| | Era CD Era Discography of CDs
(6 Customer Reviews)
Purchase Era CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Mana Suenos Liquidos CD (1997)
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$7.65 SUENOS LIQUIDOS won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Latin/Rock Alternative Performance.
As trippy and loose-limbed as the album art may be (echoes of Santana's ABRAXAS), SUENOS LIQUIDOS finds these rockeros Mexicanos creating an ever-more refined sound. It's a free-and-easy rock & roll that's been baked in the Yucatan sun, with all the fun of Bryan Adams, the drive of the Police and an unflinching love of the ballad. With a nylon-string guitar fill here or a harmonized vocal fadeout there, frontman Fher and drummer Alex Gonzalez display an impeccable production sense, enhancing the mood while keeping the mix clear and each instrument distinct.
Fher's gone and caught gypsy fever, with his dreamy, dust-throated crooning about a mermaid enchantress on "Hechicera." Lead guitarist Sergio Vallin provides fine shredding over the song's reggae-rock beat, a familiar Mana sound. "Un Lobo" and "Clavado" are pure chunky-riff fun, songs about the highs and lows of being lost in love. And who could resist all those sweet chorus harmonies? These chicos may be getting a little older, but their music is still full of life, y en Espanol como siempre.
Mana: Fher (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Sergio Vallin (acoustic & electric guitars); Juan Calleros (acoustic & electric basses); Alex Gonzalez (drums, percussion, programming, vocals).
Additional personnel: Bob Tansen (flute); Rick Bartist (trumpet); Juan Carlos Toribio (keyboards, programming); Randy Walman (keyboards, samples); Luis Conte (percussion); Pablo Aguirre (programming); Jose Quintana (background vocals).
| | Mana MTV Unplugged CD (1999)
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$7.35 MTV UNPLUGGED was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.
From the triumphant opening of the first tune and ensuing applause, it's clear that this is one of the finer UNPLUGGED sets to be found. Mexico's own Mana bring their stirring brand of pop-rock to MTV's stage with grace and a healthy dose of fun. A lush string section amplifies the drama of it all, rendering classics like "Vivir Sin Aire" and "No Ha Parado" grand and spirited.
Frontman Fher's Sting-esque voice shimmers as he leads the band through their celebrated songs of love, hope and justice, with group harmonies that merit comparison to the seamlessness of Crosby, Stills & Nash. Among the more solemn moments is a cover of Ruben Blades' "Desapariciones," referring to the "disappeared" victims of Latin America's various authoritarian regimes. Fher's and Vallins' guitar playing is fluid and colorful throughout.
| | Mana Cuando Los Angeles Lloran CD (1995)
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$7.75 CUANDO LOS ANGELES LLORAN was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.
Although stylistically similar to DONDE JUGARAN LOS NINOS, CUANDO LOS ANGELES LLORAN ("When the Angels Cry") is a relatively harder-rocking, stripped-down record for Mexican pop-rock outfit Mana. The sweet, atmospheric synth sounds of past records are pushed more to the background and Sergio Vallin joins the band as first-chair guitarist, with a piercing, heavy metal sound that shifts seamlessly between crunching chords and soaring, Van Halen-esque leads. Mana's members seem to gel more than ever as a distinct band here, and the result is some of the tightest songwriting and production in their discography.
"Como Un Perro Enloquecido" ("Like a Mad Dog") is pure fun, alternating between Police-style ragga rhythms and double-time, up-tempo rock & roll. Peppered with staccato horn breaks, "Dejame Entrar" is a funky number, with vocalist Fher insisting on access to his lover's soul. The title track is Mana's touching tribute to murdered Brazilian environmental and indigenous land rights activist Chico Mendes. It opens with the distant toll of church bells and a poignant acoustic guitar vignette by Vallin, giving way to slow-grooving, stirring verses about Mendes' life and a chorus striped with characteristically seamless vocal harmonies.
Recorded at Puerta Azul-Mobile Studio, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Record Plant Studios, Hollywood, California; Funny Farm Studios, Studio City, California in February and March 1995.
Mana: Fher (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica); Alex Gonzalez (vocals, drums, electric percussion); Sergio Vallin (electric & acoustic guitars, sitar coral, requinto); Juan Calleros (bass).
Additional personnel: David Shamban (cello); David Hidalgo (accordion); Ramon Flores, Eric Jorgensen, Jene Burkert, Charles David (brass); Juan Carlos Toribio (keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Luis Conte (percussion).
| | Eric Levi Era 2 CD (2001) (Import) Canada
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$15.75 French electro-classical composer Eric Levi's second album, ERA 2, released in 2001 is a 10 track collection which includes the dynamic and etherial sounds of songs like "Divano," "Sentence," and "Madona."
Third release overall and second album for this project of French musician Eric Levi who creates ethereal, evocative soundscapes in the tradition of artists like Enigma and Deep Forest. The follow-up to the first multi-platinum volume features 10 tracks which enchant with a blend of skillful blend of electric instruments and violins, covered by otherworldlyvocals. 2000 release.
Canadian edition released by Universal Records.
| | Eric Levi Mass CD (2003) (Import) France; Canada
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$14.19 French ambient-pop composer Eric Levi joins forces with bassist Lee Sklar and guitarist Lyle Workman for MASS, which was well-received in Europe.
Third volume in French musician Eric Levi's trilogy, following 'Era' (1998) & 'Era, Vol. 2' (2001). For fans of Enigma & Deep Forest. Ten tracks. Mercury. 2003.
| | Very Best Of Era CD (2005) (Import) Argentina
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$13.15 Evocative soundscapes in the tradition of artists like Enigma & Deep Forest would best describe ERA in their first ever best of CD. Universal. 2004.
| | Sharon Burch Colors Of My Heart CD (1999)
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$14.05 Track Listing of songs: We Play; Pigeon Corn; We Are Here; 4 Colors of My Heart; Don't Be Afraid; All Is Beautiful; Cradle Song; Spotted Horse; Sweet Dreams; Little Star Shine; Corn Pollen Boy; Earth Child;
| | Douglas Spotted Eagle Stand At The Center CD (1993)
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$13.35 Personnel includes: Douglas Spotted Eagle (flute).
| | Yannick Noah CD (2000) (Import) France
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$15.75 This 2001 album from the former French tennis star-turned-pop singer features 12 tracks.
2000 album for French music star & former tennis champion. 12 tracks including, 'Madingwa', 'Simon Papa Tara', 'Ecoute' & 'Sans Moi'.
| | Christmas Party! CD (2002)
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$5.39 Live Recording
| | Hothouse Flowers Greatest Hits CD (2004)
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$8.89 Liner Note Author: Daniel Kennedy.
Recording information: 1988 - 1998.
| | DJ Spooky Drums Of Death CD (2005)
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$13.85 At first glance, the teaming of DJ Spooky with Dave Lombardo (drummer for Slayer and Fantomas) may seem an unlikely pairing. But from the opening remake of the Public Enemy tune "Brother's Gonna Work It Out"--a track featuring Lombardo's fierce beat-keeping, crunching bass and electric guitars from Jack Dangers, Spooky's tweaky atmospherics, and Chuck D himself on vocals--the project makes perfect sense. DRUMS OF DEATH emerges at the intersection of the most progressive and aggressive music of the 1980s, '90s, and 2000s; it suggests that the line between hip-hop, hardcore metal, and the outer reaches of electronica has always been thin and somewhat arbitrary.
Chuck D raps on two other tracks ("B-Side Wins Again" and "Public Enemy #1"), and MC Dalek guests on "Assisted Suicide." However, most of the album is instrumental, focusing on Lombardo's thunderous pyrotechnics, Spooky's evocative textures and samples, and the contributions of additional musicians, most notably guitarist Vernon Reid. The record shifts from metal ("Kultur Krieg") to futuristic jazz ("The Art of War [Back to the Lab]") to the avant-garde (the collage experiment "Incipit Zarathustra") in a joyous disregard for conventional categories. The results remind us that those categories aren't very necessary in the first place.
Personnel: DJ Spooky (synthesizer, turntables); Dave Lombardo (drums); Dalek, Meredith Monk (vocals); Chuck D (rap vocals); Vernon Reid, Gerry Nestler (guitar); Jack Dangers (bass guitar).
Recording information: 2005.
| | Crown Of Thorns Ministries Reach CD (2005)
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$11.39 The newest release from Crown of Thorns Ministries features 16 tracks of contemporary Gospel-Blues with several worshipful ballads and one Country Gospel number! Powerful vocals, excellent guitar work, and meaningful scripture-based lyrics.
| | Don Bonn Meine Sachen CD (2008) (Import) Import
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$43.79 Track Listing of songs: Fiyah Bonn; Es ist so weit; Beweg deinen Arsch noch mal; So gut gelogen; Music international; Zeitgeist; Julias Mörder; Frei sein; Faszination; Willkommen im Club; Och nö!; Glaub an mich; Kummer; Keine Titelinformation;
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