Best Rock
Pink Floyd- The Dark Side Of the Moon LP. "Breathe" (listed as "Breathe in the Air" on the original LP label) 2:43 3.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The remastering is just incredible."
"Like the original, it came with the original notes, posters and stickers along with an extra wax sleeve to protect your vinyl while leaving the other in tact for collectibility."
"If you consider yourself a 70's rocker and don't have this vynil, whether original or a repress, well..."
"This is the best selling album of all time for a reason."
"Of course the content is fantastic."
"Love this record, was excited that amazon had this available at a great price."
"My main drive for this version was to purchase a Multichannel version that was perviously only available on SA-CD (Super audio CD) This box includes a quad and a 5.1 mix. I would also not feel cheated if they had included a rebate for the 3 box sets when you bought the Big box of Pink Floyd."
"When music was at its best."
The Beatles' acclaimed original studio album remasters, released on CD in 2009, make their long-awaited stereo vinyl debut. Following the success of The Beatles' acclaimed, GRAMMY Award-winning 2009 CD remasters, it was decided that the sound experts at EMI's Abbey Road Studios should create new versions of The Beatles' vinyl LPs. The project demanded the same meticulous approach taken for the CD releases, and the brief was a simple one: cut the digital remasters to vinyl with an absolute minimum of compromise to the sound. The first stage in transferring the sound of a master recording to vinyl is the creation of a disc to be used during vinyl manufacture. The older, alternative method is to cut the sound into the soft lacquer coating on a nickel disc - the first of several steps leading to the production of a stamper to press the vinyl. Having made initial test cuts, Magee pinpointed any sound problems that can occur during playback of vinyl records. For example, each vinyl album was listened to for any 'sibilant episodes' - vocal distortion that can occur on consonant sounds such as S and T. These were corrected by reducing the level in the very small portion of sound causing the undesired effect. The last phase of the vinyl mastering process began with the arrival of the first batches of test pressings made from master lacquers that had been sent to the two pressing plant factories.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Hard to believe this album is 50 years old."
"I lost my album and then my CD."
"Great product!"
"Great product and a great price!"
"The Beatles."
"I purchased this for my mom because someone stole hers."
Ed Sheeran - Divide - Deluxe CD.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"But there are so many other great gems you will have the pleasure of experiencing....one of my favorites is Dive, a slower melodic song with a great guitar rhythm and strong vocals. But don't fear, there are plenty upbeat and humorous additions including some Irish influenced tunes like Nancy Mulligan and Galway girl (starts Irish, flows to rap, back to Irish , etc - like only Ed could do)."
"Enjoy your first listen by yourself......your second with friends...your third third as you relax...humming along with the pleasure of enjoying a great sound making your day or evening pleasurable."
"Effectively help establish Ed Sheeran as my new favorite artist."
"As someone who has not listened to any of his other albums, after hearing this one, listening to others of his is a must!!"
"LETS HOPE HE DOES NOT FADE AWAY IN POPULARITY LIKE SHE HAS BUT GRATEFUL SHE IS STILL REVEALED HIGHLY BASED UPON HER FIRST ALBUM."
"Music is great...but I couldn't believe how hard it was to get into the case."
"Great Music at a great price."
"I have all of Ed Sheeran's cds."
Best Blues Rock
Led Zeppelin’s debut album, newly remastered, and including an additional CD and double LP featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France. Super Deluxe Edition Box Set Includes: CD1: Original album newly remastered in vinyl replica sleeve CD2: Companion audio featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France in a new sleeve Vinyl 1: Original album newly remastered in single sleeve replicating the original album on 180 gram vinyl Vinyl 2/3: Companion audio on two LPs (180 gram vinyl) in a new sleeve featuring negative artwork based on the original album artwork, and featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France HD Download card with the original album @ 96/24 and the live concert from Paris @ 48/24 LP sized, individually numbered, high quality print of the original album cover Album-size hardback book (72 pages) Replica of original Atlantic press kit".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Much of this music evolved from Jimmy Page's Yardbirds period. I own the Complete Studio Recordings CD Box Set from the early 1990's, mixed by Jimmy Page himself. As a electrical engineer knowledgable about the evolution of audio equipment, and particularly Analog to Digital Converters, it is my opinion that this recently pressed Japan SHM CD is the best sound of this recording to date."
"For our listening pleasure, Jimmy Page has decided to remaster the Led Zeppelin catalog, beginning here in 2014 with the first three albums, all being released today, June 3rd. For many years, audio of Zeppelin's 1969 show in Paris has been floating around, and was considered a treasured chronicle of the band in its early days. The remaster for Zeppelin II and III both have studio rough cuts, backing tracks, and alternate takes, which are great for the rabid Zeppelin fanatic, but the average fan will probably appreciate this deluxe edition the most, with the classic debut album and a brilliant live show from a young, hungry Zep from '69."
"Very few albums I feel this way about, one of the others would be Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Albums such as these never grow old but stand the test of time. These are the same albums in the box sets, but you will have to make up your own minds to see if all the extra goodies from the deluxe box sets are worth it. As for me, I see myself possibly getting "Physical Graffiti" when it's released & possibly "Houses of the Holy" but I'm going to have to let most of these (sadly) go by the wayside."
"Just the other day I noticed ,while zep l was playing in my computer that only disc 2 of this edition displays the words deluxe edition. Both cd disc 1 and disc 2 on led zep lll display the word deluxe edition, which is what I would think is correct cause that`s what I payed for."
Best Country Rock
Hit singles large and medium are here, often ("One of These Nights," "Hotel California") still sounding definitive and even tough.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Disc one is labeled as disc 1 and has disc 2 songs and disc 2 is labeled disc 2 and has disc 2 songs."
"We love these guys...old now, and we still love to hear them!"
"This 2 CD set was bought as a present for some friends up North simply because it is the GREATEST collection of songs by the Eagles that I have EVER run across, bar none."
"So many greatest hits albums leave out important hits, probably to make sure you buy more albums to get 'THE' collection of all the band's hits."
"A classic!"
"This is the ultimate boxed set -right up there with Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd."
"I think one can do no better then this two Cd package as i can find no reason not to give this collection a thumbs up.."
"I was excited to see this 2-CD album for such a reasonable price, but I was even more excited to hear the sound quality and professional production."
Best Folk Rock
Led Zeppelin’s debut album, newly remastered, and including an additional CD and double LP featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France. Super Deluxe Edition Box Set Includes: CD1: Original album newly remastered in vinyl replica sleeve CD2: Companion audio featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France in a new sleeve Vinyl 1: Original album newly remastered in single sleeve replicating the original album on 180 gram vinyl Vinyl 2/3: Companion audio on two LPs (180 gram vinyl) in a new sleeve featuring negative artwork based on the original album artwork, and featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France HD Download card with the original album @ 96/24 and the live concert from Paris @ 48/24 LP sized, individually numbered, high quality print of the original album cover Album-size hardback book (72 pages) Replica of original Atlantic press kit".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Much of this music evolved from Jimmy Page's Yardbirds period. I own the Complete Studio Recordings CD Box Set from the early 1990's, mixed by Jimmy Page himself. As a electrical engineer knowledgable about the evolution of audio equipment, and particularly Analog to Digital Converters, it is my opinion that this recently pressed Japan SHM CD is the best sound of this recording to date."
"For our listening pleasure, Jimmy Page has decided to remaster the Led Zeppelin catalog, beginning here in 2014 with the first three albums, all being released today, June 3rd. For many years, audio of Zeppelin's 1969 show in Paris has been floating around, and was considered a treasured chronicle of the band in its early days. The remaster for Zeppelin II and III both have studio rough cuts, backing tracks, and alternate takes, which are great for the rabid Zeppelin fanatic, but the average fan will probably appreciate this deluxe edition the most, with the classic debut album and a brilliant live show from a young, hungry Zep from '69."
"Very few albums I feel this way about, one of the others would be Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Albums such as these never grow old but stand the test of time. These are the same albums in the box sets, but you will have to make up your own minds to see if all the extra goodies from the deluxe box sets are worth it. As for me, I see myself possibly getting "Physical Graffiti" when it's released & possibly "Houses of the Holy" but I'm going to have to let most of these (sadly) go by the wayside."
"Just the other day I noticed ,while zep l was playing in my computer that only disc 2 of this edition displays the words deluxe edition. Both cd disc 1 and disc 2 on led zep lll display the word deluxe edition, which is what I would think is correct cause that`s what I payed for."
Best Funk Rock
Anthony Keidis of th Red Hot Chili Peppers call the band's first new album iin four years, the most-anticipated album of the spring, "The best thing that we've ever done...There's this weird kind of submlime, subliminal undercurrent that is suggestive, in a spirited way, of our earliest records."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Two 14 track CD's of those excellent funky jams, which comprise their famous newer rock 'n' roll!"
"The lyrics of Desecration Smile hint at Anthony's difficult withdrawal from drugs, but you can apply them to any mistakes people have made with their behavior. The track Tell Me Baby has lyrics that serve as the best poem ever about aspiring performers in Los Angeles."
"One of the best records of all time!"
"That's saying something, considering great classics like Pink Floyd's The Wall and Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. Stadium Arcadium is a great Chili Pepper album, with a whopping 28 songs on it. And Anthony Kiedis has stepped up his lyrics a couple notches, and his singing style has improved even more. No, there aren't a lot of sexual innuendos, both because of the cryptic lyrics making any possible references incredibly obscure and because of where Kiedis is in his life (a healthy, regular old relationship with a woman that he basically proposes to in one song). There were a couple that I always seemed to think dragged on, especially on such a long album, mostly Slow Cheetah, Warlocks, and Animal Bar. I feel like the biggest downside to Stadium Arcadium is the double album idea."
"Steve Hoffman really sets himself apart as an incredibly skilled Mastering Engineer, unlike Vlado Meller, the Mastering Engineer responsible for the sonically inferior CD version and disasters like 'Californication.'."
"I orederd this for my son and he is extremely safiyed with it.It was as described by the seller,The order was shipped fast and had no problems at all.I would recommend this to anyone that is looking to buy.N.F."
"great condition."
"Good God, one blistering, ass kicking, stupendous, golden, perfect, incredible, fantastic, and masterpiece of an album!!!!!!"
Best Hard Rock
The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and Electric Lady Studios in New York, where the album was also mixed.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Great album!"
"Love this album."
"One of the best 80s Rock Albums, this is a must have."
"Gets 10 stars in my book....R.I.P Malcolm Young!"
"The sound is tighter and fuller, and the songs seem more enjoyable and free of the dirty joke garge band sound from their early days. This is to say that ACDC still sound like ACDC only somehow better and refreshed You can probabaly even recognize the chords they are usning."
"Great Album.... super quality sound."
"Excellent collection of ac/DC songs!"
Best Jam Bands
Few live albums are as revered as The Allman Brothers Band's "Live at the Fillmore East."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I was fortunate to see the Allman Brothers at their first large concert opening for Ten Year After in Miami where Duane and Eric Clapton met for the first time."
"Starting from Statesboro all the way until Drunken Hearted Boy - its the only way to feel like you are listening to an entire night Allman Brothers concert on vinyl."
"Simply the best live stuff you'll ever hear- especially Duane Allman and Berry Oakley performing together before they were summoned to Heaven -the recordings are so good-it's like being in the front row at the Fillmore again.Gregg Allman was amazing also- His voice and Hammond are the best combo you'll ever hear."
"At times, it is soft and saucy relying on Duane Allman's guitar, at other times, it is hard rolling highway music driven by the drums and bass. While I am not totally happy with the mix-down engineer's choice of where to place the instruments (the lead guitar shouldn't be in the left rear channel), and I would like a two channel mix, all music, particularly of this quality, deserves better than the CD format."
"Great booklet !"
"One of the greatest rock concerts ever!"
"The Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is, without a doubt, the greatest live album. ever recorded."
"Never owned this album back in the day."
Best Oldies & Retro
(2-LP set) The original recordings from 1968-1970, including the classics Susie Q , I Put a Spell on You , Proud Mary , Bad Moon Rising , Lodi , Green River , Commotion , Down on the Corner , Fortunate Son , Travelin' Band , Who'll Stop the Rain , Up Around the Bend , Run Through the Jungle , Lookin' Out My Back Door , Long as I Can See the Light , I Heard It Through the Grapevine , Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm not even really a fan of this style of music, but these dudes rock in unique ways that are unforgettable."
"This album has a several of my favorite Credence songs, so I really enjoy listening to it."
"The LP arrived in very good condition & both records are high quality."
"A great greatest hits!"
"LOVE EVERY SONG ON HERE.ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GROUPS."
"Informative liner notes donned both sides of the double leaf cover chronicling their hits achievements, which is a nice touch."
"One day I decided to find the music I loved and grew up to so specifically went looking it... Eric Burdon and the Animals, Jim Morrison and the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Sweetwater, Fleetwood Mac, Creedance Clearwater and Jerry Riopelle to name a few (I already had all of Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and the Stones).."
"Out of the box there was a small spot of some chemical or another on the first track of side b that caused an audible click every lap."
Best Power Pop
2 CDs chronicling the golden age of classic rock.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Great collection of 70's sound."
"Good listening music."
"Grew up in the 70's and these bring back memories."
"Nice option to idiot radio..."
"Great collection, as advertised."
Best Progressive Rock Music
Includes Bohemian Rhapsody; Killer Queen; We Are the Champions; We Will Rock You; Crazy Little Thing Called Love; Another One Bites the Dust; Under Pressure (original and Rah mix); You're My Best Friend; Fat Bottomed Girls , and more. While it eschews the glammy, pre-punk hard rock of live faves like "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Tie Your Mother Down" for the band's more quirky club-beat string of latter-day hits, this 51-track triple-CD anthology goes a long way toward documenting the true dimensions of the band's music and fame.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If you're a Queen or Freddie Mercury fan this is it."
"Who doesn't love Queen."
"I had enjoyed it in the 80's and 90's but had not listened to the music of Queen in a couple of decades."
"I really shouldn't need to say why I voted 5 stars."
"Compact Disc isn't Freddy Singing it more of Elton John and done more in a DJ style."
"I would have given it 5 stars without hesitation, except that one of my all time favorites "Somebody To Love" skips - so I have to go back to "A Day At The Races" for that."
"we love this cd sooooo much thank-you."
"This compilation of CDs is exactly what queen fans should get if they want a physical copy of their greatest work."
Best Rap Rock
That's the case with "One Step Closer" from Linkin Park's first album, Hybrid Theory .
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a must have for anyone who follows/loves this band!"
"LOVE this CD and think it's the best one they put out."
"One of my favorite albums."
Best Guitar Rock
Few live albums are as revered as The Allman Brothers Band's "Live at the Fillmore East."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I was fortunate to see the Allman Brothers at their first large concert opening for Ten Year After in Miami where Duane and Eric Clapton met for the first time."
"Starting from Statesboro all the way until Drunken Hearted Boy - its the only way to feel like you are listening to an entire night Allman Brothers concert on vinyl."
"Simply the best live stuff you'll ever hear- especially Duane Allman and Berry Oakley performing together before they were summoned to Heaven -the recordings are so good-it's like being in the front row at the Fillmore again.Gregg Allman was amazing also- His voice and Hammond are the best combo you'll ever hear."
"At times, it is soft and saucy relying on Duane Allman's guitar, at other times, it is hard rolling highway music driven by the drums and bass. While I am not totally happy with the mix-down engineer's choice of where to place the instruments (the lead guitar shouldn't be in the left rear channel), and I would like a two channel mix, all music, particularly of this quality, deserves better than the CD format."
"Great booklet !"
"One of the greatest rock concerts ever!"
"The Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is, without a doubt, the greatest live album. ever recorded."
"Never owned this album back in the day."
Best Roots Rock
(2-LP set) The original recordings from 1968-1970, including the classics Susie Q , I Put a Spell on You , Proud Mary , Bad Moon Rising , Lodi , Green River , Commotion , Down on the Corner , Fortunate Son , Travelin' Band , Who'll Stop the Rain , Up Around the Bend , Run Through the Jungle , Lookin' Out My Back Door , Long as I Can See the Light , I Heard It Through the Grapevine , Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm not even really a fan of this style of music, but these dudes rock in unique ways that are unforgettable."
"This album has a several of my favorite Credence songs, so I really enjoy listening to it."
"The LP arrived in very good condition & both records are high quality."
"A great greatest hits!"
"LOVE EVERY SONG ON HERE.ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GROUPS."
"Informative liner notes donned both sides of the double leaf cover chronicling their hits achievements, which is a nice touch."
"One day I decided to find the music I loved and grew up to so specifically went looking it... Eric Burdon and the Animals, Jim Morrison and the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Sweetwater, Fleetwood Mac, Creedance Clearwater and Jerry Riopelle to name a few (I already had all of Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and the Stones).."
"Out of the box there was a small spot of some chemical or another on the first track of side b that caused an audible click every lap."
Best Rock Singer-Songwriters
Cat STEVENS Tea For The Tillerman CD.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I spent many an hour listening to this album and Teaser and the Firecat and would be hard-pressed to decide which is better."
"I feel in love with the Tea for the Tillerman when it first came out and still enjoy every song."
"My favorite from Cat Steven, Planning on getting all of his albums."
"one of my favorites by the "cat"."
"My wife loves Cat Stevens."
"This album was my first introduction to Cat Stevens in the very early 1970's."
"Great sound and album."
"It brings me back to my college days."
Best Latin Jazz
It went on to sell over 21 million copies worldwide, earning critical acclaim, as well as considerable controversy and protest from groups such as GLAAD for its homophobic and violent lyrics.18 tracks.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"One of his better albums (there are many)."
"Came as expected!"
"Love Em."
"For those who have never heard this album, if you’re an Eminem fan (new or old) pick this up."
"Since this isn't really a review about the musical content of the vinyl (as anyone purchasing this has undoubtedly heard the MMLP already), I will say that it was packaged perfectly."
"Got here on time, works perfectly fine."
"©® Bowden's Masonry/Another Day Music/Designing By Grace."
Best Contemporary R&B
Combining a strong, Jazzy vocal style with often frank lyrical content recounting tales of love and loss, Winehouse is a truly talented songwriter with a good ear for melody, making this album an essential purchase.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I feel that her feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness of love come through in a couple of songs so strongly, that I feel for her and want to remind her of those that do care for her, but alas, it is too late."
"Perhaps the best known is Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), who took a cue from jazz artist Peggy Lee and combined it with the soul inflections of such girl groups as Martha and the Vandellas. By the time of its release, Winehouse had become a controversial figure, adopting Ronnie Spector's beehive hairdos and miniskirt dresses while drifting into alcohol and drugs in a way that quickly became infamous. On-going speculation about her chemical dependencies led Winehouse to write and record the album's signature cut: "Rehab," a strange mixture of R&B, South American edges, and slap-in-the-face, tough-girl lyrics that startled virtually everyone who heard it. Drug and alcohol problems, troubled romances, and publicity disasters have kept Winehouse largely silent on the music scene since BACK TO BLACK proved such an international smash."
"It is a true shame that Amy Winehouse passed so young, but listening to this album along with her other music (whether it be on vinyl or other formats) creates a comfort to her listeners that her music will be a huge impact for generations to come."
"This album was purchased for my adult daughter."
"Bad rating because I received two replacements and they both are skipping and the songs mix together."
"Be careful when ordering vinyls, it seems like they get warped in transition and then you're stuck with a defective product you paid for."
"the first 2 tracks on the disc do not work, listens with many jumps."
"I would NOT recommend this album."
Best Rock
The Best of Andrae.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Worshipful, biblically written songs, beautiful sounding, encouraging!"
"Crouch Classic."
"Big fan of his music over the decades."
"After Andrae Crouch passed away recently, I found the DVD on Amazon.com and bought it for old times sake."
"I have been 'drug free' since May 4, 1989 and I am so honored that you and Sondra spent time worshipping with my brother and his wife, David & Laurie Morris, in southern California in 2002 while he was receiving cancer treatment."
"Andrae Crouch has been around CCM for years, his early stuff is as wonderful as ever."
"I love Mr. crouch music and feel like he was one of the greatest legendary gospel mouth pieces during his reign."
Best Soft Rock
Hit singles large and medium are here, often ("One of These Nights," "Hotel California") still sounding definitive and even tough.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Disc one is labeled as disc 1 and has disc 2 songs and disc 2 is labeled disc 2 and has disc 2 songs."
"We love these guys...old now, and we still love to hear them!"
"This 2 CD set was bought as a present for some friends up North simply because it is the GREATEST collection of songs by the Eagles that I have EVER run across, bar none."
"So many greatest hits albums leave out important hits, probably to make sure you buy more albums to get 'THE' collection of all the band's hits."
"A classic!"
"This is the ultimate boxed set -right up there with Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd."
"I think one can do no better then this two Cd package as i can find no reason not to give this collection a thumbs up.."
"I was excited to see this 2-CD album for such a reasonable price, but I was even more excited to hear the sound quality and professional production."
Best Soul
Combining a strong, Jazzy vocal style with often frank lyrical content recounting tales of love and loss, Winehouse is a truly talented songwriter with a good ear for melody, making this album an essential purchase.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I feel that her feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness of love come through in a couple of songs so strongly, that I feel for her and want to remind her of those that do care for her, but alas, it is too late."
"Perhaps the best known is Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), who took a cue from jazz artist Peggy Lee and combined it with the soul inflections of such girl groups as Martha and the Vandellas. By the time of its release, Winehouse had become a controversial figure, adopting Ronnie Spector's beehive hairdos and miniskirt dresses while drifting into alcohol and drugs in a way that quickly became infamous. On-going speculation about her chemical dependencies led Winehouse to write and record the album's signature cut: "Rehab," a strange mixture of R&B, South American edges, and slap-in-the-face, tough-girl lyrics that startled virtually everyone who heard it. Drug and alcohol problems, troubled romances, and publicity disasters have kept Winehouse largely silent on the music scene since BACK TO BLACK proved such an international smash."
"It is a true shame that Amy Winehouse passed so young, but listening to this album along with her other music (whether it be on vinyl or other formats) creates a comfort to her listeners that her music will be a huge impact for generations to come."
"This album was purchased for my adult daughter."
"Bad rating because I received two replacements and they both are skipping and the songs mix together."
"Be careful when ordering vinyls, it seems like they get warped in transition and then you're stuck with a defective product you paid for."
"the first 2 tracks on the disc do not work, listens with many jumps."
"I would NOT recommend this album."
Best Britpop
a Rush of Blood to the Head is a soulful, exhilarating journey, moving from the cathartic rock of 'Politik' to the hushed tones of 'Green Eyes' without once breaking its mesmerizing spell.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Front to back it's just a great album."
"This is where it all started."
"My favorite band and the album that first made me fall in love with them - so awesome to finally have it on vinyl!"
"These cd is awesome."
"Great CD original recording."
"Super fast shipping."
Best Black Metal
Vinyl reissue of THE grim, unholy masterpiece is an undisputed black metal classic.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Fantastic Black Metal album."
"The mpeg movie on the multimedia portion of the CD has an interview with Fenriz (drums, words) conducted and shot by Nocturno Culto (vocals, guitars). The lyrics written by Fenriz and Count Grishnakh - Varg Vikernes of Burzum, are darkly poetic and evocative, capturing in words an essence of horror that few other bands ever achieve. This is dark, evil music, to call it grim doesn't begin to describe the sound Darkthrone achieved on Transylvanian Hunger. Yes the production is intentionaly "bad", but it only adds to the cold wall of noise aesthetic Darkthrone were attempting."
"Transilvanian Hunger is one of the most influential black metal albums of all time."
"This album had quite an effect on me when I first heard it years ago and I still enjoy hearing it upon every listen..... One of my favorite from the Norwegians."
"Great digipak package."
"Fennriz is always great to listen to."
"I like this album more than the other Darkthrone albums."
"you have two types of (moronic) approaches for this album: 1) people who ignorantly worship it because they're "supposed to" 2) people who hate it for it's minimalist approach, and "bad" production. those in the first group, we all know them, and chances are at one time we were them (and probably still are if we reflect a little deeper)and the second group, your (i hate this word) typical "more riffs please" metalhead."
Best Pavanes
The Piano Guys have become a YouTube sensation with their clever and inspiring takes on popular music and creative videos that accompany them. Their debut album on Sony Masterworks includes songs featured in their hit videos, including their latest viral smash, a distinctive take on One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." The deluxe release of their self-titled 2012 album, with 3 bonus tracks plus an accompanying DVD containing 8 of their most popular music videos.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is excellent music to work by, especially if you work with words. There's not much singing, the music is uplifting without being exhausting (Hans Zimmer soundtracks, I'm looking at you here), it's like a mental massage while you work."
"I can't remember who first introduced me to The Piano Guys, but I saw them first on YouTube."
"We really enjoy listening to these two musical geniuses."
"I love the upbeat quality of some of my favorite classical pieces blended with more contemporary music."
"Lest that makes them sound stuffy, it was precisely because they were so completely different from anything I'd heard before that I wanted to know if I was really hearing them accurately. My favorite piece involves a topless piano so they can pluck the strings, play percussion with their hands on the side of the piano from the inside, carry a beat by lightly hitting the keyboard cover to the full-up position in rhythm to, yes, someone actually playing the keys on the keyboard."
"Their sound is. deep, soulful, and expressive, which only comes from truly gifted and trained artists."
"Whatever, "Piano Guys" is at least as much "Cello Guys" as piano."
"This album is a good value for your money."
Best Cool Jazz
One of the most popular and beloved holiday albums of all-time now available for the very first time on collectable green vinyl!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is worth it even if you are not a Charlie Brown fan (hard to believe) because of the incredible jazz talent of Guaraldi."
"Just be aware that 99% of them are strictly instrumental, I believe only 1 song has actual singing."
"Used to listen to this when I was a kid at Christmas time, and it’s still great to listen to I’m so glad I found it on Amazon!"
"If you're fond of the Christmas Charlie Brown cartoon video you'll love all the original music in this CD; a true classic."
"Nothing says "Christmas" more than "A Charlie Brown Christmas"."
"Who doesn't like Charlie Brown."
"Great album and a reasonable price (for brand new) and the green special edition is cool."
"Not enough stars to give for this always appropriate holiday cd."
Best British Invasion Rock
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Good stuff for a 32 year old who would never pay hundreds to hear this is its original form."
"It wasn't voted the best album of all time for nothing!"
""A day in a life" Three tunes mastered into one with the utmost precision."
"Everything I remember it was."
"This album, unarguably, started the music revolution that can still be felt to this day."
"What can I say about this Beatles Masterpiece?"
"Great album...ahhh vinyl...Gotta love it."
Best Philly Soul
Contains all of their classic Atlantic hits and more, including eight Top 20 pop smashes!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Classic group."
"This CD is one of my favorites."
"still singing and dancing."
"Good arrangement too, and great songs!"
"The spinners is one of the best groups I have ever heard."
Best Korean Music
1 CD (Random) + 100P Photobook + 20p The Note of 'The Most Beautiful Moment In Life' + 1 Photocard (Random 1 out of 28 Photocard + 1 Special photocard in limited quantity) + Special Stickers // This is the official release and will be counted towards Billboard / Hanteo / Gaon Charts.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm listening to the album for the 3rd time in a row."
"The only thing I'm upset about is that I didn't get the poster... which I for sure thought I would get since this was the link that Bighit posted on their twitter."
"Just finished listening to it for the first time through!"
"I'm listening right now and to hear such great vocals and unexpected beat drops makes me happy."
"I pre-ordered the album for my sister's birthday gift."
"Comes with everything as promised and a special song plus commentary from the members in the book though it is all in Korean so be aware of that."
"I love the album so much I bought 3 - one for myself, one for a white elephant gift exchange and one for a fellow BTS stan!"
"I have a 15 year old niece that's obsessed with BTS and this was their newest album."
Best Radio Show Recordings
The trailblazing troupe took on the radio detective shows of old in '69 with their most famous creation, Nick Danger.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a great collection of all the Nick Danger recording and brings back a lot of really good memories."
"But for any culture geek out there who likes their humor clever and original, you cannot ignore the genius of these four guys {and their caste of thousands} Of course, the original episode, from How Can You Be In Two Places At Once, will never be surpassed."
"Whether you were there at the time or not (...an old joke about the 60's) I recommend this collection whole-heartedly."
"The booklet illustrates the fine writing skills of the two departed Firesigners, though, making this even more poignant than imagined."
"My father quotes lines from this series all the time."
"Since I know Philip Proctor, all I can say is THIS IS A FANTASTIC PRODUCT!"
"The box set has a great Mix of Nick's stuff."
"Added to my CD Collection."
Best Music of Tibet
This Compilation features Three Separate Chants - Each with Its Own Alluring, Powerful and Meditative Quality.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This CD had NEVER left my vehicle as it was my favorite cd to play while driving. I accidentally left the cd in my CD player in the car I traded in when buying my new car."
"However, had to buy used from a listed seller but it arrived in perfect conditon."
"Love this cd...love this cd ☺."
"Mesmerising."
"Have listened to it for hours on end through You Tube, but want to have a hard copy to use in my car, download on my phone, carry it anywhere I go."
"I just want to thank you for sending this product Buddhist Incantation, the cd is really relaxing to listen to, while I meditate, great item and this was the fastest delivery I had on any of purchases..I would purchase from this establishment again in the near future..Thank you, so much for such a great service...Arthurlynn Kanuha."
Best Norwegian Music
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm not a big fan of the other Einherjer's albums, but in my search for music that instantly makes me think of the viking era I came across this EP, and this really has a viking aura over it."
"Don't buy from some metal head who knows a lot, buy from a high volume "this is garbage I want to get rid of it" type of person."
Best Swedish Music
ABBA GOLD (JEWEL BOX).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"However, my memory has softened and I need to hear ABBA and the BeeGees, and Donna Summer and Karla Bonoff once in a while."
"Was deliberating on getting one of the Mamma Mia soundtracks, and then figured it would be better to actually purchase this greatest hits album which contained all of those songs and more."
"Great memories from my teenage years listening to this music."
"I got this in preparation for seeing Mama Mia!"
"A great album with all of Abba's hits."
"This is the perfect round up of all your favorite abba songs!"
"Friends gave me an old CD I could not get to transfer to my Kindle, so I purchased this so I could enjoy this delightful collection on-the-go."
"Abba Gold - Their Greatest Hits all on Lp Album."