| | Supergrass Diamond Hoo Ha CD - Import Supergrass Discography of CDs
 (1 Customer Review)
Issued in 2008, DIAMOND HOO HA finds Supergrass returning to its signature raucous, rollicking Britpop sound after the more subdued ROAD TO ROUEN. Helmed by revered post-punk producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), the album is darker in tone than Gaz Coombes and company's early outings (I SHOULD COCO, IN IT FOR THE MONEY), but it's no less energetic, as revealed on the opening trio of tunes--glam-tinged "Diamond Hoo Ha Man," the fierce "Bad Blood," and the slinky "Rebel in You." Although there are lighter moments on HOO HA, most notably the relatively airy "Ghost of a Friend," a defiantly rocked-out attitude runs through most of the record, resulting in one of the U.K. band's most immediately engaging outings.
Recorded in Berlin's legendary Hansa studios over a three week period with producer Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) Diamond Hoo Ha captures the energy and enthusiasm of a band firing on all cylinders, none more evident than on opening track 'Diamond Hoo Ha Man'. A notable departure from 2005's more pastoral and reflective Road To Rouen, Diamond Hoo Ha features a handful of rocking tracks debuted last summer when Supergrass were hand-picked as main support for the Arctic Monkeys at their Old Trafford shows. Tracks such as 'Rough Knuckles' and future singles 'Bad Blood' and 'Rebel In You' are welcome additions to the band's already impressive cannon of classic songs. Supergrass Diamond Hoo Ha Songs Diamond Hoo Ha Music Review Purchase Diamond Hoo Ha CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Iggy Pop Skull Ring CD (2003)
Diamond Hoo Ha
 $13.29   
In terms of sonic fingerprints, 2003's SKULL RING is as close as solo Iggy Pop had come to the classic Stooges sound since the `70s. By this time, Iggy had reunited with the surviving Stooges, who back him on four cuts. Accordingly, those tracks are full of raw, punky fervor, but so are most of the other cuts here. ...
| | Chris Stamey Travels In The South CD (2004)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$13.75
A founding leader of the influential cult band the dB's, Chris Stamey has spent most of last 15 years producing other people's discs (Alejandro Escovedo, Yo La Tengo, Whiskeytown) rather than creating his own. Not counting a 1995 instrumental album, Travels in the South marks his first record since 1991, when he released both the solo Fireworks and Mavericks, a duet disc with his old dB's partner Peter Holsapple. South, however, shows little sign of rustiness. The album kicks off with the glorious "14 Shades of Green," a chimey gem that takes a nostalgic look at a hometown. This leadoff track also establishes the theme of traveling that runs through the disc. Songs like "Insomnia," ...
| | Lucinda Williams Live @ The Fillmore West CDs (2005) Digipak
Diamond Hoo Ha
$14.89 
| | Cheap Trick Dream Police CD (1979) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Diamond Hoo Ha
$7.59
Although Cheap Trick's fourth studio album, DREAM POLICE, was ready for release at the beginning of 1979, it was delayed for nearly a year due to the surprise success of their hit single "I Want You To Want Me" and album AT BUDOKAN. When it did finally come out in September, it became the band's biggest studio album, peaking at #6 on the charts and going platinum.
There are more than a few Trick classics included on DREAM POLICE. The fiercely rocking title track (one of the band's most renowned compositions), "Way of the World," and two epics--the nearly ten-minute-long "Gonna Raise Hell" and a seven-and-a-half- minute rendition of "Need Your Love" (originally released as a live version on AT BUDOKAN) are all standouts. You'll also find a forgotten ballad, "Voices," which almost cracked the top 30.
At Budokan unexpectedly ...
| | Cheap Trick All Shook Up CD (1980)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$12.79 
ALL SHOOK UP was produced by George Martin, the genius behind the boards for the Beatles (and was also recorded by longtime Beatle engineer Geoff Emerick). But ALL SHOOK UP isn't any more Beatle-influenced than any other Trick album; in fact, with the exception of the majestic "World's Greatest Lover," which Martin actually arranged, the band mostly nods to other stylistic influences.
For instance, "Just Got Back" has '70s glam touches as well as a big percussion sound reminiscent of Adam and the Ants or Bow Wow Wow. Then the very funny "Baby Loves to Rock" (one of Robin Zander's best vocals ever) manages to reference the Yardbirds, early Led Zeppelin, and the Move. The splendidly titled "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends" is a cross between EXILE-era Stones ...
| | Pere Ubu Why I Hate Women CD (2006)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$10.79
Named after a hypothetical and non-existent Jim Thompson novel, Pere Ubu's 13th studio album is one of the most interesting of their long tenure, and testament to the continually replenishing spiky ingenuity of group leader (and sole original member) David Thomas. WHY I HATE WOMEN examines a living slice of dread, as expressed by nervous drums, atmospheric guitars, and Thomas's anxiety-ridden singing. The jerky rhythms and vocals of the opening number "Two Girls (One Bar)" are like opening a door and being greeted by the entirety of the early 1980s no-wave scene. Ditto the ...
| | Grateful Dead CD (1971)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$11.19
All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
The Grateful Dead's self-titled first album contains the main ingredients of the unique musical stew the band would brew over the coming years. Upon its release in March 1967, it brought the musical and philosophical ideals of the freak counter-culture out of the Bay Area and into the ears of mainstream America.
"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" is a Summer Of Love anthem nonpareil. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" shows off the Dead's ability to reinterpret the blues, and Pigpen's natural front-man qualities. The hyperactive rockabilly of Jesse Fuller's "Beat It On Down The Line" and the rearranged traditionals "Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Cold Rain And Snow" are proof that, despite the group's anti-establishment fashions, their lyrical symbols and musical forms were as time-honored as the English folk-tale that provided their name. While the cover of Bonnie Dobson's eerie anti-war epic "Morning Dew" and the women-and-wine rocker "New, New Minglewood Blues" are energetic portrayals of hippie values, the closing number, Noah Lewis's "Viola Lee Blues," is the album's grand, mind-blowing concoction and a highlight. The remastered version's live bonus tracks include some never-recorded garage-rock and blues cuts and a 23-minute "Viola Lee Blues" bearing the first hints of the modal riff at the foundation of Dead milestone "Dark Star."
One of the things that made the Dead such a unique live act was the sheer variety of their influences. The vastness of the musical terrain they covered is well demonstrated on 1971's GRATEFUL DEAD, nicknamed "Skull & Roses" because of its cover ...
| | Ronnie McCoury Heartbreak Town CD (2000)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$13.79
An impressive debut by any standard, mandolinist Ronnie McCoury, on his first effort away from the Del McCoury Band, shows himself more than capable of stepping out of the shadow of his father. Though Del McCoury and brother Rob McCoury, as well as Mike Bub and Jason Carter, provide the musical backing on the majority of the tracks, this is a Ronnie McCoury-led project, as he shows an expert eye in song selection, as well as writing nine of the thirteen tracks. Displaying a rather strong Bill Monroe bend to his songwriting, on tracks like ...
| | My Dying Bride Dreadful Hours CD (2001)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$11.19
While they faltered a little bit toward the late '90s, doom/death metal pioneers My Dying Bride seemed to get a new lease on life (or should that be death?) with 1999's excellent The Light at the End of the World, and The Dreadful Hours builds on that momentum. Like The Light, this is very much a guitar-based album; there are no violins like on their earliest albums, nor are there any electronic forays such as those on 34.7888% Complete. Also, the keyboards are used sparingly (and tastefully -- these guys could teach some other goth metal bands a lesson). The first three tracks showcase the band's diversity and songwriting strength at their best, moving from the quiet, thunderstorm-accompanied guitar introduction of the title track to the galloping death metal riffing later in that same song, then proceeding to the especially bitter and venomous vocals on "The Raven and the Rose" and the mournful guitar breaks on "Le Figlie Della Tempesta." The rest of the album isn't quite on the same level as these opening tracks, but throughout the band still shows a real knack for alternating clean and distorted guitar passages and also for using a variety of tempos (although they seldom get especially fast) as well as vocal styles (e.g., growled, sung, spoken, and occasionally screamed). This diversity, as well as the logical flow of ideas from one section to the next, enables the band to write songs that average eight or nine minutes without getting bogged down or boring. True to My Dying Bride's trademark, The Dreadful Hours makes for a dreary, somber listening experience, but keeping that in mind, it's also an really well-done and inspired album, especially given how far the band was into their career at this point. ~ William York
Appropriately following the previous year's Meisterwerk 1 compilation, this 2001 release draws from My ...
| | Danny Flanigan Greathouse CD (2003)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$10.65
| | Northern Soul Originals CD (2008) (Import)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$9.45
| | Fred Mes Graines CD (2008)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$14.35
| | Imagination Just An Illusion: The Very Best Of CD (2008) (Import)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$10.49
| | Pencilneck Let's Not Do It CD (2009)
Diamond Hoo Ha
$6.69
|
|
|
68409 
buttons below to play song samples
Adobe Flash
Email a Friend
