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Closer-The Best of Sarah McLachlan

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Sarah McLachlan

October 07, 2008
Sarah has a soothing, special voice. The songs are wonderful! We had to wait way too long for a "greatest hits" album.

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4:13 Dream

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: The Cure

October 28, 2008
After a month of listening to this - I can finally agree that this is one of the best Cure records. At least in a very long time.

It has equal elements of 'Wish' & 'Wild Mood Swings' in terms of mixing just the right amount of pop with equal parts angst and darkness.

'Underneath the Stars' starts the record just perfectly as any Cure opener should.

'The Only One' continues to evolve in my ears. Each time I hear new/different nuances. It's a very solid song.

'Freakshow' & 'Sirensong' both remind me why I loved 'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me' so much - they create these perfect pop songs just long enough (yet not long enough at all) to hook you and then they all but disappear.

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Rock n Roll Jesus

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Kid Rock

October 09, 2007
I LOVED this CD! I'm a long time Kid Rock fan and while I do enjoy most of his music, this CD is a great demonstration of his bluesie side with a lotta rock mixed in. I'm still not tired of listening to it. If you like Kid Rock, you HAVE to own this CD.

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All I Intended to Be

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Emmylou Harris

June 10, 2008
If you don't know Emmylou Harris at all, buy anything she's ever done. The worst that you'll get is really good. This album is lovely, if low-key and sad. There is a strain of American music - the only authentic strain aside from Afro-American - embodied in country, folk and some rock based on the former two that is heart-piercing, but absolutely lovely. And Emmylou Harris - who defies labels - does it best of all (though her version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" - elsewhere - rocks with a kind of tough cynicism that the Broadway showtune never had.) I've seen her up close in a small concert and she is the very epitome of grace, modesty and beauty. I've been playing this disk for months in my waiting room, and client after client has been struck ... Read More:

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Genesis Box Set 3 (1970-1975)[13 Disc Set]

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Genesis

November 11, 2008
This set contains almost exactly what I wanted. The most important releases by one of my favorite bands, remixed in 5.1 surround. But there's quite a bit more than that.

It also contains nearly all of the existing video footage of the band from that time. Let that soak in. Most of it is in better quality than ever seen before. I think my VHS copy of the Midnight Special performance might be in better shape than theirs, but that's a minor complaint.

The set also contains the recently rediscovered Jackson Tapes. This was a 1970 recording session for a documentary about the painter Michael Jackson. In this recording, you can hear the compositional beginnings of The Fountain of Salmacis, Anyway, and the Musical Box, but with ... Read More:

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BLACK ICE

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: AC/DC


This is an excellent album. The band is having a lot of fun on it. Every song is good, and rocks. Angus does some slide guitar, and one song sounds like a ZZ Top song in the beginning. Get the expanded cd version. This is the one I have. It has additional photos, concert photos, and the song lyrics. Listened to it twice. Love it. Can't wait to listen to it again.

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ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: ABBA

September 21, 1993
I've so enjoyed the resurgence of Abba..the theater version of Mama Mia..and the film version. SO I had to get the CD and I love it...the styling of the songs and the words are so impressive.

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Time the Conqueror

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Jackson Browne

September 23, 2008
Every artist that records in a studio ends up throwing out most of the songs they write. Evidently his new pals are telling Jackson that every single song he writes is worthy of being on a record. They aren't. No songwriter is that good.

So, we get a record filled mostly with those songs that should have been passed on, and not even enough of those. Too many suckups hanging around him, and too few of the old crowd...the guys and girls that got him to where he is.

As frustrating as the old record companies might have been, they did know how to tell an artist that the product wasn't good enough. Now with all these artists going to independent labels, or Walmart, they just have no one telling them the truth...that 80 percent of this record ... Read More:

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Love On The Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Sugarland

July 22, 2008
Buy the 17-track version, just for the live Sugarland version of "Come On Get Higher," the vocal is maybe better than the Matt Nathanson original.

I listen to this CD over and over, the voice and the variety of styles make it always fresh.

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Perfect Symmetry

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Rock
by: Keane

October 14, 2008
I have listened to this album about 20 times so far, and while at first I didn't care for it, upon listening to it a couple more times, it started to grow on me.

The band is growing, they are trying new things, and this is all good news. The worst thing a band can do is be stagnant and have all of their albums sound the same. A couple of tracks on the album are reminiscent of what we know and love of Keane, however the album as a whole is a different sound.

I think overall, if you enjoy the band, you will like the album and the songs, they are written well, the lyrics are powerful (as always), and the orchestration is often clever.