits, I'd probably be hailing this as one of Dream Theater's best efforts.

Dream Theater is the best!.......2007-05-13

If you're a Dream Theater fan and do not own this CD already.... What's wrong with you? Buy it! Now!
If you've never heard of Dream Theater.... What's wrong with you? Buy it! Now!
If you truely like good music, why don't you already own this CD? Buy it! Now!
If you think Brittany Spears or Justin Timberlake have any talent at all, then you wouldn't understand Dream Theater at all and you shouldn't buy this CD. Also, if you like Brittany or Jusitin or both... and that kind of music, Do NOT buy this Dream Theater CD..... Just go do your homework because you have to get up early and go to Elementary School tomorrow.

This is a GREAT CD!

Shameless Pandering Hurts This Release.......2007-05-03

I have a real love/hate relationship with Dream Theater. On the one hand, the band's hyper-technical approach and constant commitment to the "rules" of progressive metal usually ensures that on any given Dream Theater album, there will be at least a couple of fascinating musical moments, an almost mechanical complexity which can be entertaining, and prompts to play "find the musical tribute" at least several times during the course of an album. The downside, however, is that the band's "signature" original sound is weighted by blatant derivativeness, an inability to harness complexity to musical flow, and an overarching, almost smirking "aren't we clever?" attitude conveyed by an unwillingness to show restraint at the most inopportune moments. My own "inner turbulence" stems from the fact that I'm always drawn in by the promise of futuristic sounds from Dream Theater, but that the band's work feels somewhat "off".

"Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is one of the band's weakest studio releases, in large part due to the second CD of this two disk album. The first disk shows a pretty fair amount of promise, albeit often blatantly derivative. "The Glass Prison" features some pretty good heavy riffs, and an introductory super-fast series of guitar sweeps from guitarist John Petrucci, which would sound at home on a Symphony X album. "Blind Faith" is the album's strongest track, as it not only sounds like a purely Dream Theater track (as opposed to mimicking another band), but it also features a great melodic instrumental turnaround in the middle of the song. "Misunderstood" and "Disappear" are both somewhat derivative of Radiohead, but manage to be pretty decent songs, with the latter having some pretty hefty emotional weight, due to the almost disturbing use of keyboards. "The Great Debate" is where the album starts showing its weak spots. Starting with their pseudo-EP "A Change of Seasons", Dream Theater's lyrics have often been amateurish and lacking in subtlety. With "The Great Debate", their attempt to address the topic of stem cell research falls prey to this weakness, and the blatant Tool homage on the musical side of things doesn't work here.

However, the side-long title track is what really sabotages this release. The pompous "Overture" section really sets a bad tone for this song, as it sounds like a rehearsal for a Disney movie soundtrack. The rest of this 40 odd minute song seems almost cobbled together artificially from outtakes from "Metropolis II: Scenes From a Memory". The sacharrin sweet approach from that album doesn't work here, and attempts to "toughen it up" with heavier interludes such as the "War Inside My Head" section fail to balance things out. It seems like the band was pandering to the same people who cried "sell out" when "Falling Into Infinity" was released. The calls for a "truly epic" (i.e. 20 minutes or more in length) song from the fanbase should have been ignored until they had more solid material and a better, cohesive approach.

"Six Degrees" barely eeks out a 3 out of 5, and only does so because of the presence of some entertaining material on the first disk. While the band is slowly improving its collective skill at smoothing out the robotic aspects of its songwriting skills, this album doesn't quite show evidence of it yet. While Dream Theater may admire Rush greatly, you wouldn't really know it when comparing "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" to Rush's very organic takes on the progressive rock genre.

One of the most rewarding albums ever.......2007-04-29

Following the groundbreaking impact of Scenes from a Memory, which was perhaps the most important progressive metal album of the late 90's, everybody was curious what Dream Theater would do next. After nearly three years, the band came up with Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, which couldn't be further from the sound and style of its predecessor. Packed into two discs, the second one being a long-form composition broken into eight tracks for easier navigation purposes, Dream Theater chose to prove they were a truly progressive band. Rather than putting out another album that walked in the footsteps of Scenes from a Memory, they released a double CD album, with three of the five tracks on disc one exceeding the ten-minute mark (and "Misunderstood" clocks in at 9:34 anyway), thus sticking to their artistic integrity rather than commercial stardom.

It baffles me how so many Dream Theater fans have turned a blind eye to this album because it sounds so different from their earlier work. I always thought that's what makes this band so special -- that they never repeat themselves and cater to the lowest common denominator. It is true that the first CD sees Dream Theater turning to their influences, and not only Rush and Metallica this time, but also to bands like Pantera on the groove-inflected "The Glass Prison", easily their heaviest song to date. It begins with the same static sound that finalised Scenes from a Memory and picks up an incredibly beautiful bass figure that sounds almost exactly like an acoustic guitar. Myung's tone is clean, big and uber-heavy. With crushing rhythm guitars, pounding bass, and aggresive vocals, the song is elevated to prog metal heaven when Rudess' understated keyboards appear behind the main instruments, and even Petrucci's shred-intensive guitar that many have lambasted (especially on Train of Thought) makes an invaluable contribution to the excellence of the song. Unlike its successor, the shred parts on this album all emerge after carefully built up sections on this one with an intense keyboard and bass unison; or the superb "Blind Faith", which is graced with a wonderful bluesy shred piece. It is here where Dream Theater comes back to their vintage prog roots, boasting a stunning solo piano performance, protruding bass arrangement, and all-around songwriting brilliance.

The moodier pieces "Misunderstood" and the closing piece "Disappear" are both captured by undeniable Radiohead atmospherics. The flickering synth patches during the acoustic guitar intro on "Misunderstood" help thicken Petrucci's waves of dissonance at the end, adding to its intensity; whilst "Disappear" is arguably the most underrated Dream Theater ballad. The effects, sad piano melody, and Labrie's otherworldy vocals are too good to dislike. "The Great Debate" is the band's nod to the intricate rhythm arrangements of Tool, with both Portnoy and Petrucci providing a solid backbone to the song. Even Labrie's vocals evoke Maynard Keenan during the verses, but Dream Theater does add their own signature to it, mostly with Rudess' rising symphonic keyboard aesthetics and the clever mixing of opposing arguments that blast out from either speaker.

The second disc is far from "let's do a real long one-song album" attitude. It brings forth their unparalleled songwriting ability, highlighting the movements with cleverly arranged recurring musical and lyrical themes. The CD is about different individuals with mental illness, from bipolarity to post-traumatic stress syndrome; to sychophrenia, autism, and separation anxiety. What makes this disc an utter success is that the themes are perfectly summarised at the end; and they are also greatly tied together through a strong melodic theme that is started off with Rudess in the beginning, developed by Petrucci (what a nice guitar tone!) in the middle and climaxed by guitar and keyboards at the end. A bit like Awake in this aspect, the unity is maintained throughout without ignoring strong songwriting ideas. Labrie's excellent singing is backed nicely by Portnoy and Petrucci, portraying the different moods and confusion of the characters. "The Test That Stumped Them All" is unbridled heaviness, underpinned by killer drum staccato and Labrie's unique "diaologue"-style vocals. On the slower paced material, the helplessness of a mother being separated from her child is brought to the fore on "Goodnight Kiss", which begins peacefully and gradually transforms into its tragic finale -- give a listen to both the cries of the baby and its mother under Petrucci's moving guitar solo and Rudess' far-reaching synth colouring. The band's Peter Gabriel influence is demonstrated on the storytelling ballad "Solitary Shell" (note the similarity to Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill"). This proves that, besides mindblowing instrumental wizardy, Dream Theater are also capable of churning out catchy pop songs with strong hooks and a perfect balance between electric and acoustic guitar.

It took me years to fully appreciate this album, but even when I claimed disappointment upon its release, I kept coming back to this disc because I was drawn unconsciously. Now five years after its release, I can safely say this has been my most played Dream Theater CD post-SFAM, and it ranks right up there with their best. With flawless production done by Portnoy and Petrucci themselves, it is among my all-time favourites and perhaps their most detailed work. It's definitely worth the effort -- it will reward you like no other disc once it clicks with you.

My Favorite Dream Theater Album.......2007-02-12

After seeing Dream Theater 35 times in four countries and owning their entire discography, this is without a doubt my favorite and possibly their best. I'm not one into going through many details, but if you're here as a new fan, take my word for its greatness. My favorite track is one of their five greatest songs ever, "Blind Faith".

"Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is a brilliant piece of progressive rock and puts Dream Theater in a class with Emerson Lake & Palmer and Yes. When I met Mike Portnoy, he autographed the CD jacket's lyrics page of "The Glass Prison" and I nearly cried. When I saw them play "Six Degrees" in its entirety at Radio City Music Hall with an orchestra, I nearly cried once again. For I see something special in Dream Theater that sets them apart from others: their purity and perfection.

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Don't Let the Artwork Fool You!
This is music
Sweet to listen
Ian Gillan and his band in a jazz-rock fusion adventure.
Pure, unadulterated Gillan at the top of his game

Clear Air Turbulence
Ian Gillan Band
Manufacturer: Spitfire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Scarabus
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ASIN: B00000J7OW
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Clear Air Turbulence
Five Moons
Money Lender
Over The Hill
Goodhand Liza
Angel Manchenio

Album Description

24 bit digitally remastered reissue of the former Deep Purple vocalist's 1977 solo album, first released on Island. Features the original cover art & all six of the original tracks, including the title cut & 'Five Moons'. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews:

Don't Let the Artwork Fool You!.......2007-01-24

This is Gillan's best over all album. Class, Style and Power. A great listen from beginning to end. This is NOT DP!
I found the cover art work kind of juvenile and thought maybe it was a Stryper Album. HA! This is Gillan show casing his true talent in Jazz Fusion and picking a fine ensemble of musicians able to show case his vocal prowess. His best song is not on this album though it IS his best album. Highly reccommend Scarabus and Toolbox in that order.

This is music.......2000-08-17

Gillan made a record that is above formulas or rotules, like "metal", "rock", "techno" or jazz. This is puire music, enjoyable and well played. No formulas here, pals.

Sweet to listen.......1999-08-18

This is the second IAn GIllan Band album, and Gillan allowed his musicians to fly free in their musical ideas. The result was this funk-jazz-rock album, different and creative, that may not be good to some GIllan fans. But I just love it, even being a hard-metal fan till the bone!

Ian Gillan and his band in a jazz-rock fusion adventure........1999-06-09

If you haven't heard this album yet, it is good to know first that it doesn't sound like Deep Purple at all! Gillan was experimenting with jazz-rock circa 1976, so don't expect anything like "Black Night" or "Strange Kind of Woman", two of the veteran screamer's signature songs.

What you're gonna find is careful arrangements with a full horn section, flutes, lots of keyboards (not the Purple Hammond, I think there are Fender Rhodes and early synths), latin percussion added to the rhythmic session, and a good guitar, sans distortion. Gillan's voice is in fine shape, but he releases his animal screaming power only in the song 3, "Money Lender". There are some extended instrumental passages, it's a record that requires patience to be fully enjoyed. Fans that only like heavy music will be alienated by the smoothness of some songs, but for those interested in discovering a less-known side of Gillan's career, CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE can be a treat.

Pure, unadulterated Gillan at the top of his game.......1999-05-24

This album is one of Ian Gillans greatest releases since Deep Purple and Jesus Christ Superstar!

Cascading Waves of Electronic Turbulence

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Solid Work of Noise Ambience
Lots of Fuzzy Noise

Cascading Waves of Electronic Turbulence
Namanax
Manufacturer: Release
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000384X
Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

Contaminating Influence
Cascading Waves of Electronic Turbulence

Customer Reviews:

Solid Work of Noise Ambience.......2002-07-25

The previous reviewer was correct in the observation that this album consists of controlled exercises in electronic noise. So if you can't take noise music, run along and play with the other children in the New Age department. Those of you who are able to appreciate a good burst of static energy may want to give this one a spin. While the first piece is unremarkable, the album's second offering is definitely a keeper (said piece also occupies 47 minutes of a 58 minute disc). The second piece is a series of starts and stops, with periods of light static interspersed among bursts of noise of varying intensity and duration (which sometimes border on the intensity level of true power electronics), making it one of finer moments of noise ambience on the market.

Lots of Fuzzy Noise.......1998-09-04

I bought this cd because of the novelty of a song that was around 50 min (the second song), little did I know that the album was just tough to listen to static.

Tracks:

Turbulence
Speedball
Umbrellas
GoodDay Down
SolidGround
Brightside
Discoball
I Touch Myself
EverydayLover
ChangeYour Mind
PinkFlamingos
Boyz
Everybody Wants Something More
Spark

Album Description

Saucy Monky, fronted by songwriters Annmarie Cullen from Dublin and Cynthia Catania from New Jersey, embrace the distinctive meshing of Irish and American cultures with two very different perspectives. Originators of the sexiest and most addictive guitar driven music today.

Customer Reviews:

artistic, clever, catchy, beautiful, sexy..........2005-06-15

"Turbulence" is, in short, a brilliant sophmore album for Saucy Monky (1st one was "Celebrity Trash"--not sure if you can get it on Amazon, but I highly recommend it--pretty sure you can get it from their website). This album is for everyone who loves incredibly good songwriting--with the kind of melodies that seep inside you, and words that you can completely relate to. The title song, "Turbulence", will grab you hauntingly with the beautiful, seasoned vocals lead by Cynthia Catania. When she joined with the extremely talented songwriter AnnMarie Cullen I swear some magic happened. These two incredible female musicians blend their vocals together, sometimes in harmonies, sometimes take turns singing lead, and the other singing backing. They are both talented guitar players, and the songs are powerfully or subtly acoustic or electric guitar-driven (whatever the song calls for). But, these true musicians can play all sorts of instruments, and do so on the album. (They are also backed by an insanely talented band and other talented guest musicians). I'd classify Saucy Monky as rock/pop, the kind you can sing along to, think to, and let overtake you. The chorus of "Speedball," lead by AnnMarie Cullen will make you want to roll down the windows of your car and blast it as you sing along. The sad truth that "Everybody Wants Something More" in the song of that title will take ahold of you and you'll be thinking about it hours later. The coming-of-age story in the song "Pink Flamingos" will bring out the nostalgia in you. The catchy, rocked out "Solid Ground" about that one person that helps keep you together will make you long for that person. "Boyz," a very fun, catchy rock/punky sounding song will make you laugh and sing along. Then the absolutely beautiful, soulful, tender vocals in the touching song everybody can relate to, "Spark" about that one past lover you always wonder about will rip your heart out. These fantastically talented women show incredible diversity in the songs on this album, yet the sound is consistent at the same time--the songs definitely all belong on this album. Each one is superbly written and you can tell that so much care, soul and love was put into the making of this album. It is the effort of musicians who are the real thing. I HIGHLY recommend it.

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Meditate on This
ONLY THE TRUTH

The Truth
Turbulence
Manufacturer: Ras
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Never Give Up
Nah Sell Out
Free Jah's Cure: The Album - The Truth
Princess Gone ...The Saga Bed
Phantom War

ASIN: B0000ADXDX
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

THE TRUTH
DIRTY WAYS
WHAT I WANT
FIRE BUN
I'D RATHER BE
MORE EFFORT
ADDICTED
BEEN GOOD TO ME
ON MY NERVE
SATURATE YOURSELF IN MY ARMS
BABYLON CRUELTY
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
SELASSIE I

Customer Reviews:

Meditate on This.......2004-01-27

2003 was Turbulence's year. The year that might be spoken of like 1997 is for his mentor Sizzla Kalonji. He dropped 5 complete albums, for 5 different labels and each of the 5 were different as far as content and message. The best of these albums was definitely Join Us, although they all were fairly near the top as far as quality.
The Truth is certainly right in the middle of those as it presents probably, lyrically, the deepest episode of Turbulence yet. If you're into the meditative/spiritual part of Rastafarian music then this is the one you need to seek out first. The pictures in the sleeves display the artist as a part of nature, in garden adornment and the album continues along that line. The best song here is without a doubt the closer Selassie I, very very spiritual and really displays Turbulence's development lyrically. Also check the title track, and I'd Rather Be. A lot of this album is directed towards women, and the artist's love of Black women.
Overall, I continue to be impressed with Sheldon Campbell's development as an artist, and I'm very interested to see exactly where his message continue's to spread and take his music.

ONLY THE TRUTH.......2004-01-13

Turbulence has done it yet again as reggae's new rasta prince of mucic. He and his mentor (often label mate) Sizzla Kolonji have both released about 5 albums this past year, and not a bad one to boot!!! They even toured together to packed venues this past year as well, powerful moving shows. The King's latest messenjah is delivering the truth via the vehicle of lyrics and music and does so very well. Turbulence seems to sound better album after album. My favorites are "the Truth" "I'd Rather Be" and "Selassie I". Turbulence please keep up the excellence and spreading the words of truth as a young lion of Judah as well as continuosly letting JAH be your guide...lifelong fan in Washington, DC.

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neato

Turbulence: Mixes
Arab Strap
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00005JA3A
Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

Bis
Strap
Famous

Album Description

Second single off the Scottish lo-fi band's 2001 release, 'The Red Thread'. Tracks, 'Turbulence' (Bis Mix, Strap Mix & Famous Mix).

Customer Reviews:

neato.......2001-06-21

'Philophobia,' Arab Strap's second record, still fills me with wonder every time -- an honest-to-goodness gut-level feeling of wide-eyed wonder. Few records ever do this, and about the ones that do I always like to say that the band must've been 'drinking some magic tea' when they recorded it, because it reaches a level of poignancy, relevance and, well, art, far beyond the usual fare served up by normal human beings. Arab Strap, of course, are normal human beings, and since the days of 'Philophobia' they've been drinking the magic tea sparingly, it seems. Thier latest album, 'the Red Thread' (Turbulence is the second single from the album), is the band's most themeatically uncohesive and difficult. There are flashes of brilliance, and Turbulence is one of them -- a sinister New Order-meets-the Cure barn-burner. What's dissappointing is that the mixes on the single don't play out the song's great strengths, they don't reveal anything new. They don't, as I believe remixes ought, rework the original idea and play out a different aspect of the theme, but rather they simply retool the sound of it in a way that could have been done by a machine and that will appeal to DJs and your average slog on the dance floor. Perhaps this is the point, and if so, great; but if you're looking for another version of Turbulence, forget it, there's only one, and it's on 'the Red Thread.' The Turbulence mixes is quite ordinary tea, with two lumps to boot.

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Live @ Slims Turbulence Chest
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1) Sycograph Intro (DjD) (4:17) 2) Coffee Sack (DjD) (4:48) 3) Duck's Decay (DjD) (5:13) 4) Clear (Cybotron) (5:18) 5) Blow? (B'head) (5:10) 6) Slender Face (MCM, DjD) (6:54) 7) Polar Bear Moonskreen (DjD) (3:14) 8) Brain Practicing "Asshole" (DjD) (3:04) 9) Thinking Room Sculpture (DjD) (4:15) 10) Employment Crystal Rooster (DjD) (4:40) 11) Shaften The Turtle (DjD) (1:43) 12) Fuckface Encore (DjD) (8:35) Brain: acoustic and electric drums; Buckethead: guitars and dolls; Extrakd: bass; DJ Disk: turntable, vocoder; Les Claypool: additional bass (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12); MCM: words (6, 11). Recorded Live in San Francisco @ Slim's on December 20th, 1998.

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The Perfect Balance
Turbulence , and Richie Spice
Manufacturer: Weeded Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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In the Streets to Africa

ASIN: B000I5Y92M
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Finally Free - Turbulence
Rainy Day - Turbulence
Tap a Tap - Turbulence
My Woman - Turbulence
Master Of False Pretense - Turbulence
We Are One - Turbulence
Perfect Match - Turbulence
Bless the Man - Richie Spice
Castle Of My Heart - Richie Spice
Come In Money - Richie Spice
Cold Hearted Fool - Richie Spice
Never Weary - Richie Spice
Sell Out - Richie Spice
Monday Morning - Richie Spice

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Notorious Failure
Rushed, Hurried but Not Bad
Best Turbulence album
Almost the perfect reggae album

Notorious
Turbulence
Manufacturer: Vp Records
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Princess Gone ...The Saga Bed
Hail the King
Phantom War
Far from Reality
Nah Sell Out

ASIN: B000ECWYNA
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Tracks:

Fire Pon Dem
Notorious
Do You
Down Down Down
I'm Yours
Front Line (Want A Natty)
Work It Out
Love You
Run Away
Woyeeeee
Hah Run
Liberation
Bongo Congo

Customer Reviews:

Notorious Failure.......2006-06-18

I personal am a great fan of the Original Notorious by THC Muzik.Why is it that the track was suh a hit and yet these so called producers Kirk Hedge and Piloni have goneand reproduced the track and have done a horible job if I DO SAY SO.The track should not have been touche it should have been released the same wy that we the fans heard it Originally nd had come to love.I personally give it a two thumbs down as I think it's a disrespect to the Original producers GIZE,AMLAK and HABTE OF THC Muzik.

Rushed, Hurried but Not Bad.......2006-05-13

(3.5 stars)
26 year old Sheldon Campbell has made a fan out of me. His style of making music has gotten to me over the years and from the first time I heard the artist, when I would essentially just tag him a Sizzla clone and be done with it, he has improved his style drastically. Always gifted with the pen, and still retaining many of his Sizzla-like oddities, Turbulence is able to hold the attention of both the hard dancehall seeking fan and especially the smooth lover's rock fan.

For years his career was labeled in a way that many of his contemporaries are. He had voiced tons of good solid tunes and high quality albums, but he had never had that one big tune that would set him apart from the rest, combined with the fact that he had announced himself leaving the role of Sizzla's frontman/sidekick, he needed that one big tune.

Enter his girlfriend and Notorious. Feisty songstress Sasha would make an unlikely combination with Turbulence, leading to 2 good tunes, one of which was a big hit, Want a Natty, which is available here. Notorious was even bigger, the artist's firts number one tune took him all over the Caribbean where fans feasted on it.

So here you have the long awaited album, so I and many other reviewers can stop wondering exactly when the tune might appear on an album. VP Records go out of their way to showcase the record, it is redone (even from their own StB) and cut as never before. Its still good enough to be the album's best, coming in second is unsurprisedly Want a Natty (aka Front Line) featuring Sasha. The two could presumably work together dozens of times and never have a dip in quality.

Also good here is much of the dancehall material of the second half of the album. Run Away, Woyeee, and Nah Run all pretty good tunes, especially Run Away Surprisingly, for a Turbulence album, there are no big big love songs on the album after Want a Natty, the artist has shown himself undoubtedly one of the best practitioners of the craft of the love song in recent times.

The album is largely produced by Israeli reggae master Piloni who may be best known with artist Jah Mason, and his riddims are top notch throughout. It is a slightly rushed and flimsy project however, the picures for this one (including the covershot) are all pictures from the liner notes of the Songs of Solomon album, its most immediate VP Records' predecessor.

Overall, I wouldn't necessarily call Notorious Turbulence's worst album (that distinction belongs to Sons of Solomon) but its not the absolute top notch piece that we might expect from the 'Future'. Yes, he can do much much better, but fans of the artist will probably find enough goodness here to more than justify purchase.

Best Turbulence album .......2006-04-28

In the current Dance Hall scene , Sing-jaying is more rhythmically oriented than most singing and is more melodically sophisticated than most DJing. In this new album, Turbulence is expanding his creativity and is successfully attempting to revitalize the Rastafari Cultural message in the Dance Hall.
This is a message of Liberation very relevant to the contemporary Dance Hall audience.

Turbulence is one of the major pillars in the Rasta renaissance movement among the Bobo Dread in Jamaica. He reflects sincerity and commitment to a Rasta way of life.

Cultural artist like him promote all things positive and progressive, such as Liberation, anticolonialism, black consciousness, moral uprightness, the valorization of Africa and the rebellious opposition to the Babylon system of oppression.

In this new album produced by Piloni and Kirk , Turbulence is demonstrating his cultural creativity : an openness to new sounds and riddims coupled with determination to maintain the ongoing Dance Hall vibes and energy .It blends music and culture from Jamaica and Africa and is powering the music to an uplifting state of mind .

It is an album that gives a higher form of meditation in the music: high energy performance all along the album while sustaining to a reflection on the suffering humanity around the world.
His most matured album - Deeper with the lyrics, deeper with the brilliant arrangements by Piloni, deeper into the modern Dance Hall Roots.
Music that lift you up and promote life. This is revelation time for Turbulence.

Almost the perfect reggae album.......2006-04-19

To me, this was ALMOST the perfect album, but a few production "mistakes" kept this from being a classic. Firstly, why mess with a good thing? "Notorious" is THE biggest song of Turbulence's career so why did these producers mess with it. Now, the song is less energetic than the original production. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. Secondly, I could have done without those slow ballad type love songs. I mean going from "I could have been one of the most notorious..." to "I'm sorry I cheated..." kind of threw me off there for a sec. But all in all, this is the best produced and best engineered Turbulence album I've heard. The music itself is well written and most of the lyrics are fulfilling. Turbulence seemed to have experimented with some pop compositions like the #5 track "I'm Yours" and there are some tuff "rasta gunman" tunes (which could be some kind of contradiction to some ppl). You can also hear some Sizzla influence here and there in his vocal performance. I wouldn't really call this a roots album nor would I call it a dancehall album. Maybe it's contemporary reggae?

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Clear Air Turbulence
Ian Gillan Band
Manufacturer: Airmail
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00031YBDI
Release Date: 2004-11-01

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