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Average customer rating: Musical Genius... Southern Rock Rises Again I Was Robbed! Keep listening The Best Hard Rock Album of the New Millenium

Southern Rock Opera (Dig) Drive-By Truckers Manufacturer: Lost Highway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | 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: Decoration Day The Dirty South A Blessing And A Curse Pizza Deliverance Gangstabilly ASIN: B000068FUS Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Days Of Graduation
2. Ronnie and Neil
3. 72 (this highway's mean)
4. Dead, Drunk, And Naked
5. Guitar Man Upstairs
6. Birmingham
7. The Southern Thing
8. The Three Great Alabama Icons
9. Wallace
10. Zip City
11. Moved

Tracks:

1. Let There Be Rock
2. Road Cases
3. Women Without Whiskey
4. Plastic Flowers On The Highway
5. Cassie's Brother
6. Life In The Factory
7. Shut Up And Get On The Plane
8. Greenville To Baton Rouge
9. Angels And Fuselage

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You don't need a bottle of Jack or even a trace of Southern lineage to appreciate the genius of Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera. Without a hint of irony, the Athens, Georgia, quintet creates a fast-driving, hard-living tribute to the indelible music and legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Like any good concept album, there's a modicum of plot and a theme to these 20 songs (loosely based around the rise and fall of fictitious Southern rock band Betamax Guillotine), but the best tracks make you forget the story line altogether: "Birmingham," "Zip City," and "Let There Be Rock." The "opera" aspects bog things down a bit--you probably only need to hear the spoken-word track "The Three Great Alabama Icons" once--but the overall concept still comes off without a hitch. The lyrics are great, the trio of electric guitars is blessed with raw production, and the tunes--though lacking the pop sensibility of, say, "Gimme Three Steps"--will have you cranking up the album for your friends. And, after a few spins of Southern Rock Opera, you might even find yourself digging out those old Skynyrd LPs to hear the real thing again. --Jason Verlinde

Album Description

A southern rock opera about growing up in the south in the 70's, the rise and fall of arena rock, the mythology surrounding the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south.

Customer Reviews:

Musical Genius..........2007-07-11

...may be a term which is overused, however Southern Rock Opera comes close. I am a recent traveler into the realm of alt. country and have fallen head over heels for the stuff. Southern Rock Opera transends the genre and take us back to the late 1970's when Lynard Skynard broke out of the South and took rock and roll by storm. The live album was in just about evryone's collection. It was played at dances, keg, parties etc. Even though I was not from the South, Lynard Skynard spoke to me and my friends.

But did we really understand the South through Skynard's music? Did we understand anything that came out of that region? Southern Rock Opera get's to the core of the"Southern Thing". I'm still not sure I get it 100%, but I do get that there is alot more than meets the eye. And DBT get that across with intelligent and artful lyrics and kickass music

Southern Rock Rises Again .......2007-06-08

I really like the lyrics to this. That is what drew my attention to this cd. The vocals of one of the lead singers may take a bit to used to...
but this is rock after all. This cd inspired me to go out & purchase some
old Skynyrd cd's. After all ... "I DID SEE LYNYRD SKYNYRD". And after listening to the cd, you will understand what i'm talking about. For any Skynyrd fan this is a must hear. Ronnie would be proud. This cd is geat on many levels... check it out.

I Was Robbed!.......2007-03-30

After reading the other reviews of this two disk set, I thougt I'd add this to my collection. What a huge mistake. To say that these guys sound anything like Lynyrd Skynyrd or any other quality Southern Rock Band of the 70's era would be a total put-down of all the true musicians of that era. When I received this set in the mail, I first pulled out the liner notes and lyrics and read the whole "book". I liked the lyrics and the theme of most of the songs. Then I put the disks in and listened to this mess. I have never been more disappointed in my life. The longer I listened the more angry I became. Why? These guys suck. They are bad musicians, the production is bad, as far as the general sound quality, it is a muddy mess. If you are looking for good musicians with good tone that understand how to weave three guitars into well written, intricate songs with the sweet twang of southern rock guitars, look elsewhere. These hackers missed the mark by a long shot. They play out of tune, sing out of key and the production is bad. I can't believe I was suckered into actually paying for this garbage.

Keep listening.......2007-03-02

My only problem with the dbts is tring to figure out which album is there best,I have 4 and love them all. S R OPERA takes a little more time to appreciate than there other records, but is well worth the time, These guys are outstanding, wide variety of sounds, great song writing, Remind me of early Wilco, bottlerockets, and other bands from the heartland,if you love the grit and grind of exile on main street. you will love these guys. My favorite albums never sounded good to me at first, So keep listening!!!!!!!!

The Best Hard Rock Album of the New Millenium.......2007-02-19

The Truckers are simply one of the worlds most criminally under appreciated bands. Southern Rock Opera is nothing short of an American masterpiece. It's the Truckers magnificent opus that marks the change from a smart but ultimately campy southern rock group into a southern rock group of rare emotional depth, intelligence, and diversity.

Southern Rock Opera is not exactly an opera. It's more of a concept album--part history lesson, part autobiography, part fiction that loosely follows a character with dreams of becoming a rock star. It explores his musical ambition and sense of identity, beginning in high school all the way up to a tragic ending mirroring the fate of one of his musical idols, Ronnie Van Zandt of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Along the way he redicovers what it means to be from the South and regains his pride for his southern heritage. Musically this is a hard rockin album that slow's down occasionally without ever sounding tired. It allows the listener to catch his breath and enjoy the variety between the bands primary two songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. The longtime friends and musical collaborators have in Southern Rock Opera a record to be immensly proud of. Uncompromising, yet earthy and earnest, the album only kicks off a series of DBT records that follow, each one in their own right rock masterpieces. After Southern Rock Opera the band went through some line up changes and added singer songwriter Jason Isbell. Isbell's contributions have been incredibly important, adding yet another dynamic, one of an incredibly talented and soulful musician, to the already unique duality of Hood and Cooley. The band followed Decoration Day with their equally powerful albums The Dirty South and 2006's Blessing and a Curse. Truly a great rock n roll band of monumental proportions, it's a crying shame not more have been fortunate enough to hear them or have the guts to appreciate them.

Average customer rating: This is a wonderful cd by far. ALL THAT AND SOME!! Forever, for Always, for Luther II ...for Luther II Forever, For Always, For Luther II

Forever, for Always, for Luther II (Dig) Various Artists Manufacturer: Rendezvous ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Forever, for Always, for Luther Shine At the Movies Givin' It Up Stay with Me ASIN: B000JBXN4K Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

1. "Give Me The Reason" featuring Kirk Whalum
2. "So Amazing" featuring Patti Austin
3. "For You To Love" featuring Jeff Lorber
4. "If This World Were Mine" featuring Gerald Albright
5. "Glow Of Love" featuring Wayman Tisdale
6. "There's Nothing Better Than Love" featuring Maysa & Kevin Whalum
7. "Til My Baby Comes Home" featuring Norman Brown & Everette Harp
8. "The Night I Fell In Love" featuring Najee
9. "Don't Want To Be A Fool" featuring Jonathan Butler
10. "Superstar" featuring Will Downing

Customer Reviews:

This is a wonderful cd by far........2007-06-08

I am glad that you had it . I enjoyed listening to it.
signed David Haskins

ALL THAT AND SOME!!.......2007-05-21

I absolutely LOVE THIS.......It is ALL THAT I hoped for! What a FABULOUS TRIBUTE to LUTHER!!!!!!!!

Forever, for Always, for Luther II.......2007-05-12

I wanted to purchase this cd when it first came out but I procastinated and I was sorry because it is an excellent cd. I especially love all of the jazz rendentions of Luther's compositions. I listen to this cd almost every day. I loved Luther singing the songs and now I love listening to the music.

...for Luther II.......2007-03-11

I loved it. Anything by Luther Vandross, and particularly by these musicians, is wonderful and soothing to the soul. Thank God he left us so much of his music.

Forever, For Always, For Luther II.......2007-03-09

I was alright. Not as good as the first.

Average customer rating: Wonderful!!! Relaxes your mind. Relaxing music from a great composer Better than just an introduction Great CD

Grieg: Greatest Hits Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy's Greatest Hits Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits Saint-Saëns: Greatest Hits Liszt: Greatest Hits Rimsky-Korsakov: Greatest Hits ASIN: B000002A21 Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

1. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning Mood
2. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Ase's Death
3. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Anitra's Dance
4. Peer Gynt Suite No.1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite #1)
5. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: I Allegro molto moderato
6. Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 No. 2
7. Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March
8. Jeg elsker dig, Op. 5: Jeg elsker dig, Op. 5 (Ich liebe dich)
9. Lyric Suite, Op. 54: No. 3: Norwegian March
10. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: No. 1: Heartwounds
11. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: No. 2: The Last Spring
12. Lyric Suite, Op. 54: No. 4: March of the Trolls
13. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: I The Abduction of the Bride - Ingrid's Lament (Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
14. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: II Arabian Dance
15. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: III Solvejg's Lullaby
16. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: IV Peer Gynt's Return Home

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!!!.......2007-05-14

I bought this for my husband but fell in love with it myself. I had never heard of it but now consider Edvard Grieg my favorite composer. It is magnificent.

Relaxes your mind........2005-12-30

The peer gynt suite is very delicate and it relaxes me. Whenever I hear the first movement of Peer Gynt, I feel as if I am walking along the forest at dawn with sunshine passing through the tall trees. It calms me and I usually close my eyes to imagine Grieg's creative masterpiece. What also interests me the fourth movement. It starts with slow and quiet and then slowly the music accelerates with power. Like the title, "Mountain King," says itself, you can feel the grandness of the music toward the end.

The piano concerto in a minor is my favorite. This music seem to convey the full spectrum from quiet and delicate or gracious feel of music to more powerful and magnificent all proportionally adequately. It is very enjoyable. Whenever I listen to this music, I feel as if I am resting in the high mountainn looking at the full panorama. Anyway, that's just my imagination I feel from his music and of course, yours can be very different from mine.

As for the CD quality, I hear no distraction sound and it is recorded well, I think. The little cover booklet can be informative about Grieg. Also nice price from Amazon.

Relaxing music from a great composer.......2005-08-02

I absolutely loved the string music on Track 3. I remembered it from an old PC RPG called Quest for Glory IV. I was disappointed to find out that Track 4 was only a minute and a half long, because I grew up loving that song from the various places I heard it (Fantasia and a kid Detective PC game from the late 80's).
Overall, though, Grieg's greatest hits is a must-have for collectors of classical music. Grieg is revered as Norway's greatest composer of all time and he certainly has a knack for creating imagery of bustling fjords and majestic mountainsides with interlaced river ravines.

Better than just an introduction.......2004-04-28

This CD goes beyond just introducing Grieg. It is a truly beautiful and for me, invaluable collection of this excellent composer. Grieg had an inimitable gift for exploring emotion, often sadness and nostalgia. However, he also had a large touch of the virtuoso, as demonstrated by the famous Piano Concerto. True, the last 2 movements are not included here; however, the first is still stunning. The Peer Gynt Suites are wonderfully played, and Ase's Death and Heartwounds are especially noteworthy - the lush orchestral sounds of these gorgeous pieces unfold exquisitely. Homage March is a nice change of pace, upbeat and with a memorable theme, and Leonard Bernstein moves at a devilish pace in March of the Trolls. This CD will not disappoint you - buy it today!

Great CD.......2002-01-29

For an intro to Greig, this is great. The "hall of the mountain king" is done very well.

Average customer rating: Loud, Live, and doesn't care who knows it!!!! Good music High-Energy Electric Blues RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ROBERT HAS TONS OF ENERGY WITHOUT THE BLUES!" ONE OF A KIND, IN THIS DAY & AGE

Live at the Wetlands (Dig) Robert Randolph & Family Band Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Unclassified Colorblind The Word Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo Electric Blue Watermelon ASIN: B00006IXGI Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. Ted's Jam
2. The March
3. Pressing My Way
4. Shake Your Hips
5. I Don't Know What You Come To Do
6. Tears Of Joy

Amazon.com

This album's all about the blazing virtuosity of Robert Randolph. The pop-music arrival of the young pedal-steel guitarist from the Pentecostal church was shepherded last year by the North Mississippi Allstars and groove organist John Medeski in a brilliant album and group called The Word. With his own Family Band and just one spiritual, the lovely "Pressing My Way," on the set list, Randolph sends lightning bolts through the audience in this August 2001 recording at a now-shuttered Manhattan club. He blends the showmanship of his blues inspiration, Stevie Ray Vaughan, with his own unique instrumental mastery, transforming his steel guitar into something more like a lead vocalist. Randolph constantly makes his 13-string guitar play call-and-response with his own singing, and he breathes fire into Slim Harpo's chestnut "Shake Your Hips" by making it a field day for his stabbing splashes of notes and chords, inventing a different melody for his long solos that's more western swing than swamp blues. Although the shout-and-stomp-along original, "I Don't Know What You Come to Do," raises the crowd, it's the 11-minute finale, "Tears of Joy," that is Randolph's showstopper. The tune's a crafty summation of all his gifts: slow, sliding, rich-toned notes and low-buzzing chords; rhythms that pull from the stately qualities of gospel (enhanced by the way Randolph's steel blends with John Ginty's Hammond organ) and the pure exhilaration of rock improvisation; and beautiful tones that echo from honky-tonk to Hendrix. It's the musical equivalent of a white-water thrill ride. --Ted Drozdowski

Album Description

Robert Randolph is one of the most talented pedal steel guitarists of his generation, picking up comparisons to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman and Jimi Hendrix. Live At The Wetlands is the debut from Randolph and The Family Band. Dare Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Loud, Live, and doesn't care who knows it!!!!.......2007-04-01

The Robert Randolph & Family Band's first effort is a portion of their
road show, its too bad they didn't give us the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. Thats what this CD leaves me feeling. Kind of like the
Asian massage place on the edge of town, "your stopping now, I was just
getting started". That is this CD's only but semi-fatal flaw. I have
seen this band perform on late night TV, and Austin City Limits, but
would like to see them live, have they made a central west sweep,
(Colorado)? Robert Randolf & Family Band would be one of the few acts I
would go to see live. Not many of them left anymore, having two brothers
and, I've heard), a cousin in the same band, with possible family members
as the rythm section is always a plus. I would suggest you listen to
this CD, if not purchase it out right. This band is not only something
different, but it is the real McCoy. Even live, the band is tight,
right, and polite. The music is infectous, the beat, the beat, the beat
will cure what ails you, if it is at all possible.

Good music.......2007-03-24

I first saw Robert Randolph & the Family Band on our PBS station & you just can't sit still when playing his music. It is "feel good" music & I intend to buy all his CD's. There is great energy & enthusiasm in this CD - you can feel it.

High-Energy Electric Blues.......2007-03-07

Though I am the owner of many of the recordings listed on the amazon list of "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought...", I was blissfully unaware of Robert Randolph and the Family Band until a friend recently loaned me Live At The Wetlands. After a couple of listens, I was hooked. What an album!
I was initially skeptical of how the pedal steel guitar was going to work with the blues, but Randolph has me convinced that it can. Live At The Wetlands brings you over an hour of high-energy electric blues with a dollop of soul worked in for good measure. There are five originals and one cover of a Slim Harpo classic.
I like the entire CD but unless you are in constant need of a musical jolt, I'd say its not for everyday listening. I'm thinking it would work best at your next outdoor pool party/barbecue and would make a great substitute for a live band. Give it a listen and hear what I mean!

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ROBERT HAS TONS OF ENERGY WITHOUT THE BLUES!".......2007-01-24

Since, I'm a world renowned "BLUES" reviewer, after buying this CD, I feel this really shouldn't be in my specialty category, and this review, is based on, an out of category synopsis. How, did the world's premier blues reviewer, get involved with this CD, you ask? Simple! I was given a gift of a DVD from the "Crossroads" charity concert that Eric Clapton put on. Among the guest performers were Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughn, John Mayer, etc. And for the first time ever, I saw Robert Randolph. He played his steel pedal guitar backing up Buddy, and then did one of his own songs "The March". His contagious smile, reminded me of a young Magic Johnson. His enthusiasm was catching. He and Buddy were quite a combo. So I bought this CD thinking it was a blues CD, which it really isn't. I feel, he is a more energetic, Dave Mathews Band type. I have rated this a 3, simply, because in my arena, it doesn't match up. If you're looking for non-blues, and an "amped" up Dave Mathews type, this is for you. I must say that, the opening song, "Ted's Jam", cooks! When I listen to this while I'm on the treadmill, I almost run off the front of the treadmill. The aforementioned, "The March", is also a stomping good music experience. The other songs, are a little too dragged out, and lose their punch, even with "Cousin Danyel". Summary: If you're looking for true blues, this is not for you. If you're looking for Dave Mathews on steroids, this will fit your prescription.

ONE OF A KIND, IN THIS DAY & AGE.......2007-01-15

They just don't make musicians like Robert Randolph anymore. This CD is incredible, hasn't left the car for 6 weeks. It has quickly become my favorite in my collection. Robert Randolph brings back times of sheer, unadulterated pleasure when it comes to music. Phenomenally moving. I wish I had a greater vocabulary, the better to impart to you just how INCREDIBLE this cd is.....

Average customer rating: A terrific masterpiece Techno's opera Deal With It! Dig Your Own Hole-I dig it Exciting from start to finish.

Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Exit Planet Dust Surrender Come with Us Push the Button The Fat of the Land ASIN: B000003RY5 Release Date: 1997-04-08

Tracks:

1. Block Rockin' Beats
2. Dig Your Own Hole
3. Elektrobank
4. Piku
5. Setting Sun
6. It Doesn't Matter
7. Don't Stop The Rock
8. Get Up On It Like this
9. Lost In The K-Hole
10. Where Do I Begin
11. The Private Psychedelic Reel

Amazon.com

To follow up their bombastic 1995 album Exit Planet Dust, the Chemical Brothers fine-tuned their bombastic beats and produced a rock-solid pop album (pun intended). Dig Your Own Hole finds the common ground between rock & roll and techno, both in spirit and substance. Singles like "Block Rockin' Beats," "Elektrobank," and "Setting Sun" (featuring vocals by Oasis's Noel Gallagher) may lack the big hair and pomposity of rock music, but they make up for it in spades, with sampled and real guitars battling for space with sirens and distorted hip-hop drums. The album reeks of pure enthusiasm and energy, evoking a crowd-pleasing exuberance that makes Dig Your Own Hole a Back in Black for the late 1990s. Pure stadium techno. --Matthew Corwine

Album Description

Second album (1997) featuring the singles 'Block Rockin' Beats', 'Elektrobank' and 'Setting Sun' (with Oasis' Noel Gallagher on vocals), plus a new mix of 'Get Up On It Like This'. The album debuted in the top 20 of Billboard's Top 200. 11 tracks total on this Astralwerks release.

Customer Reviews:

A terrific masterpiece.......2007-05-25

I really enjoy this album, they have a unique style that reflects many influences.

Techno's opera.......2007-05-04

Although Roni Size's New Forms won the Mercury Prize in 1997, it is very hard to argue that the Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole does not hold up better than any of the great albums 1997 electronica has to offer. For one thing, it is a matter of consistency; each song flows into the next, making Dig Your Own Hole more cohesive than even mix albums. But unlike mix albums, each song has a distinct quality that sets it apart from the song before it (although "Don't Stop the Rock" sounds like "It Doesn't Matter" Part II). For another, it is a matter of confidence. If this was the first album the Chemical Brothers ever made, it would no doubt be the greatest debut album in electronic music. But it's their second, and the maturity from the previous album is immediately apparent. This album is dead-on focused; the Chemical Brothers would never again sound so assured. The best techno albums are the ones that keep the vocals to a minimum. On Dig Your Own Hole, only "Setting Son" serves as an actual song with lyrical structure, the other ten songs are loose and adventurous. The reason why Dig Your Own Hole is techno's opera is because of the way it starts, the way it continues, and the way it finishes. The beginning is a perfect build-up bassline carousing into the explosive "Block-Rockin' Beats" and it finishes with a Gothic-like chime rounding off the masterful, Arabian-influenced "The Private Psychedelic Reel". And in between is the most accomplished Big-Beat rave electronica has ever produced. Dig Your Own Hole will always be a top ten techno album. Exhilirating. A

Deal With It!.......2007-02-22

Simply put, this album is the sound of the recording studio ripping itself apart from the inside out. CB create an album that is at once intense,fun,loud,sexy,nasty,techno,disco,rock and roll,etc.,etc. Not for people that don't get into more complex arrangements of music, or not familiar with many genres of music or simply just did not do enough drugs in the nineties. This is not the kind of album that you play for background effect, this is an album that demands to be confronted head on...so deal with it!

Dig Your Own Hole-I dig it.......2006-08-28

I liked it. Great tecno beat and some less techno softer songs.

Exciting from start to finish........2006-07-25

What can I say about this album? It's a record that will move you, groove you, keep you smiling throughout its entirety, all while thinking, it's so great for its price! I saw it sitting there on the shelf once, but passed it by the first time in favor of Björk's Telegram. Now I regret not getting this first.

SHORTEST TRACK: Get Up on It Like This
LONGEST TRACK: The Private Psychedelic Reel

Block Rockin' Beats: The quintessential opener, and a wonderful lead-in to the title track. An awesome bassline captures your ears and locks them in, saying "This is gonna be fun." 9.5/10

MIX #1
Dig Your Own Hole: Wild, fast, and furious, this song is the open door to this album. It entices you with fast and exciting guitar riffs before shooting you into the hot track. 8.5/10

Elektrobank: The hot track. This, in my opinion, is the best track on the album. Its steaming-hot guitar line and irresistible drumming leaves you breathless. And to make it even more exciting, the song launches into an overdriven-guitar-laden thumper after 6 minutes. The end is a repeating guitar lick with a rainy-day kind of feel. 10/10

Piku: After this incomparable stroke of genius, more genius! This funky little ditty focuses more on drum structure than anything else. It kinda soars over your head. 9.5/10

END OF MIX #1

Setting Sun: The only song with a true vocal portion, this song features Noel Gallagher of Oasis singing powerful vocals about someone who completes him. Very real. 8.5/10

MIX #2
It Doesn't Matter: In my opinion, the worst song on the album, but still listenable. What kills it is its length and the constant drone of "it doesn't matter" over and over. Wonderfully leads into the next rack, though. 8/10

Don't Stop the Rock: Something I like to call "danceable filler." It sounds very empty, but I like the strange-sounding kick drum and the tinny hi-hats. Also, it has some catchy little drum breaks. 9/10

Get Up on It Like This: Short and sweet, it starts out very wild, then quickly becomes very empty and stays that way for the remainder of the song. Kind of a "tag-on" at the end of the mix. 8.5/10

END OF MIX #2

Lost in the K-Hole: Awesome all around. This song has a mysterious "California winter" flair to it, with its twinkling synth-harp and funky bassline. 10/10

Where Do I Begin: Where do I begin? First of all, it kinda has that pop feel to it, what with the soft guitar and all. Very repetitive, but never boring. The second half completes it with a nice drum section. 9.5/10

The Private Psychedelic Reel: Great ending to a great album. That's all I have to say. 10/10

Final verdict: 9.5/10

Average customer rating:

Ex-Sensitive (Dig) Ben Jelen Manufacturer: Custard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wild Hope Insomniac Indiana (with Bonus Disc) - Amazon.com Exclusive Lost Highway Dante's Cove - The Complete Second Season ASIN: B000RHRG12 Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. Pulse
2. Where Do We Go
3. Ex-Sensitive
4. Counting Down
5. Just A Little
6. Not My Plan
7. Papa, Here I Am
8. Vulnerable
9. Mr. Philosopher
10. Short Of The World
11. Wreckage
12. The Other Side
13. What Have We Done

Average customer rating: WOW Great Work from Boz Consistent pleasure Boz is hip, DIG? Not Very Good

Dig Boz Scaggs Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Some Change Come on Home Fade into Light Middle Man Down Two Then Left ASIN: B00005NIBZ Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Payday
2. Sarah
3. Ms. Riddle
4. I Just Go
5. Get On The Natch
6. Desire
7. Call That Love
8. King Of El Paso
9. Your not
10. Vanishing
11. Thanks To You

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He didn't go so far as to call it Silk Degrees II, but Dig is as close as Boz Scaggs is likely to come to recording the sequel to his most commercially successful and, for many, best-loved record (unless you count 1977's underrated follow-up, Down Two Then Left). Reunited after all these years with Silk Degrees collaborator David Paich, Scaggs makes a successful return to the blue-eyed soul of his late-'70s works on tracks such as "Desire" and "Thanks to You," the latter featuring tastefully muted trumpet work from Roy Hargrove. Elsewhere, a tuneful "Call That Love" bounces along over a "Lowrider"-style groove, while "Get on the Natch" and "You're Not" are apparent attempts by Scaggs and Danny Kortchmar (who coproduced with Paich) to fuse blues and hip-hop. There's even something for fans of Paich's old band, Toto, whose pristine pop stylings circa "Africa" are echoed on "Vanishing Point," arguably one of this album's best cuts. True, nothing here may be quite as poppy as "Georgia" or as pretty as "Harbor Lights," but Scaggs deserves credit for trying to evoke the spirit of Silk Degrees without merely pandering to his past. --Bill Forman

Customer Reviews:

WOW.......2007-05-17

A wonderful hip album that is not trendy. This is one of my top Boz Albums along with his first on Atlantic, Moments, Slowdancer and Silk Degrees. So when will they finally release those missing Columbia albums on CD. The time is ripe!

Great Work from Boz.......2006-11-06

This work is versatility at it's best. I do like older Boz stuff too, it's just that in this disc he cross-sectioned many genres of music with quality and variety you wouldn't expect from one musician. From R&B to Rock, from slow melodies to upbeat rhythms, this disc will have you ignoring odd glances from other drivers and signing along without a care.

My top picks are Vanishing Point, You're Not, King of El Paso, Payday and I Just Go. I usually expect two to three good cuts on a disc so this was twice as nice. I keep waiting for his next release with anticipation, although this would be a tough act to follow.

I also picked up the release with the DTS disc and technically it is pulled off very well. The five, plus one, channels are distictive and clear with good mix and balance. Sounds great in the car.

Consistent pleasure.......2006-09-24

As much as I love music I own a handful of albums that I listen to repeatedly from start to finish. This is one of them. (Well, sometimes I skip "Get on the Natch.") There is no genre this work easily fits into. It's just great craftsmanship, climaxing in four moody tracks about keeping your dignity as the sunlight fades, roads dead end and options run out. Very, very nice.

Boz is hip, DIG?.......2006-06-09

I'm a music-aholic and if they held meetings, I'd have to attend regularly. As you might guess, I own more music than most people. Music of all kinds. DIG is on my top 10 all-time favorite albums. It is without a doubt, Boz' best to date. Every track is a gem and It just doesnt get any better than this.

Not Very Good.......2006-01-29

If you are a true Boz Scaggs Fan of the rock music done in the past and the great jazz intermingled in all his records. This one is not for you, It is completely different from any other record he has done and is not worth buying. Unless you insist you need every CD that is available. Don't waste your money on this one.

Average customer rating: Tribal metamorphosis/Pentaphobe Wow Pentaphobe not so good... An Amazing Music CD

Sa'Iyr a Tribal Metamorphosis (Dig) Pentaphobe Manufacturer: Mondo Melodia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tribal Fusion - Yoga Isolations & Drills for Bellydance Galactic Caravan: Intergalactic Bellydance Gothic Bellydance Bellydance: East Coast Tribal - Basics, Combinations & Strength Workout DVD Bellydance Superstars Live in Paris at the Folies Bergere ASIN: B0007CYET4 Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Teltar Apredun
2. Same High
3. So Do Cerebral
4. I Cash Radii
5. Miss Moody
6. Sahan
7. Cybelle ('Just The Dark Bits' Edit)
8. Intermittante
9. Cafe Abuse Tone
10. Bit Sector Shaft
11. Kronunspruche 2D

Customer Reviews:

Tribal metamorphosis/Pentaphobe.......2007-03-19

Fantastic.I came across this being a Rachel Brice fan.I am now a total Pentaphobe fan as well.It's totally different to any thing one gets accustomed to hearing relating to bellydance.Its addictive and it's fresh and hypnotic.Fantastic buy.

Wow.......2007-02-18

This is really great for Tribal. I've only seen the performance pieces for two of the songs, but the rest are also much fun to play with. I listened to it over and over when I first got it and go back to it when I want a really great mood setter for a performance. I want more!

Pentaphobe.......2007-01-17

This CD was just what I was looking for!

It has a mysterious tone and steered away from the more traditional glittzy Belly Dance music.

not so good..........2006-11-17

I was very disappointed with this c.d. The only good songs on it are the ones that Rachael dances to on the Bellydance Superstars DVD. It's alot of industrial noise with no melody. If you're looking for music to do interperative dance to, check it out. If you're looking for something upbeat and inspiring, you might want to pass.

An Amazing Music CD.......2006-11-10

I really like this music CD. All the music is so amazing.

If you love Tribal Belly Dancing, you will love this CD.

Average customer rating: Oh My God! Absolutely, Positively UNBELIEVABLE

Live in Boston 1 (Dig) Fleetwood Mac Manufacturer: Snapper Classics UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live in Boston 2 (Dig) Shrine '69 Then Play On The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions Biggest Thing Since Colossus (Sony) ASIN: B00007FZGA Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

1. Black Magic Woman
2. Jumping At Shadows
3. Like It This Way
4. Only You
5. Rattlesnake Shake (Previously Unreleased)
6. I Cant Hold Out
7. Got To Move (Previously Unreleased)
8. Green Manalishi

Album Description

Subtitled - The Boston Tea Party. Remastered reissue of 1970 recording repackaged in a gatefold digipak sleeve recreating the look & feel of the original vinyl album. Eight tracks including the previously unreleased 'Rattlesnake Shake'. Snapper. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Oh My God!.......2007-05-02

To say that Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is an understated jewel in the blues/rock world is too dismissive. They have a raw energy that could only be matched by only a few, and I can't really even think of who they are. I got Then Play On when I was 15 in 79. I have replaced the album 3 or 4 times, and still listen to it at least once a month. It is a staple in my home, car, and ipod.

I have heard, but not owned Albatross, and somewhere have two Peter Green cassette tapes. I never heard them live. What a shallow existance I have lived. I just got Live in Boston 1 and 2 today (from Amazon) and can not beleive what I am hearing. Truely some of the greatest music I have ever heard.

If you know the early works of Fleetwood Mac or Peter Green, then this is the creme de la creme. Words can not describe how absorbing the music is. I am addicted to Jam Bands (the Dead, Garcia, moe., the cheese...) and see many similarities, but mellower and bluesier.

Buy it, listen to it, fall in love with the lost art of Fleetwood Mac / Peter green et al.

Absolutely, Positively UNBELIEVABLE.......2005-04-12

This is impossible to describe in words. It defies logic. It's like asking to describe Pearl Harbor in words. It can't be done. But I will try.

This is, simply put, the most raw, intense blues-rock ever recorded. The original Fleetwood Mac. Sure, the later lineup was cool with "The Chain" and all that, but this is something else. This is pure, unbridled jamming with a capital 'J'. These performances are so intense, so rocking and so devastating that it seems futile to even compare anything else to it. Peter Green and Danny Kirwan are amazing individually. But when they actually duel and play together, it's beyond description. Case in point - "Like It This Way". Easily the most ass-kicking blues rocker I've ever heard in my life. This is a boogie that's sure to blow your mind, believe me. The groove is intoxicating, and the duelling of Green/Kirwan on this song is so good it almost reduced me to tears. You thought Duane Allman and Dickey Betts were good? Forget it, Green and Kirwan blow them out of the water. No question. In fact, the Allmans in general could not compete with Mac's jams on this album. Don't say I didn't warn you.

One listen to this version of "Black Magic Woman" and you'll be saying "Santana who?". Green's tone here is stunning, and the second half is a boogie where he and Kirwan battle it out again. Frightening stuff.
"Jumping At Shadows" is a unique cover of a blues classic. Awesome melody.
Already mentioned "Like It This Way". It's enough to tear the roof off TWO buildings!
"Only You" has a very unusual melody and riff, almost Dick Dale-ish surf rock. Great song though.
And then you have a 25-minute "Rattlesnake Shake" that takes you to places you never knew existed. Unreal. An improv jam that defies normality. If that's not enough, I've heard that the version on Volume 2 is even BETTER!! I shudder to think...
"I Can't Hold Out" features Jeremy Spencer joining in on slide guitar, and he's damn good at it. Most people don't seem to care for his Elmore James schtick, but this guy can really play, believe me.
"Got To Move" is the only song here that isn't amazing. It's not bad, though.
"Green Manalishi" really can't be categorized. Part psychedelic, part blues, it's interesting. Also features Green playing some killer six-string bass at the end.

If you haven't already noticed, this album is breath-taking. It also has the most amazing sound quality I've ever heard on a live album. It literally sounds like you're there in the front row, watching these guys tear the house down.

Better than Allmans, better than Grateful Dead, and at least equal to Cream. This is the Holy Grail of blues-rock jamming.

Average customer rating: Great range of music The talented Mr. Green The real deal my only complaint is he sounds too controlled Got himself a future

Gone Wanderin Jackie Greene Manufacturer: Dig Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rusty Nails Sweet Somewhere Bound American Myth Positively 12th and K: A Bob Dylan Tribute Broken Hearts Dusty Roads ASIN: B00006L3QR Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Gone Wanderin'
2. Tell Me Mama, Tell Me Right
3. Travelin' Song
4. Mexican Girl
5. Down In The Valley Woe
6. Cry Yourself Dry
7. By The Side Of The Road, Dressed To Kill
8. Freeport Boulevard
9. Judgement Day
10. Gracie
11. Maria, Maria (It's A Sin To Tell A Lie)
12. The Ballad Of Sleepy John
13. Messin' With The Kid (Bonus Live Track)

Customer Reviews:

Great range of music.......2007-02-07

Man, this kid is so talented... Saw Jackie Greene live recently in Santa Cruz and I was blown away. Don't want to get carried away and call him the future of American rock... but he's a good place to start. He rolled through songs effortlessly and I was always thinking, who does that sound like. At times, it's John Fogerty or Neil Young. Other songs will remind you of Elton John or the Stones. It's not groundbreaking music but he plays bluesy rock that hits like an instant classic. Oh yeah, the album. Ordinarily, I would give this 4 or 4.5 stars and reserve 5 stars for an all time great album. But on Amazon, if you love the album, it gets 5 stars. So there you go.

The talented Mr. Green.......2004-08-19

Like many other reviewers, my first exposure to Jackie Green came earlier this year when I saw him open up for Jonny Lang in Anaheim, CA. Though Jonny Lang delivered an amazing show and exhibited why he is considered one of the most talented guitar players on the planet, Jackie Green would have been worth the price of admission by himself. He plays with a raw energy that grabs you on the very first note. His music is a combination blues, folk, and good old fashioned rock-and-roll, and his play on the acoustic guitar, piano, and harmonica will astound you. Buy this record. Buy all of Jackie Green's records. And if you have the chance to see him live, don't miss it!

The real deal.......2004-08-13

This is Greene's second album. Although I personally don't think it's as strong as Rusty Nails (his first) or Gone Wanderin (his 3rd) it is, nonetheless, amazing. There's a tendency to try to define this guy by relating him to other artists (Dylan, Waits, Henley, Greg Allman, etc.). That doesn't give you the true story - Jackie does use elements that seem to be made up of the best-of-the-best but he has his own sound, and his own style - it's just hard to describe. I've exposed this record to a lot of diverse folks who like a lot of different type of music - everyone, without exception, has loved it.

my only complaint is he sounds too controlled.......2004-07-13

I would give this CD 5 stars, but I saw Jackie Greene live this past weekend at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and he was much more raw and strong during the performance than he comes across on this disk. All the same, he blew away the crowd and his CDs sold out. I'm an instant fan.

Got himself a future.......2004-03-24

Blowing a tasty blues harmonica and really filling up the space in between with fluid and rich chords, Jackie Greene plays his way into your hearts and ears. Confidence-that's one thing he has; his voice carries it strongly with the homespun lyrics that pour out in a sensitive tenor. Maybe another Jackson Browne? The urge to catalogue him is immediate-but not as easy as I wanted. The harmonica was vintage Dylan-and maybe Neil Young. The same for the guitar: on an acoustic, he looks as though he had been on stage for years, especially with the furious rhythm he sets on several songs. Who did something like that...Buddy Holly? Maybe. Where did he get that maturity? Something like Waylon as a young man...and he finger-picks ballads ("Gracie") like Willie did before he went grizzled and gray. But Jackie is skinny-has a mop of dark hair that sits under a porkpie hat-and looks like someone ought to take him home and keep him for a while.

He can pull up to a keyboard set and proceeded to ripple as fine a boogie-woogie cabaret piano as Billy Joel would do-and yes, the harp is still clamped and honking. No fooling: this is why those lessons you quit in spite of your parents' pleas were valuable. He's also quite adept at bluegrass banjo, electric guitar, and a Hammond B-3 too, but that's on the CD. And it rocks-with good licks and rough-and-ready stuff. "Tell Me Mama, Tell Me Right" just slides ever so gracefully under your shuffling feet, "Mexican Girl" has Jackie torn between love and destiny, "Down in the Valley Woe" goes aloft with a fast-paced crescendo, "Cry Yourself Dry" means you just closed the bar, and "Freeport Boulevard" is where the action's at for a hot night. Now, let me get back to the CD; is he a western Van Morrison? Maybe he came from the days of Poco? Just can't help comparing him...and most likely, he's gonna be just fine being himself.

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