Outkast - Stankonia (Mp3 Download)

Review by Steve Huey @ allmusic.com

Stankonia was OutKast's second straight masterstroke, an album just as ambitious, just as all-over-the-map, and even hookier than its predecessor. With producers Organized Noize playing a diminished role, Stankonia reclaims the duo's futuristic bent. Keyboardist/producer Earthtone III helms most of the backing tracks, and while the live-performance approach is still present, there's more reliance on programmed percussion, otherworldly synthesizers, and surreal sound effects. Yet the results are surprisingly warm and soulful, a trippy sort of techno-psychedelic funk. Every repeat listen seems to uncover some new element in the mix, but most of the songs have such memorable hooks that it's easy to stay diverted. The immediate dividends include two of 2000's best singles: "B.O.B." is the fastest of several tracks built on jittery drum'n'bass rhythms, but Andre and Big Boi keep up with awe-inspiring effortlessness. "Ms. Jackson," meanwhile, is an anguished plea directed at the mother of the mother of an out-of-wedlock child, tinged with regret, bitterness, and affection. Its sensitivity and social awareness are echoed in varying proportions elsewhere, from the Public Enemy-style rant "Gasoline Dreams" to the heartbreaking suicide tale "Toilet Tisha." But the group also returns to its roots for some of the most testosterone-drenched material since their debut. Then again, OutKast doesn't take its posturing too seriously, which is why they can portray women holding their own, or make bizarre boasts about being "So Fresh, So Clean." Given the variety of moods, it helps that the album is broken up by brief, usually humorous interludes, which serve as a sort of reset button. It takes a few listens to pull everything together, but given the immense scope, it's striking how few weak tracks there are. It's no wonder Stankonia consolidated OutKast's status as critics' darlings, and began attracting broad new audiences: its across-the-board appeal and ambition overshadowed nearly every other pop album released in 2000.

Track Lists
01. Intro
02. Gasoline Dreams
03. I'm Cool (Interlude)
04. So Fresh, So Clean
05. Ms. Jackson
06. Snappin' & Trappin'
07. D.F. (Interlude)
08. Spaghetti Junction
09. Kim & Cookie (Interlude)
10. I'll Call Before I Come
11. B.O.B
12. Xplosion
13. Good Hair (Interlude
14. We Luv Deez Hoez
15. Humble Mumble
16. Drinking Again (Interlude)
17. ?
18. Red Velvet
19. Cruisin' In The ATL (Interlude)
20. Gangsta Shit
21. Toilet Tisha
22. Slum Beautiful
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude)
24. Stankonia

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (Mp3 Download)

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine @ allmusic.com

Indulgence has long been a way of life for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, yet they resisted the siren's call of the double album until 2006's Stadium Arcadium. Sure, 1991's breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik was as long as a classic double LP, but such distinctions mattered little in the era when vinyl gave way to CD, and they matter less now, as the CD gradually gives way to digital-only releases. In fact, like how Blood Sugar was the tipping point when the LPs ceded ground to CDs, Stadium Arcadium could be seen as the point when albums were seen as a collection of digital playlists. Yes, it's pressed up as a two-disc set -- including an extravagant but pointless special edition housed in a clunky box that includes a make-yer-own-spinning-top -- but this is an album that's designed for you to mix and match, create your own playlist, rip and burn on your own. It's designed for you to sequence its 28 songs in some kind of cohesive manner, since the band sure didn't take the time to do that here; it's the first major album by a major band that makes as much sense on random as it does in its proper sequencing. Well, that's not entirely true: the official 28-song album does begin with "Dani California," the clearest single here, the one thing that truly grabs attention upon first listen and worms its way into your subconscious, where it just won't let go, as so much of Anthony Kiedis' catchiest melodies do. After that, it's a long, winding path of alternately spacey and sunny pop, ballads, and the occasional funk workout that used to be the Chili Peppers' signature but now functions as a way to break up the monotony. And there needs to be something to break up the monotony, not because the music is bad but because it all exists at the same level and is given a flat, colorless production that has become the signature of Rick Rubin as of late.

Rubin may be able to create the right atmosphere for Flea and John Frusciante to run wild creatively -- an opportunity that they seize here, which is indeed a pleasure to hear -- but he does nothing to encourage them to brighten the finished recording up with some different textures, or even a greater variety of guitar tones. As such, the bare-bone production combined with the relentless march of songs gives Stadium Arcadium the undeniable feel of wading through the demos for a promising project instead of a sprawling statement of purpose; there's not enough purpose here for it to be a statement. That fault is down to the band not forming the raw material into something palatable for the listener, but there's also the problem that as a lyricist Anthony Kiedis just isn't that deep or clever enough to provide cohesive themes for an album of this length; he tackles no new themes here, nor does he provide new insight to familiar topics. To his credit, he does display a greater versatility as a vocalist, cutting back on the hambone rapping that used to be his signature and crooning throughout the bulk of this album, usually on key. That said, he still has enough goofy tics to undercut his attempts at sincerity, and he tends to be a bit of a liability to the band as a whole; with a different singer, who could help shape and deliver these songs, this album might not seem as formless and gormless. But there is a fair amount of pleasures here, all down to the interplay between Flea and Frusciante. While drummer Chad Smith does prove himself quite versatile here, gracefully following the eccentric turns and meanderings of the bassist and guitarist, the string instruments are the reason to listen to Stadium Arcadium. That's always been the case to a certain extent with the Chili Peppers, but here it's especially true, as they push and pull, rave and rumble, lie back and rock out -- pretty much spit out anything they can do on their instruments over the course of 28 songs. As good as much of this is, there is a little bit of monotony here, since they're working variations on their signature themes, and they haven't found a way to make these variations either transcendent or new; they're just very good renditions on familiar themes. These tracks rarely betray their origins as studio jams -- more than ever, it's possible to hear that the track came first, then the song -- and while that can result in some good listening, it all does kind of drift together. That said, there are no bad tracks here -- it's all of a relatively high quality -- but there are no standouts either, so it takes a very dedicated fan to start sorting out the subtleties between the tracks (not the wheat from the chafe, since it's all wheat). And while those hardcore fans may certainly enjoy the make-your-own-adventure spirit of Stadium Arcadium, it's hard not to feel that it's the band's responsibility to take this very good repetitive album and mold it into something sharper and more effective. So call it the rock version of Peter Jackson's King Kong: there's something pretty great and lean buried beneath the excess, but it's so indulgent, it's a work that only a fanboy could truly love.

Track Lists
CD 1 : Jupiter
01. Dani California
02. Snow (Hey Oh)
03. Charlie
04. Stadium Arcadium
05. Hump De Bump
06. She's Only 18
07. Slow Cheetah
08. Torture Me
09. Strip My Mind
10. Especially In Michigan
11. Warlocks
12. C'mon Girl
13. Wet Sand
14. Hey

CD 2 : Mars
01. Desecration Smile
02. Tell Me Baby
03. Hard To Concentrate
04. 21^st Century
05. She Looks To Me
06. Readymade
07. If
08. Make You Feel Better
09. Animal Bar
10. So Much I
11. Storm In A Teacup
12. We Believe
13. Turn It Again
14. Death Of a Martian

Jewel - Goodbye Alice In Wonderland (Mp3 Download)

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine @ allmusic.com

The last time listeners encountered Jewel, the famously sensitive singer/songwriter had just performed an extreme makeover on herself, refashioning herself as a dance-pop diva on 2003's 0304. Artistically, it worked against all odds, and it did pretty well on the charts too, debuting at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, but her fans didn't necessarily warm to it, and three years later, Jewel is running away from the album she proclaimed as her "first record I enjoy listening to" ("It's fun!"), and back to safe territory with 2006's Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. Like 0304, this album comes with an explanation/apology from its auteur: "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland is the story of my life and is the most autobiographical album I have made since Pieces of You...By the end of the 13th song, if you have listened closely, you will have heard the story of the sirens song that seduced me, of a path I both followed and led, of bizarre twists and turns that opened my eyes, forcing me to find solutions so that discovering the truth would not lead to a loss of hope." And, yes, the album is indeed a song cycle, tracing her crisis of the soul in the wake of her dance-pop move, which might make Goodbye Alice in Wonderland sound pompous and self-absorbed, which it kind of is on one level; after all, albums that find an artist examining the fallout of a commercial success that they were a willing participant in are kind of narcissistic. But even if Goodbye is a bit of an unwitting star-trip -- Jewel may be trying to run from stardom, but the issues she explores here are too autobiographical, too much like diary entries to resonate deeply on a larger scale -- it doesn't mean the album doesn't work. In fact, as a piece of music and as a coherent set of songs, it's Jewel's strongest yet. Assisted by producer Rob Cavallo -- who has produced records for Michelle Branch and the Goo Goo Dolls, along with every Green Day album since 1995's Nimrod -- Jewel has created her most sonically appealing record, one that has plenty of different shades and textures. This keeps her ceaseless introspection from sounding like excessive navel-gazing, but it also helps draw out the variety within the songs themselves, which range from the meandering ballad of the title track to the ruminative, moody "Last Dance Rodeo" to the blatantly Dylanesque phrasing of "Stephenville, TX" to a trio of her best pop songs in "Again and Again," "Only One Too," and "Words Get in the Way." True, Jewel still has a tendency to spin out lyrics that are embarrassingly precious, but as a writer she's never been stronger, particularly in terms of the construction of the songs; these are tight, sturdy, melodic songs that are among her most memorable. And not only are the individual moments strong, but they add up to a cohesive, satisfying whole. In that sense, it's not altogether dissimilar to 0304, which she may be apologizing for now, but prior to this album, it was the only one of her records that held together from beginning to end. Goodbye Alice in Wonderland may have an entirely different feel and intent than its glitzy predecessor, but like 0304, it is proof that even if Jewel doesn't have as high a profile, or perhaps as large an audience, as she did in 1996, she's a better songwriter and record-maker than she was at the outset of her career.

Track Lists
01. Again & Again
02. Long Slow Slide
03. Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
04. Good Day
05. Satellite
06. Only One Too
07. Words Get In The Way
08. Drive To You
09. Last Dance Rodeo
10. Fragile Heart
11. Stephenville, Tx
12. Where You Are
13. 1000 Miles Away

Review by John Bush @ allmusic.com

Following a notorious flirtation with alternative rock, Moby returned to the electronic dance mainstream on the 1997 album I Like to Score. With 1999's Play, he made yet another leap back toward the electronica base that had passed him by during the mid-'90s. The first two tracks, "Honey" and "Find My Baby," weave short blues or gospel vocal samples around rather disinterested breakbeat techno. This version of blues-meets-electronica is undoubtedly intriguing to the all-important NPR crowd, but it is more than just a bit gimmicky to any techno fans who know their Carl Craig from Carl Cox. Fortunately, Moby redeems himself in a big way over the rest of the album with a spate of tracks that return him to the evocative, melancholy techno that's been a specialty since his early days. The tinkly piano line and warped string samples on "Porcelain" frame a meaningful, devastatingly understated vocal from the man himself, while "South Side" is just another pop song by someone who shouldn't be singing -- that is, until the transcendent chorus redeems everything. Surprisingly, many of Moby's vocal tracks are highlights; he has an unerring sense of how to frame his fragile vocals with sympathetic productions. Occasionally, the similarities to contemporary dance superstars like Fatboy Slim and Chemical Brothers are just a bit too close for comfort, as on the stale big-beat anthem "Bodyrock." Still, Moby shows himself back in the groove after a long hiatus, balancing his sublime early sound with the breakbeat techno evolution of the '90s.

Track Lists
01. Honey
02. Find My Baby
03. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
04. South Side
05. Rushing
06. Bodyrock
07. Natural Blues
08. Machete
09. Run On
10. Down Slow
11. If Things Were Perfect
12. Everloving
13. Inside
14. Guitar Flute String
15. The Sky Is Broken
16. My Weakness
17. Porcelain
18. Play

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (Mp3 Download)

Review by Richie Unterberger @ allmusic.com

The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of the material ensured Beggars Banquet's place as one of the top blues-based rock records of all time.

[The Rolling Stones' London/ABKCO catalog was reissued in August of 2002, packaged in digipacks with restored album artwork, remastered, and released as hybrid discs that contain both CD and Super Audio CD layers. The remastering -- performed with Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding -- is a drastic improvement, leaping out of the speaker yet still sounding like the original albums. This is noticeable on the standard CD layer but is considerably more pronounced on the SACD layer, which is shockingly realistic in its detail and presence yet is still faithful to the original mixes; Richards' revved-up acoustic guitar on "Street Fighting Man" still sends the machine into overdrive, for instance. It just sounds like he's in the room with you. Even if you've never considered yourself an audiophile, have never heard the differences between standard and gold-plated CDs, you will hear the difference with SACD, even on a cheap stereo system without a high-end amplifier or speakers. And you won't just hear the difference, you'll be an instant convert and wish, hope, and pray that other artists whose catalog hasn't been reissued since the early days of CD -- Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, especially the Beatles -- are given the same treatment in the very near future. SACD and DSD are that good.]
Track Lists
01. Sympathy For The Devil
02. No Expectations
03. Dear Doctor
04. Parachute Woman
05. Jig-Saw Puzzle
06. Street Fighting Man
07. Prodigal Son
08. Stray Cat Blues
09. Factory Girl
10. Salt Of The Earth

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ENAMPILAN Radja, band asal Jakarta di Kota Tasikmalaya, Sabtu (13/8) mampu menggetarkan GOR Sukapura. Ribuan Radjaku (sebutan Fans Radja) yang mayoritas anak baru gede (ABG) dan remaja ini, membuat ruangan menjadi terasa pengap.

KELOMPOK musik Radja mampu menguasai GOR Sukapura Tasikmalaya yang dipadati ribuan penonton, Sabtu (13/8). Dengan melantunkan delapan lagunya Radja mampu menghipnotis para penggemarnya yang mayoritas ABG.*YUSUF ADJI/"PR"

Sebenarnya, penampilan Radja di Tasikmalaya relatif sederhana malah terkesan seadanya, tanpa dekorasi panggung dan tata cahaya sama sekali. Mungkin pihak penyelenggara menganggap pentas berlangsung siang hari, jadi hanya mengandalkan cahaya dari luar ruangan yang menembus ke dalam.

Walapun kondisi ruangan menjadi remang-remang karena cuaca menjelang sore mendung, penampilan mereka di GOR Sukapura Tasikmalaya mampu memuaskan penggemarnya. Delapan lagu yang dibawakan Ian Kasela vokalis Radja, umumnya sudah akrab di telinga penonton.

Tidaklah mengherankan bila para personel Radja mampu mengajak para penonton bernyanyi bersama di setiap lagu. Bukan hanya itu saja, setiap kali membawakan lagu dengan beat cepat, langsung ditingkahi penonton dengan jingkrakan di tempat. Bersamaan dengan itu, suara kor penonton membahana. Hasilnya GOR Sukapura terasa bergetar.

Sebelum Radja tampil, penonton yang berpeluh keringan sempat dibuat tidak sabar, menanti penampilan band kesayangannya. Malahan beberapa saat sebelum band ini tampil, sempat diwarnai aksi pelemparan kepada dua pembawa acara. Pasalnya, kesabaran penonton habis dan kesal karena seakan terus mengulur waktu.

Selain suara cemoohan, para penonton yang sudah tidak sabar ini mengarahkan lemparan kemasan air mineral ke arah panggung. Pembawa acara pun sempat dibuat panik, tidak mampu menenangkan dan mengendalikan suasana.

Para penonton baru mau menghentikan lemparannya, ketika lima personel Radja, yaitu Ian (vokal), Indra (bas), Moldy (gitar), dan Seno (drum) naik pentas. Band asal Jakarta yang belakangan ini namanya tengah melijit, langsung disambut riuh.

Tembang "tak melupakan mu" membuka penampilan mereka, ditingkahi jingkrakan penonton. Semua tembang yang dibawakan Radja, seperti Manusia Biasa, Tidak Seperti Dulu Lagi, Cinderella, Wahai Kau Cinta, Bulan, Tulus, Takan Pernah Melupakan, habis dilahap penonton.

Semua lirik lagu yang dibawakan, dihapal semua oleh fans Radja Tasikmalaya, hingga lagu pamungkas. Band ini menutup penampilannya dengan tembang "Jujur" yang dicomot dari album ke dua, sekaligus merupakan lagu yang lambungkan nama band ke papan atas band nasional.

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GRUP musik yang telah melahirkan tiga album, belakangan ini menjadi bahan pembicaraan pecinta musik. Mereka dinilai memiliki kemampuan menangkap keinginan pasar, tetap haus lagu-lagu bernuansa free pop, berlirik cinta yang universal.

Awalnya mereka merilis album yang secara musikal rapi dan sangat pop. Album pertama mereka yang dirilis tahun 2001, bertitel "Lepas Masa Lalu" tidak sukses, penjualannya tidak menggembirakan. Band ini baru mampu menggebrak dan namanya melejit saat meluncurkan album kedua. Album kedua dan ketiganya memang lebih mudah diterima. Mereka melesat dengan single "Jujur" yang kental dengan kord melayu yang sederhana. Melalui album ketiganya bertitel "Langkah Baru", kelompok musik yang sedang naik daun ini, mampu meraih penghargaan double platinum. Padahal album ketiga Radja yang diberi titel "Langkah Baru", sebenarnya bukan berisi lagu baru.

Namun repackage dari album sebelumnya dengan tambahan tiga lagu baru, yaitu "Bulan", "Tulus" dan "Takan Melupakanmu". Penghargaan diraih Radja, setelah album ketiga kelompok ini terjual tidak kurang dari 400.000 kopi. Pada saat diluncurkan resmi pertama kali, sekira 28 Januari 2005 lalu, album "Langkah Baru" Radja ini telah terjual sebanyak 75.000 kopi.

Band yang terbentuk sekira 17 Maret 2001 tersebut sudah mencapai milestone baru, yaitu dengan angka penjualan di atas 400.000 copy atau meraih "double platinum award" (di atas 300.000 kopi). Dengan modal itulah, penampilan Radja di Tasikmalaya, mampu menguasai GOR Sukapura yang dipadati para penggemarnya. (Adji/PR)

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band-Peterpan (donwload mp3)

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1.Aku dan bintang.mp3
2.Dibelakangku.mp3
3.Jauh mimpiku.mp3
4.Kukatakan dengan indah.mp3
5.Langit tak mendengar.mp3
6.Membebaniku.mp3
7.Menunggu pagi.mp3

8.Sahabat.mp3
9.Tak bisakah.mp3
10.Ada apa denganmu.mp3
11.Mungkin nanti
12.Khayalan tingkat tinggi.mp3
13.Dibelakangku.mp3
14.Kukatakan dengan indah.mp3
15.2 DSD.mp3
16.Diatas normal.mp3
17.Aku.mp3
18.Masa lalu tertinggal.mp3
19.Bintang disurga.mp3
20.Dan hilang.mp3
21.Kita tertawa.mp3
22.Mimpi yang sempurna.mp3
22.Mimpi yang sempurna(radio version).mp3
23.Satu hati.mp3
24.Sahabat.mp3
25.Semua tentang kita.mp3
26.Taman langit.mp3
27.Topeng.mp3
28.Yang terdalam.mp3
29.Yang tertinggalkan waktu.mp3