Bob Geldof - Great Songs of Indifference The Anthology 1986-2001 (4CD) (2005)

4 CD box set. To celebrate Geldof, the musician, Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001 brings together his 4 albums Deep in the Heart of Nowhere, the Vegetarians of Love, the Happy Club and Sex, Age and Death, with a wealth of bonus material, some previously unreleased. Universal. 2005.
This package has all four of his solo albums digitally remastered with bonus tracks.
Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere (1986): I saw the video for "This Is The World Calling" on MTV (Yes, when they used to play videos) in November 1986. I got this on cassette for my 14th birthday. The version of "This Is The World Calling" on that cassette is different from the cd versions, but not by much. This is my favorite Geldof album and it sounds fantastic digitally remastered. The track order on the cassette was different from the track order on the original cd and this remastered version. I always kind of liked the sequencing of the cassette and the version of "This Is The World Calling" on it as well. Standout tracks include "I Cry Too", "When I Was Young", "This Heartless Heart", "The Beat Of The Night", "Night Turns To Day" and "August Was A Heavy Month". The four bonus tracks are okay and do not detract from the rest of the album.
The Vegetarians Of Love (1990): I got this on cd when it was released in August 1990 (I Think). A major music style shift with a more stripped down effect. Still, I think this is also a great album, and my second favorite from Geldof. Standout tracks include "Love Or Something", "The Great Song Of Indifference", "Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things", "Big Romantic Stuff", "The Chains Of Pain", "A Rose At Night" and "No Small Wonder". The seven bonus songs here are probably the best of the four albums.
The Happy Club (1992): I got this on cd when it was released in April 1992. This remastered version omits "Yeah, Right" from the original release, but I went back and listened to it and felt that it was a good idea to leave it off the digital remaster. The track order is slightly different too on the digital remaster, and I think it works much better. Standout tracks include "Attitude Chicken", "The Soft Soil", "A Hole To Fill", "My Hippy Angel", "Too Late God", "Road Of Germany (After BD)" and "A Sex Thing". The three bonus tracks are okay.
Sex, Age And Death (2001): Obviously and intentionally bleak what with the suicide of his ex-wife and Michael Hutchence between albums. I don't like this one as much as his others. Standout tracks include "One For Me", "$6,000,000 Loser", "Scream In Vain", "Inside Your Head" and "10:15". The nine bonus songs are, again, just okay.
The reason to get this for those, like me, who already have them individually is that they're all digitally remastered and come with extra tracks. The booklet is informative with a review of each of the four albums followed by all the lyrics to each original album's tracks.

Disc 1
01.  This Is The World Calling  (4:23)
02.  In The Pouring Rain  (4:31)
03.  August Was A Heavy Month  (5:07)
04.  Love Like A Rocket  (4:52)
05.  I Cry Too  (4:28)
06.  When I Was Young  (5:01)
07.  This Heartless Heart  (4:05)
08.  Beat Of The Nigh t (5:06)
09.  Truly True Blue  (1:18)
10.  Pulled Apart By Horses  (4:29)
11.  Words From Heaven  (4:38)
12.  Good Boys In The Wrong  (5:18)
13.  Night Turns To Day  (4:54)
14.  Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere  (1:17)
15.  Life Is The Hardest Thing  (3:12)
16.  Friends For Life  (5:28)
17.  August Was A Heavy Month  (Instrumental)  (4:01)
18.  Dig A Ditch  (4:28)

Disc 2
01.  A Gospel Song  (5:25)
02.  Love Or Something  (4:32)
03.  Great Song of Indifference  (4:41)
04.  Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things  (8:20)
05.  Big Romantic Stuff  (4:06)
06.  Crucified Me  (2:09)
07.  The Chains Of Pain  (3:46)
08.  A Rose At Night  (5:42)
09.  No Small Wonder  (4:45)
10.  Walking Back To Happiness  (7:30)
11.  Let It Go  (4:38)
12.  The End Of The World  (1:53)
13.  Out Of Order  (Bonus Track)  (3:28)
14.  Hotel 75  (Bonus Track)  (3:55)
15.  One Of The Girls  (Bonus Track)  (2:27)
16.  The Original Miss Jesus  (Bonus Track)  (3:44)
17.  The Vegetarians Of Love  (Bonus Track)  (1:19)
18.  Sunny Afternoon  (Bonus Track)  (3:49)
19.  The Great Song Of Indifference  (3:37)

Disc 3
01.  Room 19 (Sha La La Lee)  (4:41)
02.  Attitude Chicken  (4:36)
03.  The Soft Soil  (7:29)
04.  A Hole To Fill  (5:05)
05.  The Song Of The Emergent Nation  (6:55)
06.  My Hippy Angel  (5:29)
07.  The Happy Club  (4:05)
08.  Like Down On Me  (5:58)
09.  Too Late God  (3:46)
10.  Roads Of Germany  (5:11
11.  A Sex Thing  (5:11)
12.  The House At The Top Of The World  (4:12)
13.  Shine On  (Bonus Track ) (4:10)
14.  Huge Birdless Silence  (Bonus Track)  (3:23)
15.  Maybe Heaven  (Bonus Track)  (5:52)

Disc 4
01.  One For Me  (4:56)
02.  Six Million Dollar Loser  (4:23)
03.  Pale White Girls  (4:59)
04.  The New Routine  (5:25)
05.  Mudslide  (4:51)
06.  Mind In Pocket  (4:38)
07.  My Birthday Suit  (2:58)
08.  Scream In Vain  (5:00)
09.  Inside Your Head  (4:39)
10.  10.15  (3:21)
11.  A Summer Day (London ´95)  (Bonus Track)  (2:49)
12.  Sighs And Whispers  (Bonus Track)  (3:10)
13.  Voodoo Child  (Bonus Track)  (3:57)
14.  Two Dogs  (Bonus Track)  (3:22)
15.  Harvest Moon  (Bonus Track)  (3:29)
16.  A Summer Night (London ´95)  (Bonus Track)   (3:12)
17.  Pale White Girls  (French Mix)  (3:47)
18.  Cool Blue Easy  (Bonus Track)  (4:56)
19.  Pity The Poor Drifter  (Bonus Track)  (2:!4)

Label - Mercury Records

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The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972)

They Only Come Out at Night is the third studio album by The Edgar Winter Group. It went to No. 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, eventually sold two million copies.
While this album will forever be remembered for spawning the huge hit singles "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride," there's plenty more to appreciate on this stellar release. From "the other single," "Hangin' Around," to the pretty melodies of "Round & Around" and "Autumn," the set collects ten outstanding cuts, played with fervor by Edgar Winter, Chuck Ruff, Dan Hartman, Randy Jo Hobbs, and Ronnie Montrose, along with guest artist/producer Rick Derringer. The "party" feel of "We All Had a Real Good Time" and the singalong "Alta Mira" only add to this already red-hot mix, making They Only Come Out at Night the album Winter will always be remembered for.

01.  Hangin' Around   (3:02)
02.  When It Comes   (3:16)
03.  Alta Mira   (3:18)
04.  Free Ride   (3:08)
05.  Undercover Man  (3:49)
06.  Round & Round  (4:00)
07.  Rock 'n' Roll Boogie Woogie Blues  (3:25)
08.  Autumn  (3:00)
09.  We All Had a Real Good Time  (3:05)
10.  Frankenstein  (4:44)

Label - Epic Records

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A.J. Croce - That's Me In The Bar (20th Anniversary Edition) (1995)

Tracklist

1. "That's Me in the Bar"  (Croce, David Curtis) – 3:54
2. "Sign on the Line" (Croce, Ramsey McClean) – 2:53
3. "She's Waiting for Me" – 2:47
4. "Checkin' In" – 2:34
5. "Music Box" – 2:49
6. "Callin' Home" – 2:10
7. "Night Out on the Town" – 3:17
8. "Pass Me By" – 2:38
9. "I Meant What I Said" – 3:50
10. "Maybe I'm to Blame" – 2:14
11. "I Confess" – 3:14
12. "Some People Call It Love" – 4:15
13. "If You Want Me To Stay"  (Bonus Track)  – 3:12

All songs written by A.J. Croce, except where noted

Personnel

• A.J. Croce – piano, vocals
• Sweet Pea Atkinson – vocals
• Robert Becker – viola
• Sir Harry Bowens – vocals
• Stephen Bruton – guitar
• Ry Cooder – bass, mandolin, slide guitar
• Rudy Copeland – organ
• Bruce Dukov – violin
• Robben Ford – guitar
• Bob Glaub – bass
• John Goux – guitar, slide guitar
• David Hidalgo – accordion
• Dan Higgins – clarinet
• Suzie Katayama – cello
• Jim Keltner – bass, drums
• John Leftwich – bass, acoustic bass
• Mitch Manker & his Brass Section – trumpet
• Jonell Mosser – vocals
• Sid Page – violin
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Billy Payne – piano
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar

Production

• Producer: Jim Keltner
• Arranger: David Hidalgo, John Leftwich

Notes

Released:  1995 

Genre:  Blues, Folk, World, & Country

Length: 39:47 

Label - Compass Records

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Sailor - Dressed For Drowning (1980)

Sailor are a British pop group, best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls, Girls, Girls", written by the group's lead singer and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus.
Sailor's original line-up split up in 1978, although Pickett and Marsh released more material as Sailor with Gavin and Virginia David in 1980, with an album of Pickett compositions called Dressed for Drowning, produced by James William Guercio at his Caribou studio in Colorado
This was Sailor's final studio LP with only two original members. Don't let that trouble you. The addition of a female vocalist expands the sound beyond cheery dancehall ditties and moves into Heart / Quarterflash territory with "Danger on the Titanic" as the standout track. Most hits collections do include some cuts from this including Private Eye, Hat Check Girl and the beautiful ballad, Starlight.

01.  Danger On The Titanic  - 5:49 
02.  Don't Send Flowers  - 3:45 
03.  Private Eye  - 5:22 
04.  Don''t Look A Gift Horse  - 5:13 
05.  Runaway  - 4:26 
06.  Hat Check Girl  - 2:56 
07.  Pearl Harbor  - 4:42 
08.  Starlight  - 3:41 
09.  Who Will Stop The Rain  - 5:09

Label - Caribou Records

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Andrew Dice Clay - 40 Too Long (1992)

Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American comedian and actor.
He played the lead role in the 1990 film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
 Clay has been in several movies and has released a number of stand-up comedy albums. He is currently focused on acting and putting aside his stand-up.
40 Too Long is a comedy album by comedian Andrew Dice Clay, which was released in 1992. The album's name was taken from an argument he says he had with a Chinese clothing sales guy who took his size (42 long) the wrong way and kept suggesting smaller sizes.
Unlike Clay's albums previously, he tends to side more with the women in this one on just about everything.

01.  Dice Goes to the Mall   (3:35)
02.  Dice Talks to the Salesmen   (1:00)
03.  Dice Buys a Suit   (3:36)
04.  Dice on Disasters   (1:51)
05.  Dice on Nutrition   (1:38)
06.  Dice Just Says No Leno   (1:48)
07.  Dice on Redheads   (1:41)
08.  Dice on Lasting Relationships   (2:53)
09.  Dice the Advocate   (2:34)
10.  Dice Stops for Gas   (2:29)
11.  Dice on Reading Material   (1:07)
12.  Dice on Orgasms   (2:06)
13.  Dice's Checklist   (1:41)
14.  What a Mess   (0:50)
15.  Dice on Reheaded Men   (0:42)
16.  Dice Knows When to Say When   (2:46)
17.  Dice on Complaints   (1:25)
18.  Dice Jerks Off   (2:25)
19.  Dice on Manners   (1:19)
20.  Dice Vs. Peewee   (0:30)
21.  Dice at the Drive-Thru   (1:03)
22.  Dice Gets Creative in Bed   (5:07)
23.  Dice Learns to Mambo   (3:09)
24.  Dice on Bodybuilders   (1:13)
25.  Dice Does It Like Dis   (0:59)
26.  Dice Has Random Thoughts   (1:38)
27.  Dice Greeting Cards   (0:43
28.  Dice Rewrites History   (2:25)
29.  Let Yourself Go   (2:15)
30.  You May Be Dancing With Me   (3:34)

Label - American Recordings

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3rd Nation - Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind (1996)

 

Tracklist

1.  Stand Up  (4:48) 
2.  I Believe  (4:06) 
3.  Real Love  (3:45) 
4.  One More Chance  (6:12) 
5.  Give Me Your Love  (0:35) 
6.  Do Me Right  (4:29) 
7.  Better Then You  (5:07) 
8.  Joy & Happines  (4:00) 
9.  Give Your Love To Me  (4:53) 
10.  Hold On  (5:21) 
11.  Baby Come Lay  (5:58) 

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Warner Music Group
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SweMix
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Music Sweden AB
• Copyright © – SweMix
• Copyright © – Warner Music Sweden AB
• Published By – SBK April Music Inc.
• Published By – Ultrawave Music
• Published By – Rightsong Music, Inc.
• Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
• Produced For – Two Black Productions
• Produced For – JSP
• Pressed By – WMME Alsdorf

Credits

• Design [Graphic] – Leena 'Lelle' Kilpi
• Design [Help] – Charlie 'C'

Notes

Released: 1996

Genre:  Electronic

Style:  Garage House

Length:  48:02

Label - SweMix Records

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Thompson Twins ‎- Out Of The Gap (1984) [Special Limited Edition]

Thompson Twins were a British music group that formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity in the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the globe.
The Thompson Twins had a major chart run in the 1980s with no less than 7 top 40 hits. It was the decade of Megamixes and the Thompsons had a series of 3 "Out Of The Gap" Megamixes.
There was the "Out Of The Gap" (Extended Megamix) with 4 songs and also includes the "Sister Of Mercy" (Extended Mix) - this one was about 9 mins long.

1.  Out Of The Gap  (Megamix)  (8:57) 
2.  Still Water  (3:00) 
3.  Sister Of Mercy  (9:26) 
4.  Funeral Dance  (3:30) 

Label - Arista Records

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Aretha Franklin - Yeah!!! (1965)

Yeah!!! (or Aretha Franklin In Person With Her Quartet) is the eighth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on May 17, 1965 by Columbia Records. Contrary to the overdubbed sounds of audience murmurs, the album was not a live album, but instead was recorded live at New York's Columbia Studios and produced by Clyde Otis.
This 'live' nightclub date with a jazz trio, revealed to be a faked on the Columbia compilations that have since come out, is nonetheless a great LP, maybe the best single Columbia LP from Aretha. John Hammond discovered her and just wanted great music, but the label couldn't decide if she was a show tune singer, jazz or r&b and never figured out she was all of the above and deserved her own category. This is the most jazzy Aretha ever and if she'd wanted to concentrate on this one area of her talent, she would still be ruling it. Hopefully Columbia will issue the undoctored recordings complete some day soon. The clicking silverware and audience murmurs as if they were ignoring her are actually distracting on a couple of songs, which given that it was dubbed in are overkill besides being ridiculous.
This would be Franklin's last collection of jazz recordings until the release of 1973's Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky), released during her landmark tenure at Atlantic Records.

01.  This Could Be the Start of Something   (Steve Allen)  (1:23)
02.  Once In a Lifetime   (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)  (3:20)
03.  Misty   (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) (3:35)
04.  More   (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani, Norman Newell)  (1:55)
05.  There Is No Greater Love   (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)  (4:39)
06.  Muddy Water   (Harry Richman, Jo Trent, Peter De Rose)  (2:22)
07.  If I Had a Hammer   (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger)  (2:29)
08.  Impossible   (Steve Allen)  (3:22)
09.  Today I Love Ev'rybody   (Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields)  (3:24)
10.  Without The One You Love   (Aretha Franklin)  (3:34)
11.  Trouble in Mind   (Richard M. Jones)  (2:53)
12.  Love for Sale   (Cole Porter)  (2:29)

Label - Columbia Records

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Solomon Burke - Soul Alive! [2 CD Remastered] (2002)

For pure soul testifying, no one compares to Solomon Burke. He earned his title -- "King of Soul" -- by bringing the gospel fervor of the Southern preacher to his performances, and no recording proves his command over an audience quite like Soul Alive! Recorded in 1983 in Washington, D.C., the set proves Burke had lost little from his '60s heyday; he works through nearly all of his hits, spurring on the concert-goers as though they were the ones performing instead of him in fact, some of the women are heard screaming so often they should've been credited. Burke shines most when leading the faithful through "I Can't Stop Loving You," pausing for a lengthy monologue before reprising the song and leading into a devastating finish. Elsewhere he works through deeply felt country-blues-gospel fusions like "I Almost Lost My Mind," "Take Me (Just as I Am)," "He'll Have to Go," and "Down in the Valley."
"I know there's something going on in this place that doing good for somebody!" shouts Solomon Burke early on in "Soul Alive," and he may have even understated the case. As with the best live albums (Sinatra, James Brown, the Stones, KISS), this set, recorded mostly in Washington, DC, captures a live soul experience as few others have(especially in the 80s, when it was released).
Many remember Burke from "Cry to Me," featured on the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack. That hit is here, along with songs he ("The Price," "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," "Tonight's The Night") or others ("I Can't Stop Loving You," "Hold What You Got," "He'll Have To Go.") recorded during soul's peak years. What makes this album special is that Burke, a preacher and gospel singer since childhood, weaves useful, emotional sermons around these medleys (his monologue about "the women of today" is hilarious and useful) giving the crowd and listener the best of the gospel and secular worlds. In doing so, Burke reversed - 40 years later - Ray Charles' use of gospel style in blues songs which angered, then inspired, fans of those genres. Every shout, every Burke one-liner ("All we need is a water bed now" ), every note of this set is to cherish.

Disc: 1
01. Introduction: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - 4:36 
02. Medley: If You Need Me/Tonight's The Night/You're Good For Me/I
      Almost Lost My Mind/What Am I Living For/Just Out Of Reach -
      12:20 
03. Medley: Monologue/Take Me (Just As I Am)/I Can't Stop Loving
      You/Monologue/I Can't Stop Loving  You (Reprise)/Down In The
      Valley/Proud Mary - 15:22 
04. Down In The Valley - 3:46 
05. Proud Mary - 3:46 

Disc: 2
01. Medley: Tonight's The Night (Reprise)/Beautiful Brown Eyes/Just
      A Matter Of Time/Monologue/Hold What You've Got/He'll Have To
      Go/Cry To Me - 18:55 
02. Introduction To Encore: Gotta Get You Off My Mind (Instrumental)
      Medley: Meet Me In Church/The Price/Words/Monologue - 10:29 
03. Medley: You're Good For Me (Reprise)/Send Me Some Lovin'/Gotta
      Get You Off My Mind - 6:49 
04. Medley: Having A Party/Amen - 6:42

Label - Rounder Records

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K.D. Lang - Ingénue (1992)

On her early albums, k.d. lang was a country traditionalist with a difference while she had a glorious voice and could evoke the risen ghost of Patsy Cline when she was of a mind, there was an intelligence and sly humor in her work that occasionally betrayed her history as a performance artist who entered the musical mainstream through the side door. And while the three years between Absolute Torch and Twang and Ingénue were full of controversy for lang that may have encouraged her to seek out new creative directions (among other things, she came out as a lesbian and her outspoken animal rights activism alienated many fans in the C&W mainstream), the former album suggested lang had already taken her interest in country music as far as it was likely to go. Ingénue presented lang as an adult contemporary artist for the first time, and if she felt any trepidation at all about her stylistic shift, you'd never guess after listening to the record; lang's vocal style is noticeably more subtle on Ingénue than her previous albums, but her command of her instrument is still complete, and the cooler surroundings allowed her to emotionally accomplish more with less. lang's songwriting moved into a more impressionistic direction with Ingénue, and while the literal meanings of many of her tunes became less clear, she also brought a more personal stamp to her music, and the emotional core of "Save Me," "Constant Craving," and "So It Shall Be" was obvious even when their surfaces were evasive. And the production and arrangements by lang and her longtime collaborators Ben Mink and Greg Penny were at once simple and ambitious, creating a musical space that was different in form and effect than her previous albums but one where she sounded right at home.
Ingénue disappoints slightly because while lang was a masterful and thoroughly enjoyable country singer, she was a far more introspective adult contemporary singer/songwriter who seemingly demanded the audience accept her "as is" or not at all.
However, the craft of the album is impressive indeed, and few artists have reinvented themselves with as much poise and panache as lang did on Ingénue.

01. "Save Me"  (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 4:33
02. "The Mind of Love"  (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 3:48
03. "Miss Chatelaine"  (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 3:49
04. "Wash Me Clean"  (Lang) - 3:17
05. "So It Shall Be"  (Lang, Greg Penny) - 4:30
06. "Still Thrives This Love" (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 3:35
07. "Season of Hollow Soul" (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 4:58
08. "Outside Myself"  (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 4:57
09. "Tears of Love's Recall" (Ben Mink / k.d. lang) - 3:49
10. "Constant Craving"  (Ben Mink / k.d. lang)  - 4:37

Label - Sire, Warner Bros.

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