Best American Alternative
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The events over the last year with Chris Cornell and Chester just broke my heart."
"Great value, ships quickly and comes with Amazon digital album."
"I love the music, came on time perfectly and everything."
"It is what the description says it is, but in the end it doesn't even matter."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I didn't listen to the CD, I purchased to make a CD clock for a friend."
"My x stole this from me so I had to buy another cd, I really really liked this music."
"It is not especially original, but if you are nostalgic for an 80s arena rock style then this very well may be worth the cost of admission for you. But as much as I am one of those people who gets nostalgic I wanted to give an objective score that takes into account the fact that, true, the music here is not particularly unique or stand out as different, and the lyrics are quite frankly very trashy. If you want a throwback to, and improvement on the arena style rock, and if the "dumbed down" frat house lyrics don't bother you this album is worth another look, even if you don't like Nickelback's other albums."
"Very enjoyable sound."
"AH BEST SURPRISE EVER!"
"Quick ship."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The fact that so much of what he predicted, given certain circumstances, actually came true, this is a wonderfully educational and entertaining piece of history."
"Many issues are not current, but still very informative."
"This is a stunning spoken word with afew roars of agreement from Jello's audience."
"I could listen to this all day long."
"An absolute piece of art this will change your entire view on the american goverment."
"For all those who have yet to hear Biafra's satiric social commentary, this collection is a great palce to start. The 1st two pieces, "The Pledge of alleigence" and "Die For Oil" make this set well worth the money alone."
"His poetic rant against the war in Iraq has references to the oil industry, U.S. aid to Israel, the falling U.S. petrodollar, loss of civil liberties in the U.S., U.S. media, and the unwelcome reception the U.S. is receiving in Iraq for spreading "democracy"."
"This spoken word album, by ex-Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, tackles a wide variety of topics including the Gulf War, Marijuana and other drug prohibition, censorship, sexual repression, and his 1979 run for mayor of San Francisco against the now California Senator Dianne Feinstein."
Best Alternative Metal
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Now what I don't like about this CD is that the songs sometimes sound too similar, it's not neccesarily a bad thing but if you have it in shuffle with other artists it wont seem repetetive."
"This is a good album to rock out to if you like hard driving music."
"I was about to go on a short trip with a lot of driving, and I love listening to Disturbed while I drive, so I bought the entire CD from Amazon so I could burn it right before the trip."
Best Hard Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This album transitions smoothly from track to track."
"The vocals and solos blend and twist these fabulous hard edged songs into a frenzy!"
"Love the album, love the band."
"Awesome!"
"Great band (BCC - may they long live), great album."
"This supergroup continues to deliver!"
"Not the best of the four albums but c'mon, still awesome."
Best Funk Rock
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One of his best works during a turning point in his career."
"Classic "Shack" music."
"Me and 7 of my friends all bought this the day it came out and one of my friends came here to buy one for his cousin and saw these 2 star reviews so we decided to write a group review cuz it's way better than that. Maybe because we're strange too.Dead Sleep - maybe the best song on the cd after living with ghosts. Says it's really the first song to ever describe that spent feeling you get when someone drains the life out of you. Great song to get you feeling strong during the tough times.Paper Dolls - Also could be a single. Mostly we hope everyone reading this will buy it so JCS can get out here on a tour but we can't see how anyone couldn't like most of ths cd."
"Favorite songs are the soaring Living With Ghosts, the ROCKIN Dead Sleep and Strange and then there's Ghettoverit which is so funny (if you get the joke) that it reminds me of something Adam Sandler would do if he were a real musician.Also really cool is hearing how the boys work with songs co-written by the likes of Aaron Lewis from Staind (big surprise for me there, I liked it) and the guy from Marcy PLayground (Paper Dolls is another GREAT song on this disc).I can't see how anyone could be disappointed by this CD. My older brother just ordered a copy to take to school with him after he was listening to mine and he is a super music snob so if he likes it you'll like it too.These days I feel lucky if a cd has 2 good songs on it."
"BYOS is a solid listen straight through w/o a bad song and alot more mellow than their other ones (reminds me of stuff by Pepper, Slightly Stupid, Stranger etc even though its unique). PTSE is more rock w/ some funk bass and stuff, good cd but their sound is less developed."
"Where I found every song to be great on their first two albums, "re.present" disappoints with more "filler" songs (Quitter, Beautiful, Unshaken)."
"I got so excited when they released a new album, because all the songs on their other ones are so powerful that you just can't stop listening to them."
Best British Alternative
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dig Out Your Soul [2 LP][Reissue]. Just got the double 45rpm vinyl reissue of this classic."
"And to be quite honest, though I've enjoyed these early records that most Oasis fans continue to hold up as the holy grail of band, I found them to be generally kind of musically one-dimensional. Oasis is a one vocalist band, for crying out loud, banging on three or four jangely chord songs,with amps on 11 for most of those early records. In this sense, they are following a path perhaps originally layed down by The Beatles, but followed by a number of wonderful British bands who proved over the years that they were much more than just the muscial adrenaline of their youth. This wasn't the straight up rock n' roll band I had fallen in love with and these new sounds The Beatles were making just didn't do it for me at that time. Though I can't say I like it quite as much, after afew listens, "Dig Out Your Soul" picks up right where "Don't Believe The Truth" left off, but without quite as much of the Beatle derivative in it."
"That said, the tension between these two artists is so strong that it creates an amazing sonic experience almost 20 years into the band's journey. Ian Gallagher the vocal brother is channeling Lennon in this album through the filter of the familiar Oasis sound. Noel Gallagher is channeling Tommy from The Who with ghostly drum rhythms from a drummer that seems to be none other than Keith Moon himself in the bodily form of Zak Starkey. Ringo's son Zak was the Godson of Moon and learned to play drums at his feet."
"This album proves that Oasis is more than just "stadium rock," and provides modern alternative vibes that definitely are great to listen to."
"Better than most other bands best albums and that's a fact."
"There are some other good tunes in here, but a lot of the songs are very mellow, psychedelic (not what I was expecting, although it isn't necessarily a bad thing), and a little blase, with too much reverb effect on the vocals that make it sound like Liam is singing in a public restroom....or singing off key through a megaphone."
Best Compilations
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I admit I originally bought this album because Split Lip Rayfield had a song on it--it's never too early to teach your children about great bluegrass--but it turns out the whole thing is fantastic."
"I bought this CD to get one song: Rosie Flores doing "Red Red Robin"."
"These are fun songs for kids of all ages."
"We received it as a gift for our son's birth and now I give it as a gift to other friends."
"The preschool member of the family loves "Senor Don Gato". Thank you Bloodshot for making a kids' CD that doesn't suck!"
"Bought this YEARS ago when my kids were still little."
"I checked this out at the library and liked it so much that I bought a copy for myself."
"It sets the tone of the album, which is almost relentlessly upbeat, fun music, with just the occasional slow song like It's not easy being green, performed by Rex Hobart and the misery boys. Apart from Red red robin, perhaps the most famous songs here are Camptown races (done as an instrumental), I am my own Grandpa (sung here by the Asylum street spankers), Three billy goats gruff (narrated by Carolyn Mark) and The fox (sung by the Waco brothers)."
Best Singer-Songwriters
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's so good, so awesome to listen to, that I just could not pull myself away from listening to it in order to write a review. Let's face it, when having the choice between listening to a jewel of a surround disc or writing out a review, the music is going to win every time. I want to emphasize this again, as a music lover- if you love this album, if you appreciate the few in a lifetime experiences of joy when you listen to a real talent performing in front of you, get this disc for yourself."
"I bought one of these for my sister when hers got fried in her car a. number of years ago."
"The multi-channel is well done with nice separation between the vocals and the instruments for each channel."
"I got this was for my mother for Christmas she said when she was a child when she was young she just had this album and it was her favorite album ever and that it brought back a lot of memories in a few tears to her eyes when she got it."
"I can't say how much I'd like this if I were in my 20's, but as this album came out when I was indeed that age and was both relevant and well performed (and composed! If you were fortunate enough to hear and see Aretha Frankllin singing "Natural Woman" recently, you know what I mean."
"Heard a deep dive on Ms. King on EW radio and it brought back so many memories of the best album of my youth."
"What can you say about Carol King....she's one of the greatest singer songwriters of her day and she continues to still measure up to that statement."
"Great CD and it was in great condition."
Best Live Recordings
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Boz has always been a great singer song writer."
"Usually I'm skeptical of live greatest hits albums, but Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live offers an intriguing look at the career of a successful artist who gained a larger audience by altering his approach without losing his integrity."
"outstanding cd came on time and also played great."
"Although I am a real fan and may be biased, I truly believe this is his best CD, not only because he's in such good voice, but because the band that backs him is unbelievable."
"If you love Boz Scaggs like I do, this is a must for your collection."
"My only hesitation is that I realize I enjoy the polished rich sounds coming from studio musicans, and not the improvised singing (from the back up singers) or sounds of the audience in the background."
Best Ska
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Really, really, really, really, good!"
"This music is suitable for mailbox baseball, late night rendezvous with pinball machines, and even calculus homework."
"All the songs on here are instant sing along fan favorites, the opening song is sung at the beginning of every show (unfortunately there will be no more) which just kicks off a great night of entertainment. I love how the songs tell stories and mostly in a very funny or thought provoking way."
"'Midgets With Guns' has kind of a zesty Mexican feel to it, and then picks up to faster punk riffs. Just try these guys out, music fans of everything from ska to punk to emo to hardcore will love this band, and even most pop fans would like it."
"As said in the other reviews, I to enjoyed "The Wonderful Beef" and "Full Speed Ahead(which for whatever reason is not carried by this site)" They gained a little fame for their song and music video "Jabberjaw" on Cartoon Network."
"Pain displays numerous musical styles on the album, from a Middle Eastern tone on the revenge ballad "Chuck Al Hashib" to a Spanish flavor on the title track."
"No matter how many new CDs you buy, this is the one you'll keep going back to."
Best Hardcore & Punk
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good press."
"Smashing!"
"Love this one - even better on vinyl."
"Great great cd."
"This album does everything a punk rock album should do: Violently discuss politics, quick jab authority, and ask the same time how educated are they and how much drugs do they have in their system?"
Best Indie & Lo-Fi
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I wish that M Ward and Zooey Deschanel were my parents."
"Downloaded this album years ago, decided to purchase on vinyl and very glad I did so!"
"Bought as a Christmas present (It's what they asked for)."
"Love the cd, it's awesome!"
"My only complaint is the way she did the song "Baby, it's cold Outside. "."
"I'd prolly buy a copy for my sis or niece who appreciate different kinds of music."
Best Goth & Industrial
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One of the most underrated albums of Nine Inch Nails, but I find it one of the most cohesive and with a strong personality."
"I thought this was a better album than "Year Zero"; I'm finding that I listen to this album quite a bit more than "Year Zero"."
"Head Down is great, Echoplex is awesome, and Discipline is my favorite single from the last 3 major CDs NIN has released (as in I like that song more than both The Hand The Feeds and Survivalism)."
Best New Wave & Post-Punk
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Other highlights include the bouncy "Delirious", great party dance song "D.M.S.R."
"Our birthdays were separated by 2 yrs & 2 days. Favorite from this cd,..."Lady Cab Driver"."
"This was the album that started it all for me back in the 80s."
"I will continue to purchase my music from Amazon, for this very reason."
"I'm a Prince fan every since I had a record player."
"Bought this to have it available digitally easily... it really took me back."
"I love this record as it helped create a major shift in what we heard on the radio and saw on MTV."
"Another beautiful piece of work by Prince."