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Sublime
: :For all his tattoos and bulked-up frat-boy persona, singer Bradley Nowell had real soul, which made his fatal heroin overdose even more tragic. There's more to this Long Beach, California, trio's debut, released shortly after Nowell's death in 1996, than white suburban punks imitating Jamaican ska music. The band comes up with great songs, notably the catchy MTV hit 'What I Got'; spooky dub-reggae undertones, produced by the Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary, to go with the snappy horns; and surprisingly progressive lyrics that attack sexism ...
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Journey to the West
: :The 16th century Chinese classic story Xi You Ji (Journey To The West) tells the tale of a little monkey who could transform himself into different creatures and conquer all the obstacles in his life. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (the minds behind Gorillaz) are Monkey, and have joined with director and choreographer Chen Shi-Zheng to create a 21st century opera retelling this story, replete with new and original music and visuals. The BBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics will utilize some of ...
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40 Oz. to Freedom
: :Ska music has been deeply ingrained in the punk rock culture since the Clash adopted their rude boy stance near the end of the British punk invasion and the 2-Tone label put ska on the map. Suddenly, punks stopped kicking the crap out of each other long enough to dance. The debut release by Orange County, California's Sublime is a positively infectious record that marries varied styles of dub, reggae, rap, sampling, scratching, and badass dancehall ska with old-school punk overtones. Musicianship on this record ...
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Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid
:Album Description:Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid is an album by So. California band Slightly Stoopid released in the summer 2008. It contains all seven tracks from the EP of the same name, 'as well as other outtakes, rarities, and brand new studio joints.' per the band.
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The Singles 1992-2003
:From Amazon.co.uk:Though they've suffered death, departure and fraught internal and external relationships, No Doubt have kept faith with fun throughout, as The Singles very clearly proves. As their troubles have made them far from prolific, it's culled almost entirely from three albums--Return of Saturn, Rock Steady and their mega-hit Tragic Kingdom--with just the quirky, warped ska of 'Trapped in a Box' to represent their eponymously titled major label debut. As said, it's excellent fun, from the opening power anthem 'Just a Girl', through the ultra-modern, ...
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Tragic Kingdom
: :No Doubt's 1995 release, Tragic Kingdom, brought Southern California's ska scene to a national stage while elevating the band to star status. An irresistible mix of reggae, punk, and power pop, Tragic Kingdom scored several hits, among them 'Spiderwebs,' 'Just a Girl,' and 'Don't Speak.' Singer Gwen Stefani's looks made the group MTV shoo-ins, but her soaring voice is the real star, as evidenced by such songs as 'Happy Now?'--a classic you'll-regret-you-dumped-me anthem that recalls Blondie--and the bouncy 'Sunday Morning.' Despite recurring themes of pain ...
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Pink Crustaceans
:Album Description:Pepper returns with their 2008 album Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations, their fifth studio album and follow up to the Atlantic Records Release No Shame. This album sees the band at their most eclectic and captures the essence of the Kona Boys arriving in California as seasoned veterans of Rock!
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Exodus
:Album Description:Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Universal. 2006. :In 1999, Exodus was rightfully voted by the most important album of the 20th century by Time magazine. This is the visionary Bob Marley's masterpiece, a concept album that distills the myriad experiences of both our daily lives and collective unconsciousness into 46 minutes of aural perfection. Exodus has been flawlessly remastered from the original recordings and showcases what is probably the Wailers' tightest recorded performance. The initial ...
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Legend - The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers
: :If you are expecting just the videos for the tracks on Bob Marley's extremely successful greatest hits CD, you are going to be pleasantly surprised with this DVD. Legend is much more than a simple, video anthology. It is a historical telling of the music of Bob Marley presented in 23 videos, most of which are performances, and a 90-minute documentary. The documentary is a collage of images and video clips put to a running dialogue by Marley. Unless you are very familiar with the ...
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B Sides and C Sides
:Album Description:16 B-side tracks plus 5 unreleased songs! On the band's own label. Digipack sleeve.
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