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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.
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 straight-ahead rock and analog experimentation of VIOLATOR and SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION. Instead, ULTRA moves deftly between the sparseness of Depeche Mode's legendary early work and the complex, hard-edged sounds the band came to experiment with. The wide dynamic range allows for seamless interplay between thick, atmospheric keyboards; snaking intertwining programming lines; and an expansive palette of guitar textures.
"The ...
| | Cardigans First Band On The Moon CD (1996)
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Sweden's Cardigans are steeped in a tradition of lush European pop that loosely stretches from the Beatles, through Abba, to Stereolab. But while FIRST BAND ON THE MOON, the quintet's second American album, hints at these touchstones and others like them, the muscular guitars that emanate from behind the Cardigans' expansive arrangements easily distinguish them from their forebears. Great pop hooks are, after all, a dime-a-dozen in Sweden; but pop power-chords are another matter.
This is where the Cardigans' Black Sabbath influence emerges. No, we're not kidding. FIRST BAND ON THE MOON is the second consecutive record on which singer Nina Persson reconstitutes a song by Ozzy and company (in this case, "Iron Man") within a Swedish bubblegum context. The result is a first-rate gimmick--imagine, if you will, a female voice coyly stating, ...
| | 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 a deeply affected melancholia into their Euro-pop ways.
On a bed of lush, melodic keyboards, Nina Persson's light tenor brings an angelic disposition to nearly every word she coos, no matter how pessimistic, while trip-hop beats keep the heartbreak moving forward. More importantly, the dirty squalls and lo-fi drive of Moogs and guitars amidst the band's pristinely produced songs ...
| | Madonna Ray Of Light CD (1998)
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$6.09
RAY OF LIGHT won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album and for Best Recording Package, and was nominated for Album Of The Year. "Ray Of Light" won the 1999 Grammy for Best Dance Recording and Best Short Form Music Video, and was nominated ...
| | Cardigans Emmerdale CD (1999)
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| | Secret Window DVD (2004) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
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 $9.79
Based on a Stephen King novella, the psychological thriller SECRET WINDOW is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Eccentric author Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) finds his life spiraling out of control. With a drinking problem and a cigarette habit he can't shake, Mort can barely function when his wife (Maria Bello) leaves him and he abandons his work. In the midst of his anguish, a deranged man, John Shooter, (John Turturro) appears at ...
| | Firesign Theatre Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers CD (1970)
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| | Leatherface Dog CD (2004)
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| | Perfect Playlist Freestyle: Vol. 1 CD (2005)
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Limited paper sleeve edition.
| | 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; 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 Door; Key Locking & Unlocking Door Hurriedly; Key Locking & Unlocking Door Squeaking of the Door With Violent Shutting; Key Locking & Unlocking Door Squeaking and Shutting; Telephone Lifting of Receiver, Free Line Dialing of 7-Digit Number, Free Receiving Signal, Liftin...; Telephone 3 Rings ...
| | Climax Blues Band Climax Chicago Blues Band CD (1969) (Import) Import; Limited Edition; Japan
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| | Dixie Stompers At Westminster College CD (2007)
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| | Judalynn RN CBT Garcia Coming Out Of The Dark CD (2007)
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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 your Life! You were drawn to this very web page for a reason... Nothing happens in this world by chance, you see... You have just stumbled upon very transformative and effective material that can alter your existence as you know it! UC Davis, Stanford, Mayo and Cleveland clinics reveal that listening to the synchronized vocals and melodies that COMING OUT OF THE DARK provides can demonstrate: Stress is reduced (like blood pressure and anxiety) Positive effects are achieved Defeating behaviors minimized Self sabotage reduced w/ uplifting affirmations Lasting effects can be maintained Muscles release and tension is evaporated Happiness and Serenity is restoredCOMING OUT OF THE DARK - leaves the listener feeling peaceful and serene. Your body seems to melt away and all that’s apparent is your essence and the delight your imagination beholds. One discovers that their breathing becomes slow and rhythmical. Muscles release and lose the tension that becomes habitual. This unconscious conditioning of the body unknowingly produces headache, strain, shoulder tension, stomach upset, twitching and much more. This CD restores the balance that the body and mind so ...
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