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Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep).
The Ramones' self-titled debut is a justifiably adored album--not just one of the best albums to come out of the initial New York punk explosion of the mid-'70s, but one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time. RAMONES is one of those rare records where there is not a single weak or out-of-place song. Changeups like the bubblegummy near-ballad "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" and the uncharacteristically harsh "53rd and 3rd" (an unsentimental song about Dee Dee Ramone's days as a teenage hustler) vary the album's sound and mood more than its detractors (and even some of its fans) maintain.
The 2001 reissue adds eight bonus tracks. Most are culled from early demos, including two songs, "I Can't Be" and "I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed," that were never officially recorded, and two others, "You Should Never Have Opened That Door" and "I Don't Care," which eventually appeared on their second and third albums respectively. None of the demos are particularly different from the final recordings, but, interestingly, they tend to be a little slower and poppier-sounding. The cleaner-sounding, more trebly single mix of "Blitzkrieg Bop" closes the package.
Rhino's 2001 expanded reissue of the Ramones' seminal debut album would have been welcomed if it had simply brought the original album back in print. It may have been available as part of the wonderful All the Stuff & More, Vol. 1 compilation, but there's nothing like hearing the original album in a concentrated blast of gleeful primitivism -- unless it's hearing it in this expanded form with eight bonus tracks. Apart from the final cut, the single version of "Blitzkrieg Bop," these are all demos, some appearing on All the Stuff & More, some appearing on a 1997 7" on Norton Records, some previously unreleased. It would be misleading to call these bonus cuts revelatory, even if they do confirm the group's affection for pop, but they're all welcome additions to the album, especially since they do contain "I Can't Be" and "I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed," songs that never made it to Ramones albums, plus early versions of "I Don't Care" and "You Should Never Have Opened That Door." On top of the music is the 20-page booklet, containing full artwork and lyrics, tons of rare photographs, and notes from Donna Gaines. It's a terrific package, and it's not just for the dedicated Ramones or punk fan -- it's essential for any rock library. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Contains 8 Bonus Tracks
Recorded at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York and 914 Studios, Blauvelt, New York. Includes liner notes by Donna Gaines and Arturo Vega.
Reissue producers: Gary Stewart, Bill Inglot.
Engineers: Rob Freeman, Jack Malken, Don Hunerburg.
Personnel: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass guitar); Tommy Ramone (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Recording information: 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, NY; Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, NY.
Photographers: Arturo Vega; Robert Matheu.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Roberta Bayley; Arturo Vega.
The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass); Tommy Ramone (drums).
Producers: Craig Leon, T. Erdelyi, Marty Thau.
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.106) - Ranked #33 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...An intense blast of guitar power, rhythmic simplicity and ferocious brevity..."
Spin (5/01, p.108) - Ranked #1 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...The apotheosis of punk....Blitzkrieg pop stripped down to its 1-2-3-4..."
Spin - Included in Spin's list of Top Ten College Cult Classics "everything good that's happened to music in the last fourteen years can be directly traced to The Ramones".
Q (5/02 SE, p.140) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums".
Q (8/01, pp.156-7) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Amongst their best work....the tunes have lasted...creating a similar effect to an early Beatles album: pleasure heading directly to the brain..."
Uncut (8/01, p.94) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Easily one of the 10 best first-footings in rock'n'roll history....Even today it still pricks senses....As an exemplary definition of rock'n'roll RAMONES is infallible..."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.76) - Ranked #4 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...The coolest, dumbest, simplest, greatest rock'n'roll record ever to be cut by four sweet, dysfunctional screw-ups..."
NME (Magazine) (6/23/01, p.41) - 10 out of 10 - "...The most toweringly aggressive, misleadingly primitive, perfectly phrased musical statement ever made....The demos and alternate versions included demonstrate how finely honed every gangly gesture was from the very beginning..." Ramones Music Review Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The album that started it all
This album is required listening for any punk rock fan. This is the seminal album that future punk bands would refer to as their inspiration. Simple three-chord melodies played with the volume turned all the way up. No one does it better. RIP Joey, DeeDee & Johnny.
Submitted by Rick (San Francisco, CA) 
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They freakin rock. This album freakin rocks. If you want it, you should have it. That is all.
Submitted by jerseygrl061986 (Nowhere,Red State,Un-USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No N.Y.C. ROCK'N'ROLL !!
The birth of punk-rock.No more,no less.
Submitted by soul71 (Bari , Italy)
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UN DISCO SORPRENDENTE, NO HAY PIERDE.
Submitted by a reviewer (LIMA, PERU)
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this album is the earth shattering album that destroyed the old and made way for the new phenomenon, THE RAMONES!
THIS is punk
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Purchase Ramones CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Ramones Leave Home CD (1977) Deluxe Edition
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Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (Digiprep).
Released only months after RAMONES, the Ramones' second album pales slightly in comparison to its stone-classic predecessor--but only slightly. LEAVE HOME contains enough all-time Ramones anthems--"Commando," "Pinhead" (which introduces the legendary "Gabba Gabba Hey" chant), and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment," to name only three--that it's still an essential document of the New York punk scene. Rhino's remastered 2001 reissue restores the original running order of the album, including "Carbona Not Glue," which was hastily removed from the 1977 vinyl not because it advocated dangerous activities but because the manufacturers of the spot remover Carbona objected.
More importantly, this reissue appends a whopping 16 bonus tracks, the entirety of the Ramones' August 1976 Hollywood live debut. Half the tracks don't even hit the two-minute mark--the longest is "Beat on the Brat," an epic 2:36--and the whole thing is over in under half an hour. Years of hardcore punk and the ever-increasing BPMs of underground dance music mean that this stuff doesn't sound as shockingly speedy now as it did at the time; what's surprising is how cheerful and poppy this allegedly transgressive music comes across, and how unexpectedly tight and well-rehearsed the supposedly sloppy band is.
As fine as it is -- and it's a really entertaining record, especially in retrospect -- the Ramones' second album, Leave Home, isn't as good as their first, largely because they no longer had the shock of the new. That can't be said of Rhino's 2001 expanded reissue of the record, since it trumps the reissue of Ramones in its bonus material. Where that record had eight bonus cuts, nearly all demos, this has a full 16-track concert recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood on August 12, 1976. This is a superior bonus since even if it doesn't have the breakneck quality of It's Alive, it's still terrific to hear the Ramones tearing through their set
| | Ramones Road To Ruin CD (1978) Deluxe Edition
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Principally recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Legs McNeil and Arturo Vega.
Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep Studios).
The last installment of the Ramones' breathtaking run of four albums in two years, the underrated ROAD TO RUIN shows that the group's follow-up, the Phil Spector-produced END OF THE CENTURY, was not as huge a change of direction as it's often made out to be. Compared to the fairly primitive RAMONES and LEAVE HOME, ROCKET TO RUSSIA had sounded almost slick, and ROAD TO RUIN goes it one better. Tom Erdelyi remains as co-producer, but his new partner Ed Stasium reveals a gift for balancing hard-candy gloss, bubble-gum hooks and noisy punk passion; similarly, Erdelyi's replacement on the drums, former glam-rocker Marc Bell, adds both power and finesse.
The high points--particularly the uncharacteristically emotional love song "Questioningly" and the immortal rocker "I Wanna Be Sedated"--are excellent, and ROAD TO RUIN is a fitting conclusion to the Ramones' first and best era. The bonus tracks on the 2001 Rhino reissue include two early, Stasium-produced versions of "I Want You Around" and "Rock and Roll High School," along with the raucous 11-minute live medley that's the climax of the film of the same name, and a pair of previously unreleased demos.
Contains 4 Bonus Tracks. 4th Album.
Reissue producers: Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart.
Engineers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium.
The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass, background vocals); Marky Ramone (drums).
Producers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium.
| | Ramones Rocket To Russia CD (1977) Deluxe Edition
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Principally recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Legs McNeil and Arturo Vega.
Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep).
The third of the Ramones' original quartet of albums, 1977's ROCKET TO RUSSIA is actually a big improvement over the slightly disappointing LEAVE HOME, released earlier in 1977. While not as solidly perfect as RAMONES, ROCKET TO RUSSIA contains very little fat and boasts possibly the finest songs in the band's entire repertoire, "Rockaway Beach" and the immortal "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker." "We're a Happy Family" and "Teenage Lobotomy" are only slightly lesser tracks, and the covers of the Trashmen's gloriously silly "Surfin' Bird" and Bobby Freeman's "Do You Wanna Dance" are conceptually perfect, linking the Ramones neatly with their garage rock and bubblegum roots.
The bonus tracks on the 2001 Rhino reissue are less revelatory than the 1976 concert contained on the LEAVE HOME reissue, a motley but entertaining collection of demos, single mixes and one B-side, "It's a Long Way Back to Germany," but this disc's carefully remastered sound makes it sound better than all previous incarnations of the album, highlighting the extent to which the cleaner production complements the group's poppier, slightly more complex new songs.
There aren't many bonus tracks -- only five -- on Rhino's 2001 expanded edition of the Ramones' third album, Rocket to Russia, but it doesn't really matter because the album itself is so good and the presentation is so fine. Like the other editions in Rhino's Ramones reissue series, this has a terrific booklet with the original artwork, full lyrics, plenty of photos, and great notes (this time from Legs McNeil). And while the bonus tracks are a little slight -- single versions of "I Don't Care" and "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" are nice to have but not drastically different than the album versions, while a previously unreleased version of "Needles & Pins" is charming but rather a
| | Ramones End Of The Century CD (1980) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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This has always been the Ramones most controversial album, thanks to the characteristically over the top production by '60s legend Phil Spector. Some longtime fans hold that the band is overwhelmed by Spector's trademark Wall of Sound, and the Ramones themselves have expressed some reservations with the album over the years, although that may have been a result of Spector's personal eccentricities during the recording sessions--at one point he reputedly held a gun on them.
In retrospect, however, Spector's sound and the Ramones' buzzsaw guitar attack make an excellent match, and with the exception of a pleasant but pointless cover of Spector's "Baby, I Love You" there isn't a weak track on the album. Highlights include a Spector-ized version of the theme to ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (markedly different from the cut on the movie soundtrack), "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll," (their ode to '60s Top 40 radio), "Danny Says" (their ode to manager Danny Fields), and "Chinese Rocks" (Dee Dee Ramone's often-covered ode to copping heroin).
Road to Ruin found the Ramones stretching their signature sound to its limits; even though there were several fine moments, nearly all of them arrived when the group broke free from the suddenly restrictive loud-fast-hard formula of their first records. Considering that the Ramones did desire mainstream success and that they had a deep love for early-'60s pop/rock, it's not surprising that they decided to shake loose the constrictions of their style by making an unabashed pop album, yet it was odd that Phil Spector produced End of the Century, because his painstaking working methods seemingly clashed with the Ramones' instinctual approach. However, the Ramones were always more clever than they appeared, so the matching actually worked better than it could have. Spector's detailed production helped bring "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" to life, yet it also kept some of the punkier numbers in check. Ev
| | Ramones Subterranean Jungle CD (1983) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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The early '80s found the Ramones in a quandary. Critics charged them with not expanding their horizons beyond their usual axis of songs about girls, punk rock, and mutants. A new breed of more aggressive hardcore bands raised on the Ramones' sound were challenging them for the fastest-loudest crown. Personal problems (drummer Marky was to exit rancorously shortly after the album's release) were further wrenches in the machinery. Thus, when SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE was released in 1983, it was judged harshly by critics who couldn't understand what the Ramones were trying to do.
While SUBTERRANEAN is no great leap forward, it does contain the seeds of an approach that would sustain the Ramones for the next 15 years of touring. Highlights include a Ramones-ized version of the Chambers Brothers' classic "Time Has Come Today," and, perhaps the Ramones' most romantic song to date, "Every Time I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think of You." The real revelation, though, is the light-speed "Psycho Therapy" which finds the band outracing their hardcore progeny to the punk rock finish line. Every band should put out a transitional record this good.
Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin were the heads of the edgy power pop and punk label Bomp!, so they steered the Ramones back toward the '60s pop infatuation that provided the foundation for their early records. It's a strategy that pays off well -- for the most part, the group's originals are so punchy and catchy that they make the pair of covers superfluous. Comprised of a set of unabashedly hook-laden songs and driven by more subtle rhythms, Subterranean Jungle may not be a punk record in the strictest sense of the word, yet the Ramones haven't sounded quite as alive in a long, long while. [The 2002 reissue appends seven songs to the original release: the original mix of "I
| | Ramones Too Tough To Die CD (1985) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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With TOO TOUGH the Ramones take on the '80s, and the '80s go down with a second round TKO. After a few fallow years and some substandard albums (by the band's standards anyway), they came rushing back into the ring with a fresh sense of purpose. The addition of new drummer Ritchie Ramone and the return of long-lost brother Tommy (who sat in as producer along with original engineer Ed Stasium) doubtlessly added some fuel to the fire, creating this punchy, revved-up, and highly worthy addition to the Ramones' catalogue.
TOO TOUGH finds the Ramones expanding their musical palette further than usual, adding crunchy metal riffs to the title song and "I'm Not Afraid of Life," while "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)" adds new wave keyboards courtesy of the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. The adventurous Dee Dee takes center stage for two hardcore songs, "Endless Vacation" and the manic "Wart Hog," giving Joey a brotherly run for his money. The best example of a Ramones formula song, "Durango 95," was destined to become the band's concert intro song. TOO TOUGH is proof positive that the words "punk" and "longevity" can go together in the same sentence.
Expanded & remastered reissue of 1984 album. With original drummer Tommy Erdelyi producing, the band revisits their punk roots. Features the original 13-track album plus the UK single, 'Street Fighting Man', 'Smash You' & ten more previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)' (demo), 'Planet Earth 1988' (Dee Dee vocal version), 'Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)' (demo), 'Endless Vacation' (demo), 'Danger Zone' (Dee Dee vocal version), 'Out Of Here', 'Mama's Boy' (demo), 'I'm Not An Answer', 'Too Tough To Die' (Dee Dee vocal version) & 'No Go' (demo). Slipcase.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Billy Altman.
Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass); Marky Ramone (drums).
Producers:
| | Southern By The Grace Of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour, Vol. 1 CD (1988)
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To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Dean Killpatrick, Lynyrd Skynyrd regrouped for a very successful reunion tour in 1987. Such special guests as Steve Morse and Charlie Daniels (as well as Johnny Van Zandt filling in for his late brother, Ronnie), joined such Skynyrd veterans as Artimus Pyle, Bill Powell, Leon Wilkeson, and Gary Rossington, which is all captured on 1988's SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD. While SOUTHERN is not on par with the original Skynyrd concert classic, ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, it is a fun collection nonetheless--you can't go wrong with such FM radio staples as "That Smell," "What's Your Name," "Gimme Back My Bullets," "Sweet Home Alabama," and "Freebird."
Live Recording
Recorded at Omega Audio & Productions and Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, Starwood Ampitheatre, Nashville Tennessee in October & November, 1987.
Muscle Shoals Horn Section: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson.
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Randall Hall (vocals, guitar); Leon Wilkeson (vocals, bass); Johnny Van Zant, Donnie Van Zant (vocals); Ed King (guitar, Yamaha DX7, synthesizer); Gary Rossington, Jeff Carlisi, Toy Caldwell (guitar); Billy Powell (piano, organ, Yamaha DX7, synthesizer); Artimus Pyle (drums); Dale Krantz Rossington, Carol Bristow (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Charlie Daniels (vocals, fiddle); Donnie Van Zandt (vocals); Steve Morse, Toy Caldwell, Jeff Carlisi (guitar).
| | Chantal Kreviazuk Colour Moving And Still CD (1999) Import
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On the follow-up to her smash debut Under These Rocks and Stones, Chantal Kreviazuk does an about-face from the Alanis-like alt-rock sound that made her single "God Made Me" so popular. Instead, simpler, more restrained ballads like "Blue" and "Until We Die" show off her classical piano training, as well as her earnest singing and lyrics. "Souls," "Far Away," and "Little Things" have a searching, yearning quality that the often dreamy and trip-hop inspired sound of the album magnifies: even poppier numbers like "Dear Life" and "Before You" have a slightly reflective, ethereal cast that gives them an extra depth. Colour Moving and Still reveals Kreviazuk's ambition to be more than a Lillith Fair-era flash in the pan; the results achieve an impressive balance between thoughtful, maturing songcraft and sweetly earnest pop. ~ Heather Phares
Canadian version of the singer/songwriter's 1999 sophomore album features exclusive artwork. Kreviazuk, a young classically trained pianist from Winnipeg, has been favorably compared to Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, & Sarah McLachlan. Sony.
Recorded at Phase One Recording Studios, Sony Oasis Studios and Chalet Studios, Toronto, Canada.
Personnel: Chantal Kreviazuk (vocals, piano, Wurlitzer piano); Luke Doucet (acoustic & electric guitars); Jay Joce (electric & baritone guitars, keyboards, bass, programming); Gil Reaves (organ, keyboards, snare drum, tambourine, programming); Chris Feinstein (bass); Matt Chamberlain, Jeremy Taggart (drums).
| | Gustavo Cerati Reversiones/Siempre Es Hoy CDs (2003) Remixes
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SIEMPRE ES HOY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
This double CD includes remixed material from his previous album, Siempre Es Hoy. It's quite eclectic material, featuring the work of Kinky, Nortec, Leo García, Cerati himself, Capri, and Wechsel Garland, among others. The original Siempre Es Hoy had 16 tracks, but on this album you will find remixes of just 11 of them. So some songs are repeated up to three times. The remixers show themselves to be perhaps a bit too reverent to the original material. The highlights comes from DJ Orange, with his drum'n'bass look at "Altar," and from Capri, which released the potential hit of "Karaoke." "Tu Cicatriz en Mí" gets a peculiar look, since DJ Zuker and Cerati used a recognizable sample from the Pixies' "Bone Machine." Fans may find this useful, but there's very little reason for the merely curious to start here. ~ Iván Adaime
2CD set of 20 remixed versions from his Latin Grammy nominated third solo record "Siempre Es Hoy". It features 4 tracks not found on the U.S. version: "Sulky (Wechsel Garland remix)", "Vivo (Gustavo Cerati remix)", "No Te Creo (Chord remix)" and "Camuflaje (Senking remix)". Includes the winners from the remix contest held through his website which received 350 submissions as well as artists from Mexico (Kinky, Bostich-Nortec), Argentina, Chile and Germany.
Editor: Flavio Etcheto.
| | Monster Magnet Spine Of God CD (1992) Bonus Tracks; Reissue
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The metal album for people who hate metal albums. A glorious and unapologetic celebration of pure indulgence, Spine of God is the ultimate stoner goof, a brilliant satire of headbanger culture so pitch perfect that it's almost tempting to take it at face value. Bearing the warning "It's a satanic drug thing...you wouldn't understand," the record is a complete mind-f*ck -- the production is positively viscous, a hallucinatory sludge of echo-drenched vocals, bone-rattling drums, and reverbed guitars which seem to stretch on into infinity; frontman Dave Wyndorf is like a shamanic idiot savant floating in a sea of bongwater, growling proclamations like, "If Satan lived in heaven, he'd be me" in the midst of deadpan fantasy freakouts which name-check every teenage metalhead staple, from Led Zep to Playboy to whippets. (There's even a toweringly psychedelic ode to everyone's favorite room deodorizer, "Ozium.") Monster Magnet's genius is that their music speaks directly to the audience it's poking fun at -- Spine of God's sheer sonic intensity is brain-warping stuff even without chemical additives, and its themes of sex, drugs, and evil are so hilariously over the top that it's impossible not to be charmed by the absolute mindlessness of it all. No matter what, proof positive that the road of excess leads anywhere but the palace of wisdom. ~ Jason Ankeny
Personnel: John McBain (guitar).
Recording information: Spahn Ranch Studio; Subterranean Sound, High Street, Unites States.
Photographer: Samantha Muccini.
Monster Magnet: David Wyndorf (guitar, vocals); John McBain (guitar); Joe Calandra (bass); Jon Kleiman (drums).
Monster Magnet: Dave Wyndorf (vocals, guitar); Joe Calandra (bass guitar); Jon Kleimann (drums); John McBain.
| | Cult Instant Live: First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN, 3/15/06 CDs (2006) Red; Limited Edition
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The Cult: Ian Astbury (vocals); Mike Dimkitch, Billy Duffy (guitar); Chris Wyse (bass guitar); John Tempesta (drums).
| | Bjork Post CD (1995) DualDisc
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This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
POST, Bjork's second release as a solo artist, mines the fertile soil of the eclectic musical terrain of post-modern pop. The album throbs in and out of ambient cadences with techno beats, slips into showtune theatrics, then reels back to the dance floor.
With a full plate of sounds already on the table, Bjork adds her own unique flare to the presentation, proving she is not easily pigeonholed. The lyrically-insistent opener, "Army Of Me," is a relentless electronic grind that is typical of Bjork's vibe, but POST also digs into Western music's more organic resources. "It's Oh So Quiet" may be a remake of an old Hollywood showtune, but Bjork's version transcends the song's silver screen aloofness on the strength of her delightful screams ("Zing, BOOM!!/You fall in love"). It is directly followed by "Enjoy," a lurching hypnotic nod with musical help from British trip-hop MC, Tricky; and the smooth, Bee Gees-like orchestration of "Isobel," a swooning accompaniment to strobe light bongo drums which announces that the listener is no longer at a rave, but at a disco.
POST shows off Bjork's grasp of technology, history and basic pop aesthetics. Few modern rock albums have sampled so many different facets of the atypical buffet and have come up with such tasty results.
This deluxe DualDisc features the original CD in remastered stereo on side 1 and, on the DVD side, the entire album in Advanced Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound along with bonus videos. "Post," producted by Nellee Hooper war released in 1995, yielding Bjork a top BRIT Award and claiming top 40 in the U.S.
Engineers include: Al Fisch, Howie Bernstein, Steve Price.
Personnel includes: Bjork (vocals, organ, keyboards); Jim Couza (hammered dulcimer); Rob Smissen (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Gary Barnacle (soprano saxophone); Maurice Murphy, Stuart Brooks, Einar Orn (trumpet); Guy Sigsworth (harpsichord); Tricky, Marius De Vries, Graham Massey (keyboards, programming); Talvin Singh (percussion); Lenny Franchi, Howie Bernstein (programming); Marcus Dravs (sound effects).
Producers: Bjork, Nellee Hooper, Graham Massey, Tricky, Howie Bernstein.
| | Jacques Higelin Les Annees Saravah CD (2007) (Import)
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