| | Gretchen Wilson Here For The Party CD Gretchen Wilson Discography of CDs
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This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
In the tradition of singers such as Wanda Jackson and Tanya Tucker comes Gretchen Wilson, a self-proclaimed hard-living trailer-park inhabitant with country-rock attitude to spare. The pleasant surprise with Wilson is that, in stark contrast to the streamlined country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill, she doesn't mind getting a bit dirty (musically or otherwise). Though her grassroots ethos clearly plays into her success, it's not a pose: Wilson means what she says, and her country twang, mixed with roots and mainstream rock, packs a punch.
HERE FOR THE PARTY alternates between songs about rural, working-class nightlife (particularly Wilson's love of cowboys, whiskey, and, of course, country music) and its trials and tribulations (romantic heartache and spiritual struggle). The runaway single, "Redneck Woman," waves the banner of the "four-wheel-drive tailgate" and standing "barefoot in my own front yard with a baby on my hip." But where the anthemic choruses of songs such as "Here for the Party" are all bravado, "Holdin' You" and "The Bed" show the vulnerability of a dedicated and jilted lover, respectively. Wilson's range (listen to the gospel-derived "Chariot," complete with a mid-song rap) impresses, and adds to the appeal of a down-home girl that can rip up the honky-tonk and belt out a heartfelt ballad.
This Dualdisc includes the entire triple-Platinum album nomintaed for 4 Grammys. DVD features exclusive interview, music videos, acoustic peroformance, and duet with Hank Williams Jr.
Personnel: Gretchen Wilson (vocals); Russ Pahl (guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo); John Rich, John Willis (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg, Tom Bukovac (electric guitar); Michael Rhodes , Mike Brignardello (baritone guitar, bass guitar); Al Anderson (gut-string guitar); Larry Franklin (mandolin, fiddle); Reese Wynans, Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Greg Morrow (drums, percussion); Eric Darken (percussion).
Recording information: Sony/Tree Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.Rolling Stone (p.176) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]er vocals are just as brassy as her attitude, but she also proves you can be sandpaper-raw and still be complicated." Rolling Stone (p.153) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[T]here's a darkly adult perspective on romance and domesticity." Q (p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Wilson is a brassy wake-up call." Gretchen Wilson Here For The Party Songs Here For The Party Music Review Purchase Here For The Party CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Paul Brody Beyond Babylon CD (2004)
Here For The Party
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| | Kagemusha DVDs (1980) Widescreen; Special Edition; Subtitled
Here For The Party
$31.25 In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his place during battles to put him out of harm's way. Because of Kagemusha's strong physical similarities to the warlord, he's a perfect choice for a "shadow warrior." However, the arrangement suddenly changes when Shingen gets fatally wounded while watching a battle. Adhering to Shingen's final wish, the warlord's men keep the death a secret, and Kagemusha struggles to transform himself from a criminal into a leader.
KAGEMUSHA marked a welcome return for the legendary director, who had not made a movie since 1974. Nakadai, a supporting player in earlier Kurosawa films, expertly portrays the leading role(s), almost always filled in the past by Toshirô Mifune. KAGEMUSHA also features the final screen appearance of longtime Kurosawa actor, Takashi Shimura. In order to help the film get an international release, Francis Ford Coppola ...
| | Gretchen Wilson All Jacked Up CD (2005) DualDisc
Here For The Party
$16.99 This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
While Gretchen Wilson's highly successful debut, HERE FOR THE PARTY, was a redneck manifesto for how to have a good time, her 2005 follow-up, ALL JACKED UP, is the next day's eyeopener. Wilson still gets drunk and quarrelsome on the raucous opening title track, but most of this 2005 album is surprisingly low-key, as a number of gentle ballads rub elbows with rural-minded mid-tempo songs (most notably "Politically Uncorrect," featuring the legendary Merle Haggard). Although Wilson mostly sticks to no-frills working-class anthems, she also sneaks in a beautifully melancholy Billie Holiday-like take on the jazz standard "Good Morning Heartache" as a hidden bonus track, showing that this "Redneck Woman" has a charmingly unpredictable streak.
This dualdisc includes a CD side with the complte album including a hidden track, and the DVD includes the entire album in Enhanced LPCM stereo, music video, making of hte album documentary, including exclusive ...
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Here For The Party
$57.29 This ambitious, black-and-white, seven-hour Hungarian film from idiosyncratic auteur Bela Tarr follows the inhabitants of a run-down Hungarian village still reeling from the collapse of Communism. Based on Laszlo Karsznahorkai's novel and filmed over a period of two years, the critically acclaimed epic takes the time to explore each character's unique point of view.
Hailed by critics as landmark ...
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$21.49 Russian master Aleksandr Sokurov (THE SUN, RUSSIAN ARK, MOTHER AND SON) has produced another majestic achievement with ALEXANDRA. In a rare instance of working from his own original script, Sokurov tells the simple tale of a woman in the twilight of her life who embarks on a special ...
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Here For The Party
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| | Old Time Country: Lonesome Cowboys CD (2002) (Import)
Here For The Party
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| | Tutti Camarata Puccini Orchestral Arias CD (2003) Import
Here For The Party
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| | Christmas In The Mountains CD (2003)
Here For The Party
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