Archive for April, 2010
April 17th, 2010 | 
Author: Between the Line: Sara Bareilles… [CD & DVD]
![9061392 Between the Line: Sara Bareilles... [CD & DVD]](http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/9061/9061392.jpg "Between the Line: Sara Bareilles... [CD & DVD]") “Full title: Between the Line: Sara Bareilles Live at Fillmore.A follow-up to Sara Bareilles’s breakthrough album LITTLE VOICE, BETWEEN THE LINES: SARA BAREILLES LIVE AT THE FILLMORE features the piano-playing singer-songwriter on her first headlining tour after the Top 5 single “”Love Song”" introduced her to the charts. Consisting primarily of tracks from LITTLE VOICE, with only a few songs from her 2004 debut, CAREFUL CONFESSIONS, it’s a pleasant souvenir of the young performer on the upward swing of her career.” |
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A Broken Frame [Rhino US CD/DVD]
![default music l A Broken Frame [Rhino US CD/DVD]](http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/nonsku/default_music_l.jpg "A Broken Frame [Rhino US CD/DVD]") “The first album on which Martin Gore stepped forward to fill the departed Vince Clarke’s songwriting shoes, taking his predecessor’s catchy electro-pop approach a step further.When pop mastermind/main songwriter Vince Clarke departed DM after the group’s first album to form Yaz with Alison Moyet, it seemed like the end for the boys from Basildon, but it was really a new beginning. Martin Gore stepped forward to fill Clarke’s songwriting shoes, surprising the world by taking his predecessor’s catchy electro-pop approach a step further.Lighthearted delights like “”A Photograph of You”" and “”The Meaning of Love”" show Gore’s mastery of breathlessly catchy popcraft and help cement the notion of early Depeche Mode as the Beach Boys of the New Romantic era. Elsewhere though, Gore ventures further afield, both lyrically and musically. “”Shouldn’t Have Done That”" combines sociopolitical observations with uncoventional sound collage techniques a la (don’t laugh) Simon & Garfunkel’s “”Save the Life of My Child.”" “”Monument”" and “”Satellite”" suggest a darker undercurrent that would soon rise to the fore of the group’s sound.” |
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Red Carpet Massacre [CD & DVD]
![16500733 Red Carpet Massacre [CD & DVD]](http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/1650/16500733.jpg "Red Carpet Massacre [CD & DVD]") Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2: BONUS MATERIAL:), 1. Making Of…, The, 1. Valley, The, 2. Duran Duran’s, 2. Red Carpet Massacre, 3. Nite-Runner – (featuring Jim Beanz/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland), 3. Red Carpet Massacre, 4. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Album, 4. Falling Down – (featuring Justin Timberlake), 5. Box Full O’Honey, 5. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Artwork, 6. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Video, 6. Skin Divers – (featuring Terri Walker/Timbaland), 7. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Campaign, 7. Tempted, 8. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Out-Takes, 8. Tricked Out, 9. Documentary DVD Featuring: The Stills, 9. Zoom In, 10. Documentary DVD Featuring: Falling Down Music Video, 10. She’s Too Much – (featuring Jim Beanz), 11. Dirty Great Monster – (featuring Simon Willescroft), 12. Last Man Standing, 13. Cry Baby Cry |
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 “Initial pressings of FINGER ELEVEN contain a bonus DVD.Finger Eleven: Scott Anderson (vocals); James Black, Rick Jackett (guitar); Sean Anderson (bass); Rich Baddoe (drums).Recorded at Groovemaster Recording, Chicago, Illinois; The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California.It’s not too surprising that Ontario, Canada band Finger Eleven would wind up on Wind-Up Records. With their driving guitars and brooding vocals, they definitely seem like kin with labelmates Creed, Boy Sets Fire, Drowning Pool, 12 Stones, et al. What is fairly surprising is that with their remarkable knack for hooks, their first two albums, THE GREYEST OF BLUE SKIES and TIP, weren’t more widely heard. However, that changed with this relentless, infectious, and eponymous record.The opening single, the ironically titled “”Good Times,”" layers guitar over tribal drums, as hyper-insistent vocals assert themselves in a fierce chant before breaking into an undeniable and melodic chorus. It shifts from segment to segment, even drifting into prog-metal. Throughout this album, Finger Eleven cleverly digs into ’70s rock, while referencing more contemporaneous hard rockers like Tool, and throwing in ample hooks.” |
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I Am…Yours: An Intimate… [Blu-ray Disc]
![9629082 I Am...Yours: An Intimate... [Blu ray Disc]](http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/9629/9629082.jpg "I Am...Yours: An Intimate... [Blu ray Disc]") “Full title: I Am…Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas.On a hot August night in 2009, Beyonc? performed in front of a small crowd at Wynn Las Vegas, documented here on two CDs and an accompanying DVD. The show is certainly a theatrical production worthy of Vegas, with Beyonc? and her large backing band energetically rolling through the singer’s back catalog. On the portion of the set that begins on the second disc, she takes the crowd through her biography — with plenty of spoken interludes and planned interruptions — beginning with her version of Michael Jackson’s “”I Wanna Be Where You Are”" (the first song she learned), continuing through a 12-minute Destiny’s Child medley and “”‘03 Bonnie & Clyde”" (her first collaboration with Jay-Z), and concluding with her biggest hit to date, “”Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”" What makes I Am…Yours stand apart from a typical live-album cash-in is the mostly unexpected covers that are weaved into the set. Anita Baker’s “”Sweet Love”" and Alanis Morissette’s “”You Oughta Know”" (a possible inspiration for “”Ring the Alarm”"?) are treated with as much passion as the originals, while some songs are acknowledged instrumentally, like MGMT’s “”Electric Feel,”" which bridges “”Get Me Bodied”" and “”Single Ladies.”" As live albums go, this is not quite destined to be one of those all-time classics; a couple missing songs and a little too much talk aside, however, the fans couldn’t ask for more. ~ Andy Kellman” |
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