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As Nina Persson's velour-smooth vocals prove, LIFE is much sweeter and more profound than simply a box of chocolates. Her gorgeous voice is the perfect complement to the rest of the Cardigans' jazz-tinged, retro sound. Straight outta Sweden, the quintet plays a unique hybrid of confectionated pop and space-age bachelor-lounge music. The lush arrangements are festooned with vibes, horns, bassoons, bells, strings and futuristic synthesizers, leaving one with the incorrect but plausible impression that these intensely creative Scandinavians have kidnapped Burt Bacharach and looted his back catalog. Amazingly, there's not a sample to be found on the entire disc.
The bureaucratic FDA has yet to develop (let alone, approve) an inoculation strong enough to resist the highly infectous pop of "Daddy's Car" or "Rise & Shine" from attacking your pop immune system. The flute refrains on "Over The Water" and "Sick & Tired" (the first single) are pure Ennio Marricone spaghetti-Western kitsch, while the trip-hoppy "Our Space" could be a track on a Portishead album. With nary a lame-o song to be found on the entire 14 tracks, LIFE is worth living over and over again.
Recorded at Tambourine Studios, Malmo, Sweden.
Personnel: Peter Lindgard (violin, trumpet); Asa Hakansson (violin); Ivan Bakran (cello); Anders Nordgren (flute); Sven Andersson (saxophone); Tore Johansson (trumpet); Jens Lindgard (trombone).
Audio Mixer: Tore Johansson.
Recording information: Tambourine Studios, Malmo, Sweden.
Photographer: Martin Bogren.
The Cardigans: Nina Persson (vocals); Peter, Bengt, Magnus, Lars-Olof.
Additional personnel: Asa Hakansson (violin); Ivan Bakran (cello); Anders Nordgren (flute); Sven Andersson (saxophone); Petter Lindgard, Tore Johansson (trumpet); Jens Lindgard (trombone).
Spin (1/96, p.64) - Included on Spin's list of the "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '95." - "...The Cardigans are the great beat combo you've never heard, creating childlike melodies and wit-filled arrangements to tickle your cranium and set your toes a-tapping..."
Entertainment Weekly (2/23-3/1/96, p.126) - "Call them the Swedish Pizzicato Five, the Rentals in their own wildest dreams, or the true heirs to ABBA's legacy: This coed Stockholm quintet are all that and then some..."
- Rating: A
Option (5-6/96, p.98) - "...the sweetest pop since new Coke..."
Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #43 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's `Albums Of The Year' - "...From the Etienne/Pizzicato/Stereolab school of cinematic sixties nouvelle vague....How Swede it is." Purchase Life CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Depeche Mode Ultra CD (1997)
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With Alan Wilder now gone, ULTRA is Depeche Mode's first album as a trio. But in many ways it marks a return to form for the band. Producer Tim Simenon gives ULTRA a rich, lush sound that rejects the ...
| | Cardigans Gran Turismo CD (1998)
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In 1997, even as "Lovefool" climbed the Adult Contemporary radio-play charts and further sold mainstream America on the sound of "Swedish pop," something separated the Cardigans from sugary countrymates such as Roxette and Ace of Base. Yes, they placed their metallic guitars out-front while their colleagues hid behind layers of sequencers, making for a more "alternative" approach to "pop." More defining, though, was the sinister cloud that always hung around their songs, no matter how sunny the delivery and the setting. On GRAN TURISMO, the Cardigans follow this dark muse--which already beckoned them to cover Black Sabbath twice in two records--further incorporating ...
| | Portishead Dummy CD (1994)
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| | Cardigans Emmerdale CD (1999)
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| | Firesign Theatre Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers CD (1970)
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This third album by the Firesign Theatre, widely considered their masterpiece, introduces ...
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| | Paladin Charge CD (1972) Japan; Mini LP Sleeve
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Having failed to ignite the populace with their eponymous debut, a set brimming with joie de vivre and creative crossovers, Paladin decided the only way to break into the mainstream was to assault it. And this they set about doing with their sophomore set, 1972's Charge. Far heavier than their previous set, the quintet seemed determined to beat listeners into submission. That's evident from the get go, as they bash their way through the opening track "Give Me Your Hand," a rhythm-heavy number fueled by fiery guitar solos, strident vocals, and a hard rocking sound. The only reminder of their previous musical predilections is the Latin percussion that bubbles up halfway through the piece. But then this is much more a hard rock album, with Derek Foley's guitar now given far more prominence while the vocals stray into Robert Plant territory, and the organ is invariably set towards psychedelia. This inevitably constricts their musical experimentations, yet the band still take some interesting excursions along the way. "Good Lord," for instance, encompasses Latin rhythms, a Southern ...
| | Sound Effects CDs (2006)
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Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Lions Roar; Ducks in a Brook; Monkeys; Elephants in Jungle; Japanese Nightingale; Turtle Doves Courting; Jungle Animal Sounds; Blackbird; Dogs in a Countryard; Horses Rounding Curves on Graved; Horses Passing on Concrete; Cows on Farm; Horses Galloping and Jumping; Frogs; Lions; Monkeys; Parrots; Sheep; Storm With Thunder & Wind Gusts; Rainstorm in the City; Violent Rain and Thunder; Rain on a Window; Thunder Without Rain; Thunder and Rain; Snow and Wind Storm; Scots Bagpipes on Parade; Glockenspiel; Vibraphone Glissando With Pedal; Basque Tambourine; Pianoforte; Machine Gun; Beretta Pistol, 32 Cal.; Beretta Shotgun, 12 Cal. Shooting Water; Land Battle/Machine Gun Fire; Jet: Boeing 707 Landing; Jet: DC Take Off; Helicopter Flying Overhead; Freight Train Passing Station and Call; Express Train in Transit; Electric Engine in Transit; Steam Locomotive; Steam Locomotive (U.S.A.); Italian State Railroad Train; Railroad Station Departing Train Calls; Fireworks; Fireworks Pinwheels; Fireworks Exploding; Explosions; Firework Display; Automobile: Couple Boarding Car; Automobile Slamming of Door and Departure; Stock Car Race; Sports Car Rounding Curve; Indianapolis Racing Cars in Groups; Indianapolis Racing Cars Single Car; Indianapolis Racing Cars Pulling Into Track; Space Music; Spaceship Landing and Taking Off; Satellite Explorer XV; Satellite Anna 1 B; Satellite Relay 1; Satellite Kosmos XIII; Mercury Aurora VII; Friendship VII Rocket Take-Off; Circus; Giant Roller Coaster; Screams; Swimming Pool Children; Children at the Beach; Child Crying; DISC 2: Glass Window Breaking; Automatic Coffee Machine; Glass Breaking First Example, A; Glass Breaking Second Example, A; Glass Breaking Gathering of Pieces, A; Uncorking a Bottle of Sparkling Wine; Knocking on Door; Knocking on Door Hurriedly; Knocking on Door With Palms; Dish Breaking First Example; Dish Breaking Second Example; Dish Breaking Gathering of Pieces; Key Locking & Unlocking ...
| | Climax Blues Band Climax Chicago Blues Band CD (1969) Import; Limited Edition
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| | Dixie Stompers At Westminster College CD (1957)
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This 1957 recording has not been available since the original LP issue which has been out of print for decades. Traditional jazz at its best on this new CD version which has many never before issued bonus tracks. Live in Fulton Missouri, The Dixie Stompe
When Bob Koester founded Delmark Records in St. Louis in 1953 (before Koester moved his label to Chicago), one of his main areas of interest was Dixieland. Koester was not interested in Dixieland exclusively -- Delmark has always been as much of a blues label as it is a jazz label -- but documenting the Dixieland revival in the Midwest in the '50s is certainly among his big accomplishments. So it was quite appropriate that Koester himself wrote the liner notes for the Dixie Stompers' Jazz at Westminster College, which was originally released as a vinyl LP and reissued on CD (with several bonus tracks) in March 2007. Most of this Dixieland-oriented ...
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WELCOME FRIEND! Did you know that what you think - AND - the way you think creates your world? Your very environment?With this CD you can:Change your thinking & Improve ...
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