Monday, December 17, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town


Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town


The pain of a protracted legal battle with his former manager and the release of being allowed to record again after a three-year layoff are equally apparent from the piercing hard rock and harsh lyrical content of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Betrayal and hard work that comes to naught are the primary subjects on his mind here, evidenced by songs such as "Adam Raised a Cain," "Factory," and "Streets of Fire." Elsewhere, there are signs of hope or at least the possibility of outrunning your problems ("Racing in the Street," "The Promised Land," "Prove It All Night"). But mostly, these are songs about exorcising some serious demons, and from the sound of things, Springsteen's loud, lonesome howl and blistering guitar work went a long way toward making him whole again. This is angry art, made by someone pushed to his absolute limit and more than ready to push back.


1. Bruce Springsteen Badlands
2. Bruce Springsteen Adam Raised A Cain
3. Bruce Springsteen Something In The Night
4. Bruce Springsteen Candy's Room
5. Bruce Springsteen Racing In The Street
6. Bruce Springsteen The Promised Land
7. Bruce Springsteen Factory
8. Bruce Springsteen Streets Of Fire
9. Bruce Springsteen Prove It All Night
10. Bruce Springsteen Darkness At The Edge Of Town
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA



Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA

1. Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
2. Bruce Springsteen Cover Me
3. Bruce Springsteen Darlington County
4. Bruce Springsteen Working On The Highway
5. Bruce Springsteen Downbound Train
6. Bruce Springsteen I'm On Fire
7. Bruce Springsteen No Surrender
8. Bruce Springsteen Bobby Jean
9. Bruce Springsteen I'm Goin' Down
10. Bruce Springsteen Glory Days
11. Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark
12. Bruce Springsteen My Hometown

Born in the U.S.A. is an album painted in big, broad strokes. But it was still too subtle for some--namely politicians who tried to tap the title track as a jingoistic anthem when it is in fact a bitter diatribe by a Vietnam War vet whose country forgot him. The rest of the album is a glorious grab bag of radio-ready populist anthems--his best display of pure pop songwriting ever--including "No Surrender," "Dancing in the Dark," "Bobby Jean," and "Glory Days" alongside more circumspect numbers such as "My Hometown" and "I'm On Fire." It's not true that there's no arguing with success, but in this case Springsteen's widespread acclaim was warranted. With Born in the U.S.A., all those predictions from a decade earlier--that Springsteen was the future of rock--had come true.


Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park NJ


Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park NJ

1. Bruce Springsteen Blinded By The Light
2. Bruce Springsteen Growin' Up
3. Bruce Springsteen Mary Queen Of Arkansas
4. Bruce Springsteen Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street
5. Bruce Springsteen Lost In The Flood
6. Bruce Springsteen The Angel
7. Bruce Springsteen For You
8. Bruce Springsteen Spirit In the Night
9. Bruce Springsteen It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City

Greetings From Asbury Park served notice that there was a new musical force on the scene. On his debut, Bruce showed he was the best songwriter to come along since Bob Dylan. The album kicks off with the musical tounge twister "Blinded By The Light" that showed Bruce wasn't a typical singer-songwriter. The song has a funky riff and is replete with horns. "Spirit In The Night" introduced the E Street sound and is a precursor to the character oriented songs that would appear later on Born To Run & Wild. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St?" is fun and "For You" is a rare rock song about suicide. "Growin' Up" & It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City" show early signs of Bruce's "Tramp" persona. "Lost In The Flood" is the great forgotten Bruce song and is as good a song as he has ever recorded. While Greetings is uneven at points ("Mary, Queen of Arkansas' & "The Angel"), it shows an artist who had a very original sound and huge potential. It is great to throw it in the cd player and hear a young, raw and hungry Bruce Springsteen and listen to where it all started. Although Bruce Springsteen became known to the world as a singer/songwriter who wrote story songs embodying the spirit of the disheartened and the downtrodden, it is often forgotten that he started out as a wild, exuberant, and borderline naive artist. His debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. is a prime example of this youthful enthusiasm. Springsteen belts out lyrics in his raspy, intimitable voice the likes of which had not been seen in rock 'n' roll since Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde (fostering the inevitable Dylan comparisons that hound The Boss to this day.) Right from the kick-off of Blinded By The Light (later a big hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, but far better in this, the oringal version), it was obvious that a new and very talented singer/songwriter was on the scene: replete with a funky/jazzy rock riff and numerous horns, the song starts out with the lyrics "madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat/in the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat" - and just goes on from there. The arrangements and playing are just as busy as the lyrics, and the playing, while not exactly what you would call tight, is huge-sounding, loose, and feels like it is just barely contained - in other words, the perfect backdrop for these wild lyrical flights of fancy. Despite somewhat hazy production, this remains one of the greatest debut albums of all-time. It has what still rank as some of Springsteen's best songs (Blinded By The Light, Lost In The Flood, Spirit In The Night) - not to mention the all-time classic lyric "nuns run bald through Vatican halls pregnant pleadin' Immaculate Conception." Although he would later come to be known and treasured as American's bard of the dispossessed, one can look back on this album and hear a Bruce who was just as good, infused instead with a brimming, admirable youthful enthusiasm. Essential Springsteen.


Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park NJ

Monday, December 10, 2007

Seal System



System




1. Seal If It's In My Mind, It's On My Face
2. Seal Amazing( Thin White Duke Edit)
3. Seal Just Like Before
4. Seal Loaded
5. Seal Wedding Day
6. Seal System
7. Seal Dumb
8. Seal The Right Life
9. Seal Rolling
10. Seal Immaculate
11. Seal Amazing

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Some artists mellow as they age; Seal enters never-surrender mode and hits the dance floor. System gets at a new way of thinking for the king of the sexy British croon--he's a little less committed to nailing the vocals here and a lot more into manufacturing a mood. Overall, it's one infused with high spirits and an almost dreamy sense of possibility: "Rolling," the only song outside of a weird duet with wife Heidi Klum ("Wedding Day") to avoid elaborate but likable synths, stands its romantic ground without settling into ho-hum balladry, while "Loaded," "Dumb," and "The Right Life" bust out of the speakers determined to raise the profile of house music and electro beats. If he cribs a vial or two of vibe from Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor,, also produced by retro whiz-kid Stuart Price, it doesn't make Seal any less appealing. Even without hits like the super-smooth "Amazing," some guys manage to be amazing just by showing up. And so it is with Seal. Even his supermodel wife says so. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description
The first studio album in four years from Seal, System, with its shimmering melodies, layers of synths and acoustic guitar, and electronic beats, is a return to my roots says the singer-songwriter. To help him deliver a more dance oriented album, what he calls a quintessential Seal album, Seal turned to Stuart Price(Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor and Grammy-winning remixes for No Doubt and Coldplay).

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Born to Run



Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
1. Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road
2. Bruce Springsteen Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
3. Bruce Springsteen Night
4. Bruce Springsteen Backstreets
5. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
6. Bruce Springsteen She's The One
7. Bruce Springsteen Meeting Across The River
8. Bruce Springsteen Jungleland

Few albums are as fueled by hope, possibility, and the lure of the open road as Born to Run, a virtual concept album about small-town Jerseyites in search of a better life via hot-rodding out on the turnpike, scoring some small-time hustle, or blowing out of town altogether, either across the river to New York City or west for parts unknown. Songs like "Jungleland," "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," and the title track are epic productions, both sonically and lyrically, borrowing from Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and West Side Story. When Born to Run was released in 1975, it earned then-unknown Springsteen the rare honor of simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek. The attention was warranted then, and it still is now.

"Born To Run" is one of the greatest albums of all time, and that fact is inarguable. The only question is how many albums you'll put on the list. Any list with more than ten, without this one, is clearly in error.
It is an album where a single listen will convince you.
The cinematic sweep, from "Thunder Road" to "Jungleland", makes you feel like you're watching a movie while listening. The epic nature and true storylines makes you feel like you're reading a classic novel.
I ask you, what album have you ever listened to, that elicits a sensation of music, film and literature simultaneously? It's breathtaking.
And ageless as well. You know how old black & white movies seem crisp and eternal, while, say, certain 70's movies have a dated feel...even though they may be GREAT 70's movies?
"Born To Run" hasn't aged one iota. It's as impressive now as it must have been in 1975.
It's an album that sounds just as good in your car as it does on your headphones.
From Roy Bittan's piano opening "Thunder Road" to Springsteen's anguished howl ending "Jungleland", you will have gone somewhere. Bruce and the band takes you on a journey...GOD I'm jealous that some of you haven't heard this yet! I'd like to watch someone listen to it for the first time...


Bruce Springsteen Born to Run

Garth Brooks Ultimate Hits



The Ultimate Hits ( Garth Brooks )





Disc: 1
1. Garth Brooks Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
2. Garth Brooks Friends In Low Places
3. Garth Brooks Shameless
4. Garth Brooks Two Of a Kind, Workin' On a Full House
5. Garth Brooks The Beaches Of Cheyenne
6. Garth Brooks If Tomorrow Never Comes
7. Garth Brooks Papa Loved Mama
8. Garth Brooks More Than a Memory
9. Garth Brooks Good Ride Cowboy
10. Garth Brooks In Another's Eyes
11. Garth Brooks The Fever
12. Garth Brooks Midnight Sun
13. Garth Brooks Learning To Live Again
14. Garth Brooks Longneck Bottle
15. Garth Brooks To Make You Feel My Love
16. Garth Brooks We Shall Be Free
17. Garth Brooks The Dance
Disc: 2
1. Garth Brooks Callin' Baton Rouge
2. Garth Brooks Two Pina Coladas
3. Garth Brooks The Thunder Rolls
4. Garth Brooks That Summer
5. Garth Brooks The River
6. Garth Brooks Beer Run
7. Garth Brooks Unanswered Prayers
8. Garth Brooks Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
9. Garth Brooks Workin' For a Livin'
10. Garth Brooks What She's Doing Now
11. Garth Brooks When You Come Back To Me Again
12. Garth Brooks Standing Outside the Fire
13. Garth Brooks American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
14. Garth Brooks The Change
15. Garth Brooks Rodeo
16. Garth Brooks Wrapped Up In You
17. Garth Brooks Leave a Light On
18. Garth Brooks Bonus Track 1
19. Garth Brooks Bonus Track 2

2007 three disc set (two CDs + DVD). One artist...one decade...one hundred million albums sold! Garth Brooks remains the biggest Country artist of all-time. He harnessed the Country and Pop influences of has past and created a new kind of Country that appealed to different generations of fans and crossed over into the Pop market like no other artist before him. Garth Brooks changed the rules based on his talent alone. He became a worldwide superstar while remaining true to his humble roots, which added to his appeal. This three disc set features two CDs scheduled to contain 34 tracks including four new songs plus a bonus DVD containing videos for all the CD's tracks.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Rascal Flatts Still Feels Good



Still Feels Good




1. Rascal Flatts Take Me There
2. Rascal Flatts Here
3. Rascal Flatts Bob That Head
4. Rascal Flatts Help Me Remember
5. Rascal Flatts Still Feels Good
6. Rascal Flatts Winner at a Losing Game
7. Rascal Flatts No Reins
8. Rascal Flatts Every Day
9. Rascal Flatts Secret Smile
10. Rascal Flatts Better Now
11. Rascal Flatts She Goes All the Way
12. Rascal Flatts How Strong Are You Now
13. Rascal Flatts It's Not Supposed To Go Like That


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Rascal Flatts has always been an anomaly in country music. Signed to the Disney label Lyric Street, they arrived in 2000 as essentially a trio (winning lead vocalist Gary LeVox fronted pin-up boy Joe Don Rooney on electric guitar and Jay DeMarcus on bass) that traveled and recorded with additional musicians to make up a full band. Despite their workingman backgrounds, their repertoire was so pop-oriented that hardly anyone could really call them country, and the group bristled at being dubbed Nashville's Boy Band. Yet while they were primarily marketed to teens (the young set screams their lungs out in concert), a lot of adults found their bouncy, bubbly radio tunes irresistible. And in 2006, when they released their fourth album, the quadruple-platinum Me and My Gang, they sold more than 700,000 records the first week, ending up as the best-selling artists of the year across all genres. Now comes the follow-up, and with the group sharing production credit with hit-meister Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Faith Hill), they turned out an extremely well-built album of heavily layered, grown-up pop. (The one country-ish song, "Bob that Head," about the joys of Friday night cruising in a tricked-out truck, almost amounts to a rap.) DeMarcus has said that the band took its time making the record, and it shows--everything about it telegraphs a growing maturity. Not only do Rooney and DeMarcus play on every cut (which they didn't do until Me and My Gang), but the trio has a hand in writing much of the material that doesn't come from the pens of Nashville's most reliable songsmiths (Jeffrey Steele, Neil Thrasher, Steve Robson, Hillary Lindsey, and headliner Kenny Chesney on "Take Me There"). It all goes down quite smoothly, from the sexy title track to the pain ballad "Better Now," to the (too-obvious) social commentary of "It's Not Supposed to Go Like That." As a measure of that, even actor/singer Jamie Foxx's guest appearance on the silky "She Goes All the Way" blends seamlessly with the rest of the material, much of it crafted to manipulate the emotions with power choruses, stinging electric guitar solos, and throbbing drums. But unlike the Rascals' other albums, there aren't many story songs here. And though LeVox's hangdog tenor hammers home the devastating ache of failed relationships ("Help Me Remember"), there's no standout tune like "What Hurts the Most," and not a lot of this sticks in your head after it's gone. Yes, as the title promises, it "Still Feels Good," but only for a little while. -–Alanna Nash

Product Description
It all begins when the lights go down. For Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus, it has been that way since they were playing for a handful of people in a club in Nashville's Printers Alley. These days, of course, they play for thousands of screaming fans a night, drawn by state-of-the-art production and sound, and by spectacular vocal harmonies in service to an ever-expanding catalogue of hits. In between, it was the magic of those performances that catapulted Rascal Flatts into the front ranks of entertainers in all genres.

By any measure, Rascal Flatts is in elite territory. They are the reigning 2006 CMA, ACM and CMT Vocal Group of the Year. In 2005 they added Billboard and R&R Artist of the Year trophies as well. The trio also picked up its first three Grammy nominations in 2005, and their "Bless The Broken Road" received the Grammy for Country Song of the Year. Coming off the biggest selling artist album of 2006, Rascal Flatts is geared up for their brand new album coming on September 25.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Reba McEntire Duets



Reba Duets



From the Artist
As McEntire sees it, amazing songs have little to do with genre, and everything to do with emotion and nuance. "I've been a fan of different kinds of music all my life," she says. "I really don't like to categorize music. To me, there's only two categories: good and bad. And I try to sing the good songs, and listen to good music. When it touches my heart, and I can deliver it with all my heart and soul, then it's a good Reba McEntire song. In the end, I want all the songs to touch my listener's hearts." It's that devotion to making quality music that brings her audience back to Reba again and again. "The great thing about it is, my fans have always continued to go along with me on these journeys I take, whether it's television, music, Broadway or movies. They really hang in there with me, and I sure do appreciate that. It's been a good journey." The next chapter on that journey is about to begin, with Duets - and the amazing music created when Reba's signature voice finds new harmony with a few stellar friends. "I hope people are going to be caught up in the moment of listening to this music," says McEntire. "There's a lot of love in this record, because I love these people that I get to sing with. And I think people are going to love it, too. I honestly do."

Product Description
From the moment you hear the voice, you know it: fierce and powerful, clear and passionate, a voice that has sold 49 million records, a voice that could belong to no one else but the woman millions of fans the world over know only as Reba. So what do you do when you're the owner of that iconic voice -- and the embodiment of a genre-bending artistic presence that spans the worlds of music, screen and stage? If you're Reba McEntire, you find creative soul mates in 11 other amazing voices and produce a groundbreaking collection of music simply titled Reba Duets. Or, as McEntire herself might describe it, you gather up some friends old and new, and have a party - oh, and make an amazing new album at the same time. "It was like a family reunion. It was just so much fun!" says the easygoing superstar. And the results? "Well, I'm just so tickled!" she says with her trademark Southern charm. "I can't wait for everyone to hear it." Duets was a long time coming, says McEntire. "You have to keep creating things, thinking about what's next and how to keep it fresh for your fans," she says. "I've always thought a duets album would be a great thing to get to do, and the timing was finally right to make it happen."

1. Reba McEntire When You Love Someone Like That 4:39
2. Reba McEntire Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma 4:37
3. Reba McEntire Because Of You 3:43
4. Reba McEntire Faith In Love 3:47
5. Reba McEntire She Can't Save Him 3:02
6. Reba McEntire Everyday People 3:34
7. Reba McEntire Every Other Weekend 4:03
8. Reba McEntire These Broken Hearts 4:25
9. Reba McEntire Sleeping With The Telephone 3:33
10. Reba McEntire The Only Promise That Remains 5:06
11. Reba McEntire Break Each Other's Hearts Again 3:38

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Nirvana Unplugged in New York



Nirvana: Unplugged In New York (Video)

Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (CD)

TRACKS: 1. Nirvana ABOUT A GIRL 2. Nirvana COME AS YOU ARE 3. Nirvana JESUS DOESN'T WANT ME FOR A SUNBEAM 4. Nirvana THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD 5. Nirvana PENNYROYAL TEA 6. Nirvana DUMB 7. Nirvana POLLY 8. Nirvana ON A PLAIN 9. Nirvana SOMETHING IN THE WAY* 10. Nirvana PLATEAU 11. Nirvana OH, ME* 12. Nirvana LAKE OF FIRE 13. Nirvana ALL APOLOGIES 14. Nirvana WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?

*NOT ORIGINALLY BROADCAST

The last Nirvana collection recorded before the untimely death of Kurt Cobain, Unplugged caught many by surprise with its stripped down, neo-acoustic offerings with a bridled fury. When Cobain sings, "I swear I don't have a gun, I don't have a gun" with clenched teeth (instead of an open howl) and when the haunting strains of "About a Girl"--from their earliest LP--chills even with quieted guitars, you discover a new appreciation for the nuances of one of the greatest bands of recent times. Highlights include covers of three Meat Puppets tracks (featuring special guests Curt and Kris Kirkwood of that influential "college rock" band), the weepy cello on the Vaselines' "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam," and their cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World."

Product Description
While the album of the same name made its first appearance in 1994, and went on to become Nirvana's second best selling CD of all time, nearly 15 years have passed since that memorable initial broadcast. Now, fans will finally get the chance to see the release of the entire, unedited performance...with neverbefore- seen footage...on DVD...and in Dolby Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound. Mixed in surround sound by legendary surround mixing engineer Elliot Scheiner, this DVD allows fans to experience this performance like never before, completely unedited including the two songs not originally broadcasted ("Something In The Way" and "Oh Me" ), and with the best sound ever available (to anyone not in the studio for the original taping.) For the purists, also included on this DVD is the original 44 min broadcast version of the show, plus never-before-seen REHEARSAL performances. As an extra bonus to the DVD, a 14-minute interview segment called Bare Witness produced by MTV focuses on the recollections of those who experienced this magical moment in music history, those who produced it and interviews with the band from the day of the taping.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Alicia Keys As I Am



As I Am

1. Alicia Keys As I Am (Intro)
2. Alicia Keys Go Ahead
3. Alicia Keys Superwoman
4. Alicia Keys No One
5. Alicia Keys Like You'll Never See Me Again
6. Alicia Keys Lesson Learned (featuring John Mayer)
7. Alicia Keys Wreckless Love
8. Alicia Keys The Thing About Love
9. Alicia Keys Teenage Love Affair
10. Alicia Keys I Need You
11. Alicia Keys Where Do We Go From Here
12. Alicia Keys Prelude To A Kiss
13. Alicia Keys Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)
14. Alicia Keys Sure Looks Good To Me

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By the time this long-awaited album saw its release date, most fans had probably read at least a couple of interviews with Alicia Keys in which she explained that first single, "No One"--a firestorm of a song clearly born of a sore heart and steeped in serious soul-searching, was about her decision to retreat from the obligations of stardom when she found out a loved one was in need of her care. The anecdote sticks not just because it explained the song so well--you can actually hear the pain, commitment, and determination in her sultry voice--but because it gets at what makes the woman behind the music so appealing. There's only one way R&B artists grow to become legends, and it's by drenching the words they sing with feeling (think Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack). The skeptical listener might have had her doubts before As I Am, but there's no mistaking it now: Alicia Keys is well on her way to sharing a category with them. This record radiates not just old-soul maturity, the kind Alicia fans say makes her modern rarity, but real soul. Vintage-leaning hooks and horns grab hold on "Where Do We Go from Here" and an assortment of other songs, but Keys can also get by just fine without them, as she proves on more pop-flavored numbers like "Lesson Learned," with John Mayer, and "Superwoman." The genres may be smearing, she seems to say, but bring them on: she won't shrink back. Her commitment is not to a single style but to what's stirring her soul. Because of it, she's moving R&B, or something like it, from the hips back to the heart. --Tammy La Gorce

Saturday, December 1, 2007

John Fogerty Revival



Revival

1. John Fogerty Don't You Wish It Was True 4:11
2. John Fogerty Gunslinger 3:31
3. John Fogerty Creedence Song 3:49
4. John Fogerty Broken Down Cowboy 3:51
5. John Fogerty River Is Waiting 3:22
6. John Fogerty Long Dark Night 3:07
7. John Fogerty Summer Of Love 3:19
8. John Fogerty Natural Thing 4:00
9. John Fogerty It Ain't Right 1:49
10. John Fogerty I Can't Take It No More 1:39
11. John Fogerty Somebody Help Me 4:27
12. John Fogerty Longshot 3:37

The self-referential title of Fogerty's first album in three years is no mere play on words; this is as close as he's gotten in a long while to duplicating the loose swamp blues, country, folk, soul and rock that he so memorably created a template for in Creedence Clearwater Revival. Thankfully the advertisement for downloaded ringtones in the disc's booklet is the only contemporary influence creeping into this stripped-down set of rootsy rockers and ballads. Fogerty's voice sounds great throughout; passionate, more committed and comfortable with these songs than he has seemed in years. His material has often leaned towards politics, especially as it concerns the working class, but seldom as directly as on the gutsy choogle of "Long Dark Night" and the rollicking "I Can’t Take it No More." He seems like a cranky dad on "It Ain't Right," railing about spoiled pop tarts in the spotlight, and "Summer of Love"'s look back at the titular time in the late '60s falls on the schlock side. But Fogerty charges into "Longshot" like the angry young man of "Fortunate Son," singing "I ain't got no 'ristocrats a-hangin' in my tree" with an assurance and intensity that reaches through the speakers and grabs the listener. Just like in the old days.

Product Description
John's new album is a triumph, with a sound that is at once timeless yet urgently rooted in this time and place. The lyrics recall a continuous conversation with America, a reminder of John's unmatched ability to resonate with people from all walks of life. With a voice that can cut glass and inspire generations, and a band that sounds like it came to tear the roadhouse down, 'Revival' is not just a great John Fogerty album -- and a great rock album -- it's an essential musical work by an artist without peer, that will certainly stand as one of the most compelling albums of 2007.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Allman Brothers Eat a Peach



Eat a Peach
I wore this album out I listened to it so much.
Do yourself a favor and get a copy. Click the link or the picture of the cover to go to Amazon

1. Ain't Wastin' Time No More 3:40
2. Les Brers In A Minor 9:03
3. Melissa 3:54
4. Mountain Jam 33:38
5. One Way Out 4:58
6. Trouble No More 3:43
7. Stand Back 3:25
8. Blue Sky 5:09
9. Little Martha 2:07

Eric Clapton



Complete Clapton

1. I Feel Free: Cream
2. Sunshine of Your Love: Cream
3. White Room: Cream
4. Crossroads: Cream
5. Badge: Cream
6. Presence of the Lord: Blind Faith
7. After Midnight
8. Let It Rain
9. Derek and the Dominoes Bell Bottom Blues
10. Derek and the Dominoes Layla
11. Eric Clapton Let It Grow
12. Eric Clapton I Shot the Sheriff
13. Eric Clapton Knockin' on Heaven's Door
14. Eric Clapton Hello Old Friend
15. Eric Clapton Cocaine
16. Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally
17. Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight
18. Eric Clapton Promises
19. Eric Clapton I Can't Stand It
Disc: 2
1. Eric Clapton I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart
2. Eric Clapton She's Waiting
3. Eric Clapton Forever Man
4. Eric Clapton It's in the Way That You Use It
5. Eric Clapton Miss You
6. Eric Clapton Pretending
7. Eric Clapton Bad Love
8. Eric Clapton Tears in Heaven
9. Eric Clapton Layla Unplugged
10. Eric Clapton Running on Faith (Unplugged)
11. Eric Clapton Motherless Child
12. Eric Clapton Change the World
13. Eric Clapton My Father's Eyes
14. Eric Clapton Riding With the King
15. Eric Clapton Sweet Home Chicago
16. Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Over Judgment
17. Eric Clapton Ride the River

Eric Clapton: his music, his story. 36 of Eric's greatest songs from 1968 to 2006 in one collection for the first time ever! This 36 selection multi-disc set features hits from 1968 to 2006 including "Crossroads," Badge," "Layla," "Tears In Heaven," "Change The World" and much more.

Monday, November 26, 2007

The Eagles The Very Best Of



Eagles : The Very Best Of (2CD)






1. The Eagles Take It Easy
2. The Eagles Witchy Woman
3. The Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. The Eagles Desperado
5. The Eagles Tequila Sunrise
6. The Eagles Doolin-Dalton
7. The Eagles Already Gone
8. The Eagles The Best Of My Love
9. The Eagles James Dean
10. The Eagles Ol' '55
11. The Eagles Midnight Flyer
12. The Eagles On The Border
13. The Eagles Lyin' Eyes
14. The Eagles One Of These Nights
15. The Eagles Take It To The Limit
16. The Eagles After The Thrill Is Gone
17. The Eagles Hotel California
Disc: 2
1. The Eagles Life In The Fast Lane
2. The Eagles Wasted Time
3. The Eagles Victim Of Love
4. The Eagles The Last Resort
5. The Eagles New Kid In Town
6. The Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas
7. The Eagles Heartache Tonight
8. The Eagles The Sad Cafe
9. The Eagles I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Eagles The Long Run
11. The Eagles In The City
12. The Eagles Those Shoes
13. The Eagles Seven Bridges Road (Live)
14. The Eagles Love Will Keep Us Alive
15. The Eagles Get Over It
16. The Eagles Hole In The World

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969





Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969


1. Jefferson Airplane Volunteers
2. Jefferson Airplane Good Shepherd
3. Jefferson Airplane Plastic Fantastic Lover
4. Jefferson Airplane Uncle Sam Blues
5. Jefferson Airplane 3/5 Of a Mile In 10 Seconds
6. Jefferson Airplane You Wear Your Dresses Too Short
7. Jefferson Airplane Come Back Baby
8. Jefferson Airplane Medley: Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon
9. Jefferson Airplane The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil
10. Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit
11. Jefferson Airplane Crown Of Creation
12. Jefferson Airplane The Other Side Of This Life

Review from Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969 features the definitive edition of Jefferson Airplane, icons of 1960s psychedelic rock and political agitation. Jack Casady and Spencer Dryden hold down the free-floating rhythms on bass and drums, Jorma Kaukonen launches feedback-laced guitar solos, and Paul Kantner adds rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Topping it all are the voices of Marty Balin and the '60s acid queen, Grace Slick. In concert, the Airplane were always more rough and ready than on their acid-hued vinyl. Outside the studio, they were ramshackle and punky, which is why they were sometimes referenced when talking about punk bands like X, who also had male and female lead singers. Despite having six albums under their belt, mostly consisting of original material, the Airplane's live set has a lot of mediocre blues and folk filler. Some of their more characteristic repertoire is sacrificed to workman-like renditions of "Uncle Sam Blues" and "Come Back Baby," albeit with some ripping Kaukonen guitar solos. Balin's raucous rant on "You Wear Your Dresses too Short" is embarrassing in its soul-singer aspirations. Assuming this was their set sequence, it takes a while for the Airplane to congeal on stage. They ride roughshod over much of their materiel, but pull it together two-thirds of the way through on one of their most complex tunes, "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil." With its shifting time signatures and overlapping vocal lines and harmonies, it's a challenge to pull off live, but they do, with soaring vocals from Balin and Slick and a long instrumental jam with a fractured guitar solo from Kaukonen and a feature slot for bassist Casady, the most innovative and powerful bassist from that era. That paves the way for a darker version of "White Rabbit," the mock celebration of "Crown of Creation," and their show closer, a hyped rendition of Fred Neil's ballad "The Other Side of This Life." As they always did, the Jefferson Airplane land high.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Across the Universe



Across the Universe






Disc: 1
1. Girl - Jim Sturgess
2. Hold Me Tight - Evan Rachel Wood
3. All My Loving - Jim Sturgess
4. I Want to Hold Your Hand - T.V. Carpio
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess
6. It Won't Be Long - Evan Rachel Wood
7. I've Just Seen a Face - Jim Sturgess
8. Let It Be - Timothy T. Mitchum, Carol Woods
9. Come Together - Joe Cocker
10. If I Fell - Evan Rachel Wood
11. Dear Prudence - T.V. Carpio, Dana Fuchs Band, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood
12. Flying [Instrumental] - Secret Machines
13. Blue Jay Way - Secret Machines
Disc: 2
1. I Am the Walrus - Bono, Secret Machines
2. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - Eddie Izzard
3. Because - Joe Anderson, T.V. Carpio, Dana Fuchs Band, Martin Luther "M.L." McCoy, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood
4. Something - Jim Sturgess
5. Oh! Darling - Dana Fuchs Band, Martin Luther "M.L." McCoy
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess
7. Revolution - Jim Sturgess
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Martin Luther "M.L." McCoy
9. Across the Universe - Jim Sturgess
10. Helter Skelter - Dana Fuchs Band
11. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - Joe Anderson, , Selma Hayek
12. Blackbird - Evan Rachel Wood
13. Hey Jude - Joe Anderson
14. Don't Let Me Down - Dana Fuchs Band
15. All You Need Is Love - Dana Fuchs Band, Jim Sturgess
16. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Bono

Friday, November 23, 2007

Led Zeppelin Mothership



Led Zeppelin Mothership 2CD/1DVD






Disc: 1
1. Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times
2. Led Zeppelin Communication Breakdown
3. Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused
4. Led Zeppelin Babe I'm Gonna Leave Yous
5. Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love
6. Led Zeppelin Ramble On
7. Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker
8. Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song
9. Led Zeppelin Since I've Been Loving You
10. Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll
11. Led Zeppelin Black Dog
12. Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks
13. Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
Disc: 2
1. Led Zeppelin Song Remains The Same
2. Led Zeppelin Over The Hills And Far Away
3. Led Zeppelin D'Yer Maker
4. Led Zeppelin No Quarter
5. Led Zeppelin Trampled Under Foot
6. Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy
7. Led Zeppelin Kashmir
8. Led Zeppelin Nobody's Fault But Mine
9. Led Zeppelin Achilles Last Stand
10. Led Zeppelin In The Evening
11. Led Zeppelin All My Love
Disc: 3
1. Led Zeppelin We're Gonna Groove
2. Led Zeppelin I Can't Quit You Babe (DVD)
3. Led Zeppelin Dazed & Confused (DVD)
4. Led Zeppelin White Summer (DVD)
5. Led Zeppelin What Is & What Should Never Be (DVD)
6. Led Zeppelin Moby Dick (DVD)
7. Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love
8. Led Zeppelin Communication Breakdown
9. Led Zeppelin Bring It On Home
10. Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song
11. Led Zeppelin Black Dog
12. Led Zeppelin Misty Mountain Hop
13. Led Zeppelin Going To California
14. Led Zeppelin In My Time Of Dying
15. Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
16. Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll
17. Led Zeppelin Nobody's Fault But Mine
18. Led Zeppelin Kashmir
19. Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love(DVD)

Amazon.com
For years, as playlists and multidisc players put Led Zeppelin tracks into a mix, there was a perpetual need to adjust the volume when Zep came on. Their tunes languished in the haze of substandard remastering--until now, at least for the 24 tracks on Mothership and the final fullness of the new Song Remains the Same reissue. For its part, Mothership's crisper, warmer audio owes its heft to the troika of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who helped oversee the mastering, bringing out untold shades even in the throes of "Heartbreaker" and the sinews of "No Quarter." It's an impressive sonic leap. Where tinny high-ends and muffled lows used to co-exist, fatter and louder depths prevail. It's ever more astonishing that Zep got on with just four blokes. You can quibble with the 24 tracks here (where's "The Ocean"?), but the band picked each track here, from the stone-cold locks ("Communication Breakdown" and "Stairway to Heaven," no, duh) to the robust throb of "When the Levee Breaks." As for "The Ocean," you can find that in fantastically full form, along with five other gems on the newly remastered Song Remains the Same, which shows up for 2007's holiday season on DVD, too. Only rarely have four lads from England made so memorable an auditory and visual blast.

Product Description
Led Zeppelin redefined rock in the Seventies and for all time. They were as influential in that decade as the Beatles were in the prior one. Their impact extends to classic and alternative rockers alike. Then and now, Led Zeppelin looms larger than life on the rock landscape as a band for the ages with an almost mystical power to evoke primal passions.
- from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's web page on the band s 1995 induction
It's rare that a group can truly rock today s world, but the arrival of MOTHERSHIP, the first-ever comprehensive 2CD Led Zeppelin compilation with the soon to follow re-release of The Song Remains The Same on CD & DVD and a concert event reuniting Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones qualifies. Produced by Page and mixed by Kevin Shirley, MOTHERSHIP's 24 monolithic tracks were selected and sequenced by the band, who also oversaw the painstaking remastering. Spanning their epic career, the unprecedented collection pulls immortal songs from all eight of the band s classic studio albums, one of the 20th century s most enduring bodies of musical work. Arguably the most influential and innovative rock band ever, Led Zeppelin has sold over 200 million records worldwide. They continue to inspire successive generations with their passionate, groundbreaking, genre-transcendent, mystic, heavy and blues-infused rock n roll. Forty years since they formed, the song indeed remains the same.

James Taylor One Man Band



One Man Band [CD + DVD]






1. James Taylor Something In The Way She Moves 3:47
2. James Taylor Never Die Young 4:24
3. James Taylor The Frozen Man 5:07
4. James Taylor Mean Old Man 3:42
5. James Taylor School Song 1:27
6. James Taylor Country Road 4:08
7. James Taylor Slap Leather 3:07
8. James Taylor My Traveling Star 4:11
9. James Taylor You've Got A Friend 5:02
10. James Taylor Steamroller Blues 5:59
11. James Taylor Secret O' Life 3:42
12. James Taylor Line 'Em Up 4:39
13. James Taylor Chili Dog 1:57
14. James Taylor Shower The People 4:56
15. James Taylor Sweet Baby James 3:41
16. James Taylor Carolina In My Mind 5:04
17. James Taylor Fire And Rain 4:52
18. James Taylor Copperline 4:52
19. James Taylor You Can Close Your Eyes 3:08

From the Artist
"This set is an intimate retrospective of 40 years worth of songs and the people, places and events that inspired them," said Taylor. "I am very grateful to Don Mischer, Sydney Pollack, and Hear Music for taking great care with what are very personal songs for me and my fans."

Product Description
James Taylor's "One Man Band," a new CD/DVD set of live recordings and the stories behind the songs. The set list is drawn from Taylor's recent concerts at the Colonial Theatre in the Berkshires and features new performances from some of the iconic singer/songwriter's most beloved recordings including "Something in the Way," "Carolina in my Mind," and "Fire and Rain," interspersed with Taylor's insightful and humorous anecdotes on the inspiration for the songs.

For the DVD portion of "One Man Band," Taylor called on veteran television events producer and director Don Mischer ("Kennedy Center Honors," and "Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show with Prince") and executive producer and acclaimed filmmaker Sydney Pollack ("Out of Africa," "Sketches of Frank Gehry") and their extensive talents to properly capture the feel of the live concerts. "One Man Band" tells the story of Taylor's songs through exclusive interviews and rare multi-media footage, including home movies and photographs from Taylor's personal archives. The result is an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind portrait of an artist, his renowned repertoire and the personal stories behind the songs.

Over the course of his career, James Taylor has sold over 40 million albums, and won over 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards as well as five GRAMMY® Awards. Taylor's first "Greatest Hits" album earned him the RIAA's elite Diamond Award, given for sales in excess of 10 million units in the United States. In 2000, Taylor was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame. In February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences named Taylor its MUSICARES Person of the Year.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

The Killers Sawdust



The Killers Sawdust







1. The Killers Tranquilize 3:45
2. The Killers Shadowplay 4:07
3. The Killers All The Pretty Faces 4:45
4. The Killers Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf 3:38
5. The Killers Sweet Talk 4:18
6. The Killers Under The Gun 2:33
7. The Killers Where The White Boys Dance 3:26
8. The Killers Show You How 2:46
9. The Killers Move Away 3:50
10. The Killers Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll 4:16
11. The Killers Who Let You Go? 3:42
12. The Killers The Ballad of Michael Valentine 3:50
13. The Killers Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (Live) 3:05
14. The Killers Daddy's Eyes 4:14
15. The Killers Sam's Town (Live) 3:43
16. The Killers Romeo And Juliet (Live) 5:27
17. The Killers Mr. Brightside [Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix] 8:48

Amazon.com
With only two studio releases behind them, it might surprise some to hear that the Killers had enough material to release a b-sides and rarities CD only five years after forming, but this is definitely no all-filler/no-killer collection, instead containing a mittful of legitimately strong and worthwhile songs. There are four never-before-released Killer songs on Sawdust, including "Tranquilize," featuring rock legend Lou Reed on half of the vocals, a number that is filled with a Queen-affected operatic touch. The previously unreleased "Shadowplay"--a Joy Division cover--unfortunately pales compared to the original, while "Leave Your Bourbon at the Door" is easily the summit of the CD; a longtime live favorite, the song's despair and urgency is a must-have for any Killer fan. Also noteworthy is an outtake from the Hot Fuss sessions called "Under the Gun," a driving melody with a memorable chorus that feels like a Killers classic. Lesser-known tracks gathered together on this compilation include "Move Away"--first heard on the Spiderman 3 soundtrack--which is straight-up U2-circa-Vertigo era, but still exciting to listen to. Some previously released b-sides are cover tunes that provide musical whimsy, but not much more: the trad-country "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," which was made famous by Kenny Rogers, while the impassioned "Romeo and Juliet" tune--written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame--is nearly mimicked by Flowers, and serves little more purpose than providing homage to a wonderfully written melody and tale.

Product Description
Sawdust includes "All The Pretty Faces" (which was the b-side of "When You Were Young"); two movie soundtrack tunes, "Shadowplay" (a Joy Division cover from Control, Anton Corbijn's biopic of Ian Curtis) and "Move Away" (from Spiderman 3); as well as a cover of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition's "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (written by Mel Tillis)

The collection will also contain songs which weren't completed for Hot Fuss and Sam's Town. The Killers recently went back into the studio to finish the tracks, including "Tranquilize" featuring Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lou Reed.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Johnny Cash The Legend Box Set



Johnny Cash The Legend Box Set


Disc: 1
1. Johnny Cash I Walk The Line
2. Johnny Cash There You Go
3. Johnny Cash House Of The Blues
4. Johnny Cash Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
5. Johnny Cash Guess Things Happen That Way
6. Johnny Cash The Ways Of A Woman To Love
7. Johnny Cash Don't Take Your Guns To Town
8. Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire
9. Johnny Cash The Matador
10. Johnny Cash Understand Your Man
11. Johnny Cash The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
12. Johnny Cash Orange Blossum Special
13. Johnny Cash The One On The Right Is On The Left
14. Johnny Cash Rosanna's Going Wild
15. Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues
16. Johnny Cash Daddy Sang Bass
17. Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue
18. Johnny Cash What Is Truth
19. Johnny Cash Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
20. Johnny Cash Flesh And Blood
21. Johnny Cash Man In Black
22. Johnny Cash A Thing Called Love
23. Johnny Cash Kate
24. Johnny Cash Oney
25. Johnny Cash Any Old Wind That Blows
26. Johnny Cash One Piece At A Time
27. Johnny Cash (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
Disc: 2
1. Johnny Cash Hey Porter
2. Johnny Cash Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Johnny Cash Luther Played The Boogie
4. Johnny Cash Get Rhythm
5. Johnny Cash Give My Love To Rose
6. Johnny Cash I Was There When It Happened
7. Johnny Cash Big River
8. Johnny Cash I Still Miss Someone
9. Johnny Cash Pickin' Time
10. Johnny Cash The Man On The Hill
11. Johnny Cash Five Feet And Rising
12. Johnny Cash Tennessee Flat Top Box
13. Johnny Cash i Got Stripes
14. Johnny Cash Troublesome Waters
15. Johnny Cash The Long Black Veil
16. Johnny Cash Dark As A Dungeon
17. Johnny Cash The Wall
18. Johnny Cash 25 Minutes To Go
19. Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues
20. Johnny Cash Doin' My Time
21. Johnny Cash I Will Rock And Roll With You
22. Johnny Cash Without Love
23. Johnny Cash The Big Light
24. Johnny Cash Highway Patrolman
25. I'm Never Gonna Roam Again
26. Johnny Cash When I'm Gray
27. Johnny Cash Forever Young
Disc: 3
1. Johnny Cash The Wreck Of The Old 97
2. Johnny Cash Rock Island Line
3. Johnny Cash Good Night Irene
4. Johnny Cash Goodbye, Little Darlin'
5. Johnny Cash Born To Love
6. Johnny Cash Walking The Blues
7. Johnny Cash Frankie's Man, Johnny
8. Johnny Cash Delia's Gone
9. Johnny Cash In The Jailhouse Now
10. Johnny Cash Waiting For A Train
11. Johnny Cash Casey Jones
12. Johnny Cash The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
13. Johnny Cash I've Been Working On The Railroad
14. Johnny Cash Sweet Betsy From Pike
15. Johnny Cash The Streets Of Laredo
16. Johnny Cash Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
17. Johnny Cash Down In The Valley
18. Johnny Cash Wabash Cannonball
19. Johnny Cash The Great Speckle Brid
20. Johnny Cash Wildwood Flower
21. Johnny Cash Cotton Fields
22. Johnny Cash Pick A Bale O' Cotton
23. Johnny Cash Old Shep
24. Johnny Cash I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
25. Johnny Cash I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
26. Johnny Cash Time Changes Everything
Disc: 4
1. Johnny Cash Keep In The Sunny Side
2. Johnny Cash Diamonds In The Rough
3. Johnny Cash (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley
4. Johnny Cash Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
5. Johnny Cash Another Man Done Good
6. Johnny Cash Pick The Wildwood Flower
7. Johnny Cash Jackson
8. Johnny Cash If I Were A Carpenter
9. Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country
10. Johnny Cash One More Ride
11. Johnny Cash You Can't Beat Jesus Christ
12. Johnny Cash There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
13. Johnny Cash We Ought To Be Ashamed
14. Johnny Cash Crazy Old Soldier
15. Johnny Cash Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
16. Johnny Cash Who's Gene Autry
17. Johnny Cash The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
18. Johnny Cash I Walk The Line (Revisited)
19. Johnny Cash Highwayman
20. Johnny Cash The Wanderer
21. Johnny Cash September When It Comes
22. Johnny Cash Tears In The Holston River
23. Johnny Cash Far Side Banks Of Jordan
24. Johnny Cash It Takes One To Know Me

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Allman Brothers



I don't think anyone anywhere has made a better first album.
The Allman Brothers Band

1. The Allman Brothers Don't Want You No More 2:26
2. The Allman Brothers It's Not My Cross To Bear 5:03
3. The Allman Brothers Black Hearted Woman 5:10
4. The Allman Brothers Trouble No More 3:47
5. The Allman Brothers Every Hungry Woman 4:15
6. The Allman Brothers Dreams 7:20
7. The Allman Brothers Whipping Post 5:16

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Jay-Z



American Gangster






1. Jay- Z Intro [Explicit] 2:00
2. Jay- Z Pray [Explicit] 4:24
3. Jay- Z American Dreamin' [Explicit] 4:47
4. Jay- Z Hello Brooklyn 2.0 [Explicit] 3:56
5. Jay- Z No Hook [Explicit] 3:13
6. Jay- Z Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... [Explicit] 4:12
7. Jay- Z Sweet [Explicit] 3:26
8. Jay- Z I Know [Explicit] 3:42
9. Jay- Z Party Life [Explicit] 4:29
10. Jay- Z Ignorant Sh*t [Explicit] 3:41
11. Jay- Z Say Hello [Explicit] 5:26
12. Jay- Z Success [Explicit] 3:30
13. Jay- Z Fallin' [Explicit] 4:00
14. Jay- Z Blue Magic [Explicit] 4:08
15. Jay- Z American Gangster [Explicit]

Review from Amazon.com
An unofficial musical companion to the film of the same name (dir. Ridley Scott), American Gangster traces the rise and fall of a self-made American man. Sound tired? Perhaps, but a dozen albums into his career, Jay-Z can be forgiven his occasional dabbling in shopworn archetypes. A panoramic, cinematic work in four acts, American Gangster bulges with instrumental melodrama. Take "American Dreamin'": despite the Diddy-produced track's sultry, shifty beat, a pile of whining strings and tinkling piano flourishes all but completely suppresses the rhythmic interplay between the vocals and drums. Again and again, Jay-Z's otherwise compelling raps fall prey to a similarly overwrought studio aesthetic. (In this, the album resembles many a Ridley Scott film.) There are exceptions: Bigg D's "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" and the Neptunes' "I Know" and lead single "Blue Magic" are unqualified bangers, and Jermaine Dupri's "Success" (featuring Nas) flaunts a relentless organ lick with 'round-the-way mojo to spare, but the album's overriding sonic melodrama is all Diddy. Still, no one steals Jay-Z's thunder easily. Having long since joined the top ranks of the hip-hop elite, Jay-Z can (and does) ultimately weather the best efforts of another major-league ego and still come out on top.

Product Description
Separate from the official motion picture soundtrack, this collection of all-new original material is a musical journey and lyrical interpretation of snapshots from the upcoming motion picture American Gangster. The conceptual, full body of genius work from the new album balances the line between pure entertainment and real life. JAY-Z draws upon past experiences, speaking to the harsh reality of the drug trade still taking place in our nation's cities. While not glorifying the Frank Lucas story, JAY-Z articulates the lure of a gangster's life and stands as an example of one who chose to leave those streets behind to go on and become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

The Eagles: The Very Best of




Eagles : The Very Best Of (2CD)


1. The Eagles Take It Easy
2. The Eagles Witchy Woman
3. The Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. The Eagles Desperado
5. The Eagles Tequila Sunrise
6. The Eagles Doolin-Dalton
7. The Eagles Already Gone
8. The Eagles The Best Of My Love
9. The Eagles James Dean
10. The Eagles Ol' '55
11. The Eagles Midnight Flyer
12. The Eagles On The Border
13. The Eagles Lyin' Eyes
14. The Eagles One Of These Nights
15. The Eagles Take It To The Limit
16. The Eagles After The Thrill Is Gone
17. The Eagles Hotel California
Disc: 2
1. The Eagles Life In The Fast Lane
2. The Eagles Wasted Time
3. The Eagles Victim Of Love
4. The Eagles The Last Resort
5. The Eagles New Kid In Town
6. The Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas
7. The Eagles Heartache Tonight
8. The Eagles The Sad Cafe
9. The Eagles I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Eagles The Long Run
11. The Eagles In The City
12. The Eagles Those Shoes
13. The Eagles Seven Bridges Road (Live)
14. The Eagles Love Will Keep Us Alive
15. The Eagles Get Over It
16. The Eagles Hole In The World

Review from Amazon
sets too little and the This packed double-disc is the slim option for fans who find the Eagles' vaunted greatest hits boxed set too hefty. Hit singles large and medium are here, often ("One of These Nights," "Hotel California") still sounding definitive and even tough. Large helpings of favorite album cuts are also included, along with a taster from a promised 2004 Eagles studio reunion. Unfortunately, "Hole in the World," Don Henley's response to September 11, feels just as empty and entitled as "Get Over It," the band's previous state-of-the-union message (from which the newer song represents a philosophical 180-degree turn). But for those seeking an overview of this Southern California juggernaut's successes, as well as telling comments from band members--mostly Henley and Glenn Frey--in a well-designed booklet, Very Best will more than do.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

The Eagles Long Road out of Eden



Long Road Out Of Eden






Disc 1 1. The Eagles No More Walks In The Wood 2. The Eagles How Long 3. The Eagles Busy Being Fabulous 4. The Eagles What Do I Do With My Heart 5. The Eagles Guilty Of The Crime 6. The Eagles I Don't Want To Hear Any More 7. The Eagles Waiting In The Weeds 8. The Eagles No More Cloudy Days 9. The Eagles Fast Company 10. The Eagles Do Something 11. The Eagles You Are Not Alone Disc 2 1. The Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden 2. The Eagles I Dreamed There Was No War 3. The Eagles Somebody 4. The Eagles Frail Grasp On The Big Picture 5. The Eagles Last Good Time In Town 6. The Eagles I Love To Watch A Woman Dance 7. The Eagles Business As Usual 8. The Eagles Center Of The Universe 9. The Eagles It's Your World Now

What a long, strange wait it's been. Don Felder has left, a generation has grown into adulthood, and at long last, Eagles return with a new studio album, their first since 1979's The Long Run. Given the interim, though, fans couldn't possibly have asked for more. The two-disc, 20-track Long Road Out of Eden not only retains the entire menu of the Eagles' staple sounds--effortless, multi-part harmonies; colorful, if not intricate, guitar embellishment; meticulously crafted songwriting; squeaky-clean, almost geriatric production--but many of these songs also viscerally recall past hits from Eagles' or the extant members' solo records. Like revenant doubles, "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" echoes "Life in the Fast Lane," "How Long" channels "Take It Easy," the guitar arpeggio threading through "Center of the Universe" hints at the ubiquitous "Hotel California," and "Business As Usual" could have been culled from the cutting room floor from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence. The effect of all this familiarity is one of masterfully crafted self-tribute with one eye riveted on posterity, calculated to please both the deep-pocketed who can still afford the Eagles' concerts and those who'd given up on ever hearing new material again.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Magic


This is the rockingest Bruce Springsteen album since Born in the USA. It is an awesome collection that you need right now. Click the pic or this link below to go to Amazon and get it.
Magic

1. Radio Nowhere
2. You'll Be Comin' Down
3. Livin' in the Future
4. Your Own Worst Enemy
5. Gypsy Biker
6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
7. I'll Work for Your Love
8. Magic
9. Last to Die
10. Long Walk Home
11. Devil's Arcade