Best Swedish Music
ABBA GOLD (JEWEL BOX).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"However, my memory has softened and I need to hear ABBA and the BeeGees, and Donna Summer and Karla Bonoff once in a while."
"Was deliberating on getting one of the Mamma Mia soundtracks, and then figured it would be better to actually purchase this greatest hits album which contained all of those songs and more."
"Great memories from my teenage years listening to this music."
"I got this in preparation for seeing Mama Mia!"
"A great album with all of Abba's hits."
"This is the perfect round up of all your favorite abba songs!"
"Friends gave me an old CD I could not get to transfer to my Kindle, so I purchased this so I could enjoy this delightful collection on-the-go."
"Abba Gold - Their Greatest Hits all on Lp Album."
Amon Amarth will go on a North American headlining tour in October 2008, with support from Ensiferum, Belphegor, and a melodic death metal band from Tampa named The Absence.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you are any kind of Amon Amarth fan this album shouldn't disappoint because it has a little bit of everything on it. it is just over an hour long with crystal clear footage, letterboxed for your widescreen viewing enjoyment. They could have easily sold this concert DVD separately and the real fans would probably buy it too."
"While I have been a rivet head for years I have not listened to much Icelandic metal and it wasn't until I stumbled upon a friend's posting of the video of "Twilight of the Thunder God" on Facebook that I even heard about Amon Amarth. The music evokes a sense of the past when Viking raiders roamed the seas looking to pillage hamlets & villages and take back slaves to their homeland. Several of my friends who are involved in Asatru have told me they love AA as well and enjoy the way the band takes the Norse myths & legends and turn them into musical stories to immerse yourself in."
"Johan Hegg delivers the lyrics in a way that you can actually understand, even through the growls, something I definitely like in a death metal band. My favorite songs are the title track, "Varyags Of Miklagaard", "Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags", and "Live For The Kill"."
"First thing you'll hear when you put this cd in is a melodic riff pattern that is oft-used, making you think that perhaps the guys have run out of ideas... but then their traditional speedy rhythm buzz sits underneath the riff and before the song is done you've been shown that they're picking up tricks from Dragonforce in a small solo riff that sounds like Herman Li's now infamous Nintendo squeal."
"Epic DVD with an epic album."
This fantastic Abba box set includes nine CD's which includes all eight of their original albums (1973's Ring Ring, '74's Waterloo, '75'sABBA, '77's Arrival, '78's ABBA The Album, '79's Voulez-Vous, '80's Super Trouper and 1981's The Visitors) plus a ninth CD filled with bonus tracks and rarities.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Like others, I had a different cd with some other group on it for the Arrival Album."
"All in all, though, if you are a follower of the band, have the greatest hits but want to find out what the buzz was REALLY all about, I strongly suggest this nicely priced box set."
"I have a burning question though: I think one song is missing, "Put on Your White Sombrero," which I heard on the radio a few times."
"This is an inexpensive collection of all the ABBA albums (the original recordings) with no extras--good music but without lyrics or photos you might want."
"But this box set opened my ears to a world of wonder I never thought I could feel for this band."
"My only complaint is that the CD's are held in sleeves instead of larger plastic cases. This is a high quality product that I personally think is worth the price."
"So many songs never heard in USA if you only listened to music on the radio, this is THE definitive collection and worth any price to hear the greatest music created and performed by the most amazing band ever."
"In addition to the hits, you also get all of the songs from the albums that you didn't know before, many of them also incredible songs."
Best Finnish Music
The Finnish symphonic metal band's sophomore album comes with four pieces that didn't appear on the original issue: The previous Japanese-only track 'Nightquest', an alt version of 'Sleeping Sun', 'Swanheart' and 'The Pharaoh Sails to Orion'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Nightwish is ALWAYS SUPERB."
"Thanks, great album my only disappointment is the cover had been poorly handled as it has a bend in it."
"When I saw Yes in concert last, they eschewed their popular, well-known numbers for a lot of back-catalog lengthy solo prog rock. (I also don't care for fully half of Led Zeppelin's music for the same reason, so you can see my sophistication here.). Bottom line, if you like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but wish they did something other than Christmas music (aside from Beethoven's), then Nightwish is the next best thing."
"The most amazing music album, of all time."
"My 16 yr old son got me listening to Nightwish...I was not looking forward to it at first you know how kids are nowadays."
"beyond all i can imagine.i am interested in power meatal for a long time!the most beautiful album!so perfect!the song"stargazers" is absolutly my favourite song!"
"Great album to get if you're interested in listening to classic Nightwish, this is the album that defined their older style."
"The eclectic combination of genres from ballad, movie, pop, rock, metal, and even opera is masterful far surpassing the simplistic music of top 100 groups heard on radio today."
Best Norwegian Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm not a big fan of the other Einherjer's albums, but in my search for music that instantly makes me think of the viking era I came across this EP, and this really has a viking aura over it."
"Don't buy from some metal head who knows a lot, buy from a high volume "this is garbage I want to get rid of it" type of person."