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All the songs you remember.. with a twist
Great CD with songs you remember as a kid. I really got it because of the "Tra La La" Song from the Banana Splits, but all the others are great re-makes; Hong Kong Phooey, Scooby Doo, Stop the Pigeon, Fat Albert's Theme, Spiderman.. and others.

JUNK
If you're looking for soundtrack recordings, DO NOT GET THIS!! It's nothing but sick, annoying, noisy, GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great for the young and the old!
I've had this CD since it's release! LOVED it then, still love it! I think the covers are GREAT! Better than the originals, makes for much more fun reliving the cartoons I grew up on! I had recently purchased a copy for my friends son, who LOVES it, and since has been learning to play guitar! I would like to see more CD's like this quality and caliber of bands to attract the young ones who are our future rockstars! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Alternative Pop/Rock    4. College Rock    5. Indie Rock    6. Jangle Pop    7. New York Punk    8. Pop    9. Pop Underground    10. Popular Music    11. Post-Grunge    12. Power Pop    13. Punk Revival    14. Rock    15. Rock/Pop Collections    16. Singer/Songwriter   

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Matador Comp #2
The second of Matador's compilations features 2 CDs of old material and 1 CD of previously unreleased songs from great artists like Pavement, Cat Power, Chavez, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Yo La Tengo, Sleater Kinney, Guided by Voices and Boards of Canada.The best two new songs from Disc 3 made it onto subsequent Pavement and Cat Power releases, respectively.All three of the Matador comps are packed with dozens of good songs at a single CD price and strongly recommended for new fans.

Great music for really cheap
The tracks on this look like a collage radio play list!!!!! You got THE best in underground rock/Folk/Pop all in One cd. If YOU like good underground (Not that stuff that passes for rock these days) Then buy this.

"Everything" really IS nice
I owe a debt to Matador Records' "Everything Is Nice" compilation,. It was through these three discs that I was originally introduced to many of my now-favorite bands, including Solex, Nightmares on Wax, Pizzicato Five, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, and many others.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Dance    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Box Sets (Audio Only)    4. Club/Dance    5. Electronica    6. Experimental Techno    7. IDM    8. Indie Electronic    9. Indie Pop    10. Indie Rock    11. Lo-Fi    12. Noise Pop    13. Pop    14. Post-Rock/Experimental    15. Rock    16. Rock/Pop Collections    17. Singer/Songwriter   

Editorial Review

This compilation takes the inclusiveness of indie rock's DIY (do-it-yourself) ideology to a logical extreme by getting 24 underground rock-based artists to contribute an unaccompanied vocal. A capella singing is as accessible as music gets--who hasn't, at some point or another, lifted their voice and sung out loud? Some of the contributors to this disc are moderately well known, some quite unknown, and their performances range from impressive executions of technically complex vocal music to artless bellowing. There is a lot to like about the efforts at each extreme, especially when they're surprise discoveries. Who'd have thought that guitarist Elliott Sharp was a passable throat singer? That someone in the Grifters was such a good human beat box? Or that visual artist Nikki McClure could sound so breathlessly sexy on "Blackberry"? I have no idea who the Japonize Elephants are or how they got their name, but they do a great rousing job on the hymn "Daniel." Just one caveat--Richard Buckner and P.W. Long's rendering of "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down" is so dreadfully misogynistic one hopes they're wrong. Read more

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It's not pretty, but it is pretty cool
If you're a college radio listener, or and indie fan or even just a bizarre music junkie, how can you pass this up? Buyer beware!!
Notice the number of used copies available. This is not at all of the quality of the many other acapella albums I've ordered.

accompanied by emotion and immediacy
Something happens when voices sing out naked without the structure andexpectations that accompany intrumental"back up" andarrangements. These voices sound sweet and immediate and will remind manyof archival field recordings of blue grass, mountain, and western songs."La Vie en Rose" is how I wish I sounded when I sing a lullaby tochild. This CD is by turns contemplative, rockin', moody...and alwaysinteresting. You're unlikely to have anything quite like this in yourcollection. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Acappella    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Indie Rock    4. Pop    5. Pop Vocals    6. Rock/Pop Collections    7. Singer/Songwriter   

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rapidly going out of print
According to the Merge website, this one is sold out.So there are no more "on the way."A shame, too -- this is an excellent compilation with a number of rare tracks (Neutral Milk Hotel, Magnetic Fields, etc.).
Favorite Artist from Merge
This album features some of the best performers on the merge label and gives a great sample of what they do. If you like two or three artists, buy it to sample the other people and you;ll wind up buying their albums too.Great compilation - not a bad song in the set. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Indie Pop    3. Indie Rock    4. Lo-Fi    5. Pop    6. Rock    7. Rock/Pop Collections   

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Good compilation of Bowie songs
This is the best of the Bowie compilations out there. It takes great bands covering a good selection of Bowie songs, unlike other compilations who only include "Let's Dance" and "Cat People". I'm impressed that "Andy Warhol", one of the best Bowie songs, was included, and Tree People do a good version. The Magnetic Fields also do an admirable version of "Heroes". All in all, the best Bowie covers are spread around in artist's solo albums, but if you're looking for a good collection of Bowie covers, this is the one to get..

Crash Course Crashes
At first appearance, this seems to be just another in a long, long time of David Bowie tribute albums. And, honestly, that's just what it is. However this time around, we have a collection of northwest indie bands paying tribute to the dame. As of this writing, i've had the album for a couple years now, and while there's nothing wrong with it, i haven't listened to it in ages. There just doesn't seem to be anything exceptional here that you can't find on one of the other dozen Bowie tribute albums. Read more

Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Popular Music    3. Rock    4. Rock/Pop Collections   

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UNARECOPILACION COMPLETA
Este disco es una recopilacion completa en toda la extension de la palabra de una serie de artistas que trabajan baja el sello Discipline Global Music, creado por el se�or Robert Fripp como una alternativa para todos aquellos cuyas ideas musicales no fuesen aceptadas por las grandes compa�ias que generalmente solo estan interesadas en hacer millones sin importarles en lo absoluto el lado artistico y musical. Asi que aqui tenemos una interesante y grandiosa coleccion de parte de lo creado por este podriamos decir lado olvidado de la musica, con una serie de musicos verdaderamente virtuosos e innovadores, aunque quien se roba el show definitivamente es Fripp con sus acostumbrados soundscapes que realmente nos transportan a otra dimension, pasando por otro grande como Adrian Belew al cual respeto muchisimo como artista y musico en toda la extension de la palabra, Tony Levin, asi como los propios discipulos de Fripp salidos del Guitar Craft que no es mas que la escuela musical de este maestro basado en lo que el llama disciplina como metodo y que lo unico que busca es encontrar un verdadero sentido y significado a la musica basado en experimentaciones, ideas totalmente innovadoras que exploran lo mas profundo de la esencia humana. Antes de oir este disco que lleg� accidentalmente a mis manos ya habia oido musica de Robert Fripp y King Crimson, pero no me habian realmente convencido de su calidad, pero con esta monumental obra me di cuenta el camino que debia seguir, la disciplina, y a de ahi que sea un convencido fanatico crimsoniano y del movimiento musical impulsado por este maestro. Dato aparte es que este disco tiene a mi modo de ver dos grandes ventajas: es generosamente largo y extenso y a la vez es economico, a parte de tener nuevas versiones de clasicos crimsonianos como esta nueva version de Red y The Cage que son extraordinarias. Hay ademas poderosas intrepretaciones como Ten Seconds el cual es soberbia, Gitbox, el California Guitar Trio, Peter Hamill, todos con clara influencia crimsoniana, asi que si usted es seguidor de King Crimson, Robert Fripp y de toda su influencia musical no dude en obtener esta magnifica obra.

Hodge Podge
So we have here 23 cuts from 23 different albums.Passable listening for those times when you really don't know what you want to listen to.

Excellent sampler by the DGM label
This CD is a VERY GOOD sampler of the various artists signed to Discipline Global Mobile (Robert Fripp's label). It features 23 long clips of the music by those artists, and focuses mainly (as should be expected) onFripp's bands and offshoots.Read more

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Pop    4. Popular Music    5. Prog-Rock/Art Rock    6. Rock    7. Rock/Pop Collections   

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What ?
Tribute to who? If you really like Pink Floyd, don't spend your money on this awful album... O xente ta ruim demais !
Hard to rate. Some great, weird songs but weird compared to?
This is the first collection of music I didn't know how to describe because I haven't heard music like this before. Is this music good? Well, some songs ("Set Controls For Heart of The Sun") are awesome and capture the trippy, surreal qualities of PINK FLOYD at their finest. Others, well, not so good... Tributes aren't about recreation
I'm rambling, but I think you guys are missing the point.This is one of my favourite Cleopatra ribute albums because you don't have to hear Pink Floyd.If you're a Pink Floyd fan and know that no one can do it better, then don't bother.These bands add new life to very tired songs (admit it man!).For the person who thought Floyd was a "rock band" go back and listen to the mid-period releases from Meddle, More, Obscured, Atom Heart etc. that is the period that is covered mostly by this disc anyway.There are loads of soundscapes and electronic elements represented in those original albums.In these (mostly) ambiant covers those aspects are really brought out.The melodies are generally carried, or maybe just a keyboard flourish from the original.All of the songs are certainly reconizable to any Floyd fan (well maybe except the Gessin track which isn't a Floyd song at all).Those that do try to come closer to the originals, or those that venture into the later period of radio staples, don't work as well and are sure to annoy Floyd fans as well as casual listeners."Set the Controls" should floor everyone though.That's a nifty version that beats out the original. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Indie Rock    4. Industrial    5. Industrial Dance    6. Pop    7. Popular Music    8. Prog-Rock/Art Rock    9. Rock    10. Space Rock   

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A good alternative....
This album is a good alternative to listening to your Van Halen albums over and over. Most of the covers are totally different to the originals, and done with respect to the band, rather than ridicule....With theexception of Panama, the music for which is awesome, but when the guy sings(if you can call it that) things go down hill. So four stars is thescore, and if Captain Rock could sing, it would be five....

Best Tribute So Far !
Imagine Van Halen songs performed in Country, Grunge, Motown, Lounge, Reggae, Speed Metal, Banjo, Organ, and other genres. Highly recommended!

Ultimate&Impressive Proof That Creation Begins by Imitating!
If you like Van Halen, have a sense of humor and a sense of wonder, this CD will make you say "Wow."Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Hard Rock    3. Heavy Metal    4. Indie Rock    5. Old-School Rap    6. Pop    7. Popular Music    8. Post-Grunge    9. Rock    10. Rock/Pop Collections   

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Dire covers and interpretations
Tribute albums are always of interest in seeing if musical devotees of the relevant artiste can either better the original or provide an innovative interpretation of a chosen song.
I LOVE JOHN AND TOM FOGERTY !!!
I love John Fogerty and Tom Fogerty ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Country    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Americana    4. Country-Folk    5. Country-Rock    6. Folk-Rock    7. Indie Rock    8. Pop    9. Popular Music    10. Rock    11. Roots Rock    12. Singer/Songwriter   

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I like this cd a lot
Maybe it's actually more of a 4.5 for me.I do like pretty much every song, with Stop Draggin' My Heart Around and Don't Come Around Here No More being my favorites.Yes, they don't sound like Petty's originals.They sound pretty punk, as a previous reviewer noted.No offense to Mr. Petty, but when I listen to a bunch of his songs in a row they kind of all sound the same.This album avoids that, and, in my opinion, sounds great.
Tom Should....
I think Tom & Mike should hunt down whoever put this travisty together along with the {cough, cough} artists who contributed to it & rip 'em to shreads for makin' my ears bleed.... I've heard a lot of crap in my day but this is sacrilege....

The Losers Didn't Get Lucky This Time
CAUTION!This CD IS hazardous to your health, karma, and piece of mind.If you are a collector of ALL THINGS PETTY then there may be a place in the corner of your basement for this disk.Otherwise save your money or take afriend to lunch or better yet invest it in any other CD that Amazon offers. The covers of Insider, Breakdown, and Nightwatchman are just very hard tosit through...seriously hard, seriously. (If my redundance changes just onemind my my work here is done).American Girl by Everclear is a not too badcover.Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Loud Lucy isn't offensive in theleast...high praise indeed!If you pass through this world without hearingthe rest, well, You Got Lucky... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Alternative Pop/Rock    3. Grunge    4. Indie Rock    5. Pop    6. Popular Music    7. Post-Grunge    8. Rock   

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Nice Suprise...
A friend passed on this album to me, knowing that I've long been a John Denver fan.I've enjoyed the fresh interpretations of some of his best music and the variety this adds to my music collection.All but 2 of the songs are enjoyable... "Calypso" is flat and under-sung so I skip that one."Fly Away" is just awful... frightening, dark and sinister, amusing for about 30 seconds but way too long to tolerate.I could do without the incest overtones of "Mathew" but it's still fun.The other songs are fairly well-done.Read more

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Alternative Country-Rock    3. Alternative Pop/Rock    4. Americana    5. Pop    6. Popular Music    7. Power Pop    8. Rock    9. Singer/Songwriter   

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a fine tribute to the songs of Fogerty
I'm a huge Fogerty fan, both of his CCR stuff and his solo recordings.I bought this disc, though, because it was recommended at the Damn Lovelys Trouble Creek page, and I'm also a fan of theirs.They're on here with a beautiful, deep-groovin' version of "Hey Tonight" that turns the song on its head - it's a big garage-y wall of sound with cool backwards guitar, Wurlitzer keyboard, and vocals that sound Blondie-ish.It's a real departure from the original CCR version, and from the Damn Lovelys' rootsy sound - sweet sultry singer Ms. Meredith Ochs never puts effects on her vocals, so it's interesting to hear her sound sort of processed - and it's great.
ONE OF THE BETTER TRIBUTE ALBUMS I HAVE EVER HEARD
I heard about this album when I was buying License To Chill by Jimmy Buffet.I am a CCR fan, but I am not a fanatic.I have their Greatest Hits, but I don't have the individual albums.This album does a fantastic job of re-interpreting some CCR songs.
Tribute?
How can an album be a tribute with so many cuts with awful, weak vocals? My first time through, I thought each song got progressively worse.Born on the Bayou is instrumental which works, but the vocal part where they echo "Born on the Bayou" is a hoot.But on my second listen I found a couple of gems, Have you seen the Rain by Frog Holler, I have a soft spot for banjo, and Lookin out My Back Door by John Jorgenson features some mean pluckin, picken and fiddlin.Up Around the Bend is interesting until the guitar blows his amp at the end.The rest ranges from weak to pittyful.I can't reccomend this CD ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Garage Punk    3. Garage Rock Revival    4. Hard Rock    5. Indie Rock    6. Neo-Psychedelia    7. Pop    8. Psychobilly    9. Punk    10. Punk Collections    11. Punk-Pop    12. Rock    13. Rockabilly Revival   

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Takes the work out of Christmas Card Mix Discs, This One...
First off, yeah, give it up for Hunter.Bravo, that.It is a lot of work only to see it get trashed by people clicking "yes" or "no," when no one else posted the track listing.
Complete Track List
1.The Ramonas - "Santa's Got a GTO" *
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Christmas    3. Christmas / Chanukkah    4. Dream Pop    5. Garage Punk    6. Indie Pop    7. New Wave    8. Pop    9. Pop Underground    10. Power Pop    11. Punk-Pop   

Subjects:  1. 90's    2. Alternative Country-Rock    3. Alternative Pop/Rock    4. Indie Rock    5. Lo-Fi    6. Pop    7. Popular Music    8. Punk Collections    9. Rock   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Grunge    3. Indie Rock    4. Punk Revival   

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Earth Crisis, Strife and Snapcase-
This is by far the best live CD's I've ever heard. And it's one of the best CD's I own. If this is available- BUY IT...DONKEY!

Great hardcore blood boiling punk sounds
this cd is one of the best punk cd's ive heard in a long tim ... Read more

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trampoline records
This is a really really good cd. Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is full of talent and that shows easily through the music. All the songs go together nicely yet they are all unique and different from eachother. This is the perfect album to relax to and I highly reccomend it.

Can't wait for "Greatest Hits Vol.2!!!!!"
In a world where corporate conglomerates pollute our airwaves with mind numbing noise I wouldn't even call music, Trampoline Records is a breath of fresh air, a rare find in Los Angeles. Created as an outlet for the great music the "suits" clearly don't think you're ready or discriminating enough for, this CD far surpasses anything you will hear on the radio.The label is clearly a labor of love for founders Pete Yorn, Rami Jaffe and Marc Dauer, all amazing musicians in their own right, together they form a triple threat bound to become major power players in the indie music scene.Read more

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From a DJ and music lover
What a refreshing change of pace from the pop world into the deep.Kirsten Wenlock has an amazing voice and musical sensibility.The power of the music, the honesty of the lyrics and hope that seems to rise out of the darkness of many of the cuts makes this disc one that will stay in my player for years to come. It's real music. I love it. Waiting for the next cd.

Quite surprising, an amazingly talented and diverse roster!
This CD is not something that you would typically excpect from the Orange County area. It seems as though the labelgathered all the fringe talent in OC and signed them.Delicate and quite, most of the CD is somewhatbrooding and thoughtful. My favorite is the band peoplemover, with thierintense, radiohead-like sound. The surprise on the CD is the band LadyMayhem, with thier off-the wall romanticsim.Deep Mosey and trespasserswilliam deliver exceptional and emotional peices in the same vien as theLilith Fair artists.Highly reccomended to those looking for some newtalent. Expect this roster to move far beyond the local scene. ... Read more