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Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
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"I'll never forget watching "Purple Rain" at my best friend's house one weekend. As her father glanced briefly at one particularly emotional scene, he asked us, "Why is that man smashing the canned goods?" We laughed hysterically, relishing a priceless moment of gender gap gaffe. But it was really the music that we loved, and the sense of reckless abandon Prince displayed both as a musician and ..."
Hell's Winter: Cage
1 recommendation
"This is a great, albeit dark album which I listened to over and over for months when I first got it. A great underground hip hop album and a must if you decide you'd like to try out the genre - it's a standout. Enjoy!"
Leaving Again / In the Wee Small Hours
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""Leaving Again/In The Wee Small Hours," makes an unlikely pairing of Keith Jarrett and Frank Sinatra. Says Elling, "'Leaving Again' is a Keith Jarrett improvisation that I transcribed and wrote a lyric for. It something from the live boxed set that he did with the trio (1994's Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note: The Complete Recordings on ECM). With his usual ingenuity and grace Keith essentially impr..."
Picaresque: The Decemberists: Music
3 recommendations
"mariner's revenge song, eli the barrow boy, we both go down together, the bagman's gambit, engine driver, old timey, tales of the sea!"
Transatlanticism: Death Cab for Cutie: Music
2 recommendations
"the sound of settling, tiny vessels, passenger seat, death cab,"
Made of Bricks: Kate Nash: Music
10 recommendations
"It's really the accent that gets me. Some adorable songs on here including Foundations and Merry Happy. Theme song: Pumpkin Soup"
You Are Free : Cat Power
4 recommendations
"I've resisted the lure of Chan Marshall for a long time, but the songs on this album are murderously good. Great for late nights alone with your thoughts, or long solitary drives."
Nightmoves - Kurt Elling
1 recommendation
"The title track from Kurt Elling's brilliant 7th record - Nightmoves - is a great example of all the things that have made Elling a jazz icon in his own time. He has helped to redefine how a jazz singer can sound. The twilight-through-dawn theme that permeates Nightmoves -- from the opening title track to the closing "I Like The Sunrise -- is a leitmotif throughout much of Elling's work. "The ..."
The Sleepers - Kurt Elling
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"Just plain brilliant. Seriously, please listen to it. It almost sounds like it belongs in a Miyazaki film. "The Sleepers" is a new incarnation of the Fred Hersch piece that Elling previously sang on Hersch's 2005 Palmetto recording Leaves of Grass and subsequently performed live as part of 10-piece chamber ensemble at Carnegie's Zankel Hall in New York City."
Kurt Elling - Nightmoves Album
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"Kurt Elling is one of those artists that comes along only once every decade. His original music is absolutely heart-rending and his vocal stylings will make you rethink the cliché that is 'jazz' these days. Please, please, please take a listen to this album. Each contributes to a brilliant - complete - composition. I'll post links to samples of my favorite songs for you. Sleepers The Waking ..."
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye; The Hit Crew
1 recommendation
"Classic from the 70's and everytime I go to a ballgame -- and the team loses or gets an out -- the fans still sing it ... Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye! Classic...."
Arcade Fire
3 recommendations
"There are some albums that you love right off the bat, and then there are the ones that take a little while to creep in, but when they do, they send hooks straight into your soul. This is one of the later albums for me. Full of organs and post-apocalyptic dread, it's not the lightest of albums around, but it's amazing. Must be played loudly over really good speakers to get the full effect."
Heartbreaker: Ryan Adams: Music
1 recommendation
"beautiful album, sweet sad love songs, definitly my fav ryan adams album"
The Decemberists: Her Majesty
1 recommendation
"red right ankle, los angeles I'm yours, not as good as picaresque these are my two favorites from teh album. Red right ankle my all time decemberist favorite!"
Johnny Cash - Any and all music by the man in black.
1 recommendation
"I love Johnny Cash when it was NOT cool. Loved "Boy Named Sue", "Walk the Line" and all the old and goodies."
