5 comments about In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

1. Arrived a little late, most likely due to shipper/shipping service, having hard time getting "stereo" mix right, still trying, but nice product for the price!



2. Ok, I only bought this CD for the one song In-A Gadda Da Vida. If you did not grow up when this was released, you probably won't like it...unless you are into to some weird tripping thing. This is old school psychedelic music period.



3. This is a great classic psychedellic album. And it came out when acid rock was extremly popular and bands like, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Beatles etc. Were sweeping the scene. Iron Butterfly was split up at this time but reformed. Key tracks on this album are, In A Gadda Da Vida, Most Anything You Want, etc. In A Gadda Da Vida is probaly one of the staple acid rock songs of all time first off the beat is so psychedellic and add on distorted guitar and cool organs it makes quite a good song. All in all a great 60s album and if you love acid rock this album is for you
   5/5 stars



4. Iron Butterfly was one of the forerunners of Heavy Metal.I just can't imagine what anyone thought back in 1968 when people put this on their turntable.I'm now 37 years old,I was 15 when I first heard this song in 1986,I was curious about the early days of hard rock/heavy metal.When I heard In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,I was just blown away by the intensity that was there! I was trying to compare 80's metal with Iron Butterfly's sound in my own mind,I would just like to say,IT'S A TRUE METAL CLASSIC!



5. Most people have heard the song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, and the song is one of the greatest songs in rock history. The rest of the album is really good as well. I have played this album at many of parties throughout the years and it is always a hit. Many good memories of the late eighties and early nineties.

5 comments about Surrealistic Pillow.

1. This is the album that Dr. Gonzo's Samoan lawyer himself wished to be ecstatically bathtub-electrocuted by. If that is not a good endorsement, I don't know what is.



2. This is one of my top 10 albums not for white rabbit or somebody to love
   but the rest of the albums most people dont remember. It is brillient.
   Marty Ballin and Grace harmonize superbly, In fact Grace don't do as good without marty
   
   all the songs are put togather beautifully with talented mucicains



3. Jefferson Airplane was the first California scene band to get a record deal. There first album was, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", of course that was'nt anything compared to this album. In the summer of 1967 this album was realesed. A truly great album and pretty psychedellic the key tracks on here are, Somebody To Love, and White Rabbit. The song White Rabbit if you've heard is a song that is about drugs since at the time many people at that scene were using drugs. Anyways all in all this a great album
   5/5 stars



4. Jefferson Airplane's legendary album Surrealistic Pillow is surrealistic indeed. Jefferson Airplane came on the scene in the 1965 and after 1970 broke off into two bands, Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. The band was made up of lead signer, Grace Slick, lead guitarist, Jorma Kaukonen, and drummer, Spencer Dryden. The band was introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
   Surrealistic Pillow with the sounds and the emotions provoked, have a distinct impact on the listener. Specifically, in the song "In the Mourning", the vocals are altered to be those usually attributed to the blues and the harmonica is also utilized to bring on that "bluesy" feel. This album also has the psychedelic style used by many in the 1960's. This is most evident in "White Rabbit", a song that is a mix between Alice and Wonderland and drugs. What makes this song so psychedelic is the slow pace of the guitar, lyrical content, and the vocals themselves. The pace of the guitar is slow throughout with no solos and there is no real point at which the song picks up. The lyrical content consists of fairytale ideas with the story of Alice and her adventure. Also, the song speaks of "mushrooms and smoking caterpillars "which are obvious drug references. The vocals are just as the guitar: slow moving in pace, although, Slick's vocals build at the end to create a strong and dramatic finish.
   Surrealistic Pillow also affects the way a person feels by toying with their emotions. Many of the songs provoke a feeling of tranquility, happiness, and romance. In the song "Today", romance is most palpable in the lyrics. The main theme of the song is of love and how it changes the person for the better. Happiness is shown in "My Best Friend" with a joy felt when one falls in love with a close friend. Tranquility can be felt throughout the song "Comin' Back to Me", with the gentle, soothing sound of the flute and the acoustic guitar.
   I felt overall that the music was good. The vibe of the music was energizing and moving all at the same time. The lyrics of the songs brought about many positive emotions; I felt a sense of tranquility and happiness. However, the tranquility and happiness were interrupted by the placement of "Embryonic Journey". I found it awkward that a song with no words was placed amongst a sea of lyrical songs; it is strange to the ear to hear a lyrical song and then have a drastic change to a song were lyrics would be expected yet they do not come.
   Jefferson Airplane's album Surrealistic Pillow portrays the ideals of an era. This particular generation valued love, friendship, peacefulness, happiness and even altered states of conscience. Grace Slick's voice is arguably one of the best and most powerful voices in the history of Rock and Roll and she idolized by many aspiring singers. The vocals, instruments, and lyrics, capture a moment in time and allows you to experience the moment time and time again.



5. 1966 and 1967 were the peak years of Western pop and rock music, as far as I'm concerned. So much great music came out in a short span of just two years - the Beatles, the Kinks, the Doors, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Beach Boys, and other groups put out a series of superb singles and albums. Right in the middle of this period, in February '67, the month the Beatles released their greatest single "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane", Jefferson Airplane released their second LP "Surrealistic Pillow", one of the landmark albums of the 60s. Airplane's two best and most successful singles "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" came from this album.
   
   "Pillow" is a thoroughly enjoyable mixture of harder and softer rock, with a Byrd-esque/Simon&Garfunkel-esque folk rock flavoring, but laced with psychedelic sounds and lyrics. The album starts off in grand style with the wonderful riff-based rocker "She Has Funny Cars", a title that has nothing to do whatsoever with the actual lyrics. The song alternates between harder verses of descending notes and lovely softer verses - and ends with a delectable explosion of psychedelic guitarwork (it's a pity this wasn't put in the middle of the song as well). Ten songs later, the album (i.e. the original LP) ends with the fabulous "Plastic Fantastic Lover" which sounds to me very much like a Simon & Garfunkel song that strayed into a Jefferson Airplane album - the singer could be Paul Simon, but it's Marty Balin.
   
   In between, we have JA's two best-known songs (the hit singles I mentioned - and yes, they're both glorious!), a couple of beautiful ballads, one hard rocker ("3/5 of a Mile") and several melodious mid-tempo tunes. And then there are the bonus tracks, the most outstanding being the blues epic "In the Morning" and the sizzling rocker "Go to Her" - these songs are magnificent. In fact, this second version of "Go to Her" is probably one of the greatest rock 'n roll tracks ever recorded - amazing singing, amazing guitarwork! (The first version - on JA's debut album - isn't bad either.) And speaking of electric guitarwork, I don't think any group matches JA in this area.
   
   There's also a short instrumental ("Embryonic Journey") which has been highly praised - for sure, it's nice acoustic guitar, but I prefer the much longer, darker, and eerier electric-psychedelic "Spare Chaynge" on JA's next album "After Bathing at Baxter's", another great must-own record. JA's debut "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off" is also indispensable. By the way, all three of these CDs (the 2003 versions) come with booklets with excellent liner notes and great photos.

5 comments about Lightbulb Sun.

1. I have been a PT fan for a long time and have always enjoyed the progressive movements of Steve Wilson. Gavin Harrison is simply a virtuous drummer with crazy skills and texture. Where's Gavin? Gavin adds so much texture to the movements of PT that is so significant and beautiful to the pieces that it makes the album fall short just a bit since he isn't the drummer on this one. The drumming on Shesmovedon by Gavin is so tasty on Deadwing that it makes it hard for me to listen to it on Lightbulb Sun.



2. I waited long and hard for this re-release, and I'm happy I was patient. The 5.1 mix is beautiful, and the stereo disc sounds great, but this is no news for PT fans used to Steven Wilson's wizardry.
   The album is great, better than Stupid Dream in my opinion. The songs have more personality and identity and the album has enough variety to keep things interesting.
   More akin to Stupid Dream than to In Absentia, but still showing sings of evolution in that direction.
   I like comparing this version of Shesmovedon with the one in Deadwing. It's hard to improve a great song, leave that to Steven Wilson.



3. This is my favorite Porcupine Tree album.
   The new stereo mix sounds so much clearer than the original, and makes me love the album more. The 5.1 mix is great and adds new dimension to the band (as usual).



4. I do not understand why this band is not No. 1 in the American charts right now!!! OK, maybe I do...the charts are simply not what good music is about anymore...not since Dark Side of the Moon or The Beatles, anyway...
   
   Lightbulb Sun was the first album with which I fell in love with the British band Porcupine Tree. It blew me away! There has been NOTHING in the mainstream media to compare with it since the seventies progressive rock era, apart from the very rare few modern-day bands who still keep themselves unique, such as Radiohead, my other favorite British band...What sets them apart most of all is not only their accessibility, their hybrid of just the right types of music, it's not simply their progressive rock leaning either -- it is that combined with the type of uniqueness not found in most bands today. I went straight from loving THIS album to loving EVERY album going back one to Stupid Dream, and then Recordings (I was lucky to get ahold of a copy when it was still available!) and then onwards to In Absentia (perhaps my favorite), Deadwing (or perhaps this my favorite), and their latest releases: Fear of A Blank Planet, which is best combined with its addendum, Nil Recurring.
   
   Every single album of theirs has continued to "blow me away," even those that came before Stupid Dream, which was a departure from their older material, which did come more closely to a more simply progressive rock with a touch of the 80's occasionally mixed in...If you have not yet discovered this band, you are missing out!! Radio cannot provide for you anything as wonderful and unique as Porcupine Tree will. They do not fail to deliver!
   
   Hint: If you're a Pink Floyd fan, or a fan of Radiohead, check this band out! If you're a fan of both of these and the heavy guitar riffs once hailed in the 90's, be prepared to be blown away farther than 90's grunge (aka Nirvana) ever could have!



5. Thank you Steven Wilson and company for providing more Porcupine Tree music which I find I must have periodically to exist musically. Since Fear of A Blank Planet, I have been yearning for more and I'm sorry to say Nil Recurring did not do it for me. This recording is a very nice mellow album heavey on acoustic guitar which is a triumph from the English lads. Bravo! Lightbulb Sun gives us some really solid tunes in How Is Your Life Today (shades of the Beatles), Shesmovedon (a personal favorite), The Rest Will Flow, Russia On Ice (with its slow build up and epic length at 13:03)and the catchy "Hatesong". I highly recommend this album to any Porcupine Tree fans or folks tired of the same old radio BS being "manufactured" to sell cars and fast food. Ciao.

5 comments about The Best of Santana.

1. I bought the compilation for"No One to Depend On" snd found every cut worth while. The drumming is awesome and Greg Rolle(later of Journey) is great on the early tracks keyboards. This is the best of an iconic classic rock artist.



2. Great collection of Santana classics. My one quibble is that I would have preferred the live version of "Soul Sacrifice" from Woodstock. That was an absolutely electric performance!



3. carlos santana is the king of latin rock and has been for 40 years now and this is his best,leaning heavely on his early years (as it should) you get all his best tracks from black magic woman to the searing souls sacrifice. this is great rock from start to finish,it does have a few great tracks missing like Toussaint L'Overture and Guajira but these can be found on vol 2. so if your looking for some santana this is what your looking for.highly reccomended



4. Santana my favorite guitar man, with his especial and unique style of sound, he is the only one exists.



5. This is a great album to get yourself started on Santana, its also a great way to listen to his stuff if you aren't that familiar with any of his older songs or just wanna listen to some great classic rock. I knew about the bigger hits like Oye como va and Black magic women but didn't know his other songs except for the new stuff which I'm not particularly a big fan of, his music is great latin flavored rock music with excellent beats and rhythms. This album has great songs like Black magic woman, Oye como va, Jin go la ba (best song ever!), Souls sacrifice and Samba pa ti. The only problem is that its missing a few more great songs like Guajira, Para los rumbereros and Love devotion and surrender I thought why did they do this since it is a best of album. My friend actually has a better compilation cd called Santana:- The ultimate collection which comes in two cds but this album is still good and cheap and the only one I could find at the cd store at the time. You can also get the best of vol.2 along with this album which is available on Amazon which I highly recommend cause Santana had some more great songs that seem to be missing from this cd.

5 comments about The Byrds - Greatest Hits.

1. Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Michael Clarke, and Gene Clarke. The Byrds. One of the top groups in their time. This represents some of their greatest hits (and there are some bonus cuts not on the original work).
   
   Some examples of their art:
   
   "Mr. Tambourine Man": Maybe their quintessential hit? There is the characteristic instrumental sound and the voices melding together in a typical fashion. The liner notes suggest that the Byrds were a kind of synthesis between Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I'm not so sure that I see that, but this cut might make the case for some listeners. This is a smooth melodic piece, so typical of the Byrds. A laid back sound. . . .
   
   "Turn, Turn, Turn": Pete Seeger's song is given a Byrds' treatment. This is very melodic with a nice sound. The vocals are quite pleasant to listen to.
   
   "All I Really want to Do": This is an interesting alternative take on Bob Dylan's song. The vocals are rich (much prettier than Dylan's voice), as the voices meld together so well. The song does not have the same edge as Dylan's version--which is what you get with the group.
   
   "My Back Pages": Another Dylan piece. This is not as gritty as Dylan's version, but the group had a different vision.
   
   So, this well exemplifies the art of the Byrds. I think that they has a pleasing and musical sound. But not much grit and not much of a rock and roll sensibility. Their sound is pretty, but I never found it compelling (give me Eric Burdon's growl or Mick Jagger's blues-y sound any day). My view is that this is very pleasant music--but not great music. They did not have the bite of Dylan or Seeger when they covered those worthies. Still and all, a great sampling of the Byrds' best.



2. Just to have "Turn,Turn,Turn" in by collection again is wonderful. And I can understand all the words still.



3. this i think is a good cd great for beginners all the songs are good on it turn turn to everything there is a season is the best song on here but still all of them rock the byrds are another one of those essential 60s bands the only real acid rock song on here is eight miles high thats it so if your looking for that kinda of stuff i recomend jefferson airplane or pink floyd(piper at the gates of dawn) anyways good cd for someone who loves 60s music great stuff



4. The Byrds! A great folk rock group that epitomizes the 60's. Their music, most straight from the pen of Bob Dylan, defined an era. Protest music that is melodic and very poetic with great vocals by Roger McGuinn and David Crosby. My husband co-host a Saturday radio show and since he didn't have any Byrds music I purchased this for him. This is a definitive collection of the Byrds.



5. The thing about the Byrds is that after they lost David Crosby and Gene Clark, they totally disintergrated into insignificance. Don't try to tell me Notorious Byrds Brothers, Sweetheart of the Rodeo or Untitled are masterpieces, because I'll only laugh at you if you do. And Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde is one of the worst albums ever. But the David Crosby/Gene Clark/Jim McGuinn/Chris Hillman/Michael Clarke Byrds were great, and this contains most of their biggest songs - in fact, the only classic they missed is Crosby's masterpiece Everybody's Been Burned, but its parent album Younger Than Yesterday is a must-have in the first place. Still, I would've taken over their dirge-like cover of Dylan's Chimes of Freedom, one of the few missteps found on the great Mr. Tambourine Man.
   Every other song here is great, though: Quite a few solid Dylan covers (Mr. Tambourine Man; All I Really Wanna Do; My Back Pages, my personal favorite of the bunch), and the group's classic originals: the free jazz folk raga Eight Miles High (my favorite Byrds song); cynical, Dylanesque I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better; industry attack So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star; space-rocker 5D; folk-rocker Mr. Spaceman; and their classic Pete Seeger cover Turn! Turn! Turn!, today a radio staple.
   The reissue, with bonus tracks, only makes this album better. It adds two noteworthy songs from Turn! Turn! Turn! (It Won't Be Wrong; Set You Free This Time), and one of the best songs from Younger Than Yesterday (Have You Seen Her Face?) Make sure to have this album!

5 comments about The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

1. This album was recorded in the 60s. So, what are the reasons for people who didn't hear it to buy it in the 21st century? There are two. First one-it is very good. If you like music of good quality, then you will be pleased. The lyrics and the sound are both top-notch. Second reason-even though the album is 40 years old, it is still very original, no one ever made anything like this still-a very unique thing!



2. First off, I love the unique bound case, its like a tiny tome of British psychedelia. But then I'm saddened that its chief architect paid a terrible price in creating it, but that's a tale for another day. Where Syd could have taken Pink Floyd will always be a subject of debate. But what is not debatable is that this a gorgeous package at a great price.



3. The late great Syd Barrett was a genius of some sort and none more so than on this celebratory (is that a real word?) box set.
   The mono mix of this set is cataclysmical with so many nuances I've never heard before and its nice to have b-sides and alternate takes all on one disc. Its all well worth it!
   I know that Gilmour (hes a nice bloke)-era Floyd fans will hunt me down and tear me to bits when I declare that nothing Pink Floyd ever did, even all added together, comes close to "Piper..." but I think some will agree.
   I'm sure more people were influenced by Syd era Floyd than the slow, turgid, non-sensical, depressing, boring, bland, po-faced, anal, stadium filling, downright audacious, humanity hating, multi-squillion pound (I could go on) behemoth of the 70s (hey, its my opinion!)and this set gives proof to that.
   Its a terrific tribute to one of the great British psychedelic bands and Roger Waters actually plays some unbelievably interesting bass lines!
   
   Long live Syd!



4. Great. Thats all i can say.... This album is Pink Floyd's first album and only with there original lead singer, Syd Barrett. Eleven tracks in total on the orignal album 41:07 long its the most 41 psychedellic minutes in your life this cd has everything on it. Plus its one of the only Pink Floyd albums you need besides a few selected CDS. Recording for this album started in Febuary of 1967 right around the time Pink Floyd realesed there first single, "Arnold Layne", b/w, "Candy And A Currant Bun". Also The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was recorded at abby road studios at the same time which The Beatles were recording there album, "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band". It took them till July of that year too get it done. Realesed in the UK on August 5th 1967 this album really is a true acid rock album.
   
   
   1. Astronomy Domine, Clocking in at around four minutes its a great acid rock song too open this album. It starts off with a walkie talkie voice than gets into this really psychedellic riff and the guitar is just the icing on the cake in this song, classic acid rock song, 5/5 stars
   
   2. Lucifer Sam, A more faster groove on this and with a really cool riff. A Pink Floyd song that they never played live that much but is a great way too really get things going on this album, theres really not much more too say, 5/5 stars
   
   3. Matilda Mother, One of the more fairy tale type songs on here and demonstrates that psychedelic songs dont have too be twenty minutes long, Starts out with just bass and organ and than the singing come in and by one minute it gets into a really psychedelic part of the song but comes too a stop at barely three minutes long, 5/5 stars
   
   4. Flaming, A very weird song but good, And another demonstration of psychedelic music not being twenty mintues long. I dont know what else too say, 5/5 stars
   
   5. Pow R. Toc H., Defenently not one of my faviortes on this album but it still is a pretty good song and was the last song too be recorded for this album. Its more of a jazz song and shows Rick Wrights talent at the keyboards. Lots of piano good song, 5/5 stars
   
   6. Take Up Thy Stephoscope And Walk, The first of many songs written by Roger Waters. Its an pretty good song but its sort of weird compared too other songs on it its okay i dont know what else too say 4/5 stars
   
   7. Interstellar Overdrive, The greatest jam ever. The riff is great and this song is just genius. Its litterly amazing. Than at the end when the song is like swirrling out of one speaker too the other is amazing. Probaly the best song out of this whole album i love it, 5/5 stars
   
   8. The Gnome, Now things get more realaxed after the insanity of the last song. Another little fairly tale song from the mind of Syd Barrett its only 2 minutes long and it really dosent make sense why its on that album, 4/5 stars
   
   9. Chapter 24, A very slow moving extreme acid influenced song its really just organ and a gong being hit on with a mallet and Syd Barrets singing great song though its very underrated, 5/5 stars
   
   10. The Scarecrow, i have never liked this song at all its not good the one song on here thats not really that good, 2/5 stars
   
   11. Bike, A cool song too finish off this album and is fast moving at first but at the two minute mark theres just tons of weird noise and than the album is finished and alls well ends well, 5/5 stars
   
   The bonus stuff on this 40th anniversery are great including the two b sides, Candy And A Currant Bun, and Apples And Oranges, and the outtakes are cool too but i actullay dont have this reissue i have the 1994 remaster but ive heard the other songs one because i have early singles two i got some of the others off iTunes.
   
   
   So if you read my reveiw and arent sure too buy this album....
   BUY THIS ALBUM
   For any fan of rock music around...
   R.I.P. Syd Barrett



5. Believe me, I have given this CD several chances to grow on me but I just can't get through it. I don't get it. But not because of ignorance, or lack of 'musical appreciation' as some reviewers who love this album suggest. I get the music, I just don't get all the praise. This album at least had the potential to sound great, and should have sounded great. But it doesn't. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (called, EMI at the time), the same studio that produced the Beatles, the Hollies, the Zombies and other great artists of the day. A studio proven capable of great sounds! Yet what we get is an amateurish and sloppy first record. The recording levels waver all over the place. The bass looses the drum beat several times. Guitars, at times, are out of tune and distorted due to recording levels being too hot. The performances and arrangements are also amateurish. Definitely acid driven! Some claim it to be experimental, and that's what gives it it's charm. I beleive it to be an experiment 'gone awry'. Syd may have had the potential to be a great artist (no genius) but there are only a few signs here, IMHO. That's just my opinion hardcore fans, so pull back the firing squad. There is much more genius to be found in several artists first outings, but not here. These guys were still learning their craft. Some good ideas, for sure, but nowhere near genius (I do like `Lucifer Sam').

5 comments about The Monkees - Greatest Hits.

1. Great CD. Immediately threw me back to the good old 60's !! Classic.



2. I got this CD just for kicks. There is a remake of one of their songs on the radio and remembering how much I loved their tv show I bought the real thing. I love it. It will be fun to throw an occassional Monkeys song into the playlist. Will it comes up between nirvana, white stripes, sting, the doors, bob dylan, green day, bonnie rait? who knows, but it will make people smile-cuz everyone used to love the Monkeys.
   oh yeah, I like the CD just fine, quality sound (duh), good selection of favorites, yadayadayada...



3. Hey, hey it's the Monkees - how could it be bad? This isn't a necessary addition to my musical collection but it sure is fun!



4. I remember well the day that I was first introduced to the multi-talented Monkees (and, yes, I say that with utmost seriousness!--well, with my tongue slightly in cheek.) I must have been about seven years old, happened to be channel surfing, and low and behold, their television series had been syndicated and brought to our local network. I was immediately drawn into the high jinx of these four young fellows, circa 1960, getting into oodles of trouble and managing to come together for spontaneous musical interludes (quasi music videos) in the midst of the shenanigans. These upbeat numbers included the soulful "Last Train To Clarksville," "I'm A Believer," and "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You." All of those songs (and more) are featured here on this great album.



5. Has all of their greastest hits. You could also go with The Best of The Monkees. It has pretty much the same songs.

5 comments about The Doors.

1. The Doors being the doors 1967 release and their debut album. On this record we get many gems. For instance it starts out with a bang with the amazing track Break on through, and then later Light my fire and the strange track the end. Elektra has produced a very sparse but ok book-let. No lyrics inside. Some very 60's looking photos that look very similair to what other artists did at the same time. The lyrics are sometimes very strange. 5/5!



2. i'm not giving the Doors less than five stars, obviously... I thought I was going crazy, having memories of the original recording being WAY different than this... I thought the "she gets high" repeated could have been an alternate take which they put on this album, but another reviewer says they actually dubbed the vocals and CHANGED THEM....WHY? WHY? WHY? ...will they overdub Hendrix guitar solos next?
   They totally CUT UP "the end"...again, WHY? ... I am horrified. ALL the monstous glory of THE END has been swallowed up and disappeared... where did it go? God has left the building...
   The Doors get 1,000 stars... whoever made the decision to edit this classic work should have all their toes broken with a hammer, once a year for a thousand years...



3. When I went to the music store and bought this cd, i was excited to hear the sound that everybody was in love with for 40 years. I threw it in my cd player and liked it but thought it sounded a little poppy and not really like the other psychedelic rock bands i had heard. As always i opened up the cd case and pulled out the artwork and the first words i read were "This is not the cd that has been around for 40 years." I kinda freaked out because automatically i labeled the cd i had just bought as junk. So I read a little bit more and realized that this is how the doors were "Supposed to sound." I mean it did sound alright, but if everyone fell in love with a different sound, maybe its not how "the doors" were supposed to sound. Being that it was my first doors cd i went online and listened to the original and noticed it sounded alot more soulful and psychedelic. I mean why would you remix something that was a masterpiece. It may have been to make money, who knows.
   
   Mainly i believe that the people who remixed the doors' wonderful debut album should have at least put something on the cover of the album that stated that this was just a remix, not the original. next time i buy a doors cd ill be sure to inspect it carefully before i make the purchase.



4. the doors created this timeless masterpiece some 41 years ago!!! the songs are sparkling with a different kind of bioelectricity that can still be sensed today. the five masterpieces of mood on this album are, break on through, light my fire, crystal ship, backdoorman, and of course the end... the other songs are their lesser works. some are a little outdated-sounding, and adolescence-tinged, like end of the night, whiskey bar, i looked at you, but are interesting period pieces that remind us of the new hippiedom, and freedom that swept the country at that time. Overall, a brilliant album that has stood the test of time and will continue to inspire rock fans, and burgeoning rock musicians who may never equal its monumental standing and power... 'It-is-Jim- Morrison's-voice-Ray Manzarek's-keyboards/organ-Robbie-Krieger's-lead- guitar-John-Densmore's-accomplished-drumming' that makes up the doors, a near-perfect continuum that has been seen very rarely...KT



5. I'm a huge Doors fan. I lost the original CD I bought. It was the original mix and sounded great. Now they remixed it!!! In the song Break on Through, Jim doesn't sing just "She gets, she gets, she gets........high". Now they inserted the "high" for each "she gets". This is artistically wrong. The current crew who remixed this did not see that. Are they crazy!!! Leave good enough alone, please!!!

5 comments about To Our Children's Children's Children.

1. Like another reviewer said, there's a lot of fluffy nonsense on the first side that just spoils the album. I don't know how anyone can rate Higher and higher highly; it's not a proper song and it sounds quite too corny. Floating is another song which sounds like something on a children's soundtrack. Beyond never goes anywhere. I never thought is a great song, but at one minute length it's hard to enjoy it.
   
   Eyes of a child and Out and in are the only songs I personally can listen to by this point. Sun is still shining sounds like ridiculous hippy nonsense and comes at the end of three great songs to spoil the mood.
   
   That leaves us with four undeniable classics: Candle of life, Gypsy, Eternity Road and Watching and waiting. They're all among Moody's best songs ever. I just wish I could enjoy the album as a whole without all the filler. I still give it four stars, although I can't understand anyone calling this their best.



2. Another great band from when bands were at their best, the 60s & 70s produced the Very BEST!!! The Band: MOODY BLUES produced the best listening music. You could be laying around your place drinking your wine and just listening or even without the wine, it was a pleasure to listen to.



3. To our Children's Children's Children was the third Moody Blues album I
   purchased, but it has remained, for 30 years, my favorite Moodie LP of
   all time. Every artist has a masterpiece in him, her, or them, and the
   Moody Blues have two, the first being "Days of Future Passed."
   TOCCC is better in my opinion, and most Moody Blues fans agree. I
   remember being impressed by the cover and the statement, "All
   Instruments Played by the Moody Blues."
   Listening to this album for the first time was one of those experiences
   that happens only once in a lifetime: This CD speaks to us. It echoes
   our thoughts, our feelings, our longings, our sense of wonder about the
   world and the universe. Our thoughts, wishes, our dreams. Love,
   peace, and the mysteries of life.
   And that SOUND. TOCCC is sonically unbelieveable. It is such a
   wonder that they pulled this off in 1969. It sounds as if it could have
   been recorded today. So spacy, so deep, such a huge, hair raising
   sound from Mike Pinders mellotron (keyboard). Awesome: it begins
   with the rocket launch and among the roar of the engines, you hear the
   choirlike voices lifting you into space as you gain a new perspective of
   our planet and the people there.
   It takes you into space and beyond, and deep within yourself, your soul,
   your heart. TOCCC takes you to heaven. It is my favorite album/cd of
   all time. This is the one I listen to as I ride home late at night from band gigs, marveling at the velvet sky and a thousand stars. After listening to the Moody Blues, you never hear sound or feel emotion the same way again. This is my favorite musical work/LP/album of all time. If you are a person who thinks and feels deeply, this powerful CD is for you.



4. By the time Neil Armstrong was strolling around on the moon, the Moody Blues had already anticipated the euphoria and cut this album. We have Ray Thomas "floating about on the moon, guess you'll all be up here soon" and all kinds of other wonderful imagery. But has it stood the test of time? Well, I gave it a spin before committing this to print and I have to say that 40 years later, it wears very well. Somehow the Moodies were a bit less serious with this album, but retained the melodies and skilful wordplay that characterised their previous offerings. Well worth your attention, 40 years after release.



5. ESTE ALBUM LO ESCUCHE POR PRIMERA VEZ EN 1974, QUEDANDO IMPRESIONADO POR LA CALIDAD Y PEFECCION EN LA ELABORACION DE LAS CANCIONES, MERECE 10 ESTRELLAS.

5 comments about The Who Sell Out.

1. This is just one of those mind blowingly great albums. It is so great, as in one of those albums that when you listen you might wonder to your self -- Wow, is there a human on this earth with such bad taste that they don't like this? If someone tells you anything but that this album is great, their taste in all things should be questioned. If you don't have this already, get it now!!!!!!!!!



2. For me this is The Who's first really good album. They would go on to achieve even bigger things, but "Sell Out" shows a glimpse of the potential that was to come. The album revolves around the concept of a pirate radio station complete with commercials (written and performed by The Who). It is a really clever concept especially for 1967. The album produced a classic Who hit in "I Can See For Miles" which to this day is the band's only top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was ahead of it's time in many ways and includes the mini conceptual piece "Rael" which would serve as a springboard into their classic album "Tommy". Today this album sounds very much a product of it's time, but the remastering is very well done and is chock full of 10 bonus tracks. The Who went on to do several albums that I consider to be all time rock classics, but this one is where it all started.



3. This is definitely another great Who CD despite the fact that the CD is really in Mono and not Stereo like it says on the cover. This CD absolutely deserves five stars.



4. armenia city in the sky was a favorite in 60's, good old rock and roll



5. I love this album. It ws a head of it's time and when you put it on it brings back the good times.