Fade

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
In three connected movements, 'Fade' collects a series of harmonic "moments" of varying densities, complexities, timbres and lengths. Throughout the work, these moments – like elements in a mobile – are in a constant state of changing perspective. Composer Rick Cox is a composer/multi-instrumentalist whom guitarist/composer Ry Cooder called "the hidden master of the crepuscular and the diaphanous." Cox was an early explorer/developer of "prepared electric guitar" techniques, and his concert pieces often employ himself (electric guitar, woodwinds, and electronics) in the company of other instrumentalists. He performs and records with Jon Hassel and his unique sounds are heard on many of Thomas Newman’s popular film scores.

Tracks:

Lowdown (Unplugged)
Some Things Happen
Just Go
Love T.K.O.
Fade Into Light
Harbor Lights
Lost It
Time
Sierra
Were All Alone
Simone
Ill Be The One

Album Description

The CD side contains the album audio, while the DVD side offers the entire album audio in enhanced stereo. Also included on the DVD are live performances of "Lowdown," "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone," captured in 5.1 Surround Sound and High Definition video, from the Coming Home Productions DVD "Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live" filmed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California.

Customer Reviews:

great vocals after all these years.......2006-08-15

just like some of the previous reviewers, i bought this album about 5 years ago when it was released as an import. i debuted my then new b&w 801 series II with this cd and enjoyed it a whole lot. boz still has great vocals after all these years. i enjoy listening to "were all alone" and "siera".

Great Boz.......2006-07-21

Boz Scaggs has delighted fans for many years. He takes several of his classic songs, some better known than others, and remixes them on this fabulous collection of songs. If you are a big Boz Scaggs fans you will note a few very subtle changes in a few songs that on the surface seem to just be verbatim copies. If you like Boz Scaggs you will love this cd.

SO UNDER-RATED!!!!!!.......2006-04-18

THIS IS A 5++++++ CD/VIDEO, BOZ IS SO UNDER PLAYED AND UNDER RATED! WHAT A GREAT VOICE. A MUST HAVE FOR ALL!

Unplugged Boz is "The Best".......2006-01-30

I've always liked Boz Scaggs pretty well, but "Fade Into Light" is by far his best compilation of music. If you have a high-end audio system, you will hear what I am talking about. This CD/DVD dual-disc is of superb quality. This is the best version of "Lowdown" that Boz has ever recorded. I wasn't overly fond of Barry White's "Love TKO," but I can't get enough of Boz's version. Just sit-back and enjoy this relaxing, high-quality CD. You'll be glad that you did!

Boz never disappoints.......2005-10-28

I have not heard the enhanced stero side to this combo CD/DVD, but was so pleasantly surprised to hear Boz re-doing and refining some of his past music. The instrumentation and vocals are just splendid, and he always commands the best session men--Ricky Fataar ( a former Beach Boy, if you can believe it), Hutch, Paich, et al totally support Boz's unbelievable voice and styling on every cut. Not a weak one in the bunch. You dazzle me, Boz. And High Sierra just has to be on anyone's list for best written, performed, and produced cuts. Kudos, Boz!

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If you want to experience some intensity........!
Superb in All Aspects
7.1/10.0
Brilliant Song Writing and Musical Range make for Everclear's Best
piss on emo!

Sparkle and Fade
Everclear
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

Electra Made Me Blind
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You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
Santa Monica
Summerland
Strawberry
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The Nirvana Revolution smashed opened the door for countless like-minded bands. Many were second-rate rip-offs, but Everclear was one deserving of the opportunity. Sure, the angst and crunchy post-punk riffs of Sparkle and Fade owe a debt to St. Kurt, but Art Alexakis's own outsider tales--sample titles include "Heroin Girl" and "You Make Me Feel like a Whore"--prove piercing in a woe-is-him sort of way. Featuring the swaggering, strangely euphoric "Santa Monica," itself one of the finer rock singles of '90's, Sparkle burns like a fresh wound. It's an exhilarating, if ultimately long-winded collection, far more accomplished than the band's hit-and-miss debut and not nearly as overtly radio-minded as it successor. --Neal Weiss

Customer Reviews:

If you want to experience some intensity........!.......2007-07-08

"So Much for the Afterglow" is a great album but, "Sparkle and Fade" is stellar! Anyone that has ever felt "lost" or "mixed up" will connect with this album. Art has the uncanny ability to capture gritty, everyday moments and portray them with an angry and intelligent honesty. This is not relaxation music, nor is it music for those who like to keep their rose colored glasses on. "Sparkle and Fade" is intense and it resonates long after the music is over. "Summerland" and "Strawberry Burns" are two of my favorites on the album. Art is not a great singer, but he is a masterful story-teller and his raw vocal style only enhances the effect.

Superb in All Aspects.......2007-01-03

"Sparkle and Fade" was my introduction to Everclear, and a good one at that. It was actually one of the first discs I ever purchased; the music came to me at the perfect age -- a time in my life when I was realizing who I am and who I'd like to become. This music not only served as the soundtrack to my teenage years, but also helped to shape and mold them into years that I look back on with fond memories. Art Alexakis is at his lyrical best on this album, utilizing the proper words at the right spots to punctuate and accentuate his message. The music gains a lot of impact from the manner in which the words are sung. Each track is placed in the correct position to allow for proper reminiscence and reflection during the course of listening. I could not have chosen a more perfect album to introduce me to the world of music. And since not every track is a radio single, the album is still listenable all these many years later.

7.1/10.0.......2006-08-01

Anger. It happens. It can also sound really good, too. At least that's the case on Sparkle & Fade. This, the band's second (and remarkably improved) album finds Art and company rolling off a set of songs about anxiety, restlessness, and anger (the holy ghosts of grunge music). All fourteen of them are successes, largely on the basis of the band's ability at turning experience into emotion. Filler seems nonexistent in the space of these songs; the music is entirely in tune with the crookedness of modern living (loving a girl even when she loses herself inside an addiction, trying yourself to stay away from addictions, being caught in the dramas of a household). One of the most prominent themes of Sparkle & Fade seems to be escapism, but the album is a kind of escape in itself, for anyone who has ever felt the need to just "rock out." The music here is exhilarating in the same way driving fast can be; the lightness that comes in crowning hills and sliding through curves is reflected here, in the feeling of liberation as Art sings about broken households and the struggles with narcotics; the guitars, the drums manage to keep pace with these lyrics, artfully attuned to the emotions of each song. Their ability to exhilarate their audience amidst musings of desperation and anger is due almost entirely to the strength of the music they've created. What they sing on these 14 tracks, they mean, and that can make for a powerful listening experience for someone with troubles of their own.
Everclear Vodka. Translucent, potent, flammable. Here we find the adjectives have much in common with the band itself. But as with most drinks of this type, there's something lacking. It needs to be paired with other flavors for most people to properly enjoy it, for the alcohol to be properly accented. And that's much the case with Sparkle & Fade. It lacks the intricacies in lyrics and instrumentation that show a band has more than one thing to tell its audience. Though the tone of the band does shift occasionally (The Twistinside, Queen of the Air, My Sexual Life), what the band tells us remains the same throughout (the pervasive themes of escapism, emptiness, and trauma); and that's not enough to capture a rave review from the more competent musical critics. Thus, Sparkle & Fade, although a powerful and raw album with some great music, cannot be a complete success on the strength of those attributes alone. Like the vodka they've named themselves after, no one with fine-tuned tastes would choose to drink it straight up.

Brilliant Song Writing and Musical Range make for Everclear's Best.......2005-12-29

To date this is one of the best albums I've ever heard and imo the best rock album to come out of the 90s. It paints a vibrant story throughout the album that draws you in for a rollercoaster ride of sounds and emotions. The musical range and songwriting is second to none only downshadowed by a couple of misses.

Track 1 "Electra Made Me Blind" - This song is a fitting starter to the album that grabs you by the balls and simply tells you you're in for a hell of a ride, a simple straight up hard rock song, nothing more, nothing less: **** four stars

Track 2 "Heroin Girl" - This song takes you into an even deeper darker and harder rock, gripping lyrics and pounding guitars leave you at the edge of your seat. **** four stars

Track 3 "You Make Me Feel Like a Whore" - One of my favorites, this song eases up a bit, but the in your face lyrics and guitar rythm make it unforgettable. ***** five stars

Track 4 "Santa Monica" - The musical range takes a turn as we hear a softer rock song, that's warm and radio friendly with its unforgettable almost "country like" guitar hook and good time lyrics, if i could choose one song to sum up the album to someone who has never heard Sparkle and Fade this would be it. ***** five stars

Track 6 "Strawberry" - This song continues on with the drug theme that we first saw in "Heroin Girl" with no percussion, this song is almost like a calm after the thrashing storm of Heroin Girl. **** four stars

Track 5 "Summerland" - I whole heartidly believe this is the type of sound that Everclear should have continued working on as it brings the basic sounds we heard on their first independent grunge album "World of Noise" to the more mainstream songs found on this album, Art (lead singer/guitarist) has noted that this is his favorite Everclear song, and with good reason. ***** five stars

Track 7 "Heartspark Dollarsign" - A great rock pop song that I still can't see why it didn't catch on. This song whole heartidly takes us back to the topic of relationships found in previous songs. ***** five stars

Track 8 "The Twistinside" - This song has two faces to it, it starts off innocent and gets harder near the end, think of it as a mix of strawberry at the beginning and heroin girl at the end, a little repepative but i really like the lyrics on this one. **** four stars

Track 9 "Her Brand New Skin" - Our first miss of the record. So far on the album Everclear has spand several types of rock based music and they did it with great success, this track however kicks off a downside to the album: Punk Rock. I've never seen Everclear as a Punk Band, as well they shouldn't be. This song lacks content and structure, feels like it is just thrown together with no cause or place in the album. ** two stars

Track 10 "Nehalem" - Same as "Her Brand New Skin" no structure content or point, the punk is just out of place. ** two stars

Track 11 "Queen of the Air" - A mellow song with slightly distorted melodies, a heartfelt song reminiscent to another great "Fire Maple Song" off of "World of Noise", although it embodies that classic, it fell a little short of a masterpiece. **** four stars

Track 12 "Pale Green Stars" - The second hint of country appears in this song. A softer song about girly stuff, yadda yadda, something Everclear really shouldn't be relating to. *** three stars

Track 13 "Chemical Smile" - see track 9 and 10 for details. ** two stars

Track 14 "My Sexual Life" - Great Closer for the album, a beautiful melodic song once again about relationships that closes one hell of a ride. **** four stars

I believe the only downfall to the album's enternal greatness were the punkesque songs that failed me on every level, other than that it was by far the best MAINSTREAM Everclear Album, if you haven't already got this album, what in the hell are you waiting for? - word

piss on emo!.......2005-11-05

Emo, what a crappy name for a style of music. It supposed to stand for 'emotional' music as I understand. What the F were they ("Who are THEY? And where do they get their information?) thinking? All music is emotional. That's what it's about!
Anyway, this is a great and TRUELY emotional album. This is the best Everclear album. I lost interest for the most part after "So Much For the Afterglow" but "Sparkle and Fade" is one of my all time favorite albums. This is comiing from a die hard music fan of all genres, not just rock.

Hold Me to This: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead

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this has the depth you need...
Oddly Boring
a bit disappointing
Cocktail Party Radiohead
Good effort

Hold Me to This: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead

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Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

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(Nice Dream)
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Tribute albums are always suspect; classical interpretations of rock even more so--and follow-ups to the same are fraught with mediocrity. Just witness the inexplicable glut of String Quartet Tribute discs to Tool, Bruce Springsteen, and many other top-selling and cult artists. On Hold Me to This, his second run at the music of art-rock group Radiohead, classical pianist Christopher O'Riley avoids all these pitfalls. These aren't easy-listening piano renditions of Radiohead tunes, but deeply inspired, often challenging and dissonant re-imaginings. O'Riley succeeds by taking the music on its own terms. He doesn't try to make it "classical" but lets the classical nature of the music ring out. From the storming chordal overtone clusters of "There There" to the Chopinesque refrain of "The Spinning Plates," O'Riley makes you forget these songs were originally played by a raging rock band. Instead, they seem born on the keys of his piano. His "Paranoid Android" is like Conlon Nancarrow going boogie-woogie one moment and painfully, sweetly rhapsodic the next. I'm not sure how Radiohead fans will respond to this, but piano and classical listeners should rejoice. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

this has the depth you need..........2007-02-17

I don't believe you need to be ga-ga over Radiohead to enjoy this CD. This CD, it's all piano (w/o vocals) if you didn't already know that going in, will provide an even deeper appreciation of the textures & depth of the Radiohead catalog. Mr. O'Riley does takes some artistic liberties with the songs, albeit minor, but in so doing he unleashes the potential they all have. And this potential is truly staggering---some selections are nothing short of gorgeous.
Hold me to this: you WILL be floored by this CD. it's well worth the purchase.

Oddly Boring.......2006-07-16

I adore Radiohead, and really enjoy solo piano. I should love this disc, but I don't. Even though the wonderful creepiness of Radiohead is completely absent, I would be willing to chalk that up to artistic interpretation. But that's not what bugs me about this disc. What really bugs me is his style of playing. He relies on resonance and the transcript is completely devoid of silence. The result is a droning wall of notes, and all the pieces sound the same. It reminds me of Windham Hill recordings, but without the expression. Get Yorke's new album, Eraser, if you need a Radiohead fix, or get George Winston if you want solo Piano. I really wish I could recommend this, but I just can't.

a bit disappointing.......2006-07-11

O'Riley takes some liberties here, and that's fine. I'm a bit disappointed by his dynamic range, which is a bit predictable from song to song, and also with his tendency to overload the songs with schizophrenic ramblings. The craziness works well at times -- see "There There" for a time when it works well -- and other times it is overwhelming (see: "Nice Dream").

Despite a sometimes overloaded sound, the song list is so attractive and O'riley hits so many high notes (if you will..) that the CD is well worth owning. I prefer the "True Love Waits" album.

Cocktail Party Radiohead.......2006-03-21

I own the first Christopher O'Reily Radiohead Tribute - True Love Waits. If you love his stunning piano in that, or if you love stunning piano altogether, you will love Hold Me To This. I am an avid lover of all things Radiohead turned into wordless music lullabyes and this one does not dissapoint.

Good effort.......2006-03-02

Sound all the same...listen to the samples before you buy it. If your a fan of radiohead you wont like it...if your a fan of the piano you wont like it. But I give my respect to the musician for making the effort to replicate already beutiful music.

Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica

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Serious bluegrass covers
Not as good as the AC/DC Bluegrass tribute
The are all fun
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Best thing I ever bought in my life.

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Release Date: 2003-10-14

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Unforgiven
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Product Description

1. Unforgiven
2. Nothing Else Matters
3. Enter Sandman
4. Hero Of The Day
5. Fade To Black
6. One
7. Ride The Lightning
8. Wherever I May Roam
9. Fuel
10. The Four Horsemen

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Serious bluegrass covers.......2007-07-11

I had to write this in response to a comment below comparing this release unfavorably to Hayseed Dixie, a group that also does bluegrass covers. The two groups are worlds apart, and should never be compared. Hayseed Dixie is a farce group - you can tell that it's all comedy to them, down to their outrageously fake over-the-top country hick accents. Iron Horse, on the other hand, is trying to take music and translate it to a new style, thus bringing something extra and different out of it... and they bring it out in spades.

My friends and I found this at a Best Buy one evening, and bought it as a joke thinking that it was going to be like Hayseed Dixie but hopefully with better singing. We laughed like crazy at first, but gradually came around and started saying "wow, that's actually a great way to re-work the song."

Now the album will not be for everyone. Metal fans are one of those groups that will by and large stick to their genre only and not give others a chance. If you're like me, though, and you not only love cover songs but also ones that try to take the material to a new place, give this CD a try.

The only weak spot, as has been noted in other reviews, is Fuel. The rest of the CD ranges from solid (Four Horsemen) to spectacular (Hero of the Day).

Not as good as the AC/DC Bluegrass tribute.......2007-04-21

They SING in this one..... (horribly, I must say) ......

I LOVED the AC/DC Bluegrass Tribute so much I came back for the Metallica version.....I listed to the first minute of each song...then skipped to the next...and haven't played it again since....I personally thought it was awful...but looks like others liked it based on the below reviews....so if you can handle the bad singing the whole way through each song....you might like it!

The are all fun .......2007-02-04

The song ONE busted my gut! Death and banjo, never!! haha

Okay so its like this,

I have been listening to rock and roll for 25 years

I work in an office, do the "cube life", sitting at a PC for most of the day, working on my own, popping out to get liquids or drain liquids, chat some, that's the life. Now this ipod deal comes along a few years ago. Only, if your going to listen to music all day, you just cant listen to real pure rock and roll all day, you just cant. I don't care if your homeless sitting in a park all day with an ipod on, you just cant listen to real hard rock and roll for hours and hours at time all day everyday.

Classical puts me to sleep. I can handle some of it in the morning, ease into the day, but not allot of it. Pop I don't care for much. Country is singing about my dog had an affair on my wife doesn't cut it either, what did I just say? Anyway, and Rap is out. Opera, No, what ARE they saying?!. So what to do?

Well thanks to my Dad, who used to watch Hee Haw all the time when I was growing up, and man did I hate it that show! Even today I seen some of it not long ago, its corny country stuff, but when Roy Clark comes on and solos for a song, then man always caught my attention. He was flat out good. But still I would "never" and have never owned a bluegrass cd. Get real!

But then, a friend, listening to me talk of my search to get some kind of music going for the day, loaned me a String Cheese Incident CD, an On The Road 3 cd set, and said just try it for awhile. Let it grow on you. What do you have to lose? Well yep I ended up submitting to it, and then really liking it. Before long I was walking around the office humming along, co workers going what you got playing man?? So having remembered seeing these Pickin' on cd's before, I said well why not try it, so I started off with one, right away started laughing and laughing good not at it. Then I find these Bluegrass tributes. Now mind you no way would this happen up till a few years ago. Getting older? I don't know, many people are born and raised on this stuff. Its all in how you approach it. And I will tell ya what, that was a couple years ago and 6 pickin' on cd's later, a few bluegrass tributes, I am so much more relaxed at work now. What I didn't notice before was music and singing along with it ALL day works on you more than you realize. I actually like the pickin' On ones more, as I listen to music all day, but these are fun also! Just having some "cruising tunes" playing with no singing really is relaxing. I don't have this playing all day, but its taking up a couple hours a day. Some more String Cheese cd's. And I will sooner or later just end up getting everyone of these pickin' on cd's. You see its not all about "oh this one doesn't jam enough" or the other one is better than this one. Nah. If you like Rock, and don't want to listen to it all day, then get used to these trust me, I did and its worth it. I still laugh at dif times playing them. And now some coworkers and friends have them loaded up also. I still have all the "real" bands loaded into my ipod, never giving up on Classic Rock and Roll, ever!

Lastly, I am not someone who sells these CD's. I actually am very picky if you read my reviews, and look at my Amazon name! and flunk so much stuff that's out there. Believe me this has caught me off guard. Just thought I would let anyone know that is searching for a new way listen to the day to try it out a bit. Give it time. Don't just listen partly or once then blow it all off, scoff and go Sacrilege! For I did before, but now a convert, and after a couple years of it, I get it, and will be enjoying these for years to come, just like the real rock and roll at times. Good luck.

A real genre-bender/uniter.......2006-10-18

This album is just plain amazing. I have played this for many of my friends, from all different walks of life, and everyone just loves this album. Be it my indie rock friends, my techno friends, my metal friends, and everyone in between.

This group has a tribute album to Modest Mouse, too. I've only heard 3 songs off of it, but it is amazing.

Best thing I ever bought in my life........2006-05-25

Every Metallica fan won't appreciate it, but if you're a fan of Metallica and bluegrass/country music doesn't piss you off then this is for you. It's the acoustic versions of all your favorites but not just old songs redone, no. The Iron Horse makes each song their own while still capturing the metal in songs like "Ride the Lightening" and "Sad But True" that made them awesome enough for people like you.

I recommend getting both albums if you're planning on getting the first because the second one is even BETTER. They took the few lyrics in To Live Is To Die and made it a three minute song that I can sing a long to in my car forever. And ever.

These guys are talented and committed to not destroying Metallicas name completely. Almost every song is up-beat and toe tapping but you can still hear Hetfields angst in everyones folk guitars.

Oh and theres a mandolin. Come on.

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Strong single
Radiohead at Their Finest
Wonderful
I'd give this 6 stars if i could
Amazing

Street Spirit (Fade Out) [UK #1]
Radiohead
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Album Description

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Album Details

The Popular Closing Track from their Masterful Second Album "The Bends" Coupled with Two NON-LP B-sides: "Talk Show Host" and "Bishop's Robes". An Essential for Fans.

Customer Reviews:

Strong single.......2007-01-07

Street Spirit is a great song recorded by a then just-blossoming band. The b-sides "Talk Show Host" and "Bishop's Robes" are also catchy. It's interesting to point out that the band's Krautrock influence may not have been only evident on Kid A; halfway through "Talk Show Host" the drum beat suddenly parallels the beat played in Can's Halleluwah.

Radiohead at Their Finest.......2005-06-06

I really think singles are overpriced. However, back in my radiohead fanaticism days (i still love them, but have since branched out to other bands as well), i was determined for a while to buy every recorded breath that radiohead had released. I started buying these singles up when they were $30 for three songs, and for the most part, never regretted it. This particular single is not only the finest song collection radiohead has ever released, I believe it's the best music that Radiohead is CAPABLE of releasing. There is magic in this three-song set that is indescribable without listening to it. All three songs are fairly slow-paced, and walk a fine balance between being awestruck by the possibilities of life and being tormented by the thought of one's own demise. While you could probably download these songs in fifteen minutes, however you get them, get them, and listen to them in this order over and over. This is radiohead's finest moment. Better than all six of their studio albums, better than the live album, better than the airbag ep, the itch ep, or the My Iron Lung ep (which takes a distant second), and better than the dozen other singles i own. If you like radiohead, this is the perfect place to start your collection, or, even better, the perfect place to end it.

Wonderful.......2003-10-12

Street Spirt (Fade Out): A true Radiohead classic. If you haven't heard this song, you're really missing out. Easily one of the ten best songs the band has ever done. I'm don't think it needs to be described; just know that it's amazing. 5/5

Talk Show Host: Another classic. Driving repetition of a guitar riff until it climaxes, complimented by eerie vocals and lyrics. This one pops up at live shows more often than Street Spirt does, surprisingly, so there are various live versions floating around on the net that are much better than the recorded one. Was featured in the modern remake of Romeo and Juliet.

Bishop's Robes: This would have fit nicely onto OK Computer. A softer song that focuses more on aural landscapes than anything. Very emotional and very good. 5/5

This is easily the best single Radiohead ever released.

I'd give this 6 stars if i could.......2003-06-02

its official, this is one the best singles i have ever heard. period. Street Spirit has that really deep sounding acoustic/electric guitar line that gives me chills. It took time to make me fully appreciate it, but when it hit me, BAM! This song is great for when you're feeling depressed.
Talk Show Host has an amazing keyboard line in it. It has this weird, cloudy atmospheric feel to it. It produces emotions in me that i rarely ever feel. There isnt exactly a real chorus to it either. its amazing, just a steady flow of gray heaven.
Bishop's Robes is a very dark song. Its emotional intensity stunned me the first time i heard it, the way Thom delivers the line "I am not going back", its just powerful.
I think this single will effect you just as much as it effected me if you allow it to. Even non-radiohead fans will appreciate it.

Amazing.......2002-10-10

Street Spirit is a trademark Radiohead song. And in this instance, it is accompanied by two superlative B-sides, even though "B"-sides is hardly a fair tag given the quality of these songs. Talk Show Host is a somewhat experimental dig at the media while Bishop's Robes is a smooth, simple track which sees Thom looking back at his schoolboy days with a measure of melancholy. A thing of beauty.

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Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage
Sure it's silly
'We move in mysterious ways'
A non-appreciated artist who deserves some credit.
Good collection of synth-pop tunes.

Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage
Visage
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ASIN: B000001E3G
Release Date: 1993-01-18

Tracks:

Fade To Grey
Mind Of A Toy
Visage
We Move (Remix)
Tar
In The Year 2525
The Anvil
Night Train
Pleasure Boys
Damned Don't Cry
Love Glove
Fade To Gray (Bassheads 7'' Edit)

Customer Reviews:

Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage.......2005-08-05

Fade to Grey: The Best of Visage is a great compilation from the genius of Stave Strange and Visage. All their major hits are included on this collection. Tracks such as the informative yet amazing track tar, the dance friendly fade to grey, the brilliant track mind of a toy and many others. Steve Strange was such a brilliant and odd fellow that people sometimes get distracted by his strange attire and forget the amazing music that he wrote for this ground breaking band.

Sure it's silly.......2005-06-02

Sure, the clothes, the makeup, and the posing were silly. And being tagged "New Romantics" by the tag-loving British press didn't give bands like Visage any credibility, despite the fact that they produced some mighty fine dance singles. I loathe the way the British music press loves to chew up and spit out artists at such a fast pace - what's hip today is passe tommorow. Pretty pathetic, really. The ONLY thing holding this great collection of singles back from a 5 star rating is the exclusion of the far superior 12" mix of the single Fade to Grey in favour of the 7" mix and a dreadful, unecessary new remix version of the same song. Had this cd been pressed as the original album was ( or even the great dance remix version of the album that was very briefly available on cassette, many years ago ) it would be perfect. As it is, it is only slightly flawed. As for the music itself, it is all heavily synthetic, very European sounding, influenced by the likes of Bowie and Kraftwerk. The presence of several members of Ultravox, as well as the underrated ( and sadly missed ) guitarist John McGeoch ( who later recorded with Siouxsie and the Banshees as well as Public Image Ltd ) gives the band a great musical base. And Steve Strange is a much better singer than you think he would be. The lyrics are ( mostly ) about nightclubbing, dancing, and dressing up, but they are really inconsequential, as the music really carries the album. A great slice of eighties dance music.

'We move in mysterious ways'.......2004-01-08

Visage was a great synth-heavy band of the early '80's. Sound familiar? Yes the air was thick back then with the sounds of Bowie-worshiping club fiends. One of the things that sets Visage apart from the pack is guitarist Midge Ure. Ure is a severely underrated musician and producer. The bulk of this collection features Ure's playing and songwriting before he quit the band. The post-Midge tracks hold up as well. Of course with a frontman like Steven Strange the rest of the band is bound to get overlooked. Although a highly visual band, Visage was not lacking in the musical department, penning some incredibly catchy tunes such as 'Anvil' and their big hit 'Fade to Grey'. The purpose of this collection as with all best of's is to thin out the back catalogue of more obscure bands. Still this is a great bunch of songs.

A non-appreciated artist who deserves some credit........2002-05-26

I first heard this band when I lived Down Under, who at the time had two songs in the top 20 "Fade to Grey" and "Mind of A Toy". The fantasy style music energized a sour musical era which did not catch up in the US till about late 1982. BY then these artists Midge Ure and Billy Curie (Ultravox) had split from this band and made something for themselves.

This band had been the early 80's version of "House music" with the intention of not becoming widely known, but in hopes of setting a new trend in the music scene (aka "New Wave")with an imagery of fantasy romantic style music that is danceable. And it sold records. It paved the way for bands like Duran Duran, Human League, Heaven 17, even Joy Division who at once all claimed to have been influenced by this band. The only problem is the US of course was a little behind in the trend,so Visage's work was never was recognized by New Wave music fans in the US.

I particular enjoy "Mind of a Toy" ,"The Anvil", and "The Damned Don't Cry". The imagery of the music distracts the listener from the lyrics. However, it is pretty cool to listen to. The music videos if you can find them were very well choregraphed to the songs.

Good collection of synth-pop tunes........2000-10-04

Visage is a pretty cool band. Their musicianship and songwriting skills are good. This hits package is listenable and satisfying. There's a total of twelve tracks, and all of them are in a synth-pop musical direction. The singer does a nice job with the vocal duties, and the keyboards sound tight. All of the tracks are pretty good. My favorite songs are both versions of "Fade to Grey" and "Love Glove." The CD booklet also contains a biography of the band. Worth a listen.

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Nothing Groundbreaking
Must have for Radiohead fanatics!!!
fade out again

Street Spirit (Fade Out) [UK #2]
Radiohead
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YTXO
Release Date: 2000-09-25

Tracks:

Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Banana Co
Molasses

Album Description

Fifth single off their critically acclaimed sophomore album, 'The Bends', originally released in 1995, backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Banana Co' and 'Molasses'. Slimline jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Nothing Groundbreaking.......2002-01-02

There are two b-sides here to speak of. 'Banana Co.' can also be found on "Itch," the extremely pricey Japanese import e.p. It's a good song, but not one of Radiohead's most memorable ones. 'Molasses' may be available other places, but not that I am aware of. It also is a good song, but is it worth the price of this single for these two b-sides? That really depends on how much you like Radiohead. 'Street Spirit' is a great song, but you can get it on "The Bends" as well as the other U.K. single for this song which is a lot more interesting. My advice is to buy "The Bends" AND the other single if you're a big fan.

Must have for Radiohead fanatics!!!.......2001-11-22

I've only been into Radiohead for the past few months. I'm just simply boggled on how I missed this bands evolution through the past years. This single is part of my growing collection of b-side singles and rarities put out by Radiohead. It's getting harder to find these singles so any chance you have now to get a deal you should take advantage while they're available. Street Spirit is a great tune that concludes the fantastic albumn "The Bends." This single includes one of my favorite b-side tracks "Banana Co." Also included on this single is the b-side "Molassas." Pretty cool tune, but the disk is worth it just for banana co. If you're a big time fan/collector of Radiohead, this single is a must. There are other singles and imports, I think, that have these tracks, but it's very convinient and I believe cheaper to get them on this single. Either way, Radiohead rules and this is a great addition to any music collection. Enjoy!!!

fade out again.......2000-10-13

be a world child form a circle before we all go under

an epic for those who feel the spirit of loneliness and non-love cover art is incredible as all Radiohead work

Tracks:

Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly & The Hollies
True Love Ways - The Mavericks
Well... All Right - Nancy Griffith
Midnight Shift - Los Lobos
Not Fade Away - The Band/The Crickets
Think It Over - The Tractors
Wishing - Mary Chapin Carpenter/Kevin Montgomery
Oh Boy! - Joe Ely & Todd Snider
Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Marty Stuart & Steve Earle
It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Suzy Bogguss
Maybe Baby - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Learning The Game - Waylon Jennings

Customer Reviews:

Highly recommendable Buddy Holly tribute.......2003-10-10

To my mind Buddy Holly was the best musician of all the fifties rock n roll acts .Mind ,I say "musician" not "singer" for while a perfectly talented singer he was outclassed vocally by Presley and the Killer .However,he possessed a great deal of musical insight and applied the fruits of his wide listening to create a substantial musical legacy in a tragically brief time span .
This 1996 tribute to Holly is a labour of love and a worthwhile album in its own right .Predominantly a country music affair it gives a number of stellar performers the chance to pay tribute to a lasting influence in American musis.
It has its weaknessses -the opening track Peggy Sue Got Married ,which features Holly's own vocal grafted onto a new version by the Hollies is over arranged and for me it simply does not work .Also the take on Midnight Shift by Los Lobos is too plodding for my taste .Yet all else is fine and in some cases better than that.
The soaring version of True Love Ways by the Mavericks is passionate and beautiful;Nanci Griffith and the Crickets add something new to Well All Right make it sound well at ease in her usual "folkabilly" style;the perfect pitch of Suzy Boguss on It Doesn't Matter Anymore comes close to the original,while other highlights include a nice version of Think It over from the Tractors.

Check out the duet between Steve Earle and Marty Stuart on Crying ,Waiting ,Hoping for new insights into a Holly song,;listen to the Bo Diddly-ish attack on Not Fade Away by the Band and the Crickets but above listen to the simplest arrangement of all on the most affecting track of the lot-the reflective take on Learning the Game by the great Waylon Jennings.With a simple guitar accompaniment he cuts to the heart of the song bringing the gravitas of the years to the deceptively simple song .Its called experience and its priceless.
This does not Buddy down even when adhering closely to the original arrangement as in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band cut of Maybe Baby

A pleasing album.

Buddy will never fade away.......2003-03-21

Sixties group The Hollies named themselves after him and they open this set with a remix of Buddy's original version of Peggy Sue got married. Modern recording technology is amazing, but I admit that I would have preferred the Hollies to do their own version rather than mix their vocals with Buddy's.

The remaining recordings were all (as far as I know) completely new for this album and feature a mix of rock and country performers. Buddy's former band, The Crickets, lend their support to Nanci Griffith on Well all right and to The Band on Not fade away.

My favorite track here is It doesn't matter anymore, featuring outstanding guitar picking by Dave Edmunds and brilliant singing by Suzy Bogguss. Actually, I think all the tracks are great, except Peggy Sue got married which is merely OK. You have to like both country and rock music to agree with me. If you only like one of these genres, you may only like some of the tracks here.

Despite a recording career cut short by death, Buddy's influence on pop, rock and country music is substantial. This is a fitting tribute album, although it would have been nice to have more than twelve tracks.

Great Memories of Holly.......2002-10-03

Holly may have died before his time but his music lives on and thanks to Waylon and Mark Knopfler, this album will always be one of my favorites.

Buddy Holly still lives........2002-07-07

Buddy Holly's career only lasted a couple of years and he was only 21 or so when he was killed. Thus, it's astonishing that we are still listening to his music forty-plus years later. Holly's music was innovative. Modern groups use dozens of musicians to produce sounds not as original as Holly did with a four piece band.

This is a good tribute album. The best version of a Holly song here is "Midnight Shift" by Los Lobos, a hard-rocking, smoky, mysterious tune. I don't know the song in the original Holly version. Also good are "Maybe Baby" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and "Not Fade Away" by the Band and the Crickets. The mix of Buddy Holly's voice with a new background and the Hollies on "Peggy Sue Got Married" is also kind of cool. But where is Holly's most famous song, "Peggy Sue" with its absolutely unique, unforgettable, machine gun rhythm?

I suspect we'll still be listening to Buddy Holly in 2050 and new interpretations of his songs will appear every decade or so. He's one of the best from the early days of rock and roll.

Worth the price, nice interpretations of Holly"s songs.......2000-11-01

This disc is a nice tribute to the music of Buddy. Two tracks stand out for me, Cryin, Waitin, Hopin by Earle and Stuart.Its raw, gut bucket music. The Ely-Snider version of Oh Boy! is the best cover, including Doug Sahms' version, contained in "Live Texas Tornado" I have heard. The guitar and bass work is thundering. These boys did Holly right.The rest of the cd is nice and was done with great respect for Holly. All except the Hollies watered down version of Peggy Sue Got Married.

All in all a solid cd for the collection.

Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica, Vol. 2
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So, we needed TWO VOLUMES of this?!

A Mighty Fine Pickin' 'n A-Singin'!

An Excellent combination of the two genres

Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Cmh Records
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ASIN: B000CEV47M
Release Date: 2006-01-31

Tracks:

Master Of Puppets
The Thing That Should Not Be
Memory Remains
Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Harvester Of Sorrow
To Live Is To Die
Sad But True
Frantic
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Product Description

1. Master Of Puppets
2. Thing That Should Not Be, The
3. Memory Remains
4. Creeping Death
5. For Whom The Bell Tolls
6. Harvester Of Sorrow
7. To Live Is To Die
8. Sad But True
9. Frantic
10. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

So, we needed TWO VOLUMES of this?!.......2007-04-02

This is supply-side economics runamok.

The only downside here is that CMH didn't use a larger sample size to test the theory. They should have pressed 6.5 billion of these, one for every man, woman, and child on the planet.

Although the sales would have still been ZERO, they would have given much entertainment to all the poor folks in Africa. True, you can't eat a CD, but they can be used for things like, killing ants (via sun reflection), battlefield signaling (via sun reflection), palm tanning (again, via sun reflection), etc. Of course one could actually play them in a CD player, but why chance burning up the motors in a perfectly good CD player?

All kidding aside, the musicians are decent, and the singing isn't bad, but when is CMH going to wake up and start producing BLUEGRASS AGAIN? I mean, PLEEEEEASE---METALLICA? M-E-T-A-L-L-I-C-A ?!

A Mighty Fine Pickin' 'n A-Singin'!.......2006-11-01

"Fade to Bluegrass Volume II: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica" is, by any account, a very well-done experiment into the musical reassignment craze going around these days. Taking the hard, energetic, fast metal of one of the most well-known musical acts ever, and translating them to a slower, pluckier form of music known as Bluegrass.

Where "Fade to Bluegrass Volume II" succeeds is in breathing some new life into some slightly-aged tracks from 10+ years ago in some cases, as well as giving a new face to more recent tracks that might've been passed over because of the album they were on. But, where "Fade to Bluegrass Volume II" fails is in its grace; the original "Fade to Bluegrass" album is an all-time favorite of mine, and the tracks on it were not only well-done, but changed to bring familiarity and freshness to them, whereas a few of the tracks on Volume II feel... alien. A good example being the track "To Live is to Die". Originally a sweeping, epic, sorrow-filled song in rememberance of fallen bassist Cliff Burton, the version found on this Bluegrass translation is a short, under-four-minute li'l ditty with the once-spoken verse now being sung the whole way through. And while this does what the album sets out to do - takes these songs and give a new spin on them - it ends up hurting more than helping, as the original and translated versions bear little semblance to each other, and therefore hurting the overall feel of the product.

Most of this album is very, very good. But, there's just something lacking in this Volume that was present in the first. It's very difficult to put it in words, it's something aural, perhaps the feel that perhaps a couple of these tracks were rushed through without putting enough consideration into how to turn them from pounding metal to plucking bluegrass, and leaving the end result with a bit more to be desired.

An Excellent combination of the two genres.......2006-10-31

If you like either Bluegrass or Metallica, you will love this cd. It is just as good, if not better than the first volume. All the songs are good, but my favorite has to be the rendition of "Welcome Home (Sanitarium).

Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead

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Simple
Beautiful!
delicious

Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute To Radiohead

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00009UW0Z
Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

Motion Picture Soundtrack
You And Whose Army?
My Iron Lung
Nice Dream
Permanent Daylight
The National Anthem
Idioteque
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Just
Morning Bell/Amnesiac
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Product Description

1. Motion Picture Soundtrack
2. You And Whose Army?
3. My Iron Lung
4. (Nice Dream)
5. Permanent Daylight
6. The National Anthem
7. Idioteque
8. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
9. Just
10. Morning BellgiAmnesiac
11. Palo Alto
12. There There

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Simple.......2004-09-16

Totally uninspired. They put Radiohead to a string quartet but there's no personality to it, they've just drained Yorke's voice away and replaced it with a replica on strings. If only they had brought their own vision to the work instead of trying to reproduce it on different instruments. To coin a phrase: there ain't nothin like the real thing.

Beautiful!.......2004-01-04

It is what it says.
Radiohead symphony style. I love it, if you like radiohead and you enjoy string quartets you will love this!
It has my 2 favorite radiohead songs which was a big help.
Its nice to sit back and relax to. What more can you say except its all played beautifully and a must have for all big radiohead fans.

delicious.......2003-07-05

a young korean boy ran past my stoop yesterday morning, he was full of the wee and vinegar that makes children climb trees and wrestle coons by the lake. He tripped on my pottet begonias and went headfirst into a row of daylillies waiting to be put into the ground. He was out cold for 3 days, and i listened to this cd, which he had in his german fanny pack. I can't decide if the vomit made me listen, or listening made me vomit. Either way it was delicious, i'll have seconds....mmmmm maybe thirds. oh dear im naughty, somebody punish me.

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