On the Radio

On the Radio

ASIN: B00005JI37

Track Listings

1. Stella Imtroduces the Band

2. Cedar Fever

3. That's Allright With Me

4. Leave My Woman Alone

5. Looking for Romeo

6. I Feel Better (Since You're Gone)

7. Long Time Coming

8. What Do I Know

9. Don't Tell Me Goodbye

10. Any Way You Want Me

11. Fools Fall in Love

12. Could We Walk Away

13. Man Who Can't Say No

14. Tag Along

On the Radio,Jim Stringer & The AM Band,Music Room,Country,Pop,Texas "swang" includes twang, swing and elements of the musical styles that made AM Radio the king between 1948 and 1965.

King of the Mountains
Average customer rating:

Funny, funny, funny

Another Good Collection

Absolutely hilarious!!!

Funniest Man In Comedy!

Rodney almost does it again.

King of the Mountains
Rodney Carrington
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Rodney Carrington: Live at the Majestic

Greatest Hits

Morning Constitutions

But I Could Be Wrong

Nut Sack

ASIN: B000NJXCAI
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Intro
Tee Off
Massage
TV Show
Shopping On Rodeo Street
Real Fancy Place
Give It A Try
Zoo
Yoga Class
Boxing
Christmas With The Kids
Home Movie
Short Arms
Wheel Of Fortune
Travel Pillow
The Apple
Fun
Changes
Baby Back
Fat Girl
Put Your Clothes Back On
Rap Star
Rhymes With Truck
Show Them To Me
Baby Back
Rhymes With Truck
Rap Star
Show Them To Me
Tribute To Barry Martin
Angel Friend

Customer Reviews:

Funny, funny, funny.......2007-06-27

If you love comedy you need this CD. Rodney Carrington is one of the funniest comedians today. I also purchased his DVD "Rodney Carrington: Live at the Majestic". This DVD is his "King of the Mountain" album but the fact that you actually see him acting out the show makes it that much funnier. My favorite part is the "Chicken Song". If you get the DVD (which I highly recommend) it will keep you laughing long after you see it. Trust me you will want to watch it over and over again......... I know I did.

Another Good Collection.......2007-06-19

This is another entertaining collection of countrified humor from a man who mostly has one thing on his mind; that is the thing that most men have on their minds. He is self deprecating and usually funny. That's enough for me.

Rodney is also known for his songs. These are usually scattered throughout his albums but in this one, they are all concentrated at the end. First come the live performances and then there are some repeats using studio recordings.

Its not a bad collection

Absolutely hilarious!!! .......2007-06-11

This is one of the funniest CD's and/or albums I have ever listened to. I heard these live on tour but, I still laugh like crazy. Also, Angel Friend is a very touching tribute to his good friend and fellow comedian Barry Martin. The song actually brought me through a very bad time and gave me hope when I lost my best friend.

Funniest Man In Comedy!.......2007-06-05

I've watched this dvd 5 times already and could watch it 10 more...you will laugh the whole time its on!

Rodney almost does it again........2007-05-21

This was really funny, but I don't think it was quite as funny as his earlier stuff.

Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks)

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You see, I tried, then I REALLY tried
Different but good...
Not pop music
Stunningly original
"How do the blues sound from up there?"

Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks)
TV on the Radio
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Crane Wife
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The Good, the Bad & the Queen

ASIN: B000H7JDZO
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

I Was A Lover
Hours
Province
Playhouses
Wolf Like Me
A Method
Let The Devil In
Dirty Whirl
Blues From Down Here
Tonight
Wash The Day Away
[ambient audio]
Snakes and Martyrs
Hours (El-P Remix)
Things You Can Do

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Their second album and first for Interscope is almost wholly brilliant. Like Mogwai, Sigur Ros and a dozen others, TVOTR excels at making slowly-evolving tunes with vaguely anthemic choruses and lots of loud-soft dynamics. Unlike virtually any of those other bands, TV on the Radio mix a genuine and actual songwriting ability with their knack for finding sounds that appear to be "new." This record is crisper-sounding and incorporates more dance-based elements, but it's essentially a pop album. While the lack of the free web-released "Dry Drunk Emperor, a tribute to President Bush, is initially a bummer, the album percolates with enough pre-apocalyptic tension to satisfy anyone. In a Prince-pitched falsetto, the group sings "I was a lover/ Before this war," While throughout, the combination of melody and invention is always pitch-perfect (well, except on "Province" and "Let the Devil In," those songs sort of suck.) People of Earth: please make this band into total superstars and buy several copies of their album: one for the car, another for the office, etc. What we really need in our popular music is more weirdness, and more truth. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

You see, I tried, then I REALLY tried.......2007-06-02

I have to completely agree with what "Unlistenable" (callahan) had to say about this record. I have given it a try on long road trips, blasting on my home stereo, with headphones, etc. I don't get it. I WANTED to "get it". Even after "not getting it", I tried again.
I had read/heard so much about this album, that I figured it would be a pleasure/treasure.
Basically, it sucks!. No cohesion whatsoever-none.
"Wolf Like Me" is the ONLY stand out track, likley because it actually has some form of melody/riff. It is a very, very good song to add to any compilation you may be making for your summer mix. Do yourself a favor, buy THAT track on ITunes and skip the rest! The ONE STAR RATING IS FOR THAT TRACK ALONE!
P.S. I disagree with that other reviewer's comment likening this to OK Computer as being overrated too. THAT disc has plenty of great musical moments going on!

Different but good..........2007-05-26

I gave this album a couple of listens and was glad I did. It's original but I am not someone who gives bad music a pass just because it is different - it has to be good too. I am a little surprised that "Wolf Like Me" was the first single since that song seems sort of flat and boring to me, but "I Was a Lover", "Hours" and "Let the Devil In"(which was one of the only songs the Amazon reviewer hated) were all very good. And I can't believe everyone isn't raving about "A Method" which to me is an incredible tune(was someone channeling Brian Wilson?) that's worth the price of the album all by itself.

Not pop music.......2007-05-13

This is a refreshing change from the garbage the music indusrty is feeding us today. Good stuff!

Stunningly original.......2007-05-12

I understand that this album might not be for everyone. Even if I didn't like this however, I think I'd be forced to give it five stars just based on how unique this album is. Say what you want, but there is nothing out there that sounds quite like TV on the Radio.

But I do think this is an amazing album of incredible depth. It's a challenging and complicated masterpiece that must be unveiled over time to appreciate its full scope and vision.

TV on the Radio are one of the few bands out there right now that is committed to pushing music forward rather than resting on its laurels or giving themselves over to popular trends or familar sounds.

This is an album for people who truly appreciate avant-garde music and are looking for something that is remarkably fresh and exciting to listen to.

If you are looking for something more familar, I would look elsewhere.

"How do the blues sound from up there?".......2007-04-13

This and Gnarls Barkley show me that I'm becoming more and more of a sucker for bands that aren't what I usually actually listen to. I'm nowhere near knowledgeable enough to describe what this band is like and why it's good, all I can tell you is that I just love listening to it. The mix of vocals is unique and interesting, the style totally works, and they're not half bad at just playing some rock. I really should be able to explain it better, but you should just listen if you don't. Also, make you sure you check out "Dry Drunk Emperor", which you should be able to find online for free. Not only is it a good song, it's a great condemnation of the presidency of George W. Bush (he's horrible).

My favorite song is the haunting "Blues From Down Here". "I Was a Lover" has a great groove to it, "Method" is odd but totally works, and "Wolf Like Me" is as close as you're going to get to a catchy, radio-friendly single.

Classical Music for Children: A Toddler's Introduction to Classical Music

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Awesome CD
He started dancing as soon as we put it on!
Better than baby einstein
great music at a great price
A Wonderful CD for all ages

Classical Music for Children: A Toddler's Introduction to Classical Music

Manufacturer: Ent. Media Partners
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002XE8
Release Date: 1997-10-24

Tracks:

Clair de Lune
Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance: Andante
Moonlight Sonata: Adagio sestonuto
Minute Waltz
On The Beautiful Blue Danube
The Nutcracker Suite: Russian Dance
El Amor Brujo: Danca del Terror
Grand Valse Brillante, Waltz No. 1 op. 18
Scenes Of Childhood Op. 15: Knight Of The Rocking Horse; Important Event
Goldberg Variations: Aria
The Nutcracker Suite: Chinese Dance
Symphony No. 7: Allegro molto
Symphony No. 94: Menuetto: Allegro molto
The Nutcracker Suite: March
Sonata In C Minor, Op.13 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile

Customer Reviews:

Awesome CD.......2007-05-11

Have enjoyed this CD immensely with our four-year old. Great price for the quality. Thank you.

He started dancing as soon as we put it on!.......2007-01-09

My 12 month old loves this CD and happily bops away to the music (in the car he sometimes even starts singing!). We like it too and not being very well versed in Classical music, it is a nice mix for us.

Better than baby einstein.......2006-02-26

This is a great CD, with great music, at a great price. Everyone seems to love Baby Einstein, but I don't like the plinking music on those CD's, I like real orchestral pieces to stimulate my child. This is exactly what parents need, at a good price!

great music at a great price.......2006-02-02

I got this cd to use as background when putting my 18 month old to sleep and for car rides. So far it has not made it out of the car. The cd is wonderful. The first song is the Luftansa airline comercial song (that is what my husband calls it) and is beautiful. I didn't think my husband would enjoy the cd at all but he doesn't mind one bit listening to it, he actually will put it on himself when we get in the car. My daughter loves it and will often start nodding her head back and forth to songs. I actually listen to it even when my daughter is not in the car. The music is soft and relaxing but not boring. It is also one of the only cd's that my in laws don't mind listening to when they are in the car with us.

I only paid like $4 here on amazon for it and I gladdly would of paid more for such a great cd. Its a great cd for such a great price!

A Wonderful CD for all ages.......2002-11-03

My whole family has enjoyed this CD. It is very upbeat and easy to listen to. I think there is something for everyone on this one.

2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue)

Average customer rating:

great music, great reissue
fantastic
whoa.
Great Music for Halloween, very creepy
Bleakest of Futures...

2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue)

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B0000033WB
Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

Overture: Atmospheres - The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour
Main Title: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) - The Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan
Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra - The Bavarian Radio Orchetra, Francis Travis
The Blue Danube (Excerpt) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rezhdestvensky
Jupiter And Beyond - The Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Francis Travis, The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour, Internationale.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The Blue Danube (Reprise) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) - Sudwesfunk Orchestra
Lux Aeterna - The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold
Adventures (Unaltered) - Internationale Musikinstitut, Gyorgy Ligeti
HAL 9000 - Dialog Montage

Amazon.com

This commemorative reissue of music from 2001: A Space Odyssey combines the Also sprach Zarathustra theme, various Johann and Richard Strauss segments, and a ballet suite by Aram Khachaturian--all of which prove how much Stanley Kubrick's film attempts to avoid the soundtrack clichés of most science-fiction movies. Instead of the expected sci-fi effects, there is a more ironic application of music that would be otherwise incongruous to the celestial settings. Here, "The Blue Danube" complements scenes involving weightlessness and descending spacecraft, while Gyorgy Ligeti's creepy "monolith" music connotes Armageddon more than interplanetary exploration. The tracks play as they had appeared on the original soundtrack release back in the '60s, but there is also previously unreleased supplemental material and a dialogue montage entitled "HAL 9000." --Joseph Lanza

Customer Reviews:

great music, great reissue.......2007-04-16

This is a great collection of music and I love the great mastering job that was done with this. The inclusion of the tracks from the original MGM soundtrack release are a great bonus. The liner notes include interpretations of the film and the music that are insightful.

I noticed that the music in the movie is mixed in surround sound, it would be great if they could release this on DVD-Audio or SACD surround. I'd buy it again!

fantastic.......2007-03-11

I have the old lp release of this music, what an incredible array of classical music, topped off by my personal favorite piece of music in the world, the blue danube waltz. Let yourself be carried away in deep space by this incredible score.

whoa........2006-09-04

"Atmospheres" was enough to make me buy this album. just try to imagine what eternity might sound like. okay, now you know exactly what Atmospheres is. wow. who else could having captured the feelings that are in this score? this is above talented. this is above genius. this is above avand garde. this is too good to be labeled as anything at all.

Great Music for Halloween, very creepy.......2006-03-17

I bought this CD to use for a haunted house program, the music will creep you out.

Bleakest of Futures..........2005-10-08

The atonal, unsettling atmosphere of much of the music of Ligeti is fitting to the bleak vision of a human future reigned by nothing but cold technology and of humans drained of emotions except for the deepest animalist fear originating from our inner reptilian brainparts which have not changed for over millions of years. The incongruity of Johann Strauss' lovely 'An der schönen blauen Donau' with the cold technicality of spacefaring as depicted here could not be more complete, but what a perfect find on Stanley Kubrick's part! It makes the uneasiness and confusion even greater. And then, to top it of, the complete and flabbergasting irony of using Richard Strauss' Fanfare for the 'rise of Man' in his 'Also Sprach Zarathustra': what a great destiny for 'Man' indeed, this bleakest of bleak visions of the future!
As a soundtrack for '2001: A Space Odyssey' this music together on one album is just great.
And besides, this soundtrack has indeed, like so many others I guess, made me aware of the genius of Ligeti, which otherwise might have gone unnoticed for me.

Rejoice, Dear Hearts!/Kick Thy Own Self [2 on 1]

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One of a kind humorist from the 60's
Dave Gardner
Origins of "different" humor
Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self
Rich in Southern Humor, this CLASSIC is Timeless!

Rejoice, Dear Hearts!/Kick Thy Own Self [2 on 1]
Brother Dave Gardner
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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Binding: Audio CD

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Brother Dave Gardner
Ain't That Weird?
Did You Ever?
I GUAR-RON-TEE

ASIN: B0000064F6
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

Part 1: A. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World/B. Swanee
Part 2: A. What Am I Living For/B. White Silver Sands
Part 1: A. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/B. You're My Everything
Part 2: A. Lover

Amazon.com

Brother Dave Gardner contains multitudes. For starters, this Southern comedian was also an ordained Baptist minister as well as being a drummer and a singer. Judging from this pair of albums from 1959 and 1960, his live shows were amazing performance pieces. His truly expansive routines included Shakespeare parodies, swinging musical passages, and funny digressions. There's also room here for cool-cat philosophizing, riffs on outer space, and preacherlike inflections. Brother Dave can spellbind the listener with his freewheeling rambles one minute and tell a riveting story the next. The routines feature countless hilarious voices and characters, not to mention jaw-dropping vocal sound effects. Incredible charisma and warmth imbue the entire CD. Brother Dave was an artist who was liable to draw from just about everything and anything and somehow make it all work. It's hard to imagine what '50s audiences made of this hipster from Tennessee. Country music legend Chet Atkins produced both of the original records. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

One of a kind humorist from the 60's.......2007-05-12

It was gift for my Father. He saw Brother Dave in person several times years ago. Dad enjoyed the gift, for the old LP's he had were so scratched from wear, one could barely understand them. Brother Dave came along at a time when segregation was still in vogue and political correctness wasn't heard of. His stories might offend some, but there is no cursing and no one is a target of tastless humor.

Dave Gardner.......2007-04-11

Brother Dave is one of the best comedians ever. His humor is a little deep but is still the best. If you want good clean humor, this is the man to get.

Origins of "different" humor.......2007-01-16

Takes me back to the times my family spent listening to comedy that was, unknown to them, over the kid's heads.

Rejoice dear hearts / Kick thy own self.......2005-09-05

I was a fan of "Brother Dave", back when he was plying the clubs. I owned most, if not all of his "ROCA Alblims" that over time disappeared. I was happy to get these CD's and have enjoyed them greatly. I look forward to getting others that are available. His humor, imagination, sense of reality and use of our language is not equaled by today's crop of comedians.

Rich in Southern Humor, this CLASSIC is Timeless!.......2004-01-11

Having not heard a Brother Dave recording in many, many years, I was delighted to run across this CD. WOW!!! Amazingly STILL FUNNY, this guy was truly an original. His rich southern humor was on the cutting edge in the late 50's, yet it remains timeless. Had me actually laughing out loud. The characters he created, the weird sounds he made, the "think about it" jokes should tickle most everyone's funny bone...even if they "ain't from the south"!

Average customer rating:

Oh! the album this could've been
as a sophomore release, it's damn good
Lack the skills to pay the bills.
Unique.
Growing better, but the band still manages to dissapoint.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV on the Radio
Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records
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Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks)
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Return to Cookie Mountain

ASIN: B0001BVI86
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

The Wrong Way
Staring At The Sun
Dreams
King Eternal
Ambulance
Poppy
Don't Love You
Bomb Yourself
Wear You Out

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TVOTR is a highly original group from Brooklyn, NY characterized by vocals that range from crazily high-pitched to group chanting and a pop-based sound that's rampantly experimental but always melodic. Unlike their school-of-'78-in-'04 peers such as the Rapture and Interpol, TVOTR's music is as rooted in blues, free jazz and gospel as it is the post-punk canon or contemporary electronic music. This makes Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes far more interesting, naturally; the purely vocal "Ambulance" is novel and exciting as anything by Björk, Spongehead Experience or Pere Ubu. With lyrics that impressively, and un-preachingly, tackle issues of race and war, this finalist for 2004's Shortlist Competition easily ranks among the best albums of that year. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Pop, rock, and art songs about discordant living, misrepresentation, life, afterlife, love, and love "after hours". Scandalous. Undeniably catchy songs with incredible production, arrangements, champion crooning, and a host of extras. "They sound like Pere Ubu meets Belfegore meets The Tar Babies meets a way less chilly Notwist with a smidge of Metric thrown in"--Jane.

Customer Reviews:

Oh! the album this could've been.......2007-02-03

First off, let me say how much I appreciate the ingenuity in this album. The Wrong Way is almost flawless. An announcing horn section leads you through the intro to this album. It's the only song on the album to which I would give the vaunted five stars. Staring at the Sun is the next song and the first song which displays the problems with this album as I see it. The beats don't go anywhere as adventurous as the introductions. In each song there is such an intriguing introduction. We enter into a new world, such as the one Alice in Wonderland was introduced by the rabbit. When we first enter these songs, the possibilities seem endless. Where will they take us? What horizons are approached by these intriguing artists who have presented us with something so new, so different. Unfortunately, we learn as we progress through the caverns that the highlights are all in the intros. This was all corrected, in my opinion, in The Return to Cookie Mountain. That may be the less flawed album. I listened to this album many times, trying to understand the abundant critical praise. I never understood it. Did these guys show promise...Heck yeah, but they weren't there yet, as Cookie Mountain proved. This isn't the album with which to start your TV on the Radio collection. Many people loathe reviewers like me who will only provide one star or five, but I don't normally feel inspired to write an review for the two to four album or book. This album is the could've been, should've been that Cookie Mountain was. It was upon hearing Cookie Mountain that I thought back on what was missing with this album. Maybe they should've added a more substantial bridge to the heart of the song that took us away from the workings of the song, then brought us back. Maybe this is why, other than the classic single The Wrong Way, I never made it past two to three minutes on any of the other songs. Cookie Mountain is the real deal though, and it has earned the praise the critics gave it, and it has earned repeated plays in all of my music devices.

as a sophomore release, it's damn good.......2006-12-22

it's very rare that any band as celebrated as this one survives their own press to make a truly great 2nd album. TV on the Radio has a fascinating arc ahead of them, since they don't fit into any real genre. they're not indie rock, they're not emo, and they're only vaguely post-punk. but they swoop through experimental fun in a manner that's reminiscent of Bowie, synthesizing genres until you're not sure what you're listening to. for me, that's part of the fun: trying to get into each song with no judgements about the genre it's supposed to evoke. however, my genre preferences show through in which tracks i enjoy - unlike the other reviewers, King Eternal grabbed me instantly because i love rhythmic and repetitive noise music and have some roots in the goth aesthetic, whereas Dreams was simply a 'eh, it's definitely got a distinct hipster vibe.' Wear You Out delighted me because it instantly reminded me of Gang of Four, though i couldn't quite explain why, but Ambulance evoked merely an 'interesting...' from me. i do enjoy the trip through it, though, and while i only find King Eternal something i'd listen to over and over on its own, the album shows a lot of thought and evolution, which i find impressive for a 2nd release, and which makes me happy to listen through it as a whole.

if you decide to purchase this release, don't go into it thinking that you're going to get a rapid-rockin' type of thing. go into it knowing that this is a pastiche of influences for a band trying to live up to its own hype.

Lack the skills to pay the bills........2006-12-14

OK, I get it, they're not SUPPOSED to be a straight up rock 'n roll band and as such I should probably ignore the fact that they rock about as hard as...oh, I don't know...Coldplay. Fine. That's forgiven.

But the rock is not the only thing that's missing from these lads. Try as hard as you may and if you can find one shred of genuine fire and passion in the music you've either looked a lot harder than I have or you have a lower set of expectations. I'll bet every last dollar in my pocket that the latter is the case. None of these songs ever get to the boiling point. Sometimes they simmer but most of the times they're the equivalent of watching a potato cook.

I can (barely) hear some interesting influences (I bet they like Fela Kuti, Sly and The Family Stone, The Gang Of Four, Suicide and maybe Spoon) but these boys lack the skills to touch any of these people (except Britt Daniels that is).

The clumsy guitar diddling, the morose drumming and the uninspiring compositions leave me cold. You may find yourself wishing they would've done more with the horn section on "The Wrong Way". Wishing they would have have abandoned the pretentious ululating on "Ambulance" and "Poppy". Wishing the noises were more interesting on "Wear You Out". Wishing they had more skill. Wishing you'd spent your money on something more inspiring (like James Brown, for example).

As it is, they're a second rate band in a second rate music scene.

Unique........2006-10-11

Well, being an all-black indie rock band, TV on the Radio are already pretty unique in the genre. However, it doesn't stop there. These guys have a really cool, interesting, original sound. Take the Pixies, and throw in elements of soul, techno, 50s doo-wop, and many other things, and you have some idea.

Plenty of surprises and diversity from track to track, from the Motown-ish "The Wrong Way", to the dark, fuzzy distortion of "Staring at the Sun", to the all-acapella "Ambulance", to the insanely eclectic "Poppy". Not a bad song, and never a dull moment.

Highly recommended to fans of indie rock. The purists (and they're out there) might not care for this, but if you want something out of the ordinary, definitely check this out.

(Also, this band has a really cool doo-wop cover of the Pixies' "Mr. Grieves". But it's not on here.)

Growing better, but the band still manages to dissapoint........2006-07-10

I will preface this review by saying that in a fair world I would give this record 2.5 or 3 stars.

Unfortunately, since I reserve a bit of knee-jerk, arrogant spite for over-hyped bands, I have to knock them down to a solid 2 stars for this release. Sorry guys.

Although TVoTR has improved slightly in craft since the Young Liars EP, they still leave much to be desired. Actually, it appears that they've made a career out of leaving much to be desired.

This band specializes in leading listeners on a drawn-out journey to nowhere. Although nowhere is only about four or five minutes down the road, it seems to take forever.

Some people dig that vibe. I don't. The band seems to be more intereted in ideas and aesthetics than making truly great music. It is only fair to mention that this is what fans of the band seem to like most about them.

David Sitek, the TV on the Radio's in-house producer seems to have a history of working with bands that priorotize fashion (or, to be nice, 'aesthetics') over music. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's are a good example. Unlike Yeah Yeah Yeah's however, TV on The Radio's personality is definitely its own.

TV On The Radio is like a melancholy version of a bad Saturday Night Live sketch. Every song on this record feels as if it's based on one half-baked, half-decent idea, repeated ad-nauseum.

If the guys down the hall from your old college dorm made music like this, you might be right for supporting them and singing their praises. Unfortunately, the band isn't a bunch of college kids attempting their first DIY project, and we are right to expect more from them. Especially when they're no more interesting, only more slick than your average sampler-toting avant-pop 20 year-olds.

They purposefully build tension with no release, and manage to do so in a rather uncompelling and uninteresting fashion. While listening to this record, some listeners may find themselves expecting any one of the songs to finally "go somewhere". This is a bad idea, as they're not big on 'pay-off'.

They are much more interested in monotonous redundancy. Some people will love that, but be warned if that's not your thing. Trust-fund urbanites, pretentious scenesters, heroin addicts, and stoners may find a lot to like on this record.

The rest of us will have to wait as the band marginly improves and, with any luck, lets go of their impulse to purposefully avoid being any good. Either that, or we can avoid listening to them, and find some other critics's darling to fawn over for now.

(Disclaimer: A few sentences that are stll appropriate here are borrowed from an earlier review that I wrote about the Young Liars EP.)

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why the critics hated journey
some great tunes but not as good as frontiers/escape/infinity
Great CD
Best Journey Album & Tour
Cool Reissue With Great Remastering!

Raised on Radio
Journey
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000HEZF86
Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

Girl Can't Help It
Positive Touch
Suzanne
Be Good To Yourself
Once You Love Somebody
Happy To Give
Raised On Radio
I'll Be Alright Without You
It Could Have Been You
The Eyes Of A Woman
Why Can't This Night Go On Forever
Girl Can't Help It (Live Video Mix)
I'll Be Alright Without You (Live Video Mix)

Customer Reviews:

why the critics hated journey.......2007-06-11

This album is a shimmering, glimmering, moody, mystical masterpiece. The wonderful Cain keyboards are in front of the mix creating atmosphere, there is a little less of the great Neal Schon but what is here is as good as always, and the incomparable Steve Perry's voice is lower in the register than it was through most of his career, which actually makes him sound even better. Indeed, it is just about impossible to sound much better than Perry did at this stage of his career. He was truly the voice of his generation of pop-rock singers.

Raised on Radio is, in short, the best album of its type -- which is not the style Journey is most known for, but something very similar to late Roxy Music, mainly their great album Avalon.

It says much that Roxy Music was a critics' darling, whereas Journey was, and is, panned by critics. I don't know about Roxy, but I know why critics didn't like Journey or Foreigner or the like. Virtually all pro or semi-pro music critics are part of a far-left political culture and they wear their agenda on their sleeves. They hardly understand or care about music; their interest is that bands promote leftist politics one way or another. Any band that is very popular but apolitical will be perceived as an enemy and attacked relentlessly, in order to focus attention on bands the politically correct deem more acceptable. Journey concentrated on actually making music, so the critics hated them. The "music" rags had more power in those days, but these things never change. They branded Journey "corporate", whatever that means. I didn't realize that corporations wrote these sugary melodies and sang them like an angel; I thought that was Steve Perry. And as far as I can tell, he sings better than any Beatle (just to compare them to the all-time boomer generation critical favorite), Schon plays guitar better than any Beatle, this band wrote better melodies than any Beatle, and they were darn near as popular as the Beatles. They just didn't write better, or more importantly, more agressively left-wing lyrics than the Beatles, so the twentysomething lit-major socialists who write music reviews don't like them.

I do. I like them better than the Beatles. By a lot. They're less annoying and far superior sonically. If you're reading this review, I bet you think so, too. Don't feel guilty about it. Feel guilty if you've been brainwashed so badly that you don't have Raised on Radio (and the equally superb albums that preceded it) in your collection. At least you can remedy that situation as soon as possible; there's no remedy for rock critics.

some great tunes but not as good as frontiers/escape/infinity.......2007-05-25

the songs on ror are good in their own right but they are too ballady for me and i tend to prefer ballads. the songs lack the rocking edge in frontiers and the simplicity of infinity. sort of too polished a sound in my opinion and the fact that smith and valory weren't featured on this album made it lose a few points in my book. again, i bought this for the collectible digipak packaging which included a booklet with old pictures and tour dates. but this time they were all pics of just the trio rather than the power quintet. my favorite tracks were happy to give and eyes of a woman.

Great CD.......2007-05-07

I bought this CD for my wife. She has all the Steve Perry CD's. If you don't know Journey and you're thinking of listening to them this would be one of the great CD's. Although all of them are great.

Best Journey Album & Tour.......2007-04-07

I saw Journey 2 Times in the Steve Perry period. I SAW the FRONTIERS L.A.show, then the Raised On Radio show in Long Beach. They were both great shows, but the change in the band on the Raised On Radio album gave the band a stronger, punchier sound. And the live show was the Proof,I told a friend today that "Raised On Radio is like the perfect album" I still love this album, and the reissue CD has that reminder of the power of that live show. The 2 live tracks at the end are Fantastic, I Want More! Journey Fans, Buy this CD, You'll Love it... I Still Do.

Cool Reissue With Great Remastering!.......2007-03-14

"Rasied On Radio" has been called "too pop" by some fans,but I like this album very much,thank you.The main reason to pick up this reissue is the the remastered sound( by Dave Donnelly),since it is a vast improvement over previous CD editions.The bass and midrange are increased,giving songs like "Once You Love Somebody","Positive Touch","It Could Have Been You" and the hits "The Girl Can't Help It","Be Good To Yourself","I'll Be Alright Without You" and "Suzanne" a kick and punch that wasn't there before.Its also contains two live tracks(I'll Be Alright Without You" and "The Girl Can't Help It") and is packaged with a cool booklet featuring photos and tour dates from the "Raised On Radio" period.Unfortunatly,this would be the final album for Journey until a short-lived Steve Perry-led reunion CD("Trial By Fire")appeared in 1996.

Tchaikovsky At Tea Time: A Refreshing Blend For Body And Spirit

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Tchaikovsky and Tchai
Teatime...or otherwise.
Tchaikovsky's Dreamier Music: A Soothing Album
Beautiful
Tchaikovsky's Most Enchanting Tunes

Tchaikovsky At Tea Time: A Refreshing Blend For Body And Spirit

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Beethoven for Book Lovers: An Intimate Companion for Reading
Bach for Breakfast
Chopin and Champagne: Set Your Mood for Romance
Debussy for Daydreaming: Music to Caress Your Innermost Thoughts
Mozart for Morning Coffee: Freshly Brewed to Perk Up Your Day

ASIN: B0000041FC
Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 1 In D: Andante Cantabile
Swan Lake: Odette And The Prince (Act II)
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor: Andantino
Swan Lake: Pas de deux (Act III)
The Sleeping Beauty: Panorama (Act II)
Violin Concerto In D: Canzonetta (Andante)
The Nutcracker Suit (Selections): Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
The Nutcracker Suit (Selections): Coffee Dance
The Nutcracker Suit (Selections): Tea Dance
The Nutcracker Suit (Selections): Dance Of The Reed-pipes
Rococco Variations: Final variation
Piano Trio In A Minor: Andante con moto
Piano Trio In A Minor: Variation I. L'istesso tempo
Piano Trio In A Minor: Variation IX. Andante flebile, ma non tanto
Piano Trio In A Minor: Variation XI. Moderato
The Sleeping Beauty: Vision Of Aurora
Serenade For Strings In C: Elegie: Larghtto elegiaco

Customer Reviews:

Tchaikovsky and Tchai.......2006-07-17

I wondered what do Tchaikovsky and Tea have in common, and then I remembered that in many countries across the world - the word for tea is "tchai". That aside, yes, this is a refreshing blend of music, perfect for tea time - relaxing and reviving at the same time, and quite a bit dreamy.

Teatime...or otherwise........2005-11-02

I've owned this for years & play it often. It IS perfect for teatime, as it makes pleasant background music which you can talk over....but is also great w/volume up in car w/it's rambunctious side and incredible instrumentation. A really nice blend of Tchaikovsky's pieces.

Tchaikovsky's Dreamier Music: A Soothing Album.......2005-07-31

"Set your Life to Classical Music" is a fine album series that feature beautiful classical music for background music of any occasion- weddings, barbecues, breakfast, beauty sleep, bathtime, reading a book, romantic dinner, massages you name it. And indeed many classical pieces are perfectly therapeutic sessions in themselves. This album features the more intimate-sounding, soulful, sweet and relaxing tunes of Tchaikovsky. He did compose heavier and more dramatically intense music- his later symphonies, his Overtures and operas. But here we hear no Russian fire or harshness. Instead we are treated to the charming Mozartian style works of the Roccoco Variations and the Piano Trios. The disc also features the Andantino from his Piano Concerto No. 1 - and that piece is almost a Chopin Nocturne, with beautiful soft rubato and dream-like qualities. Included here is also the Pas De Deux and Odette and Siegfried theme from his ballet Swan Lake, lilting and graceful as the dancers movements themselves. The dance divertissements from Nutcracker round out the ballet segments with charming allure. The melancholy String Quartet and Serenade For Strings is here as well and not to mention the beautiful, wistful excerpts from the ballet Sleeping Beauty, his greatest ballet. The Panorama and Vision of Aurora played with delicate strings and sublime technicality. This is indeed a "refreshing blend for body and spirit" and is in fact perfect to listen to while drinking tea cosnidering you drink tea. I have tried it and believe me the experience is very soothing and refreshing. Try putting this on in your miniature CD player with headphones, then go out into an outdoor, natural environment, a park or a backyard garden or patio, and drink tea or read a book and you will find this is a fine companion.

Beautiful.......2003-08-25

One of the best aspects of Tchiakovsky's music is the ocnsistency: he just DIDN'T compose any bad pieces. And with such consistency, you can compile a CD such as this.
THis CD gives you a proper taste of Tchaikovsky's style, and is a very nice sampler of some of his most famous works. This CD lacks some of his more energetically volatile works, but it thus lives up to its title. It is extremely relaxing, and soothes you as you listen to it. The works are melodic, and the orchestras and soloists are superb, especially in the Serenade and the Rococco Variations. I highly recommend this CD for anyone, even if you aren't a huge classical music fan.

Tchaikovsky's Most Enchanting Tunes.......2000-08-19

Like the title suggest, a good companion for tea time. Or any time. The music of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky is beautiful, lyrical and full of a grace and charm that parallels to Mozart's. A great collection of music by the legendary Russian composer. He had a gift for making music in a style that did not sway away from Russian folk music but that added a Classical perfection, or better yet a Romantic mastership. Who can forget the Sleeping Beauty suite. Here is the Panorama scene.. gorgeous music. I recommend the entire ballet score. The Nutcraker and Swan Lake are also here. The Piano concerto no. 1 in B, Andante Cantibile and so much more. I garauntee any listener satisfaction.

Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition)

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the perfect movie
I LOVE MY FAVORITE SONG, AND THANKS TO THIS CD I CAN LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY LONG!!
Wonderful Soundtrack to a Wonderful Movie
Great CD
musical memories

Singin' in the Rain (1952 Film Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition)
Nacio Herb Brown , Gene Kelly , and Arthur Freed
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JOF3
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

Main Title/Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
Fit As A Fiddle (And Ready For Love) - Gene Kelly
Tango (Temptation) - MGM Studio Orchestra
All I Do Is Dream Of You - Debbie Reynolds
All I Do Is Dream Of You (Outtake) - Gene Kelly
Make 'Em Laugh - Donald O'Connor
Beautiful Girl Montage - MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
Beautiful Girl - Jimmie Thompson
You Were Meant For Me - Gene Kelly
You Are My Lucky Star (Outtake) - Debbie Reynolds
Moses - Gene Kelly
Good Morning - Gene Kelly
Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
Would You? - Betty Noyes
Broadway Melody Ballet - MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus
Would You? End Title - Gene Kelly
Singin' In The Rain (In A-Flat) - Debbie Reynolds
Finale - Gene Kelly
Main Title (Alternate Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
Beautiful Girl (Alternate Version/Tempo Track) - Gene Kelly
Would You? (Unused Version) - Debbie Reynolds
Would You (Duet) (Unused Version) - Gene Kelly
Beautiful Girl (Unused Original Version) - Jimmie Thompson
Singin' In The Rain (Alternate Vocal) - Gene Kelly
Should I (Unused Instrumental) - MGM Studio Orchestra

Tracks:

The Broadway Melody - Charles King
You Were Meant For Me - Charles King
The Wedding Of The Painted Doll - James Burroughs
Singin' In The Rain - Cliff Edwards
Should I - Charles Kaley
Beautiful Girl - Sam Ash
All I Do Is Dream Of You - Gene Raymond
Broadway Rhythm - Frances Langford
I've Got A Feelin' Your Foolin' - Robert Taylor
You Are My Lucky Star - Marjorie Lane
Would You - Jeanette MacDonald
Good Morning - Judy Garland
Singin' In The Rain - Judy Garland
All I Do Is Dream Of You - Judy Garland
Dignity - MGM Studio Orchestra
Stunt Montage (Extended Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
First Silent Picture (Extended Version) - MGM Studio Orchestra
Have Lunch With Me - MGM Studio Orchestra
Dancing On A Rainbow - Arthur Freed
Singin' In The Rain (Radio Broadcast) - Arthur Freed
Broadway Melody Ballet (Original Version) - Gene Kelly

Amazon.com

A vibrant tribute to MGM's legendary confluence of brains, talent, hard work, ambition--and dare we say it?--massive egos, Singin' in the Rain long ago took its rightful place among the first rank of the studio's dizzying catalog of film musicals. This double-disc, 46-track 50th-anniversary edition features all of the film's familiar songs, as well as numerous outtakes and extended versions, many culled directly from the film's original recording masters. Its second disc also chronicles the film's clever--if studio imposed--self-referential musical gambit of recycling a slate of Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown songs from Metro's first decade by including 14 of the originals, including performances by Jeanette McDonald, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Freed himself. Featuring a dozen previously unreleased recordings and an illustrated booklet containing the insightful reminiscences of the film's original writers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, it's the ultimate musical companion to one of cinema's magical, enduring masterpieces. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

The complete 50th Anniversary Edition and a bonus disc featuring the original recordings that inspired the 1952 MGM classic! Includes 12 previously unreleased tracks 'Would You?' (duet) (unused version), 'Beautiful Girl' (unused original version), 'Singin' In The Rain' (alternative vocal), 'Should I' (unused instrumental), 'You Were Meant For Me', 'All I Do Is Dream Of You', 'Broadway Rhythm', 'You Are My Lucky Star', 'Would You?', 'Dancing On A Rainbow' plus 'Broadway Melody Ballet' (original version). Rhino. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

the perfect movie.......2007-03-10

My old Gene did it: the perfect movie, the perfect american history, the perfect music. Some people think musicals are "B" movies. I say them: look about the dream, the performance, the music.
Who can say what is beatiful? Look at faces of Gene and Stan during the shooting on the set: whole concentration and attention for everything.
This is a unique moment in their story, and in the story of cinema.
Unforgettable.

I LOVE MY FAVORITE SONG, AND THANKS TO THIS CD I CAN LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY LONG!!.......2007-01-28

I love Singin' in the Rain. It was the movie that made me like musicals, not those simple, mellow movies like South Pacific and the Sound of Music, but REAL musicals, with people like Fred Astaire or Eleanor Powell tapping their hearts out, or great singers like Frances Langford or Dick Powell putting over a song like they mean it.The Singin' in the Rain 2disc special edition introduced me to my favorite movie, the Broadway Melody of 1936, the MOST AMAZING MOVIE EVER! So I was so glad when my parents got me the soundtrack to Singin' in the Rain, and besides the music of the 1951 versions of the Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed, there are also the original versions of the songs in their original movies. I am so glad that Rhino put the duet of Robert Taylor and June Knight singing I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' on this CD set! It's my favorite song, and now I can listen to it! Hooray!! It's the best song EVER!! There's also vocals of Charles King singing the Broadway Melody, which is great! And many more, like Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Jeanette MacDonald, and other great singers I can't think of right now. This CD set is great, the sound is nice and un-staticy (mostly), there are 30-plus songs, and the price is phenomenal. I love my favorite song, and now I can listen to it all day long!! Yay! :)

Wonderful Soundtrack to a Wonderful Movie.......2006-06-16

Yes, this is it--the first real musical I ever saw. Okay, I saw "Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music", and I love both of those musicals dearly. I had even seen "My Fair Lady." I thought musicals were all like those. Until this one. I had never seen such dancing. And this CD causes me to relive the joy of the musical each time I listen to it. Complete with the tap sounds. I love that they included even the deleted songs. Now we just need a DVD that has all the deleted scenes in context. But the studio probably threw all those away. Oh well, our imaginations can take care of what is missing.

Great CD.......2006-03-20

This is a great CD of music for your family to listen to. Our family enjoys it very much.

musical memories.......2006-03-14

I enjoyed this CD very much, as I remember seeing the movie years ago. I grew up watching MGM musicals and this was one of the best. I loved all of the wonderful songs that came from this movie. Great sound on this CD.

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Good Starter for your Disco/Dance Collection
Donna Summer: ON THE RADIO: GREATEST HITS VOLUMES I & II (1979)
Recapping The 70's, "On The Radio"
So what if they're not "album length"???
Absolute best in dance/disco music !

On the Radio
Donna Summer
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001F8P
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

On The Radio
Love To Love You Baby
Try Me, I Know We Can Make it
I Feel Love
Our Love
I Remember Yesterday
I Love You
Heaven Knows
Last Dance
MacArthur Park
Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
Dim All The Lights
Sunset People
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
On The Radio

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The queen of disco--known now for her fundamental conservatism but then known for her extended sex romps that pulsated as minutes turned to hours--Donna Summer recorded a series of hits that playfully courted decadence and consistent chart success. The versions here are the shorter 7" versions. So if looking for the full 16-minute version of "Love to Love You Baby," look elsewhere. But what is here is '70s disco at its peak: "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "Last Dance," "On the Radio," "I Feel Love." The kind of stuff that makes weddings and frat parties what they are. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Good Starter for your Disco/Dance Collection.......2007-03-13

From album, to cassette, to cd and beyond, this is one collection of hits I always want available for listening. Beyond all the other reviews, you must remember that disco still exists today, but it called dance. Donna Summer has influenced so many different artists, in all genres. If you don't know much about Donna Summer, this is a good starter collection.

Donna Summer: ON THE RADIO: GREATEST HITS VOLUMES I & II (1979).......2006-11-16

In October of 1979, Donna Summer released her ninth album entitled, ON THE RADIO: GREATEST HITS VOLUMES I & II. This album is to be first-ever greatest hits compilation, as well as being her last album of the 1970s. This is a great album, featuring fourteen of Donna's greatest hits, as well as a new studio track.

ON THE RADIO
New song. From the original motion picture, FOXES (1979). The first & final single from the album. This is an awesome song, and I pretty much tear up the dance floor when this song is played at parties.

LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY
From the album LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY (1975). Great song.

TRY ME, I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT
From the album A LOVE TRILOGY (1976). Great song.

I FEEL LOVE
From the album I REMEMBER YESTERDAY (1977). Another classic.

OUR LOVE
From the album BAD GIRLS (1979). Classic.

I REMEMBER YESTERDAY
From the album I REMEMBER YESTERDAY (1977). Great.

I LOVE YOU
From the album ONCE UPON A TIME... (1978). Classic.

HEAVEN KNOWS
From the single HEAVEN KNOWS (1978). This song has finally made it's debut on a Donna Summer album, where back in 1978, the song was released as a single, and was never on a Donna Summer album...well, on its own, with not having to be in the "MacArthur Park Suite". This is a classic song.

LAST DANCE
From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (1978). Classic song that is always played as the last song at parties.

MacARTHUR PARK
Original version from the single MacARTHUR PARK (1978). This here is the radio version of Donna Summer's classic 1978 cover. When the song was released in 1978 as a single, the song ran over 8:30 (eight and a half minutes). That full-length eight and a half minute version has even started off "MacArthur Park" suite. Towards the end of the song, the track flowed into "One Of A Kind". After "One Of A Kind", the track flowed into a slightly mixed version of "Heaven Knows" (where the song was not in its entirety). After "Heaven Knows", the track slipped in to the reprise of "MacArthur Park". The reprise consisted of only one chorus, and that chorus was picked from this hear radio version. I don't care which version of this song I hear: The full-length version, the medley, or this radio version, I cannot get on with my day if I do not listen to this song.

HOT STUFF
From the album BAD GIRLS (1979). Great song, but I like to hear either the album version (5 minutes and 15 seconds) or the 12" Single version (6 minutes 45 seconds). But still a great song.

BAD GIRLS
From the album BAD GIRLS (1979). Classic song, talking about woman who "Work on 42nd Street" or "Hollywood Boulevard", if you know what I mean.

DIM ALL THE LIGHTS
From the album BAD GIRLS (1979). Classic.

SUNSET PEOPLE
From the album BAD GIRLS (1979). Classic.

NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) (performed by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer) (Extended 12" Version)
Original version from Barbra Streisand's album WET (1979). This is a classic Diva duet between Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. Right after Donna Summer released BAD GIRLS, Barbra Streisand began working on her album entitled, WET, a concept album describing Water in different variations. When Barbra and Donna hooked up for this duet, the title of the song was only called "Enough Is Enough", and the ballad introduction did not exist. When it came down to choosing what song will go on to the album, the producers did not want the duet between Barbra and Donna on the album, for the title did not fit in with the "Water" concept. Barbra, however, wanted the duet on the album, and she meant to have it that way. So she changed the title to "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and decided to add on the ballad introduction, where both she and Donna are saying "It's raining, it's pouring", and so forth. The finalized track that is now featured on Barbra Streisand's 1979 album runs to eight minutes and twenty-two seconds, but the single/radio version only runs to four minutes and forty-three seconds, not giving the single any justice. When Donna put this album togetehr, she decided to use the three minute, twenty-two second version, but she also decided to add on another Three minutes and twenty-one seconds, making it run to a full eleven minutes and forty-three seconds. Not only did she add the 3+ minutes, she even added a Disco mix to it, making the song even...dancier. Great song.

ON THE RADIO (Long Version)
While the album/single/radio version runs only four minutes long, this here long version runs to five minutes and fifty seconds, just one minute and fifty seconds longer than that of the original version. What makes this one longer is the extended instrumental bridge, as well as having a hidden third verse that plays right after the instrumental bridge, where Donna sings it in a ballad passage, just like the first verse. Great way to end the album.

This is another one of Donna Summer's greatest albums, featuring nothing, but the very best of Donna Summer's greatest hits of the '70s. This is a great album that should most definitely be owned already by every single Donna Summer fan around the world.

Recapping The 70's, "On The Radio" .......2006-10-03

Yes, since this double album first made it's debut there have been many more complilations of Donna's to follow (as well as more Top 10 Hits and Hit Dance Tracks), but On The Radio is the original*, and it was (and is) a geat way to cap Donna's reign at the top of the charts.

This was not standard Greatest Hits packages, the tracks were remixed and they flow int one another in the same way that her Once Upon A Time, and Bad Girls albums were structured (see my reviews).
This collection takes us from her first USA hit, Love to Love You Baby, and takes us to what would become her 8th Top Ten Pop Hit in a row, On The Radio. The tracks here are the single edits, save for the 2 new tracks, that featured their full length versions.

Needless to say the impact of No More Tears (Enough is Enough) was immediate. Donna was the hottest star at the time, and Barbra Striesand was already a legend. This legendary track should have paved the way for more high energy duets, but alas most duets (from all artists) in the 80's wound up being same ol' same ol' ballads. The late Paul Jabara co-wrote this classic, and if anyone could have gotten these two Diva's together
it was Paul. "Rumor has it" that this was the only song that Jason Gould every liked of his Mom's.

On The Radio, the other new track here became a mega hit in it's own right, it hit number 5 on the charts in march of 1980, reaching only to number 5, no doubt as to most of us On The Radio was a hit back in December of '79 when this album was first released.

On The Radio celebrated Donna's rise to the top, and her position today as a musical icon.

An interesting footnote on this album is track 5, Our Love, this song, a track from Bad Girls, was never a single, and it out of step being placed with her other early singles. I often wonder if Could it Be Magic was supposed to be here, and Casablanca could not get the song rights to include it here. Could It be Magic, a hit from 1976, would appear on the later hits package, Endless Summer.

Ken

PS *yes, i know there was an earlier Donna Summer, Greatest Hits package, but that was a european release.

So what if they're not "album length"???.......2006-06-19

Rarely do "greatest hits" packages feature the full-length recordings as found on the originals from whence the songs are culled. "On the Radio" was as the title stated: a collection of radio "edits" of the singer's best from the mid-seventies until the last of the decade.

The bonus tracks are the then-new "Enough is Enough (No More Tears)," the hit duet with Summer and Streisand, and the extended version of the title cut.

I often think that "Enough is Enough" might have been the "sign-on-the-cross" for disco, inasmuch as the days of the dance music form were numbered, due in part to the plethora of artists, from Broadway's Ethel Merman to country's Bill Anderson all taking a stab at disco.

However, if one is looking for the "real thing," then consider the purchase of Summer's "On the Radio," a "sampler" that shows the GOOD that the decade had to offer.

Absolute best in dance/disco music !.......2006-02-15

This is the best Donna Summer recording you can buy. This was released late 1979 early 1980(?) and was put out from Casablanca records at a time when Donna was having some legal work done against Casablanca and even if this record was put out in spite of Donna they did an awesome job of taking her 1970s hits and doing a little bit of adjustment making one cool recording.

The reason this is Donna's best recording is because of how they blend the songs so that while one song ends the other song begins simultaneously. More importantly is how it sounds when this is done. The absolute best of this recording is at the end of Love To Love You Baby(LTLYB) where the backup chorus all come together like they do on other versions of LTLYB, but on this one they use the synthesizers in a way that almost sounds like they are tweaking it or something at the very end of LTLYB while the beginning of "Try Me.." starts.

The first time I heard this version of LTLYB back in 1992 I thought "WOW" does that sound cool. The only part I don't like was having Barbara Streisand on here. I don't dislike her and will listen to Barbara Streisand if she's played on the radio, but mixing her with Donna wasn't a good choice and the song with her is the only one on here that is bad.

This recording was out over 26 years ago and is proof that even with all the technology that has evolved since then, that you have to have someone who is a good singer working with a good producer with good ideas who knows how to use technology to make something sound good who can make a overall recording that sounds good. Donna was the last cool woman making dance music and after Donna was no longer the queen of dance music other women came along with social and political themes (e.g. Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey) incorporated into their goofy, simple dance songs and the media/public classified them as "divas" simply because of what they represented and not how the music sounded. They took over the dance genre and ruined it for me personally.

Donna's music has lasted the test of time and still sounds good. I would like to see this cd re-released with remixes added that were DONE BACK WHEN THIS RECORDING WAS OUT NOT RECENTLY like they do to some cool songs and ruin them with a "today"- sounding remix.

America was introduced to Donna Summer around Valentines Day 1976 and 30 years later it's time to have this cd redone with extended bonuses and to see more of Donna at concerts and on TV.

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