Best Miscellaneous
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I could get all excited about Kirstie and Avi nailing their leads ("Sleigh Ride" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" respectively) AND the fact that Kevin gets to sing several lines in "Mary..." I could rave over their original song "That's Christmas to Me" which is both beautiful and moving. But I won't......because that would take too much time that I could spend listening to this incredible album."
"I love Pentatonix so it was natural that I had to have "That's Christmas to Me"."
"My daughter, a dance teacher, told us about Pentatonix."
"I want to listen to Christmas music year round thanks to this awesome band!"
"Just downloaded the entire group of songs."
"I purchased and shipped it to 4 of my friends/family AND gave it as a white elephant gift last year for Christmas."
"I Love acapella."
"One of my favorite groups and my grandchildren want to hear it every time we get in the car - even in the heat of summer!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I first found out about this because my teenager nearly blew out my eardrums as she ran screaming from her room that Pentatonix was releasing a Christmas album. Each of the five musicians have gifted voices and talents and are essential to the group's unique style."
"A few of the songs on here skeptics may think the songs have been overdone and have no way of being different, but pentatonix found a way to twist the songs enough to keep the original magic but make it their own enough that it really stands out from other covers and brings the excitement of listening to that song for the first time again."
"Heard this group on the Christmas TV special - amazing voices, and acappella!"
"I love Pentatonix!!!!"
"Very interesting album - the voices are really good and close harmony I enjoy it and my guests were pleased."
"A fun new spin on holiday favorites, and sung by the talented Pentatonix and a few featured artist."
"This is by far our favorite Christmas album."
"'This was good but not half as good as last years."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I first found out about this because my teenager nearly blew out my eardrums as she ran screaming from her room that Pentatonix was releasing a Christmas album. Each of the five musicians have gifted voices and talents and are essential to the group's unique style."
"A few of the songs on here skeptics may think the songs have been overdone and have no way of being different, but pentatonix found a way to twist the songs enough to keep the original magic but make it their own enough that it really stands out from other covers and brings the excitement of listening to that song for the first time again."
"Heard this group on the Christmas TV special - amazing voices, and acappella!"
"I love Pentatonix!!!!"
"Very interesting album - the voices are really good and close harmony I enjoy it and my guests were pleased."
"A fun new spin on holiday favorites, and sung by the talented Pentatonix and a few featured artist."
"This is by far our favorite Christmas album."
"'This was good but not half as good as last years."
Best Comedy
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The best comedy singer ever!!!"
"IMHO, his live performances are much better, which may be why his "Lion" album has both live and studio versions of his songs."
"The voice of an angel."
"Awesome, hilarious and outrageous as only Stephen Lynch can be."
"Stephen Lynch is freaking hilarious and this album just kills me."
"WHATCAN I SAY ABOUT STEPHEN LYNCH, HES TALENTED AWESOME FUNNY AND HAS A GREAT VOICE."
"I love Stephen Lynch and his latest is no exception."
Best Exercise
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Just received the CD, love that this came with instant ability to listen on Amazon Music- we have been listening to the songs already without waiting for shipping."
"My son loves Disney music and he loves this CD!!"
"Works and plays as its supposed to."
"Bought for 7 year old daughter for Christmas to go with her new CD boom box."
"Love these Disney CDs...I have all three that I could buy on here."
"Ordered this for my daughter for christmas ,and she LOVES the songs on it, and her and I often have dance parties listening to it."
"I don't know who loves this more, me or the girls :0."
"My daughter loves this mix."
Best Holiday
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I could get all excited about Kirstie and Avi nailing their leads ("Sleigh Ride" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" respectively) AND the fact that Kevin gets to sing several lines in "Mary..." I could rave over their original song "That's Christmas to Me" which is both beautiful and moving. But I won't......because that would take too much time that I could spend listening to this incredible album."
"I love Pentatonix so it was natural that I had to have "That's Christmas to Me"."
"I threw my nearly 16 year old golden retriever an early Christmas since cancer was taking her life."
"We drive many miles over the Christmas holidays and most often listen to Christmas CD's as we drive."
"My daughter, a dance teacher, told us about Pentatonix."
"I want to listen to Christmas music year round thanks to this awesome band!"
"I purchased and shipped it to 4 of my friends/family AND gave it as a white elephant gift last year for Christmas."
"I Love acapella."
Best Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Jocko has put together a wonderful album that can act as external conscience."
"Before even listening to the album, I had a sudden urge to never complain again, my biceps increased by 4 inches, beautiful women started flocking to me, and my white belt changed to brown."
"(I didn't eat donuts often, but yeah...thanks for ruining that Jocko). "Wake Up and Get After It" works."
"Do you often feel the need to give in to doughnuts?"
"I dare you to try and hit the snooze button, with Jocko's gravelly voice shaming you for lying in bed."
"I lost a lot of weight utilizing Jocko's Words as my motivation."
"I you are a Jocko Trooper, you WILL enjoy hearing his encouragement."
"The ultimate motivation soundtrack, especially for veterans."
Best Radio Shows
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I knew what I was buying, and was concerned with the recorded quality."
"i went to Amoeba in LA one day and saw this record and thought to myself "holy s***!"
"Some reviewers felt the music was amateurish or simplistic folk music."
"I had started watching this movie and still haven't finished it (it got deleted accidentally) but I knew less than halfway through this movie that I would need this soundtrack."
"I especialy enjoyed "All I Want Is You", a catchy song with gtreat learicks and a great remake of the Phil Philips clasic "Sea of Love" by Cat Power."
"Now I will admit that I felt I was out of my element cause the average age at the Movie's last night was closer to 19, and what I thought was funny, I sometime was the only one busting up laughing.... And when they played the Carpenter's Tribute of Superstar by Sonic Youth, I must have been the only one there who heard the original."
"I LOVE soundtracks, especially when they include the actual music from the movie."
Best Sound Effects
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I use the Soft Rains song to sleep by every night, so relaxing!"
"This cd is very relaxing for me and helps me to fall asleep much quicker than I normally would."
"The scenery is beautiful and the music and sounds are lovely."
"Excellent Worth the money."
"How in hell is someone suppose to fall asleep to loud sounds of bird noises."
"Unfortunately, through no fault of this Cd's creator, the sound of birds makes me anxious and there are a great deal of bird sounds on this CD."
Best Wedding Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I knew what I was buying, and was concerned with the recorded quality."
"i went to Amoeba in LA one day and saw this record and thought to myself "holy s***!"
"Some reviewers felt the music was amateurish or simplistic folk music."
"I had started watching this movie and still haven't finished it (it got deleted accidentally) but I knew less than halfway through this movie that I would need this soundtrack."
"I especialy enjoyed "All I Want Is You", a catchy song with gtreat learicks and a great remake of the Phil Philips clasic "Sea of Love" by Cat Power."
"Now I will admit that I felt I was out of my element cause the average age at the Movie's last night was closer to 19, and what I thought was funny, I sometime was the only one busting up laughing.... And when they played the Carpenter's Tribute of Superstar by Sonic Youth, I must have been the only one there who heard the original."
"I happen to adore the opening credits tune (Barry Polisar's All I Want Is You) as it brings back childhood memories of other hilarious Polisar tunes like "Don't Stick Your Finger Up Your Nose" and "Early Sunday Morning" :-) If you enjoyed the movie, it's easy to enjoy the soundtrack even if many of the tunes aren't ones you might normally choose (at least that was the case with me)."
Best Avant Garde & Free Jazz
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The percussion and electric guitar keep this sounding current and modern, even though the acoustic strings are often associated with classical music."
"This is a great album!"
"Traditional Jewish music meets surf rock meets contemporary jazz."
"Half of the group (Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander & Marc Ribot) have their own Book of Angels releases. Those who don't (Cyro Baptista, Joey Baron & Greg Cohen) are long time John Zorn collaborators. Perhaps because most of these musicians played on the initial "Bar Kokhba" album and on the "50th Birthday Celebration" live release, this group has chemistry. I don't recall being as moved by a Jazz violin since hearing Stéphane Grappelli play with Django Reinhardt's Quintette du Hot Club de France."
"Zorn's stated goal with the new Masada songbook was not to make a band the focus of the project but rather the music and in this he really succeeds-- covering a range of moods and influences while being both uniquely Jewish and uniquely John Zorn (and readily identifiable as Masada). And really, these are the keys to what makes this record fantastic-- great playing and great support as a band whose level of interaction is a mix between near psychic response and Zorn's unique exertions over them (everything from switching accompaniment from arco to pizzicato to not at all to conducting triangle strikes and extending brilliant solos)."
"This is just superb - great grooves as ever (Zorn can conjure up perfect basslines at will it seems - 'Lilin' springs immediately to mind, but the Masada Books contain so many others), intense yet always sensitive drumming and percussion, and, of course, endlessly beautiful soloing and comping from Ribot, Feldman and Friedlander."
Best Acoustic Blues
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This may be The Devil Makes 3 at their best... they demonstrate their full range from playing old school folk, to blues rock, to down home bluegrass."
"Love this band!"
"Once again the lyrics and music from the talented Devil Makes Three band is easy to listen to, and makes you feel."
"Their best album!"
"Personally I love their live recordings, I prefer them as a live band, and as far as "live" recordings go in general, this one is great quality."
"Having listened to Devil Makes Three's studio albums, I decided it was time to listen to some of their live stuff."
"These are live recordings of songs from their studio records and a couple they usually play at their shows that aren't on their records."
"5 Stars!!!"
Best Historical Periods
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These songs were first introduced to my ears on my father's old collection of 45 rpm records."
"The song selection and choral and orchestral renderings are beautiful and so fitting for the Christmas season."
"I think the Robert Shaw singers are the quintessential coral singer for Christmas songs, none better."
"I ordered this album to approximate an old 33 LP record by the same-named choir (probably different singers many years later) that my parents had when I was a child in the '50s and '60s."
"Great compilation of Christmas carols, all beautifully done in acapella."
"My feeling after listening to this several times is that most of the songs are simply too short, clocking in at well under two minutes."
Best Christian Rap
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Although the artist sings the song beautifully, his rendition does not include all the verses written by Dan Schutte."
"This is a great CD for corporate worship or private devotions."
"I like the songs in this cd because they are all the songs we sing at Mass, I also play it while distributing the body of Christ to the local hospitals."
"Beautiful songs and a wonderful singer."
"Absolutely beautiful!!"
"John Michael Talbot never ceases to produce thoughtful songs."
"Beautiful!"
Best Easy Listening
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These songs were first introduced to my ears on my father's old collection of 45 rpm records."
"The song selection and choral and orchestral renderings are beautiful and so fitting for the Christmas season."
"I think the Robert Shaw singers are the quintessential coral singer for Christmas songs, none better."
"I ordered this album to approximate an old 33 LP record by the same-named choir (probably different singers many years later) that my parents had when I was a child in the '50s and '60s."
"Great compilation of Christmas carols, all beautifully done in acapella."
"My feeling after listening to this several times is that most of the songs are simply too short, clocking in at well under two minutes."
Best Baroque (c.1600-1750)
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Find Best Price at Amazon"So so good; a must for your collections; peaceful soothing spiritual music."
"Five stars for the music; 0 stars for the degree of difficulty in the Amazon Music app about how to re-upload downloaded music back into the Amazon Cloud."
"I grew up listening to Robert Shaw Christmas on the huge console stereo that took up half the living room!"
"As a Christmas music and classical music lover, I'm delighted by the inspired creativity and imagination shown by selecting these particular pieces. This is pretty much the very best Christmas CD I've ever heard."
"I have been forfunate to have sung with Robert during my college years-it was a truly wonderful experience to have him pop in on our rehearsals once in a while."
"The arrangements are simple, tasteful, and transparent; if you like BCM (Bombastic Christmas Music) this is not for you."
"This is some of the most beautiful Christmas music I own."
"A cappella music is difficult to sing and the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers do an amazing job of it."