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Average customer rating: A tale of two CDs This is all getting out of hand Best NFG Album! pretty good stuff A slight decline

Sticks and Stones New Found Glory Manufacturer: Drive-Thru ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Emo | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: New Found Glory Catalyst Coming Home Nothing Gold Can Stay So Long, Astoria ASIN: B000068FWE Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

1. Understatement
2. My Friends Over You
3. Sonny
4. Something I Call Personality
5. Head On Collision
6. It's Been A Summer
7. Forget My Name
8. Never Give Up
9. The Great Houdini
10. Singled Out
11. Belated
12. The Story So Far

Amazon.com

Sticks and Stones, the third record from Florida emo-punkers New Found Glory, might wear its broken heart on its sleeve, but that doesn't mean it has to pretend to be mature. No, Blink-182's first choice of opening band have a firm grasp of the puerile: Sticks and Stones churns out dumb punk thrills at such a breakneck pace, you'd swear they were going out of fashion. The chugging "It's Been a Summer" does Blink as well as Travis, Mark, and Tom do themselves, while "Head-On Collision" displays the group's tender emo side, frontman Jordan Pundik smarting at a vicious relationship spat. "It feels like I'm bruised and broken / From our head-on collision," he sobs, as guitars crunch and blunder madly in the background. Thing is, although some of the tunes are spot on--particularly, the lovestruck "My Friend's Over You" and the moshpit-friendly "Something I Call Personality"--there's little to radically distinguish New Found Glory from their peers. If you're a diehard pop-punk fan, you've probably got records like this--and better--in your collection already. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

A tale of two CDs.......2006-08-05

before the emo/punk (if you can call it that) boom of 2004, there were still bands, such as New Found Glory, interested in writing simple catchy songs over crunching guitars in the vein of Green Day and Blink182 (before every band, including NFG, started inserting every hardcore and metal cliche in the book).

This music is not incredibly original, but "Sticks and Stones" is very likable and does a fine job honoring the pop-punk tradition. Unfortunately the second half of the disc cannot keep pace with the first half. After "Forget My Name", one figures that if the band can keep this up for five more songs, "Sticks and Stones" becomes a classic. Starting with the fast, crackling, opener "Understatement", the first single "My Friends Over You" and the pinnacle "Forget My Name", the first half rolls along with a great, exciting pace and energy. But, then comes the caveat. With the exception of "Story So Far", the second half pales in comparison with the first half, as you can see and hear the creative juices of New Found Glory running short in the final five songs.

However, the first seven songs are enough to earn this CD four stars (really more like 3.5) as well as making it worth a buy, seeing as you can probably get it for fairly cheap. Pick it up for 11 bucks and you'll get your money's worth

This is all getting out of hand.......2006-07-28

Punk is not about listening to bands like the MIsfits and T.S.O.L and other old punk bands. Punk is about not following the crowd and doing stuff your own way and not letting other people get in the way of your own intrests. SO technically if the pop punk listeners listened to all those idiots telling people to listen to old school punk then they would actually become something their not

Anyway this happens to be a great cd. Very differant from Nothing gold can stay and All about a girl. JOrdan's voice obviously was polished in some way. The instrumentals are actually very similar to the sound of their two first cd's.

Now i guess I am going to review each cd.

Understatment 5/5 An incredibly catchy song that doens't get old very fast. This song will please most NFG fans.

My Friends over you 4/5 Most people will adore this song until about a week after they hear it when this song gets very annoying.

Sonny. 4.5/5 This song has very creative lyrics and a very interesting story.

SOmething I call Personality. 3/5 A song that most people will enjoy but it just doesn't do it for me

Head on Collision. 4/5 Pretty much the same story as My Friends Over you.

It's been a Summer 5/5 Starts with a very catchy riff and stays like that for the whole song.

Forget my Name. 4.5/5 Very good lyrics.

Never Give up 4.5/5 A song that can cheer anyone up

The Great Houdini 5/5 Really catchy

Singled Out. 5/5 Defienntly my favorite on the cd.

Belated. 2.5/5 Pretty good lyrics but just doesn't have the thing that makes te other songs so great

The Story So Far. 5/5 Great finisher

Overall 52/60 A great effort

Best NFG Album!.......2006-03-07

These are how I rate the songs-

Understatement- Possibly the best opener ever 5/5

My Friends Over You- A really good song but if you listen to it more than two times in a hour time period it gets annoying. 4/5

Sonny- Nice, Calm and Melodic but possibly the worst song on the album. 2.5/5

Something I call Personality- Really fast and cool it almost makes listening to "Sonny" worthwhile. 4/5

Head on Collision- Their greatest slow song ever. 4/5

It's Been a Summer- Really catchy to listen to and it will never get annoying even if you listen to it one-hundred times! 4.5/5

Forget My Name- This song kinda' reminds me of Sum 41, and that is a good thing a really good thing. But it can be really sad if you really listen hard to the lyrics. 4/5

Never Give Up- This song is a little more hopeful than "Forget My Name" and I think everyone can enjoy it. 3.5/5

The Great Houdini- Has nothing to do with Harry Houdini and so I say WTF!!! 3/5

Singled Out- I like the techno beginning alot and the rest also rules. It is the best song on the album next to "Understatement." 5/5

Belated- Sorta' sucks but in its own way it is good. In other words it sounds like a Simple Plan song and that is a put down. 3/5

The Story So Far- Cool song very awesome except for that P.O.C hidden track. Get rid of the hidden track and you have a winner! With hidden tack loser! Keep the Hidden Track, 0.5/5
Without, 5/5

Possibly the greatest punk album ever.

pretty good stuff.......2006-02-28

I am rather new to New Found Glory and, not being a huge fan of this genre of music, was pleasantly surprised.I own both this and Nothing Gold Can Stay and this is the better of the two in my opinion. I also know that one of the members used to be in a band called Shai Hulud, and old metalcore band that I'm a fan of. Check them out, broaden your musical interests. That's what I did with this cd and it turned out fairly well. 4 stars.

A slight decline.......2006-01-23

New Found Glory is one of the oldest of the current pop punk bands. Their self titled album was hands down their crowning achievement, bursting with catchy and well written songs for their mostly teenage audience. This album kind of carries over, possessing much of the same drive, but lacking a little bit of each of the elements that made their last album so great.

Understatement starts the album off with a roar. This is actually my favorite song of theirs ever. It is well written, it is catchy, it is fast and loud, and it is pretty much amazing. My Friends Over You is slightly overrated, but I was at one time obsessed with it. It is certainly pretty damn catchy. Sonny is a slow and catcy song about losing someone. Something I Call Personality is a slightly overdone song. By the sound of it, you expect something assaulting, but it doesn't really pick up in any of the right places, and comes out seeming incomplete in some ways, overdone in others. Head on Collison is a good, but lyrically predictable song. Its Been a Summer was like a little mini crack addiction for me. I listened to that song for a good 2 or 3 weeks pretty much all the time. Trust me, it will find its way into your head.

Forget My Name is a great song, if not purely redeemed by the first 20 seconds. Jordan definitely has a good voice for hooking the listeners in. The next two songs are really where the album lags. They are OK, but mainly boring and uninteresting. The album would be MUCH better off just without them. Singled Out is a great song about a long relationship or friendship gone sour. Belated is another boring song which usually has me reaching for the seek button. The Story So Far is another good song. It is actually a little different than what they usually sound like, and it left me hoping for a musical evolution in the band for the next album (which, by the way, did NOT happen).

All in all, this album succeeds in putting out a pretty good pop punk album. A few amazing songs, a handful of decent ones, and a few stinkers. If you are looking for a good cd to listen to these guys, i would suggest their self titled album. If you listened to that and what the next best, definitely go with this one. Definitely worth a try

Average customer rating: 10 years on and still improving with age Cool CD Everybody Wants To Be Naked And Famous THEY"RE BAAAACK YEAH, THE PRESIDENTS ARE BACK!

The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America Manufacturer: P.U.S.a. Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Grunge | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Comedy Rock | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Love Everybody Freaked Out & Small Pure Frosting Presidents of the United States of America: II The Presidents of the United States of America ASIN: B000654YVA Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. Kitty
2. Feather Pluckn
3. Lump
4. Stranger
5. Boil Weevil
6. Peaches
7. Dune Buggy
8. We Are Not Going To Make It
9. Kick Out The Jams
10. Body
11. Back Porch
12. Candy
13. Naked And Famous
14. Bonus Track: Confusion
15. Bonus Track: Candy Cigarette
16. Bonus Track: Wake Up
17. Bonus Track: Carolyn's Booty
18. Bonus Track: F**K California
19. Bonus Track: Puffy Little Shoes
20. Bonus Track: Kitty (Demo)
21. Bonus Track: Lump (Demo)
22. Bonus Track: Stranger (Demo)
23. Bonus Track: Boil Weevil (Demo)
24. Bonus Track: Candy (Demo)
25. Bonus Track: Naked And Famous (Boston Demo)
26. Bonus Track: Naked And Famous (New York Demo)

Amazon.com

The Presidents of the United States of America scratch that itch that you can't reach. They do and say all those things that you'd like to, but fear what people might think of you. They are your inner-child, but stinking drunk on a half-case of cheap beer. And, with the youthful appeal of the Dead Milkmen, the off-kilter storytelling of Primus, and a razor-sharp sense of irony, they are utterly undeniable.

Try, if you will, not to sing along with "Lump." It sticks in your brain after the first chorus and won't leave until you hear something supremely catchy just to scrape the chorus out of heavy frontal lobe rotation. Musically, they keep everything very minimal (they have only five strings between bassist Chris Ballew and guitarist Dave Dederer) and use their incredibly twisted wit to engage the listener. From the punkish "Lump" and "We Are Not Gonna Make It" to the funky "Boll Weevil," the Presidents are the perfect antidote to the serious, heavy-handed rock perpetuated by their Seattle brethren. --Adem Tepedelen

Album Description

The Presidents Of The United States Of America's 1995 debut went double platinum in the U.S., rocketed all the way to #6 on Billboard's Top 200, produced three Top 40 hits & a #1 single on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart, and garnered two Grammy nominations and a gaggle of critical praise. You either loved this record or…you loved it.

The band is back and, believe it or not, they once again own this album. They've chosen NAIL to distribute it, which is in line with their renewed esprit de corps and desire to keep things friendly and local this time around. The album is on the band's own PUSA Music label, headquartered in their hometown of Seattle, just up the road from NAIL's Portland HQ. Getting the rights to this classic debut back from Sony precipitated the band's recent much anticipated reunion.

The Presidents played their first show in five years on New Year's Eve 2002, and in the last year and a half they've continued gathering steam. The new songs originally recorded for the re-release of their debut became a whole new album, 'Love Everybody,' which produced the current radio hit "Some Postman." The band has been touring the U.S. this summer and fall in support of that release, and will continue with dates in major markets through the end of 2004.

Customer Reviews:

10 years on and still improving with age.......2005-08-22

I bought his album ten years ago when it came out first. It was special at the time, singles like 'peaches' and 'lump' matched my energy at the time. It seemed like there was only one song that summer, 'peaches' and it lasted beyond. The songs on the original are great summer party songs and they still are. I lost my original a while back and the summers just werent the same - this album has a great energy and this summer was made complete with this release. The added material is interesting but a little desparate, there are some good alternate versions of the originals and some demos. The demos are interesting to see how the process involved in songwriting works and then to compare with the finished product, as i said interesting but i could have done without half of the bonus material. The original album hasnt lost any of its vibrant, headbopping energy and the sometimes complete childish idioacy of the lyrics makes the music special in its genre and still makes me grin. Yes, i am that old fart in the office, 2 stone heavier, and thinks that nightclubs are to noisy - reliving the lost pleasures of youth and fond memories - it works for me. This album is good fun both 10 years ago and today. enjoy the fun.

Cool CD.......2005-07-29

I sent this cd to a good friend who's an avid PUSA fan and he liked the album so much that until now he never fails to say thank you (that's 2 weeks since I gave him the cd). I like their 2 songs, Peaches and Lump. A good ol' punk CD. :)

Everybody Wants To Be Naked And Famous.......2005-02-06

Talk about nostalgia. I wore this album out back when I was 14. When I got a couple years older, I sold most of my CDs because I needed money and wanted to put off getting a job for as long as I could. Unfortunately, this album was one of those I sold. I downloaded this album a few months ago and fell in love with it again. I remembered and sang all the words to every song with a huge, beaming smile on my face the whole time. Song to song, this album is a complete blast. It's brilliantly simple, tons of fun, and outrageously sophomoric. If you're looking to hear social commentary, look elsewhere. In this country run by these Presidents you'll hear songs about animals, chicks, dune buggies, and 30 foot smurfs. Being that my last name is Peach, I feel like I have some sort of connection with these guys, even though it got to be annoying during high school when the song "Peaches" was big. Now being 10 years older and in the "real" world, I listen to this album and it transports me to a time in my life when I didn't have a care in the world. It's the type of album you put on when you're wasted or when you're just plain lurking to rock out. I'm excited that they got back together and they're making music again. Looking forward to hearing more stuff and hopefully seeing them on tour.

THEY"RE BAAAACK.......2005-01-07

I loved this CD when it first came out, i was a freshman in high school. It was stolen from me and i have been searching for it since then. I went to the local CD store, where they can order any CD you can think of, only to find out that it was out of print. I was bummed! Then i thought, about AMAZON and how they have new and used figuring that someone had to be selling a used copy. I was elated to see my favorite CD not only back in print but enhanced by a bonus DVD. To my fellow generation, buy now, relive those fund days of High School when these guys rocked our world. Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!

YEAH, THE PRESIDENTS ARE BACK!.......2004-11-06

Finally, after many years, the Presidents decided to re-release their 1st album. It went out of print a little while ago, just as I was getting into these guys. And now, they have brought it back on their independent label. Now we can all get our daily dosage of ROK!

Average customer rating: Music and Creative Movement

Lummi Sticks For Kids Manufacturer: Kimbo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Musical Scarves & Activities Bean Bag Activities & Coordination Skills Playtime Parachute Fun Bean Bag Rock & Roll Multicultural Rhythm Stick & Fun ASIN: B0001Z7F4S Release Date: 1984-06-15

Tracks:

1. Sing A Happy Song
2. The Lummi Stick Kids
3. Electric Sticks
4. Tapping Forever
5. Yaba-Daba-Doo
6. Believing
7. Sing A Happy Song (Instrumental)
8. Are You Happy?
9. Tap Together
10. Be A Tapper
11. Come Sing With Me
12. Happy Sticks
13. Doggie Dance
14. Are You Happy? (Instrumental)
15. Come Sing With Me (Instrumental)

Album Description

Children will happily tap, tap, tap away to some motivating musical favorites. These exciting activities are easy enough for 3 to 7 year olds to gain a sense of accomplishment, and they will help kids develop their coordination, motor skills and sense of rhythm. The guide reinforces the activities and instructions. Rhythm sticks (Lummi sticks) are available from Kimbo and come in 6" and 10" sizes.

Customer Reviews:

Music and Creative Movement.......2007-07-09

My children LOVE this CD (ages 3 and 5). This Cd has voice guides within the music. You can literally pop it in and grab some sticks and follow along with the children. (ie- no preparation needed)!
Songs are original and not average hokey pokey.

Average customer rating: Great CD Tracy is the best Great combination of modern and traditional country Today's Lonely Fool. Very country......what a talent he is!!

Sticks and Stones Tracy Lawrence Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Alibis I See It Now Time Marches On The Coast Is Clear Lessons Learned ASIN: B000002ISA Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

1. Runnin' Behind
2. Sticks and Stones
3. Somebody Paints The Wall
4. Dancin' To Sweet 17
5. Today's Lonely Fool
6. Paris, Tennessee
7. Froze Over
8. Between Us
9. April's Fool
10. I Hope Heaven Has A Honky Tonk

Amazon.com

At 23 years old, Tracy Lawrence helped usher in the "hat act" era in country music with this highly successful 1991 debut. Using traditional country instruments to create a polished modern sound, Lawrence and producer James Stroud concocted tasty, accessible radio fare with the upbeat "Runnin' Behind" and the midtempo ballad "Today's Lonely Fool." The album set the tone for a series of successful albums by Lawrence that balance fun country romps with romantic balladry. Oddly, the turmoil of Lawrence's private life--which includes parking lot shootings, highway chases, and brief and stormy marriages--never seeped into his music. On record, Lawrence maintains a mature, happy-go-lucky persona, no matter what goes on behind the scenes. --Michael McCall

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-07-12

Hey, how can you go wrong with Tracy. He's great no matter what he sings.

Tracy is the best.......2002-02-24

This is one of Tracy's first albums, he just keeps getting better with each one he puts out! Tracy can sing a love song like no other. He can also get you up and dancing the very next song.

Great combination of modern and traditional country.......2002-01-09

Sticks And Stones, Tracy Lawrence's debut CD from 1991, introduced a young, vibrant new vocalist to country music, one of many who followed in the wake of Garth Brooks' amazing success story. Country in the early 90s retained enough of a traditional element to satisfy older fans (unlike today), while still establishing the music as of its time and not dated. Tracy Lawrence was one of the long line of country males often categorised as "hat acts" and to the general public, all too similar to really have clear identities of their own. In Lawrence's case, this would not be a fair accusation, as his soulful vocals made him an all too rare example of an instantly recognisable vocalist in a sea of clones. His debut album was surprisingly (and to his credit) dominated by ballads and mournful country heartbreakers. There are only three uptempo songs on the album, which he performs well. It's the ballads that he excels at, including his two co-writes, Dancin' To Sweet 17 and Froze Over. The best song on the album, and later covered by George Jones (a compliment in itself) is Somebody Paints The Wall, the story of one of life's losers who seems to encounter disappointment at every turn in his life. Tracy Lawrence has long since established a long hit-making career in country music which continues to this day. This album remains one of his best.

Today's Lonely Fool........2000-06-14

Tracy Brings Out The Goods Of Country Music. Sure He Can Sing Like George Strait. He Says That He Is Alone On The Midtemple Ballad "Today's Lonely Fool". The Upbeat "Runnin' Behind" Can Make You Get Up And Dance. The Title Track Was Also A Dance Ballad Too And It Became His First Number 1 Hit.

Very country......what a talent he is!!.......1999-06-30

Tracy Lawrence is now what I believe to be the best singer with the most range in country music. This album was only a stepping stone for him. Buy it and I am sure you will approve!!

Average customer rating: wonderful music Good musicians Excellent Irish Fiddle Festival Recording The fiddle at its best! Toe Tapping

Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal Various Artists Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: High Part of the Road Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (Reels, Jigs & Polkas) Milestone At The Garden: Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era Celebrated Recordings Play On... ASIN: B0000037EC Release Date: 1992-12-02

Tracks:

1. The Boys Of Malin/The Gravel Walks (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin
2. Stirling Castle/Miss Ramsey (Strathspey & Reel) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
3. Farrell O'Gara/Ciaran O'Reilly (Reels) - Tommy Peoples/Seamus Gibson
4. Two Jigs - Tommy Peoples
5. Gusty's Frolicks (Jig) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
6. The Glen Road To Carrick (Reel) - Seamus Glackin
7. The King Of The Pipers/Frainc A'Phoill (Jigs) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
8. The Jug Of Punch/John Stewart (Reels) - Tommy Peoples
9. The Pinch Of Snuff/The Wild Irishman (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
10. The Lord Of Mayo (Air) - Kevin Glackin
11. The Mullingar Races/The Pigeon On The Gate (Reels) - Proinsias O Maonaigh/Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh/Paula Doohan/Liz Doherty
12. The Turnpike/The Shetland Fiddler/The Boys Of Malin (Reels) - Paula Doohan/Liz Doherty
13. Two Mazurkas - Proinsias O Maonaigh/Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
14. The Silver Spire/The Boys Of Ballisadare (Reels) - Tommy Peoples
15. Tripping Up The Stairs/The Gravel Walks (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin
16. The Wedding Jig - Dermot McLaughlin
17. The Fantastic Reel/McFarely's Reel/Miss Ramsey (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Gibson/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin
18. The Jig Of Slurs/The Irish Washerwoman/The Atholl Highlanders (Jigs) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin/Proinsias O Maonaigh...
19. The Wise Maid/Macleod's Reel/The Boys Of Malin (Reels) - Ciaran Tourish/Dermot McLaughlin/Tommy Peoples/Seamus Glackin/Kevin Glackin/Proinsias O Maonaigh...

Customer Reviews:

wonderful music.......2007-05-08

This music is an enthralling taste of Irish fiddle music. Extremely entertaining. This review is coming from an avid Irish fiddle player

Good musicians .......2007-01-13

I bought this as a gift for my son, but I highly recommend the "Fiddlesticks" to anyone, no matter which CD it is. We really enjoy their music.

Excellent Irish Fiddle Festival Recording.......2005-12-04

If you want to hear Irish fiddle by itself or in combination with other fiddles, or wish to practice along with a strong recorded fiddle lead, this is a remarkable CD. When you are playing a strong and only lead in a tune, it takes exceptional skill to not make the little errors that get missed playing in musical groups or jam sessions. This CD demonstrates this uncommon precision.

I have spent many hours and drank more than a few gallons of the good stuff to lubricate my playing practicing guitar, bouzouki and bodhran to these tracks. This CD was recorded in 1991 at the "Fiddlesticks Festival" organized by the Traditional Music Society of University College Cork, and includes well known fiddle players within Ireland, such as the legendary Tommy Peoples. There is also the lovely Mairead ni Mhaonaigh and Ciaran Tourish of Altan contributing several tracks. The well knowned Glackin family of Dublin is represented by brothers Seamus and Kevin. I would especially recommend the first track duet, "The Boys of Malin, The Gravel Walks" reels for amazing double lead and counterpoint playing. The last track is very spirited, the typical everyone on stage at the end of a concert, "The Wise Maid, McCloud's Reel, The Boys of Malin."

If you love the old tunes in the old way with "naked fiddle" or the small groups that would play in pubs and at family gatherings, you will love this CD.

The fiddle at its best!.......2005-08-05

The best fiddle music CD out there. Very real, with live performances and no new-agey extras.

Toe Tapping.......2004-01-27

A good variety of Irish fiddle music that has the spirit to start your toes tapping. Great music to accompany jogging on a treadmill or any aerobic exercise.

Average customer rating: Intelligent acoustic - "The Corn" Sexy, Mystical and Soul Stirring fahey reincarnated with hedges All time Classic!! Has Sensibilities.

Sticks & Stones Rob Eberhard Young Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Consistent Variation ASIN: B000001ERD Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

2. Trance Dance
3. Pictures of Lulu
4. Mr. Possum
5. Jeremy
6. Elizabeth
7. En Soleil
8. Rhumb Line
9. Magister Ludi
10. For the Love of Children
11. 1126#2

Customer Reviews:

Intelligent acoustic - "The Corn".......2007-06-15

The "Corn" is how REY refers to his sound. Sticks & Stones is it. This is one of my top CD's of all time and stays near if not in my CD player at all times. I originally heard the song "Elizabeth" on digital cable radio at a friend's house and wrote down Rob's name as I was blown away by the song.

The CD starts of with tribal influences flowing right into "Trance Dance" and does not disappoint. Michael Hedges appears on the track "Mr. Possum" and Michael Manring's (bassist extraordinaire) signature and playing are pervasive as well. Favorite tracks are the afore-mentioned "Elizabeth", "En Soleil" and "Magister Ludi" (a reference to Herman Hesse's Glass Bead Game novel). The CD ends on a unique note with Rob looping a riff through a Lexicon Jam Man during the hidden track "Christopher Contemplates The Edge". I find myself listening very deliberately on all the tracks to hear the different guitar's that Rob uses as well, from his Koa Jumbo to the Martin Parlor.

This is just one of those CD's that you will find yourself wishing for a set of headphones so you have no outside influences or if you do have a pair, pressing them so hard against your ears to not miss a note. BUY THIS CD.

Sexy, Mystical and Soul Stirring.......2005-01-24

I love to find good music for listening to during intimacy. Rob Eberhard Youngs guitar stylings have all the requirements of a mood setter. He should make an entire collection of ballad type songs just for listening to alone with a significant other. This man has to be a tender lover, for he knows exactly how to romance the guitar for optimum results.
It is rare to find something I can listen to in its entirety. Rob Eberhard Young is a guitar genius. I confess, I bought 'Sticks and Stones' on a whim. I had no idea what I was purchasing. I only knew that I enjoy good guitar music and I chose this CD, quite out of an innocent desire to try something new. I am an amateur at playing the guitar. Listening to Young wrap his mind around the frets, makes me think I ought to spend more time with it. Creative, innovative, intriguing, and captivating. I can't recommend this CD highly enough for the sheer ingenuity of it all. I am impressed and I think you will be, too. It has all the smoky, cimmerian mysticism necessary for being transported to another dimension.

fahey reincarnated with hedges.......2003-02-26

they DO come back...felt like i was in a seance visited by the ghosts of fahey and hedges and yet even perhaps Robbie Basho sat in for the session.this guy is everything and then some. why aren't there more c/ds out here by rob eberhard? such a delicate touch, an almost zen-like sensitivity to the material needs to be more available. if you love fahey and hedges,you will think the ghosts have somehow found a reunion in this disc. buy it and fly...trance dance will definitely take you there.

All time Classic!!.......2001-06-18

Wow! What an album. Rob Eberhard Young is one of the most passionate guitarists I have ever heard. Both his fingerstyle and his wacka-wacka (which Hedges would call it) is such a pleasure to listen to. There is just so much between the notes. Passion. There loads of movement in songs like Trance Dance and Magister Ludi whilst there's also soothing tracks like En Soleil (featuring Will Ackerman) and Jeremy (which was actually recorded in some cave in Bali). The album also features an amazing 25 minute hidden track of guitar loops that always drives me into an hypnotic state. Sticks and Stones also features the Great Michael Hedges on harp guitar on the powerful Mr. Possum and Michael Manring on e-bow and bass on a few tracks too. REY's second album, Sticks and Stones will take you places that no one has been able to and won't allow you back. Buy it NOW!

Has Sensibilities........2001-04-23

Other reviews may comment on Young's chops or some moments that are reminicent of Michael Hedges, thats all fine....but who doesn't have great chops and hasn't taken inspiration from MH??

This CD is sensitive and the music is pretty. The playing and composition is patient, reserved and each note is carefully taken into account. Spacious and colorfull.

Makes for a very non-pretentious and effective listening pleasure.

Great player, great musician.

Added bass from Michael Manring is a bonus. Solo guitar fans will be love it.

Average customer rating: Memories of Sticks and Stones.

Sticks and Stones Dave Grusin and Don Grusin Manufacturer: Grp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Migration Banana Fish No Borders Native Land Mountain Dance ASIN: B000008B3Z Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Birds With Long Legs
2. Pico Pica
3. Sailing at Night
4. River Song
5. Sticks and Stones
6. Glissade
7. Good Ol' Boys
8. This Little Pig's Got the Blues
9. God Heaven
10. Southern Wind
11. North-Tribal Step Dance

Customer Reviews:

Memories of Sticks and Stones........2006-09-09

"Sticks and Stones" is a very special album musically and personally. The year was 1988 and Dave Grusin's GRP label was off in full force producing one unique recording after another. One of the album's released during this peak period is this one.
Dave Grusin and brother Don produced and played everything on "Sticks and Stones" themselves and with the exception of the dual piano rendition Dori Caymmi's "Southern Wind", they wrote all the music as well.
The Grusin's employed what was then the very latest in keyboard technology on this album. Several of the sounds on the album, especially the rhythm tracks, don't sound synthetic at all. Listen for the snare drum marches on the closing Celtic-tinged track "North-Tribal Step Dance" or the bass-lines on "This Little Pig's Got The Blues" and you'd swear they were the real instruments instead of from synths or drum machines.
The music on "Sticks and Stones" is quite varied. Beside the two tracks mentioned above, Dave's TV/Film Theme style is heard in the opening track "Birds With Long Legs" as well as "River Song". "Pico Pica" and the title track both have a slight Brazilian Jazz feel to them while "Good Ol' Boys" has a humorous country quality to it. Dave and Don also team up for two acoustic piano duets - one of which is the above mentioned "Southern Wind" and the other being a bluesy gospel-tinged romp entitled "Dog Heaven".
With all this said, Dave and Don Grusin's "Sticks and Stones" is a highly entertaining album which brings back some great memories for this reviewer. The CD is unfortunately out-of-print and has been for many years. However, it is still highly possible to find it used at a decent price.
If you're looking for some pleasant yet eclectic instrumental music with a good relaxing feel, look no further that this album. It's a great CD and it sounds like the Grusin brothers just had a plain ball making it together.

Average customer rating:

Rhythm Sticks Rock Various Manufacturer: Kimbo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Educational | Children's Music | Styles | Music Learning & Education | Categories | Toys & Games | Early Development Toys | Electronic Learning | Foreign Languages | Geography & Globes | History | Math & Counting | Reading & Writing | Science Browse Refinements | Refinements | Toys & Games | Gender (target_audience_browse-bin) ASIN: B000QUU6GM Release Date: 2006-10-15

Tracks:

1. Tap, Twirl and Twist
2. Dinosaur Tap
3. Lightning Sticks
4. Silly Sticks
5. Rhythm Taps
6. Rockin' Rockets
7. When The Saints Come Marching In
8. Rockin' Rhythm Sticks
9. Fiddlesticks
10. Tappin' To The Classics
11. Signal Sticks
12. Sticks On The Move
13. The Challenge Game
14. Tappin' 'Round With Me
15. Baby, That Is Rock 'N Roll
16. Alley-Oop
17. When Saints Come Marching In

Product Description

Rock, rap, and tap along to cool music from Rock "N Roll to Calypso, and Salsa to Classical. Creative stick activities include a rocket ride to the moon, dancing around the planets, rocking with the dinosaurs, using signal sticks to bring the planes back home. Each selection has narrated instructions and the guide includes lyrics.

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Pick Up Sticks They Shoot Horses Don't They Manufacturer: Kill Rock Stars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: God Save the Clientele ASIN: B000PHX7MQ Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. One Last Final Push
2. The Guest
3. A Place Called La
4. Speck Of Dust
5. That's a Good Question
6. The Hallway
7. What Is That?
8. Busted Bell
9. You Know Me
10. Wrong Directions

Album Description

This group combines madcap menace and big top bombast to craft tilt-a-whirl, carnivalesque pop. Though compared to sonic pioneers like Pere Ubu, Captain Beefheart, and Sun Ra, The Vancouver, British Columbia band eludes simple characterization. While "Pick Up Sticks" boasts the Horses' signature cacophony of jittery guitars, swirling keyboards, and clattering horns, it also finds the band exploring ever-shifting rhythms and expansive atmospherics. Transfixing transmissions that could have been either beamed from outer space or unearthed in a time capsule from a lost age. "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? sound like post-punks raised under a big top, albeit one under the direction of Igor Stravinsky or Sun Ra rather than P.T. Barnum" - Boston Phoenix.

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Music of the Fiji Islands Various Artists Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Maori Songs of New Zealand Magic of the South Seas Best of Fiji Fiji Islands Map (Travel Reference Map) Moon Handbooks Fiji ASIN: B0007PLKP2 Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

1. Ni Sa Bula - Rewasese Entertainment Group
2. Same E Me Au - Nawaka Entertainment Group
3. Chuluchululu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
4. Isa Lei - Nawaka Entertainment Group
5. Duri Tiko Na Vatu Ki Baravi - Rewasese Entertainment Group
6. Bula - Nawaka Entertainment Group
7. Sa Vadugu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
8. Ko Nawaka Oqo - Nawaka Entertainment Group
9. Coka I Rara Ni Tabua - Rewasese Entertainment Group
10. Noqu Moce Tiko - Nawaka Entertainment Group
11. Vei Yanu Yanu - Rewasese Entertainment Group
12. Qiri Na Va - Nawaka Entertainment Group
13. Mana Meu Talanoataka - Rewasese Entertainment Group
14. Veisau Ni Ua - Nawaka Entertainment Group
15. 1982 Ni Yabaki - Rewasese Entertainment Group
16. Ni Rogoca Ni Raica - Nawaka Entertainment Group
17. Vasa - Rewasese Entertainment Group
18. a Veli - Nawaka Entertainment Group
19. Kuru a Laba - Rewasese Entertainment Group
20. Kukuru - Nawaka Entertainment Group
21. Vula Serau - Rewasese Entertainment Group
22. Sa Varoro - Nawaka Entertainment Group
23. Isa Lei - Rewasese Entertainment Group

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2. The Art Department
3. The Ellington Suites
4. The James Dean Story [Import] [Limited Edition] [Soundtrack]
5. The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
6. The Lost Grooves
7. The Procrastinator
8. The Sorcerer
9. The Trumpet Kings At Montreux [Live]
10. This Is Criss!

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