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MUSIC won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The album was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Music" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Record Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Pop legend Madonna continues her dominance into her forties with 2000 release MUSIC, combining touches of the Material Girl era with the flashiness of turn-of-the-21st-century teen pop.
With MUSIC, Madonna expands upon the electronic advances made on her previous album, RAY OF LIGHT. RAY producer William Orbit is back on board, joined by French artiste electronique Mirwais Ahmadzai. Both men aid Madonna in pursuing ever more sophisticated electronic soundscapes. The accent here is squarely on club-oriented dance music, as propulsive electronic beats and percolating synthesizers power such pure-pop confections as the title tune and "Runaway Lover." Even Madonna's voice undergoes a fair amount of electronic modification, as on the moody "Nobody's Perfect" which bears a hook that hinges on the same vocoder effect that endeared millions to Cher's "Believe."
There's another side to MUSIC, though. While Orbit and Ahmadzai maintain the sonic thread of loops and samples throughout the album, several songs leave the party atmosphere behind in favor of a more melancholy, balladic approach. "I Deserve It," "Gone," and "Don't Tell Me" are pushed along by drum loops, but are based around acoustic guitar, and it's easy to imagine them being performed effectively with nothing more than guitar and voice. While MUSIC pushes Madonna into the future, it allows her to arrive in her new surroundings with the full emotional range of her vision intact.
The icon issues a bone for her legions: a reissue of her 2000 album with an attached bonus disc of six remixes and one enhanced track (the controversial 'What It Feels Like For a Girl'). The other assorted and sundry mixes are derived from the LP's 3single releases. This marks the only CD format with the 'What It Feels ...' video. Marketing is style.
French version contains bonus disc with six remixes.
Recorded at Sarm East and Sarm West, London, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, California; The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
Producers: Mirwais Ahmadzai, William Orbit, Guy Sigworth, Mark "Spike" Stent, Talvin Singh.
Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106) - Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000.
Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Dirty, casually urgent....[It's] her most radical sonics yet....intimate, futurist pop..."
Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #18 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]".
Spin (10/00, p.173) - 7 out of 10 - "...It's the first Madonna record in years that feels as effortless as the dance-pop of her Ciccone youth..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/24/00, pp.72-3) - "...[She's] encased in a jet-stream, hard-disco beat and continually contorting her voice....MUSIC burps and thumps harder than RAY OF LIGHT, and it allows her moments of playful humor absent from that predecessor..." - Rating: B
Q (1/01, p.93) - Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".
Q (10/00, pp.108-9) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A brave, radical and punchy album....thrilling non-stop Eurocentric disco....this is Madonna without a safety net."
Uncut (10/00, p.86) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Nursery rhyme melodies hang off twinkling, cut-glass keyboard lines..."
Mixmag (10/00, p.179) - 3 out of 5 - "...It's full of Mirwais' trademark production gimmicks: stuttering vocal edits, tortured analog synth howls and oceans of vocoder....Yet the album's finest moment is the ruthlessly simple guitar-and-voice ballad 'I Deserve It'..."
Vibe (11/00, p.173) - 4 discs out of 5 - "...A masterpiece of brilliantly arranged keyboards, futuristic drums and electronica dressings....it's a weird and fresh-sounding mix..."
Melody Maker (9/26/00, pp.50-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A collection of her slickest and sexiest sounds since 'Justify My Love'....impressive..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...Still doing what she does best - giving a lick of pop genius to the unlikely genre of experimental dance music."
NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.79) - Ranked #47 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".
NME (Magazine) (9/16/00, p.35) - 8 out of 10 - "...A bionic record, a triumph of advanced mechanics and the faultless design of a consumate superstar..." Purchase Music CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time CD (1999) Enhanced CD
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"Baby One More Time" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
BABY ONE MORE TIME is an Enhanced CD containing a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
Jimmy Bradlower (drum programming); Nana Hedin, Jeanette Soderholm, Anders Von Hoffsten, Andreas Carlson, Aleese Simmons, Andrew Fromm, Nikki Gregoroff (background vocals).
Britney Spears takes her rightful place among bubble gum pop icons at the turn of the millennium with BABY ONE MORE TIME. Earlier known for her part in Disney's revamped "Mickey Mouse Club," Britney successfully turned singer at a mere 16 years of age. She navigates the choppy waters of young love with style, passion and lots of fun. She's got all the charm of '80s forebears like Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, coupled with a hip '90s edge.
With sweet nylon guitar work reminiscent of Richard Marx productions, "Sometimes" warns a potential love of her need for time and patience, rolling along nicely with a slow groove and a big beat. The Jets' gem "You've Got It All" shines brightly as ever with Britney's girlish allure. Take note, however, that Britney's not all bubbles--with an obvious influence from Mariah Carey, she glides quite ably through the key changes and delivers octave leaps and vibratos that should melt just about any heart, young or old.
Recorded at Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; 4MW East and Battery Studios, New York, New York.
Personnel: Britney Spears (vocals); Mickie Bassie (vocals, keyboards, bass); Don Philip (vocals); Esbjorn Ohrwall, Dan Petty (acoustic & electric guitars); Eric Foster White (guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming); Johan Carlberg, Andrew McIntyre (guitar); Max Martin (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); Doug Petty (keyboards); Tomas Lindberg, Andy Hess (bass);
Producers include: Eric Foster White, Kristian Lundian, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Max Martin.
Engineers
| | Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again CD (2000)
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$8.99
OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Oops!...I Did It Again" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
This second album by the former Mouseketeer turned nymphet heartthrob breaks little new ground compared to BABY ONE MORE TIME. The formula here remains, deliberately, the same: a candy-colored mix of Eurodance, hip-hop, and old-fashioned pop ballads. As before, the lyrics split the difference between "Baby, I love you so bad," as in "Can't Make You Love Me," and "Sorry, I think of you just as a friend," in the title song.
There are also some genuinely amusing moments, as in the conversational finale of "Oops!" in which Britney, after being informed that her boyfriend has recovered the jewel the old lady dropped into the ocean at the end of the TITANIC movie, replies "Oh, you shouldn't have." Most of the stuff here is, of course, transparently disposable pop, but to give Spears her due, she's a far, far better singer than any of the mall-rat pop stars of the late '80s.
Engineers include: John Amatiello, Harvey Mason, Jr., Rodney Jerkins.
Personnel: Britney Spears (vocals, spoken vocals, background vocals); Therese Ancker, Charlotte Björkman, Audrey Martells (vocals); Max Martin (spoken vocals, keyboards, programming); Larry Campbell (guitar, drum programming); Esbjörn Öhrwall, Johan Carlberg, Michael Thompson (guitar); Terry Mettam (electric guitar); Gloria Agostini (harp); Winterton Garvey, Gerald Tarack, Belinda Whitney-Barratt, Marti Sweet, Marion Pinhiero, Xin Zhao, Margaret Magill, Stanley Hunte, Sandra Billingslea, Anahid Ajemian, Sanford Allen, Joyce Hammann, Richard Henrickson, Ashley Horne, Regis Iandiorio, Gene Orloff (violin); Julien Barber, Stephanie Baer, Olivia Koppell, Harry Zaratzian, Alfred Brown , Maxine Roach (viola); Jeanne LeBlanc, Jesse Levy, Eugene J. Moye, Kermit Moore (cello); Barry Eastmond (piano, keyboards); David Krueger, Jake, Kristian Lundin,
| | Backstreet Boys Black & Blue CD (2000)
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$7.59
"Shape Of My Heart" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
The title of this album by the mega-platinum boy band might conceivably refer to the emotional state conveyed in some of the songs. While there are the requisite pledges of undying love ("Shining Star," "I Promise You"), several of the tunes on BLACK & BLUE deal with romantic turbulence, such as the opening track "The Call" and the vengeful "Get Another Boyfriend." While some of the songs are unsurprisingly provided by teen pop maestro Max Martin, several selections here were written by the Backstreet Boys themselves, proving conclusively that they have more creative input into their music than their naysayers might suggest. The production on BLACK & BLUE is a mix of pop, R&B, and mainstream hip-hop elements; the building blocks of any successful 2000 teen pop affair. And of course, its all topped off with the Boys' trademark sugar-sweet vocal harmonies.
Additional personnel includes: Rodney Jerkins (various instruments); Tony Battaglia (acoustic guitar); Henrik Janson, Esbjorn Ohrwall, Peter Svensson, Max Martin, Michael Thompson (guitar); Per Magnusson (keyboards, programming); Nathan East, Thomas Lindberg (bass); Gustave Lund (percussion); Babyface (background vocals); Stockholm Session Strings.
Producers include: Max Martin, Rami, Kristian Lundin, Rodney Jerkins, Babyface.
Engineers include: Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, George Spatta.
Personnel: Backstreet Boys (background vocals); Howie Dorough, A.J. McLean, Kevin Richardson, Nick Carter, Brian Littrell (vocals); Esbjörn Öhrwall (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Babyface (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); Mike Thomson, Henrik Janson, Max Martin, Peter Svensson, Randy Bowland (guitar); Tony Battaglia (acoustic guitar); Stockholm Session Strings (strings); David Krueger, Per Magnusson (keyboards, programming); Gustave Lund (percussion); Jimmy Bralower (drum prog
| | Metallica Load CD (1996)
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$15.09
The kings of speed metal have never been keen on being labeled, and LOAD, which follows up the 1991 mega-hit METALLICA, is a surprising pastiche of sonic fury. Metallica still rocks hard. James Hetfield's lyrics are still full of venom and anger, and the music still could scare small children. But the band is ready to show off other sides of its craft. "Hero Of The Day" sounds like an R.E.M. song, albeit a heavy one, with its tender beginning and ending confluence of harmonized vocals and catchy guitar riffs. A dose of the blues can be heard in the slow-burning "Bleeding Me," and a downright country twang pervades "Mama Said."
Still, this is a metal album, and there are headbanging riffs o'plenty. LOAD may seem like a departure from the Metallica "norm," but it's actually what the band has been doing all along: writing well-crafted songs without a regard for what others think. The only difference is that the one-time denizens of the underground now have the world's rapt attention.
2003 Elektra reissue of 1996 album.
Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California between May 1995 and February 1996.
Personnel: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Lars Ulrich (drums); Chris Vrenna (programming).
Audio Mixers: Mike Rew; Randy Staub .
Recording information: Plant Recording Studios, Sausalito, CA (05/1995-02/1996); Right Track Recording Studios, New York, NY (05/1995-02/1996); The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA (05/1995-02/1996).
Photographer: Anton Corbijn.
Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newsted (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
Producers: Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich.
| | Metallica Reload CD (1997)
Music album
$14.29 
"Fuel" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. "Better Than You" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
When Metallica recorded 1996's LOAD, the studio sessions were fruitful enough for the band to put out two records. A year and a half later, RELOAD is the inevitable follow-up. Stretching beyond Metallica's speed metal roots, RELOAD is a continuation of the experimentation that dismayed many old fans and welcomed in many new ones. As a result, many Metallica firsts are reached on their eighth album. Some anomalies include recruiting the legendary Marianne Faithfull to contribute backing vocals on "The Memory Remains" and the addition of hurdy-gurdy and violin to the mix of the wistful "Low Man's Lyric." Throughout all this experimentation, Metallica still plays hard and fast, particularly on the metal groove of "Fuel" and the relentless pounding of "Where The Wild Things Are," (a title borrowed from children's author Maurice Sendak). Metallica continues to reinvent itself in a genre where mediocrity is always just around the corner.
Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausilto, California between May 1995 and February 1996 and from July to October 1997.
Producers: Bob Rock, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich.
Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newsted (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums).
Additional personnel: Marianne Faithfull (vocals); Bernardo Begalli (violin); David Miles (hurdy-gurdy); Jim McGillveray (percussion).
| | Madonna Music CD (2000)
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$6.29  
MUSIC won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. The album was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Music" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Record Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
With MUSIC, Madonna expands upon the electronic advances made on her previous album, RAY OF LIGHT. RAY producer William Orbit is back on board, joined by French artiste electronique Mirwais Ahmadzai. Both men aid Madonna in pursuing ever more sophisticated electronic soundscapes. The accent here is squarely on club-oriented dance music, as propulsive electronic beats and percolating synthesizers power such pure-pop confections as the title tune and "Runaway Lover." Even Madonna's voice undergoes a fair amount of electronic modification, as on the moody "Nobody's Perfect" which bears a hook that hinges on the same vocoder effect that endeared millions to Cher's "Believe."
There's another side to MUSIC, though. While Orbit and Ahmadzai maintain the sonic thread of loops and samples throughout the album, several songs leave the party atmosphere behind in favor of a more melancholy, balladic approach. "I Deserve It," "Gone," and "Don't Tell Me" are pushed along by drum loops, but are based around acoustic guitar, and it's easy to imagine them being performed effectively with nothing more than guitar and voice. While MUSIC pushes Madonna into the future, it allows her to arrive in her new surroundings with the full emotional range of her vision intact.
Live Recording
Recorded at Sarm East and Sarm West, London, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, California; The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Guy Sigsworth (guitar, keyboards, programming); Steve Sidelnyk (drums); Sean Spuehler (programming).
Audio Mixer: Mark "Spike" Stent.
Recording information: Air Lundhurst Studios, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, CA; Sarm East And Sarm West, London, England; The Hit Factory, New Y
| | Stan Getz Compact Jazz CD (1990)
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$12.65
Although editions of Verve's Compact Jazz series can be misguided, they at least offer curious listeners a fairly good budget introduction to some of jazz's biggest figures. This time out, Stan Getz is on tap with many of his biggest sides from the '60s. Erring heavily on the bossa nova end of things, the 12-track set includes his most popular cut, "Girl From Ipanema" (featuring Astrud Gilberto), as well as other samba gems like "Desafinado," "O Pato (The Duck)," and "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)." The rest is taken up by ballads -- never a bad thing, especially since Getz cut some of the best. A more balanced program would have helped (some bop and later material, maybe), but for the price, this still makes for some high-end listening. ~ Stephen Cook
| | Pure P 100% Uncut CD (2004)
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$9.35
east st. louis rapper 'pure p' releases his first solo project '100% uncut'. in which he written, produced, and arranged. a mixture of midwest/down south flavor, featuring the smash hits: thana thangs, fire, and pole. always having a love for music pure p has been rapping since his early youth years. over a period of time he has taught hisself how to make beats and record his own music. some of his influences are: 8ball & mjg, snoop dogg, jay-z, marvin gaye, angie stone, bob marley, etc.in the future pure p plans to keep writting and producing music, work with various artists, and to become a very important asset to the music industry. no matter what your style maybe....this cd is definitely one to purchase!
| | Maureen J St Germain Merkaba Meditation II & Unity Breath CD (2006)
Music album
$18.19
NEW! This is a Two-Version CD. Re-released by popular demand. It is called Merkaba II, because it is a second version, and becuase it contains two complete versions.It contains a "regular" speed, and a "slow" speed -8 seconds in and out - for deep breathers. Plus Hathor toning and background that will take you "out there!" A must have for all Merkaba practitioners. The toning is positively out of this world! Projected by the Hathors, and recorded by Maureen, it will help you open your heart, to maximize the Merkaba Meditation. Also included is the Unity Breath.Finally you can find a good recording of this meditation, made famous by Drunvalo Melchizedek, in his Ancient Secrets of the Flower of Life, Vol. I & II.Comments from a seasoned Merkaba meditator for over a year, on using the the "new" Merkaba II CD. "Thank you for sending us your new Merkaba II meditation CD. After one week I can notice a positive difference in the quality of my meditation. The Hathor toning is beautiful and creates a higher vibration that enhances the whole meditation, 'Amps it up' to a whole new level. Thanks again." Joyce, Bainbridge Island, WA The Merkaba Meditation II and Unity Breath CD is a remembering too not a teaching tool. This CD will help you remember the Meditation that you have learned in a Flower of Life Workshop. Honor system. This CD is intended for graduates only of the Flower of Life Workshop from a certified facilitator. I have been using the first meditation with the shorter breath, and wanted to let you know how beautiful it is! The music is perfect and the other sound effects are great. It has made the practice so easy for me and I wanted to let you know how grateful I am for it. Kathleen, Chicago, IL
| | Klaus Schulze Dosburg Online CD (1997)
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$14.59
Photographer: Claus Cordes.
Translator: Markus Schurr.
Personnel: Klaus Schulze (keyboards, drum machine, sequencer); Jorg Schaaf (keyboards, sequencer).
Recording information: Duisburg (1997); Hambühren (1997); Klaus Schulze's Studio, Hambuhren, Germany (1997); Radio Fritz, Berlin, Germany (1997).
| | Starz CD (1976)
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$6.05
While the emergence of disco and punk dominated the streets of New York City in the mid-'70s, groups like Sweet, Kiss, and Starz attempted to keep the hard rock home fires burning, even in the face of ever-changing pop music. Make no mistake, though: the majority of Starz's eponymous debut record isn't designed for the top of the charts. It's a simple, catchy, riff-driven album from start to finish. Even with the formulaic and predictably safe arena rock of "Detroit Girls" and "Tear It Down," the full album fails to give the boost that the group so desperately needed to reach the plateaus of an Aerosmith, Kiss, or any arena rock group of that caliber. A mediocre debut, to be sure, and definitely not the release for casual fans to introduce themselves to the group. ~ Rob Theakston
Starz Extended Versions - incredible live recording made in 2004 and released in 2006 from the legendary \'70\'s rockers, Starz: “The most underrated band to ever hit a Rock n’ Roll stage! Showmanship, sleezy, thoughtful lyrics and musical prowess makes this band a true Rock n’ Roll underground legend that true idols are cut from. If you missed them the first time around, well, attention shoppers, you better pay attention now!” – Rikki Rockett/Poison“1976 had Aerosmith, and yeah, it had Kiss, but back then this was new and only I had them. Starz was dirty Rock n’ Roll, where every teenager hangs – suspended between great rock beats and pop melodies from hell – Starz was Motley Crue before Motley Crue!” – Nikki Sixx/Motley Cruewww.starzcentral.com www.myspace.com/officialstarzwww.myspace.com/richierannowww.rockworldrocks.com
Audio Mixer: Bruno Ravel.
Recording information: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH (2004).
Starz: George DiAna (bass instrument); Joe X. Dube (drum); Michael Lee Smith, Richie Ranno.
Personnel: Michael Lee Smith (vocals); Richie Ranno (guitar); Joe X. Dube (drums).
| | Zeena Parkins Nightmare Alley CD (1992)
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$15.85
Zeena Parkins's pioneering 1992 recording of instrumental harp music is a classic of experimental pop, employing both the natural sounds of the instrument as well as effects and distortion, veering from gentle to scary within the space of a short passage. Fifteen years later, the Table of Elements label has reissued the CD in cool wooden crate-like packaging.
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