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Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics(more) »rank: 2701by: Various Artists
Our review: :Blue Yule is without question one of the hippest collections of rhythm & blues Christmas music ever assembled. The disc boasts the likes of Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, the gospel-powered Pilgrim Travelers, and Johnny and Edgar Winter, as well as the likes of Detroit Junior ('Christmas Day') and Canned Heat ('Christmas Blues'). Lengthy even by contemporary CD standards, this 18-tracker also includes Charles Brown, Big Jack Johnson, Roy Milton, and the inscrutable Lightnin' Hopkins wishing you both 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy New Year.' But perhaps the set's greatest gift is also it's strangest--Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Santa Claus,' a rousing midtempo blues-rocker with ... Detail |
Genius Loves Company(more) »rank: 2518by: Ray Charles
Our review:Album Description:DVD is NTSC format, region code 2 :The fact that Genius Loves Company will be Ray Charles's final new album inspires an unavoidable blue feeling. But it's also a happy reminder that the man spent the last months of his life at work doing what he loved. The overall effect of these dozen duets is autumnal and smooth. Brother Ray is on point and cruising here. Fine moments abound--you can hear his delight even in the rather stiff company of Diana Krall and Natalie Cole. His voice sounds a bit frayed by ill health at times, but it also allows for great ... Detail |
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Cool Christmas Blues(more) »rank: 3795by: Charles Brown
Our review: :Charles Brown is responsible for one of the bluesiest Christmas tunes ever, 'Please Come Home for Christmas.' Countless individuals and groups have covered this heartbreak classic because it so readily embraces the theme of being home for the holidays with loved ones. Brown's golden hit is just one of the highlights on his 1994 Christmas album, along with 'Merry Christmas, Baby,' a blues tune almost as popular as 'Please Come Home for Christmas.' Some of the newer tunes he's written for this record are almost as savory, including 'Christmas Comes but Once a Year,' a rockin' little number featuring the legendary Johnny Otis ... Detail |
Genuine Houserockin Christmas(more) »rank: 3182by: Various Artists
Our review: :Charles Brown is responsible for one of the bluesiest Christmas tunes ever, 'Please Come Home for Christmas.' Countless individuals and groups have covered this heartbreak classic because it so readily embraces the theme of being home for the holidays with loved ones. Brown's golden hit is just one of the highlights on his 1994 Christmas album, along with 'Merry Christmas, Baby,' a blues tune almost as popular as 'Please Come Home for Christmas.' Some of the newer tunes he's written for this record are almost as savory, including 'Christmas Comes but Once a Year,' a rockin' little number featuring the legendary Johnny Otis ... Detail |
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Deadwood: Music From HBO Original Series(more) »rank: 6498by: Various Artists
Our review:Album Description:Music from the critically acclaimed HBO Series Deadwood featuring American roots music from an eclectic mix of artists ranging from Lyle Lovett to June Carter Cash with full dialog excerpts from some of your favorite moments. Deadwood: The Complete First Season available now on DVD. :The West of veteran TV writer/Deadwoodcreator David Milch is as grim as it is gritty, sprinkled with salty dialogue and punctuated by sudden brutality and raw sexuality. The original soundtrack cues by composer David Schwartz (represented here by his evocative show theme), Michael Brook and Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek play off that vision with often stark ... Detail |
Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans(more) »rank: 2646by: Fats Domino
Our review:Album Description:Music from the critically acclaimed HBO Series Deadwood featuring American roots music from an eclectic mix of artists ranging from Lyle Lovett to June Carter Cash with full dialog excerpts from some of your favorite moments. Deadwood: The Complete First Season available now on DVD. :The West of veteran TV writer/Deadwoodcreator David Milch is as grim as it is gritty, sprinkled with salty dialogue and punctuated by sudden brutality and raw sexuality. The original soundtrack cues by composer David Schwartz (represented here by his evocative show theme), Michael Brook and Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek play off that vision with often stark ... Detail |
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Walking to New Orleans(more) »rank: 52543by: Fats Domino
Our review:Album Description:100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002. :In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine 'Fats' Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often ... Detail |
The Alligator Records Christmas Collection(more) »rank: 2604by: Various Artists
Our review:Album Description:100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002. :In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine 'Fats' Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often ... Detail |
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The Many Moods of Christmas (1963 RCA Victor Version) Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra(more) »rank: 3484by: Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw
Our review:Album Description:100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002. :In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine 'Fats' Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often ... Detail |
Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them(more) »rank: 5542by: Fats Domino
Our review:Album Description:100 legendary Imperial recordings from 1949 to 1962 all digitally remastered on 4CDs. Includes all 40 of his R&B top 10 hits and 10 #1's. Housed in a digi-book with liner notes. 2002. :In an art form characterized from its earliest days by sexually charged imagery, rebellious abandon, a fickle sense of fashion, and often disposable musical fluff, Antoine 'Fats' Domino embodied none of the above. Long revered as one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, Domino scored nearly three dozen Top 40 hits from 1955 to 1963. Yet that success--second only to Elvis's during that era--belied a friendly, often ... Detail |