Electro Rock [Import]

Electro Rock [Import]

Track Listings

1. Decaptacon [DFA Remix] - Le Tigre

2. Give It Up - LCD Soundsystem

3. How the Stars Got Crossed

4. Hi & Hat (Edit)

5. Crazy Love - Colder

6. Stay - Tricky

7. Stock Exchange [Adam Sky Remix] - Miss Kittin & the Hacker

8. Persona [Para One Remix]

9. Never Be Alone

10. Frisco Bay - ElectroniCAT

11. Superbike - Fat Truckers

12. Hallucination

13. Let It Bleed [Padded Cell Vocal Mix] - Big Two Hundred

14. Number One (Black Strobe Remix Instr.)

15. Deadly Weapons [Optimo Mix] - Minimal Compact

16. You Can't Have It Both Ways [Live]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
While the Raw Experimenters of Electro Style Created their First Recordings in Detroit at the End of the 1970's, it Wasn't Until the 80's that the Movement Began to Seep Up from the Underground and Find Its Way Into Various Postpunk Music as Well as the Plethora of Experimental Bands Forming and Pushing the Boundaries of Just What Could Be Recorded. The Manchester Scene in England Exploded with the Success of Both New Order and Norman Cook's Samplings and Manipulations of his Vast Vinyl Collection. A Full Fledged Explosion Occurred on Dancefloors around the World in the Early 90's as Electro Morphed with Electronica and Possibilites were Pushed Even Further. Ten Years Later, the Original Electro Style Has Been Modified and Calculated to the Last Beat's Second and Programmed for Maximum Beat Dance Effect. This Collection Offers Some of the Most Innovative Practitioners of the Genre, Starring Tricky (Ex-massive Attack), Le Tigre, Lcd Soundsystem, Miss Kittin and the Hacker and More.

Tracks:

Magnets
Zdarlight
I want I want
Idealism
Digitalism in Cairo
Departure from Cairo
Pogo
Moonlight
Anything new
The pulse
Home zone
Apollo-Gize final mix
Jupiter approach
Jupiter room
Echos

Album Description

15-track debut album. EMI. 2007.

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The best of the best
Completes the greatest hits collection
Not so great for Madonna's fans
Madonna GHV2
I'm feelin these

Madonna: GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2)
Madonna
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B00005Q66T
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

Deeper And Deeper
Erotica
Human Nature
Secret
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Bedtime Story
The Power Of Goodbye
Beautiful Stranger
Frozen
Take A Bow
Ray Of Light
Don't Tell Me
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
Music

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So there's this pop singer... you may have heard of her? Madonna, she's called, and the word is that she's basically all image; she went through a put-your-hands-all-over-my-body phase, then she got spiritual, and then she started wearing cowboy hats. Between all the gossip columns and photo shoots, though, she's left an unmatched trail of devastatingly wonderful singles--roaring dance records, tender ballads, and a curious combination of the two that is her personal specialty ("Secret" and "Ray of Light"). How many artists' best-of-the-second-decade collections crowd out legitimate hits? ("American Pie," anyone? "This Used to Be My Playground"?) Unlike 1990's Immaculate Collection, GHV2 doesn't have any new material; "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," from Evita, and the glorious '60s pastiche "Beautiful Stranger" are the only songs that haven't appeared on a Madonna album before. But it compresses her past 10 years worth of records into an hour of one peak after another. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

The best of the best.......2007-07-03

If you want the 90's hits of madonna you must have this in your own collection. I love it

Completes the greatest hits collection.......2007-05-15

if you only want 2 of Madonna's cd's, get this and the immaculate collection and you will then have all of the best known hits on those cd's.

Not so great for Madonna's fans.......2007-02-28

First of all, I love this CD. It is a great collection for Madonna's 1990-2000's career.
However, I was a bit disappointed since it adds nothing special. That is there are no new songs, or special mix.

If you are looking for Madonna's hit songs in one CD, this is a great
album. However, if you are huge fan of Madonna and already having all the CDs of her, there is really nothing special about this CD.

Moreover, many great songs are not included.

Madonna GHV2.......2007-02-16

This cd is really very good.
The only down sides are that some of her songs from this period are missing, some edited, and no new songs were added.
Otherwise, it is fantastic,a great buy, and a must have for any Madonna fan.

Impressive.

I'm feelin these.......2006-11-18

I won't say to everybody this greatest hits is highly recommended. Being that I never heard all of her albums, so a true fan may feel like some songs is missin'. However for me, who is just really startin to seriously get into pop is somewhat satisfied with these and this is a 5 star collection to me. Some of the tracks I love, a couple I don't like at all and the rest I just like.
My favorite ones are in order;
Erotica
Ray of Light
Beautiful Stranger
The power of goodbye
Deeper and Deeper
The prodution is excellent and I love the vocals. If your new to Madonna, my opinion would be to start here. But a true fan can give me lessons.

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Good 80's CD
Great 80's Dance
Dancing in the 80's
Great flashback of 80's Dance music
pure disappointment

Pure 80's Dance
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001NBNAC
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

Shannon - Let The Music Play
C-Bank - One More Shot
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling)
Will To Power - Dreamin'
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home
Noel - Silent Morning
Lisette Melendez - Together Forever
Cameo - Word Up
Sheila E - The Glamorous Life
The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Nayobe - Please Don't Go
Cover Girls - Show Me
Expose - Point Of No Return
Yaz - Situation
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam

Customer Reviews:

Good 80's CD.......2007-04-13

I grew up in the 1980's and this cd takes me back to simpler time. I listen to this cd when getting ready for work and dance across the room. I was really happy and surprised to find my favorite dance song, Together Forever on it. I recommend this cd to anyone who wants to put a beat to their step and also remembers the 80's

Great 80's Dance.......2007-01-28

I love this CD! It has a lot of my old favorites. I think it's a worthy purchase.

Dancing in the 80's.......2006-03-11

Pure 80's Dance is a very good CD. I think this music set the stage for future dance music. I would highly recommend this CD.

Great flashback of 80's Dance music.......2006-03-05

Except for a few songs, it was a good mix of 80's Dance songs. I actually needed only a couple of songs from this album for my personal 80's Collection CD's but I didn't mind the rest of them. They just brought back the memories. The best part of purchasing music from AMAZON.com (besides the FREE S&H!!!)is the fact that you can sample the songs so you have some ideas of what you are getting. The PRICE(AMAZON.COM) is very comparable to other websites and besides, you CANNOT beat the FREE shipping.

pure disappointment.......2006-01-05

more than half of the selections here are garbage.

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They have been consistently better.
I like it.
Excellent!
Another great VnV Nation album!!
Judgement hitting it off to one of thier better albums

Judgement
VNV Nation
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Year Zero
Mythmaker
Praise the Fallen
Dreamcypher
Eat Me, Drink Me

ASIN: B000NQR860
Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

Prelude
The Farthest Star
Testament
Descent
Momentum
Nemesis
Secluded Spaces
Illusion
Carry You
As It Fades

Album Description

VNV Nation's last album, Matter and Form (2005), was hailed by critics for its high-impact array of tone and sound, from hard hitting anthems to euphoric symphonies. In April 2007, the band is poised to release its next album, Judgement, which promises to be their most powerful and unique release to date. Having already broken the boundaries between industrial and other alternative music styles on Matter and Form, VNV Nation take this idea to new heights by creating a sound that is a collision of ever present insight, energy, emotion, past and future. From its fast pace, pounding bass-line and melody to its electric-guitar like synth sounds and Ronan Harris's thought provoking vocals, "Nemesis" rings through as one of VNV's most aggressive anthems to date. "Testament," which could be described as an electronic-indie anthem, "The Farthest Star" and "Carry You" provide a bright, hopeful outlook, while "Movement" presents a dark trance flavor to the band's ever expanding repertoire of song possibilities. The omniscient "Descent" sweeps in with dark electronic rhythms and lyrics that describe complete devastation, giving the yin to the yang of the ethereal ballad "Secluded Spaces" that makes you feel like nothing in the world could be more beautiful. With every album, VNV Nation manages to tear down more and more musical boundaries. Judgement will be their greatest achievement thus far.

Customer Reviews:

They have been consistently better........2007-07-10

If you are a fan of VNV Nation from the days of Praise the Fallen and Empires then about half of the tracks on this album are for you. However the other tracks are experiments in a trend that they have been following since Futureperfect. I am still not sure how I feel about this. I enjoy electronic music, but I feel that there is something amiss with Futureperfect and Matter + Form. All the same, I would have to say that for the die-hard VNV fan this will definitely be a good addition to your collection.

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I like it........2007-06-26

I don't think this album is nearly as good as Empires, but certainly don't think it's crap. I have grown to love VnV Nation. I will admit that sometimes I wish that I had a clearer understanding of what the lyrics are about, but I think I get it. I have my interpretation and I guess that's the only interpretaion that matters. VnV Nation make excelent Future pop music that is great music to drive to, dance to, or play around your house while your cleaning. High energy trance beats with pasionate singing and dark atmosphere. Great production by Ronan Harris, and another good album. I'm not dissapointed, but there are quite a few people who are.

Excellent!.......2007-06-14

This CD is wonderful for any VNV Nation fan. I've listened to this album time and time again and truly a great album.

I highly suggest purchasing this album!

Another great VnV Nation album!!.......2007-06-13

This is one of those bands that pisses people off because they have become populur in the "underground" scene. The truth be, VnV Nation have never released a radio hit in the States, never a top 40 video, never a Rolling Stone cover, never, never, never...nada! This band keeps pumping out solid electro/synth pop albums that pack out every dance floor in the goth/industrial club scene accross the map. This album is no exception to thier greatness. All of the songs are deep, emotionally charged, introspective, metaphoric, and classic future pop anthems that you want to play over and over again in your CD player. This is the most important band in the entire future pop genre!!!!!! (Just in case you didn't allreday know).

Judgement hitting it off to one of thier better albums.......2007-06-13

All around this album is very well put together, Nemesis (song 6) is especially good.

Average customer rating:

And the incline of the supine
Aural Dali
Everything in One Place
Drone-based ambient at its best
Another massive and stunning slab of ambience

And Their Refinement of the Decline
Stars of the Lid
Manufacturer: Kranky
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ASIN: B000NIIUX8
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Dungtitled (In A Major)
Articulate Silences, Pt. 1
Articulate Silences, Pt. 2
Evil That Never Arrived
Apreludes (In C Sharp Major)
Don't Bother They're Here
Dopamine Clouds Over Craven Cottage
Even If You're Never Awake (Deuxi)
Even (Out)
Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

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Daughters of Quiet Minds
Hiberner Toujours
That Finger on Your Temple Is the Barrel of My Raygun
Humectez la Mouture
Tippy's Demise
Mouthchew
December Hunting for Vegetarian Fuckface

Customer Reviews:

And the incline of the supine.......2007-07-06

After the post-millennial brick that was "The tired sounds of...", I was afraid that I had heard the last of SoTL. With the guys off in different days (Belgium vs LA), the effort needed to pull together and create anything, let alone something to match their previous best (not to bash Avec Laudinum, Ballasted or the others)would have to be signifigant. But with Refinement they have surpassed all my expectations.

This is the finest record to come out of 2007.

From the Bartok-esque opening strains of Dungtitled (in A Major), to the final mews of December Hunting for Vegitarian F*ckface, there isn't a point where my attention wanes or my emotions fail to be stirred. This is music that is at the same time cosmic and microscopic. It is the mechanical dreams of Pioneer 10 as it slumbers its way to infinity. It is the opera of hydrogen atoms. It is the songs of the empty spaces in the ocean, and the sound of dust motes in a beam of light as you sleep on a saturday afternoon with your dog.

With most of the 'ambient' music that is out there (Eno, Koner, Twin's SAW II, etc), it pays to let it enter the background and occasionally pop up to your attention. With SoTL's newest, I stand-sit-sprawl before my speakers in awe, with wonder at the music = no less than the bombasts of Sigur Ros or GSYBE at their finest moments. Do not buy this for sleeping. Buy this for awakening.

Aural Dali.......2007-06-05

Hmmm...what's this?.. Stars of the Lid, never heard of them, wonder what they sound like, put the Cd into the autoloader, settle into the armchair, push play, 70 seconds into the first CD thinking 'what a piece of cra..' attempting to push stop on the remote...too late....Woofers have kicked in, body paralysed, unable to move, going down in an Elevator to visit Dali and Philip K Dick, driftspace in a foglit landscape - time moves like treacle, Chickens in Bermuda shorts cry out woefully 'J'taime...J'taime'.... I try desperately to claw my way back to the surface from this auditory Oublette, but to no avail...before I realise it the second CD has come to an end... all Music stops, all memory erased. I gaze at the empty CD case in my lap, thinking 'Hmmm. Stars of the Lid...never heard of them...wonder what they sound like....push play...'

If you're lucky your Mom or Dad will break down the door to your bedroom after 36 hours of continuous play and switch off the power to your Stereo...

Enjoy

Everything in One Place.......2007-05-11

I've just finished listening to this double CD (121 minutes). I must say that it took me to many places and reminded me of so many other wonderful artists. It opens like Koyaanisqatsi, and ends like an Indian raga. Between these bookends it sounds like shimmering Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Warm passages soothe the soul. Dark corners keep you alert. Various instruments fade in and out. This is my first excursion into Stars of the Lid and I'd bet it's the best place to start. Put it on, turn it up, and relax for 2 hours. Very enjoyable.

Drone-based ambient at its best.......2007-04-25

I first became acquainted with Stars of the Lid through the work of their members on their own: Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie (one of the members of The Dead Texan). I instantly fell in love with both, with their endless musical soundscapes that transport you much like the greatest works of ambient, so I figured Stars of the Lid wouldn't be too far from it.

While I can say their music is not for everybody, I found myself quickly devouring the entire discography by the duo. Their work is loaded with sheets of sound that overlay each other in an almost endless fashion. It's drone-based ambient at its best, without any rush or hush to help you sleep like a baby or take you by the hand through your meditation.

Another massive and stunning slab of ambience.......2007-04-16

The Tired Sounds Of came out nearly five and a half years ago and in the time since then has become one of my most trusted ambient releases. Sure, I love my Brian Eno and my more modern work by Deathprod and others, but there's something about the sounds that the duo of Stars Of The Lid put together on that release that call me back time after time. Of course, since that release came out, both members of the group have released solid solo albums (Adam Wiltzie's The Dead Texan and Brian McBride's When The Detail Lost It's Freedom), but neither of those releases seemed to quite match the power of the two when they were working together under that somnolent pseudonym.

And so And Their Refinement Of The Decline is not only a big release because it's their first in so many years, but also because it marks the ten year period of the two musicians working together, as well as the hundredth release on the venerable Kranky label. It's another sprawling 2CD, 3LP release from the group, clocking in at over two hours in length and it's quite possibly even more massive sounding and moving than their previous album.

That's saying a lot, and while it's not quite as immediately melodic as either of the solo albums from each member of the group, it's yet another album from Stars Of The Lid that simply seeps down around you and absorbs into your being. "Dungtitled (In A Major)" opens the release with a wheeze of filtered horns, then dissolves immediately into one of their familiar, yet somehow still highly moving widescreen panoramas of blurring strings, with a horn melody that creeps back in and tiptoes the line between mournful and triumphant. The two-part "Articulate Silences" is some of the most gorgeous stuff the two have ever done, letting breathy chords decay into silence before pushing into the foreground again, with the latter making subtle movements that weaken the knees.

When it was announced that Stars Of The Lid had another album coming out, I have to admit that it immediately shot to near the top of my list in terms of anticipated releases, but this eighteen song set still feels overwhelming (in a good way) at times. On the playfully-titled (one of several) "Don't Bother They're Here," huge waves of filtered drones pulse for over ten minutes while some underlying melodic elements play out slightly more actively, creating a nice juxtaposition of sound. Elsewhere, the ten-minute plus "The Daughters Of Quiet Minds" again feels familiar as a soft scarf or pair of gloves, but again shifts and breathes with just enough of a new edge that it's refreshing.

Yes, there are thousands of artists creating ambient music, and some of them probably have even nudged up slightly against the work that Stars Of The Lid create, but somehow this duo have managed to carve out another solid batch of songs that simply sound unlike anyone else doing this sort of thing. There are hints of modern classical, drone, and sheer textures that you won't find anywhere else, and when played on headphones (or nice speakers) And Their Refinement Of The Decline is literally a moving experience. Call it music for lucid dreaming, call it music for daydreams, or call it music for simply strolling in the dusk, this is another album that will stretch time and take you to another place.

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Cool electronic music (very creative huh!)
Makes me FEEL GOOD
loldongs
You want this CD in your colletion, too.
Brilliant!!!!

Computer World
Kraftwerk
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ASIN: B000002GYI
Release Date: 2006-07-17

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Computer World
Pocket Calculator
Numbers
Computer World .. 2
Computer Love
Home Computer
It's More Fun To Compute

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This is the album pundits like to point to when they accuse Kraftwerk of being digital-age visionaries; an all-too-easy assessment to make in the face of tracks such as "Home Computer" and "Computer Love" (not an ode to one-hand typing!). But to saddle the band with the reputation of sages is to completely miss the low-key wit and all-too-human playfulness of this album. "Pocket Calculator" and "Numbers" (the lyrics: numbers one to eight--period) could be read as tongue-in-cheek ripostes to too much bad "educational" programming, but that would smack of creeping punditry. Computer World is Kraftwerk's most lovable bundle of contradictions: at once its most technologically obsessed album and its most human. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

When Kraftwerk released Computer World on an unsuspecting public back in 1981, the thought of Electronic music and computers taking over seemed like a farce. Now, a quarter of a century later, Kraftwerk's musical vision has come true tenfold and many Electronic bands cite them as their main influence. This classic slice of Kraftwerk's musical tapestry is an astounding album filled with bleeps, blips, beats and a huge dose of melody that inspired thousands of musicians and fans to go forth and multiply (literally). Tracks like 'Computer Love', 'Computer World' and 'It's More Fun To Compute' have been sampled by artists from all genres, especially Rap and R&B. The hit single 'Pocket Calculator' may seem like ancient material, lyrically, but most of the world now operate their own iPods, Blackberries, cell phones, etc. so the meaning is not lost. Even the ominous 'Numbers' still sound slightly creepy after all these years. So, what have we learned from Kraftwerk? Everything. Warner.

Album Details

1997 Japanese Re-issue. Features a Bonus Track 'dentaku'.

Customer Reviews:

Cool electronic music (very creative huh!).......2007-07-03

All jokes aside, Kraftwerk is great electronic music, it's really simple, but original. It won't overwhelm the people that think electronic music like Prodigy is loud and imtimidating, yet it's not generic. In fact, it's some of the most unique music ever, in electronic music at least.

If their is a sound to the fabled future (with flying cars, sort of like the Jetsons), this is one of the cd's. That's about it, but if there are sound clips, than use them, because the whole album follows a patterns, with sound effects and voices (which is the only thing electronic music like Fatboy Slim is missing, if anything). Basically though, if that kind of music sounds good to you, than I'll let the rest of the thoughts go to you.

Kraftwerk should interest you if you have a remote interest in electronic music other than Crazy Frog.
10/10

Makes me FEEL GOOD.......2007-05-12

I originally wanted Autobahn but ordered Computer World along with it. All the tracks are great. I can listen to them over and over because they make me FEEL GOOD! I'm very happy with this CD.

loldongs.......2007-03-23

This CD might be too simplistic for everyone, but it's excellent chill material if you, like me, are tired of the thump-thump trance and techno.

You want this CD in your colletion, too........2007-02-22

COMPUTER WORLD songs have similar themes as THE MIX, TRANS EURO, AUTOBAUN, so you should add this to your colletion. Personally, this album rates good, but because I am a kraftwerk fan, I also recommend adding to your colletion. The Tour de France was not so good. Nor was Minimum - Maximum (if you get my CD recomedations above.)

Brilliant!!!!.......2007-01-24

After all these years this still sounds cutting-edge and fresh. Nobody does electronic like Kraftwerk. This album is a masterpiece.

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another classic
Music
Gets better with each listen.
Very 'Different' Than Whats Being Played Today
Madonna first music of the twenty-first century

Music
Madonna
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ASIN: B00004X01U
Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

Music
Impressive Instant
Runaway Lover
I Deserve It
Amazing
Nobody's Perfect
Don't Tell Me
What It Feels Like For A Girl
Paradise (Not For Me)
Gone

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Mama Madonna returned from the spiritual world and got her groove thing goin' once again for Music. Flanked by Ray of Light's tried-and-true producer William Orbit and a French newcomer, DJ and producer Mirwais, Madonna pours her heart out on the dancefloor, combining self-revealing lyrics with retro-electro beats. Reinventing herself as an urban cowgirl pimpette, Madonna once again sets the standard for mainstream pop, which will probably only be topped by her next release. --Beth Massa

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Madonna's never really been a musical trendsetter; she's a trend champion. She's always felt an affinity with underground culture, but not until her soul-searching trip-hop breakthrough Ray of Light had this love been the sole mainstay of her albums. On Music, she's inducted the cool funk of Parisian electro-pop as the latest addition to her musical court, abruptly closing the chapter of the movement's niche status. Here, French DJ Mirwais Ahmadzai takes on the majority of production credit, with Light's William Orbit billed on two tracks; the result is a collection of songs that often links arm-in-arm with Franco-techno groups ranging from Daft Punk to Air.

Madonna relinquished unprecedented production control on Ray of Light, which resulted in the best album of her career. On Music, she does the same, dividing the CD into three distinct voices. Orbit's train-track-clacking drum loops churning under citrusy trance ("Runaway Lover" and "Amazing") shimmer for the headphone set. When Ahmadzai diverts from his pure-play French-style club burners ("Impressive Instant" and the title track), he employs several temporarily fashionable gimmicks such as vocoder effects ("Nobody's Perfect") and spacious keyboard work combined with acoustic guitar ("I Deserve It"). Lyrically, Madonna's introspection and love songs are some of her most intimate. Given the surrounding context of the album, "I Deserve It" is an outright folk song, and on "Don't Tell Me," she forgoes precisely enunciated singing for the aching plead of an emotive R&B crooner. For a second time, instead of exploiting an of-the-moment subgenre, she immortalizes it. And in doing so, she simultaneously draws massive mainstream attention to a deserving class of dance music and raises the bar for Top 40 pop. --Beth Massa

Customer Reviews:

another classic.......2007-05-26

this album is fun and well done - anyone who likes Madonna should have this in his/her collection.

Music.......2006-11-15

Music by Madonna - what music should always be. Honest, true and inspiring.

Gets better with each listen........2006-11-02

The fact that this is one of Madonna's lowest-rated albums here boggles my mind. This may be Madonna's strongest album. Paradise (Not For Me), Nobody's Perfect, Gone, and I Deserve It are four gorgeous, lyrical, haunting slow songs, the likes of which Madonna had never written before or since. Take another listen -- these songs sound even better with age.

Very 'Different' Than Whats Being Played Today .......2006-10-08

Well, well, its been over 6 years in its release, and it still gets a HIGH play count from me, the CD is so amazing and is just as good as Ray Of Light, in my opinion. Okay here is the break down:

01. Music: (9.99999/10) Great way to start of the album. I love how she says, "do you like to boogie woogie, do you like my acid rock" very clever lyrics and just great dance music. Remixes are good too! I just think that it has been played a lot but its still good!

02.) IMPRESSIVE INSTANT: (10/10) OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE MADONNA SONG LIKE EVER, THE LYRICS ARE BRILLIANT AS WELL AS THE BEATS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE AND HAD A MUSIC VIDEO WITH IT, I REALLY ENJOYED THE VERSION ON TOUR BETTER, (AND HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TOUR, AND ON THE ALBUM MAKES YOU GO.. "WOW") AND THE REMIXES FOR THIS ONE AS WELL ARE JUST AS BRILLANT AND AMAZING, THERE ARE LIKE 10 REMIXES ON THE ONE I HAVE, AND HAS A RUNNING TIME OF 78 MINS, JUST ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, IT NEVER EVER GETS OLD!!!! (Buy the Album for this Track, you WONT BE LET DOWN! Promise.) If Universe and Love At First Sight is your thing, this is the song for you... If you cant tell I could go on and on about this song, SO GOOD!

03.) Runaway Lover: (10/10) 3 Dance songs in a row! This is another stand out track from the CD, once you listen to it, your hooked! "uh uh no way!" should have been on the Drowned World Tour 2001 :( Oh well, Remixes are good too, espically the one by DJ Tiesto! (should have been a single)

04.) I Deserve It: (8/10) My least favorite Song on the album, its okay i like the ending of the song the beats are funky country! :)

05.) Amazing: (9.5/10) Title says it all, should have been on the Drowned World Tour 2001 :( Remixes are alright too.

06.) Nobody's Perfect: (10/10) Another one of the better songs on the album, kind of like "Sorry" but with a different and better twist, great slower song, and remixes are GREAT If you dont buy it for Impressive Instant, buy it for this one!

07.) Don't Tell Me: (9/10) I think I have heard this song too much, Good song, has that techo/country vibe again, remixes are okay too..

08.) What It Feels Like For A Girl: (9/10) Alright so I'm a guy and yea dont really like the lyrics but its still good nonetheless, and great for this album... Remixes are some of the best ones I've heard in my LIFE!

09.) Paradise (Not For Me): (10/10) Longest song on the album. My cousin got me to love this song, it does grow on you, and very different from any other song on this album; Should have been a opitional single, and no remixes either which is a bummer :( The Video on tour had a pretty awesome Chinese thing going on...

10.) Gone: (8.5/10) Good way to end the Album, however though the album starts off with a BANG, you think it would end with a BANG, but no, just a slow and easy going song. It is good, however, a nice 'fresh' sound.

TOP 10 Picks: (in order)

01.) Impressive Instant
02.) Nobody's Perfect
03.) Runaway Lover
04.) Paradise (Not For Me)
05.) Music
06.) Amazing
07.) What It Feels Like For A Girl
08.) Dont Tell Me
09.) Gone
10.) I Deserve It

Overall 9.5 out of 10 Please just get this CD you will like it and enjoy it very much, and will love it for all that it is. You wont be let down I promise, What have you got to lose but like 10 bucks... trust me!

Madonna first music of the twenty-first century.......2006-10-04

Contrary to what she wore in the cover photo,Madonna has not gone country. This ten-track album spawned the Top 20 hits,the title track,WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL and DON'T TELL ME. The guitar on GONE sounds beautiful. The other tracks are great.

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For All Mankind (And, Uh, Womankind)
Just a couple of good songs
Magnificent Visionary Musical Journey
World music for the Contemporary world
astounding

1 Giant Leap
1 Giant Leap
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio
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ASIN: B00005UMQ5
Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

Dunya Salam (featuring Baaba Maal)
My Culture (featuring Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz)
The Way You Dream (featuring Michael Stipe & Asha Bhosle)
Ma' Africa (featuring The Mahotella Queens & Ulali)
Braided Hair (featuring Speech & Neneh Cherry)
Ta Moko (featuring Whiri Mako Black)
Bushes (featuring Baaba Maal)
Passion (featuring Michael Franti)
Daphne (featuring Eddi Reader, The Mahotella Queens & Revetti Sakalar)
All Alone (On Eilean Shona)
Racing Away (featuring Grant Lee Phillips & Horace Andy)
Ghosts (featuring Eddi Reader)

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The U.K.-based musician, film director, and Faithless cofounder Jamie Catto and producer Duncan Bridgeman coproduced this impressive multimedia CD, which boasts an eclectic array of artists ranging from Senegal's Baaba Maal and New Zealand's Maori artist Whirimako Black to the king of ambient, Brian Eno. This project, the fruit of a six-month, five-continent recording spree, is a funky, folkloric, and futuristic mélange of sampled indigenous instruments and electronica. "Braided Hair" teams the rap-country vocals of Arrested Development's Speech with the daring pop diva Neneh Cherry. The South African mbaqanga vocals of the Mahotella Queens provide the Afro-rave underpinnings for vocalist Ulali's poetic pleas for African unity. The tantric trances of the South Asian syncopated tabla drums pepper the synth-laden "When You Dream," which features R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and the Indian star Asha Bhosle. Boundaries of nationality, time, and musical genre meld into grooves for the head, hips, and heart that need no translation. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Album Description

1 Giant Leap is Jamie Catto from Faithless & musician/producer Duncan Bridgeman. The album is recordings they gathered while traveling around the world. They recorded a number of musicians, storytellers, authors, filmmakers, artists and thinkers from many different cultures. Artists included on the album are Michael Stipe, Asha Bosle, Dennis Hopper, Baaba Maal, The Mahotella Queens, Kurt Vonnegut, Horace Andy, Michael Franti & DJ Swamp. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Album Details

Sounds Gathered from around the World that Combines Collaborations with Some of the World's Most Happening Musicians Including Robbie Williams, Michael Franti and Michael Stipe.

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For All Mankind (And, Uh, Womankind).......2007-04-06

Artists Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman collaborated in 2002 on this concept album to rousing success. Working under the theme of "Unity Through Diversity," the Brit-based duo travelled across the world gathering video, sound, and guest artists in an attempt to create a wholistic creative vision. The end product is a stunning achievement, a combination of loamy spirituality, untarnished deep earth culturalism, and the sprig and sap of full-bloom electronica.

You may remember "My Culture," a hip-hop-n-dream-pop number featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz. One of the album's first singles, it got a lot of play in 2002-3, and its short form music video was nominated for a Grammy. Rightfully so, as the song is reminiscent of what makes the entire rest of the album so wonderful -- uncannily unique rhythms tied to lyricism and tones that strike chords at the cellular level.

Not a hard thing to do when you dipping your ladle into the slow-moving streams of tribal music, unsullied Indian chants, and the traditional prayer-songs of people with more than a little of their life tied inextricably to the past that made them. Songs like "Ma' Africa," "Passion," and "Braided Hair" postively glow with the energy and emotion behind the words. Others, like "The Way You Dream" and "Daphne" and "All Alone" float dreamily through their own notes, aloft on the not-so-hidden hope of the record's message.

Some might find it heavy-handed or cliched (the DVD runs a bit long), but there's really no denying that the music is, in fact, beautiful. Assisted musically (and with some vocal contributions by) people such as Brian Eno, Michael Franti, Michael Stipe, Kurt Vonnegut, Dennis Hopper, Baaba Maal and others, the record does court themes that may seem old news, but I'd argue that just because a message is old doesn't make it any less true, doesn't deprive of it of any of the power and honesty that compelled it when it was fresh and alive. Although this album is over five years old by now, and although the spirit that prompted it is even older, "fresh" and "alive" are still perfect words to describe every song in it.

Just a couple of good songs.......2007-03-03

The DVD alone is worth the price. However, the album is not that great

Magnificent Visionary Musical Journey.......2006-03-15

This extraordinary DVD and CD will take you around the world and into the deepest mysteries of human being, through powerful music, compelling video footage, and thought provoking commentary. The whole is far greater than the sum of it's components. This inspired visionary and musical journey will take you to unforgettable places on the planet, and in your own psyche. Not to be missed!!!

World music for the Contemporary world.......2006-03-07

To say this is world music in this case is in no way to limit it to being a stagnant repetition of the songs and sounds of other cultures and nations. 1 giant leap brings music from all over the world, and blends them with a sense of mainstream. The result is a refreshing reinvigoration of both modern pop/hip-hop and world music. Every track holds its own individual sound, which fit within the over-arching frame of the album, encasing this eclectic mix.
Most people will have heard 'My Culture' which features vocal/rap from Robbie Williams, but this is certainly not the best track. I'd say the weak point for me is 'Braided Hair', which i find the most repetitive and simplistic. That said, one of my best friend adores it.

Personal Favourites are:
'Ma' Africa' - an uplifting track with a clear tribal feel, and lyrics which seek to "make Africa a land of hope"
"The Way you dream" - Truly epic, truly gorgeous, blending the western with the indian and back to the western with Michael Stipe. A selfless song.
"Ghosts" - A ghostly sound, with strings, building in intensity. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.

astounding.......2005-10-09

anyone who gives this cd fewer than 5 stars simply can't hear. a truly astounding experience! I listened to it through four times after buying it, totally entranced. Buy it!

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The one to listen!
Not odd...
Shocking Blues
one of many masterpieces from mark oliver everett
Not cheerful, excellent song writing and muscianship

Electro-Shock Blues
Eels
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ASIN: B00000DF6N
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
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Cancer For The Cure
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3 Speed
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The sound of Eels' Electro-Shock Blues, the follow-up to the band's intriguing Beautiful Freak, reflects a year in which leader Mark "E" Everett suffered the loss of his sister to suicide as well as the illness of his mother and other tragedies. The music's hushed, sometimes dark sound and Everett's earnest vocals are often more convincing than his diary-entry lyrics, despite the power and daring inherent in describing illness in alt-pop settings that recall everything from hip-hop to Tom Waits. --Rickey Wright

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The one to listen!.......2006-01-15

From time to time I go and purchase music. I consult what I consider to be the most informative and reliable publications in the industry. Why? So I don't get burned!! Many is the times when I have purchased a CD that did not quite reach higher levels of listening enjoyment. I am very happy to say that the EELS Electro Shock Blues is a beauty of a CD. Happy to discover such a talented force is alive and well in the free world. Comparisons to other bands is just not going to cut it. EELS do their own thing. Yes, similarities will always exist. After all, they are just so many notes available to work with but this band sure earns high praises. Which by the way made me realize how little I know of what is going on out there in terms of good music. I ended up buying 12 CD's and If you read this far then please consider buying Beta Band, those guys are TASTY!!! I was so impressed with Electro Shock Blues that I will in the near future buy Blinking Lights and....., must say that Electro Shock Blues received on the average a little more ratings than their next endeavor. Anyone who is seriously interested on acquiring a great album look no further. Electro Shock Blues is a timeless masterpiece, as good as they come!

Not odd..........2005-11-01

Not oddly moving, just groovy but with an edge, and sophistication to challenge your aesthetics but rhythyms to appeal to your inner britney spears...top quality

Shocking Blues.......2005-09-26

Everyone who knows the Eels knows their frontman/leader/ect doesn't flinch from writing songs about the darker things in life. Even so this is probably the bands darkest album too date. Starting with a song about his sisters suicide and then a song about her funeral its hard to imagine a bleaker start to an album, especially when its backed by the Eels twisted alt pop. Its pretty accurate to describe 'Electro-Shock Blues' as being a concept album, all about death, depression and even the light at the end of the tunnel. In the hands of another band like Marylin Manson or Pink Floyd this might by an unbearably selfrighteous, indulgent and wallowing experience, but E has just enough off kilter humor and quirkiness to pull it off without every giving unto those tendencies. Who else could write a song about watching your world crumble around you and going insane and include line like "voices tell me I am the sh*t" as E does on 'My Descent Into Madness'.

Probably the least 'rock' of the Eels albums, 'Electro-Shock Blues' is all twisted jazz, occasional drum loops, distorted violins, and breathy vocals. Like most Eels albums its got weird nursery rhyme quality, but this time its darker and more nightmarish. Theres only one real break for a pop song in 'Last Stop: This Town' which lightens up the gloomy mood and direction the album is taking up to this point. From their it quitely builds until finally there is relief at the end with 'PS You Rock My World', which its lucky because the confessions of E are so depressing that by the end your in desperate need of relief. Its not an easy album to listen to, and take really appreciate it it needs to be listened too in full, but as E will tell you the good things in life never come easy.

one of many masterpieces from mark oliver everett.......2005-07-19

When "Electro Shock Blues" was released almost seven years ago, it was pronounced as certain by the critics the this record would be the eels' and Mark Oliver Everett (aka E's) masterpiece. "Electro Shock Blues" was one of the highlights of the late 90s in music and it is certainly one of the eels' best recorded works, but E, like Neil Young, is a career artist who keeps churning out five star-worthy records, each succeeding release differing in sound and lyrical tone from the previous--just look at the differences between this album and the next album, "Daisies of the Galaxy."
Many people who have not heard this record, but have read about it or heard about it would probably be turned off, dismissing it as "depressing," which is not true. E, himself, once said that "Electro Shock Blues" would probably be one of the most positive albums he would ever make. Many of the songs are meditations on death and dying, but the songs come across as uplifting in many ways, as a therapeutic response from E. The circumstances surrounding many of the songs on this album are truly tragic, but much in the way of great art has come from pain and suffering.
Many of the songs rank among E's best. Ranging from starkly minimal cuts, like the opener "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" to the slick-sounding, singalong worhthy "Last Stop: This Town," "Electro Shock Blues" is a veritable cornucopia of sounds. Lyrically, the songs feature some of E's best poetic couplets; just check out the whimsical "3 Speed" and take in the words there, for a glimpse of E's monumental talent as a songwriter.

Not cheerful, excellent song writing and muscianship.......2005-07-10

As the title indicates, this collection deals with depression, hospitalization, cancer, funerals. Lots of original hooky songs. Too dissonant for happy cupcake type personalities. Lots of talent here.

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Best thing I've heard in a long time...
Recycled and Overrated...
Good not too clean fun!!
Nisker Du: Women's Lib May Be Your Santa Claus
I Love This Woman, She Is Amazing!!!!!!!

Impeach My Bush
Peaches
Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FMHBAA
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

Fuck or Kill
Tent In Your Pants
Hit It Hard
Boys Wanna Be Her
Downtown
Two Guys (For Every Girl)
Rock The Shocker
You Love It
Slippery Dick
Give'er
Get It
Do Ya
Stick It To The Pimp

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Fret not, fans of filth, who worry Impeach My Bush will see saucy Canadian electro-punk Merrill Nisker shelving the politics of the bedroom and embracing political activism--a quick spin of self-explanatory tracks like "Two Guys (For Every Girl)" should quickly confirm the third Peaches full-length is just as foul-mouthed, depraved, and all-round sluttish as its predecessors. Further good news, however, comes with the realisation this is by some length the best Peaches album to date. The beats, in particular, are noticeably improved without losing that all-important gritty quality, particularly "Tent In Your Pants" and "Downtown" - a pair of tracks written with one Greg Kurstin, perhaps better known for his work with No Doubt pop queen Gwen Stefani. But there"s further collaborations, too. "Give 'er"--roughly speaking, the sound of PJ Harvey brawling with New York synth punks Suicide in a New York alleyway--features choppy riffing courtesy of Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, while album stand-out "You Love It" boasts backing vocals and guitar from punk queen Joan Jett. Midway through "Slippery Dick" ("Toss freaker/Floss tweaker/Sauce leaker/Moss shrieker") you can't help but wonder how much mileage there is in talking dirty. Taken as a whole, though, Impeach My Bush is proof Peaches is still far from spent. --Louis Pattison

Album Description

Peaches is a phenomenon, a self-made, self-produced, DIY leader of the electro-punk movement and mistress of the original dirty lyrical classics. Unique with her minimal pumping beats and loved by true innovators and fans as diverse as Deborah Harry, Iggy Pop, Bjork, Lil' Kim, Kelis, Too Many DJs, M.I.A., and LCD Soundsystem, you'll be heartened to know she hasn't cleaned up her act on her new release. Guests on this record include Joan Jett and Josh Homme and Feist. "She's dirtier than most gansta rappers. She's a lip sync favorite among drag queens...She writes dance music that rockers will listen to and rock that disco queens will dance to" - Paper.

Customer Reviews:

Best thing I've heard in a long time..........2007-05-12

I'm a relatively new convert to the Church of Peaches, as it were, but I can definitely tell you that after hearing this album, you will be too.

It's very hip-hop oriented, but Peaches puts a serious spin on a usual genre and makes it into a personally sexual, powerful, and oftentimes humourous climax.

Peaches is definitely a force to be reckoned with (and she's a cool musician, too).

Recycled and Overrated..........2007-05-12

Those are the two words to describe this album, in a nutshell.

Impeach My Bush is uninteresting and unoriginal rehash of her previous two albums, which I liked at first and I understand that this is her shtick, but it gets old quickly. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a sexual appetite, but does she know or care about anything else? Shaking d**ks, sucking t*ts and vice versa, girl on girl on guy action - Okay, I get it already! Even trying to make a political statement, she can't leave out the sexual innuendo and doesn't elaborate on the album. Plus every one of her songs sound pretty much the same. If you like one, that's all you need. Don't even bother with the rest, including this album, unless, of course, you're a nymphomaniac.

Good not too clean fun!!.......2007-05-12

I like this album, even if it's not one of my usual genres. That may suggest I'm a little childish or adolescent or whatever but I don't care! The only reason I've only given it 3 stars is because 4 is for things really REALLY good and 5 is for extraordinary, but this is a big 3.

For me Peaches gives a feel like she's the evolution of the ground broken by people such as Madonna, women owning their sexuality and having and taking some control of it, empowerment. Is there're anything wrong with a woman being explicit about what they want? I reckon not.

It may be cheeky and some may find it confrontational or whatever but they're not normally people who are worth investing time or energy in. Those who don't enjoy a woman being a Woman are generally people who are more comfortable with a situation where a woman has her wings clipped, can't release her fire-breathing, lust driven, wild self. The people who would be challenged by this album are probably more comfortable in situations where a woman is controlled, forced to be compliant, where her fantasy self is crippled and she never gets to have her full self. I'd rather be in a world full of `Peaches people' than a world where repression, limitation, rape, domestic violence would be seen as `just an unfortunate reality in life'.

Peaches doesn't give the feel of lots of others who demanded their female selves, those who were beaten and trashed for their choices, often finishing up O.D.ing on the gear, living through the horrors of resisting `the norm' and all else that were the costs of wanting to have their entire selves. Hers is more a celebration of a sense of completeness as a sexual orgasmic free woman than the angst of the cost to want to be that. So, I'll sacrifice my male fantasies of a subservient, monogamous, compliant, female if it means there's more like Peaches, who can embrace their every part without having to sound like Janis (bless her soul!!) or any of the others who went before who could only try to own their full selves by risking sacrificing everything to have it. Maybe Peaches is a sign that we have in fact at least made a little bit of progress somewhere in the last decades. I hope so.

Cheers

Lloyd

Nisker Du: Women's Lib May Be Your Santa Claus.......2007-01-11

Blue records have come a long way baby. You used to hide them under your mattress with the magazines, remember? Now they get prime display space in the record store equivalents of fast food chains. Case in point, Peaches third long player, "Impeach My Bush". Don't let those cute green eyes peeking through a makeshift burka on the cover fool ya. Miss Nisker is as ribald as they come. The title might suggest that Peaches has served up a political polemic this time 'round, but that's equally deceptive. See, this album *is* about politics, but besides the first track, "F or Kill", they trend completely to the gender side rather than the one you learn about in civics.

Check out the ease with which she gleefully pees in the proverbial player's pimp cup on "Stick it to the Pimp". Those bass synths are positively elastic, wrapping around the drums the way a snake does it's next meal. Or take "Two Guys (For Every Girl)", where she flips the beat to death Beach Boys tune into a tasteless techno boogie encouraging guys to get it on with *each other* before they get a crack at her. Talk about role reversal...wonder how many men would be brave to blast this at the drive-through window. I'm not putting my hand up ;) OK, so "Impeach My Bush" is crass, none too deep in practical politics, and male listeners get a feminist tounge lashing to boot. And it has one more thing going for it. It rocks!

That's right, Peaches plays guitar all over this thing, transcending the simple club beats she's best known for and engaging in some prime riot grrrl action. Joan Jett drops by for the assist on "You Love It", bridging the gap between two generations of rebel girls. The Bikini Kill-ish "The Boys Wanna Be Her" boasts of a chick so cool even the fellas are jealous, and "Get It" brings Feist and the lone male guest Josh Homme in on the fun. "Downtown" wins the award for token attempt at radio spins, and I couldn't even explain what "Rock the Shocker" is about and stay within content guidelines. Listen and find out for yourself ;)

Technically, the production is clean in contrast to Peaches mouth. The rockers are pretty tight and sparse, just guitar and drums like the White Stripes. The lyrics are printed in the foldout, but listening to them is more fun than reading em. Call it three stars for "Impeach My Bush", worthy of some regular rotation before filing for those such as myself with large collections of LPs and discs. Just don't let your mom hear you playing "Two Guys (For Every Girl)". She may become a tad worried about your interests.

PS: That should be three stars up there, not five. Sorry.

I Love This Woman, She Is Amazing!!!!!!!.......2006-11-26

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. Peaches is in my opinion, larger than life. I own all her albums, after my best friend got me into her. Impeach My Bush is just as great.
If you ever get a chance to see her live in concert, Please do so.
Peaches and the Herm's will blow you away. No great big light show, no screens, no special effects. Just her, and her band, rocking your box.
I say it with all honesty, She is for Real!!!!
I know she has alot of haters out there, and thats fine. True Playa's never worry about sucka's like that.
Buy Impeach My Bush if you haven't already. Or buy it for a friend that you care deeply for. Trust me Its definitely well worth it.

Sincerely,
Carlito from the Bronx

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