| | 5th Dimension Age of Aquarius CD 5th Dimension Discography of CDs
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Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (2000, SAJE Sound, New York, New York).
The 5th Dimension's fourth album almost plays like a Greatest Hits collection. Beside the title smash from the Broadway musical HAIR, hits from THE AGE OF AQUARIUS include two obligatory Laura Nyro songs: the infectious "Blowing Away," and the perhaps deliberately ironic (given its counterculture context) "Wedding Bell Blues," plus the almost Nyro-worthy "Working On a Groovy Thing," by Neil Sedaka.
The rest of the album is the group's usual high gloss L.A. pop/rock. Highlights include a cover of the Everly Brothers' "Let It Be Me" that achieves a near-Phil Spector-like grandeur, and a re-working of Mary Hopkin's "Those Were the Days." The latter adds a soul feel to the vaguely eastern European strains of the original; it's like hearing an R&B band at a bar mitzvah--in a good way. There's also a great Latin rocker, "Dontcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya," which suggests that the group was aware of Santana, and a cover of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" that is truly, though perhaps unintentionally, psychedelic.
McLemore, Ron Townson (vocals).
1 Bonus Track
Recorded at Wally Heider Studios & Studio 3 Inc., Hollywood, California; United Recording, Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes liner notes by Mike Ragogna.
The Fifth Dimension: Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Lamonte
Producer: Bones Howe.
Reissue producer: Rob Santos.
Additional personnel: Tommy Tedesco, Dennis Budimir, Mike Deasy, Bill Fulton (guitar); The Bill Holman Strings & Brass (strings, brass); Larry Knetchel, Jimmy Rowles, Pete Jolly (keyboards); Joe Osborne (bass); Hal Blaine (drums, percussion); Larry Bunker (congas, mallets, percussion); Milt Holland (percussion). 5th Dimension Age of Aquarius Songs | 1. | Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Blowing Away | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Skinny Man | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Wedding Bell Blues | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Hideaway, The | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Workin' on a Groovy Thing | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Let It Be Me | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Sunshine of Your Love | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Winds of Heaven, The | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Those Were the Days | $0.99 | |
| 12. | Let the Sunshine In - (reprise) | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Chissa Se Tornera - (previously unreleased) | $0.99 | |
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Age of Aquarius Music Review Purchase Age of Aquarius CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 CD (2009)
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On THE BLUEPRINT 3, still unretired Jay-Z announces "the only rapper to rewrite history without a pen." It's a standard Jigga boast, but the Brooklyn icon has earned the bragging by backing it up, particularly on his gold-label, top-shelf BLUEPRINT series. Ever-ready for battle, Jay-Z takes on autotune, crossover radio, and many other hip-hop concerns with the gloriously jagged rap elan for which he's become known.
When Jay-Z first made a series out of his best album, 2001's The Blueprint, it became a game of high expectations. The first volume saw Jay-Z as vital as he'd ever been, storming back to the hardcore after a few years of commercial success. THE BLUEPRINT 2 took a different tack, with guest shots to compliment his sinuous flows. BLUEPRINT 3 is somewhere between the two, closer to the vitality and energy of the original but not without the crossover bids and guest features of the latter. Kanye West is in the producer's chair for seven tracks, and it's clear he was reaching for the same energy level as the original. "What We Talkin' About" begins the album with a wave of surging, oppressive synth, while Jay-Z enumerates (with an intriguing lack of detail) what he's said and what's been said about him, ending with a nod not to the past but the future (and Barack Obama). There's plenty more lyrical violence to come, but most of the targets are much safer than they were eight years earlier (i.e. opening single and smash hit "D.O.A. ...
| | Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II CD (2009)
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Like the original, ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX, PART 2 sets the stage with the intro, but here, it's some Raekwon history courtesy of Papa Wu. On Part 1 it was fictional dialog introducing a loose concept album. Besides the introductory dialog and the album's look-a-like cover--tinted purple, as if it was a Cash Money, Screwed & Chopped mix of Part 1--the only traits this sequel shares with the original LINX is that it's the Wu-rapper in top form, spitting out rhymes worthy of the Wu logo and pushing his guest list to work harder, as evidenced by Ghostface, Jadakiss, and Cappadonna all sounding at the top of their game. The productions are equally magnificent with Pete Rock, the Alchemist, and even Dr. Dre all living up to their lofty reputations. Inspectah Deck and the Wu's secret weapon Mathematics out RZA the RZA on their 36 CHAMBERS-flavored cuts--the awesome "House of Flying Daggers" and "Mean Streets," respectively--but if it's possible to create a poignant beat track, it has to be the soulful loop on "Ason Jones," a tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard made all the more moving when you notice the beat comes from the late J. Dilla. Raekwon's lyrical highlights come back-to-back as "Gihad" slaps the current rap scene for all its worth while "New Wu" with Ghostface, Method Man, and RZA on production renews hope that the Wu-Tang ...
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