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Iron & Wine is the stage name for singer-songwriter Sam Beam. His first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, was released in 2002. It was followed by Our Endless Numbered Days in 2004, The Shepherd’s Dog in 2007, and Kiss Each Other Clean in 2011.
Beam’s music is often categorized as folk or indie folk.
Every once in a while a singer/songwriter comes down the pike in the grand emotive tradition of Neil Young and Van Morrison. In the early 2000s, the quietly intense folk of Iron & Wine and the rootsy-experimental stylings of Sufjan Stevens continued that lineage.
Ray LaMontagne, whose impressive 2004 debut, TROUBLE, draws on alt-country, roots rock, and progressive folk in a unique, strikingly sincere way, seems a likely candidate for the keeper of the flame.
The title track, which opens the album, introduces LaMontagne’s deeply textured singing. Simultaneously raw, lilting, and expansive, LaMontagne’s voice bristles with emotion, and immediately commands the listener’s attention.
Though the instrumentation on the album rarely changes–strummed acoustic guitar, tasteful string arrangements, bass, drums, and electric guitar for accents–the moods shift subtly from song to song.
“Burn” is harrowingly intimate and hushed, while “How Come” works a shuffling groove and “Hold You in My Arms” has a wistful, waltz-like feel. LaMontagne’s lyrics, strong on narrative detail and vivid imagery, are the crowning touch on these moving songs of love and loss.
TROUBLE is so well realized, in fact, that it sometimes belies the truth that this is the artist’s first effort.
I actually can’t give any stars since both the initial and replacement albums had skips in essentially the same tracks. Disappointed. Target was great about a refund on the order though.
Iron Maiden – From Fear to Eternity 3LP Picture Disc From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990–2010 is a compilation album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs originally released on the eight studio albums from No Prayer for the Dying to The Final Frontier.
The title is lifted from the 1992 single, “From Here to Eternity”, although it is not featured in this release. New copies of this rare and collectable triple picture disc edition are increasingly hard to find so if you want one you should grab it now!.
I bought this with not too much expectation other than a decent compilation of Iron Maiden from 1990-2010. When it arrived and I opened it, I was completely blown away. Absolutely beautiful artwork in and outside of this trifold.
Then, when I pulled the records out I was even more blown away by the beautiful artwork on the front and back of all three LPs. Looking at each record closely I can see that they have good quality control because they were flawless.
Finally, when begun to spin these babies man did they sound so beautiful. I am beyond happy for this purchase it is beyond worth what I paid for it. Hope somebody else gets to enjoy this. I may have to order another because my 11 year old is amazed with this and loves the music too.
This 3-record set looks GREAT, feels GREAT and sounds FANTASTIC. I had the cd. THIS is BETTER. ! Six-face gatefold cover and nice heavy (picture) vinyl. A fine piece of art in every respect. If you dig Iron Maiden, you should buy this while you still can.
Justin Vernon began recording as Bon Iver following the breakup of DeYarmond Edison, an Indie Folk group similar in tone and manner to Iron & Wine, Little Wings and, to a certain extent, Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
Pronounced ‘Bohn Eevair’, it is French for “good winter” which is spelled wrong deliberately. This debut CD is centered around Justin Vernon, who is the primary force behind Bon Iver, as he moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months.
From this solitary time emerged a bold, uninhibited new musical focus of all his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years into songs.
The NY Times called this record “Irresistible”, and it was given a “Recommended” rating by Pitchfork. 9 tracks. Jagjaguwar Records. 2008.
Impressive album that expresses Justin Vernon’s mental state and makes you hear and feel the author’s lonelyness of being at a isolated cabin playing music while trying to recover from past hard experiences.
“Flume” is an amniotic poem that will probably makes you shiver; “The Wolves” is likely to be the most expressive song along with “For Emma”, which is a brilliant dialog between author and his lover.
“Re: stacks” is one of my favourites – so minimal but so full-bodied. Excelent album if you like to feel quiet and peaceful after a stressful day.
A wonderful blend of organic falsetto rythmn. Heartache and a peaceful coming of age; a realization of creative lonliness and artistry. On a side note. I live in Eau Claire, WI and know a guy who use to stroke jumpers at the local YMCA on Justin Vernon! John Gillingham worked Bon Iver on the hardwood.
step your game up son! Now he shoots layups listening to Bon Iver on his Walkmen! Perfection is hard to review.
Bon Iver. Is it cool in the pan that’s happening now my favorite song from this album is skinny love a lot of Artist like birdy covered it. It’s a memorising song I think everybody should take a time and listen to it.
Alice in Chains music is a dark but emotional experience and this unplugged setting instead of downplaying the music brings it to a new level. In fact this is one of the best unplugged albums from the 90’s in terms of performance.
Hard rock bands have a tendency to sound cheessy in an unplugged settings as the songs structure is most sensitive to the acustic instruments and bad songs sound even worst without the electric setting.
In this case AIC’s songs come through as powerful and hypnotic showing the excelent quality that they have.
Great CD, the last alice in chains CD I will ever buy, because without Layne it is no longer alice in chains. The new band may be great, I haven’t listened to know. It was too distasteful to keep the name, the name that LAYNE brought to the band! If they had formed a new band, I would give them a chance, but by keeping the name they made it more “replacing Layne” and that’s just not ok.
R. I. P. Layne Staley, he is amazing on this CD, highly recommend!!.
The Unplugged acoustic series is one of the best concepts to emerge from MTV in recent years, and Alice in Chains’ performance ranks among the best of the MTV Unplugged series. Alice in Chains was one of the heaviest bands to emerge from the Seattle grunge scene in the early 1990’s, and listening to albums like Dirt and especially Facelift it’s hard to imagine the band in an acoustic setting, stripped of all of the pummeling heaviness of those two albums.
But when you consider the more melodic direction the band took with their Sap and Jar of Flies EPs, you knew the idea had potential. To sum up the band’s Unplugged performance in one word – powerful.
As much as I love the Alice in Chains studio albums, once you strip the songs down to the acoustic level it exposes just how good these songs really are, and showcases the incredible songwriting talents of Jerry Cantrell.
Layne Staley’s emotional vocals are another key element of this album’s power. The late vocalist had the ability to channel so much of his self-destructive energy into his performances, and this is no exception.
No matter what your opinions on addiction, it’s hard not to be moved by Staley’s singing, particularly on songs like “Down in a Hole” and “Would”. Ultimately, I think this MTV Unplugged album is the best of what Alice in Chains had to offer.
With few exceptions, I prefer the acoustic songs on this album to their studio counterparts. They just seem to resonate more in the acoustic setting. In the end, Alice in Chains Unplugged serves as the band’s crowning achievement as well as a testament to wasted potential and what might have been.
All Alice in Chains fans should own this album, as should anyone who’s into alternative rock, grunge, or hard rock in general.
This is an absolute for any true Alice in Chains fan. The only reason I gave it anything less than excellent is because Layne was a little pitchy on a few songs, specifically “Nutshell” and “Sludge Factory.
” He was spot on “Down in a Hole” and Got me Wrong and the rest of the songs he was superb as well. I bought this product because I gave my original acoustic AIC CD to my younger brother who was 15 years younger than me and was just starting to discover Alice in Chains from his friends.
Third studio album by the Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds. Featuring the singles ‘Froot’, ‘Happy’, ‘I’m a Ruin’ and ‘Forget’, the album debuted at #10 in the UK Albums Chart.
The product i ended up receiving was the CD version of this album. I wanted to clarify that because i ended up getting the CD thinking it was the vinyl. I still love the product.
Album tracks: Opinion. Lithium. Been a son. Sliver. Where did you sleep last night. Pay to play. Here she comes now. Drain you. Aneurysm. Smells like teen spirit. Breed. Verse chorus verse.
By its very nature, this box set will appeal most to Nirvana superfans, but it’s a good retrospective of their musical output from beginning to end. The box set is a good mix of studio tracks, demos, acoustic rough sketches, and some live songs.
One nice addition is three Leadbelly cover songs recorded by members of both Nirvana and Screaming Trees as the Jury (although credited here to Nirvana). These are a fun, nearly-rockabilly take on blues from a band not normally associated with that genre.
The booklet is informative as well, although it could have provided just a bit more info in places, but most of that info can be found online. Overall a good package when the studio albums just aren’t enough Nirvana for you.
Why didn’t I buy this when it first came out? I’m a HUGE Nirvana fan, Kurt Cobain is the first celebrity who died that really affected me (I was 9) my only regret is not having seen them live. Nirvana CREATED the “Seattle sound” and if you are into grunge, alternative rock or punk, this boxset is for YOU! I would liked to have heard the tune ” Down in the Dark” with Mark Lanegan (from the Screaming Trees) singing lead vocals with Nirvana on there, that would’ve made this over the top.
this boxset is the best boxset I’ll ever own in my life by one of the most important figures In my life growing up. I still love him and them. finally I own this wonderful body of work and am very pleased.
even though I’ve had almost all of these songs for a very long time recorded on tape and still love them all. theyr are a few things I never had from those times an am proud to have now. thank you kurdt d.
Every once in a while a singer/songwriter comes down the pike in the grand emotive tradition of Neil Young and Van Morrison. In the early 2000s, the quietly intense folk of Iron & Wine and the rootsy-experimental stylings of Sufjan Stevens continued that lineage.
Ray LaMontagne, whose impressive 2004 debut, TROUBLE, draws on alt-country, roots rock, and progressive folk in a unique, strikingly sincere way, seems a likely candidate for the keeper of the flame.
The title track, which opens the album, introduces LaMontagne’s deeply textured singing. Simultaneously raw, lilting, and expansive, LaMontagne’s voice bristles with emotion, and immediately commands the listener’s attention.
Though the instrumentation on the album rarely changes–strummed acoustic guitar, tasteful string arrangements, bass, drums, and electric guitar for accents–the moods shift subtly from song to song.
“Burn” is harrowingly intimate and hushed, while “How Come” works a shuffling groove and “Hold You in My Arms” has a wistful, waltz-like feel. LaMontagne’s lyrics, strong on narrative detail and vivid imagery, are the crowning touch on these moving songs of love and loss.
TROUBLE is so well realized, in fact, that it sometimes belies the truth that this is the artist’s first effort.
One of the best albums ever, full of emotion , highs & lows. Beautifully engineered & produced. It would be on my top ten albums to take to a desert island.
Ray Lamontagne has an awesome voice and the songs sound as if they could have been written years and years ago (this is not a criticism however) as there is a timeless quality to them. The opening track ‘Trouble’ will be one that many are familiar with and many of the others are equally memorable.
His voice is reminiscent of Van Morrison or James Morrison. gutsy, raw and full of feeling. The lyrics are gorgeous and moving, his voice and musical arrangements adding to the emotions conjured by the words.
Favourite tracks for me are ‘Trouble’ and the more upbeat ‘How Come’. Ray LaMontagne’s songs are raw, moving and very often beautiful. This is a lovely CD – and his new album is EVEN BETTER!.
Fourth studio album originally released in 1983. It was the first album to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who had recently left the Paris-based band Trust.
By the time of the release of Piece of Mind in 1983, Iron Maiden were almost undoubtedly the biggest metal band in the United Kingdom and were well on the way to conquering the worldwide audience. This was the first of their albums to break the U.
S. Billboard top twenty, peaking at number 14 (as compared to 33 for The Number of the Beast the previous year) with negligible radio airplay. Whereas American radio stations were nigh silent, the gruelling tour schedules which Maiden were undertaking were speaking volumes to the record buying public.
So, a new album and a new drummer on board in the form of Nicko McBrain. Without any disrespect intended (because McBrain is technically probably a better drummer), Clive Burr’s drumming always seemed more natural, lending the first three albums a more aggressive edge.
That having been said, the opening track of this album, Where Eagles Dare, is almost a tour de force for McBrain providing the best possible example of his style. The track is fantastic but with an instrumental section which is just a trifle overlong (the centre section was shortened for its appearance on their 1993 tour).
Revelations which follows is the first Iron Maiden track credited to Bruce Dickinson (I believe that he had a part in writing some of the tracks on The Number of the Beast, but could not be credited for legal reasons), and although somewhat plodding is nonetheless a great track (live versions of this and Flight of Icarus benefitted from being played substantially faster – check out Live After Death).
Flight of Icarus was the first single from the album in the U. K. , narrowly missing the top ten. This is an inspired rewriting of the myth of Icarus and Daedalus with Maiden’s usual gothic overtones featuring a great vocal performance from Dickinson and two inspired guitar solos.
However, this can’t cover for the fact that the track seems to trudge along like an arthritic Brontosaurus. Die With Your Boots On fares a little better, and during the eighties and early nineties would appear intermittently during their setlists.
Not the greatest of Maiden songs, but certainly no disappointment. Then comes The Trooper, a huge stage favourite with the fans and absolutely essential Maiden. With the trademark twin guitar melody, rampant galloping rhythm and tale of the charge of the Light Brigade this is my personal live favourite.
Successive listens accentuate rather than diminish this song’s appeal. Brilliant. Still Life is a tale of lunacy with a high spirited dig at the people who labelled the band (utterly wrongly) Satanists in the form of a backwards message at the beginning of the song (which loosely translated merely says ‘Beware of the thing with three heads.
Don’t meddle with things you don’t understand’). The track itself is great with a fantastic instrumental and to my mind generally underrated. Quest for Fire is a dire song about cavemen, and to my mind a strong contender biggest turkey of a song ever written by Maiden.
Sun and Steel fares a little better but is still just outwith the border of filler material. And finally comes To Tame a Land, a seven and a half minute epic based on ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert. This is a track which doesn’t seem popular with fans.
I love it. The instrumental does continue too long , but the first four minutes are for me the the most powerful on the album. A great album, but it doesn’t have quite the same raw energy as the first three albums.
This is the 2nd release with singer bruce Dickinson and I would have to say that I like this album better than 666. The 2 singles are are just as good if not better than the 2 singles from 666. I do think the energy on this album is a little lacking but the overall music and writing are still second to none.
I tend to grab this album over the previous (666) and still recommend owning this for any Maiden /metal fan.
This career spanning retrospective from the legendary American singer/songwriter, John (Cougar) Mellencamp, gives a perfect insight into why this artist has become so influential. With 2cds absolutely crammed full of stone cold classics, Words and Music serves as a perfect introduction to this wonderful talent.
Brings back memories of 80s quality music writing ,all good hits , just one track missing , MIAMI , that would have really topped it of for me ,but otherwise a good roundup of his lifes tracks. I would highly recommend this album , even if you only like 1 or 2 tracks they will all grow on you.
John Mellencamp (aka Cougar) is the prototype of the Roots Rock movement that includes everything from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Gov’t Mule in the jam genre. For the first time, ALL of Mellencamp’s hits are assembled in a reasonably priced anthology, complete with DVD selections.
Vastly underrated, Mellencamp displays the heart of the Midwest like nobody can. If you don’t have any of John’s works, this would be the piece to start with, and makes a great compilation gift that people will say: “Hey! I remember that song! Cool!!” Presented in digipak format packaging (cardboard wallet type format), this was one of the first major stars to include both a greatest hits and DVD in the same package.
The CD was also presented in a single cd (no DVD format) so be careful that you are bidding on BOTH the DVD and CD. Reviewed from Jeff Feezle of Macafeez.
Includes 4 bonus tracks! This quintessential release features Marty Robbins’ most celebrated album, originally issued on the Columbia label: “Gunfighter Ballads” and “Trail Songs” (1959). With his cowboy albums, Robbins helped keep western music alive during the late ’50s and early ’60s, and the warm, affectionate spirit of this music illustrates why.
Here you will find such country favorites as “El Paso,” “Big Iron” and “Cool Water,” as well as classic versions of “Streets of Laredo” and ” Billy the Kid,” among other western standards. These songs are about work, love, travel, death, the beauty of the American West, and living life on your own terms (and paying the price for it).
Robbins’ subjectis mostly the West of myth and movie, which benefits from his ability as a storyteller – most of the tracks may tell tales heard or seen 100 times onscreen, but he makes listeners feel like this is the first time they’re hearing them, creating the excitement and anticipation of a poet in the middle of a spellbinding recital.
This sensational album has been remastered and packaged in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period.
Uh, well, it’s Marty Robbins on a well pressed vinyl?! You have no excuse to not buy this, it’s like not accepting a promotion to a job you enjoy and get payed well for. In all seriousness, it’s a great product! I recommend it.
It’s cheap and the shipping is more than adequate, in time and quality.
Great find, my Family had this album in the late 1950’s and as a kid I remember listening to it over and over again. Brings back allot of memories sitting in front of an old Emerson phonograph. This is an exact reproduction of the original, I can’t tell the difference.
On February 5th, XO/Republic will be releasing The Highlights, a career spanning album from The Weeknd pulling together his biggest songs from the last ten years. This comes two days before he takes the stage for the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show.
The Weeknd’s “The Highlights” is a mandatory compilation of 2010s R&B and an intriguing window into how his alternative R&B sound in the first half of the decade deeply influenced mainstream music in its latter half.
I would have traded out “Often” with “Scared to Live” from his 2020 album “After Hours” and that would have lifted the comp from 4 stars to 5. Regardless, worth the money. Plus you get The Weeknd’s transcendent duet with Ariana Grande “Love You Harder” which is one of the best ’10s pop songs.
This album highlights some of The Weeknd’s best abs biggest hits like Starboy, The Hills, Blinding lights. My all time favorite is Earned It from the Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack. And one of my favorite duets is The Weeknd with Ariana Grande on Love Me Harder.
I recommend this to any fan of his or anyone wanting to try a sample of his music.
Track List: 1. Supermassive Black Hole – Muse 2. Decode – Paramore 3. Full Moon – Black Ghosts 4. Leave out All the Rest – Linkin Park 5. Spotlight (Twilight mix/Remix) – MUTEMATH 6. Go All the Way (Into the Twilight) – Farrell, Perry 7.
Tremble for My Beloved – Collective Soul 8. I Caught Myself – Paramore 9. Eyes on Fire – Blue Foundation 10. Never – Pattinson, Rob 11. Flightless Bird American Mouth – Iron & Wine 12. Bella’s Lullaby – Burwell, Carter.
I absolutely loved the soundtrack. I tend to listen to this sort of music anyway. Bella’s lullaby, Paramore and Muse sold it for me. However I was a little surprised to have Robert Pattinson singing too.
Good aquistics but I had a bit of trouble in the beginning getting used to it. Everntually I liked his smoky voice and found it sort of comforting. If you have trouble understanding some of the scenes of the movie, I would reccomend listening to the soundtrack that will help you understand what some of the scenes are about.
I already have the Linkin Park CD so the song was already known to me. However I loved “Supermassive Black Hole” probably because the baseball scene was my favourite in the movie. Excellent track. Stephanie Meyer, the author of the book, is a big fan of Muse and Linkin Park so I think it was fitting to have those artists on the CD.
The Twilight soundtrack is one of the better soundtracks that I own. From songs already known such as Muse’s Supermassive Black Hole and Paramore’s Decode to lesser known songs such as (my personal fav) The Black Ghosts – Full Moon and a surprise to many Robert Pattinson (who plays Edward Cullen) who has two songs in the movie.
One of which features on this soundtrack. The soundtrack does a good job of leading the listener through their favourite scenes again and includes many songs author Stephanie Meyer had chosen for her personal book soundtrack.
The listing for that can be found on her website www. stepheniemeyer. com. What I think makes this different is there is a completely separate soundtrack for the score, so people who want just the songs don’t have to buy the album and listen to only half.
Although I do personally recommend the score as well, because for once, it’s one that I really enjoy too.
The Twilight soundtrack is an excellent complement to the Twilight saga. The organisation of the tracks was effective, starting with Muse’s Supermassive Black Hole, which created a powerful and dramatic opening was that lead on to the hit song, Decode by Paramore.
Noteworthy on the disk is Paramore’s I Caught Myself which is more similar (than Decode) to Paramore’s other works on their album; Riot. A calm atmosphere is created by Blue Foundation’s Eyes On Fire followed beautifully by Rob Pattinson’s Never Think and Iron & Wine’s Flightless Bird, American Mouth, which recreates the magic of the ball scene felt by all at the cinema.
Overall, a great sound track and worth the full retail price.
Guard your wine in grand style. Ornate scrollwork with antique bronze finish evokes the artistry of the Renaissance, a fitting setting for your wine. This wine jail holds 45 standard Bordeaux-size bottles behind the slide-lock door.
This was a Christmas present from my wife. We have been accumulating wine for a while and have several smaller racks and a small cooler to handle the white wines, but we needed a larger rack to accommodate recent purchases.
This 45 bottle rack fit our needs perfectly. Generally, we have 70-80 bottles on hand but this allows to add some of our favorites and some new wines we ‘d like to try. The rack comes fully assembled and allows me to put certain wines within easy reach.
A great addition since it not only is functional, but it looks great too. I highly recommend it.
The unit showed up at my door in just a few days. It comes fully assembled, so set up is fast and easy. The Styrofoam inserts were broken in several pieces, but the unit itself seemed fine. (A word of advice, if you are able to, unpack the unit outside, otherwise you will have staticy foam balls all over your room.
) When I set it up, there was a little bend in the front door, but a gentle force applied in the right spot fixed that problem quickly. It is a beautiful piece that compliments my dining room nicely.
It takes up enough space to make a statement, but not so much to take over the room. I am very happy with my choice and would recommend this unit to friends and family.
This is an excellent product and is even nicer than we expected. It comes fully assembled and ready to use right out of the box. It feels “sturdy” and I was completely comfortable putting our wine collection inside of it.
I do agree with one of the other reviewers who said that the styrofoam packaging in which it came is terrible. I took that reviewer’s advice and opened and unwrapped this item outside of the house then used a vacuum cleaner to remove the bits of styrofoam that clung to the wine jail after unpacking it from its box.
Post Malone: Hollywoods Bleeding CD, Tracks: 01. Malone, Post “Hollywood’s Bleeding” 02. Post Malone “Saint-Tropez” 03. Post Malone “Enemies” 04. Post Malone “Allergic” 05. Post Malone “A Thousand Bad Times” 06.
Post Malone “Circles” 07. Post Malone “Die For Me” 08. Post Malone “On The Road” 09. Post Malone “Take What You Want” 10. Malone, Post “I’m Gonna Be” 11. Post Malone “Staring At The Sun” 12. Post Malone “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” 13.
Post Malone “Internet” 14. Post Malone “Goodbyes” 15. Post Malone “Myself” 16. Malone, Post “I Know” 17. Malone, Post “Wow. ” – Labelcode 0806713 – , Label: Republic, Format: CD, Release date: 06. 09.
2019, Style: MUSIC – Pop – Pop International – Other Pop.
I just love Post Malone I am glad this was in my price range. I was not opened….and I am glad I purchased it. the case was clacked some on the back, but it did not interfere with the CD itself.
When I first heard of him, never gave much thought. However after listening to the entire album, Oh my world. What a talented young man. Every song is just beyond excellent, it takes me to a musical journey.
great album, but beerbongs and bentlys was better. although this has songs like “on the road” and “take what you want from me”, there are a couple of tracks that just feel like filler. But for the most part this album is well produced and sounds great.
I cant wait to see what Post has in store for us next.
Out of print in the U. S. 1993 hard rockin’ album that united Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. 11 tracks including ‘Shade My Tree’, ‘Pride And Joy’ and ‘Waiting on You’.
This album features some fine blues based riffs from Page and three or four excellent songs. Many critics have focused on Coverdale being one of the more blatant Robert Plant clones of the post Zeppelin era, but his voice is strong on this album.
The material is a lot rawer and less cheesy than much of what Whitesnake produced, and Coverdale seems to revel in the company of a guitar legend. ‘Take me for a Little While’ and ‘Take a Look at Yourself’ are songs which fit into the Whitesnake cheesy ballad formula, but these are rare indulgences to Coverdale’s musical past.
Album highlights are riffy rockers ‘Shake my Tree’, ‘Waiting on You’, ‘Over Now’ and the powerful ‘Absolution Blues’ almost recaptures some of the epic qualities of some of Page’s work from his Zep hey day.
‘Whisper a Prayer for the Dying’ combines a haunting melodic quality with some classic heavy rock riff work from Page. Coverdale also wails with intent in a manner eerily similar to Robert Plant circa 1970.
Plant was a little offended by Page’s decision to work with his chief imitator, and may have contributed to the subsequent Page/Plant collaborations. Im conclusion, this album in my opinion contains far stronger material than Page/Plant’s ‘Walking into Clarkesdale’ but is similarly for dedicated fans only.
Being a fan of Led Zeppelin and I will confess Whitesnake this is a fantastic CD. Here we get to hear Page doing what he does best, playing great riffs and attacking the music with vigour and purpose.
Coverdale revels in it, it is clar that he enjoyed working with Page and his lyrics are no more than you would expect from him – bluesy and sometimnes right in your face. The collobaration works purely down to both musicians respecting each other- if you have any doubts about this let them go, this is a great selection of songs from two of Englands finest musicians.
Put on the stereo, crank it up and relive the glory days It is a shame that they did not do more with this – contractual obligations on both sides prevented any further output.
Iron Maiden – Fear of the dark CD – Fear Of The Dark is the ninth studio album by the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden. This was the last album recorded with vocalist Bruce Dickinson until his return in 1999.
Bruce Dickinson wanted to concentrate on his solo career. The cover artwork of Fear Of The Dark was exceptional insofar as, for the first time in the course of Iron Maiden’s career, Derek Riggs was not responsible for its creation.
The image finally used was designed by Melvyn Grant. In 1994, the Maiden album Fear Of The Dark was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance and reached the top of the album charts in Great Britain.
Bought it to finish my collection of iron maiden cd’s Like it because it’s good quality and it was on sale for a good price. Got no dislikes about the product. It compares well to others in terms of quality and price.
Mixed bag from maiden it’s an album I want to like but it let’s itself down.it might be because it gets a bit to radio friendly sounding.its a twin to no prayer for the dying.
The Shepherd’s Dog is the third studio album by American indie folk band Iron & Wine, released on September 25, 2007, through Sub Pop. It was produced by Brian Deck.
The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and at number 3 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
The Shepherd’s Dog received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 32 reviews, which indicates “generally favorable reviews”.
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Leggett gave the album 4. 5 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a stunning album, a watershed effort that not only confirms Beam as a first-rate songwriter and performer but also as a true original voice in American music.
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Paste magazine’s Matthew Fiander gave the album a perfect 10 out of 10 score and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is the album where Sam Beam finally makes good on all of the promise and potential he’s shown since the beginning.
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In a review for The A. V. Club, Noel Murray gave the album an A- and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a gorgeous, grown-up album, with enough surprises to keep longtime fans happy and enough melodies to make new ones.
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Spin magazine’s Marc Hogan gave the album 8 out of 10 stars and wrote that “Beam has fashioned his most musically diverse and emotionally complex album yet.”
Uncut magazine’s John Mulvey gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a record of quiet, confident mastery, and it cements Beam’s reputation as one of the most quietly compelling songwriters of his generation.
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In his review for Entertainment Weekly, Dan Cairns gave the album a B and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a charmer, and a keeper.”
The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a quantum leap forward, an album that confirms Beam’s status as one of the most intriguing songwriters around.
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The Shepherd’s Dog is the third studio album by American indie folk band Iron & Wine, released on September 25, 2007, through Sub Pop. It was produced by Brian Deck.
The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and at number 3 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
The Shepherd’s Dog received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 32 reviews, which indicates “generally favorable reviews”.
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Leggett gave the album 4. 5 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a stunning album, a watershed effort that not only confirms Beam as a first-rate songwriter and performer but also as a true original voice in American music.
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Paste magazine’s Matthew Fiander gave the album a perfect 10 out of 10 score and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is the album where Sam Beam finally makes good on all of the promise and potential he’s shown since the beginning.
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In a review for The A. V. Club, Noel Murray gave the album an A- and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a gorgeous, grown-up album, with enough surprises to keep longtime fans happy and enough melodies to make new ones.
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Spin magazine’s Marc Hogan gave the album 8 out of 10 stars and wrote that “Beam has fashioned his most musically diverse and emotionally complex album yet.”
Uncut magazine’s John Mulvey gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a record of quiet, confident mastery, and it cements Beam’s reputation as one of the most quietly compelling songwriters of his generation.
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In his review for Entertainment Weekly, Dan Cairns gave the album a B and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a charmer, and a keeper.”
The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that “The Shepherd’s Dog is a quantum leap forward, an album that confirms Beam’s status as one of the most intriguing songwriters around.
