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Initial Pressings Includes "Cast Your Pod To The Wind" Bonus Disc. With 2007's THE ELSE, the alternative-pop duo They Might Be Giants adds yet another album to its remarkably prolific and varied career. Featuring gleefully odd artwork ... Full Descriptionby lauded Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, the record presents a pleasantly assured batch of John Linnell and John Flansburgh's eclectic and quirky tunes, arguably making it the pair's best full-length outing since its early-1990s heyday.
In addition to working with frequent producer Pat Dillett, Linnell and Flansburgh enlisted the Dust Brothers (Beck) for some of these sessions, resulting in a fuller, edgier sound, as best exemplified by the electronica-tinged "Careful What You Pack" and the guitar-heavy "Feign Amnesia." While a number of THE ELSE's tracks are surprisingly straightforward, TMBG's signature whimsy is showcased on "The Cap'm," a harmony-laden tune, and the piano-led "Bee of the Bird of the Moth," a song that continues the act's fascination with both playful lyrics and the natural world. Essential for any devoted fan and thoroughly enjoyable for newcomers, THE ELSE reveals that Linnell and Flansburgh still have a bevy of tricks up their sleaves after more than two decades as They Might Be Giants.
They Might Be Giants: Dan Solder Miller (guitar); John Flansburgh (guitars); John Linnell (keyboards); Danny Weinkauf (bass guitar); Marty Beller (drums).
Additional personnel: Sharon Jones (vocals); Lyle Workman (guitar); Stan Harrison (saxophone); Jim O'Connor (trumpet); Dan Levine (trombone); Justin Meldal-Johnsen (acoustic bass); Mauro Refosco (percussion).Spin (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] witty lyrics and solid songwriting..."
Alternative Press (p.170) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "THE ELSE is a funky adventure in deliberate awkwardness."
Magnet (p.110) - "The Dust Brothers' production pushes the songs popwards with loops, textures and effects....The strongest songs here are seriously hilarious and hilariously serious..."
No Depression (p.104) - "Best of all is 'The Mesopotamians', which once again reveals the key influence of early '70s Saturday-morning cartoon theme songs." Hide Description Else Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $2.99) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Alternative | | Label | Idlewild / Rounder | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank |  37763  | | CD Universe Part number | 7446249 | | Catalog number | 431117 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 10, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | They Might Be Giants; The Dust Brothers; Patrick Dillett | | Engineer | Anthony Ruotolo; Yuki Takahashi; Patrick Billard; Jon Altschuler; Greg Thompson; Danny Kalb; Alan Ford; Patrick Dillett | | Recording Time | 38 minutes | | Personnel | John Linnell - keyboards
John Flansburgh - guitars
Marty Beller - drums
Dan Solder Miller - guitar
Danny Weinkauf - bass guitar
Also: Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Lyle Workman, Stan Harrison, Mauro Refosco, Sharon Jones, Dan "The Machine" Levine, Jim O'Connor | | Additional Info | Bonus CD |
They Might Be Giants Else Songs Purchase Else CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Chills Kaleidoscope World CD (1990) (Import) New Zealand
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KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD contains 10 bonus tracks and represents everything the band recorded through early 1986, including all of the LOST EP, and the I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET/THE GREAT ESCAPE 12"
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD, The Chills' 18-track compilation culled from The Chills early and mid-'80s EPs and singles, is highlighted by the song "Pink Frost."
The Chills' Martin Phillipps mixes up melodic pop with elements of garage rock and punk, creating songs with a sweet melancholy all their own. Phillipps has always been the focus of the Chills, writing and singing the band's songs. His group has also rivaled Menudo in its sheer number of personnel changes. In a just world, the Chills would have sold just as many records.
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD showcases the shifting line-ups and many moods of the early to mid-'80s Chills. "Rolling Moon" captures a mood of shambling joy, its simple, repeated keyboard riff sounding like a distant caravan crossing New Zealand's big-sky country. "Pink Frost" is undoubtedly one of the Chills' two or three finest songs, an eerie tale of finding one's lover dead and being stricken with waves of icy panic. Phillipps's ghostly voice floats over glacial, plucked chords, its elegance and restraint only adding to the menace. "I Love My Leather Jacket" could have been written for the wake of "Pink Frost'"s dead lover. The Chills' pumped-up fuzz guitars and a celebratory chorus of "I love my leather jacket/I love my absent friend" turn a song of loss into an exultant romp.
Kaleidoscope World is the Chills' essential document, a collection of tracks from early and mid-'80s EPs, singles, and ...
| | Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: Deluxe Edition CDs (1987) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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This hefty double album often sounds more like a compilation than a coherent whole, with musical ideas bouncing frantically back and forth. Nevertheless, in typical Cure style, KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME successfully combines catchy pop with bitter despair. Through 17 immensely sensual songs, Robert Smith is at his most poetic ("strange as angels, dancing in the deepest ocean, twisting in the water, you're just like a dream") and vitriolic ("get your fucking voice out of my head...I never wanted any of this, I wish you ...
| | Cure Head On The Door: Deluxe Edition CDs (1985) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; Deluxe Edition
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$12.25 
With THE HEAD ON THE DOOR Robert Smith and the boys achieve a distinctively Cure-like pop sensibility. These 10 songs combine the dreary dreamscape that is Smith's mind with melodies that are about as catchy as Goth music gets (just try not clapping your hands to "Close to Me"). Included on the album are "In Between Days" and "A Night Like This," each a successful single, and each a staple of the Cure's live show.
Also noteworthy are the haunting lyrics of "The Blood" and "Kyoto Song," which Smith sings in his trademark high-pitched howl. Despite the gloom, this album represents perhaps the Cure's first real pop effort. It also represents a transition from the sparse instrumentation that characterizes ...
| | Danny Kirwan Second Chapter CD (2008) (Import) With Book; Limited Edition; Digipak; Germany
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| | Legend CD (2007) (Import) With Book; Limited Edition; Digipak; Germany
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| | Crowded House Time On Earth CD (2007)
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$10.69 
In the days when hair metal ruled the rock roost, New Zealanders Crowded House made the world safe for graceful, McCartneyesque ...
| | In The Labyrinth Walking On Clouds CD (Import)
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| | 38 Special Flashback Best Of CD (2009) (Import)
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| | Let's Go Surfside With The Denvermen CD (2002) (Import) Australia
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| | Pain Our Universe Commences Here CD (2001) (Import)
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| | Wonderland Follow Me CD (2004) (Import) Bonus Track; Japan
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| | Summon Night 4-Vol 1 Radio CD CD (2007) (Import)
$47.29 | | Thomas Jefferson Jefferson Thomas Live CD (2007)
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There’s something about an outdoor live show that just doesn’t sound or feel like anything else. Put that show in New York’s Central Park, and now you’ve got a unique feel, a sound, an overall singular experience not quite like any other. New York’s own Jefferson Thomas has hosted an artist residency series in the park for the last two years now, and no one is more awestruck at the experience than the indie/twang/alt-rock singer-songwriter himself. Jefferson Thomas Live is his attempt to capture it. And more.“You do clubs, there’s a certain energy, and I like that. You do concerts, there’s that ‘huge’ thing, which is cool, too. You do acoustic listening rooms, there’s a purity and an intimacy there. The first time I did Central Park, it was all three. I was so ready for this ‘huge’ concert vibe, and it blew me away how wrong I was. Suddenly, it wasn’t about how much ass you and the band are kicking; there’s this vast frigging CITY out there. They gather around you, and there’s this whole community just buzzing, and if you try too hard to be the happening thing, you actually lose them. It’s like a Zen thing - if you try to dictate to them, you won’t get much out of it, but if you let them lead you, they’ll pull a show out of you that you never knew you had in you. What I love about the Central Park recordings is that we managed to capture it all; lots of people listening, some people actually not listening, kids running around, skateboard dudes wiping out, dogs barking, weddings going by - it’s all there.”What also is there is some fine rocking by Thomas and his band. The lazy boogie of “Rocket Rider” stretches out past the six-minute mark with a full swing breakdown, achieving jam-band proportions. “Mary’s Night Out” exudes a cannabis-tinged swagger that would make Tom Petty proud. “Dusty”, a rustic, swampy acoustic trip on 2005’s Come Alive album, gets downright noisy and nasty here. A daring a capella rendering of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” closes out the Central Park segment, and shows that Thomas doesn’t necessarily need a guitar to hide behind.But the best part about Jefferson Thomas Live might be six tracks in, where the setting changes to solo acoustic performances in smaller venues from stops in Phoenix and Los Angeles during Thomas’ summer tour of 2006. “Snake” was probably conceived as a heavy Soundgarden-esque rocker, but we’ll never know, because Thomas’ restrained, fingerpicked treatment delivers the cautionary tale of addiction just fine. “Gold” is Thomas burned out and rejuvenated all at once, and “Mrs. Sherwood” could be his Dylan moment.The album closes with two new studio offerings, “Thursday’s Girl” and “Grand Central Station”, both tightly-written and produced with enough modesty ...
| | Dover Follow The City Lights CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Barbara Dickson Collection CD (2007) (Import) Import
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Track Listing of songs: Answer Me; I Know Him So Well; Another Suitcase Another Hall; January February; I Don't ...
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