Artist: various Album: Ghost Dog .The
Way Of The Samurai -The Album Released: 2000 Source: Sony cat#
496146 2 Genre: pop,R&B,Rap Format: EAC/APE
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Indie film director Jim Jarmusch always works
an unexpected angle, whether it's offbeat humor, a nonlinear narrative,
or specific and idiosyncratic characterization. For his latest
film--the story of a ghetto hit man who lives by the codes of the
Hagakure, an 18th-century Japanese warrior text--Jarmusch enlisted RZA, a
founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Instead of imagistic tone poems
that serve to reinforce a certain mood, à la Neil Young on Dead Man, RZA
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Artist: Heaven 17 Album: The Best of
Heaven 17: Higher & Higher Released: 1993 Source: Virgin
cat # 0777 7 87553 2 6 Genre: Synth Pop/new wave Format:
EAC/APE
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The
Best of Heaven 17: Higher & Higher is an extensive, 17-track
collection that contains all of the group's best moments, including
"Temptation" and "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing, " plus
several album tracks, lesser-known singles, and remixes of their two
greatest hits. It's too much music for casual fans, especially since the
sequencing is slightly illogical, and it's n
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Artist: The Who Album: Who's Better, Who's Best Released:
1988 Source: POLYDOR cat # 835389 2 Genre: rock Format:
EAC/APE
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Who's
Better, Who's Best is a compilation of the Who's best-known songs,
containing all of the familiar items — "I Can't Explain," "I Can See for
Miles," "Pinball Wizard," "My Generation," "Substitute" — but presented
without much care. The album is further plagued by the presence of some
filler tracks that really don't deserve to be on any best-of. Who's
Better, Who's Best is, however, in its finer moments a fine compilation.
Indeed, the first half of this 1988 release collects nine o
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Artist: Paul Young Album: Paul Young -
No Parlez (Special Edition) Released: 1983 Source: CBS records
cat # 460909 2 Genre: New Wave/Rock/Pop Format: EAC/APE
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Review: One of the most assured debut
albums of the mid-1980s, and one of the finest pop-soul confections of
all time, No Parlez was the record that, following on from the stellar
success of Young's earliest hits, left him poised to dominate the
remainder of the decade like no other vocalist could have. Three
singles laid bare all that Young was so eminently capable of. "Wherever I
Lay My Hat", a beautifully impassioned take on
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There are so many live recordings of Hawkwind
on the market now that words like "best" or "essential live album"
simply have lost any signification. The double-CD set Yule Ritual
presents the better part of the seminal space rock group's performance
at the Astoria (London, England), the venue chosen for its annual
year-end show in 2000. The lineup consisted of Dave Brock, Richard
Chadwick, Ali, Tim Blake (also of Gong), Simon Hous
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Artist: JOHN WATTS Album: iceberg model
Released: by rat Source: virgin records Genre: alternative
rock/new wave Format: eac-ape
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John Watts is from a family of singers. He progressed through school
and college bands inspired equally by the late 60s Trojan catalogue and
great maverick artists, from Alex Harvey to Lou Reed, Captain Beefheart
to Tom Waits and the ‘Hunky Dory’David Bowie. Watts moved to the point
where punk, art-wave and reggae crossed over. With college friend Steve
Skolnik and rhythm section Steve Liddle and Dave Graham, Watts landed a
record deal as Fischer-Z with United Artists in 1978 a
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Artist: Hawkwind Album: Alien 4
Released: 1995 Source: the Emergency broadcast cat# ebsscd 118
Genre: Space/Prog Rock Format: EAC/APE
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Any sci-fi fan with long memories probably
remembers those 1970's DAW paperback editions of Michael Moorcock's
sword-and-sorcery novels, with their images of heavily armored, very
muscular warriors, carrying large swords and standing against eerie
land- and starscapes. Take that imagery, throw in some terminology and
names seemingly lifted from the Marvel Comics of the era (The Watcher,
etc.) and particle physics articles of the period, translat
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Artist: REO Speedwagon Album: Wheels Are
Turnin' Released: 1984 Source: epic cat# ek39593 Genre:
Soft Rock Format: EAC/APE
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Wheels
Are Turnin' blends clear, crisp ballads with high-energy pop/rock,
which eventually gave REO Speedwagon four Top 40 singles, the same
amount as Hi Infidelity credited them with four years earlier. Kevin
Cronin's writing is rock-solid, a delightful turnaround from 1982's Good
Trouble album. As one of the band's best ballads, "Can't Fight This
Feeling" puts an elegant piano riff in front of Cronin's earnest voice,
presenting REO with its second number o
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