Friday, September 7, 2007

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  • The Beatles Collection | mp3 download

    So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Moreover, they were among the few artists of any discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did and the most popular at what they did. Relentlessly imaginative and experimental, the Beatles grabbed a hold of the international mass consciousness in 1964 and never let go for the next six years, always staying ahead of the pack in terms of creativity but never losing their ability to communicate their increasingly sophisticated ideas to a mass audience. Their supremacy as rock icons remains unchallenged to this day, decades after their breakup in 1970.Even when couching praise in specific terms, it's hard to convey the scope of the Beatles' achievements in a mere paragraph or two. They synthesized all that was good about early rock & roll, and changed it into something original and even more exciting. They established the prototype for the self-contained rock group that wrote and performed its own material. As composers, their craft and melodic inventiveness were second to none, and key to the evolution of rock from its blues/R&B-based forms into a style that was far more eclectic, but equally visceral. As singers, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive vocalists in rock; the group's harmonies were intricate and exhilarating. As performers, they were (at least until touring had ground them down) exciting and photogenic; when they retreated into the studio, they were instrumental in pioneering advanced techniques and multi-layered arrangements. They were also the first British rock group to achieve worldwide prominence, launching a British Invasion that made rock truly an international phenomenon.
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    The Beatles - 1
    The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
    The Beatles - CD Singles Collection
    The Beatles - Let It Be
    The Beatles - The Beatles White Album 1
    The Beatles - The Beatles White Album 2
    The Beatles - The White Album

    John


  • Weird Al Yankovic | Discography | mp download


    The foremost song parodist of the MTV era, "Weird Al" Yankovic carried the torch of musical humor more proudly and more successfully than any performer since Allan Sherman. In the world of novelty records -- a genre noted for its extensive back catalog of flashes-in-the-pan and one-hit wonders -- Yankovic was king, scoring smash after smash over the course of an enduring career which found him topically mocking everything from new wave to gangsta rap.
    Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born October 23, 1959, in Lynwood, CA. An only child, he began playing the accordion at age seven, following in the tradition of polka star Frank Yankovic (no relation); in his early teens he became an avid fan of the Dr. Demento show, drawing inspiration from the parodies of Allan Sherman as well as the musical comedy of Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, and Stan Freberg. In 1973 Demento spoke at Yankovic's school, where the 13 year old passed the radio host a demo tape of home recordings; three years later, Demento played Yankovic's "Belvedere Cruising" -- an accordion-driven pop song written about the family's Plymouth -- on the air, and his career was launched.
    Yankovic quickly emerged as a staple of the Demento play list, recording a prodigious amount of tongue-in-cheek material throughout his high-school career. After graduation, he studied architecture; while attending California Polytechnic State University, he also joined the staff of the campus radio station, first adopting the nickname "Weird Al" and spinning a mixture of novelty and new wave hits. In 1979, the success of the Knack's monster hit "My Sharona" inspired Yankovic to record a parody dubbed "My Bologna"; not only was the song a smash with Demento fans, but it even found favor with the Knack themselves, who convinced their label, Capitol, to issue the satire as a single.
    After graduating in 1980, Yankovic cut "Another One Rides the Bus," a parody of Queen's chart-topping "Another One Bites the Dust" recorded live in Dr. Demento's studios; the song became an underground hit, and Yankovic followed it up with "I Love Rocky Road," a satire of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n Roll." After hooking up with noted session guitarist and producer Rick Derringer, he signed to Scotti Bros., which issued his debut LP, "Weird Al" Yankovic, in 1983. The album featured the song "Ricky," a tune inspired equally by Toni Basil's hit "Mickey" and the I Love Lucy television series; issued as a single, it hit the Top 100 charts, and its accompanying video became a staple of the fledgling MTV network.
    Ultimately, much of Yankovic's success resulted from his skilled use of music video, a medium not available in the era of Spike Jones or Allan Sherman; suddenly, not only could records themselves serve as parody fodder, but their video clips were ripe for satire as well. Additionally, MTV firmly established Yankovic's public persona; sporting garish Hawaiian shirts, frizzy hair, and an arsenal of goofy mannerisms, he cut a distinctly bizarre figure which he consistently exploited to maximum comic effect. After Michael Jackson's "Beat It" became the most acclaimed video in the medium's brief history, Yankovic recorded "Eat It" for his sophomore effort, 1984's "Weird" Al Yankovic in 3-D; the "Eat It" video, which mocked the "Beat It" clip scene-for-scene, became an MTV smash, and the Grammy-winning single reached the Top 15.
    In addition to "Eat It," In 3-D also launched the minor hits "King of Suede" (a rewrite of the Police's "King of Pain") and "I Lost on Jeopardy" (a send-up of the Greg Kihn Band's "Jeopardy"), as well as "Polkas on 45," the first in a series of medleys of pop hits recast as polka numbers. Dare to Be Stupid, the first comedy record ever released in the new compact disc format, followed in 1985, and featured "Like a Surgeon," a takeoff of the Madonna hit "Like a Virgin." Like its predecessor, Dare to Be Stupid went gold, but 1986's Polka Party! fared poorly and charted only briefly, prompting many to write off Yankovic's career.
    However, in 1988, Yankovic returned with the platinum-selling Even Worse, its title and album cover a reference to Michael Jackson's recent Bad LP. "I'm Fat," the first single and video, also parodied the lavish Martin Scorsese-directed clip for Jackson's hit "Bad"; shot on the same subway set used by Jackson, the video -- which portrayed Yankovic as a grotesquely obese tough guy -- won him his second Grammy. The next year, he starred in the feature film UHF, which he also co-wrote; a soundtrack appeared as well.
    After an extended period of silence, he returned in 1992 with Off the Deep End, which featured the Top 40 hit "Smells Like Nirvana," a send-up of Nirvana's landmark single "Smells Like Teen Spirit." After 1993's Alapalooza, he resurfaced in 1996 with Bad Hair Day, his highest-charting record to date thanks to the success of the single "Amish Paradise," a takeoff of the Coolio hit "Gangsta's Paradise." The follow-up, Running with Scissors, appeared in 1999, with Poodle Hat landing in 2003. Straight Outta Lynwood appeared in 2006 with the single "White & Nerdy," a suburban parody of Chamillionaire's hit "Ridin."

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    Alapalooza / Alt
    Bad Hair Day / Alt
    Dare To Be Stupid / Alt
    Even Worse / Alt
    Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
    In 3-D / Alt
    Off The Deep End / Alt
    Permanent Record_ All In The Box
    Polka Party! / Alt
    Polka Party
    Poodle Hat / Alt
    Running With Scissors / Alt
    Straight Outta Lynwood / ALt
    UHF_ Weird Al Yankovic / Alt
    Weird Al Yankovic / Alt

    John


  • Kamelot Collection | 8 Albums Download

    The American band Kamelot was formed in 1991 by guitarist Thom Youngblood and his school mate - the drummer Richard Warner. In 1995 they released their first album called "Eternity" after having signed a contract with the German label Noise Records in Spring 1994. They were welcomed by many as one of the most promising newcomers in the world of metal. Their second album "Kamelot onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()">Dominion", released in 1996, received even more attention since it showed the variety of the band - mixing elements of classic European metal, classical music and progressive rock. They were now one of the leading melodic metal bands from USA. 1997 was a troublesome year for the band since drummer Richard Warner and vocalist Mark Vanderbilt couldn't tour with the band. After intensive searching they managed to find Casey Grillo and Roy Khan (born in Norway, former of Conception which had recently split up). The former members of the band had already written their third and most important record "Siége Perilous" which was now recorded and released in 1998. In late 1998 they also went on tour in Europe for the first time. When they returned to their hometown of Tampa, Florida, they started writing their next album "The Fourth Legacy" which was released this year (2000). This album was produced by Sascha Paeth who has also worked with other great bands like Angra and Rhapsody. This is one of the best bands of melodic metal in the world and sounds a little like Rhapsody but not as majestic and sound track-like.


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    1996 - Eternity
    1997 - Dominion
    1998 - Siege Perilous
    2000 - The Expedition
    2000 - The Fourth Legacy
    2001 - Karma
    2003 - Epica
    2005 - The Black Halo

    John


  • Pink - I'm Not Dead | 2006 | mp3

    Track Lists
    01. Stupid Girls
    02. Who Knew
    03. Long Way To Happy
    04. Nobody Knows
    05. Dear Mr. President (Featuring Indigo Girls)
    06. I'm Not Dead
    07. 'Cuz I Can
    08. Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
    09. U + Ur Hand
    10. Runaway
    11. The One That Got Away
    12. I Got Money Now
    13. Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self
    14. I Have Seen The Rain (Featuring James T. Moore)
    15. Centerfold
    16. I Have Seen The Rain

    John


  • Nelly Furtado - Folklore | mp3 download

    01. One-Trick Pony
    02. Powerless (Say What You Want)
    03. Explode
    04. Try
    05. Fresh Off the Boat
    06. Forca
    07. Saturdays
    08. Picture Perfect
    09. The Grass Is Green
    10. Build You Up
    11. Island of Wonder
    12. Childhood Dreams


    John


  • 50 Years of the Greatest HIT Singles



    Disc 1
    01. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
    02. Imagine - John Lennon
    03. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
    04. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
    05. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
    06. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
    07. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
    08. American Pie - Don McLean
    09. The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
    10. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
    11. Dancing Queen - Abba
    12. House Of Fun - Madness
    13. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
    14. Going Underground - The Jam
    15. Layla - Derek And The Dominos
    16. Heroes - David Bowie
    17. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
    18. Mull Of Kintyre - Paul McCartney and Wings
    19. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
    20. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
    21. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
    22. Here In My Heart - Al Martino

    Disc 2
    01. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
    02. Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
    03. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie
    04. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    05. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
    06. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
    07. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
    08. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
    09. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
    10. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
    11. The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
    12. Angels - Robbie Williams
    13. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
    14. Whole Again - Atomic Kitten
    15. Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
    16. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
    17. Wannabe - Spice Girls
    18. Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
    19. Tragedy - Steps
    20. Do They Know Its Christmas? - Band Aid

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    John


  • The Beatles - One | mp3 download




    The Beatles - One


    01. Love Me Do
    02. From Me to You
    03. She Loves You
    04. I Want to Hold Your Hand
    05. Can't Buy Me Love
    06. A Hard Day's Night
    07. I Feel Fine
    08. Eight Days a Week
    09. Ticket to Ride
    10. Help!
    11. Yesterday
    12. Day Tripper
    13. We Can Work It Out
    14. Paperback Writer
    15. Yellow Submarine
    16. Eleanor Rigby
    17. Penny Lane
    18. All You Need Is Love
    19. Hello Goodbye
    20. Lady Madonna

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    John


  • Pink Martini - Hey Eugene | mp3 download





    01. Everywhere
    02. Tempo Perdido
    03. Mar Desconocido
    04. Taya Tan
    05. City of Night
    06. Ojala
    07. Bukra wba'do
    08. Cante e dance
    09. Hey Eugene!
    10 Syracuse
    11. Dosvedanya mio Bombino
    12. Tea fro Two (featuring Jimmy Scott)

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    John


  • Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato





    01. Let's never stop falling in love.mp3
    02. Anna (el negro zumbon).mp3
    03. Hang on little tomato.mp3
    04. The gardens of sampson & beasley.mp3
    05. Veronique.mp3
    06. Dansez-vous.mp3
    07. Lilly.mp3
    08. Autrefois.mp3
    09. U plavu zoru.mp3
    10. Clementine.mp3
    11. Una notte a napoli.mp3
    12. Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu.mp3
    13. Aspettami.mp3
    14. Song of the black swan.mp3

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    John


  • Pink Martini - Sympathique





    01. Amado mio.mp3
    02. No Hay Problema.mp3
    03. Sympathique.mp3
    04. Que Sera Sera.mp3
    05. La Soledad.mp3
    06. Donde Estas, Yolanda.mp3
    07. Andalucia.mp3
    08. Song of the Black Lizard.mp3
    09. Never on Sunday.mp3
    10. Brazil.mp3
    11. Lullaby.mp3


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    John


  • Pet Shop Boys | Discography- The Complete Singles Collection




    01 - West End Girls
    02 - Love Comes Quickly
    03 - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
    04 - Suburbia
    05 - It's A Sin
    06 - What Have I Done To Deserve This
    07 - Rent
    08 - Always On My Mind
    09 - Heart
    10 - Domino Dancing
    11 - Left To My Own Devices
    12 - It's Alright
    13 - So Hard
    14 - Being Boring
    15 - Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
    16 - Jealousy
    17 - DJ Culture
    18 - Was It Worth It

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    John


  • Scorpions - Humanity Hour 1





    01.Hour I
    02.The Game Of Life
    03.We Were Born To Fly
    04.The Future Never Dies
    05.You're Lovin' Me To Death
    06.321
    07.Love Will Keep Us Alive
    08.We Will Rise Again
    09.Your Last Song
    10.Love Is War
    11.The Cross
    12.Humanity

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    John


  • The Vey Best of Cat Stevens

    01 Where Do The Children Play
    02 Wild World
    03 Tuesday's Dead
    04 Lady D'Arbanville
    05 The First Cut Is The Deepest
    06 Oh Very Young
    07 RubyLove
    08 Morning Has Broken
    09 Moonshadow
    10 Matthew And Son
    11 Father And Son
    12 Can't Keep It In
    13 Hard Headed Woman
    14 (Remember the days of the) Old School Yard
    15 I Love My Dog
    16 Another Saturday Night
    17 Sad Lisa
    18 Peace Train

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    Recovery Record:3%


    http://rapidshare.com/files/15969296/bo-cat.rar

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    John


  • Best Of Blondie


    01 - Heart of glass
    02 - Denis
    03 - The tide is high
    04 - In the flesh
    05 - Sunday girl
    06 - Dreaming
    07 - Hanging on the telephone
    08 - Rapture
    09 - Picture this
    10 - union city blue
    11 - (I'm always touched by your) presence dear
    12 - Call me (theme from American gigolo)
    13 - Atomic
    14 - Rip her to shreds

    http://rapidshare.com/files/16286153/thebestofblondie.zip


    John


  • Norah Jones - Feels Like Home | 2004


    1. Sunrise
    2. What Am I To You?
    3. Those Sweet Words
    4. Carnival Town
    5. In The Morning
    6. Be Here To Love Me
    7. Creepin' In
    8. Toes
    9. Humble Me
    10. Above Ground
    11. The Long Way Home
    12. The Prettiest Thing
    13. Don't Miss You At All

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    John


  • Shakira Remixed 2006


    01. Sera, Sera [DJ John Reggaeton Remix]
    02. Inevitable [Space Vocal Soft Final Ballad]
    03. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio [Gigi D'agostino Tango Remix]
    04. Dónde Estás Corazón [Dance Remix]
    05. La Tortura [Dj Manish Arabhangra Remix]
    06. Underneath Your Clothes [Lester Mendez Remix]
    07. Ojos Así [Memê's 2001 Nights Mix]
    08. Don't Bother [Bermudez & Harris Chocolate Binge Remix]
    09. Tú [7'' Remix]
    10. Whenever, Wherever [Tracy Young Tribal Mix]
    11. Ciega, Sordomuda [12-Inch Single Edit]
    12. Ready For The Good Times [Thunderpuss Vocal Edit]
    13. Poem To A Horse [Radio Mix]
    14. Dónde Están Los Ladrones? [Roy Tavare Fugitive Remix]
    15. No [De La Riviera Basic Mix]
    16. Moscas En La Casa [Dance Remix]
    17. Estoy Aqui [Love & Tears Remix]
    18. Objection (Tango) [Kupper's Deep Future Remix]
    19. Hips Don't Lie [Raphael Gomes Remix]



    John


  • Cindy Lauper - Collections


    01. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
    02. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
    03. Time After Time
    04. What's Going On
    05. A Night To Remember
    06. Fall Into Your Dreams
    07. Iko Iko0
    8. Sisters Of Avalon
    09. I Drove All Night
    10. Hat Full Of Stars


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  • Chemical Brothers - The Singles | 1993-2003


    01. Song To The Siren
    02. Chemical Beats
    03. Leave Home
    04. Setting Sun
    05. Block Rockin' Beats
    06. The Private Psychedelic Reel
    07. Hey Boy Hey Girl
    08. Let Forever Be
    09. Out Of Control
    10. Star Guitar
    11. The Test
    12. Get Yourself High (with k-os)
    13. The Golden Path (with The Flaming Lips)

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    John


  • Apocalypto | Soundtrack | Mel Gibson

    01. From the Forest...
    02. Tapir Hunt
    03. Storyteller's Dreams
    04. Holcane Attack
    05. Captives
    06. Entering the City with a Future Foretold
    07. Sacrificial Procession
    08. Words Through the Sky -- The Eclipse
    09. Games and Escape
    10. Elusive Quarry
    11. Frog Darts
    12. No Longer the Hunted
    13. Civilisations Brought by Sea
    14. To the Forest...


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    John


  • Smashing Pumkins Collection | All Album Download

    The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [1991]
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Lull EP [1991]
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Lull EP [1991]
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Peel Session EP [1992]
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream [1993] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream [1993] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot [1994] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot [1994] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness [1995 CD 1] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness [1995 CD 1] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness [1995 CD 2] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness [1995 CD 2] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore [1998] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore [1998] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina I / The Machines of God [2000] Part 1
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina I / The Machines of God [2000] Part 2
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina II / The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music [2000]



    John


  • Red Hot Chilli Peppers Singles | 1990-1996

    1996- Love Rollercoaster (cd single)
    01- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love rollercoaster 4:37
    02- Englebert Humperdinck - Fly High, Lesbian Seagull 3:57
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1996- Aeroplane I (cd single)
    01- Aeroplane 4:44
    02- Suck My Kiss (Live) 3:57
    03- Suffragette City (Live) 3:42
    >>> Download here <<<

    1996- Aeroplane II (cd single)
    01- Aeroplane (Clean Edit) 4:14
    02- Backwoods (Live) 4:59
    03- Trascemding (Live) 6:34
    04- Me & My Friends (Live) 3:07
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1995- Warped (cd single)
    01- Warped (Edit) 4:19
    02- Pea (Album Version) 1:47
    03- Melancholy Mechanics (Previously Unreleased) 4:30
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1995- My Friends (cd single)
    01- My Friends 4:07
    02- Coffee Shop 3:09
    03- Let's Make Evil (Non-LP Track) 5:14
    04- Stretch (Non-LP Track) 6:01
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1994- Under The Bridge II (cd single)
    01- Under The Bridge 4:25
    02- Fela's Cock (Instrumental) 5:18
    03- I Could Have Lied (Live) 4:35
    04- Give It Away (In Progress) (Previously Unreleased) 4:36
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1994- Give It Away (cd single)
    01- Give It Away (Edit) 3:48
    02- If You Have To Ask (Friday Night Fever Blister Mix) 6:36
    03- If You Have To Ask (Scott & Garth Mix) 7:20
    04- Nobody Weird Like Me (Live) 5:04
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1993- Soul To Squeeze (cd single)
    01- Soul To Squeeze 4:53
    02- Nobody Weird Like Me (Live) 5:03
    03- Suck my kiss (Live) 3:42
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1992- Under The Bridge I (cd single)
    01- Under The Bridge (LP version) 4:23
    02- Sikaminkanico (Previously Unreleased) 3:23
    03- Give It Away (12'' Mix) 6:02
    04- Give It Away (Rasta Mix) 6:47
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1992- Under The Bridge (cd single)
    01- Under The Bridge 4:24
    02- Search and Destroy (Previously Unreleased) 3:39
    03- Soul To Squeeze (Previously Unreleased) 4:51
    04- Sikamikanico (Previously Unreleased) 3:23
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1992- Suck My Kiss (cd single)
    01- Suck My Kiss 3:34
    02- Search and Destroy (Previously Unreleased) 3:39
    03- Fela's cock (IPreviously Unreleased) 5:17
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1991- Give It Away I (cd single)
    01- Give It Away (Single Mix) 4:47
    02- Give It Away (12 Inch Mix) 6:03
    03- Search And Destroy (Previously Unreleased) 3:40
    04- Give It Away (Rasta Mix) 6:49
    05- Give It Away (Album Version) 4:43
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1991- Give It Away II (cd single)
    01- Give It Away 4:41
    02- Search and Destroy (Previously Unreleased) 3:39
    03- Soul To Squeeze (Previously Unreleased) 4:51
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1991- Breaking The Girl (cd single)
    01- Breaking The Girl 4:54
    02- Fela's cock (Instrumental) 5:17
    03- Suck my kiss (live) 3:42
    04- I could have lied (live) 4:33
    >>> Download Here <<<

    1990- Taste The Pain (cd single)
    01- Taste The Pain (Single version) 4:16
    02- Taste The Pain (Lp version) 3:32
    03- Show Me Your Soul 4:2404- Nevermind 2:46
    >>> Download Here <<<



    John


  • The Corrs - Dreams | Ultimate Corrs Collection | 2007


    Like Canada's Great Big Sea, familial Irish collective the Corrs dutifully represent the "middle of the road" between slick, factory-made adult contemporary pop and traditional Celtic music. The Corrs' enormous popularity around the world is a testament to their innate accessibility, both musically and visually (let's face it, they're pretty hot), a feeling that has been expertly preserved on Dreams: The Corrs Collection. All of the hits and fan favorites are here, including "Summer Sunshine," "Long Night," and "Angel," but it's essentially just an updated version (tracks from Home and Borrowed Heaven are included) of 2001's Best of the Corrs.

    Track Lists
    01. Goodbye
    02. Forgiven Not Forgotten
    03. Dreams
    04. Radio
    05. When The Stars Go Blue
    06. Only When I Sleep
    07. Breathless
    08. So Young
    09. Runaway
    10. Summer Sunshine
    11. What Can I Do
    12. All I Have To Do Is Dream
    13. No Frontiers
    14. Angel
    15. Old Town
    16. Ruby Tuesday
    17. Haste To The Wedding
    18. I Know My Love
    19. Brid Og Ni Mhaille
    20. Toss The Feathers

    John


  • Jewel - This Way | 2001 | mp3


    Jewel came dangerously close to drowning in her own solemnity and good intentions with her second album, so it comes as a great relief that This Way, her third effort, finds her lightening up and sharpening her focus, creating an album that never feels as somber or polished as Spirit. In fact, it's her first genuine step forward, since it finds her enhancing the latent folk and country influences in her music, attempting to add grit to her songs and performances, while retaining the pop sense of Pieces of You's studiocraft that made Spirit a more sonically satisfying record than her debut. Consequently, this is probably the best record she has cut to date, even if she still is very quick to indulge in silly, naïve lyrics (it's not just her save-the-world sentiments -- who on god's green earth has pictures of Randy Newman strewn across the floor?). Nevertheless, Jewel sounds looser, more comfortable than she ever has, and the music matches her attitude. The same problems may still remain, but her strengths have been enhanced and, at its best, This Way offers some fine, sweet adult alternative folk-pop -- maybe it has some dull stretches, and maybe she still takes herself a bit too seriously, but it's a classy adult pop record all the same.

    Track Lists
    01. Standing Still
    02. Jesus Loves You
    03. Everybody Needs Someone Sometime
    04. Break Me
    05. Do You Want To Play?
    06. Till We Run Out of Road
    07. Serve The Ego
    08. This Way
    09. Cleveland
    10. I Won't Walk Away
    11. Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone
    12. The New Wild West
    13. Grey Matter (Recorded Live)
    14. Sometimes It Be That Way (Recorded Live)

    John


  • Brian McFadden - Irish Son | 2004

    Track Lists
    01. Irish Son
    02. Real To Me
    03. Demons
    04. Lose Lose Situation
    05. He's No Hero
    06. Sorry Love Daddy
    07. Pull Myself Away
    08. Be True To Your Woman
    09. Oblivious
    10. Walking Into Walls
    11. Almost Here
    12. Uncomplicated

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  • Bond - Born | 2001 | mp3 download

    Born, the debut album by four conservatory-trained young women, has little to do with classical music. It's a gimmick, fusing a string quartet of frivolous femmes, spicy girls who all want to be "Posh," with dance beats, a big production mixing their violins, viola, and cello with polished electronics. Taking themselves less than seriously--they played the James Bond theme at their Royal Albert Hall debut--pop "Victory" looks assured. This single bounces along with a dash of Rossini's Barber of Seville and a real sense of pop melodrama, in spirit little different from what guitarist John Williams did with his rather less photogenic band Sky in the late 1970s. What may surprise is that tracks such as the frenetic world-dance "Quixote" are penned by the film composer Magnus Fiennes, brother of the more famous Ralph and Joseph. "Winter" adds Jean Michel Jarre-style synth and voice-over to the ghost of Vivaldi and the infectious beat goes on, and on, and on. Sex sells, and Bond's success seems assured. This is a state-of-the-art product, but with a bonus remix of "Victory" by Mike Batt of Wombles fame, just don't expect it to be art. --vac
    Track Lists
    01. Quixote
    02. Winter
    03. Victory
    04. Oceanic
    05. Kismet
    06. Korobushko
    07. Alexander The Great
    08. Duel
    09. Bella Donna
    10. The 1812
    11. Dalalai
    12. Hymn
    13. Victory (Mike Batt Mix)

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