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Frank Baum's series of early 20th century novels about the fairyland Oz have inspired a number of theatrical and cinematic adaptations, beginning with a Broadway musical version of The Wizard of Oz for which Baum himself provided the libretto and lyrics that opened in 1903, only three years after the first publication of the initial book, and including the 1975 all-black Broadway musical The Wiz. In an era rife with sequels and \"prequels\" to successful properties that has reached back retroactively to include authorized and unauthorized re-imaginings of works such as Gone with the Wind, Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West purported to depict the back story of the villainess of The Wizard of Oz and her counterpart, Glinda the Good. Of course, Maguire's retelling was a revisionist interpretation in which the Wicked Witch turned out to be a misunderstood character with lots of justifications for turning \"bad\" (one of them being prejudiced reactions to her green skin color), while Glinda was made into more of a goody-goody than actually good, not to mention being something of a dumb-blonde cheerleader type. Theatrical composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin) saw the obvious stage possibilities, and his musical version, Wicked, opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003. In the adaptation, Glinda's role has been beefed up, the better to employ the talents of Tony-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, though the story still primarily concerns the young Wicked Witch (Idina Menzel), with Broadway veteran Joel Grey as the Wizard, and the story line has been softened, the better to attract a young audience conditioned by the Disney hits Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. On disc, the score will have a familiar sound to anyone who knows previous Schwartz efforts and their combination of traditional show music with '70s-style soft rock music and choral music. Soprano Chenoweth and alto Menzel are given very different kinds of songs to sing; Chenoweth gets the Broadway belting material, Menzel the more adult contemporary-type ballads. This is appropriate to the their characters. Glinda is superficial and showy, Elphaba (the Witch) so earnest that she is eventually embittered. The score is tuneful and the lyrics often witty. This is not great music, but it is craftsmanlike and certainly efficient for this somewhat questionable project. ~ William Ruhlmann\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Showtunes \/ B'Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Various Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581476630761,"sku":"H7IR2G-Q6AZ-00","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/various-artists-wicked-original-cast-recording-2-lps_sKUY5.jpg?v=1744723909"},{"product_id":"nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-skeleton-tree-digital-download-card","title":"Skeleton Tree (Digital Download Card)","description":"Nick Cave is an artist who has never shied away from exploring the darker side of the human experience, often in broadly gothic strokes on his early albums but with a growing degree of nuance and compassion as Cave and his work matured. But a very real and deeply painful tragedy was visited on Cave while he was working on his 16th solo album, Skeleton Tree. His 15-year-old son Arthur Cave died when he fell from a cliff in July 2015, and while the writing and recording was already underway when the youngster suffered his accident, the grief and pain of loss Cave felt is palpable throughout this album. Skeleton Tree is relatively modest in scale -- it runs just 40 minutes, the cover artwork is minimal, and the music lacks the dramatic, grand-scale arrangements of Cave's albums of the 21st century. Nearly all of these songs feature spare, minimal melodies and low-key soundscapes that hover over beds of atonal electronic noise and sculpted static. And while the estimable talents of the Bad Seeds are on display here, on many tracks the final effect feels more like an author reading over ambient backing tracks than the sort of evocative sounds one might expect from Cave and his collaborators. The lyrics appear to reference Cave's personal loss on occasion -- the very first words in the opening track, \"Jesus Alone,\" are \"You fell from the sky\/Crash landed in a field,\" which could hardly be a mere coincidence -- yet Skeleton Tree doesn't feel like an album about the late Arthur Cave. Instead, Skeleton Tree plays like an act of mourning, a set of songs in which Cave makes his acquaintance with grief and struggles to make sense of the pain and emotional devastation that come with outliving your child. As always, Cave's songs are both literate and emotionally honest, and though this music is genuinely passionate, he avoids histrionics. Skeleton Tree isn't about exorcizing the agony of being robbed of a loved one. Instead, this music honors the dead by making sense of the pain of the survivors, and the harrowing and beautiful \"Distant Sky\" (a duet with Else Torp) finds a point where these two sides meet and find peace. Even by Cave's dour standards, Skeleton Tree is a tough listen, but it's also a powerful and revealing one, and a singular work from a one-of-a-kind artist. ~ Mark Deming\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: DDD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nick Cave \u0026 the Bad Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581585420521,"sku":"S6DMQQ-M8RU-00","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Nick-Cave-the-Bad-Seeds--Skeleton-Tree-Digital-Download-Card_IWfmz.jpg?v=1741083629"},{"product_id":"ar-rahman-pele-birth-of-a-legend-o-s-t","title":"PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND \/ O.S.T.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND \/ O.S.T. is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Ar Rahman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ar Rahman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44582019268841,"sku":"BQ1Y4W-Z7J3-00","price":38.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/ar-rahman-pele-birth-of-a-legend-ost_Cexnp.jpg?v=1759045398"},{"product_id":"ramin-djawadi-composer-warcraft-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-blue-red-vinyl","title":"Warcraft [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Blue, Red Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eWarcraft [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Blue, Red Vinyl] is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Ramin Djawadi (composer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ramin Djawadi (composer)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44582025134313,"sku":"UKCZVI-1GGO-00","price":44.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/ramin-djawadi-composer-warcraft-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-blue-red-vinyl_7zjlY.jpg?v=1759127060"},{"product_id":"faith-no-more-king-for-a-day-fool-for-a-lifetime-2016-remaster","title":"KING FOR A DAY: FOOL FOR A LIFETIME (2016 REMASTER","description":"Faith No More: Mike Patton (vocals); Roddy Bottum (keyboards); Billy Gould (bass); Mike Bordin (drums).\nAdditional personnel: Trey Spruance (guitar).\nRecorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York.\nFaith No More's fifth full-length effort, 1995's KING FOR A DAY\/FOOL FOR A LIFETIME, was the band's most straightforward work to date. Trey Spruance, the guitarist for FNM singer Mike Patton's side band, Mr. Bungle, who replaced Jim Martin after ANGEL DUST, fit in perfectly with the band--as proven by such highlights as \"Ricochet,\" \"Evidence,\" \"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies,\" \"Digging the Grave,\" and the epic title track. 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Lyrics written by David Lynch.\nPersonnel includes: Julee Cruise (vocals); Angelo Badalamenti (piano, synthesizer); Vinnie Bell, Eddie Dixon (electric guitar); Al Regini (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Eddie Daniels (flute, clarinet); Kinny Landrum (synthesizer); Grady Tate (drums).\nDavid Lynch's TWIN PEAKS was, among other things, the first series to bring surrealism to prime time television. Angelo Badalamenti's score, on the other hand, was the first to introduce downtown post-modernism. Badalamenti's harmonic palette was straight out of '50s rock. But the resultant music was slow and doomy, a collage of shimmering synths, twangy Duane Eddy guitars, and finger snaps that seemed uncannily sinister. Highlights include the popular \"Twin Peaks Theme,\" which manages the remarkable feat of being at once lush and minimalist, and \"Into The Night,\" an unsettling combination of innocence and lasciviousness as sung by Lynch protege Julee Cruise.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Soundtracks \u0026amp; Film Scores\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Angelo Badalamenti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44584734195945,"sku":"SOVKTC-DBCO-00","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/angelo-badalamenti-twin-peaks-ost_Tlz5z.jpg?v=1759325776"},{"product_id":"jack-white-acoustic-recordings-1998-2016-gatefold-lp-jacket-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card-2-lps","title":"Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 (Gatefold LP Jacket, 180 Gram Vinyl, Digital Download Card) (2 Lp's)","description":"Natural-born archivist that he is, it is no surprise that Jack White would eventually choose to curate his own career. Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 is his first attempt at offering an alternative narrative of his own career, one that places his quieter side as the connecting thread running from the White Stripes through the Raconteurs to his solo work. It's a tactic that diminishes some of the conventional notions about White, particularly that most of his music is grounded in the blues. Despite Greil Marcus' mention of blues icon Son House in the liner notes, most of the music on Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 bears stronger ties to country and folk, even British Invasion pop; the latter is evident not only on the singsong whimsy of \"We're Going to Be Friends\" but the cinematic melancholy of \"Forever for Her (Is Over for Me).\" Neither version here is heard in an alternate version, underscoring how this spin on White's work isn't revisionist, it highlights what was already there, yet there are rarities scattered throughout the collection: remixes of the early Stripes tracks \"Apple Blossom\" and \"I'm Bound to Pack It Up,\" alternate acoustic mixes of solo material from the 2010s, bluegrass versions of \"Top Yourself\" and \"Carolina Drama,\" a song from the Raconteurs. What first grabs the attention are assorted White Stripes rarities -- the wry, funny Beck-produced B-side \"Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap,\" the recently completed outtake \"City Lights\" -- and a stripped-down revision of \"Love Is the Truth,\" a song White wrote for Coca-Cola in 2006, but what impresses is the consistency. Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 not only is a strong set of songs but it makes it plain that White has been mining the same territory, finding something new within it for nearly two decades. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jack White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44584879620329,"sku":"FMW181-KTDY-00","price":37.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/jack-white-acoustic-recordings-1998-2016-gatefold-lp-jacket-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card-2-lps_CZMhD.jpg?v=1742341326"},{"product_id":"sound-of-silver-europe-import-vinyl-lp","title":"LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver [Vinyl LP – Europe Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eCompared to the first LCD Soundsystem album, Sound of Silver is less silly, funnier, less messy, sleeker, less rowdy, more fun, less distanced, more touching. 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There are so many recordings, directions, and concepts, it's fruitless comparing one to another, and every new one seems to be a snapshot of where he's at during a particular period. Transcendence, a Devin Townsend Project release, is no exception.\nHis follow-up to 2014's Z? double-album (half of which was DTP's Sky Blue) finds the musical polymath and self-admitted control freak working in a new way: collaborating directly with the other Project musicians during the writing process. Musically, this offering follows the modern arena rock aspect of that predecessor. There is metal here (of the symphonic and power varieties), but it's woven into a fabric of prog folk, hard rock, and dreamy, catchy pop. The central unifying factor here is drama: It's pervasive. Evidence lies in the opener, a familiar-sounding but otherwise complete rework of \"Truth\" (the original appeared as the first track on 1998's Infinity). This version is an overture to what follows, with its power metal riff appended by a female vocal backing chorus that includes Anneke van Giersbergen, Katrina Natale, and Che Aimee Dorval, proggy staccato guitar, bass and keyboard vamps, and absolutely gigantic-sounding drums. Second track \"Stormbending\" opens the album wide with a majestic pace and a gorgeous melody as guitars and keyboards lay down cascading fills behind massively stacked chorale-styled vocals. \"Secret Sciences\" is the most angular jam here. The arpeggiated guitars and intricate layers of hooky melodies offer a perfect illustration of the Project band at its best. The set's longest cut, \"Higher,\" is the album's centerpiece. Commencing with a fingerpicked acoustic guitar intro amid textured ambience and a lilting folk melody, it winds through a staggering number of dynamic and musical changes over nearly ten minutes. The drumming that introduces the title track paves the way for operatic chorus vocals and orchestral synths that mimic brass and reed sections, as basslines and guitars thrum and cut at the margins. The striking sound collage contrasted with the grandeur of the lyric melody in \"From the Heart\" could easily have been a single -- if singles were more than eight-minutes long. The Celtic overtones and singalong quality in layered harmonies are underscored by lilting, airy, country-esque guitar fills, shimmering keyboards, and shuffling drums. Transcendence is filled with interlocking, beautifully written, arranged, and executed songs. Production and recording are typically excellent. Townsend has set such an impossibly high standard and this is another excellent entry in a catalog brimming with them. 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The album follows the group's equally inspired 2013 effort Spreading Rumors, and showcases the talents of lead vocalist\/guitarist Christian Zucconi, lead vocalist\/keyboardist Hannah Hooper, drummer Ryan Rabin, guitarist Andrew Wessen, and bassist Daniel Gleason, who replaced Sean Gadd in 2014. Once again, Rabin (son of Yes' Trevor Rabin) takes the production helm. However, in the spirit of transformation, the group also brought on seasoned pro Phil Ek (Band of Horses, the Shins, Built to Spill), who produced a handful of tracks. The result is that while Big Mess retains all of the band's exuberant, over-the-top pop fun, it's a finely honed insanity that balances the indie sensibilities of MGMT with the kooky pop lyricism of Barenaked Ladies. Also adding to the album's emotional impact is the band's newfound maturity in light of several years of hard touring away from home and the birth of Zucconi and Hooper's first child. The couple's vocal symmetry has always been a huge part of what makes Grouplove's sound so engaging, and their growth, both personally and creatively, is evident throughout Big Mess. It's a theme they tackle straight-away on the soaring lead-off track \"Welcome to Your Life,\" singing, \"Been wondering, I take a chance\/That chance is circumstance\/'Cause nothing ever comes without a change.\" Elsewhere, cuts like the bombastic \"Do You Love Someone,\" \"Standing in the Sun,\" and the pulsing, electronic dance music-infused \"Good Morning,\" find the band staking out the improbable, and improbably likeable, middle ground between Katy Perry and the Pixies. Similarly, tracks like the yearning \"Heart of Mine\" and romantic \"Enlighten Me\" bring to mind an engaging mix of the Flaming Lips and Fun.. Which isn't to say that Grouplove don't sound like themselves here. On the contrary, they've simply reached the place where they are able to channel their influences through their own voice and their own experiences. 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Considering all his activity, there's reason to be a little skeptical about The MANuscript, an album recorded during six days -- a blip in time by the 2010s standard. Nonetheless, there's no evidence here that Hollister spread himself too thin, or even an impression that he rushed through his eight proper solo album. As with his best work, Hollister carries himself with easy-going, modest certitude. The songwriting and production crew, including Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad, and Walter Millsap III, is pretty much the same one that worked on Angie Stone's Dream, a set highlighted by a Stone-Hollister duet. There's a sequel here, \"Receipts,\" that's just as relatable (to experienced adults) and a bit more humorous. Hollister is ideally matched with his supporting collaborators, with whom he made what he calls \"a guide for men,\" though it does not come across as some grandly designed concept album. 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Things are looking up on their follow-up, Sunlit Youth. The band's typically detailed arrangements, often noted for their multi-part harmonies and Afro-pop rhythms, get a boost from electronics here that's apparent from track one, \"Villainy.\" A slice of pure synth pop led by shimmering textures and mechanical drums, its vocal harmonies and wafting melody still mark it theirs, as do the song's evolving rhythms. A later entry, \"Psycho Lovers,\" has a stronger guitar presence, but also more of that synth sound on a chorus ready for the arena, along with enthusiastic beats reinforced by claps. The slinkier \"Coins\" incorporates funk and R\u0026amp;B-styled vocals while remaining in the realm of danceable synth pop. Taking a different sort of excursion, the more yearning \"Everything All at Once\" has a piano intro, then horn voices, eventual strings, and drums that fade in on cue and continue to play with dynamics. 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The album follows the group's equally inspired 2013 effort Spreading Rumors, and showcases the talents of lead vocalist\/guitarist Christian Zucconi, lead vocalist\/keyboardist Hannah Hooper, drummer Ryan Rabin, guitarist Andrew Wessen, and bassist Daniel Gleason, who replaced Sean Gadd in 2014. Once again, Rabin (son of Yes' Trevor Rabin) takes the production helm. However, in the spirit of transformation, the group also brought on seasoned pro Phil Ek (Band of Horses, the Shins, Built to Spill), who produced a handful of tracks. The result is that while Big Mess retains all of the band's exuberant, over-the-top pop fun, it's a finely honed insanity that balances the indie sensibilities of MGMT with the kooky pop lyricism of Barenaked Ladies. Also adding to the album's emotional impact is the band's newfound maturity in light of several years of hard touring away from home and the birth of Zucconi and Hooper's first child. The couple's vocal symmetry has always been a huge part of what makes Grouplove's sound so engaging, and their growth, both personally and creatively, is evident throughout Big Mess. It's a theme they tackle straight-away on the soaring lead-off track \"Welcome to Your Life,\" singing, \"Been wondering, I take a chance\/That chance is circumstance\/'Cause nothing ever comes without a change.\" Elsewhere, cuts like the bombastic \"Do You Love Someone,\" \"Standing in the Sun,\" and the pulsing, electronic dance music-infused \"Good Morning,\" find the band staking out the improbable, and improbably likeable, middle ground between Katy Perry and the Pixies. Similarly, tracks like the yearning \"Heart of Mine\" and romantic \"Enlighten Me\" bring to mind an engaging mix of the Flaming Lips and Fun.. Which isn't to say that Grouplove don't sound like themselves here. 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They also looked to somewhat reel in lead singer Paul Janeway's emphatic soul delivery. Not that there was any technical fault to be found with his impassioned performances on Half the City, but having been quite new to professional singing at the time it was recorded -- live in the studio, with the pressure on -- he soon learned to embrace concepts like balance and nuance. That, combined with songs that draw on more socially conscious inspirations, moves the band's sound from fiery ballads of the '60s toward the What's Going On era, resulting in the notably more pensive Sea of Noise. The arrangements here are still at least as dynamic, however, with not only the expanded lineup, but the addition of a string quartet and choir on some songs. Synths, strings, and the choir are introduced early on the atmospheric -- and contemporary-sounding -- \"Crumbling Light Posts.\" It's a three-part piece that opens, closes, and hits the midway point of the record. 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Written during a period of personal and professional upheaval that included the death of Sheff's beloved grandfather, Away, despite boasting a talented crew of collaborators, feels more like a solo outing than a fussed-over band project -- Sheff sums it up more elliptically as \"It's not really an Okkervil River album and it's also my favorite Okkervil River album.\" Recorded on Long Island with a seasoned posse of N.Y.C.-based indie rock, jazz, and avant-garde players, the nine-track set is by far his loosest and most lyrical to date -- each song was completed in just one or two takes. Opener \"Okkervil River R.I.P.\" sets a melancholy tone, and with the exception of the bouncy \"Judey on a Street,\" that faded postcard patina extends throughout the remaining eight tracks. The gorgeous, psilocybin-mushrooms-expedited \"Call Yourself Renee\" and the tone poem-ish and aptly named \"Days Spent Floating (In the Halfbetween),\" the latter composed via an October spent parsing through each morning's first complete thought, see Sheff pushing outward a bit from the erudite confessionalism of the past, but his long-winded conversational lyrics are still as evocative ever -- the lovely \"Comes Indiana Through the Smoke\" imagines the battleship that Sheff's grandfather served on in WWII returning to him in his final moments. 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Thanks to mixtapes like VS. and their consistent touring -- as well as their fondness for premiering songs in concert -- Wild World's arrival in 2016 felt more inevitable than surprising. Even so, the refinements they've made since Bad Blood are striking. Bastille have learned exactly what people want from them, and \"Pompeii\" provides the model for the album's punchy production and sharpened hooks (although none of them are quite as ingenious as that song's a cappella chant). Sometimes, the band borrows from the song blatantly: On \"Snakes,\" Dan Smith prays for \"the ground to swallow me whole,\" and when he asks \"What's gonna be left of the world if you're not in it?\" on \"Good Grief,\" it echoes \"Pompeii\"'s questioning chorus, \"How am I going to be an optimist about this?\" More often, though, Wild World recaptures the way that song seized moments of joy in the face of disaster, whether it's the threat of a Donald Trump presidency (\"The Currents\") or getting older and giving up (\"Lethargy\"). Bastille expand on this template as much as they refine it, adding hints of R\u0026amp;B, dance, and rock to their anthemic pop. \"Glory\" is a standout, setting Smith's lilting vocals to stark, R\u0026amp;B-tinged verses before unleashing its massive choruses. Elsewhere, \"Warmth\" opens with an honest-to-goodness guitar solo, while the stomping \"Blame\" could be a collaboration with Imagine Dragons. When the band departs from Wild World's formula, the results are mixed; built on insistent bass and brass, \"Send Them Off!\" is one of the album's best and most distinctive moments, but the ballad \"Two Evils\" drags a bit. Nevertheless, Wild World proves that Bastille can build on their success with style. 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Blending soulful indie folk ballads and smoldering, riffy rockers, the young quartet explore their fascination with American blues and roots rock on this ten-song effort co-produced by Nashville's Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, City and Colour). In spite of some of the more Americana-leaning acoustic fare like \"All the Pretty Girls\" and \"Automobile,\" a big, bluesy garage rock approach takes center stage on A\/B, with bangers like \"Glass House\" and \"No Good\" (as heard on the trailer for HBO series Vinyl) leading the charge. ~ Timothy Monger\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/09\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kaleo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44599676567785,"sku":"T22CBB-0O0P-00","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/kaleo-ab_Ae8OT.jpg?v=1740154510"},{"product_id":"chet-baker-bud-shank-theme-music-from-the-james-dean-story","title":"THEME MUSIC FROM THE JAMES DEAN STORY","description":"Original score composed by Leith Stevens.\r\nPersonnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Bud Shank (alto saxophone, flute);\r\nBill Holman (arranger, tenor saxophone); Johnny Mandel (arranger); Charlie Mariano, Herbie Steward (alto saxophone); Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Don Fagerquist, Ray Linn (trumpet); Milt Bernhrat (trombone); Claude Williamson (piano); Monty Budwig (bass); Mel Lewis (drums); Mike Pacheco (bongos).\r\nRecorded in Los Angeles, California on November 8, 1956.\r\nWest coast cool purveyors Chet Baker (trumpet) and Bud Shank team up to provide the incidental soundtrack to The James Dean Story (1958). Granted, the biopic was presumably made to cash in on the actor's untimely demise, but movie buffs also recognize it as one of director Robert Altman's earliest features. The score was written by Leith Stevens, who had previously worked on Private Hell 36 (1954), The Wild One (1954), and the Oscar-winning sci-fi classic Destination Moon (1950). Those credentials may have gotten Stevens the gig, but his contributions remain somewhat of a double-edged sword. Neither Baker, Shank, nor any of the other post-bop luminaries in the makeshift ensemble are able to transcend or expound upon the arguably limiting melodies, such as the hopelessly dated and unintentionally kitschy \"Hollywood.\" That shouldn't suggest that this title is a complete washout, thanks in part to another Tinsel Town-related maestro, Johnny Mandel, whose moody, exploratory \"The Search\" and understated noir of \"Success and Then What?\" stand as exemplary. 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Once the '90s poster children for grungy sweet, '70s-style rock melodicism, the Scottish outfit centered on singer\/songwriters Norman Blake, Gerard Love, and Raymond McGinley has aged into a bittersweet, poetically nuanced entity as connected to its roots as a gorgeously gnarled oak on a stark hillside. Produced by the band in France and at McGinley's home in Glasgow, Here has a soft, organic quality that feels unfussed with. Of course, that easygoing vibe belies some obvious craftsmanship, as tracks like the brightly engaging \"Live in the Moment\" and the sweeping \"The Darkest Part of the Night\" feature horn and string flourishes. Primarily, the focus on Here, as with most of TFC's albums, is the band's warm vocals and guitar-based hooks that somehow manage to get pleasantly stuck in your head for days. Closing in on 30 years together, \"the Fannies\" are the Ents of the power pop world. Like Tolkien's talking trees, TFC are slow-moving musical giants who come together roughly every five years to craft a set of well-honed songs rife with lyricism, sunlight, and, as in the case of Here, a transcendental sadness. It's a melancholy accent the band carries throughout much of the album. On the starry-eyed \"I Have Nothing More to Say,\" Love sings, \"Clear me a space, I'm in need of isolation, a warm dark bed to ease my strain.\" However, rather than coming off as negative or starkly depressive, the band strike a tone of humble gratitude. On \"Hold On,\" McGinley sings,\"Wake up, I'm alive, one more day, yeah, I'm alive.\" Later, he punctuates the affirmation with the deceptively unassuming observation, \"I don't hear much fanfare for the common man these days.\" Teenage Fanclub have built a career writing fanfares for the common man and Here is rife with them. These are heartfelt anthems about the transformative nature of everyday love and how a sunny day or sparkling melody can restore your faith in humanity. 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