Thursday, February 7, 2008

The Police "Synchronicity", Britney Spears "Someday (I Will Understand)", John Lennon "Working Class Hero (the Definitive Lennon)", Backstreet Boys "Never Gone"

THE POLICE - SYNCHRONICITY

The Police - Synchronicity
Year: 2005


1.Intro [0:45]0.7 Mb
2.Synchronicity I [3:19]5.1 Mb
3.Walking in Your Footsteps [5:00]7.4 Mb
4.Message in A Bottle [4:42]7.3 Mb
5.Walking on the Moon [5:09]8.1 Mb
6.Wrapped Around Your Finger [5:23]8.5 Mb
7.Hole in My Life [3:55]6.1 Mb
8.King of Pain [5:56]9.1 Mb
9.One World (not Three) [5:18]8.3 Mb
10.Tea in the Sahara [4:46]7.2 Mb
11.O My God [3:40]5.6 Mb
12.De Do Do Do de da da da [4:29]7 Mb
13.Every Breath You Take [4:39]7.1 Mb
14.Can't Stand Losing You [6:49]10.9 Mb
15.Spirits in the Material World [3:48]5.8 Mb
16.So Lonely [5:26]8.7 Mb
17.Credits [1:41]2.3 Mb

The Police "Synchronicity" Album Review

The Police - Put Out Their Best Album And Then Call It Quits
To my ears this is the pinnacle of The Police's recorded output. I really think every song here is great and the title track "Synchronicity II" remains my all time favorite Police composition, and some of the best lyrics Sting has ever written. Everything comes together on this disc as The Police don't stick to a formula but continue to evolve their sound into what would unfortunately become their final album. More huge, huge hits came from this one including one of their biggest "Every Breath You Take", a song that many people took for a love song, but really contains a much darker sinister plot. The Police had become a football stadium band by the time this album came out and could literally play any size venue that they wanted. They truly went out at the top of their game with their best album and most successful tour. It is good to have them back on the road again in 2007.

Video The Police - Synchronicity II

Great video from The Police. Not an uplifting song, just gloomy and surreal.






BRITNEY SPEARS - SOMEDAY (I WILL UNDERSTAND)

Britney Spears - Someday (I Will Understand)
Year: 2005


1.Someday (I Will Understand) [3:39]5.1 Mb
2.Chaotic [3:34]5.8 Mb
3.Mona Lisa [3:27]5.3 Mb
4.Over to You Now [3:42]6.2 Mb
5.Someday (I Will Understand) (Hi-Bias remix) [3:46]6.2 Mb

Britney Spears "Someday (I Will Understand)" Album Review

Short CD, but still amazing!!!!!
This album has only a few songs, but they're all so, so great! Britney returned after In The Zone with this excellent, but short production, but it doesn't mean that it's bad!

Video Britney Spears- Someday(I Will Understand)

Britney Spears-Someday(I Will Understand)






JOHN LENNON - WORKING CLASS HERO (THE DEFINITIVE LENNON)

John Lennon - Working Class Hero (the Definitive Lennon)
Year: 2005


1.(Just Like) Starting Over [3:56]5.8 Mb
2.Imagine [3:02]4.1 Mb
3.Watching the Wheels [3:30]5.2 Mb
4.Jealous Guy [4:13]5.6 Mb
5.Instant Karma (We All Shine on) [3:20]4.5 Mb
6.Stand by Me [3:26]5.4 Mb
7.Working Class Hero [3:48]3.8 Mb
8.Power the People [3:21]4.6 Mb
9.Oh My Love [2:44]3.1 Mb
10.Oh Yoko [4:17]6.9 Mb
11.Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and out) [5:07]8 Mb
12.Nobody Told Me [3:33]5.7 Mb
13.Bless You [4:37]6.9 Mb
14.Come Together (live) [4:23]6.9 Mb
15.New York City [4:30]7 Mb
16.I'm Stepping out [4:05]5.8 Mb
17.You are Here [4:08]5.4 Mb
18.Borrowed Time [4:29]7.3 Mb
19.Happy XMas (War is Over) [3:37]5.7 Mb
20.Woman [3:32]4.7 Mb
21.Mind Games [4:11]6 Mb
22.Out the Blues [3:23]4.7 Mb
23.Whatever Gets You Thru the Night [3:26]5.3 Mb
24.Love [3:25]3.9 Mb
25.Mother [5:34]7.4 Mb
26.Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [4:01]6 Mb
27.Woman is the Nigger of the World [5:15]7.9 Mb
28.God [4:10]5.4 Mb
29.Scared [4:36]6.8 Mb
30.9 Dream [4:46]6.6 Mb
31.I'm Losing You [3:56]6.4 Mb
32.Isolation [2:52]3.6 Mb
33.Cold Turkey [5:03]7.4 Mb
34.Intuition [3:08]4.5 Mb
35.Gimme Some Truth [3:14]5.4 Mb
36.Give Peace A Chance [4:50]7 Mb
37.Real Love [4:12]5.4 Mb
38.Grow Old with Me [3:20]4.7 Mb

John Lennon "Working Class Hero (the Definitive Lennon)" Album Review

The Most Complete You'll See Outside of the Box Set
The song selection on these two discs span Lennon's amazing solo career and includes some rare and live gems that are worth buying the album for.

I must say, however, that this disc is probably not for hardcore Lennon fans, especially if you have already purchased the Lennon Box Set from a while back.

My only point of contention with this album is that the "hit" songs should have been interspersed between to the two albums to allow more casual listeners a chance to listen to the entirety of both discs rather than listening to disc one ad infinitum.

Video The Beatles - Real Love

The Beatles - Real Love "Real Love" is a song written by John Lennon. "Real Love" was subsequently reworked by the three remaining members of The Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) in late 1995. The song was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries; it was the opening track on The Beatles' Anthology 2 album. It is the last "new" credited Beatles song to originate and be included on an album. "Real Love" was warmly received by some critics, and the single reached #4 and #10 in the UK and US singles charts respectively and earned a gold record faster than a number of the group's other singles. The song was not included on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. After the release of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", Starr commented, "Recording the new songs didn't feel contrived at all, it felt very natural and it was a lot of fun, but emotional too at times. But it's the end of the line, really. There's nothing more we can do as The Beatles." Early Origins: First recorded in 1977 with a handheld tape recorder on his piano at home, according to Beatles biographer John T. Marck, "Real Love" originated as part of an unfinished stage play that Lennon was working on at the time entitled "The Ballad of John and Yoko." Marck then traces "Real Love" to an eventual combination of "Real Life", a song Lennon would record at least six takes of in 1979, and then abandon, and another Lennon demo, "Baby Make Love To You". According to bootlegs, the first couple of the demo takes' lyrical structure mostly resembled the song eventually released in 1996, but the others featuring "Real Life" altered portions of the song; for example, "no need to be alone / it's real love / yes, it's real love" became "why must it be alone / it's real / well it's real life." Some takes featured an acoustic guitar, while the eventual Beatles release had Lennon on the piano. Lennon appears to have later ignored the song, which remained forgotten until 1988, when the sixth take of "Real Love" appeared on the Imagine: John Lennon film and soundtrack album. The song was also released on the Acoustic album in 2004. The demo with just Lennon on piano was released in 2005 on Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon. Reuniting the Beatles Again Before the Anthology project, the closest The Beatles had come to reuniting (while all four members were still alive) was during the recording of Starr's 1973 Ringo album when they all worked on tracks, though Lennon and McCartney did not work together. The idea of redoing some of Lennon's old songs apparently was inspired by former Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall and Harrison, who first requested some old demos from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Then, in January 1994, McCartney came to New York City for Lennon's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While there, he received at least four songs from Ono. According to Aspinall, it was "two cassettes" which "might have been five or six tracks." Ono said of the occasion: "It was all settled before then, I just used that occasion to hand over the tapes personally to Paul. I did not break up The Beatles, but I was there at the time, you know? Now I'm in a position where I could bring them back together and I would not want to hinder that. It was kind of a situation given to me by fate." Although "Real Love" was comparatively more complete than "Free as a Bird," which had required the addition of some lyrics by McCartney, the song also suffered from problems with Lennon's timing. Lynne said: " Well, nobody is [keeping time] when they're just writing a song. You don't think, 'I'd better use a click while I'm putting down this idea.' You just play and enjoy yourself. So it took a lot of work to get it all in time so that the others could play to it. " This complicated job was a large part of the reason why George Martin, the traditional Beatles producer, did not produce any of the new, original Beatles songs. McCartney said: Nevertheless, Lynne and the remaining Beatles did their best to make the song appear very "Beatles-y." Lynne said: " What we were trying to do was create a record that was timeless, so we steered away from using state-of the-art gear. We didn't want to make it fashionable. " The song's lyrics have been described by one reviewer as conveying the message that "love is the answer to loneliness" and "that connection is the antidote to unreality." One reviewer described the song as a, "mature, still hopeful but frightened man less concerned with screaming at life than surviving it.






BACKSTREET BOYS - NEVER GONE

Backstreet Boys - Never Gone
Year: 2005


1.Incomplete [3:59]6.6 Mb
2.Just Want You to Know [3:52]6.3 Mb
3.Crawling Back to You [3:43]6.3 Mb
4.Weird World [4:12]8.1 Mb
5.I Still [3:49]6.6 Mb
6.Poster Girl [3:55]6.7 Mb
7.Lose it All [4:04]6.9 Mb
8.Climbing the Walls [3:42]6.5 Mb
9.My Beautiful Woman [3:37]6.5 Mb
10.Safest Place to Hide [4:39]7.1 Mb
11.Siberia [4:17]6.7 Mb
12.Never Gone [3:46]5.9 Mb
13.Song for the Unloved (bonus track) [3:39]6.4 Mb
14.Rush Over Me (bonus track) [3:28]5.6 Mb
15.Movin on (bonus track) [3:31]5.4 Mb

Backstreet Boys "Never Gone" Album Review

Let talent be your gude
Before you read this review, you must know that I'm an 'over-40' male and have everything from Black Sabbath to Bill Monroe in my music collection. I truly think it's a shame that you have to dress a certain way or act like jerks to avoid being labeled a 'boy band.' This 'boy band' is nothing more than indescribable talent- pure, musical and completely enjoyable. These guys have the essence of the Four Seasons, Jackson 5, and any other previous 'boy band' you can bring to the table. This album is a fine piece of work, as a stand alone or mixed with anything that could be labled pop- yesterday or today. I just listened to this for the first time and have been kicking myself for not exploring it sooner. The feeling in the songs and the tight harmonies are emotive for the soul and pleasing to the ear. You may have something against boy bands, but there's no denying talent. Jealousy breeds contempt, I suppose. Bring me something that compares in the pop/rock realm today. Well done, Backstreet Boys!

Video backstreet boys - never gone tour

backstreet boys - never gone tour melbourne






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