October 22nd, 2009
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Calling All Crows
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #11980 in Digital Music Track
- Released on: 2009-09-29
- Running time: 220 seconds
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Worth a listen…
…esp if you like reggae beats. Lyrics are spitfire, bass is snakey though not especially strong. Not a bad song, not a classic either. A nice sunny afternoon vibe, maybe blast it in the car on the way to the beach?
Not Really My Thing
A sort of reggae beat is kind of catchy. I have been listening to it at work and while I didn’t like it that much at first it’s grown on me. Not really my thing, but a pleasant enough song.
Get This!
Simply…DA BOMB! nice blend of world beat reggae funk with masterful musicianship and hi-fi engineering….
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Paper Bag Records Fall ‘09 Sampler
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- Released on: 2009-09-08
- Running time: 2302 seconds
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Two Songs
I know we all have different tastes in music. And it’s quite nice of Amazon to allow us to have this music for free. Thanks for that! But on this sampler I think the best songs are track 6 – (Invisible) by Winter Gloves And Track 8 – (Wood Between Worlds) by Laura Barrett. I did’nt like the other ones much. But For free you can download them all and try them out -Delete what you don’t like later if you wish. Not a bad deal.
Great sampler
This is a great sampler that you can’t beat for the price (FREE!). All the songs are good, kind of alternative rock, except for Track 4 (“That Girl”). It’s an OK song, but it’s more hip-hop and sounds really out of place on this album. As a song of itself, it’s pretty good, but it should be on another collection. Still, overall you can’t beat this sampler.
Enjoyed a few
I ended up keeping four songs on my playlist:
Invisible – Winter Gloves: Really enjoyed this one.
Miracle – Sally Shapiro: This one grew on me. My first listen reminded me of teen girl mix tapes, but that wore off.
Oh, I can – Rock Plaza Central: A bit vocally over-repetitive, but I enjoy the music and how the work comes together.
That Girl – Two Fingers: This is out of place in this sampler, and I am frankly shocked that I like it so much considering that out of over 3,000 items in my library, I have only 7 hip-hop genre songs. Dirty lyrics aren’t my style either. I think the catchy drum beat got me.
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Black Hole Sun
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #1339 in Digital Music Track
- Published on: 1994-03-08
- Released on: 1994-03-08
- Running time: 318 seconds
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Hello Hurricane
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #334 in Digital Music Album
- Published on: 2009-11-03
- Released on: 2009-11-10
- Running time: 2941 seconds
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Switchfoot [Hello Hurricane]
Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot’s first studio album since 2006’s Oh! Gravity, which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200, acknowledges life’s storms while managing to find an element of hope in them. The band tracked more than 80 songs at its self-built home studio before narrowing it down to the 12 that appear on the new album. Hello Hurricane is the group’s seventh full-length album and its first on Atlantic Records. Switchfoot is comprised of Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar).
The album grabbed my attention right from the opening notes of “Needle and Haystack Life”, which will thrill long-time Switchfoot fans, and probably win them new fans with the U2-esque epic feel and extremely catchy music and lyrics. This is one of those albums that is meant to be experienced in the order it is arranged as lead single “Mess of Me” switches gears musically and brings a new grunge-type sound with the passionate lyrics “I wanna spend the rest of my life alive!”. My favorite new Switchfoot song is next, “Your Love Is A Song” in the style of “On Fire” from The Beautiful Letdown. I’ve enjoyed this band since New Way To Be Human released in 1999 and Hello Hurricane truly brings a great mixture sonically and stylistically that fans of rock anthems, alt-rock and grunge-rock will enjoy. “The Sound” will also have you shouting along with Jon, whose vocals have never sounded better and musically this song reminded me of “Stars” and “We Are One Tonight” from Nothing Is Sound, my previous favorite Switchfoot album. There is little that reminds me of Oh! Gravity, other than maybe the up tempo but more refined sounding rock songs that perfect the sound introduced with the title track and “Awakening”.
Some other highlights for me come towards the end of the album, which cools down with “Always”, a truly inspirational song in the style of “Twenty-Four” with this great bridge: “Hallelujah!, I’m caving in, Hallelujah! I’m in love again, Hallelujah!, I’m a wretched man, Hallelujah!, every breath is a second chance”. “Always” transitions beautifully to “Bullet Soul”, another Switchfoot anthem which will have you moving with a great guitar riff and a call to action “are you ready to go?”. As if the album didn’t have enough hooks, my next favorite track comes next with the ballad “Yet” a gorgeous contemplative song with a sincere chorus: “I’ll sing until my heart caves in, no, you haven’t lost me yet”.
I find myself singing at the top of my lungs with each song and “Your Love Is A Song” is one of my top 20 songs of the year. For me, Hello Hurricane is now the best overall album by Switchfoot and is one of my top 5 albums of 2009. The standout songs are “Needle and Haystack Life”, “Mess of Me”, “Your Love Is A Song”, “The Sound”, “Always”, “Bullet Soul” and “Yet”.
Sonically Solid
Switchfoot’s Hello Hurricane, like most of their albums, takes multiple listens to truly enjoy. Up front, the music sounds good, but once you dive deeper into the lyrics and the melodies you realize how amazing and honest the album actually is. Whether it’s edgy and aggressive, or soft and contemplative, all of the songs fit well with each other. There are subtle hints of spirituality in the lyrics, especially on Free and Always. This album offers a message of hope in difficult times. If I had any gripe about this record, it would be ending the album on a somewhat somber tone. Yet and Sing It Out are both beautifully executed ballads, and Red Eyes slightly picks up the tempo to close out the album, but I am ultimately left wanting some more songs with the same aggressiveness as Mess of Me or The Sound. Having wrote 80 songs, and recorded 40 of them, I don’t think it would have been too much a problem to pick another rocker to fit in with this album. Either way, this is an overall solid effort from a great band.
Switchfoot- Hello Hurricane [crobsession.tumblr.com]
Ever since Switchfoot announced late last year that they would be working on their seventh full-length album, the hype has been slowly building. More recently they’ve been featured on YouTube’s homepage and even a Blackberry commercial. But the road to where they are today wasn’t easy. With nearly a hundred songs to choose from for an album that would join a catalogue of a few highly impressive past albums, the pressure was on. That’s just one of the hurricanes that hit them during the making of the album. But Switchfoot survived to tell the world that love is a fortress that can survive any hurricane, which is the theme of the newest effort from the band, aptly titled Hello Hurricane.
Before I get started with this review, there’s something that Jon Foreman–the lead vocalist of Switchfoot, also known for his solo project and work in Fiction Family–said about Hello Hurricane that I really agree with. This album is not one that you can listen to and enjoy and not know a single thing about the story behind the music. Each individual song has a unique message about love and hope that has really touched me. That’s one great thing about this album. Rarely do you find music with this much meaning put into it. Looking through the tracklist, I can’t think of a single song that–while reading Foreman’s commentary on–I didn’t have a “wow” moment during, whether I said it in my head or out loud. This album has made an impact on me like none this year. And so that you can experience this album the same way that I did, head over to Jesus Freak Hideout’s song lyrics database and look up Switchfoot’s Hello Hurricane to read the commentaries provided by Jon Foreman. Sure it’s a lot of reading material, but it is well worth your time.
Having nearly a hundred songs to work with for Hello Hurricane might have seemed a bit overwhelming for the band, but you can bet they had plenty of good ones to choose from. Some bands go into the studio and do all of their writing at that time–Switchfoot is obviously not one of those bands. So to be able to work with and experiment to see which of these tracks would be the absolute best for the album, the guys in Switchfoot built their own studio so that they could take their time picking through each song. I can tell you now that all of their work payed off. With the exception of the final track, “Red Eyes,” which didn’t really catch on for me, there is not a single track that I would be able to overlook when listening to the entire album.
The song-writing, as usual, is strong. Without a doubt strong enough to withstand a hurricane. Jon Foreman is a master of song-writing, made evident most recently by the work put into his solo projects. Switchfoot’s lyrics separate them from the mediocre song-writing that is found so often in our day and age. Songs like “Your Love Is A Song,” “Enough to Let Me Go,” “Always,” and “Sing it Out,” are some of the best. For those looking for the fun rock style of Switchfoot’s biggest hits, I think the phenomenal lyrical content of this album might make up for what it lack in heaviness. Of course, you do have tracks like “Mess of Me,” “The Sound (John M. Perkin’s Blues),” “Hello Hurricane,” and “Bullet Soul,” that you can still have a great time listening to. And that isn’t to say that all of the slower-paced tracks don’t sound any good. Quite the opposite–they sound fantastic. Switchfoot is not your average group of guys–to go with the great song-writing, their musical genius is without a doubt some of the best in the industry. Switchfoot could take on any genre, and I’m positive it would sound great. The perfect combination of exceptional lyricism and music makes Switchfoot such an exceptional band.
From the chorus of “Needle and Haystack Life,” you know you’re in for something good. Foreman sings, “In this needle and haystack life/I’ve found miracles there in your eyes/It’s no accident we’re here tonight/We are once in a lifetime.” The lead single off the album “Mess of Me” has really distorted electric guitars that create a unique sound. The same sound is used again in a few latter tracks, giving them a fun style that isn’t like every other rock song on the radio. “Your Love is a Song” is a beautiful song, one of the strongest on the album. It’s a great metaphor of God’s love and a fantastic worship song. Foreman’s vocals sound almost perfect on this track, and the instrumentals are moving. “The Sound” breaks the calm that was set by the previous track. From the start, you know it’s destined to gain popularity. Already, millions of people have heard it through the newest Blackberry Storm 2 commercial. It’s great that a Christian band can display their music to such a wide audience. And Hello Hurricane is not overly oblique about God being a huge part of these guys’ lives, so I’m sure they’re planting a seed in plenty of people’s hearts. “Enough to Let Me Go” is a song that, again, talks about love, but this time talks about how it is not selfish. The acoustic sound that the song carries is great. “Free” is a darker song that asks God to free us from ourselves, kind of like the same idea as “Mess of Me.”
There are a lot of recurring themes throughout Hello Hurricane. Sometimes that could be a bad thing. For example, there are albums that have songs again and again that talk about some breakup or bad relationship. But the topic of God’s love and asking to be saved from the hurricanes that plague our lives can never get old. And, frankly, I don’t think it’s a topic that’s talked about enough. We hear about worldly love all the time, but God’s love is just so much more powerful.
The title track is another fun one, singing “Hello hurricane, you’re not enough/Hello hurricane, you can’t silence my love/I’ve got doors and windows boarded up/All your dead end fury is not enough/You can’t silence my love.” “Always” is another beautiful song, following in the steps of “Your Love is a Song.” Another highlight that uses great metaphors to describe God’s love for his children. It compares a father’s love for his newborn son to God’s love for us: “I am always yours.” “Bullet Soul” is an instant classic, using the same distorted guitars in “Mess of Me.” It’s one that you’ll find yourself singing along to involuntarily. It would definitely be something to look forward to at a Switchfoot concert. “Yet” is another awesome ballad, about looking for hope. “Sing It Out” is one of the best on the album–one more worship track. The bridge sings, “I’m holding on/I’m holding on to you/My world is wrong/My world is a lie that’s come true/And I fall in love with those that run me through/When all I need is You.” The music that accompanies the already amazing lyrics has some deep meaning behind it. According to Foreman, “The song is singing about itself–struggling for melody, for life, for meaning. Singing about rebirth, the song spends most of its time in the grave and comes to a bright, glorious finish, held out until the very end. To match the lyric we saved almost every instrument for the end of the song.” I think that’s pretty cool. The only song on the album that I couldn’t really connect with was the finale, “Red Eyes.” It ends with a reprise of “Needle and Haystack Life” which is kind of interesting to hear at the beginning and end of the album. But still there wasn’t much for me to like about it. But that doesn’t in any way change the album as a whole.
Hello Hurricane is one of the most brilliant, well-written albums to come along this year. Foreman and crew have managed another beautiful effort to add to their other successful albums. It’s great that people will be hearing about God through their music. There’s so much to learn from Hello Hurricane about how God’s love can defeat any hurricane that comes against us. Expert song-writing and unbelievable instrumentals make this seventh album an epic one, ready to be loved by all who enjoy Christian rock.
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Going Up The Country (2005 Digital Remaster)
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #1428 in Digital Music Track
- Published on: 2005-05-24
- Released on: 2005-05-31
- Running time: 171 seconds
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Before we shop plasma TV, it is wise thought to check on plasma TV reviews… As that can make easier and better your plasma TV shopping.
So, what can you get from a plasma TV review? Actually, you’ll be able to get a lot of benefits with regards to information and specs that you need to consider in terms of finding the right product that would meet your own needs.
With a plasma TV review it would not be hard for you to obtain a product that your money deserves. This may be very intriguing on your part, isn’t it?
First, it is not necessary for you to rely on just a single review. You have to read several reviews so you can make the most out of your time and your money.
Do not just depend on what the sales person or other people have to say. A plasma TV review, which you could more often find online, could help you a lot when it comes to finding the best and the most reliable television available in the market today.
Try to look for more information on the Internet. If you have a specific plasma TV model you have in mind, try searching for reviews regarding that product. Of course you do not just rely on one review. Probably 4 or 5 reviews would do.
This is actually what a plasma TV review may require for you to do to make it effective enough in helping you compare. Comparing reviews is not actually that hard. You just have to look at the discussed pro’s and con’s of the product as well as the positive and the negative insights. If you have found out anything similar on what several reviews have to say, then that is some information that you should take note of.
These reviews are not merely for destroying the reputation of a specific product or to build up a product as most people would say. Instead, must be able to provide more information than opinions. So, try to look for reviews that have significance to what you really need. This would help you find what you really are looking for.
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Written by admin on October 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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White Blood Cells (DMD Album)
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #499 in Digital Music Album
- Published on: 2008-07-01
- Released on: 2008-07-01
- Running time: 2424 seconds
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Here We Go…..!
In White Blood Cells, the Stripes are beginning to bloom into a legend. Jack White is obviously developing at light speed right now. Sure he sounded like some kind of Robert Plant novice on De Stijl, but on Cells he’s what Curt Cobain should have done eventually with Nirvanna or what Mick could have been if he had taken Jumpin’ Jack Flash to the limit. Don’t get me wrong….Jack is Jack, no way is he a pale imitation of anybody else, no matter how famous they are. And without Meg backing him like she’s the muscle in his spine there would be no Stripes at all.
Dead Leaves spotlights Jack’s guitar at a time when he’s running full tilt boogie. The essence of punk is in Fell In Love With A Girl, and there is time for quirky stuff where the song won’t go away (like Hotel Yorba). All 16 tracks are solid, the CD is one that you will run over and over and over until it’s part of who you are.
You really don’t know how raw guitar can be until you hear the Stripes in full roar. And Jack will always catch you off guard…..slow downs that make you wanna burst…..triple chords that make you wanna dance….wailing shafts of sound that give you chills…..abrasive isn’t the right word…..this sound is so harsh it can draw individual nerve fibers right out of your brain while you love every second of it. This is one that you have to hear to really be alive.
Stripes make you realize that even if Green Day were the best of their era, this is how much better they could have been; this is how the Stones must have sounded at the Crawdaddy Club in 64; this is why all those hype-bands like the Hives & Vines will never last; this is nothing less than the start of the 3rd age of rock and roll. These guys have it…..the blinding future of rock may be in their hands.
Indie this, Indie that… Indie Smindie…
All this [stuff] about indie cred and all that, I personally couldn’t care less, a band is what they are, as long as they truly have talent. White Stripes have said talent. I picked up this album on a whim, after all, why not, I found it rather cheap. From the only song I’d heard from them (Fell in love with a girl) I was expecting a fairly average but typically same sounding Punk album, boy was I wrong. In fact, Fell in love is the only song on the album that sounds like that, and that isn’t a bad thing.
The songs here are very stylistically varied, especially when their almost all Guitar and drum exclusively. From the second I popped the album in I was shocked. Sure, they’ve got musical influences, does that really make their music bad. Especially when they take punk, grunge, 60-70’s rock, blues, and even some folk and put them into a pot stir it up and actually come out with an album that makes it all gel.
“Dead leaves” is a go stop go stop rocker with Robert-Plantish vocals (as are much of Jack White’s vocals.) “Hotel” is the song I get the whole “Folky” thing from, it reminds me of a more rocking something Dylan might have written. “Fell in Love” Again is 100% classic punk sound, period. “Little Room” is an odd 50 second drum and vocals only track, sounding almost like a demo but yet after the initial oddity of it you’ll find yourself singing and lalaing along with it every time it comes on (or at least I do). “Union Forever” is Slow Unplugged Nirvana-ish, one of my faves. “Gonna be Friends” is a sweet acoustic song reminiscing about school. “Smell a rat” reminds me much of something Radiohead might have put on Pablo Honey, very odd at first, another one of my faves that gets me singing along. “Aluminum” is a nice dark song, vocal-less except for the odd Aaaaaaahs that go on throughout it, but I could definitely see Ozzy singing something dark over it. It provokes thoughts of a dark evil world leaving your imagination to come up with what it’s like there. “My Protector” is a piano and vocals only track reminding me again of Radiohead, specifically their Live version of “Like Spinning Plates”. Though not nearly as good as “Plates” live, but still good nonetheless.
Anyways, theres my opinion on the album and select tracks that I felt I had something to say about, the whole album is great, I didn’t leave out songs because I thought them bad, I just didn’t have much to say about them that I hadn’t said for a previous song.
In closing, I suggest anyone who likes any or all of the types of music stated at the top of this review to check out this album, its cheap compared to the other albums currently out there, and is well worth twice the cost. Its the first breath of fresh air I’ve had in a while, when drowning in a sea of uninspired poprock/raprock and girl-boybands. I’d really begun to think that rock was indeed played out and over with.
I’d like to thank the White Stripes for showing me that there indeed is still great things that can be done with rock, and as long as they’re around, I still have hope for the future of music.
Germ-killing
It’s good to see that the White Stripes are linked (in the press and on amazon.com, anyway) to the Strokes. However, the White Stripes cash the check that the Strokes have written. Rock and Roll is a lot of things to a lot of people: the Strokes represent the image and the attitude; the Stripes represent a more powerful, yet innocent facet. Detractors are quick to point out the lack of technical ability in the drum department – but it works quite well with the style. Can you imagine a Neil Peart playing over “Fell in Love with a Girl”? It embodies the old punk ethos that sincerity is more important than ability (which works much better for rock music than, say, flying an airplane!). The most striking track on this disc was “We’re Going to be Friends”. I kept waiting for the schoolboy story to go horribly awry or lapse into some Korn-esque molestation tale, but instead it remained uncorrupted and innocent throughout. The world-weariest track is probably “The Union Forever” – but instead of being whiny and/or jaded-sounding, it takes more of a “rage, rage against the dying of a light” approach. When Jack White sings about “true love” not existing, he sounds honestly like someone who – at some point – believed that it did.
There’s no self-defeating irony to be found anywhere on this album, which is a refreshing change. It’s a narrow fence to tread upon – taking yourself seriously without taking yourself TOO seriously. The Stripes do this wonderfully. The slide guitar is noticeably absent, and this is more poppy than their subsequent releases, but the spirit remains intact. Indie hipster types are bored of faux-Pavement cleverness and are looking for something a bit more substantial. The Strokes are for the parents and the White Stripes are for the kids. And who was rock and roll invented for, anyway?
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R&S Re-Visited Sampler 1
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- Released on: 2009-03-05
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Peaceful with eccentric hooks.
I enjoyed all the sounds on preview. R&S merits a listen, if you enjoy electronica.
The mellowness
This sampler is a worthwhile trip down mellow memory lane. It’s down-tempo but upbeat, good chill music indeed.
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People who have slept on traditional mattresses often have various health problems, ranging from back pains, muscle strains and feeling sluggish after waking up. This is because their pressure points do not get the care needed during sleep.
If you’re one of these people, it’s about time you got your memory foam mattress or just the topper. Either way, it will put a stop to uncomfortable and unhealthy sleeping patterns. With a memory foam mattress, you’re going to quickly develop sound sleep each night until your body adjusts to the healthy pattern of getting enough and deep slumber.
A topper would be wise if you’re not yet ready to buy a memory foam mattress. Just the same, your topper should be manufactured and engineered with the same quality to guarantee that there’ll be no more tossing and turning every night, and you wake up each morning feeling the energy and without body pains. This is because the materials used for the memory foam moulds your body and are sensitive to temperature. Being so, you don’t get back and muscle pains when you sleep, regardless of your sleeping position and movements.
If you’re getting the memory foam mattress topper, make sure that your bed and mattress have just the right firmness. Remember, no matter how excellently designed your topper is, if your mattress is old and out-of-shape, you’re not going to get the best out of the topper. Lumpy and sagging beds would greatly affect how your memory foam mattress topper works. If so, it would be wise to get the memory foam bed instead.
With a bed in good state and a mattress that is firm, the two-inch memory foam mattress would work well for you. Each time you sleep it helps relieve pressure on those tired muscles and bones so you could sleep comfortably. The three-inch topper would render even greater comfort while your body is rested and slumbering. Once you lie down, you will immediately feel being cushioned and massaged by the memory foam mattress topper, and those painful spots on your body and your backbone are getting sufficient firm support while you fall asleep.
For people who are heavier, don’t worry that you won’t get the comfort and healthy sleep. There is the four-inch thick memory foam mattress that provides ample cushion for the extra weight and bigger body forms. If you’re one who wants more thickness, then it would be advised that you get the memory foam mattress, and not just the topper.
There are several types of topper to choose from. You could go online and learn more to decide which would suit you best. There are various thickness, shapes and sizes of memory foam mattress which you could browse through websites selling these products.
When you’re ready to get your memory foam mattress, note that there are cheap imitations being sold out there as well. You don’t want to end up buying another shoddy piece of mattress that lasts only a few months, and you are not going to get the desired hours and quality of sleep with these substandard pieces. Check the memory foam mattress manufacturer, along with warranty offered.
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Written by admin on October 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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