Brutal Planet Review

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(More customer reviews)Having been an Alice Cooper fan for well over ten years, I thought I knew what to expect from his latest outing, "Brutal Planet." Those expectations were thrown out the window upon first listening because there's no way to prepare for how near-perfect this disc is. "Brutal Planet" is Alice's best CD since the gory days of the original Alice Cooper Group, and the reason is simple: It's like nothing he's ever done. This is a charging, fist-pumping, head-banging version of the usual glam-style treatment we've come to expect from the master of all that is dark and unholy. Every track hits home in some aspect, whether political, social or personal. "Wicked Young Man," "Cold Machines" and "Sanctuary" prove that theory with a vengeance. Perhaps the best track, however, is "Take it Like a Woman," a throwback to "Only Women Bleed" that takes sentimentality on one of life's grimmest subjects to new heights.
Overall, anyone can prove that this planet is rotten, but no one can do a better job proving that the music on it doesn't need to be.

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Japanese version of the original shock rocker's 2000 album.Produced by Bob Marlette (Union, Alice In Chains) and executive produced by Bob Ezrin ('The Wall', 'Dark Side Of The Moon', 'Destroyer', and Alice's own classic 'Welcome To My Nightmare'). It incl--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Look to the Rainbow Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me be up-front about this. I bought this album when it came out in the late seventies (heard "Take Five" on a local jazz radio station and "had" to have the album) and have played it probably five dozen times each year, every year since. In my extensive collection of jazz albums and CDs, there is not a single album I enjoy more (although there are others that vie for second place, including John Coltrane and Milt Jackson's "Bags and Trane," but that's another matter). The fact that Jarreau tried to recapture the feel of this album on his 1990s work "Tenderness" is a testament to what a pivotal work it was in his own career. But it is much more than that. I recall a review, back when the work was originally relased, that talked about the nature of European audiences, which were both appreciateive and respectful--maybe that explains why this album works so well; like one Amazon.com reviewer has already said, there is an obvious, beautiful connection that Jarreau made with those crowds in Europe, the same sort that he makes with the listener at home. Jarreau sings to his listeners like few recording artists can, with a feeling and intensity that he himself has never been able to rival. If you like pop Jarreau, you owe it to yourself to listen to the "real Al," the one who scatted, who oozed emotion-- the one whose parting words to his audience at the end of "We Got By" still sends a tingle down my spine (this is not hyperbole). Not a single album before or since has ever been able to make me feel what I feel when this disk is on--probably one of the reasons the disk is "on" (in my house, anyway) so much of the time; I am confident it will have a similar effect on you. The only complaint I have is with the record company that produces this work: In their effort to fit what was a two-record set on a single CD, they edited a few of the songs, including a little from all of the last three (whcih happen to be the best three songs on the CD). You'll never know it if you didn't listen to the album version, but for those of you trying to recapture such things as that wonderful bit of business that occurs before "Take Five" (cut 10), forget it--its gone! I wish the original could be remastered in a two-CD set that would restore this work to its original release condition--the album of the century deserves nothing less.

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No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: JARREAU,ALTitle: LOOK TO THE RAINBOW-LIVE EUROPStreet Release Date: 09/20/1988

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