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RUSH: Snakes & Arrows Live(more) »rank: 312starring: RUSH
Our review:Description:Filmed over two performances in Rotterdam, Holland in October of 2007, Rush's new DVD Snakes & Arrows Live captures the legendary band in peak form, performing classic Rush material and nine new songs from their critically acclaimed 2007 CD Snakes & Arrows. The 2-disc concert DVD is presented in both 5.1 audio and stereo, and also included is a bonus disc of four songs added for their 2008 American tour, including 'Ghost of a Chance,' filmed here for the first time. Since the release of their eponymous first LP in 1974, Rush has continually expanded the definition of 'progressive power trio.' Guitarist Alex ... Detail |
The Lost Christmas Eve(more) »rank: 69by: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Our review:Album Description:Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is back with third and final volume of their Christmas trilogy, The Lost Christmas. The long awaited follow up to the double platinum 'The Christmas Attic,' features their trademark symphonic rock,' which fuses elements of hard rock, Broadway, R&B, and classical music into a unique and distinctive blend of original compositions, symphony excerpts and holiday standards. :If you're looking for something out of the ordinary for the season, The Lost Christmas Eve is for you. This final entry in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's rock opera trilogy is perhaps their most ambitious and complex in the series. Like its predecessors, The ... Detail |
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Christmas Eve and Other Stories(more) »rank: 59by: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Our review: :Is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve and Other Stories a holiday rock opera? Or perhaps just a holiday prog-rock disc? Or maybe it's New Age? Whatever the case may be, this isn't your typical Christmas album. Filled with electric guitar solos, plenty of synthesized keyboards, a children's choir, and lively drumming, Christmas Eve can only be compared to one other record, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's other holiday disc, The Christmas Attic. On this CD, angelic vocal solos (on numbers such as 'The Prince of Peace') are interspersed with driving instrumentals. Sentimental, occasionally bombastic, but as high-concept as holiday albums can be. --Jason Verlinde Detail |
RUSH: Snakes and Arrows Live [Blu-ray](more) »rank: 646starring: Rush
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Abbey Road(more) »rank: 130by: The Beatles
Our review: essential recording:The Beatles' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. Though all four contribute to the first side's writing, John Lennon's hard-rocking, 'Come Together' and 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' make the strongest impression. A series of song fragments edited together in suite form dominates side two; its portentous, touching, official close ('Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That Weight'/'The End') is nicely undercut, in typical Beatles fashion, by Paul McCartney's ... Detail |
Genesis Box Set 3 (1970-1975)[13 Disc Set](more) »rank: 187by: Genesis
Our review: :Rhino completes its upgrade of Genesis' catalog with a third and final 7 CD/6 DVD box spotlighting the beginning of their career with CD/DVD editions of five albums expanded with bonus audio & video, 5.1 mixes and more, plus an exclusive rarities disc. Included are CD/DVD versions of Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, plus a disc of extras. Detail |
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Christmasville(more) »rank: 173by: Mannheim Steamroller
Our review: :Who knows what you want for Christmas better than Mannheim Steamroller? Here at Christmas HQ, we've hit the right note every holiday season since 1985. This Christmas, we're serving a mix of nostalgia (Where Are You Christmas?) and flat-out fun (You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch! And 'Humbugs'! 'Christmasville' is the album the whole family will listen to as you travel over the river and through the woods this season! This record was born out of a once-in-a-lifetime project: Universal Theme Parks commissioned Chip Davis to create music WITH vocals-- for a holiday show called 'Grinchmas'. Thus, for the first time, you'll ... Detail |
Live In Gdansk (2 CD/2 DVD)(more) »rank: 190by: David Gilmour
Our review:Album Description:Catch the 2-CD full live concert David played at the Gdansk, Poland shipyards. Includes Pink Floyd favorites 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and 'Breathe.' Also featured on the first bonus DVD highlights from the concert as well as a documentary on Poland's Solidarity Movement. The second DVD contains 11 bonus tracks (previously unreleased) including Barn Jams sessions and a 5.1 Surround Sound mix from On An Island. Detail |
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The Christmas Trilogy (3CD/DVD)(more) »rank: 127by: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Our review:Album Description:Hard rock producer Paul O'Neill, renowned for his work with Aerosmith and Savatage, teamed with the latter band's Jon Oliva to create Trans-Siberian Orchestra, an inspired fusion of classical music and rock-opera pageantry. Their first two releases are visionary and timeless Christmas-themed concept albums, spotlighting lead guitars and classical string sections alike, and they became instant contemporary holiday classics. 2004's The Lost Christmas Eve, which completes their symphonic rock Yuletide triology, underscores Billboard's recent comment that TSO 'seems to be turning into a Christmas tradition.' Detail |
The Christmas Attic(more) »rank: 110by: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Our review: :Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber will discover he has a soul mate in one Paul O'Neill, the 'conductor' of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. A dyed-in-the-wool sentimentalist, O'Neill presents this pop-rock tale from 1998 with all the glitz and glory of a Lloyd Webber Broadway show. Playing to the common themes of the season through a tale about a little angel sent to Earth to leave behind a gift, O'Neill creates a big-sounding production heavy on lead guitars and orchestral filigree. There are pieces of familiar Christmas carols and hymns and a handful of unembellished acoustic numbers to offset the brighter parts of the musical ... Detail |