| | Kent Isola CD Kent Discography of CDs
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The mid-'90s deluge of brilliant Swedish pop bands slowed somewhat by the end of the decade, thanks in no small part to the abolition of a national employment-opportunity program through which struggling pop bands could apply for grants to buy equipment and attend seminars on management and publishing. However, after the continued worldwide success of bands like the Cardigans, pop fans still looked to Sweden for inspiration.
The belated U.S. issue of ISOLA, the debut from Stockholm's Kent, is another example of the country's astounding popcraft. Taking what's good about '90s British pop bands like Suede, Oasis, and Radiohead (moody, guitar-heavy minor-key pop songs with an equal emphasis on hooks and '70s-style epic orchestral sweep) while eliminating those bands' shortcomings, Kent hits a pop-meets-bombast peak not seen since the heyday of the Electric Light Orchestra and Supertramp, but with the charming self-effacement typical of Swedish pop.
Recorded at Galaxy Studios, Belgium; Ljuhavet Studio, Stockholm, Sweden; Europa Studio 2, Bromma.
Recording information: Europa Studios, Bromma, Sweden; Galaxy Studios, Belgium; Ljudhavet Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kent: Joakim Berg (vocals, guitar); Sami Servio (guitar, keyboards, 6-string bass); Harri Manty (guitar, percussion, programming); Markus Mustonen (piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, background vocals); Martin Skold (keyboards, bass).
The Helios Quartet: Klara Hellgren, David Bjorkman (violin); Ulrika Gardelin (viola); Henrik Soderquist (cello).
Kent Isola Songs | 1. | Lifesavers |
| 2. | If You Were Here |
| 3. | Things She Said |
| 4. | Unprofessional |
| 5. | OWC |
| 6. | Celsius |
| 7. | Bianca |
| 8. | Before It All Ends |
| 9. | Elvis |
| 10. | Velvet |
| 11. | Glider |
| 12. | 747 |
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Purchase Isola CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gov't Mule By A Thread CD (2009)
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BY A THREAD is Gov't Mule's first studio album since HIGH & MIGHTY was issued in 2006. Since that time, bassist Andy Hess has been replaced by Jorgen Carlsson, though Hess appears on two tracks at the end of the album. Carlsson's playing style is much more aggressive than Hess', and is therefore closer - in spirit anyway - to Gov't Mule's original bassist, the late Allen Woody, though he possesses an adventurous sense of time and is harmonically more colorful than either Woody or Hess. Carlsson and drummer Matt Abst are a solid match, since Abst is a drummer used to shifting time signatures and allowing the unexpected in while still driving a band. The band's keyboardist and rhythm guitarist, Danny Louis, is a shape-shifter, playing to whatever is needed in a given track. His manner of coloring sounds inside and around a particular tune's framework is a large part of what makes Gov't Mule's sound so fresh here - despite the fact that they don't stray far from what they do best. Warren Haynes and his guitar are, as usual, front and center, his guitar screaming, his big throaty growl hammering down lyrics like a Southern fire-and-brimstone preacher with earthshaking soul. The material on this set is tight; there is less jamming but Gordie Johnson's production and mixing equalize everything at ten, making it feel like the disc is recorded live.
The set opens with the pulsing bass throb of "Broke Down on the Brazos," just before ...
| | Creed Full Circle CD (2009) Digipak
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Getting right back to where they started from, Creed reunites for Full Circle, putting all tensions to rest and cutting their first ...
| | Backtracks CDs (2009) With DVD; Box Set
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| | Michael Jackson - Video Greatest Hits - History V. 2: On Film DVD (1997)
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The King Of Pop is showcased at his ...
| | Journey Greatest Hits CD (1988) Bonus Track; Remastered; Digipak
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$9.29 
This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Along with Styx and REO Speedwagon, Journey ruled the charts and radio airwaves in the early '80s. And like the aforementioned bands, Journey began in the '70s, so obviously the compilers of its 1988 GREATEST HITS release had a lot of material to choose from.
Journey's sound was a merger of hard rock, compliments of guitarist Neal Schon, and the melodic pop/ballads of singer Steve Perry. This resulted in such classic rock radio staples as "Any Way You Want It," "Separate Ways," "Open Arms," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Wheel in the Sky," and "Who's Crying Now," all included here.
Greatest Hits is an excellent, thorough 14-track collection containing all of Journey's big hits, from 1978's "Wheel in the Sky" to 1986's "I'll Be Alright Without You." Although the songs aren't presented in chronological order and a handful of minor hits ("Suzanne," "Walks Like a Lady") aren't included, it doesn't matter, since every essential Journey single -- "Only the Young," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Any Way You Want It," "Separate Ways," "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'," "Open Arms," "Send Her My Love" -- is here, which means that it's all most casual fans will ever need. [The set was reissued in 2006 with an expanded booklet ...
| | Kings Of Leon Only By The Night CD (2008)
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$10.19
With their raw, organic sound, Tennessee's Kings of Leon emerged in 2003 as Southern rock for the indie-garage set, sort of a Strokes for the South. ...
| | David Wilkie The Drover Road CD (2001)
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$15.19
| | Harry Belafonte Christmas CD (2001)
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$6.09
Harry Belafonte Christmas features the legendary vocalist ...
| | Very Best Of This Is Acid Jazz: A 10 Year Celebration CDs (2001)
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$9.69 
| | Creeper Lagoon Remember The Future CD (2002) Extended Play
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$7.15
| | La Pulqueria Corridos De Amor CD (2006)
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$9.49
| | Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos CD (1983) (Import) Remastered
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$15.59 
The debut from these Australian rockers established the blueprint for much of what would follow on MARS NEEDS GUITARS and BLOW YOUR COOL: jangly, hook-laden power pop delivered with just the right amount of aggressive garage energy. The opener, "I Want You Back," with its driving rhythm, sing ...
| | Junta Akasaka Happy Boys Imagesong Collection 2 CD (2007) (Import)
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$18.39
First pressing includes a card.
| | Mike "G" & M A R Get Right Or Get Left CD (2009)
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$9.35
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