Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da (2009)
Although one can accuse Rammstein of its easily not possibly to take seriously could it their saving beauty of also be. Has each possible volume, which has those cojones not to begin to their album with first but the second song, which marks a group singing of its own name any, an excellent direction of irony or the self-confidence gold fish. I decide to believe the former.
If it aren’t already bent toward to Rammstein’s over point mixture of the epischen, expanded keyboards, changing stripped and the roared vocals and the strong wall of the distorted metal guitar and – ramming trommelt, this album won’ T-influence (sic) your opinion. However find with an inclination toward to this kind of the high-quality cheese much, in order to enjoy here. Not there’s not much deviation of the formula. It’s Rammstein. It don’ You do t-purchase, which a AC/DC album, which expects a bundle of the prince, covers?
This said, there is the feeling that the joke carries thinly that the band’ s-stilistische stamps begin to believe like a straitjacket. As usual that the most memorable song is one, English-sung novelty number called to explain Pussy? Seriously you hear simply to this thing. If that’s a novelty song then my brows are not ear worms. It’s also the most binding song on the album by any distance.
This is not to suggest that the complete album distortion durchnäßte as wallpaper plays. Bückstabü e.g. has an easy Schlurfenschlag and slithery, half-whispered Gejammer of a vernehmbaren to differentiate to it. (I really don’t understand what just happened here. Did your translator get tired or something? – Ed.) (In all likelihood, he just fed it through Babelfish and used the money I gave him to fuel another one of his sick rave parties, the fucker. – Anthony) Most stylistic detours are, although and possibly it’ small; s for the best. Rammstein obviously understand their place in the music world and of the clay/tone of things, they’ Restille, which has loads of the fun with their.
Though one can easily accuse Rammstein of being impossible to take seriously, it might also be their saving grace. Any band that has the cojones to start their album with not the first, but the second song featuring a group chant of their own name either has an excellent sense of irony or the self-awareness of a goldfish. I choose to believe the former.
If you aren’t already inclined towards Rammstein’s over-the-top mix of epic, sweeping keyboards, alternately barked and bellowed vocals and thick wall of distorted metal guitar and pounding drums, this album won’t sway your opinion. However, those with an inclination towards this sort of high-grade cheese will find much to enjoy here. No, there’s not much deviation from the formula. It’s Rammstein. You don’t buy an AC/DC album expecting a bunch of Prince covers, do you?
That said, there is the nagging feeling that the joke is wearing thin, that the band’s stylistic hallmarks are starting to feel like a straitjacket. How else to explain that the most memorable song is an English-sung novelty number entitled “Pussy”? Seriously, just listen to this thing. If that’s not a novelty song then my eyebrows are earwigs. It’s also the catchiest song on the album by some distance.
This is not to suggest that the whole album plays like distortion-drenched wallpaper. Bückstabü, for example, has a sleazy shuffle beat and a slithery, half-whispered whine of a vocal to distinguish it. Most of the stylistic detours are minor, though, and perhaps it’s for the best. Rammstein clearly understand their place in the music world, and from the sound of things, they’re still having loads of fun with it.
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da Track Listing CD DISC 1:
1. Rammlied
2. Ich Tu Dir Wen
3. Waidmanns Heil
4. Haifisch
5. B********
6. Fruhling In Paris
7. Wiener Blut
8. P***y
9. Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
10. Mehr
11. Roter Sand
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da Track Listing CD DISC 2:
1. Fuhre Mich
2. Donaukinder
3. Halt
4. Roter Sand [Orchester Version]
5. Liese
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Cult - Love (2009)
The Cult's 1984 debut, DREAMTIME, proved to be an intriguing, if sometimes muddled, combination of early U2 and the Doors, topped off with Ian Astbury's ongoing lyrical fascination with Native American mythology. The immediate follow-up, LOVE, was a notable improvement. Ditching the most overt Doors references in favor of moody neo-psychedelia that sounds like a harder-rocking version of Echo & the Bunnymen, LOVE includes "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain." These driving singles introduced the UK band to the American college-radio market and laid the foundation for the group's mainstream commercial breakthrough later in the decade. The rest of the album is nearly up to the level of the singles, with Astbury's less-mannered vocals and Billy Duffy's powerful guitar riffs offering a much more assertive musical presence than ever before.
The Cult: Ian Astbury (vocals); William H. Duffy (guitar); Jamie Stewart (keyboards, bass).
CMJ (1/5/04, p.18) - Ranked #5 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1986"
Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Cult reached a pinnacle with this release....A mixture of goth with hippy, trippy psychedelic vibes..."
Cult - Love Track listing CD DISC 1:
1. Nirvana
2. Big Neon Glitter
3. Love
4. Brother Wolf, Sister Moon
5. Rain
6. Phoenix
7. Hollow Man
8. Revolution
9. She Sells Sanctuary
10. Black Angel
Cult - Love Track listing CD DISC 2:
1. She Sells Sanctuary [Long Version]
2. No. 13
3. Snake, The
4. (Here Comes The) Rain
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Timothy B. Schmit - Expando (2009)
Timothy B. Schmit launched his solo career late — in 1984, after the Eagles disbanded and right in the thick of the era of shiny, synthesized production. Schmit released three solo albums, all big and glossy, between 1984 and 1991, then reunited with the Eagles in 1994, so he never quite had a chance to record an album as relaxed and natural as 2009's Expando. Ditching all the sheen, but not the professional panache, that lingered all the way to 2001's Feed the Fire, Schmit returns to his country and folk-rock roots here, creating a record that has a clear through-line from his early days with Poco, bears echoes of early Crosby, Stills & Nash — a resemblance underscored by Graham Nash's occasional guest harmonies and the howling harmonica on "A Good Day" — and clearly is the work of the soft rock songsmith behind "I Can't Tell You Why." As beguiling as this record sounds — it's soft and warm without feeling slick, anchored in acoustic guitars and graced with sweet harmonies, peaking with the appearance of the Blind Boys of Alabama on "Secular Praise" — what resonates is his strongest-ever collection of songs, songs that are tuneful, knowing, reflective, and occasionally funny, as on his tongue-and-cheek blues-rocker "White Boy from Sacramento," a showcase for his guitarist son Ben. This loud slice of satire is the exception to the rule on Expando, but this soft rock never feels lazy or complacent; it's rich and lived-in, a record that might have been a long time in coming but is certainly worth the wait.
Timothy B. Schmit - Expando track listing:
1. One More Mile - (with Timothy B Schmit) $0.99
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3. Friday Night $0.99
4. Ella Jean $0.99
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11. Good Day, A
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Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces (2009)
Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel.
Recording information: Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (05/2009-06/2009).
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces track listing:
1. Natural Forces
2. Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel
3. Pantry
4. Empty Blue Shoes
5. Whooping Crane
6. Bayou Song
7. Bohemia
8. Don't You Think I Feel It Too
9. Sun and Moon and Stars
10. Loretta
11. It's Rock and Roll
12. Pantry [Acoustic Version]
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Tim Mcgraw - Southern Voice (2009)
Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Photographer: Danny Clinch.
Personnel: Bob MInner (acoustic guitar); Denny Hemingson (electric guitar, steel guitar); Darran Smith ... Full Description(electric guitar); Dean Brown (mandolin, fiddle); Jeff McMahon (piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); Billy Mason (drums); David Dunkley (congas, percussion).
Audio Mixers: Tim McGraw; Byron Gallimore.
Tim Mcgraw - Southern Voice track listing:
1. Still
2. Ghost Town Train
3. Good Girls
4. I Didn't Know It At the Time
5. It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You
6. If I Died Today
7. Mr. Whoever You Are
8. Southern Voice
9. You Had To Be There
10. I'm Only Jesus
11. Forever Seventeen
12. Love You Goodbye
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Immortal - All Shall Fall CD (2009)
"All Shall Fall" track listing:
01. All Shall Fall
02. The Rise Of Darkness
03. Hordes To War
04. Norden On Fire
05. Arctic Swarm
06. Mount North
07. Unearthly Kingdom
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Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night CD (2008)
Audio Mixer: Jacquire King .
Kings Of Leon: Caleb Followill (vocals, guitar); Matthew Followill (guitar, background vocals); Jared Followill (bass instrument, background vocals); Nathan Followill (drums, background vocals).
Personnel: Jacquire King , Angelo Petraglia (keyboard).
Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "ONLY BY THE NIGHT is long on astral, arena-ready largeness, with blippy keyboards, droney guitars and whoa-oh-oh backing vocals. Frontman Caleb Followill cranks up his Allman Brothers howl..."
Rolling Stone (p.91) - Ranked #20 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[I]t's a brighter, fuller Southern rock."
Spin (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Kings of Leon still rule with a messy hand, applying rough magic and blurry, slurred imagery to their swashbuckling rock."
Spin (p.49) - Ranked #21 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[T]hey've gradually swapped out their Strokes-via-Skynyrd posturing for U2-leaning arena rock."
Entertainment Weekly (p.95) - "Throughout NIGHT, frontman Caleb Followill wails forlornly about cheap thrills and true love while his two brothers (and a cousin) bash out spooky, raw-edged riffs that rarely go where you expect them to." -- Grade: B+
Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "ONLY BY THE NIGHT is packed with songs about being rootless, alienated, misunderstood....It's impressive stuff."
Blender (Magazine) (p.108) - "It conjures up images of a more refined band -- the songs have overall a slower pace, and so sounds more considered, more deliberate, more reflective."
Clash (magazine) (p.72) - Ranked #1 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "[With an] audacious palette of deep, dark and desolate sonic shades."
Track:
1. Closer
2. Crawl
3. Sex On Fire
4. Use Somebody
5. Manhattan
6. Revelry
7. 17
8. Notion
9. I Want You
10. Be Somebody
11. Cold Desert
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Barbra Streisand - Love Is The Answer CD (2009)
The first full-length collection of new studio recordings from eight-time Grammy award winner Barbra Streisand since 2005's Guilty Pleasures. Love Is The Answer showcases the artist as a singer of emotional clarity, depth and maturity, offering the listener a selection of heartfelt late-night meditations on love's powers, heartbreaks and solaces. It provides an opportunity for Streisand to work for the first time with the Grammy-winning Canadian jazz artist Diana Krall and her quartet (piano, guitar, bass, drums) who bring a refined and sensual poignancy to the album's sophisticated and subtle accompaniments.
Rounding out the album's smoky after-hours ambience with his sublime orchestrations is the legendary songwriter ("The Shadow of Your Smile") and Grammy-winning arranger Johnny Mandel (who worked with Streisand on her 1993 Back to Broadway album and arranged/co-produced Krall's 1998 Grammy-winning When I Look In Your Eyes).
The deluxe version of the album is a two-disc package that features the Mandel arranged orchestra versions on disc one and quartet counterparts on disc two featuring Barbra accompanied only by quartet (piano, bass, guitar & drums).
Deluxe Edition
Liner Note Authors: Diana Krall; Jay Landers; Barbra Streisand.
Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Photographers: John Clayton; Mary Maurer; Barbra Streisand.
Arranger: Johnny Mandel.
Personnel: Anthony Wilson (guitar); Jeff Hamilton (drums).
Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt.
Track:
Love Is The Answer CD DISC 1: WITH ORCHESTRA:
1. Here's To Life
2. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
3. Gentle Rain
4. If You Go Away (No Me Quitte Pas)
5. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
6. Make Someone Happy
7. Where Do You Start?
8. Time For Love, A
9. Here's That Rainy Day
10. Love Dance
11. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
12. Some Other Time
13. You Must Believe In Spring
Love Is The Answer Songs DISC 2: QUARTET VERSIONS:
1. Here's To Life
2. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
3. Gentle Rain
4. If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
5. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
6. Make Someone Happy
7. Where Do You Start?
8. Time For Love, A
9. Here's That Rainy Day
10. Love Dance
11. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
12. Some Other Time
13. You Must Believe In Spring
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Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel CD (2009)
A play on the title of Minnie Riperton's album PERFECT ANGEL, Mariah Carey's 12th career outing, MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, sees the singer flexing her prodigious vocal gifts on 13 tracks structured like intimate conversations or entries ... Full Descriptionin a private diary. Written and produced by Carey along with a host of longtime collaborators including Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, The Dream, and Tricky Stewart, the album features the hit single "Obsessed" along with a cover of Foreigner's classic `80s ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is."
Liner Note Author: Mariah Carey.
Recording information: Tree Sound Studios, Norcross, GA; Namaste Studios, Mableton, GA; Setal, Miami, FL; West Lake Audio; Germano Studios, NY; Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA; Studio at the Palms, Las Vegas, NV; Happy Beginnings; Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Honeywest Studios, New York, NY.
Editor: Johanna Cox.
Photographers: Rachel McIntosh; Mariah Carey; Bill Boatman.
Track:
Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel CD DISC 1:
1. Betcha Gon' Know (the Prologue)
2. Obsessed
3. H.a.T.E. U.
4. Candy Bling
5. Ribbon
6. Inseparable
7. Standing O
8. It's a Wrap
9. Up Out My Face
10. Up Out My Face (the Reprise)
11. More Than Just Friends
12. Impossible, The
13. Impossible, The (the Reprise)
14. Angel (the Prelude)
15. Angels Cry
16. Languishing (the Interlude)
17. I Want To Know What Love is
Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel Songs DISC 2:
1. Obsessed [Cahill Radio Mix] - (remix)
2. Obsessed [Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit]
3. Obsessed [Jump Smokers Radio Edit]
4. Obsessed [Friscia and Lamboy Radio Mix] - (remix)
5. Obsessed [Music Video]
6. Obsessed [Music Video-Remix] - (remix, featuring Gucci Mane)
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