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La Radiolina

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Manu Chao

Release Date September 04, 2007
I love Manu Chao - though I must say that after living in Central America for a while on the traveler circuit I got a bit tired of hearing Clandestino, which seemed to be on perpetual play EVERYWHERE (meanwhile, he was touring the US for the first time - bummed I missed that!) Manu Chao has managed to unite a people with his music and lyrics - it's truly unreal the effect he's had in Mexico and Central America. Still, on a purely musical note I hate to see him lumped into "world" or "protest" or "political" music because he's so much more than that, an innovative musician I hope won't make us wait so long next time - I've edited all my mp3s of his to file him under the genre "Unclassifiable" - because he is.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Venus on Earth

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Dengue Fever

Release Date January 22, 2008
I like all music, and this music is fresh! I heard an interview with the bandleader on PBS, and some cuts were played. The soloist's voice is truly addictive. Add this group to your collection, and you'll enjoy it.

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
from: Hollywood Records

Release Date December 14, 2004
Bought this CD because I liked the movie, wish there were more songs from the movie but not bad overall.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Prototypes

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Prototypes

Release Date June 06, 2006
Even though I have no clue what they are saying, this is a great CD. It never gets boring. I always listen to it when I'm not sure what else to listen to, it puts me in a happy, energetic mood.

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Vogue Years

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Françoise Hardy

Release Date January 19, 2001
This compilation is magnificent. It's even more indispensible since much of her pre-1967 material is presently in legal limbo due to a dispute between Hardy and her record company. Luckily this collection appears to be have been issued under a separate license than many of the currently unavailable french BMG Vogue reissues.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Putumayo Presents: Euro Groove

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 19, 2008
not as good as "A New Groove" .Though good as an easy listening cd.Opening song Destins et Desirs, Nuit Magique,Check in,Cette Fille, Jacob's Ladder,Mina are nice pieces.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Dengue Fever

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Dengue Fever

Release Date June 24, 2003
heh i just got back from 10 days in cambodia...didn't get a chance to hit up any of the local music scenes but hearing this, i wish i had. anyway, this really is the yin to the second album's yang...mostly because once you're finished listening to "escape" you simply must have more of this intoxicating stuff.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Cuatro Caminos

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Café Tacuba

Release Date July 01, 2003
This album is just a MASTERPIECE. I love it every song is incredible. Eres is just the best song EVER. So much passion and love. This is a MUST buy for everybody not only Tacuba fans.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Cambodian Rocks Volume 1

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Various Artists

Release Date December 01, 2003
Everyone else did a very good job of reviewing this album - I just wanted to comment on how when you listen to this album and ponder the western influence, and then ponder a film like the killing Fields and how the Khmer Rouge came to power..... Yep....kinda sad....

CD-Charts Position 10
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The Originals

CD-Charts > Music > Rock
by: Serge Gainsbourg

Release Date August 01, 2006
Singer, songwriter, filmmaker, poet, and provocateur, Serge Gainsbourg was a chain-smoking French icon. Best known only for his heavy-breathing hit, "Je T'Aime, Moi Non Plus" (recorded with his muse, Jane Birkin, who simulated an orgasm on the song), a recent series of "Best of" compilation discs will hopefully give Gainsbourg the worldwide posthumous recognition he always deserved while he was alive. Gainsbourg's music is a fusion of classical, ballads, chanson, jazz, kitsch, mambo, pop (in all its forms), bossa nova, rock, reggae, disco, erotic, downtempo chillout lounge, and hip-hop. His lyrics were clever exercises in Franglais triple-entendres. He lived the life of cigarettes, alcohol, and seduction depicted in his songs. While this thirteen-track 2006 compilation disc ... Read More: