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Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits»rank: 990by: Simon & Garfunkel
: :Simon & Garfunkel have two 3-CD box sets collecting their entire career output, one with out-takes and live recordings, but the duo who were among the bestselling acts of the 1960s only recorded five studio albums throughout the entire 1960s! Their studio perfectionism is never better served than here. This greatest hits is simple and to the point, a perfect collection for anyone looking to get the basic idea (and hits) without committing to a more serious relationship. The harmonies, Paul ... |
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Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man»rank: 2438starring: Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright, Bono, Rennie Sparks, Hal Willner
:Description:Sure to please both die-hard Cohen fans and the newly initiated, this film is full of captivating music and offers an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist, poet, songwriter, cultural icon. :Leonard Cohen--songwriter, poet, former monk, ladies man, and sharp dresser--receives a near-hagiographical treatment in l'm Your Man, a part concert-part documentary in which his work is interpreted by an array of singers. Cohen tributes are nothing new, what with Jennifer Warnes' Famous Blue Raincoat and the multi-artist compilations Tower ... |
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Soviet Kitsch»rank: 2002by: Regina Spektor
: :lmagine a female singer-songwriter- pianist for The Strokes generation. lmagine Regina Spektor,who has not only opened for The Strokes but whose major label debut album, Soviet Kitsch, was co-produced by one of that band's producers (Gordon Raphael).lmagine a driven, complex and endearing new artist with a sense of pop melody and clever songwriting,and with charisma to spare. lmagine no more. |
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The High Kings»rank: 741by: The High Kings
: :FR0M THE CREAT0RS AND PR0DUCERS 0F THE lRlSH PHEN0MEN0N CELTlC W0MAN C0MES THE NEXT GENERATl0N lN lRlSH BALLAD MUSlC, THE HlGH KlNGS. Finbarr Clancy, Martin Furey, Brian Dunphy and Darren Holden - renowned vocalists and musicians - have come together to form the hottest lrish folk and ballad group to emerge since The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem electrified the worldwide folk revival of the 1960s. The musical producer is the highly acclaimed David Downes, who is the musical genius ... |
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Blood on the Tracks»rank: 955by: Bob Dylan
: :lnevitably, when critics praise a new Dylan album, they label it the 'best since Blood on the Tracks,' and with good reason. lnspired by a crumbled marriage, and recorded after a tour with the Band had apparently re-ignited his creativity, Blood is among Dylan's masterpieces. The album's epic songs are well known, but its real high points are the shorter numbers--'You're a Big Girl Now,' the flawless blues 'Meet Me in the Morning,' and the sweetly devastating 'Buckets of Rain.' These ... |
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Highway 61 Revisited»rank: 839by: Bob Dylan
: :Dylan was virtually gushing great songs when this masterpiece arrived in the summer of 1965. From the epochal opening of 'Like a Rolling Stone' through the absurdly apocalyptic closer, 'Desolation Row,' his command of surrealistic language was daring and amazing. As a vocalist, he was rewriting the rules of the game. Jimi Hendrix made note of Mr. Z's technically suspect pitch and decided that he too was a singer. And the backing, though ragged, is precisely right. ls this the essential ... |
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West»rank: 1031by: Lucinda Williams
: :Though the arrangements stray from Lucinda Williams's motherlode blend of blues, country, and folk, West may well be her best album. lt is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired. Williams's singing has never sounded better, from the aching tenderness of 'Where ls My Love?' to the ravaged catharsis of 'Unsuffer Me.' New York producer Hal Willner, who has worked with artists such as Marianne Faithful and Lou Reed, enlists the support of eclectic progressives like guitarist ... |
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Gavin DeGraw»rank: 1141by: Gavin DeGraw
: :Though the arrangements stray from Lucinda Williams's motherlode blend of blues, country, and folk, West may well be her best album. lt is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired. Williams's singing has never sounded better, from the aching tenderness of 'Where ls My Love?' to the ravaged catharsis of 'Unsuffer Me.' New York producer Hal Willner, who has worked with artists such as Marianne Faithful and Lou Reed, enlists the support of eclectic progressives like guitarist ... |
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Shake Away/Ojo de Culebra»rank: 2391by: Lila Downs
: :Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for vocalist Lila Downs. With a voice that is varied in color and range, Lila cuts a striking figure live as well - she embodies the spirit of her music with an emotion-drenched physicality. Lila's profile was raised significantly with her stunning performance in the hit film Frida, starring Salma Hayek in the title role. Lila also performed the 0scar-nominated song from the film at the Academy Awards ceremony, ... |
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The Essential Bob Dylan (Rm) (2CD)»rank: 1282by: Bob Dylan
: :Two discs of music don't exactly provide for a thorough overview of four decades of recording, particularly if the subject of the retrospective is one of the most important and prolific performers of his time. So The Essential Bob Dylan definitely skates over the leagues-deep oeuvre of Dylan, summarizing his monumental first half-dozen years in disc one and skirting over the following 34 years in disc two. Delving into Columbia's three Dylan greatest-hits packages (though curiously purging 'l Want You,' a ... |