Wild & Blue

Wild & Blue

ASIN: B00000E9NB

Track Listings

1. Wild and Blue

2. Waltz You Saved for Me

3. Honky Tonk Hearts

4. Long Black Veil

5. She Never Looked That Good When She Was Mine

6. Disappearing Farmer

7. Honky Tonk Saturday Night

8. Goin' Down Hill

9. Price of a Thin Silver Dime

10. Swingin'

11. If a Broken Heart Could Kill

Wild & Blue,John Anderson,Warner Bros.,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Honky Tonk,Neo-Traditionalist Country,New Traditionalist,Outlaw Country

Wild Hope
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Amazing.. amazing album.

Mandy shows off EXTRAORDINARY talent!!!

Extraordinary

Quality Pop

Very impressed

Wild Hope
Mandy Moore
Manufacturer: Firm Music
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ASIN: B000PC1QLU
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

Extraordinary
All Good Things
Slummin' In Paradise
Most Of Me
Few Days Down
Can't You Just Adore Her?
Looking Foward
Wild Hope
Nothing That You Are
Latest Mistake
Ladies' Choice
Gardenia

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Back in the 1990s, when Mandy Moore was still trying to outmaneuver fellow junior glamazons Britney, Jessica, and Christina up the pop charts, the best song she was able to pull from her bag of tricks was "Candy," a tune that was way more Twizzler than Starburst. Cut to 2007: Moore, a respected Hollywood actress (never mind the Diane Keaton dud Because I Said So), has made a record that reflects the artist that--against some heavy odds--she's become. Wild Hope, co-written with the cred-conferring team of Rachael Yamagata, Lori McKenna, and the Weepies, should earn her a spot on adult-alternative radio alongside format regulars Dar Williams, Sarah McLachlan, and Jonatha Brooke. Its songs, like the achy "Gardenia," sung over a gently plunked piano, aim at confession and clarity: "I'm the one who likes to make love on the floor," the chorus reminds a vacant-eyed lover. Earlier, on first single "Extraordinary," Moore pours her rich, country-rubbed, Anna Nalick-like vocals into self-scrutiny and renewal: "I was a starling, nobody's darling/Now I'm ready to be extraordinary," she sings. Talent will be Moore's ticket to the transformation she's going for--no wild hoping necessary. --Tammy La Gorce

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Amazing.. amazing album........2007-07-10

Mandy Moore has always been one of my favorite musical artists.. I'm guessing because of her catchy songs, and beautiful voice. Until now though she's never shown such amazing talent. This album has been playing constantly since I got it. The music is definitely a much differnt turn for Mandy but its an amazing turn. Her growth is extremely evident throughout each song from Gardenia, "I'm the one who likes to make love on the floor." Too, Nothing That you Are, "I hope you burn in hell."
I recomend this album to anyone who is looking for a timeless album with beautiful and strong lyrics and a "Extraordinary" voice. This album proves Mandy will be around for a long time.

Mandy shows off EXTRAORDINARY talent!!!.......2007-07-10

I have had this CD since March and I must say, that I was not surprised by her growth as a recording artist. As a fan, and someone from within the industry related business, I must say, this CD shows off so much growth in her voice, and her talent as a recording artist. Mandy Moore has shown the world, along with her fans, that she can do any style of music, and make it sound great.

This was a new venture she took, and it fit her style very well. She did a great thing by taking the bull by the horns and leaving two high profile labels to stand up and do her own style.

I really love all of the songs on this record, as each one reflects on a time period in her life where she puts her creativity and thoughts into words. Each song is personal, and heartfelt. She collaborated with some very talented musicians and also some very talented songwriters, singers, which include the likes of the Weepies, Lori McKenna, and Rachel Yamagata.

Mandy Moore needs to take a bow, and hold her head up high as her creative work is a musical masterpiece. It is also a work of art that shows off her abilities to share not only her vocal talent, but her creative writing abilities as well.Her CD, portrays her maturity as a young woman, growing up in this industry and keeping her good girl image intact. Not letting success get to her head,she posesses goodness as a person, and as an entertainer in this business, she provides our youth a great role model to look up to, and shows off a sweetness about her that is engaging.

Mandy Moore proves she is EXTRAORDINARY!!!

Extraordinary.......2007-07-07

I have waited so long for Mandy Moore to come out with a new album. After Coverage I really was holding my breathe as to which direction Moore was going to go in. Don't get me wrong Mandy Moore's previous CD's (espc. her self titled album) are still in heavy rotation on my IPOD.

But her last, Coverage, really took the cake for me. And now this, it's like my ears are slowly becoming unclogged from all that pop tart music. Shes stepped outside of the Bubble Gum Pop box and really has begun to grow as an artist. She has found that sound that is unique to her. It's taken quite some time but it seems as if shes finally found her sound. This CD really is much more than I expected. The tracks are wonderful, I can honestly say that I do not skip one track on this CD and I listen to the entire thing straight through. Then do it all over again. Mandy Moore has really grown as an artist and has brought back true pop. No more of this prefabricated bubble gum pop. True pop. Mandy Moore is just the beginning of a new generation of music.

Quality Pop.......2007-07-03

I had never heard of Mandy Moore until a recent mention in Paste Magazine and the inclusion of "All Good Things" on the Paste Sampler CD. I really liked "All Good Things" so I decided to purchase "Wild Hope." Upon first listen, I knew this would be one of those rare CD's I listen to beginning to end (no bad songs to skip over). I then looked her up in the Web and was very surprised to see she was once lumped into the same category as Spears and all those other air-head young girls who were so very popular a few years ago (thank God, that fad seems to be fading out). I kept saying, this can't be the same Mandy Moore I just listened to. I was really surprised that one of my favorite new bands, The Weepies, contributed many songs to this disk and that Moore co-wrote every song on Wild Hope. It's a great album - - the kind that singer-songwriters use to make. Good lyrics, great hooks, very nice vocal delivery. Her voice reminds me of a cross between Jann Arden and Lucy Kaplansky. Wild Hope is a great CD. All the songs are excellent but the best are: "Slummin In Paradise", "Most of Me", "Few Days Down", "Can't You Just Adore Her", "Latest Mistake", and "Gardenia." This is the kind of music young kids should be listening to - - music that is crafted with care and not just thrown together to capture the current fad of the day. A great job!

Very impressed.......2007-07-03

I am not a huge Mandy Moore fan, honestly just the sound of her voice used to annoy me. But thanks to broadband at work and a love for new music I gave her a quick listen. The cool thing is that I even played it again after I listened to it the first time. She finally found a sound that works for her. You can feel her in the lyrics, her voice sounds real (instead of like she's trying too hard to sound perfectly polished), and as a result you feel like you are really getting to know and love her. I hope she is very proud of this album, I love "Extraordinary"...makes you feel very empowered

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IT'S ONE WILD NIGHT, ALRIGHT!!!
Live Concert Versions of Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits
zero stars
Bon Jovi rocks
not a greatest hits album

One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001
Bon Jovi
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ASIN: B00005J73X
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

It's My Life
Livin' On A Prayer
You Give Love A Bad Name
Keep The Faith
Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Rockin' In The Free World
Something To Believe
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Runaway
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One Wild Night 2001

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One Wild Night? Well, that's not strictly true, as this live album was recorded at Bon Jovi concerts spanning three decades. But why be pedantic when the result is a live album that effectively doubles as a greatest-hits collection? Bon Jovi's songs are tailor-made for stadiums and arenas, and, from classic fist-in-the-air rockers ("Livin' on a Prayer," "Bad Medicine," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Runaway") to lighters-in-the-air numbers ("Keep the Faith," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "Something to Believe In"), the choices are suitably larger than life. The career-reviving single "It's My Life" sounds right at home, as do great covers of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" (recorded, appropriately enough, in Johannesburg in 1995) and the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" (performed with Sir Bob Geldof). --Robert Burrow

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IT'S ONE WILD NIGHT, ALRIGHT!!!.......2007-02-17

Words cannot describe how awesome BON JOVI is!!! I am their #1 fan and no other group in this world produces such quality / entertaining / heartfelt music. I RECOMMEND YOU BUY ONE WILD NIGHT and ALL OF THEIR CDs!!!

Live Concert Versions of Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits.......2007-01-19

"One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001" by Bon Jovi, Is a compilation of Bon Jovi's best songs, performed at various concert events from 1985 to 2001. For Bon Jovi fans, it's classic Bob Jovi and a Must Have! If you like music recorded from "Live" performances, You will love this album! If you prefer "Studio-Cut" versions, you may not like this album because it has the sound and feel of a live concert.

zero stars.......2005-11-13

One WEAK night!...zero stars if that was available. I never realized Bon Jovi was this bad a live band. They obviously get a LOT of production help in the studio because this album (several different concerts in several different venues) is ALL bad. Sorry for them and sorry for me for buying it.

Bon Jovi rocks.......2005-08-09

I found this CD to be extemely uplifting, great music to listen to while driving.

not a greatest hits album.......2005-05-14

This is not Bon Jovi's greatest hits, and that's the only bad thing that anyone who likes Bon Jovi can say about this. It's a fun collection of some live great live performances. Bon Jovi is great in concert, interacting with the crowd, and building up the energy and fun. You can hear that the audience and performers had a great time. If you like Bon Jovi, then this is certainly worth the money!

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Pavement + Sergio Leone + early Beck = Blitzen

Wild Mountain Nation
Blitzen Trapper
Manufacturer: Lidkercow Ltd
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Wild Mountain Nation
Futures & Folly
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Woof & Warp Of the Quiet Giant's Hem
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Hot Tip/Tough Cub
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"Remember Beck before his career devolved into magazine-pleasing genre exercises? These guys have the same bent, rustic perspective on popcraft, and a heap of ambition." -- Pitchfork "A chewy mash-up of groovy, Syd Barrett-y quirkiness and Elephant Six-style songsmithing ... strangely, lucidly polished." -- CMJ "A dense but playful collage of indie rock, folk, and junkyard aesthetic electronic music. It's messy and loose and joyful and full of shouts and lo-fi drums." -- Skyscraper

Teeming Portland-based musical clan Blitzen Trapper is pleased to announce the arrival of its third brood of offspring--songs, that is--in the shape of an album called Wild Mountain Nation. Brought forth in a spasm of creative mania, Nation is rough-hewn but lush, crackling (sometimes audibly) with a weird and lucid energy. From outer space to down on the farm, campfire sing-along to atonal dystopia, the new album is a raucous constellation of favorite souvenirs from the Trapper's gamut-running musical adventures. As usual, the group's trusty fourtrack was used to capture the "souls" of the songs, which were then buried in a rich soil of sweat and love so that in due time a delicious, varied harvest of fresh music was drooping from the vine. Taste it--it's good! A sextet of old friends whose youths were spent wandering the hoary forests and high desert plateau of the Pacific Northwest, Blitzen Trapper has long been a stalwart of the Portland music community, rocking audiences of all ages, socioeconomic groups, and species with its unique sonic blend of Zane Grey, Darjeeling tea, candy wrappers, and Choose Your Own Adventure. Though you may mistake the members for can collectors or immigrant day laborers, the group loves you very much and promises to slave away at the office to keep Wild Mountain Nation and the other kids well fed and tastefully attired.

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Pavement + Sergio Leone + early Beck = Blitzen.......2007-07-01

This record is a fun mixing of styles. There is hard rock, dance, alt-country, dance, and more. This mixed bag works on almost every track, each being engaging and unpredictable. If you like unpredictable indie-rock then this record is for you. Kudos to the band.

A note on the mastering: Like virtually all new rock records, this one is mastered way too loud. It is still listenable however. The damage done by the audio engineer is not excessive, it's tolerable. I wish bands would insist on proper mastering. it would benefit them as a properly mastered record is more likely to produce an emotional reaction in the listener. And thats how you get loyal fans, by touching people on an emotional level.

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Tom Waits is Tom Waits
four and one half stars for another waits jewel.
Tom Waits goes wild... and this is good
Ecclectic doesn't even begin to describe it
if ever you are blue...

Franks Wild Years
Tom Waits
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All the voices in Tom Waits' head come out on this CD: the growler (of course), the crooner, the preacher, the screecher, and the Vegas cheese ball. The instrumentation is equally eclectic. (Yep, that's Waits himself playing the "rooster" on the album's best song, "I'll Be Gone.") More memorable moments: "Innocent When You Dream" (both times), the vocal howling at the end of "Blow Wind Blow," and the lovely coughing fit after "I'll Take New York." Frank's Wild Years is the musical remains of a theatrical collaboration between Waits and Kathleen Brennan, originally staged in 1986. It contains nuggets of important practical advice, sure--"never drive a car when you're dead" (from "Telephone Call from Istanbul")--but mostly these songs are fantasy freaks. Frank's is big-time dreamer. It's a dreamy album. Sweet dreams. --Dan Leone

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Tom Waits is Tom Waits.......2007-05-20

Tom Waits has one sound and is at least consistent for sticking to it. If you listen to more than one Waits's album, then you have heard it all before. His sound, unique and unforgettably that of an intense hang-over from cheap liquor, sticks with the listener long after the music ends.

four and one half stars for another waits jewel........2007-02-26

if you don't already have this cd, i want to know why? who told you you don't need this? did your old lady say you don't need this? did she wake up with a wild hair up her behind and say something like, "Leroy, we already have sooo many cds!" well, don't listen to your old lady. you need this. if you don't have this cd, you definitely need it. you're gonna be comin home from work and sittin down to drink a few forties and you're gonna need somethin just right to listen to. and this is the cd that is just right for that moment. so forget what the old lady says, get this cd now.

Tom Waits goes wild... and this is good.......2007-02-15

What can I say ? One of the best, in one of his best works. Seems like being married to an actress influenced Waits' theatrical point of view. It IS indeed a play. Don't miss it.

Ecclectic doesn't even begin to describe it.......2007-01-02

FRANK'S WILD YEARS (title taken from a SWORDFISHTROMBONES tune) is a record of sound. No kiddin' Sherlock, you say; it's a music record. Please note, I didn't say it was a record of "music." I mean, yes, this is a musical record--but the emphasis, as with it's two predecessors SWORDFISHTROMBONES and RAIN DOGS, it upon sonic diversity.

I guess WILD YEARS is a polka record. It does tell the story of a young accordian player from the butt-end of nowhere ("Rainville. Hardly ever did, though. Rain, that is. It was nowhere.") bent on making the big time ("I'm goin' straight up to the top, oh yeah, up where the air is fresh and clean"). He hits a lot of potholes along the way ("It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight"), eventually crashing and burning ("It was a train that took me away from here/But a train can't bring me home"). And we are just listeners along for the ride, reveling in Waits's ever-expanding experimentation with what all he can do with a few instruments, some lyrics, and his haunting, gravelly voice.

if ever you are blue..........2006-10-20

...turn to tom waits. all the problems in yourlife, tom will be right there, all you need to do is listen. human's are social creatures, tom waits is the genius mind, the friend and storyteller, who will make you feel better because you'll be able to relate to the music and stories he tells. tom understands that sadness is just another emotion in life that everyone needs to deal with. and he touches upon this, becomes your shoulder to cry on, all you need is his lyrics and music. this is a very melancholy album. but i guarantee if you're blue, start singing along to "innocent when you dream". shout it! it's a victory song. listen to the lyrics of "more than rain". this heals the wounded soul.

i don't review many things any more. i don't want to be critical, just way too much negative energy. don't trust my opinions and formulate your own. if anything, trust tom. he's got what will make you feel better.

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Music we all need to hear once in a while.
A very good CD
Revision of history
Lovely CD--shameful misspelling on the song titles
The Ultimate Patriotic Album

God Bless America: Ult Patriotic Album

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Music we all need to hear once in a while........2007-01-04

This album is well put together and I enjoy the old standards. Music is an integral part of our heritage. Often when I listen to this album, I think about what our country has been through and how very, very important it is to appreciate what we have. I spent 3 years living in France in the 60's and I cannot tell you how much all Americans looked forward to going "Home!"

Enjoy!!

A very good CD.......2005-06-16

If you like a mix of songs and marches very well played, this CD is for you. The voices of the singers are good, the music support the lyrics and it is easy to listen or to sing along. Also, nearby half of the tunes are played by the Band of the Grenadier Guards and for me, this Band is the best band to play Sousa marches and military marches. The precision of the execution is perfect, the sound is lovely and the technical quality of the recording is perfect. When I listen Anchors Aweigh, I always hear the sound of the waves and it is one of the only bands that gives me this feeling. If you have just one CD of military music to buy, you may buy this one; it is a best buy.

Revision of history.......2005-03-27

As usual, "Dixie," "The Bonnie Blue Flag," and other songs of a Southern genre are conspicuously absent. Why not throw in a couple of rap tunes to make this album truly "American?"

Lovely CD--shameful misspelling on the song titles.......2002-11-22

I do not own this CD--though it appears it would be a wonderful album to listen to. I was compelled to write my review because of the misspelling of our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner (as opposed to "The Star Bangled Banner" as it appears not once but twice on the song list). I do hope this error is corrected.

The Ultimate Patriotic Album.......2002-07-20

For all those patriots out there who want to listen to classical patriotic music, then get this album. This has a lot of tracks from yankee doodle march to the Washington post march. Even Amazing grace is here. The orchestras and the chorus here, gave there best performance ever.

Tracks:

E Street Shuffle
4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident On 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
New York City Serenade

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If Springsteen's debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. revealed just how ambitious a talent he was, it also fell just short of realizing those ambitions. No such problem with this, his second album. The Dylanesque wordplay is there, but with more narrative detail, as on "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," "Kitty's Back," and "Rosalita," each of which became instant Springsteen classics and were demanded by his concert crowds for years. But even on this record, the music isn't allowed to take a back seat to the words--the latter two, at least, are full-tilt rock & roll numbers, with abrupt tempo shifts, soaring instrumental parts, and production that's just chaotic enough to make you wonder if the whole thing is going to blow apart and then smile in appreciation when it doesn't. The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle was the first time Springsteen scaled the heights of rock & roll greatness--but it wouldn't be the last. --Daniel Durchholz

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The most interesting of all Springsteen recordings- thanks to "Mad Dog"!.......2007-06-16

Springsteen's second album is a collective of many styles that eventually coalesces into a completely unique musical form. No band has sounded the same as Bruce and co. back in '73. Now, we've all heard the accusation (thanks Dave Marsh!) about how this recording, as well as the first, was supposedly damaged by the "hamfisted" drumming of Vini Lopez. This needs to be addressed. I've been a drummer for 23 years and I can tell every drummer out there to TRY, just TRY to duplicate the energetic twists and turns of Lopez's drumming on this recording (particularly "Kitty's Back" and "Rosalita")!! The dynamism of his playing compliments the variation and shifting nature of the music perfectly.
For me, it's exactly the explosive energy of Lopez that gives this, as well as the first album, a manic intensity that was lost when Bruce decided to oust Lopez for whatever reasons that remain cloudy to this day. Don't listen to the naysayers who haven't a clue how play drums in the first place, just listen to this recording and enjoy excellent songs, great production and most of all BRILLIANT drumming from "Mad Dog" Lopez!

Early Boss Still Ranks with the Best.......2007-02-18

Before Bruce Springsteen crashed onto the national scene (cover of Time and Newsweek in the same week), he had played with local bands for several years in his native New Jersey and had released two albums, "Greetings from Asbury Park" in 1972 and this album one year later. We wore the grooves off both at the University of Delaware from 1972-1976. More than 30 years later, "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" remains one of my all-time favorite albums.

"E Street" is an infectious blend of rock, blues, and jazz, in fact more jazz than would appear on the rest of his albums put together, as producer Jon Landau, who took over with "Born to Run", and Bruce himself would adopt a tighter, more structured style.

For me, "E Street" contains three great songs--the plaintive "Sandy" ("Sandy, that waitress I've been seeing lost her desire for me"), the evocative, Romeo and Juliet-tinged "Incident on 57th Street" (always "Spanish Johnny" to me--"good night, it's all right Jane"), and the anthemic "Rosalita" ("my machine she's a dud, I'm stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey"), the song I'd ask to hear if I could hear just one more rock song before I go. The piano segue between these last two is a musical thing of beauty.

"Wild Billy's Circus Story" (with the unexpected appearance of a tuba) and "Listen to Your Junkman" (which I'm sure goes by another title, but that's how I remember it, having listened many more times than I've read the liner notes) are also outstanding, but grow on the listener moreso than blowing his or her doors off the first time. The "title" track "E Street Shuffle" introduces the show in a rush.

Springsteen fans who discovered him in the mid-80s with "Born in the USA" should definitely treat themselves to this early masterpiece.

great album, absorbing stories.......2007-01-21

This is my favorite Springsteen album and one of my top 10 faves of all time. The songs that rock are unmatched and the slow tunes evoke incredible emotion. Rosalita has closed a majority of Springsteen's concerts over the years for good reason. Kitty's Back and Rosalita were written for the purpose of leaving the audience and the band totally exausted. The title track sways and bops. Others move you and sink you deep into the lives of characters that existed in Springsteen's imagination. I understand how many view Born to Run as one of the best albums of all time. These two should be viewed as discs one and two of a double album that celebrates the Jersey shore and stand apart as unique rock n roll. On this album, Springsteen is not doing his best to be successful, but pouring his heart out to rock the world. Buy this album and you will come back to it over and over for many years.

Almost.......2006-08-07

I have a kind of love-hate relationship with Springsteen. I LOVE his earlier stuff, but I'm not so keen on his more recent material. I LOVE his concerts when he's got the E Street Band with him, but I don't really care for his solo shows.

As for this album, I almost love it. I definitely like and recommend it.

My problem is that it's successor, "Born to Run," is, in my opinion, the greatest rock album of all time. It represents greatness, and was Springsteen's pinnacle album. "The Wild..." also is a fantastic, solid album, but it falls just short of that greatness for me.

Having said that, I often find myself listening to these two albums together because you can hear the beginnings of the masterful songwriting and musical composition that elevates "Born to Run" to legendary status. For example, the musical playfulness that makes "10th Avenue Freeze Out" such a timeless song seems to have grown its roots on this album's "Rosalita."

"The Wild..." is the perfect preamble to "Born to Run:" enjoyable and solid in its own right, and a teasing taste of what's to come.

The Great Lost Springsteen Album.......2006-07-17

If there was any justice in this world, this and not Born to Run would've been Bruce's breakthrough. Granted, Born to Run is the better of the two records, but only by a hair.
The E Street Shuffle opens the album up, and it's not at all what one who knew Bruce from the radio hits would expect: more of a jazz -sounding track with lots of horns and Latin percussion. A far cry from songs like Born to Run or Dancing in the Dark. Next up we have Sandy, a lovely ballad and one of Bruce's more moving pieces. I hate accordians, but here I have to admit the instrument gives the song life, as do Bruce's lyrics of working-class love. The blues jam Kitty's Back s a true forgotten gem, showcasing The Big Man's skills with tenor sax. Wild Billy's Circus Story is probably the weakest track of the bunch, but it's still a good song, just not at the level this one can reach. It is different, I'll give it that. Incident on 57th Street portrays Spanish Johnny's ill-fated romance with Puerto Rican Jane, and is one of the best-written songs here though it does go on a bit too long. Track six is the one everybody knows: Rosalita, a mind-blowing explosion of joy and one of mankind's greatest recordings. I know it. You know it. Every Springsteen fan on Earth knows it/ The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame knows it. Rolling Stone Magazine knows it. Classic rock radio knows it. In short, everyone knows it. Bruce's lyrics are at once funny and insightful, and the music backing it is even better. We close out with New York City Serenade. After a genre-blending piano solo that must be heard to be believed, Bruce enters with his lyrics. Few songs are as moving, as poetic as this one, a portrait of life in New York City.
It's kinda funny how this one is usually an afterthought, especially compared to smash hits Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town and Born in the USA. But don't let that stop you from buying it. It's a very amazing record.

Average customer rating:

Drift consciously into sleep without realizing it.
Perfect for napping
Really helps put me to sleep
Definitely makes you drowsyzzz zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Heaven

Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep
Liquid Mind
Manufacturer: Real Music / Chuck Wild Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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Liquid Mind VII: Reflection
Liquid Mind VI: Spirit
Liquid Mind V:Serenity
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Liquid Mind III: Balance

ASIN: B000ELJAW4
Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

Night Light
Moment of Grace
Journey to Peace
Breathe in Me
Adagio for Sleep
Touching Calm

Amazon.com

Music in the Liquid Mind series changes little from one recording to the next--good news for contented fans of the long-running bliss-out series created by keyboardist/composer Chuck Wild. The former Missing Persons keyboardist and studio colleague of famed producer Ken Scott (David Bowie, Supertramp) has evolved into a premier space-music specialist whose relaxing, gentle soundscapes artfully evoke the softer side of the cosmos. His eighth Liquid Mind installment, subtitled Sleep, is a lovely, slo-mo spacewalk through serene, gravity-free realms that consistently yields a sustained sense of well-being and calm. Deserving of a spot at the head table with ambient music's most sophisticated sound designers, Wild creates slowly unfolding, universe-at-rest textures using few of the supplemental sonic dimensions (space winds, angelic voices) often employed by fellow stargazers Jonn Serrie and Jon Jenkins. And he sidesteps the small dramas and mysterious fractals that sometimes add a hint of uncertainty to the otherwise like-minded works of Brian Eno or Harold Budd. Happily, you'll hear no new-agey crystal bowls or plucked harps, either; just a warm, resonant, faintly classical glow skillfully designed for relaxation and peace. Pull up a cloud, lie back, and enjoy. --Terry Wood

Album Description

"Mr. Wild successfully creates a soothing and calming atmosphere which could be an excellent addition to one's nightly sleep regimen." William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D. Director of Sleep Disorders and Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine

"The titles of the first seven Liquid Mind albums have honored values important to me on my life's journey. This eighth album honors the need in all of us for a healthy and regenerating rest each night. I hope you'll enjoy my music, and use it in good health." Chuck Wild

Customer Reviews:

Drift consciously into sleep without realizing it........2007-06-27

Liquid Mind music is truly universal. And while I may not be able to name which album a certain piece comes from; the music on each CD seems to encourage the feeling or state of mind named in the title. This album, Sleep, does help me drift of to sleep. The other albums, likewise, support Meditation, lifting of the Spirit, and other states of mind. Perhaps they are inter-changeable; in any event, this album's selections help me relax and prepare for sleep.

Perfect for napping.......2007-05-18

Some new age music albums get it; some don't. I do not buy new age music to hear third rate melodies (that quickly become annoying), annoying beats and clicks, drumming, chanting, etc. I buy it to help me relax and chill out. Sometimes I use it to filter out noise from outside my home or in my office. Sometimes I use it to help me sleep. Good sleep music should lull - it shouldn't demand attention. It should draw you in enough so that you will stop fretting about your problems at work or at home but not so much that your mind is anticipating a predictable melodic pattern. Liquid Mind has figured out how to do what new age music should do. This album has gently changing tones that ease in and out, cascade, and encircle the listener. Think of it as pleasant white noise. This is definitely sleep inducing. If you feel like youa re sleep deprived but are too wired to nap, put this on your headphones and just listen. You won't be able to focus on any sound in particular - there is enough shifting to keep you from doing that. But you will find yourself being lulled into dreamland. Very good.

Really helps put me to sleep.......2007-05-07

I have no trouble staying asleep, but for years I've struggled to fall asleep. I've used several relaxing CDs, some commercial and some I've put together myself. Most of them helped, but eventually they had less effect, so I changed to another one for a few months. I started using Liquid Mind VIII recently, and it has easily been the most effective sleep CD I've used. Most nights I'm asleep by the fourth or fifth track (15-20 minutes, which is very good for me).

Other than the obvious fact that the music is fairly nondescript and very soothing, I don't know why it works so well, but it does.

Highly recommended if you have problems falling asleep.

Definitely makes you drowsyzzz zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......2007-04-21

I happened to hear this on XM Radio in the car. Oh my goodness. This is not the thing to be listening to while driving. I happened to have on the Vision (New Age music) channel and this came on in broad noon daylight as I was running some errands. Within minutes, I was as calm as a lake on a windless day and heading for nod-off time. Change the channel..but quick, make a note of the album.

I tried it (safely) at home. It has a warning; do not operate machinery or drive while listening to this cd. It does really work. I put it in the cd player in my alarm clock and put it on low before I went to bed. I think I fell asleep in 4 minutes.

The trick is the slow tempo. The music is almost complete phrases, no discernable tune but also not simply noises that sound spacey.

If you want something effective to calm yourself during yoga, to sleep to or to calm a fussy baby or put down the toddlers, this is it. Zzzzzz

Heaven.......2007-03-09

The sounds are what I think heavens angels would play for you. I love it! Relaxed me. Have to stop the cd when alarms goes off or I will over sleep. Enjoyment for the soul!

The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection

Average customer rating:

Wonderful Western music themes
Best Classic Western Music
Great Western Themes
Wandering Around the West
Performance and sound Quality

The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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Similar Items:

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2
Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes
My Rifle, My Pony and Me (Western Movies Songs)
The Greatest Western Movie Themes
The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection

ASIN: B00000K2DU
Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

The Alamo: Overture - Dimitri Tiomkin
The Big Country: Main Title Theme - Jerome Moross
Buffalo Girls: Main Theme - Lee Holdridge
The Cowboys: Main Theme - John Williams
Dances With Wolves: The John Dunbar Theme - John Barry
A Distant Trumpet: Main Title - Max Steiner
El Condor: Main Title Theme - Maurice Jarre
A Fistful Of Dollars: Main Theme - Ennio Morricone
Gettysburg: Main Theme - Randy Edelman
Glory: Charging Fort Wagner - James Horner
Heaven's Gate: Sweet breeze - David Mansfield
High Plains Drifter: Main Theme - Dee Barton
How The West Was Won: Prelude - Alfred Newman
The Last Of The Mohicans: Main Theme - Trevor Jones
Lonesome Dove: Main Themes - Basil Poledouris
The Magnificent Seven: Main Themes - Elmer Bernstein
Maverick: Run Over By A Stagecoach - Randy Newman
Monte Walsh: The Good Times Are Comin' - John Barry
Once Upon A Time In The West: Main Theme - Ennio Moricone

Tracks:

The Professionals: Overture - Maurice Jarre
The Outlaw Josey Wales: The War Is Over - Jerry Fielding
The Proud Rebel: Pastorale - Jerome Moross
The Rare Breed: The Cross Breed/End Title - John Williams
Red Sun: Main Title - Maurice Jarre
The Searchers: Opening Theme - Max Steiner
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon: Main Theme - RICHARD HAGEMAN
Silverado: Main Themes - Bruce Broughton
The Sons Of Katie Elder: Main Theme - Elmer Bernstein
Stagecoach: Opening And Closing Titles - Richard Hageman/W. Franke Harling/John Leopold/Leo Shuken/Louis Gruenberg
True Grit: Rooster Coburn - Elmer Bernstein
Two Mules For Sister Sara: Main Theme - Ennio Morricone
Unforgiven: Claudia's Theme - Clint Eastwood
Villa Rides: Main Theme - Maurice Jarre
Wagon Train: Main Theme - Jerome Moross
The Wild Bunch: Train Montage - Jerry Fielding
Wild Rovers: Bronco Bustlin' - Jerry Goldsmith
Wyatt Earp: Prelude - James Newton Howard
The Wild Wild West: (TV): Theme From The TV Series - Richard Markowitz

Amazon.com

This grandly conceived two-disc collection of Hollywood and television Western themes showcases the City of Prague Philharmonic's indefatigable passion for rehashing great works from composers like Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, and John Williams. But listeners less prone to swoon over highbrow symphonic grandeur may respond with a yawn. Yes, the collection is a wonderful reference source, with a sweeping chronology from John Ford's Stagecoach to Lawrence Kasdan's Wyatt Earp. And the pieces are competently executed, with John Barry's contribution among the highlights. But the concert-hall acoustics--with little to no studio artifice--have a dulling effect. Those with access to the Dolby Surround may detect a rewarding nuance or two, but for others with fewer audiophile idiosyncrasies, the mood may be stuffy and uninspired. --Joseph Lanza

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Western music themes.......2007-05-15

This is the best collection of Western Movie themes I've heard. All the great ones are here including the incomparable Ennio Moriconne's. There is one defect of manufacture on the second DVD which has still not been corrected. (I have 2 copies due to borrowing by offspring.)

Best Classic Western Music.......2007-01-09

Not only does this CD bring back memories of favorite western movies, it's also just good music. I listen to them at work along with it's companion "Way Out West", at home while I'm working, and in my car. They go with me everywhere. This was definitly one of my better purchases.

Great Western Themes.......2006-03-28

The orchestra generally gives a fine treatment to the themes they perform but I do not agree with their selection. Soundtrack themes from Glory, Gettysburg and The Last of the Mohicans are not, to me, true westerns. Yet they miss Blazing Saddles and "Do Not Foresake Me" from High Noon.

Wandering Around the West.......2005-11-02

I bought this CD for a family trip to Montana hoping for some good background music as we drove through mountains & Indian reservations. My whole family loved it. It is very evocative of a different era. Now that we're home I still listen to it. There is a great selection and the arrangements are well done.

Performance and sound Quality.......2005-06-16

I disagree With anyone who says the sound quality is not good on The Wild West. I have a high end all tube system and this cd is one of my test cd's when someone wants to here my system. It is one of the best produced cd's I've ever heard and the performances are masterful too. We listened to this cd on my dealer's $60,000 solid state system and it blew him away. Now he uses it as a test cd too. Also try Way Out West. It is just as good.

The Military Band: Salute to the Services

Average customer rating:

Marching along
Traditional American marches
GREAT MUSIC!
Why not ZERO?
Great Military Music

The Military Band: Salute to the Services
Francis Saltus Van Boskerek , Robert M. Crawford , John Stafford Smith , John Philip Sousa , American Traditional , Joseph Franz Wagner , Charles A. Zimmerman , and Felix Slatkin
Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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Sousa's Greatest Hits
Stars & Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches
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America's Bugle Calls
God Bless America: Ult Patriotic Album

ASIN: B000006OGX
Release Date: 1998-06-02

Tracks:

Reveille
Salute To The Services: The US Field Artillery March
Salute To The Services: Anchors Aweigh
US Marines On Parade
Salute To The Services: US Air Force Song
Salute To The Services: Semper Paratus
Salute To The Services: The Stars & Stripes Forever
Salute To The Services: Semper Fidelis
Salute To The Services: National Emblem
Salute To The Services: El Capitan
Salute To The Services: Washington Post
Salute To The Services: The Thunderer
Salute To The Services: Under The Double Eagle
Salute To The Services: American Patrol
Salute To The Services: The Star Spangled Banner
Taps

Customer Reviews:

Marching along.......2007-05-12

I am a walker..(up to 15 miles per week) Having made this purchase... I now march along with Sousa and the other greats on this fine album....I heartily recommend it to all....as well as Amazon's timely and fairly priced services...

Traditional American marches.......2007-03-22

These are traditional American marches well played and stirring. The CD and case are of good quality, and the sound is excellent.

GREAT MUSIC!.......2007-03-11

This is an unusual Music CD to a great price.
Something to celebrate July 4 and our nation.
Highly recommended.

Why not ZERO? .......2007-01-27

I would give this one ZERO.....absolutely waste of money. The sound quality is terrible on my Made in Japan SONY / Kenwood / Panasonic CD / MP3 Players. Also, the collection of the noise is not all that impressive, I have seen much better calming peaceful MUSIC. Do not waste money, I think it is rediculous to have a band for military, How about a band for PEACE?

Great Military Music.......2007-01-11

The CD was just what I needed for a special memorial tribute to our service people that have passed on. The recording was clear and bright. The music selections were well performed and TAPS was especially evoking.

Average customer rating:

Irish at it's best.
Irish Magic
Just got your Kleenex
Wonderful!
The Very Best of the Irish Tenors is just that!

The Very Best of The Irish Tenors
The Irish Tenors
Manufacturer: Music Matters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tenors | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
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Ellis Island
The Irish Tenors / McNamara, McDermott, Kearns, Tynan
Home for Christmas
Sacred
We Three Kings

ASIN: B000069JJ6
Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

Toora Loora Looral
Will Ye Go Lassie Go
Spanish Lady
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Percy French Medley: Phil The Fluther's Ball, Come Back Paddy Reilly, The Lay Of The West Clare Reailway, Are Ye Right There Michael?
Amazing Grace
Nearer My God To Thee
Danny Boy
Fields of Athenry
Only The River Runs Free
Molly Malone
Last Rose of Summer
She Moved Through the Fair
Maggie
New Medley (combination of the 2 medleys

Amazon.com

In the short time since they grouped together a few years ago to form their sensationally successful trio, the Irish Tenors have already put out an impressive array of recordings and DVDs, including some bona fide gooseflesh-inducing live concert performances. So, if you still have the enviable pleasure of discovering these amazing vocalists--or want to turn a friend on to their musical charms--this compilation CD will do the trick nicely. It brings together such classics as "Danny Boy," "Toora Loora Looral," "Last Rose of Summer," and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" (featuring John McDermott)--all rendered with the kind of passionate, heartfelt, and harmonious crooning that is their signature style, whether they're singing as an ensemble or as highlighted soloists. And even if you have the complete Irish Tenors, this anthology includes several numbers not found on their previously released CDs. Hard to think of a sweeter treat for a fan of singing too good to ever go out of fashion. --Sarah Chin

Product Description

1. Toora Loora Looral
2. Will Ye Go Lassie Go
3. Spanish Lady
4. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
5. Percy French Medley: Phil The Fluther's Ball, Come Back Paddy Reilly, The Lay Of The West Clare Railway - Are Ye Right There Michael?
6. Amazing Grace
7. Nearer My God To Thee
8. Danny Boy
9. Fields Of Athenry
10. Only The River Runs Free
11. Molly Malone
12. Last Rose Of Summer
13. She Moved Through The Fair
14. Maggie
15. New Medley (Combination of the 2 medleys)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Irish at it's best........2007-05-07

This album is really the number two album from this trio. It is very good and well worth the investment. The five star album by The Irish Tenors would have to be Heritage. Both albums rate high in my book.

Irish Magic.......2006-08-21

This is my first CD of the Irish Tenors. And what a joy! I played it as soon as it arrived. I like the blend of their voices,the passion and enthusiasm they bring to this CD. What I find is a real treat is the words to all the songs are in the booklet.I love this CD.

Just got your Kleenex.......2005-12-25

I suggest a box of Kleenex for each person in the room when you play this CD or VHS recording. Mom won't let me play it anymore because she...well, you know what I mean.

Wonderful!.......2005-12-12

When it's cold and frightful here, I play The BOYZ!

So wonderful. So much fun.

Up here in backwash Maine, there ain't much, believe me. But these guys are great. Sincere, care about what they're doing, true artists.

Ah, to go to Ireland again. Well, not unless the price of natural gas recedes!

The Very Best of the Irish Tenors is just that!.......2005-01-22

This recording is wonderful. Ronan's "last Rose of summer" is unique, the Percy French medley shows all three in great voice, Finbar's Maggie is wonderful and the laurels have to go to Anthony for his magnificent rendition of "She moved through the fair", wow!!!!

Well worth buying.

Isaac Chute

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