Apples & Oranges

1. Entangled

2. Where I Began

3. Para el Mundo

4. Till I Find You

5. Clouds

6. I Wanna Be with You

7. Boulder Express

8. Neighbor Man

9. Home for the Harvest

10. Try Again Harry

11. Letter from Cairo

12. Planning for the Future

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Average customer rating: helped me through hell Most of the greatist hits... One of the few greatest hits albums that actually satisfy Greatest Hits Buy the 2 disc version

The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits - Rotten Apples The Smashing Pumpkins Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | 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: Greatest Hits Stars: The Best of the Cranberries, 1992-2002 Thank You Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits Siamese Dream ASIN: B00005RGFU Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Siva
2. Rhinocerous
3. Drown
4. Cherub Rock
5. Today
6. Disarm
7. Landslide
8. Bullet With Butterfly Wings
9. 1979
10. Zero
11. Tonight, Tonight
12. Eye
13. Ava Adore
14. Perfect
15. The Everlasting Gaze
16. Stand Inside Your Love
17. Real Love
18. Untitled

Amazon.com

The Smashing Pumpkins' greatest-hits album, Rotten Apples, traces the band's evolution (or devolution, depending on your feelings about the band's radical sonic shift in the mid-'90s) from its early days to its status among the kings of alt rock. For fans of the Pumpkins' beginnings as a tripped-out indie/art rock act, Apples opens with some of the band's strongest material. "Siva" and "Rhinoceros" (from Gish, the Pumpkin's first--and arguably best--album) seamlessly mixed dream pop with noisy goth-rock as prime examples of the Pumpkins' early '90s sound. Apples also showcases three stellar tracks ("Cherub Rock," "Today," and "Disarm") from Siamese Dream, the Pumpkins' breakout album. This disc makes the band's mid-'90s directional swing obvious, though, starting with "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," the aggressive alt rock/alt metal concoction released on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Fans of songs like "Zero," "Tonight, Tonight," and "The Everlasting Gaze" will be happy to know that pretty much every cage-rattling hit made it to this disc, along with the previously unreleased dream pop track "Real Love" and an untitled new track (that sounds a lot like the Siamese Dream-era Pumpkins) to round out the mix. --Jennifer Maerz

Customer Reviews:

helped me through hell.......2007-06-18

after i got this cd it was constantly playing, i have heard all these songs and uncounted amount of times and i still listen every day. the order of bullet and then the next track as 1979 is genius, also drown fits in very nicely at track 3. the only grapes i have with this album is that it wasnt like a 22 track cd, you know, the other 4 tracks should have been sprinkled in there. they should have been mayonaise, geek usa, muzzle, and go out with thirty-three. but it doesnt matter cuase i have every sp album, but still this cd is nicely put together, it really soothed my entire being on days where i really wanted to be done. but it and if u like it u need to at least buy siamese dream, and if you dont already know about mellon collie then like they say its never too late to get into some real music, completely unto itself. really there is nothing like it. and it is a gorgeous thing that no matter what comes the music of billy corgan and smashing pumpkins will live on.

Most of the greatist hits..........2007-04-20

Corgan and SP made some of the most creative songs during the 90s.Theres not many bands like them.

But when I bought the album I was a little dissipointed too see that there were some songs missing.Such as "Spaceboy", "Thirty-Three", "By Starlight", "Starla" and "Try,Try,Try".It might have also been cool if they added the "1979" Moby remix.

But all in all the album is awesome.I suggest people who are new too Smashing Pumpkins to buy this album before they go and get their other albums.If you like greatist hits I suggest you get MCATIS and Adore.But I think you won't regret getting this.

One of the few greatest hits albums that actually satisfy.......2007-03-27

When it comes to "best of's" and compilations, very rarely can a collection successfully comprise a solid overview of a band's catalog. The Smashing Pumpkins' "Greatest Hits" is one of the few of these collections that actually satisfies, providing a very solid overview of the songs that propelled the band to stardom. Singles from "Gish" to "Machina: The Machines of God" are covered here, as well as "Eye" from the soundtrack to David Lynch's Lost Highway, and unreleased songs "Real Love" and "Untitled", which are actually pretty good as well. The only real downsides to this compilation are that no other non-singles are covered here, and the CD booklet features no kind of commentary at all from any of the band members. That aside, for casual fans of the Smashing Pumpkins, "Greatest Hits" isn't a bad pick up at all.

Greatest Hits.......2007-02-22

I really enjoyed this album. I've tried to buy this cd in the store, but can't find it (sold out). Amazon offered a much better price on it anyway, so I was able to save a little extra money. This cd truely offers the band's greatest hits in one cd. If you like The Smashing Pumpkins, which many people do, I highly suggest this cd.

Buy the 2 disc version.......2007-02-14

The 2nd disc of rarities and b sides on the limeted edition is one of their best releases. Unless you dont own Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie, and Adore there is no reason to buy this, just get the other albums and make a mix. Or get the videos DVD.

Average customer rating: Aside from the whiny vocals... Half great Don't Believe the Hype Something new 2.5 stars to be precise

New Magnetic Wonder The Apples in Stereo Manufacturer: Simian Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank The Good, the Bad & the Queen Traffic and Weather Icky Thump ASIN: B000JRYO9C Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. Can You Feel It?
2. Skyway
3. Mellotron 1
4. Energy
5. Same Old Drag
6. Joanie Don't U Worry
7. Sunndal Song
8. Droplet
9. Play Tough
10. Sun Is Out
11. Non-Pythagorean Composition 1
12. Hello Lola
13. 7 Stars
14. Mellotron 2
15. Sunday Sounds
16. Open Eyes
17. Crimson
18. Pre-Crimson
19. Vocoder Ba Ba
20. Radiation
21. Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2
22. Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4
23. My Pretend
24. Non-Pythagorean Composition 3

Amazon.com

After a five-year absence, Apples in Stereo have returned with a sprawling and lush masterpiece. Their founding principle of the DIY approach to recording has remained in place, but the nearly 15 years of technological progress has made such ways of working yield significantly more robust sounds. Robert Schneider's songs have always harked back to the pop artistry of Brian Wilson and Jeff Lynne, as well as such near contemporaries as Pavement. New Magnetic Wonder offers a more lush sweep of sound. It's varied, dazzling, and full of surprises. There's the keyboard-based pop of "Same Old Drag," the hypnotic muscle of "Sunndal Song" (sung by drummer Hilarie Sidney, who's recently departed to work with her own band), and the sprawling, four-part "Beautiful Machine." Depending on who's listening and what song they're hearing, there are many different ways to describe this band. Ultimately, they gently demand that you take them on their own terms, rewarding handsomely all those who make the glorious plunge. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews:

Aside from the whiny vocals..........2007-07-14

There are some really good tracks here. The production and arrangements are terrific. But the thing that prevents me from giving this a higher rating is the lead vocalist. I don't know who he is (nor do I care), but most of the time his singing really tests one's sanity. It is very whiny, and at times he tries to come off like a poor man's John Lennon ("It's gonna be...alright"). Fortunately, later in the album he wisely uses studio trickery to distort his voice with electonic fuzz (which works). The 2 tracks the female singer appears on are excellent, but unfortunately she's ditched the band. So, if you don't mind the grating voice of the male singer, this is actually a pretty good album.

Half great.......2007-04-21

Half of this CD is outstanding, the other half is just good. There are some songs that so obviously mimic the Beatles and ELO that you think there must be a joke in here you're missing. I don't mean just homages to these two bands...I mean, nearly direct rewrites of material from Magical Mystery Tour and Jeff Lynne's catalogue. I am reminded of XTC's side project (was it called Dukes of Stratosphere or something like that?) which also went out of its way to mimic. Having said that, a lot of it is quite enjoyable. When they're not aping Beatles/ELO, their other songs sound like a slightly poppier version of Pavement, and I like that sound. There's some great guitar work, good production, and catchy tunes throughout. And the reviewers who have complained about the short "interlude" songs seem to be completely missing the point. There's a reason they're called "interludes" and I think they add to the experience. Overall, this one is recommended, with some reservations about outright mimickry at times (sorry I mentioned "mimic" three times in this review, no obvious synonyms are coming to mind!!)

Don't Believe the Hype .......2007-04-17

Many reviews compare this CD to Beach Boys, ELO, XTC, Polyphonic Spree, Phil Spector Splendor...dont' believe the hype. I'm open minded beyond belief. Let's put it this way... I'm an album purchaser. I don't download one song from a cd...i have to have the entire album. The best thing about this CD is the cover. The CD often has good songs or instrumentals that last a minute in a half?! Apples in Stereo will always get good critic reviews but go try Of Montreal or ELO remasters instead. This cd is generic sounding and I really wanted to like it. Just check out the cool song titles and the awesome cover then, go listen to something else.

Something new.......2007-03-31

I was excited to hear something a bit modern and unpredictable. Yet I did not totally vibe on the entire cd. The songs that I do like are awesome! I am happy I bought it.

2.5 stars to be precise.......2007-03-28

The short instrumentals are the best songs on this album, why they didn't turn those into full length songs I'll never know, but they didn't.

Overindulgent and I just didn't get it.

Average customer rating:

Stolen Apples Paul Kelly Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: At My Age ASIN: B000SFT792 Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

1. Feelings Of Grief
2. God Told Me To
3. Stolen Apples Taste The Sweetest
4. Sweetest Thing
5. Youre 39, Youre Beautiful And Youre Mine
6. The Lion And The Lamb
7. Right Outta My Head
8. Keep On Driving
9. The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
10. The Foggy Fields Of France
11. Please Leave Your Light On

Album Description

Paul Kelly returns with his first solo album after a string of collaborations over the years...he teams up with his nephew Dan Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe & Bill McDonald as his working band from 'Ways & Means'. Features the first single 'God Told Me'.

Album Details

Australia's Greatest Songwriter Returns with his 25th Album. A Record as Rich, Rewarding and Surprising as Any in his 30 Year Career.

Average customer rating: Great disappointment on amazon's shipping method The Greek Music- Great flick but bad cd The Greek Music is Great Amazingly Relaxing CD!

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Zorba's Dance: Memories of Greece Greek Songs Dances and Rembetiko Zorba the Greek Authentic Greek Folk Songs & Dances Syrtaki Dance From Greece ASIN: B00006AAUC Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Stalia, Stalia
2. Xekina Mia Psaroboulla
3. Orea Pou Ine I Nifi Mas
4. Moose Caca
5. Kefi In Katavia
6. Secret Garden
7. Yasoo
8. Istanbul Coffee House (Kafe Neio)
9. Time With You
10. Yiayia
11. Generations
12. Toula And Ian
13. Apples N' Oranges
14. All My Only Dremas
15. First Date

Amazon.com

Ask anyone who's attended one and they'll tell you: there's nothing quite as colorful--and emotionally melodramatic--as a Greek wedding. Based on Winnipeg actress-comedian Nia Vardalos's one-woman show and brought to the screen by Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks, the film tells (with some parallels to Moonstruck) the story of a thirtysomething Greek spinster for whom falling in love with a "Xeno" (non-Greek) is surely the easiest part of a wedding that more than lives up to its billing. The film's soundtrack perfectly captures those swirling clouds of ethnic and romantic tension. Its first half largely sets up the rich cultural atmosphere with a lively sampling of traditional Greek folk music (featuring selections by Alexandros Xenofontos, John Tsifliklis, Eman, Nick Kutsukos, Daghan Baydur, and Richard Thomas), while the score proper from Alexander Janko (with help from Chris Wilson) slyly segues from similar fare ("Moose Caca," "Yasoo," "Yiayia") to more traditional orchestral film music. That sometimes electro-pastoral, compelling music has parallels with Rachel Portman's and offers the collection a sense of emotional completion. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great disappointment on amazon's shipping method.......2007-07-07

I had ordered this particular CD. However, After the second tried. i am yet to receive the CD. And i was really hoping the second CD could appear in my doorstep on the expected arrival date or 1 week later.

To be honest, This is the first time i didn't manage to receive my good from E-commerce Portal. I totally didnt expect this happen from reputable Amazon.

Nonetheless. I must admit your friendly customer service, they are always willing to assist me to reprocess or the refund the marchant.

Please kindly review your shipping method. or perhaps let me know what had happened to my shipping address or my goods. so i could still have confident to make purchase on your website again.

The Greek Music-.......2006-02-10

The cd is so phenomenal. The music is so traditional and it show so much of the greek culture. The bouzoki that they use which is a greek instrument was such a musical sound. In my school we are doing a GREEK PRESENTAION and we are going to use this music. We will dance to it and are going to be a success. So overall this is a superlative cd after all!!!!!!!!!!

-MICHAELA

Great flick but bad cd.......2004-04-29

Check out my big phat cd cuz I'm a greek musician

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The Greek Music is Great.......2003-05-05

I loved the strong rhythms and colorful harmonies of the traditional Greek numbers. The film score is lyrical but bland. This truly is a combination of "apples and oranges!"

Amazingly Relaxing CD!.......2003-03-08

This is a great instrumental CD! Not only great greek music that you can get up and dance to, but also the soft contemporary songs that you can just relax with. I enjoy it very much!

Average customer rating: Practically peerless artistry than transcends genre.

Apples June Tabor Manufacturer: Topic Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sweet Warrior At the Wood's Heart My Name Is Buddy West Echo of Hooves ASIN: B000N69OT4 Release Date: 2007-04-09

Tracks:

1. The Dancing
2. The Old Garden Gate
3. The Auld Beggarman
4. The Rigs Of Rye
5. I Love My Love
6. Soldiers Three
7. Speak Easy
8. Au Logis De Mon Père
9. Standing In Line
10. Ce Fu En Mai
11. My Love Came To Dublin
12. Send Us A Quiet Night

Customer Reviews:

Practically peerless artistry than transcends genre........2007-05-19

Once again,another fine effort from June Tabor and friends i.e. Emerson,Harries,and Cutting.Production is appropriate,playing is collaborative and symbiotic,and the vocals are almost without parallel.If forced to compare to a few other singers,I'd say that Tabor's singing reminds me of Judy Collins,Sandy Denny,Niamh Parsons,Diamanda Galas,Patti Smith,Edith Piaf,Beth Orton,Karan Casey and Karrin Allyson.Use this as a ROUGH guide if you've never heard her as her product is really quite unique.To describe each individual song will not serve the reader as this cd must be heard in it's entirety.Highly recommended.Five stars.Take a chance on this cd as it's a faily sure thing in an age of glitz and hype.

Average customer rating: Awesome Great album

The House of Apples and Eyeballs The Octopus Project , and Black Moth Super Rainbow Manufacturer: Graveface Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Start A People One Ten Hundred Thousand Million Dandelion Gum Identification Parade Cryptograms ASIN: B000JU7HXY Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

1. Spiracle
2. Marshmallow Window
3. It Hurts To Shoot Lazers From Your Fingers, But It's Necessary
4. Lollipopsichord
5. Elq Milq
6. All the Friends You Can Eat
7. Copying Soup Onto Sexy Birdy
8. Psychic Swelling
9. Lemon Lime Face
10. Helium Tea
11. Beds
12. Runite Castles
13. Tony Face
14. Royal Firecracker Teeth
15. Foxy and the Weight of the World

Product Description

"The House of Apples & Eyeballs" is not a split, but a year-long, full-length collaboration by both bands. The Octopus Project is known and loved for their uncategorizable broken-guitars-meet-samplers-meet-drums-meet-drum machines sound, while the musical island of Black Moth Super Rainbow would rather play their songs in the woods and not let you know if their gear is broken or working just fine. Holding hands from Austin to Pittsburgh, they set out to create one of the wilder pop records of the year. For anyone familiar with both bands, may you find yourself at peace with this dream record. But know that not all is as it seems, and the challenge of figuring out which band played which parts may sometimes be impossible. While a couple tracks did make it to the record in their original, one-band form, most were passed back and forth for several rounds of dismemberment, rearrangement, and augmentation. The result overflows with sonic treats: cut-up beats and vocoder melodies collide with huge, distorted riffs. A theremin orchestra descends into layered steel guitars before all is dissolved in a wash of hazy synths. The Octopus Project appears courtesy of Peek-A-Boo Records. They have wowed audiences in 2006 at Coachella, and were named one of Rolling Stone's breakout bands of SXSW. They will soon be going into the studio to record their very highly anticipated third album in 2007. Black Moth Super Rainbow lives on Graveface Records, and although known as somewhat of an enigma, has come out of the forest in 2006 to play at the request of bands like Of Montreal and The Black Angels. They have been recording their third full length album that will be released when the time is just right.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-06-14

These bands sound awesome together on cd and live.

Great album.......2007-01-17

I love the Octopus, and they expand their sound on this album. Of course, this being a joint effort, it is not just their "voice" being heard.

Average customer rating: you need to hear this if you like today's electronica Ye gads! my mind is melting...... Took a few listens Way up on my list of favorite albums. Got unwanted guests, put this CD on.

Silver Apples/Contact Silver Apples Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The United States of America An Electric Storm Neu! 75 Faust/Faust So Far Faust IV ASIN: B000002P7M Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

1. Oscillations
2. Seagreen Serenades
3. Loverfingers
4. Program
5. Velvet Cave
6. Whirly-Bird
7. Dust
8. Dancing Gods
9. Misty Mountiam
10. You And I
11. Water
12. Ruby
13. Gypsy Love
14. You're Not Foolin' Me
15. I Have Known Love
16. A Pox On You
17. Confusion
18. Fantasies

Amazon.com

Oft-sampled electronic pop pioneers the Silver Apples released two exceptionally influential, off-kilter records in 1968 and '69, then apparently vanished. The group was formed in New York City in the psychedelic heyday of 1967 by drummer Danny Taylor and protosynth player Simeon, who quaintly named his hand-built instrument the Simeon. Taylor was a powerhouse of polyphony and his looping, loping playing is the engine that drives the Apples' experimental music, characterized by snippets of found sound, weird and warbly high-pitched singing, stray banjos, and--most importantly--the battering, buzzing, bleeping beauty of the Simeon synth. The two albums are a bizarre, sincere mixture of avant-garde sensibilities, pop melodies, folk-psyche song structures, overwrought poetry, and hefty percussion. It is difficult-to-describe, signature music that ranks high alongside the most forward-thinking avant-prog. The group got back together in the mid-'90s, spurred on by the enthusiasm that many acts showed for their music (the group has been name-checked and more by Spacemen 3, Low, and Stereolab). But as is often the case, the reunion records just don't quite cut it--this one CD has everything you need. Lazy electronic musicians are encouraged to sample the heck out of this band; you won't be the first. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

you need to hear this if you like today's electronica.......2007-05-15

People complain about the lyrics-It's poetry! This music is BENT. Only listen to it if you are avant garde and there won't be any problems. This is more pure than "The Garden" because it was all recorded at one time. "The Garden" was reworked in the 90's on every other track. Not that I don't like "Garden". I'm listening to this album right now and all I can say is that they are contenders for the elusive trophy of art rock champions. Look deeper into this band and you will see how amazing they were for a brief, bright flash in time.

Ye gads! my mind is melting.............2007-04-13

How fun is this...
I was 14 in '69 when I bought That Shiny "Silver Apples" L.P. in a cut-out bin at Federal's Dept. Store.
Along with:
Calliope "Steamed",
Ultimate Spinache "Behold & See" and
Linn County "Proud Flesh Soothseer"
I don't think my musical tastes ever recovered from the impact.
This was, and still is, an excursion into bold and imaginative relms of musical possibilities, that unfortunately dried up on a commercial level with few exceptions for decades. AOR musical directors dictated by corporate bottom line and not "Art" quashed the avant gard and sent it underground .
Where this marvelous CD remains available only as an import, European tastes and demand,dictate this.
Thankfully someone (MCA Universal) had the forsight to combine these two L.P.s into a single release.
Electronic sound, as yet unheard of, combined with creative pecussions and unique vocal stylization ( can anyone say Syd Barrett, Marc Bolin?).
Then by Their 2nd release "Contact" adding Banjos to the mix!?!?
And the amazing thing is...it works!!! Brilliant!
Granted not top 40 material or something you'd put on at a party,
but nontheless, an Important intregal step in musical evolution, that ushered in accessable electronica.
Treat yourself to some of the oddest and most intriguing music of the late 60's with this package.
Oh, and here's a tip:
Don't just spin it once and judge, as with most ecclectic tastes, a cursery skim will not do.
It's an acquired taste, that has sat maturing for nearly 40 years.
Enjoy the trip.....

Took a few listens .......2006-11-16

i didn't like this the first time I heard it. After a few listens It began to grow on me. This was a revolutinary band.
I also strongly recomend that you check out the album that Simeon did with the band, The Alchemist, entitled "Simeon and the Alchemist".

Way up on my list of favorite albums........2006-11-04

It's easy to miss the unique, and intellegent nature behind this music the first couple times you listen to these albums. As soon as you listen to it several times, and become more attentive to all the noises, improvisation, and beats you begin to really appreciate what these guys created.

Contact is by far my favorite album by Silver Apples, it's also the cd that has an edgier sound to it.
With songs like the beautiful "I Have Known Love", the tastefully different "Confusion", and "Ruby" which both have a Banjo part that is light and complimentary to their signature sound. Then there's my favorite song "Fantasies". I am a complete sucker for great drumming, which is one of the reasons I love this entire cd so much, but the drumming in the song "Fantasies" makes for a very powerful, intense, and infectious song. Plus with Simeon guiding Danny, and the random lyrics it somehow tops everything off and makes this song pop out to me the most.

The Self titled part of this album is also so wonderful. Still holds great drumming, but the songs have a lighter vibe to them. Both cds in this album balance each other out very nicely, without one having more of a "Silver Apples" sound than the other.
"Dancing Gods" is another song that has that intense drumming. Although the drumming has a more tribal style to it, which sounds amazing, Cause Danny is great at pulling off so many different drumming styles.
The ocsillation part in "Lovefingers" are very fun, with great drumming styles lightly playing in the background with the bass ocsillators.


Overall I would recommend this album to any open minded music fan/musician/ect. Any creative drummers need to own this album. Silver Apples has such an amazing sound and style that, today, sounds ahead of time.

Got unwanted guests, put this CD on........2006-08-30

If you're throwing a party and you have alot of people at your house & want to dispose of them by the end of the night or if you have unwanted guests at your house that you want to get rid of, do yourself a favor & buy this disc. Lou Reed's 1973 album "Berlin" may clear out 60% of the people, but Silver Apples/Contact will clear out the entire house, even your dorkiest friends will be hitting the exits! Trust me! It works. No joke! I don't listen to this CD for pleasure (well, sometimes I do), I play this when I have to get rid of people or to get people out of an establishment (especially a watering hole by the time 'last call' rolls around).


My personal top 5 albums to put on to get rid of 'unwanted guest' or to clear out the house of unwanted party idiots:

1. "Berlin" (1973) by Lou Reed
2. "Silver Apples/Contact" (1968, 1969)
3. "Unfinished Music #2: Life With The Lions" (1969) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
4. "Electronic Sound" (1968) by George Harrison
5. "The First Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle" (1975)

Average customer rating: My new favorite Top Of The Hip Too Bad It Was Not Digitally Remastered so good so cool One of the few complete and perfect albums

Road Apples The Tragically Hip Manufacturer: Fontana Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Fully Completely In Between Evolution In Violet Light World Container Trouble at the Henhouse ASIN: B000002OFN Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Little Bones
2. Twist My Arm
3. Cordelia
4. The Luxury
5. Born In The Water
6. Long Time Running
7. Bring It All Back
8. Three Pistols
9. Fight
10. On The Verge
11. Fiddler's Green
12. The Last Of The Unplucked Gems

Customer Reviews:

My new favorite.......2007-01-04

By far my favorite Hip of all. Top to bottom very very good!

Top Of The Hip.......2006-05-04

The Hip had enjoyed limited commercial success in their native country, but this is the album that made the USA sit up and take notice. Gordon Downie's quirky yet captivating vocal presence and lyrical whimsy is nicely balanced by the musicianship, although I'd expect nothing less from producer Don Smith. Strong commercial content in the form of "Cordelia", "Little Bones", "Twist My Arm", and "Three Pistols", yet enough Canadiana to keep the hardcore Hip fan from slinging accusations of "sell-out". Even after a slough of releases that has seen the Hip mature over two decades, this is still recognized by most Hip fans as their strongest work.

One other reviewer had mentioned that the weak point on the album was "Fiddler's Green". I wholeheartedly disagree. It is a touching, soul-wrenching lament that will rip the heart out of anyone who has lost a child.

Too Bad It Was Not Digitally Remastered.......2004-05-24

Great cd, by a Great band..Just was a major disappointment, the cd was transferred from Analog Tape to Cd format...Makes for muffled Vocals, and thats a shame, Downie is one of the most original ive heard in a long time...But for die hard "TH" fans, its a must have...!!

so good so cool.......2003-10-30

This band makes some of the best rock music ever. Road Apples has to be the best of a long list of best CDs You can play this CD to death....never get tired of it. Hope they keep churning out music

I only heard of them last year, but I have a lot catching up to do.

One of the few complete and perfect albums.......2002-11-19

My girlfriend is Canadian and a fan of the Hip. She took me to a live show here in Denver and now I'm hooked. This was the third album I've purchased of theirs and it's by far the best. Growing up on rock and roll this is one of the few complete albums without one bad song, well maybe Fiddler's Green, but the rest is fantastic. "On The Verge" is still my favorite. This IS rock and roll at it's best. I don't think you can play this one too loud.

Average customer rating: Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected! beautiful Excellent! It will bring about many gentle nights Visualizing Beauty

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Ensemble Galilei | ( E ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: From The Isles To The Courts Shakespeare Songs The Renaissance Album (Windham Hill) Music In The Great Hall: Instrumental Music From The Ancient Celtic Lands Songs and Dances from Shakespeare ASIN: B0000478S3 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Mister Issac's Maggot, Chestnut (Dove's Vagary)
2. Woodycock
3. Death's Second Self
4. Jack's Health, Vale Of Years, Jack's Health Reel
5. Come, Gentile Night
6. Departe, Departe, The Cobbler's Hornpipe, Third Act Tune
7. But Let Them Go, Ladies, Sight No More
8. In A Garden So Green, Childgrove
9. Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble
10. The Asp
11. Rumble Thy Bellyful
12. Pastime With Good Company, O Lusty May
13. Irish Lament
14. Joy To THe Person Of My Love
15. The Winter's Tale Set: Love's Winter Light, Apples In Winter, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Jenny Pluck Pears
16. Lilli Burleo
17. The Scottich Play Set: Life Is But A Walking Shadow, Mill, Mill O', Pawky Adam Glen
18. Heart's Ease, Now That The Spring, Gathering Peascods
19. No Longer Mourn For Me

Customer Reviews:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!.......2002-11-29

With their soulful playing and artful, sometimes even ephemeral arrangements, the six women of Ensemble Galilei convey a rare depth of emotion. In the insert notes, gamba player Carolyn Ann Surrick describes their creative process: "[In making this recording, we engaged in]...a kind of work that is so focused and intense that years can go by in one afternoon... Extraordinary music-making requires trust... [We] live for the times when the only thing that exists right then is the music--when the instruments are speaking as if we don't exist, and they are having their own conversation." Thank you, Ensemble Galilei, for allowing the rest of us the privilege of coming along for the ride! It's simply delectable. This chamber ensemble, featuring fiddle, harp, gamba, oboe, pipes and percussion, can also be heard on their other Telarc release, "From the Isles to the Courts", and "The Mystic and the Muse: Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music", on the Dorian label.

beautiful.......2001-01-22

Sheer beauty, as a lover of English music I found this to be one of the most beautiful of all Shakespearean albums. Such harmony, such subtlety, one wishes that the gentle night will never stop.

Excellent!.......2001-01-04

Ensemble Galilei provide some excellent arrangements of English renaissance compositions. I believe that John Playford (English Dancing Master) fans will be particularly satisfied with the renditions presented here. It is very unfortunate that E.G. did not provide more arrangements from such early music sources. Some of E.G.'s own compositions seem very weak and not in the renaissance spirit of the rest of the CD. Nonetheless, this CD is highly recommmended.

It will bring about many gentle nights.......2000-11-22

I found this album to be solid. Very sweet, but not afraid to use percussion which makes it livelier and more fun. I adore the quiet, peacefulness of the music and the flawless execution of these renaissance songs.

Visualizing Beauty.......2000-08-20

I recently had the good fortune to direct a performance of King Lear--the ENTIRE five acts, in a community theatre, non-profit setting. I used twenty-four fully committed non-actors, who for the love of the ideas, participated in this performance. The first and main challenge that I faced was, how do I go "behind" the words, and invoke the right emotions, etc., to give these actors the range and tools needed for an effective, powerful performance? Critical to this performance was the beauty and brilliance of this recording, which I used throughout the various scenes of the play. This helped the performers tremendously, creating the different tapestries in the mind of the Bard. In short, this work is real genius, that I was so happy that I stumbled across. I am now putting in our performance programs, along with our most heart-felt thanks to E.G., the name of the recording and I have copies from Telarc to sell at each performance!

Average customer rating: Imagine! great CD A very good psychedelic pop EP with three great songs - most should like it - 4.5 stars Good songs but too few Too much noodling, not enough songcraft

Her Wallpaper Reverie The Apples in Stereo Manufacturer: Spin Art ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fun Trick Noisemaker Velocity of Sound The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone New Magnetic Wonder Look Away [EP] ASIN: B00000IP4X Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. Her Room Is A Rainy Garden (Wallpaper Reverie Theme)
2. Morning Breaks (And Roosters Complain)
3. The Shiney Sea
4. The Significance Of A Floral Print
5. Strawberryfire
6. From Outside, In Floats A Music Box
7. Ruby
8. She Looks Through Empty Windows
9. Questions And Answers
10. Drifting Patterns
11. Y2K
12. Les Amants
13. Benefits Of Lying (With Your Friend)
14. Ruby, Tell Me
15. Together They Dream Into The Evening

Amazon.com

The great thing about being part of a musical collective is that not only can you draw from the work of your peers for inspiration, you can rely on your peers themselves. As part of Elephant 6, the Apples in Stereo are involved in a symbiotic relationship with such like-minded bands as Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel. For example, Apples frontman Robert Schneider produced a previous OTC album and OTC controller William Cullen Hart designed the artwork for the Apples' new record, Her Wallpaper Reverie. So it's no surprise that Wallpaper sounds like a more cohesive sequel to OTC's mind-bending Black Foliage. What is surprising is just how vast an improvement it is over the Apples' last sugary pop disc, Tone Soul Evolution. A psychedelic excursion threaded together with chiming, repetitive interludes, the album blends the styles of Revolver-era Beatles with those of Smile-era Beach Boys, resulting in a shimmering pop cocktail that's both crafty and infectious. Only two flaws: the interludes become a tad annoying and the album is only 27 minutes long, leaving the listener begging for more. Fortunately, most CDs have a repeat-play button. --Jon Wiederhorn

Album Description

1999 album, the follow-up their successful '97 album, 'Tone Soul Evolution'. A return to the fuzzy rock sound of their earlier releases while taking giant steps forward, it contains 15 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Imagine!.......2007-05-05

Imagine what it would have sounded like if the Beatles finished recording Sgt. Pepper and then decided to record an album with members of the Beach Boys. No, wait! You don't have to imagine it. Just listen to "Her Wallpaper Reverie"!!! This is a joyful collection of neo-psychedelic tunes that is bouncy, fun and clever from end-to-end.

great CD.......2007-01-21

this is a great CD, I bought it for my husband who is a huge beatles fan and he loved it!

A very good psychedelic pop EP with three great songs - most should like it - 4.5 stars.......2006-01-09

"Her Wallpaper Reverie" may be a pretty short EP, but it's definitely worth it. The EP has three great psychedelic pop songs ("The Shiney Sea", "Strawberryfire" and "Ruby"), and while the rest aren't as great they're still very good. It's just a very interesting and creative EP. I wouldn't call it a "classic", but genre fans will definitely love every minute of it. The lyrics tend to be pretty pointless, although they can be interesting at times (and catchy - see "Ruby"). The musicianship is very 60's-ish - it could've easily come out in that decade. Indie pop fans will love this, and everyone else will probably like the first three "real" songs on here (the roman numeraled songs are psychedelic experimental instrumentals). For $10.00, though, I don't think it has enough songs on it to warrant a "5". All in all, this is highly recommended!

Highlights include:
the entire EP!

Good songs but too few.......2004-10-02

I got this Cd because I liked the two Cds "Fun Trick Noisemaker" and "tone soul evolution" and that I had heard the songs on it were the best so far. When I listened to the Cd I was disappointed, the songs that were there were indeed very good, but there were too few and the Cd was too brief. The Apples attempt to sound like Olivia Tremor Control with the artistic sounds didnt work for such a short EP, and the fact that they all sounded the same. But the songs that are there are very good, heavily influenced by the Kinks and the Beatles. A good Cd but shouldnt be priced over $5.

Too much noodling, not enough songcraft.......2004-06-28

Her Wallpaper Reverie is simultaneously one of the best and worst CDs I've listened to in a long time. How can it be both at once, you're asking? Well, it's rather like this...

On one hand, you have the Apples' trademark ability to synthesize 60s pop down to absolutely brilliant and tasty pop nuggets. "The Shiney Sea" floats by like a lone cloud on a sunny day, "Ruby" almost effortlessly manages to sound both like early Beatles and create a song as catchy as anything the Beatles did in their early days, and there's, of course, the brilliant "Strawberryfire," which almost manages to outdo Lennon's psychadelic sound experiments like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

However, with every brilliant song such as this, there is the horrendous filler. I rather like psychadelia, but the stopgap tracks between songs are pure directionless noodling. None of them start anywhere and most of them end nowhere, leaving you to scratch your head. And that says nothing about the concept of this CD either. Who in their right mind would actually RECORD a CD about what happens when you take a few too many bonghits and stare at the wallpaper for a while?

If The Apples in Stereo had managed to cut the terrible filler tracks, we'd have a lovely 7 song EP as opposed to the bloated 15 track one they released instead. As such, you're going to have to take the good with the bad on this one if you're going to buy it. Otherwise, check out some of the Apples' other CDs first.

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