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Scary Sound Effects by Sound Effects/Various Artists (CD - 09/06/1994)
 

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Scary Sound Effects by Sound Effects/Various Artists (CD - 09/06/1994)
"Scary Sound Effects" (09/06/1994) Rock & Pop Sound Effects, Rhino Records (USA)Personnel: Regina Klein, Andrew Albright, Daniel Liebowitz, Houston Emerson, Jeffrey Freeman, Valerie Harada, Josh Miller, Laura Perez, Greer Tallant, Dione Wren (vocals), Gary Hoffman (Theremin). Recorded at Sunburst Recording, Culver City, California. Personnel: Gary Hoffman (Theremin). Recording information: Sunburst REcording, Culver City, CA. Illustrator: Jaime Hernandez. Released in 1994, Rhino's Scary Sound Effects was designed by Dr. Demento for use on Halloween as children dress up strangely and roam their neighborhoods loudly demanding free candy. The album begins with 15 brief spoken phrases like "Welcome," "Go Home," "Get Away from Here" and "We're Digging for Your Treats." What follows are the usual mix of evil laughs, growling wolf men, haunted house and sci-fi noises. Robert C. Wayne is listed as "composer," George Emerson as "conductor," Gary Hoffman plays the Theremin, and screams are credited to Houston Emerson, Jeffery Freeman, Josh Miller, and Dione Wren. It's interesting to note how what in many cultures is a traditional Holy Day for ancestor reverence (Samhain, pronounced "Sowen," also known as All Hallows Eve prior to the Day of the Dead) has become such a vulgar, kitschy occasion with its thematic roots in Hollywood's cheesiest monster movies. This being said, sound effects records (and scary sound effects records, in particular) come in a full range of qualities, from the sleazy, cheap, and badly produced to the creative, well-conceived, and even artistically rewarding. Rhino's Scary Sound Effects lands more or less betwixt and between the two extremes. Its weakest moments occur during cheap theatrical stunts like "Witch Casts a Spell" and "Voodoo Chant," the latter being a throwback to the Universal film company's xenophobic ignorance regarding traditional Afro-Caribbean religious beliefs. "Grave Robbing Gone Wrong" and "Monsters in the Bat Cave" are good, clean fun, but "Haunted House" and "Very Scary Mansion" are more intriguing, and along with portions of the Flying Saucer series, could have artistic merit if taken out of context. And it is well away from the Halloween context that the last three tracks of this collection really seem to have potential. "Theremin Orchestra" and its sequel "The Phantom Theremin Orchestra" are only surpassed by a magnificent interlude titled "Pipe Organ and Bassoon." Tracks like these work fine for the kids on Halloween, but can also be enjoyed as weirdly satisfying strata that fairly cry out to be sampled and utilized elsewhere. ~ arwulf arwulf

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Radio Waves of the '90s: Alternative Rock Hits by Various Artists (CD - 10/22/2002)
 

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Radio Waves of the '90s: Alternative Rock Hits by Various Artists (CD - 10/22/2002)
"Radio Waves of the '90s: Alternative Rock Hits" (10/22/2002) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Universal Special ProductsSeeing budget compilations of '90s alternative rock might make the people that grew up with it feel old and sad, but not half as sad (or, more likely, confused) as seeing songs like Extreme's power ballad "Hole Hearted" or Ugly Kid Joe's hair metal snark-fest "Everything About You" on Radio Waves of the '90s: Alternative Rock Hits. This foray into pop-metal is a serious flaw in the collection, but fortunately not an entirely fatal one, as it redeems itself with more likely tracks such as the Gin Blossoms' "Follow You Down," Semisonic's "Closing Time," and Del Amitri's "Roll to Me." Despite the somewhat random song selections -- which, puzzlingly, also include Tears for Fears' bombastic, early-'90s single "Break It Down Again" -- the album does manage to feature three of the decade's best and most definitive alternative rock singles: Urge Overkill's surging "Sister Havana," the Cranberries' sweet first single "Linger," and the Stone Roses' "Love Spreads," which sounded somewhat disappointing upon its release but eventually proved to hold its own with the band's best material. A scattered and occasionally wrongheaded collection, Radio Waves of the '90s: Alternative Rock Hits is probably best avoided, despite some of the worthwhile songs it includes. ~ Heather Phares

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Pure 80's by Various Artists (CD - 08/10/1999)
 

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Pure 80's by Various Artists (CD - 08/10/1999)
"Pure 80's" (08/10/1999) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Polygram (Japan)Compilation producers: Michael Cohen, Jeff Moskow. Digitally mastered by Suha Gur (Universal Music Group Studios East). Although there's nothing particularly out of the ordinary of Pure 80's, it nevertheless is a good, basic collection of 20 new wave hits, highlighted by such classics as "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Our House," "Relax," "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," "Video Killed the Radio Star," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," and Soft Cell's timeless reworking of "Tainted Love." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Black Heart Retrospective by Various Artists/Suicide Girls (CD - 09/27/2005)
 

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Black Heart Retrospective by Various Artists/Suicide Girls (CD - 09/27/2005)
"Black Heart Retrospective" (09/27/2005) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Epitaph Records (USA)Photographer: Missy Suicide. Compiled by Skinny Puppy's Dave Ogilvie under the banner of the Suicide Girls' goth/punk pin-up site, BLACK HEART RETROSPECTIVE features his band's chaotic, sample-heavy "VX Gas Attack," along with other vintage goth tunes. Aside from the rather inexplicable inclusion of a hip-hop track by Atmosphere, the set consists of potent, gloomy rock, with some selections geared towards the dance floor (Ministry's classic "Every Day Is Halloween," Killing Joke's surging "Love Like Blood," Nitzer Ebb's hyper-aggressive "Murderous") and others best suited for bedroom brooding (the Cure's "One Hundred Years," Bauhaus's "She's in Parties"). Those seeking a bit of post-1980s goth rock will find it in the form of Alkaline Trio's spot-on cover of Sisters of Mercy's "Lucretia My Reflection" and Nine Inch Nails' industrial-strength dose of darkness, "The Wretched."

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Posada Navidena [EMI] by Various Artists (CD - 11/04/2003)
 

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Posada Navidena [EMI] by Various Artists (CD - 11/04/2003)
"Posada Navidena [EMI]" (11/04/2003) Rock & Pop Various Artists, EMI Music DistributionArranger: Zavala.

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Top 25 Christmas by Various Artists (CD - 11/19/2002)
 

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Top 25 Christmas by Various Artists (CD - 11/19/2002)
"Top 25 Christmas" (11/19/2002) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Maranatha MusicIt's unclear whose "Top 25" this is, or what the parameters for making the cut were. But Top 25 Instrumental Christmas is still a satisfactory enough set of standards. Opener "O Holy Night" is stately and reverent, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" incorporates flute and classical guitar, and "Carol of the Bells" builds in layers from solo piano. The sound here is light FM -- breezy keyboards and adult contemporary texture, just right for background music. On disc two of Top 25 Instrumental Christmas are smooth jazz renderings of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "First Noel." ~ Johnny Loftus

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Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck by Various Artists (CD - 08/10/2004)
 

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Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck by Various Artists (CD - 08/10/2004)
"Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck" (08/10/2004) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Sugar Hill RecordsTributee: Johnny Paycheck. Johnny Paycheck is best remembered as the likably ornery Nashville outlaw who scored a major crossover hit with David Allan Coe's "Take This Job and Shove it" and made the title a household phrase. Unfortunately, as is often the case, Paycheck's biggest hit also created a one-dimensional image that he was never able to escape, and did no justice to the full scope of his talent. Paycheck was a fine singer, a gifted songwriter, a respected journeyman musician who anchored road bands for George Jones and Porter Wagoner, and an artist whose work could be bitingly funny, heart-wrenching, intensely personal, or a little disturbing depending on which tune from which point of his career you chose to cue up. In short, the late Johnny Paycheck is a guy whose public profile could stand an overhaul, and thankfully ace songwriter and noted fan Robbie Fulks has been given the opportunity to do just that with Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck, in which 20 artists interpret songs that were either written or recorded by Paycheck during his nearly 40-year career in music. Fulks recorded most of these performances with the same core session band (including Redd Volkaert on guitar and the great Lloyd Green on pedal steel), giving the album a consistent and unified personality that makes this more than a collection of well-intentioned but scattershot single sides, and the "casting" is inspired, with all the performers ideal fits for their selections. George Jones captures the desperation amidst the bravado of "She's All I Got," Mavis Staples finds an almost spiritual devotion in "Touch My Heart," Neko Case's hard-edged honky tonk charge through "If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Go to the Bottom)" is breathless and a little bit scary, Mike Ireland's beautiful take on "A Man That's Satisfied" confirms he's one of the greatest unsung talents in country music, and Hank Williams III captures the dark and hopeless heart of "I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised" while calling up the spirit of his grandpa. Nearly every track on Touch My Heart dips into a slightly different shade of classic country music, and every song satisfies, while cohering into a thoroughly convincing and genuinely affecting argument for the diversity of Johnny Paycheck's talent. In short, this is a working model of how a tribute album should be done, and one imagines that, somewhere in that great honky tonk in the sky, Paycheck is tipping his hat to Robbie Fulks and his many talented friends -- they've truly done right by his work and his memory. Points added for David Cantwell's superb liner notes. ~ Mark Deming

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Frequency 99: Greatest Hits of '90s [2 CD] by Various Artists (CD - 03/27/2001)
 

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Frequency 99: Greatest Hits of '90s [2 CD] by Various Artists (CD - 03/27/2001)
"Frequency 99: Greatest Hits of '90s [2 CD]" (03/27/2001) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Virgin Records (USA)Includes liner notes by Kevin Flaherty. Liner Note Author: Kevin Flaherty.

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Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Vol. 2: The Signature Collection by Various Artists (CD - 09/30/2
 

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Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Vol. 2: The Signature Collection by Various Artists (CD - 09/30/2
"Now That's What I Call Christmas!, Vol. 2: The Signature Collection" (09/30/2003) Rock & Pop Various Artists, EMI Music DistributionSince the NOW collections feature a collaboration of major labels, they have a tremendous selection of music from which to pick and choose, making for one terrifically thorough Christmas record. Like its predecessor, NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS 2 trawls through the catalogues of the major record companies for Yuletide classics of all shapes and colors. This volume then separates the bunch into one disc entitled "Now and Forever," featuring tunes from the past couple decades, and a second disc called "Then and Always," diving further into the past. With 36 songs by familiar artists, this compilation does a good job of standing up to other Christmas collections. The songs range from standards such as Andy Williams' dulcet-toned "The First Noel" and Lou Rawls' soulful scat on "The Little Drummer Boy" to the Waitresses' new-wave rap "Christmas Wrapping." In addition, a frenetic live version of the already-peppy Jose Feliciano classic "Feliz Navidad" hangs out next to the laid-back Burl Ives version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and it all wraps up with Guy Lombardo singing "Auld Lang Syne," as he closed many a year for thousands of nostalgic souls.

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Legends of Rock [Time Life] by Various Artists (CD - 02/08/2005)
 

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Legends of Rock [Time Life] by Various Artists (CD - 02/08/2005)
"Legends of Rock [Time Life]" (02/08/2005) Rock & Pop Various Artists, Time/Life MusicLiner Note Author: Billy Altman. Director: Francesca Chalukoff. Photographers: Ken Regan; Michael Putland.

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