Sunday, November 15, 2009
2009 - Stephen King - Under The Dome !
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
2009 - Crazy Frog - Everybody Dance Now !
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2009 - Collective Soul - Rabbit !
Seven #1 Rock Hits, 4 Platinum Plus albums and 10 million total albums sold, Collective Soul return with their most ambitious album to date, Collective Soul. Recorded in just 45 days in their home studio in Georgia and produced by Ed Roland himself, the album features their most mainstream songs ever recorded. Songs from their last studio album Afterwords were featured in American Idol commercials, The Hills, Woman’s Murder Club, Shark, Celebrity Apprentice, Brothers and Sisters, 90210 and more. Most recently “Tremble For My Beloved” from their album Dosage appears on the Twilight soundtrack.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
2009 - Colbie Caillet - Breakthrough !
2009 - Jet - Shaka Rock !
2009's Shaka Rock reveals new dimensions of JET while never losing the raw roots of Get Born or the grace and melody of Shine On, which together went on to make JET an international band of style and substance.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
2009 - Dane Cook - Isolated Incident !
After his last two highly rated specials and multi-platinum selling albums, Dane reinvented his act and took it to the stage in front of 400 people at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. This intimate show was performed in a nightclub atmosphere where Dane shared the audience's energy in a real-time performance, without a safety net. Here, he showcases a darker and more personal set with cutting edge material that pushes the envelope.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
2009 - Spyro Gyra - Down The Wire !
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
2009 - Pet Shop Boys - Yes !
One of the most iconic and influential pop acts in the world, The Pet Shop Boys return with their ninth album Yes, their first release on Astralwerks. In a career spanning over 2 decades, the duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have created some of the most beloved and recognizable hits in the world (`West End Girls', `It's A Sin', `New York City Boy', etc.), and sold over 30 million records. They've worked with artists like Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Liza Minnelli, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Electronic and Madonna. Filled with sparkling state of the art pop songs, Yes is an affirmation of the duo's knack for mixing innovative artistry with exuberant commercial appeal. Produced by the acclaimed Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugerbabes, Cher, Annie, Saint Etienne), the album features guitar work by ex-Smith Johnny Marr and orchestral arrangements by Owen Pallett (Last Shadow Puppets, Final Fantasy).
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Henry Rollins - Provoked !
Henry Rollins Provoked...Quintessentially American Editorializing and Storytelling Recorded live on 11/6/07 at San Franciscos Herbst Theatre and 1/23/08 at Amsterdams Paradiso during Rollins 2007/2008 Provoked spoken word tour. The CD contains over an hour of hilarious and insightful commentary on topics ranging from Larry Craig to the recent Van Halen reunion with pit stops along the way to discuss kids these days, gay marriage, and the current presidents creative use of the English language. Includes a bonus DVD: "Live and Ripped from London" originally aired as a well-received television special on Comedy Central and not previously released on DVD. Track Listing: 1. Sex Ed 2. Kids 3. Indie 103 Party 4. Wide Stance Sitter 5. Horses 6. Van Halen 7. Invasion Force 8. Mandelaism 9. Natures Wild 10. Adrian 11. What I Am
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
2009 - U2 - No Line On The Horizon !
Monday, January 26, 2009
2009 - Enigmatic Obsession - Secret Of Seduction !
Enigmatic Obsession is Jens Gad, who is one-half of the legendary Enigma (Michael Cretu being the other, more recognizable member of the band), the biggest selling Gregorian Chants/Electronic dance artist ever. This is his album showcasing 13 tracks of quality ambient, chill out and mystic music. This pressing includes a bonus track 'Lifesign' (featuring Fabrizio Levita) and comes packaged in a digipak. Features 'Opening My Eyes', 'Silent Heroes', 'In The Recent Past' and many others.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
2009 - Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream !
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
2008 - Katie Melua Collection !
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Monday, November 17, 2008
2008 - Jeffery Deaver - The Bodies Left Behind
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Friday, November 14, 2008
2008 - Stephen King - Just After Sunset !
In the introduction to his first collection of short fiction since Everything's Eventual (2002), King credits editing Best American Short Stories (2007) with reigniting his interest in the short form and inducing some of this volume's contents. Most of these 13 tales show him at the top of his game, molding the themes and set pieces of horror and suspense fiction into richly nuanced blends of fantasy and psychological realism. The Things They Left Behind, a powerful study of survivor guilt, is one of several supernatural disaster stories that evoke the horrors of 9/11. Like the crime thrillers The Gingerbread Girl and A Very Tight Place, both of which feature protagonists struggling with apparently insuperable threats to life, it is laced with moving ruminations on mortality that King attributes to his own well-publicized near-death experience. Even the smattering of genre-oriented works shows King trying out provocative new vehicles for his trademark thrills, notably N., a creepy character study of an obsessive-compulsive that subtly blossoms into a tale of cosmic terror in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H.P. Lovecraft. Culled almost entirely from leading mainstream periodicals, these stories are a testament to the literary merits of the well-told macabre tale.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
2008 - Red Buddha - China Exotic !
"China Exotic" reflects the complexity of China and is thus another musical journey through the exotic of China.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
2008 - Enigma - Seven Lives Many Faces !
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
2008 - Lewis Black - Anticipation !
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
2008 - Lady Ga Ga - The Fame !!
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
2008 - Christopher Reich - Rules Of Deception !
My one reservation that keeps this from being a 5-star recommendation is the fact that RULES seems to resemble a lot of other big thrillers a bit too much--Reich never quite seems to make this material his own. He has clearly been "inspired" by EYE OF THE NEEDLE, DAY OF THE JACKAL, THE EIGER SANCTION, and the complete works of Robert Ludlum. But, hey, that's a small complaint from a reader who counts all those as faves. If you're looking for a fast, satisfying summer read along these lines, RULES follows the rules as well as any book I've read in a long time. Try it.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
2008 - Robin Cook - Foreign Body (audiobook) !!
Maria had raised Jennifer and her brothers from infancy, and their bond was unshakable. Still, the news that Maria had traveled to India was a shock to Jennifer, until she realized that it was the only viable option for the hardworking yet uninsured woman. Devastated, and desperate for answers, Jennifer takes emergency leave from school and heads to India, where relations with local officials go from sympathetic to sour as she presses for more information. With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Maria.
Laurie, along with her husband, Dr. Jack Stapleton, rushes to the younger woman's side, discovering a sophisticated medical facility with little margin for error. As the death count grows, so do the questions, leadingLaurie and Jennifer to unveil a sinister, multilayered conspiracy of global proportions.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
2008 - Lewis Black - Me Of Little Faith !!
Starred Review. Readers already familiar with Black as a loud-mouthed regular on The Daily Show will be delighted to find he rants just as well on the page as he does in person. Here, he homes in on religion, which he thinks is taken too seriously and therefore is open to ridicule. Black may not care a whit about propriety, but he's serious about waxing comedic about every religion-related angle he can dig up. No one is safe from his dark humor—the Catholic Church, Mormons, people who commit suicide in the name of faith, Jews, and of course Jesus and God are popular topics. Black's essays consistently deliver zingers, like his speculation in The Rapture about how, If Jesus returns to earth... he better have one hell of a website, since he'd have to compete with all the drug-addled young starlets—not to mention online porn. For those not easily offended, who can stomach the F-word every other paragraph or so, Black's irreverence is laugh-out-loud funny. The chapters are short, some extremely so, and perfect for a good laugh—before bedtime prayers, of course. (June 3)
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Praise for Lewis Black: “Whenever I’m asked, ‘Who makes you laugh?’ or ‘Who would you pay to see?’ I don’t hesitate for a moment. Lewis Black! Period. He’s got it all: brains, balls, and chops. And he sees through all the bullshit.”
—George Carlin
“Lewis Black is the only person I know who can actually yell in print form.”
—Jon Stewart
“Lewis Black—the most engagingly pissed-off comedian ever.”
—Stephen King
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Friday, June 13, 2008
2008 - Jamie Lidell - Jim !!
Product Description
Recorded in Berlin, Los Angeles and Paris, Jim takes even further what was started with Multiply, finding the balance between the spontaneous
creativity of his raw ideas and the careful craft and polish of a great record. Jim will switch you on in the morning, move you on the dance-floor and take you down in the small hours. It s a bold, promiscuously diverse album, mixing up gospel grooves, sweetly sung and fiercely passionate
soul, delicately moving ballads, thumping early R & B, synthed-up disco,
and even a touch of hillbilly funk. I haven t tried to hide the influences,
says Jamie Lidell ''This is the music I love.'' But, listen closely and you can
hear Jamie moving in new directions, creating a sound and style that is
entirely his own.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
2008 - The Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace !!
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace, the eighth studio album from the OC punksters, is an impressive new set of songs from one of rock's most exciting and enduring bands. The Offspring entered the studio with legendary producer Bob Rock (Metallica, The Cult) to record 12 new songs culled from the most productive songwriting period in the band's history. This is the band's first full-length studio release in four and a half years, the longest gap between The Offspring's studio albums to date. 'Hammerhead' the 1st single from Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace debuted at #5 on the U.S Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks respectively. The Offspring has performed over 1000 shows and they have sold more than 34 million albums worldwide, including their 1994 release "Smash," which more than a decade after its release remains the highest-selling album of all time on an independent label.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
2008 - Coldplay - Viva La Vida !
Viva la Vida takes its name from a painting by Frida Kahlo, the acclaimed 20th century Mexican artist; the title's literal translation is "live the life". The album's artwork features the painting Liberty Leading the People (La Liberté guidant le peuple) by French painter Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
2008 - Sara Melson - Dirty Mind !!
Dirty Mind developed slowly over the past few years while Melson held down day jobs as a kids’ music teacher and a yoga instructor. “I didn’t have the luxury of being able to hole up in a studio,” she explains. “This record was made guerrilla style, in fits and starts. It wasn’t a long soak in a bath. More like a cold shower. But it kept the music fresh, because we'd have to go in on off hours and crank out six songs in a night.”
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
2008 - Alanis Morrissette - Flavors of Entanglement !
Flavors of Entanglement is the seventh studio album and fifth international release by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, will be released May 30 in Germany, Benelux and Brazil, internationally on June 2 and in the United States on June 10 (per an announcement from Morissette's official Web site).
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2007 - Elvis - The King !!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Waterbone - Tibet !!
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
2008 - Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs !!
Friday, April 25, 2008
2008 - Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge !!
"SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE"
SET FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 29
Album Release Kicks Off With U.S. Spring Concert Tour!
Album Contains 11 NEW Original Songs Including the Single
"Nine Lives" Featuring Tim McGraw
Def Leppard, Great Britain's premiere arena rock band, is back with a bang--kicking off 2008 with the release of their 14th studio album and a U.S. arena concert tour scheduled for this spring. Entitled Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (Bludgeon Riffola/Island/UMe), the album contains 11 new songs including the highly-anticipated single "Nine Lives" featuring a groundbreaking collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw. Songs From The Sparkle Lounge is Def Leppard's first album of brand new material since 2002's X and begins yet another remarkable new chapter in the band's 30-year recording career.
Recorded last year during month-long stints at lead singer Joe Elliott's Dublin studio, the album's title refers to a backstage area called "The Sparkle Lounge" on Def Leppard's 2006 tour where the band would go to write songs. Tracks from the album have been described by the group as written in the style of Hysteria, with the production of High 'n' Dry.
"The whole record's got a great '70s feel," said lead singer Joe Elliott. "By our standards, it's a very different album as we've been very adventurous, musically, on certain numbers. On the album there are classic Def Leppard songs and then there's also tracks that are very new-wave influenced while others sound like middle-to-late '70s AC/DC. There will definitely be some moments on it where anybody that's familiar with our music will go, 'Whoa! I wasn't expecting that!'"
The foundation for the album's collaboration with country music superstar Tim McGraw was layed at Def Leppard's 2006 Hollywood Bowl show where McGraw joined the band on stage for an encore performance of "Pour Some Sugar on Me." The artists stayed in touch following the performance, and when the band started writing the song "Nine Lives" they immediately thought of reaching out to McGraw to sing on it. Guitarist Phil Collen flew to Nashville to play it for McGraw who loved it and recorded the song in Nashville shortly after. Other standout tracks on the album include "Go," reminiscent of the band's classic track "Rocket" in its power and aggressive tribal beat; "Love," an emotive and moving epic song; and the anthemic "Tomorrow," a song written by guitarist Collen about the death of his father.
With more than 65 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards to their credit, Def Leppard--Joe Elliott (vocals), Vivian Campbell (guitar), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick "Sav" Savage (bass) and Rick Allen (drums)--continues to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career, the band has produced a series of classic groundbreaking albums that set the sound for generations of music fans and artists. The group's spectacular live shows, filled with powerful melodic rock anthems, have become synonymous with their name and they are an institution in the touring industry as they continue to sell out arenas worldwide.
Friday, March 28, 2008
2008 - Moby - Last Night !!
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2008 - The B 52's - Funplex !!
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
2008 - R.EM. - Accelerate !!
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
2008 - The High Kings - The High Kings !!
FROM THE CREATORS AND PRODUCERS OF THE IRISH PHENOMENON CELTIC WOMAN COMES THE NEXT GENERATION IN IRISH BALLAD MUSIC, THE HIGH KINGS. Finbarr Clancy, Martin Furey, Brian Dunphy and Darren Holden - renowned vocalists and musicians - have come together to form the hottest Irish 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 behind Celtic Woman and formerly the musical director of Riverdance. He brings intricate harmonies and driving rhythms to The High Kings songbook, giving them a freshness and sparkle that is infectious. A rousing TV special was filmed in Dublin and is available on DVD (The High Kings: Live in Dublin).
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Airbourne - Runnin Wild !!
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wanda Sykes - Sick And Tired !!
Wanda Sykes has been called "one of the funniest stand up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. She won an Emmy in 2003 for her work on Inside the NFL and was showcased for 5 years on HBO's The Chis Rock Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Now catch her hilarious stand up skills in this side-splitting program where she serves up comic truth and turns common sense into thought-provoking humor.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Brain-Sync - Kelly Howell Cds !!
After years of extensive research and development, Brain Sync have created a series of extraordinary audio programs that trigger peak performance mental states. This makes behaviour modification easier, accelerates learning, increases productivity, enhances memory and more!
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Brain Sync tapes and CDs have been clinically tested with a record-breaking 95% success rate and are offered to patients at Americas most prestigious cancer treatment hospitals, Memorial Sloan Kettering and Dana Farber. EEG studies conducted at Harvard Body Mind Medical School and UCLA concluded that our exclusive Brain Wave Audio Technology® prompts brain activity into extraordinary body-mind states. After almost two decades of clinical research, Brain Sync is revealing itself to be one of the worlds greatest breakthroughs in healing and mind expansion. With this technology you can reach states of being that directly nurture your sense of self, your creativity, and the dynamic expression of your power. These are states that will enhance your ability to give and receive love, direct your will to achieve new goals, and generate vibrant states of health and well being.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Dean Koontz - The Door To December (audiobook) !!
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Monday, February 11, 2008
2008 - Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine !!
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
2008 - John Legend - Live From Philadelphia !!
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2008 - Sarah Brightman - Symphony !!
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
2008 - Sheryl Crow - Detours !!
Thematically, Detours may not seem like much of a detour to Sheryl Crow fans. Her politics pour out of these songs the way you might expect them to if you caught wind of her epic cross-country bus trip, with the activist Laurie David, to promote environmental awareness months prior to this release. From the quiet, faraway-sounding opener "God Bless This Mess"--a novel in a song--to the catchy but thought-provoking "Gasoline," it's clear that Crow has more on her mind these days than soaking up the sun or having a little fun, à la the Tuesday Night Music Club era. Yet there's not a groan-worthy song on this standout rock/pop/folk/blues album. If the themes are heavy (in addition to the political songs, there's an almost painfully tender lullaby for her son Wyatt and one, "Make It Go Away [Radiation Song]," that touches on her breast-cancer experience), the mood is cathartic, determined, hopeful at times and sad at others. "Now That You're Gone" grabs at clarity through the clouds of a devastating love affair and gets it, and "Peace Be Upon Us" picks apart pettiness and arrives at a wide-minded beauty. George Harrison seems present in some of these songs, especially the more personal ones ("Drunk with the Thought of You," "Love Is All There Is"). And that may be the highest compliment that Sheryl Crow, who seems to admire his gentle soul and shares his big heart, could ask for.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
2008 - Jack Johnson - Sleeping Through Static !!
'Sleep Through The Static' is the fifth album from former pro-surfer, filmmaker and singer songwriter Jack Johnson. Recorded in LA's Solar Powered Plastic Plant the album sees Johnson stick to his signature laidback rock sound while picking up the electric guitar in favour of his acoustic which hasdominated his previous recordings. The single 'If I Had Eyes' is also included.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2008 - Al Jarreau - Love Songs !!
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
2008 - Metallica - Upcoming Album !!
Metallica's upcoming ninth studio album will possibly be released in mid 2008 through Warner Bros. Records, the band's first record release by that label (but still remaining with Warner Music Group, which owned their previous label, Elektra Records). This will be Metallica's first studio album in 5 years, since St. Anger in 2003. It is currently unknown if a title has even been decided upon by the band. The record will be the band's first studio album to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo as well as the group's first to be produced by Rick Rubin.[2] It has been described as more progressive and, at times, melodic, featuring a number of guitar solos, and has been called the "missing link" between 1988's ...And Justice for All and 1991's Metallica.
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Saturday, February 2, 2008
2008 - Duma Key - Stephen King - audiobook !!
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