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[CRAZY-HORSE]

KID ROCK "rock n roll jesus" cd,2007

career stats:
studio albums........9
singles.................39

this album: #1 US, #5 AU, #7 CAN, #1 UK
singles:
"rock n roll jesus"...................no chart action
"amen".................................no chart action
"all summer long"..................#23 US, #1 AU, #1 UK, #12 CAN
"so hott"...............................no chart action
"blue jeans and a rosary"........no chart action
"roll on"...............................#67 Austria, #59 Germany

the Kid's seventh studio album....
lots of political statments happening here, probably because this was partially written after he went to Iraq to entertain the troops.
also, some breakup songs,again, probably due to his breakup from Pammy Anderson during the writing of the album...
lots of guitar driven songs on here including "all summer long" where he borrows from "sweet home alabama"'s riff and chorus...but hey, i'd normally consider this sort of stuff sacrilage, but in this case it works really very well.
several acoustic tracks and something that borders the country genre also...
i should really invest in some more Kid Rock albums other than the two i own

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: blue jeans and a rosary
best track: amen

tracks:

1. rock n roll jesus **
2. amen ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XfKGI2o_VQ video
3. all summer long ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIGZLjugKA video
4. roll on **
5. so hott **
6. sugar ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKC-ie2QnCo audio w/-lyrics
7. when u love someone **
8. new orleans **
9. dont tell me u love me **
10.blue jeans and a rosary *
11.half your age ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMs4E-kw22U audio
12.lowlife(living the high life) ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyb-QVPsoqQ audio

3s=5
2s=6
1s=1

rating: 2.4

[Lovely Linda]

[video=youtube;0kR_XG1DnDs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kR_XG1DnDs[/video].... Oh man, I miss my buddy Mark!! Got to go see him mile:

[SteveO]

Fashion Nugget is the second album by Cake, a quintet from Sacramento, California, It was released in 1996 at a time when I was in a music funk. A record store clerk recommended the album to me and it brought me out of my temporary music listening slump! The album is quirky in some places yet an enjoyable listen overall! The addition of trumpet brightens the album's overall effect. There are three covers done well...Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, a Cuban love song originally recorded by Desi Arnaz and popularised by Doris Day and Willie Nelson's Sad Songs and Waltzes. The trumpet on Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps is a welcomed touch!

There are 14 tracks on Fashion Nugget. Here are a few tracks from the album:

[video=youtube;aAkWJmoL8KQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkWJmoL8KQ[/video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7hzGtmPb6M - Nugget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIbTdBSNTQ - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cno20onK9dY - The Distance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuVSvSbnaUg - Italian Leather Sofa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KJjVMqNIgA - I Will Survive

http://www.allmusic.com/album/fashion-nu...0000256265

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_(band)

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Matt Berninger - lead vocals
Aaron Dessner - guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
Bryce Dessner - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Bryan Devendorf - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Scott Devendorf - bass, guitar, backing vocals



Recording History

studio albums - 6
ep's - 2
singles - 13
videos - 9

from my library (cd)



Producer: Peter Katis, The National

4th studio album - #68 US, #57 UK
singles - Mistaken For Strangers
.............Apartment Story
.............Fake Empire

Paste magazine gives it their #1 album of the year

Just love this guys voice. Reminds me of Ray Thomas. And the music is scaled down Arcade Fireish. This is the bands first album to go Gold. They
still haven't hit it big yet, but it's there. I feel it. Score for this one is not that great, but it's on that mark where repeated plays would
do the trick. Hard to have a lot of plays when there's so much music around.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Green Gloves
Best Track - Apartment Story

[video=youtube;nFcD5HS_Chc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFcD5HS_Chc[/video]

Track Listing

1. Fake Empire **
2. Mistaken for Strangers **
3. Brainy **
4. Squalor Victoria **
5. Green Gloves *
6. Slow Show **
7. Apartment Story ***
8. Start a War **
9. Guest Room **
10. Racing Like a Pro **
11. Ada **
12. Gospel **

3's - 1
2's - 10
1's - 1

grade - 2.0 of 3.0
allmusic - 4.0 of 5.0

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Matt Berninger - lead vocals
Aaron Dessner - guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
Bryce Dessner - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Bryan Devendorf - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Scott Devendorf - bass, guitar, backing vocals



Recording History

studio albums - 6
ep's - 2
singles - 13
videos - 9

from my library (cd)



Producer: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner

6th studio album - #3 US, #3 UK, #2 AUS, #3 CAN
singles - Demons
.............Don't Swallow The Cap
.............Sea Of Love
.............Graceless
.............I Need My Girl

Big disappointment on this first time listen. Although it charted well, it did not sell as well as their previous 2 outings. Got them a Grammy
nomination for Best Alternative Album losing out to Vampire Weekend. Strange that with 5 singles released nothing charted in the only countries
that matter. Other than a few tracks it was just too slow for me, barely hitting the like score.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Hard To Find
Best Track - Graceless

[video=youtube;Jpz_gUyImhw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpz_gUyImhw[/video]

Track Listing

1. I Should Live in Salt **
2. Demons *
3. Don't Swallow the Cap **
4. Fireproof **
5. Sea of Love **
6. Heavenfaced *
7. This Is the Last Time *
8. Graceless **
9. Slipped **
10. I Need My Girl **
11. Humiliation **
12. Pink Rabbits **
13. Hard to Find *

3's - 0
2's - 9
1's - 4

grade - 1.7 of 3.0
allmusic - 3.5 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

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THE FIREMAN "electric arguments" cd, 2008

career stats:
studio albums.........3
singles...................5

this album stats: #79 UK, #67 US
singles:
"save the changes"...........no chart action
"dance till we're high".......no chart action

the first two albums "rushes" and "strawberries...." were basically sonic/ambient/electronic sounds with the occasional remix of McCartney's back catalogue, lots of those stupid "revolution #9" sounds also...
but with this third album's collaborations between producer Youth and Paul McCartney we see real songs...
those songs are very much in the same vein and sound as say Ram's "smile away" and Beatles "why dont we do it in the road"...
Macca sings on all tracks and its not bad...to my way of thinking Macca is letting his hair down and experimenting with sounds he normally wouldnt use on a fully fledged solo album during that period...
unfortunately though, the last couple of tracks,even though there are vocals, tend to drift back to the sounds of the previously released Fireman albums...
its very average for a Macca album but at the same time its a far superior effort to the other Fireman albums....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: universal here,everlasting now
best track: light from your lighthouse

tracks:

1. nothing too much just out of sight **
2. two magpies **
3. sing the changes **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQmHhlZlfg video
4. travelling light **
5. highway **
6. light from your lighthouse **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZt_Q_VvfTg audio
7. sun is shining **
8. dance till we're high **
9. lifelong passion **
10.is this love? **
11.lovers in a dream **
12.universal here,everlasting now *
13.dont stop running *

3s=0
2s=11
1s=2

rating: 1.8

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine
Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, backing vocals, piano
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – rhythm guitar, piano
Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan – bass
Alan White - drums



Recording History

studio albums - 7
live albums - 1
compilation albums - 5
ep's - 1
singles - 29
videos - 36

Brit Awards - 6
NME Awards - 9
MTV Awards - 5

from my library (cd)



Producer: Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher

3rd studio album - #2 US, #1 UK, #1 AUS, #1 CAN
singles - D'You Know What I Mean - #49 US, #1 UK, #16 AUS, #3 CAN
.............Stand By Me - #2 UK, #48 AUS
.............All Around The World - #1 UK, #69 AUS, #20 CAN
.............Don't Go Away - #35 US, #16 CAN

1 MTV Award
1 NME Award

Hard to equal the success of the previous album. Only Stand By Me stands out for me. One big complaint in that these songs are just too long. We
have 4 tracks over 7 minutes long and 5 others over 5 minutes. That's probably a good thing for most people. For me most of those are just drug
out through repetition, like a Hey Jude type of thing. Might have loved the 9 minute All Around The World if the last half hadn't been the same
thing for half of the track. That gets old when most of the songs do that. The album is the groups 3rd best selling. I got off of them after
this one. Five albums since and I don't know a thing off of them. Should I have followed up?

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - All Around The World (Reprise)
Best Track - Stand By Me

[video=youtube;maTP315XZCQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maTP315XZCQ[/video]

Track Listing

1. D'You Know What I Mean? **
2. My Big Mouth **
3. Magic Pie **
4. Stand by Me ***
5. I Hope, I Think, I Know **
6. The Girl in the Dirty Shirt **
7. Fade In-Out *
8. Don't Go Away **
9. Be Here Now **
10. All Around the World **
11. It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) **
12. All Around the World (Reprise) *

3's - 1
2's - 9
1's - 2

grade - 1.9 of 3.0
allmusic - 3.5 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Ok....

This one would scrape through for me,but only just.
The following one,Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, is their worst album, I can't stand it.
The remaining four after that one are okay...each has a couple of great songs but also two or three duds also.
Nothing comes close to Morning Glory IMO and I'm a fan.
Agree that the tracks are too long on Be Here Now, they aren't good enough musicians to carry off extended solo sections but make good 3minute songs.

You obviously weren't aware that Johnny Depp plays guitar on one of the tracks on Be Here Now...dont ask which one though,as I can't recall.

[Music Head]

Recording History

studio albums - 10
live albums - 1
compilation albums - 5
ep's - 1
singles - 34
videos - 28

Grammy Awards - 1
MTV Awards - 5

from my library (cd)



Producer: Sinead O'Connor

2nd studio album - #1 US, #1 UK, #1 AUS, #1 CAN
singles - Jump In The River - #81 UK
.............Nothing Compares 2 U - #1 US, #1 UK, #1 AUS
.............The Emperor's New Clothes - #60 US, #31 UK, #20 AUS
.............Three Babies - #42 UK
.............I Am Stretched On Your Grave

Grammy Awards - 1 for Best Alternative Music Performance
MTV Awards - 3

I have her first on vinyl then her next 4 on cd. Pretty sure this will come out the best. Was blown away with my fav track and couldn't believe
it was a Prince song. The girl sings with so much emotion, you can feel her pain. Title track was a throw away for me (gotta have some music).
This is her only platinum selling album and it went #1 everywhere.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Best Track - Nothing Compares 2 U

[video=youtube;iUiTQvT0W_0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0[/video]

Track Listing

1. Feels So Different **
2. I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave **
3. Three Babies **
4. The Emperor's New Clothes ***
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c0jxooNClM
5. Black Boys on Mopeds ***
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n14lwdpYkAA
6. Nothing Compares 2 U ***
7. Jump in the River **
8. You Cause as Much Sorrow **
9. The Last Day of Our Acquaintance **
10. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got *

3's - 3
2's - 6
1's - 1

grade - 2.2 of 3.0
allmusic - 4.5 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

The one you just posted is the only one of hers I own,in fact I think you recommended it to me a few years ago...
I really like it and am happy with it, I have no desire to purchase anything else though but I cannot think of a reason why I shouldn't though.
"nothing compares to you" is far superior to Prince's original version IMO.in fact I believe he thought it was one of those album filler tracks he disliked,he never played it live until O'Connor had a mega-hit with it