Tales

Tales

ASIN: B00000363W

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Marcus Miller has served as bassist, arranger, and producer for everyone from Luther Vandross to Miles Davis, and on his fourth solo album, Tales, Miller tries to reconnect the fractured fragments of African American music. He uses samples of recorded interviews with his older musical heroes to set up his own instrumental interpretations of that musical history. For example, spoken-word samples from Davis, Charlie Parker, and Billie Holiday lead into "The Blues," a midtempo blues groove that features both live drums and programmed drums, both jazzy horn lines from saxophonist Kenny Garrett and Larry Graham-like funk lines from Miller himself. The result is not jazz but R&B instrumentals with the sort of smarts and drama this genre rarely delivers anymore. Unlike so many fusion albums that settle for show off virtuosity over predictable grooves, Miller's Tales boasts thought-out compositions that bring together disparate elements in unexpected and rewarding ways. The title track, for example, which opens with a brief monologue by rapper Q-Tip, builds its catchy theme from a sample of the Pointer Sisters' "Yes, We Can Can," features Miller's inventive electric bass lines as the lead melody and then turns the song over to Michael Stewart's expert imitation of Davis' muted trumpet phrases. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
Secound Solo Album Recorded by Marcus for Francis Dreyfus Music. Excellent as Usual.this Title is for Export Only.

Tracks:

Pretoria
Tom Dooley
Chocolate
Laredo
Daniel Boone
The Saga Of John Henry
Gnus
Crabs Walk Sideways
Jenny Brown
The Military Lovers
Mediocre Fred
Mom Always Liked You Best
You Can Call Me Stupid
I Talk To The Trees
Hangman
Cabbage
Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
You Didn't Come In

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Tom and Dick Smothers hit show-biz pay dirt by exploring the lighter side of brotherly competition in their musical comedy act. Combining substantial folk-singing skills with barbed comic repartee, the Smothers Brothers endeared themselves to "hip" crowds and mainstream audiences alike. That feat was a considerable accomplishment in the '60s, when the recordings that comprise this generous sampler were made. The tracks include such memorable numbers as "Pretoria," "Tom Dooley," "The Saga of John Henry," "Cabbage," "I Talk to the Trees," and, of course, "Mom Always Liked You Best." --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews:

Good Old Fashioned Humor.......2007-04-10

This CD takes me back to watching the Smothers Brothers on TV years ago. If you miss folk singers, comedy without four-letter words and TV variety shows, then you will enjoy this as much as I did!

Take it!.......2007-03-05

The Smothers Brothers issued ten MERCURY label records between 1961 and '68. With a catalog that large, a single-disc "best of" collection is almost certain to omit some great material due to time constraints. Mason Williams, who had a Top 40 hit in 1968 with "Classical Gas," wrote many of the Brother's funniest tunes, including one that was probably deemed too politically incorrect for this CD. It appeared on MOM ALWAYS LIKED YOU BEST, and was called "The Three Song." This was about a girl who yearned to be asked to dance-- the only drawback was she had THREE LEGS!

Not counting their PLAY IT STRAIGHT album, the Smothers have a catalog of almost 100 tracks. Only one-fifth of their recordings are here, and since this "best of" collection was issued in 1998, the chances are probably slim that a Volume Two or box set will appear anytime soon. That's a real shame, too.

Remastering on this RHINO product is excellent. The CD includes a foldout style booklet with an interesting three-page bio.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 76:26

Passes the test of time.......2007-02-22

This is a great cd. These Smothers Brothers routines never get old. I had a history teacher in high school who played these to the class(on vinyl)back in the late sixties and I think they are as funny now as then. I am glad to see they are still available and would recommend them to young and old alike.

Sibling Revelry.......2007-01-25

This was everything I expected from the Smothers Brothers...absolutely hysterical. A real find.

As funny now as then.......2007-01-01

"Pumas! In cravasses!" (for example) still makes me laugh 40 years after hearing it for the first time. I wish I could say the same for Bill Cosby and Alan Sherman.

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stunning
Back to the 'Topographic Oceans'
Must have item for Yesfans
great album
Great music performed honestly...and I do think very well.

Tales from Topographic Oceans
Yes
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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ASIN: B00007LTIA
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

The Revealing Science Of God Dance Of The Dawn
The Remembering High The Memory
The Ancient Giants Under The Sun

Tracks:

Ritual Nous Sommes Du Soleil
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Giants Under The Sun (Studio Run-Through)

Album Description

Full title - Tales From The Topographic Oceans. 2003 remastered, reissue of 1973 album with redesigned booklet (digipak/slipcase), restored LP art, archival photos and new liner notes. Includes 2 bonus tracks 'Dance Of The Dawn' (studio run through) & 'Giants Under The Sun' (studio run through). Elektra.

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stunning.......2007-06-28

Having seen this masterpiece performed live (and Yes CAN play their music to the letter), it has always held a special place in my heart...it had been years since I listened to it, but it all came back...a stunning piece of rock history

Back to the 'Topographic Oceans'.......2007-06-15

From the time I first started listening to FM radio, way back in 1980, I was always fascinated by Yes. I didn't know much about them, but I was hooked the first time I ever heard "Long Distance Runaround/The Fish."
Then a neighbor who was also a fan bought a copy of "Tales From Topographic Oceans" and very graciously loaned it to me...and it became my favorite Yes album at once. It still is. If the Who's "Tommy" was the first rock opera, I would venture to call "Topographic Oceans" the first rock -symphony-. Its four movements roughly follow symphonic form, although a bit slower than a classical symphony; the notable exception is "The Ancient," which is -definitely- a scherzo, especially at the first! One can even detect recurring themes, introduced in "The Revealing Science of God" and later developed in other movements.
As always, Jon Anderson's lyrics are quite surrealistic, but like the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins or e. e. cummings, they are easier to understand if they are read as clusters or word pictures. And the music that surrounds and interweaves the lyrics is so unbelievably complex that even now I can listen to this album and hear something new; that's a rarity for any piece of music at any time, and if I were to give one reason for buying this album, that would be it.
Caveat auditor(let the listener beware), however: if you aren't at least somewhat familiar with classical music, you might find this album tough going at first. But if you give it a chance, I think you will find your perseverance rewarded.

Must have item for Yesfans.......2007-05-23

I have had this on vinyl, first issue CD, first remaster, and now this Rhino remaster. This to me was the first Yes album that really sparkled in terms of sound quality and production. It could almost have been recorded in 1994 as much as 1974. Despite the misgivings of some fans and critics, there is great music on this album. The Remembering is a bit short on ideas, but Ritual is one of my absolute favourites, and which Yesfan couldn't thrill to the stereo pans at the beginning of The Ancient. The studio run throughs are interesting if not essential. I did enjoy some of the passages on the early version of The Ancient - sounded quiet different but would have worked equally well. What isn't made clear in any documentation i have seen is that there is an additional minute or so at the opening of The Revealing Science Of God. i think this first appeared on the version on The Word Is Yes, and it is a welcome addition. Do you need this? It is marginally better than previous versions, but i wouldn't be without it. With sleevenotes, additional material and beautiful packaging, i think it is worth it, especially at such a good price. Long live Yes!

great album.......2007-05-19

being this and other works platformed before my present later times . officially through my scope band members from p floyd , g dead , l zepplin , and such others must of made some phone calls to these guys classifying ya took it .

Great music performed honestly...and I do think very well........2007-04-25

From the number of reviews here, it's obviously a sort of "rite of passage" for many prog reviewers to put in their two cents on this album, and it's high time for me to add mine too. For some 30-odd years now, I've revered TFTO as one of my TOP FIVE albums of all time, and I'll try to explain my reasoning for that here.

First, if you never bought into the basic concept and scope of the album, you probably never had the patience to sit through this very demanding (and some say excessive) music long enough to experience its true beauty, and surely nothing I say here will convince you to try it again. Yet I'm still astounded that some self-proclaimed prog heads never realized that this was probably THE MOST progressive album of its time (keep in mind, this was 1973!) - for just how long did you expect this talented quintet to remain content to simply rehash their established (though successful) musical style on new studio releases?

Second, you have to understand that Yes got their positive vibe and harmonies from 60's flower power, hippie, folk-rock (listen to their debut album, a mere four years earlier) - but they electrified it, and played it in an angular fashion using odd time signatures, following the influence of 20th century classical music on their compositional style. That influence manifested itself in the way they wrote longer suites of music (numbered almost as if they were short concertos or symphonies). Think "Starship Trooper", "And You And I", and of course "Close To The Edge". Was it really that much of a stretch for us to see them attempt to expand this form to the max on the very symphonic "Tales"?

This is a magical, beautiful, sophisticated album performed as only the virtuosos of Yes could play. O.K., there are admittedly moments of excess (e.g. parts of "The Ancient"); and the fact that each "song" or movement occupies a full vinyl album side smacks somewhat of artificial structuring. But there is just so much excellent songwriting here too, and I challenge any veteran listener of this album to deny remembering some great lyrics or melodic hooks. (I can probably hum the whole album for you from start to finish, including the great solos!) And one certainly can't refute the mysticism and abstract optimism of the lyrics, which typically include a lot of word-painting and poetry as well. The lyrics are augmented by some of the best three-part vocal harmonies the band has ever done. (Listen to "Ritual".)

Excellent debut for Alan White on drums (which really sound great on this remastered version). Incredible guitar layering and solos by my favorite guitarist. ("Go get 'em, Steven!") Lots of piano and lush synth and mellotron washes from Wakeman add a dreamy coloring to much of the music. Squire's bass may be toned down a bit in the mix, but he's endlessly inventive on this album, and his solos comprise some of the album highlights for me personally.

When all is said and done, it doesn't really matter if you feel as I do about this album - it was undeniably controversial, even within the band! So it's no surprise that this album just won't succeed with some listeners (though I do object to those reviewers who join in on the lynching simply because it feels good to find fault with these seemingly "arrogant and pretentious" innovators of music). Even I am not above admitting that there were some subsequent Yes albums that really missed the mark for me too. (Open Your Eyes indeed!)

This was an ambitious undertaking by Anderson and Howe, and perhaps too spiritual, deep and cerebral for the halfhearted prog fan. (There is no humor to be found here.) But for the ardent fan of thoughtful, serious, meaningful, uplifting and emotional progressive rock played with unparalleled virtuosity, TFTO was a virtual masterpiece in its genre, and the uniquely inspirational magnum opus from a truly progressive band that was in its prime and seeking perfection.

I value interesting music that is played and recorded well. This cd's rating was based on:
Music quality = 9/10; Performance = 9.5/10; Production = 9.5/10; CD length = 10/10.
Overall score weighted on my proprietary scale = 9.3 ("5 stars")

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ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EDITION

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Alan Parsons
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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ASIN: B000OFP8O4
Release Date: 2007-05-07

Tracks:

Dream Within a Dream [Instrumental]
Raven
Tell-Tale Heart
Cask of Amontillado
(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude [Instrumental]
Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival [Instrumental]
Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo [Instrumental]
Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane [Instrumental]
Fall of the House of Usher: Fall [Instrumental]
To One in Paradise
Raven [Original Demo][*]
Edgar [Demo of an Unreleased Track] [*]
Orson Welles Radio Spot [*]
Interview with Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson [1976][*]

Tracks:

Dream Within a Dream [1987 Remix][Instrumental]
Raven [1987 Remix]
Tell-Tale Heart [1987 Remix]
Cask of Amontillado [1987 Remix]
(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether [1987 Remix]
Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude [1987 Remix]
Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival [1987 Remix]
Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo [1987 Remix]
Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane [1987 Remix]
Fall of the House of Usher: Fall [1987 Remix]
To One in Paradise [1987 Remix]
Eric's Guide Vocal Medley [*]
Orson Welles Dialogue [*]
Sea Lions in the Departure Lounge: Sound Effects and Experiments [*]
GBH Mix: Unreleased Experiments [#][*]

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered two CD Deluxe Edition of the debut album from the Alan Parsons Project. featuring the original 1976 mix of the album, the 1987 remix and eight previously unreleased bonus tracks! Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and released in 1976, the idea for the Project came from manager and writer Eric Woolfson, who saw his role as an auteur, bringing together some of the greatest talents in music to bring to life Poe's sinister, gothic tales. Enlisting the white-hot production whiz-kid Alan Parsons, fresh from his work with Wings and Pink Floyd, the duo set about making dreams reality. The album remains a singular, compelling work and can be seen as a bridge between Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon and Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds. Universal.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Double CD Deluxe Edition of the Album Classic that Remastered by Alan Parsons Himself and Partner Eric Woolfson. This Special Package Includes the Remastered Original 1976 Edition, the 1987 Remix (Which Incorporated Dialogue by Orson Welles!) and Eight Previously Unreleased Tracks. Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and Released in 1976, the Idea for the Alan Parsons Project Came from Manager and Writer Eric Woolfson, who Saw his Role as an Auteur, Bringing Together Some of the Greatest Talents in Music to Bring to Life to Edgar Allan Poe's Sinister, Gothic Tales. Woolfson Enlisted the White-hot Production Whiz-kid, Fresh from his Work with Wings and Pink Floyd, to Set About Making Dreams Reality. This Spectacular Debut Recording Remains a Singular, Compelling Rock Musical Work that was a Clearly Logical Step for Parsons to Take on his Own after the Accolades of "Dark Side of the Moon".

Customer Reviews:

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EDITION.......2007-07-02

This set caps the re-release of the first four AP-supervised remastered titles (three more to follow in September '07, and the final three in December).

For this edition, for the first time on CD, we finally get the original 1976 mix of the album that started it all. While I definitely prefer the '87 remix, there are passages in the original I also enjoy, so it's great to finally be able to compare the two, especially in glorious, remastered form.

In the additional material, there are two excellent spoken-word pieces: One, Orson Welles' entire original recitation, sans music/effects, and also a very enjoyable 1976 radio interview with AP and EW.

The booklet is a wonderful, detailed labor of love, with a great essay.

If you're an APP fan, this is an absolute must-own.

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Perfect suggestion by amazon.com
Awesome CD
Great CD
Shockingly good!
Love it

Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge
The Pierces
Manufacturer: Lizard King Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000MV8CUC
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

Secret
Boring
Sticks and Stones
Lights On
Lies
Turn on Billie
Ruin
Three Wishes
Power of...
Kill! Kill! Kill!
It Was You
Boy in a Rock and Roll Band
Go to Heaven

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Allison and Catherine Pierce are from Alabama, they're sisters, they're rather attractive, one of them is supposedly (as of this writing) dating someone from the Strokes, and as kids they were both "accomplished" ballerinas. Together they make some pretty fine, artsy pop with provocative lyrics vaguely in the vein of Regina Spektor. Thirteen Tales is the first album the duo has made with their own say-so; their earlier records were pleasant if innocuous, slicked-up folk. There's a dramatic flair to their country-inflected orchestral New Wave folk-pop. With its doubled-up and contemporary-sounding pop vocal style, the macabre "Secrets" sounds like the soundtrack to a Tim Burton movie with words written by Dame Darcy, as sung by half the members of the Pussycat Dolls. If anything, they're a little too ambitious on their third album. With each track assigned its own stylistic variation (however slight), the album is scattered as a whole. But this is definitely a super entertaining duo, one to watch out for. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Perfect suggestion by amazon.com.......2007-05-23

I had never heard of the Pierces before and came across this album on amazon.com, it was listed as a suggestion for me based on my previous likes and purchases. I have to say, what a great way to find out about them! It fits my eclectic taste perfectly, it is sometimes sweet, has tongue-in-cheek humor and conveys many different moods. These girls are amazing, I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Awesome CD.......2007-05-13

Awesome CD! Highly recommended! And if it weren't for Amazon, I wouldn't have it because it's not available in stores in my area.

Great CD.......2007-05-13

Love this. I listen to it all the time. I heard about it from a magazine and bought it on a whim.

Shockingly good!.......2007-05-09

The newest album of The Pierces called "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge" is chocolat for the ears! Their lyrics are funny, bold and kinky in an innocent-school-girl kind of way. It is like the novel "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" by Marisha Pessl put into music! Shockingly good!

Love it.......2007-03-21

I hadn't heard of The Pierces before this album came out. I listened to snippets from their previous albums and wasn't too impressed... sounded rather adult comtempo. But I read that this album marks a new direction for The Pierces--the direction they wanted to go in, as opposed to the direction music execs wanted them to go in, I heard--and I gave it a listen. Love it. It is fun and cheeky and hip and full of personality. It makes me sing along and bob up and down in my seat every time. I might like a bit more depth in the lyrics, but the attitude of this album--the ambience the sound creates--is quite enchanting. I highly recommend it.

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Hold on for some great ones
my youth's myth
MMMM Sting
...a rare perfect album...
Sting - TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (1993)

Ten Summoner's Tales
Sting
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ASIN: B000005IL1
Release Date: 1993-03-09

Tracks:

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
Fields Of Gold
Heavy Cloud No Rain
She's Too Good For Me
Seven Days
Saint Augustine In Hell
It's Probably Me
Shape Of My Heart
Something The Boy Said
Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me)

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The former jazzman-turned-punk is now more middle-of-the-road than a yellow stripe. But Ten Summoner's Tales is by far the most engaging of his solo records. The singles "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold" prove the man can lighten up long enough to go deep. "She's Too Good For Me" would have been a good Police single if it weren't for the pseudo-classical midsection that takes its joke far too seriously. Still, you wish he would loosen up and enjoy the rock once in a while. --Robert Wilonsky

Album Description

This DTS release of Sting's triple platinum Ten Summoner's Tales superbly remixed into 5.1 Digital Surround to enrich its already passionate and densely refined delivery. Enjoy 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You' and 'Fields Of Gold' and other hits for this masterpiece as never before. Packaged in a DTS jewel box.

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Europena Version featuring a Bonus Track: Everybody Laughed but You

Customer Reviews:

Hold on for some great ones.......2007-05-29

Sting's album ten summoners tale's hits some high notes....quite literally.
It includes the super hit Fields of Gold which is a timeless beautiful song, and the uplifting If I ever loose my faith in you- which is quite fun to listen to. It also includes the slow dramatic shape of my heart.
Shape of my heart's music has since been borrowed by both Monica and Craig David.
The CD has a lot of flow, and versatillity and prooves why even though we can't have the Police anymore, why we're glad Sting is a solo act. He can carry the show on his own as he prooves his with his deep mellow voice, and interesting ground breaking sounds.

my youth's myth.......2007-05-13

great sound with THE POLICE, grew up professionally and got better as a SOLO ARTIST.

MMMM Sting.......2007-01-10

I don't think he can come out with a bad CD. He makes me smile with some of his songs, cry with others and get the chills at his uncanny talent.
It is always different in style, but I always get the best out of them.
He is truely an ICON.

...a rare perfect album..........2006-10-24

i won't dignify this album with a review, or analysis, because, it simply doesn't need, or deserve one...

all that needs to be said is...this is one of those rare perfect albums that, every once in a harvest, comes together as one from beginning to end...

my only regret...'fields of gold' should never have been a hit single...don't get me wrong...it's a great song...but, it's just a part of the entire piece, that shouldn't be disected for the masses...

it's intelligent, it's brilliant, it's...well, it's just the way it 'all' is...

Sting - TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (1993).......2006-07-24

Having vented his sorrow over his father's death through THE SOUL CAGES, Sting returned more upbeat and playful than ever on 1993's TEN SUMMONER'S TALES. Widely regarded as Sting's best album, TEN SUMMONER'S TALES - the title being a pun on Sting's surname - is a collection of ten songs, each telling a story, as well as a prologue ("If I Ever Lose My Faith In You") and an epilogue ("Nothing 'Bout Me"). This was destroyed on the US and Canadian releases, as the "Prologue" was dropped from the title of "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and one of the album's finest songs, "Everybody Laughed But You", was inexplicably omitted. Sting has never been better either lyrically or musically; these songs are at once funny and very powerful. "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and the beautiful "Fields Of Gold" are the album's classic songs, but every song is wonderful, particularly "Seven Days", "Something The Boy Said" (which would have made a fine Police song), "Shape Of My Heart" (featured in the end credits of Luc Besson's LEON), "Saint Augustine In Hell" and the highly amusing "Heavy Cloud No Rain". Though it still can't surpass its predecessor, THE SOUL CAGES, TEN SUMMONER'S TALES ranks directly behind it on the list of Sting's finest solo work.

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Very Silly
Veggie Tales are the best
Not just for little kids!
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Veggie Tales: Silly Songs With Larry
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Very Silly.......2007-05-16

This is an excellent CD. I just wish that the veggie tales theme song was on it too.

Veggie Tales are the best.......2007-05-16

I love watching Veggie Tales and singing the silly songs almost as much as my son! We each have our favorite songs that we get to sing to in the car. If you love Veggie Tales silly songs, you will thoroughly enjoy this CD.

Not just for little kids!.......2007-03-05

My kids got this CD as a gift, but I have to admit that I love it at least as much as they do, and sing right along with it all the time. In fact, I'm now buying it for my 44-year old sister and her 15- and 16-year old kids - at their insistence! Very, very funny lyrics, with great music that you will carry in your head all day, whether you want to or not! On another note, I'm not Christian, and was concerned that this CD might not be appropriate for my kids for that reason, but it's not religious at all (we usually just skip the one cute, non-religious Santa song). Highly recommend this CD!

Can't Listen Enough.......2007-02-15

This CD is AMAZING!! I am a lover of veggie tales and this CD had all my favorites!

For Christians and Non-Christians, the one to get, except...........2007-02-04

sigh, 'The Bunny Song' is on the other compilaiton (which is my mind is not as good as this one.) I'm not a Christian, but I did grow up going to Sunday School where we watched many of the Veggie Tale films. This is a good group of songs for toddlerrs/little kids/ or teens and adults wishing to have simple songs stuck in their head all day. For Christians the songs are a good reminder for the kids throughout the week, and for non-christians wishing to expand their collection without being "preached" at throughout the cd, this is a nice collection.
for those concerned about the content, lyrics are provided on various lyric websites.

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One hit wonder?
Buy this album now!
This Album Is Incredible
I don't smoke...but I just may need a cigarette
The Best Indie Rock Album I Have Ever Heard

Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
The Dandy Warhols
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ASIN: B00004TA8K
Release Date: 2000-08-01

Tracks:

Godless
Mohammed
Nietzsche
Country Leaver
Solid
Horse Pills
Get Off
Sleep
Cool Scene
Bohemian Like You
Shakin'
Big Indian
The Gospel

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

"I wear my influences like a f***ing badge," proclaims lead singer-songwriter Courtney Taylor regarding Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. But while the Dandy Warhols liberally steal Rolling Stones riffs, Iggy Pop vocals, Britpop sonic surfing, and even Burt Bacharach horn sections, they give it back in spades, delivering one of the best rock albums of 2000: a masterpiece of sex, beauty, strife, and wry, raunchy-cool attitude. --Beth Massa

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The long hiatus that led to the Dandy Warhols' masterful third album, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, promoted leaps-and-bounds growth in this already excellent band's music. Layers, layers, and more layers of guitars coexist here with trippy soundscapes, doot-doo-doo choruses, and even an eyebrow-cocked nod to hip-hop ("Yo, bitch," frontman Courtney Taylor mutters, sounding like Lou Reed reading an Ice Cube lyric sheet). By turns galloping, propulsive, hushed, and majestic, this is music that openly steals--from the Stones, Kinks, and Cars, among others--while fusing its sources into a unique whole of its own. Taylor lives up to the wide-screen promise of the disc's title, offering a series of what Game Theory once called "pointed accounts of people you know." The characters here brag about how they "got a beautiful new Asian girlfriend" ("Solid"), live the bicoastal high life in "itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny ridin'-up-your-butt bikini[s]" ("Horse Pills"), seek reassurance that an affair is "just a casual, casual, easy thing" ("Bohemian Like You"), and offer advice in the middle of a breakup argument: "Hey, man, turn that shit off." Seedily glamorous and replete with the best vocal asides since Jarvis Cocker let it bleed all over Pulp's Different Class, Thirteen Tales will convince you that rock is alive--and that you should still care. --Rickey Wright

Album Details

Third Album, the follow up to 1998's 'Come Down', which produced two singles: 'Everyday Should Be a Holiday'& 'Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth'. This new album adds further depth to the band's sound. It's the most complete D.W. record to date.

Customer Reviews:

One hit wonder?.......2007-05-07

This band is known to be a one hit wonder in Europe. Since one of it's most well known hit, A Bohemian Like You, has been used for a commercial (Vodafone, around the year 2000). Unfair, because this band has more to offer than just that.

If a equasion should be made, I would say it is a mixture of The Stones, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Loungy when it comes to numbers like "sleep" and energatic when it comes to songs like "Solid". A CD you can listen to when driving the country. Singing along with "a Bohemian Like You" and leaving the gas closed when listening to things like "Nietzsche".

I, for one, am very hapy to have obtained this cd. It will be one of those which is at the front row in my collection!

Buy this album now!.......2007-04-19

Just to add a few words to echo most of the other reviews. Yes, there are a couple of weaker songs, so really it's not a perfect five stars, but it's close. As a whole, the album plays well and seems to be a rarity these days: an album that evokes a mood and makes sure all of its songs follow it. Most albums out there are a collection of songs thrown together. This group knows how to write listenable music. You won't be disappointed.

This Album Is Incredible.......2007-03-04

I'll keep it short: If you need an album to strut around town feeling cooler than everyone else while listening, this is the one to do it with.

However, if the Dandys are going to do country, they really need to keep it off the front-porch hoedown vibe (Country Leaver), and keep it more on a "wearily crawling the dusty trail home after seeing some spirit visions" mentality (The Gospel). The latter is done really well, while the former is done poorly at best.

Country Leaver is really the only downside to this record, but do not let that dissuade you from getting one of the best indie rock records ever made.

I don't smoke...but I just may need a cigarette.......2007-02-27

The Dandy Warhols take a lot of guff for being posed, insincere, and party-addled. The irony is thick enough to use as a construction material: it is in fact this appearance of pose that IS the pose. Ultimately, the joke is not on the listener, though, as the post-Velvets/post-13th Floor Elevators confections that they (regularly) drop with such casual nonchalance betray a workmanship and a sensitivity to songwriting that tips its hand. This is not a band of party-hardy dilettantes, but an informed and eclectic group of talented musicians who probably have stupefyingly impressive record collections. They (wisely) steer clear of change-the-world soapboxing and churn out anthem after anthem -- and "13 Tales" is their magnum opus (so far).

There are weaker tracks, where the pose is overplayed, like "Horse Pills" or "Solid." But on the whole, "13 Tales" carefully balances bombast with craft in such a seductive way that lyrical foibles are quickly forgiven and the cohesive, anthemic whole -- thick with winking guitar and snaky organ riffs -- becomes as satisfying as morning sex.

The Best Indie Rock Album I Have Ever Heard.......2007-02-10

I don't give many five star ratings but this one completly deserves it. This album was my first from the dandies and is still my favorite after buying all of their albums becuase this one was so good. the album opens very soft with Godless and Muhommad(?). Both great songs in their own way. Possibly my favorite track on the album is Solid. it just gives you this feeling that I know I am sitting down listening to this, but I feel like dancing, and I don't even like dancing. the most distorition oriented song follows with Horse shaped pills. During the first few listens I thought this song was out of place because it is different from the whole vibe of the album.

My two least favorite songs on the album are The Gospel and Bohemian Like You. I pick the gospel because it is long and drawn out almost like leading the fans into the era of Odditorium of the Warlords. Bohemian Like You is a good song but I get tired of everybody saying that that is their favorite song off of the album.

This album is not one where you pick out a few songs for singles, like Capitol records did, but to listen all at once. this album changed my life and introduced me into a whole different world of music. A MUST BUY for any person who loves great Head-bobbin, Foot-tappin, High-Quality, Rock n Roll.

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Doesn't this thing have a zero setting?
What happened?
Better voice, less hooks
Great music
Good but not as good as Twentysomething

Catching Tales
Jamie Cullum
Manufacturer: Verve Forecast
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ASIN: B000AD1NY4
Release Date: 2005-10-03

Tracks:

Get Your Way
London Skies
Photograph
I Only Have Eyes For You
Nothing I Do
Mind Trick
21st Century Kid
I'm Glad There Is You
Oh God
Catch The Sun
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Album Description

Jamie Cullum returns to center stage of the jazz crossover world with an incredible new album, Catching Tales. A smorgasbord of jazz standards, pop, swing, and r&b grooves, this is the ultimate Jamie Cullum album. Jamie has collaborated with a range of music svengalis, including Guy Chambers, Dan the Automator (from the Gorillaz and collaborations with DJ Shadow), Salaam Remi, Ed Harcourt, and many more, but he's careful not to forget his roots. His brother Ben has cowritten a number of tracks on this album, as he did on Twentysomething.

Album Description

This Deluxe Limited Edition features 15 tracks plus bonus DVD containing Telling Tales, an exclusive 20 minute behind-the-scenes documentary following Jamie throughout recording and mixing the album, the video shoot and on the road across Europe, including a fabulous interview. 28-page booklet containing exclusive photos, Jamie rarities, extended liner notes plus a track-by-track introduction from Jamie himself! Universal. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Doesn't this thing have a zero setting?.......2007-05-20

To all of you who fell for it once again, I shall repeat myself, though in a slightly different and more direct way: if you want jazz go and buy a Charlie Parker record; if you want great jazz singing, go and buy some Billie, or Ella for that matter, or some 50s Sinatra. Jaime Cullum is not, and never has been a jazz musician. He was labelled as one simply to sell pop records, but that is an insult to pop music. This is yet again rubbish thrown at you by a multi international company. A fool is easily parted with his money, yet again! Ha HA HA HA HA!!!!

What happened?.......2007-03-20

After two fabulous contemporary "old school" jazz albums which I would recommend to anyone (Pointless Nostalgic and Twentysomething), this album is more like some sort of bad half-breed between "old school" jazz and pop. And not that a cross between jazz and pop couldn't be good music, but this one just really isn't. It seems that he is trying to transition between musical genres, and is falling flat on his face in the process. I have listened to it again and again trying to make myself like it, but it just isn't happening. Save a few tracks, the songs on this album are rather uninspired and dull, and I fear that these days Jamie Cullum really does "Want To Be A Popstar"...

Better voice, less hooks.......2007-03-16

Cullum's voice and musicality are better than his last album but the tunes don't hook me they same way as the stuff he&Ben wrote for "Twentysomething."

However,this is still an enjoyable album with lots to like.

Great music.......2007-03-14

I hope this guy has a long career in music.

I wish Amazon would start packaging as the previously did, just last year. I had to order this and seveal other things twice just to get an undamaged copy. PLEASE aamazon return to the days when you cared about items arriving undamaged.

Good but not as good as Twentysomething.......2007-02-04

It has a permanent place in my CD mix.

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WONDERFUL CD
Good upbeat working music

Very Best of Hooked on Classics

Manufacturer: Double Classics
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ASIN: B000028CJX
Release Date: 1998-09-28

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Hooked on Classics Pt. 1 & 2: Piano of the Bumblebee No. 1/Fli [Medley]
Hooked on Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat (3rd Movement) [Medley]
Night in Opera: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat (3rd Movement)/Hall [Medley]
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Hooked on a Can Can: Orpheus in the Underworld (Can Can)/Thund [Medley]
Hooked on Marching: Under the Double Eagle/The Stars & Stripes [Medley]
Journey Through America: The Star Spangled Banner/Oh Susanna/M [Medley]
Hooked on Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March, From Sonata [Medley]
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Hooked on Classics: Wedding March [From a Midsummer's Night's [Medley]
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If You Knew Sousa/The Liberty Bell/Blaze Away/The Liberty Bell [Medley]
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Hooked on Romance: Air Form Suite No. 3 (Air for G String)/Ave [Medley]

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customer.......2007-06-26

cd arrived fast, in excellent shape as promised, well packaged to protect it during shipment. I'd heard the CD during an exercise class and had trouble trying to get it from other vendors so especially appreciated Amazon.

WONDERFUL CD.......2007-05-08

I was so happy to find this on CD I have the original on a cassette from childhood. I loved it then and now and now my children listen and love it.

Good upbeat working music.......2007-03-08

I love these CDS . . what a brilliant idea to add a beat to the most popular classical songs of all time. It is great upbeat music that gets you going. I specifically use it for when I need a boost to get me going on housework. It get you in just the right mood to start working. My kids love it too.

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... just when I was wondering for the meaning of perfection...
Casting a dark shadow
Para mi, junto con I Robot, son los mejores
Poe Fan
They should have left it alone

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Alan Parsons Project
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
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ASIN: B000001FN3
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cast Of Amontillado
(The System of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
I Prelude
II Arrival
III Intermezzo
IV Pavane
V Fall
To One In Paradise

Amazon.com essential recording

As unlikely as the idea seems today to use the suspense-filled stories of Edgar Allan Poe as the basis for an album of rock tunes, listeners in the 1970s--who were barraged with such high-flown concepts during the heyday of prog-rock--turned the record into a major hit. The Project actually scored a Top 40 hit with "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather." Thanks to FM radio overplay, however, "The Raven" is probably the album's best-known track today. The 1987 CD version of "ToMaI" differs somewhat from the original vinyl. Parsons dropped in synthesizer parts to modernize the album, and added an opening recitation by Orson Welles. But the integrity of the original is maintained well enough, and the album remains a classic excuse to dim the lights, pour a glass of sherry (amontillado, natch), and break out the headphones. --Daniel Durchholz

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... just when I was wondering for the meaning of perfection..........2007-06-29

Luis Mejia (son)- Although the incredible duo of Parsons and Woolfson has always released all their albums alike, this is truly an incredible debut for Alan Parsons in the world of bands. He shows the great experience of being a music engineer. No one expected but less, this album is musically complex, serious and about (casually) my favorite writter, Edgar Allan Poe. Even when it was the last album I heard of them, mainly because it wasn't that famous, I knew in that instant that it was their best. The songs that explode the album's potential are A Dream Within A Dream and The Raven, being both a sound innovation, with electronical arrangements and voice distortion, a mild orchestra and best of all the incredible voice of Alan Parsons. Another song that is expectacular is The Cask Of Amontillado, even though the music is mostly played by an orchestra ,the lyrics about the poem and the incredible voice applied is amazing. The Fall Of The House Of Usher is a song that shouts in every aspects how Parsons know what he's doing, almost a classical composition.

How to forget The Tell-Tale Heart, even when it doesn't express the tension and horror of the poem and it's situation, is another song that fits perfectly. To One In Heaven and (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether are very popular songs among all their works, appreciated later in time 'cause the album wasn't very popular at the time of the release, but this 2 songs show Parson's inclination to pop and to more comprehensible and soft sounds later expressed in his other works.

The album also starts a long time collaboration and friendship with the singers John Miles and Chris Rainbow. Being a dark, cultural piece it differences a lot from the other of the Project's albums such as Eye In The Sky, but it shoes every little aspect that The Alan Parsons Project showed through their later career.

Casting a dark shadow.......2007-05-16

The first of The Alan Parsons Project albums set the footprint for his career to follow: choose a concept and then base progressive, highly structured and immaculately produced music around it. In the case of "Tales Of Mystery," it was Edgar Allan Poe. My original copy of this was on vinyl, a reissue of the 20th Century Records release with a second version of the cover, depicting a bust of Parsons somewhat wrapped in mummy-bandages. (The long shadow on the CD cover minus the mummy photos was the original cover.) Featuring several of APP's soon to be regular cast, collaborator Eric Woolfson and members of the groups Ambrosia (Parsons produced the debut "Ambrosia") and Pilot, it was the kind of album that got labeled "head music" in the seventies. Perfect for listening to with headphones or while hanging out with friends in a room full of black light posters while probably not 100% sober.

Some 30 years later and more often sober while listening to CD's, this album holds up well for its first half. The trademarks of APP appear in songs like "The Raven" and the instrumental "Dream Within A Dream." There was even a minor hit single as "The System Of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" slipped into the lower reaches of the top 40. The album's final Beatlesque ballad, "To One In Paradise," sounds worthy of Abby Road and is indicative of hits to come - think of "Time."

On the other hand, the 15 minute "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" is a soundtrack in search of a video accompaniment. While a younger and more - ummm... - 'stimulated' imagination might have filled in the picture, it now just sounds like background buzz. While I don't mind the stentorian narration Parsons added from Orson Welles for the 1987 CD release, the additional synthesizers and solo guitars are an irritant. They could have left well-enough alone, but since CD technology was the shiny new thing at the time, I don't blame Parsons for wanting to tweak the new version. After all, I still have my 12 inch vinyl.

As far as its place in the APP discography, I probably prefer "I Robot," "Pyramid" and "Eye in the Sky" ahead of "Tales Of Mystery." But for shear audacity (mixing classics of literature with rock music was considered pretty risky in 1976), the Alan Parsons Project debut still can stimulate.

Para mi, junto con I Robot, son los mejores.......2007-04-06

Este disco tiene la particularidad, de que su concepto es basado en los cuentos de edgar allan poe. La introduccion narrada por orson welles es genial, (yo solo la sustituiria por Vincent price, ya que el actuo muchos de los cuentos de poe), luego vienen 3 de las canciones que mas me gustan de toda la discografias de APP, esta son The raven , tell tale heart y cast of amontillado, que dicho sea de paso, son, junto con el asesinato de la rue morge y el pozo y el pendulo, los cuentos de poe que mas me gustan.

Este fue el segundo disco que compre de APP, y sin duda alguna, junto con el de I robot, son mis preferidos.

Poe Fan.......2007-03-31

If you're a Poe fan and you grew up in the 70's....well, need I say more? Is and always has been an GREAT album and cool tribute to the Master of Horror.

They should have left it alone.......2007-01-09

I love this album. I'm one of the relative few who bought it when it first came out in 1976. But they really shouldn't have messed with it when they decided to release a remastered version. Yes, I love the Orson Welles narration that they added, but the new guitar parts really annoy me. For anyone who listened endlessly to the original LP, the new guitar parts sound very 80's and stand out in a bad way. I wish people would learn to leave well enough alone. Other than the cheesy guitar parts (and the final, totally boring, song), it's a classic album. It's too bad APP went commercial on their next LP, but it happens to the best of them.

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