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Johnny Cash had been breaking new ground for a decade when At Folsom Prison suddenly made the world at large take notice. The interaction of a volatile prison population starved for entertainment and a desperately on-form Johnny Cash was electrifying. His somber machismo finally found a home. The songs, which included every prison song Cash knew ("I Got Stripes," "The Wall," "25 Minutes to Go," "Cocaine Blues," plus his own "Folsom Prison Blues") were tailored to galvanize the crowd. This set is all about atmosphere. Live at the Grand Ole Opry this ain't. The 1999 version drops the San Quentin portion of the original CD reissue, instead adding three cuts to complete the full and uncensored Folsom show. --Colin Escott
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What a fine vocalist
We fell in love with this vocalist during American Idol and unlike some this girl just keeps getting better and better. This is an excellent CD.

Great second album
This CD is 50 minutes and 28 seconds long and was released on October 23, 2007. The album went Double Platinum. It has on it four number one country hits. They are: So Small, All-American Girl, Last Name, and Just A Dream. As a person who is not a big fan of country music, this is a great CD.
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She may be beautiful, but Alicia Keys is a musician first and foremost. She plants herself firmly behind the piano keys on her debut, unlike many of the booty-waggin' junior divas who are crowding the R&B videoscape these days. Though many of the tracks on Songs in A Minor are embellished with adolescent angst, this 20-year-old's substantial, gorgeously soul-drenched alto putties the cracks between notes with astonishing ease. "Fallin'," the album's first single, showcases Keys at her best. She wails plaintively and passionately over rolling blues chords, in the tradition of the greats that this young talent clearly wants to align herself with--Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, and Aretha Franklin. She swoops and soars over the spicy, flamenco-fueled melody that opens "Mr. Mann," one of the many winning tracks gathered here. And she digs deep into a remake of the beloved Prince B-side, "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" packing more heat into her melismatic wails than most singers twice her age. --Sylvia W. Chan
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This was a gift to my wife.
My wife is a fan and while I can't say that I am a "fan" per se, it is a very good album and the guy is really talented. Well worth buying.

Call Me Irresponsible
If you are a fan of Michael Buble or just like a classy "jazz" genre this is the man for you.
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ROCK AND ROLL JESUS
A COUPLE OF GOOD ROCKIN TUNES BUT SINCE IM A COUNTRY GAL I DID NOT CARE FOR THE LANGUAGE IN SOME OF THE RAPS

much improved (compared to last CD)
Kid rock entered the scene with Grit Sandwhiches. It was oldschool hip hop. He second cd was polyfuze method. It was hip hop, old school, and rock. His third release was Early mornin' stoned pimp. Rock/rap. Notice a pattern. All of the above are mostly rap. Next enters Devil Without a cause. This CD is pure Rap/Rock with the exception of Only God knows why. That was one hit of 5. His next CD, Cocky ,he has only half rap and the other half was southern rock or country, and in my opinion, only two of the non rap, picture and what I learned out on the road, were any good. Then the Kid puts out his next CD, Kid Rock (coun't have called it Son of Detroit could he) dropped rap, and it was his worst selling CD since Early mornin' stoned pimp. Yeah, and it was the worst of all of his CD's.

His latest release dosn't pick up the rap except in Sugar, which is a Devil quality song in my opinion, but he did something right. The title track was very good, so hott was perfect, Amen was pretty good, and so was the bonus track Lowlife (livin the highlife). Th eonly song I think acually sucked was half your age, it just wasn't my style.

Although this was a good CD, I'm hoping the Kid makes the majority of his songs like Sugar, Cowboy, Devil Without a cause, Forever, prodigal Son, dark and grey, with a couple so hott's, amen's, abortion's (the song), and only god knows why.

(maybe a double CD would be a good idea?
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Could be "Mayer" of my village
"Waiting on the world to change" a great song for 2008. Since there are "only" six tracks on this CD {all good} I would recommend shuffling with other John Mayer CD's.

Cherry on top
This is a great JM CD if you are already a fan and are looking for that extra acoustic take on some familiar songs. I love the vocal rhythm changes in "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" and the soft guitar in "Belief" I definitely think that this offers a cool, chill feel to John's music, and is a nice tag along with "Where the light is?"
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Radiohead returns with a top notch album which may be one of their finest
Radiohead proved in 2007 that they COULD give their music away and still make a profit. As the music business continued to melt down Radiohead released their latest album "In Rainbows" as an mp3 file where you could choose how much you paid and a physical album in early 2008 that still managed to outsell most of their competitors.

It's also one of their finest albums incorporating the experimental approach that they took with "Kid A" to "Hail to the Thief", the band added in a healthy dose of melody, riffs and elements of conventional songwriting.

From the opening track "15 Steps" to the concluding one "Videotape" the band takes a look backward and forward at the same time--using the skills that they honed on early albums such as "Palbo Honey", "The Bends" and "OK Computer" and meshing it with their sometimes not always successful experimental stuff.

Take a listen to the samples and decide for yourself if you like the album. I have to admit that with "Kid A" and "Amnesiac" they lost me but my interest was piqued again with "Hail to the Thief". Sometimes music is like shopping in a really big store--you know what you want to buy but you still want to try on other stuff just for fun. Sometimes you really find out what you want by doing that. That's what the previous albums were--trying stuff on for fun. With this album the band found out what they wanted and brought it home to their fans in a unique fashion.

4 1/2 stars.

Disappointing, Insipid
I was anticipating this release from Radiohead, and maybe I expected too much. (except for the first two tunes which I don't particularly enjoy) This is insipid drivel. VERY disappointing.
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Reviewing Facing Future
I had never heard of Iz before watching an episode of "Jon & Kate + 8" that was taped in Hawaii. His music was used in a segment of the show, and I was captivated by the simplicity of using only a ukelele and a beautiful voice on some of the arrangements. His singing is rich, soothing and wonderful to listen to. He left this earth much too soon, but his beautiful music lives on.

IZ
I went to Hawaii a couple of years ago, and attended a pretty touristy luau in Mauii. While the group I was with as standing in line, I wandered off, and saw the most perfect and gorgeous rainbow on the beach. I went back to that beach after the luau, there was moonlight, palm trees swaying in the breeze, and IZ playing the background. It was the perfect music for the moment. I asked around and purchased this CD, and have loved it and played it to death ever since. This CD holds all that is Hawaii (the non-touristy part anyway) and the ambiance of that day in its songs. I wish I could go back to Hawaii, if only just to recapture that moment -- but everytime I play this CD, I recapture it even if just a little bit.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: PARAMORE
Title: ALL WE KNOW IS FALLING
Street Release Date: 07/26/2005
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP
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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 cheeky "Her Majesty," which follows. --Rickey Wright
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