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Initial release includes an enhanced bonus disc. Enhancements include videos for "Say Hello" and "Flashdance."
Seven years after their last album of original productions and eight long months after the leadoff single "Flashdance" stormed the clubs, Deep Dish returned with George Is On. A slicker, more extroverted effort than their 1998 effort Junk Science, George Is On finds that album's main vocalist/lyricist Richard Morel back with the duo. The guitar-heavy "Sacramento" is one of the best cuts yet to come from the relationship, with the more laid-back and foggy "Everybody's Wearing My Head" running a close second. Besides Morel, plenty of hypnotic, nocturnal instrumentals recall the duo's well-respected debut, but the flippant, cheeky "Flashdance" and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" with Stevie Nicks guesting explore the worlds of anthems and arguably camp, something that's been slowly developed on the multiple Deep Dish mix albums that have appeared since their proper debut. The mash-up of "Flashdance" and Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" that closes the track list is only a bit clever and entirely anti-climatic if the listener considers it part of the album instead of a throwaway bonus. Otherwise, George Is On may be a shade too comfortable for anyone thinking Deep Dish should always sound like the future, but the album is as well crafted as Junk Science and a lot more fun. ~ David Jeffries
Deep Dish: Richard Morel (vocals, guitar); Anousheh Khalili (vocals, piano); Stevie Nicks, Janis Leahy (vocals); Dean Coleman, John Allen, Sultan (guitar); Bill Hamel (keyboards); Rob Black (drums); Sharam Tayebi (programming).Entertainment Weekly (No. 829, p.73) - "GEORGE brims with the sort of wall-pounding energy that's made this D.C. duo's live shows some of the most ritous on the club circuit." - Grade: B plus George Is On Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $5.29) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Dance, House, Box Sets | | Label | Thrive | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  23433  | | CD Universe Part number | 6877628 | | Catalog number | 90732 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jul 12, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Dubfire; Sharam; Ali Shirazinia | | Engineer | Matt Nordstrom; Marco Baroni; Ed Cherney; Sultan |
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars Go Blue," and a great, leering rendition of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine."
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| | Kathy Kallick Warmer Kind Of Blue CD (2005)
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When it comes to bluegrass, old-timey, and folk, there are many variations and cross pollinations that are only appreciated by insiders. The Kathy Kallick Band's A Warmer Kind of Blue will probably be filed in the bluegrass section at the local record mart, but the album is too expansive and creative to be seen as just another bluegrass album. Sure, "That's How I Can Count On You" will probably remind listeners of a number of other bluegrass songs featuring a female lead. But even here, at the album's most typical moment, Kallick never sounds as though she's trying to position herself as another Alison Krauss or Rhonda Vincent. Instead, her vocal style could be described as natural. Kallick adds lots of soul to a song like "God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign" without feeling that she needs to add ...
| | Ludacris Red Light District CD (2004) Import
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It's fitting that Ludacris would unveil one of the last major albums of 2004. He is one of the wittiest personalities in hip-hop, only rivaled in the one-liner department by Eminem, and the most downright fun rapper in the business.
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What do you imagine when you think of steel drums? Well...think again.Put away your flowered shirt and your white shoes. This ain't Margaritaville. And it ain't Jamaica either.Based in Seattle, Bakra Bata' rhythmically brings together the sounds of celebration and life, they groove on sensuality and love, and with precision they strike the soul with the percussive sounds of Brazil, Africa, Cuba, and Haiti.In 1984 the band began as street performers, elbowing competitors to the side and staging their own premiere appearances in front of Nordstrom's and (at the time) the country's only Starbuck's, in downtown Seattle.After years of waiting out the rain, Bakra Bata' bought a truck and hit the festival and college circuits.Today, the band's performance history includes four performances at New York's Lincoln Center, opening for Zap Mama, Tito Puente, and Milton Nasciemento at the Houston International Festival, ...
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