DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

You want retro? Get a load of their equipment, from the vintage Farfisa and Vox organs to the ever-lovable Moog synthesizers. You want futurist? It's the sound of not-so-well-oiled machinery, churning and sputtering into space age bachelor pad heaven and postindustrial hell. You want pure pop? Dig how they mine mod sounds of the 1960s, from Burt Bacharach to Françoise Hardy, and pull melodies straight out of a bubblegum wrapper. You want avant garde? Check the blatant liftings from '70s krautrockers Neu! and Can, plus their appropriations of Philip Glass's disjointed wordplay and Ornette Coleman's jagged alto sax.

You want meaning? These are songs loaded with optimism, progressivism, humanism, and dashes of Marxism. You want nonsense? There's plenty of "la-la-la's" to lead us into oblivion, and head vocalist Laetitia Sadier sings half the time in French.

You want a groove band? Tracks like "Metronomic Underground" and "Les Yper-Sound" cast a funk trance heavier than voodoo and at least as danceable as any neo-hippie tripe. You want a band that rocks? Try "The Noise of Carpet" for its rug-burning guitar and acceleration drum whacks. Yesterday, tomorrow, now: Stereolab's the one. --Roni Sarig

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

Essential, 11 Jul 2007
i paid £15 for it on the High St.

Pricy compared to amazon, but Metronomic Underground is worth that price alone.

SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC, 30 Aug 2006
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the Groop unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Revenge - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.

Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.


One of the great Stereolab albums..., 06 May 2006
Stereolab are one of those bands who have been consistently great (or at worst, consistently good) - get any of their albums or compilations and let me know if you detect a dud. Contrary to some fans of their earlier so-called 'Lo Fi'-work, I have to say I prefer the stuff after - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' being a key album in their history. I always found releases like 'peng! and '...Space Age Bachelor Pad Music' a bit too theoretical and repetative - though I must go back and check if my tastes haven't superceded my memory. Exposure to a band like Neu! could make you reassess the groop known as Stereolab.

Stereolab almost broke through in the mid-90s - the recent box-set reminds you that 'French Disko' was close to a hit, while 'Ping Pong'/'Mars Audiac Quintet' almost had them being the next St.Etienne (the closest they got in the end was Laetitia Sadier's appearance on Blur's 'To the End' from the best-selling 'Park Life' LP). They appeared to step sideways with the 'Refried Ectoplasm'-compilation of earlier singles and the soundtrack recording 'Music for the Amorphous Body Center.' 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', recently cited by the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as one of his favourite albums alongside Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew', tapped into their best work before and extended their range hugely. Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Microdisney) supplies gorgesous string arrangements alongside his usual guest contributions (O'Hagan contributed similarly to Super Furry Animals' 'Guerrilla' - shame that approach only gelled on 'The Turning Tide'). John McEntire (Tortoise) is engineer and co-producer here, a role he would advance with Jim O'Rourke on the classic 'Cobra Phases...' and 'Sound-Dust' albums (my three favourite Stereolab recordings).

The eclectic range of instruments alongside the harmonies of Sadier and the late Mary Hansen offer an extremely layered album - you can see how this complex exploration of sound and structure influenced the Lips' 'Zaireeka' and 'The Soft Bulletin' - this is one of those records you can sonically give yourself up to - like 'Loveless', 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', 'Xtrmntr', 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts', 'Now Here is Nowhere', 'Neu! 75', 'Sulk', 'Get Up With It' or 'Blue Bell Knoll.' The joys of headphones-MP3players make this all the more apparent - it seems wrong that somehow these songs weren't mega-hits and have been adopted as national anthems. Singles 'Cybele's Revenge' and 'The Noise of Carpet' sound like alien pop perfection in all their glory. Hard to single out any particular tracks - just one of those albums that is fantastic from beginning to end, that I can play all the way through anytime...one for that Desert Island - tomorrow was already here then...& great to see they remain as fantastic as ever, the 'Fab Four Suture'-compilation a reminder of one of the greatest groops...While Stereolab have often been cited as influenced by [insert Krautrock name here], it's time to note that the 'Lab (as they were never, ever called) have been influential, acts like Broadcast, Secret Machines, the Lips, the Beta Band, Super Furry Animals, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces and Pram have all nodded in their general direction. 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' remains one of the great albums of the 1990s and a definite totalutterseminallikemasterpiece...

The last great Lab record?, 20 Feb 2005
Nice to see this available again as for me Stereolab never subsequently reached the same heights. Here their fusion of krautrock drone n breezy gallic pop was just perfect. The next album, Dots and Loops, was disappointingly bland - starting a trend that has unfortunately continued to this day.

bright, lazy and delicious!, 03 Sep 2003
Emperor tomato ketchup is a blend of various musical scents, from funky jazz to cool electronica, it always sounds refreshing, powerful, yet with a delicious touch of laziness and naivity, similar to the Gentle people's cd's.
Laetitia Sadier's french vocals are simply irresistible!
I rate this album with 5 stars because it manages to reflect the spirit of the nineties, through its electronical drive, however achieving uniqueness in its "harmless futiristic" message.
Don't miss it!

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

Essential, 11 Jul 2007
i paid £15 for it on the High St.

Pricy compared to amazon, but Metronomic Underground is worth that price alone.

SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC, 30 Aug 2006
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the Groop unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Revenge - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.

Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.


One of the great Stereolab albums..., 06 May 2006
Stereolab are one of those bands who have been consistently great (or at worst, consistently good) - get any of their albums or compilations and let me know if you detect a dud. Contrary to some fans of their earlier so-called 'Lo Fi'-work, I have to say I prefer the stuff after - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' being a key album in their history. I always found releases like 'peng! and '...Space Age Bachelor Pad Music' a bit too theoretical and repetative - though I must go back and check if my tastes haven't superceded my memory. Exposure to a band like Neu! could make you reassess the groop known as Stereolab.

Stereolab almost broke through in the mid-90s - the recent box-set reminds you that 'French Disko' was close to a hit, while 'Ping Pong'/'Mars Audiac Quintet' almost had them being the next St.Etienne (the closest they got in the end was Laetitia Sadier's appearance on Blur's 'To the End' from the best-selling 'Park Life' LP). They appeared to step sideways with the 'Refried Ectoplasm'-compilation of earlier singles and the soundtrack recording 'Music for the Amorphous Body Center.' 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', recently cited by the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as one of his favourite albums alongside Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew', tapped into their best work before and extended their range hugely. Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Microdisney) supplies gorgesous string arrangements alongside his usual guest contributions (O'Hagan contributed similarly to Super Furry Animals' 'Guerrilla' - shame that approach only gelled on 'The Turning Tide'). John McEntire (Tortoise) is engineer and co-producer here, a role he would advance with Jim O'Rourke on the classic 'Cobra Phases...' and 'Sound-Dust' albums (my three favourite Stereolab recordings).

The eclectic range of instruments alongside the harmonies of Sadier and the late Mary Hansen offer an extremely layered album - you can see how this complex exploration of sound and structure influenced the Lips' 'Zaireeka' and 'The Soft Bulletin' - this is one of those records you can sonically give yourself up to - like 'Loveless', 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', 'Xtrmntr', 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts', 'Now Here is Nowhere', 'Neu! 75', 'Sulk', 'Get Up With It' or 'Blue Bell Knoll.' The joys of headphones-MP3players make this all the more apparent - it seems wrong that somehow these songs weren't mega-hits and have been adopted as national anthems. Singles 'Cybele's Revenge' and 'The Noise of Carpet' sound like alien pop perfection in all their glory. Hard to single out any particular tracks - just one of those albums that is fantastic from beginning to end, that I can play all the way through anytime...one for that Desert Island - tomorrow was already here then...& great to see they remain as fantastic as ever, the 'Fab Four Suture'-compilation a reminder of one of the greatest groops...While Stereolab have often been cited as influenced by [insert Krautrock name here], it's time to note that the 'Lab (as they were never, ever called) have been influential, acts like Broadcast, Secret Machines, the Lips, the Beta Band, Super Furry Animals, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces and Pram have all nodded in their general direction. 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' remains one of the great albums of the 1990s and a definite totalutterseminallikemasterpiece...

The last great Lab record?, 20 Feb 2005
Nice to see this available again as for me Stereolab never subsequently reached the same heights. Here their fusion of krautrock drone n breezy gallic pop was just perfect. The next album, Dots and Loops, was disappointingly bland - starting a trend that has unfortunately continued to this day.

bright, lazy and delicious!, 03 Sep 2003
Emperor tomato ketchup is a blend of various musical scents, from funky jazz to cool electronica, it always sounds refreshing, powerful, yet with a delicious touch of laziness and naivity, similar to the Gentle people's cd's.
Laetitia Sadier's french vocals are simply irresistible!
I rate this album with 5 stars because it manages to reflect the spirit of the nineties, through its electronical drive, however achieving uniqueness in its "harmless futiristic" message.
Don't miss it!

Singing the fishing, 30 Dec 2005
This is probably radio documentary at its very best. It is a balance of sound and singing, voice and rythme. We hear of life at its very hardest and how the sea draws the fisherman again and again from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. We hear of the drifter, the steam boat and the diesel: of the girls from Scotland who gutted the herring. Above all we hear songs that have passed into folklore and are given title and author for the first time. It is the most compulsive record you can listen to, and of God - if you listen "....he shot Him." Buy it and listen.

God's Peace To All Good Men, 04 Dec 2005
The Beauty of Fishing relaxes you to the enjoyment as pure guidance in compfort,serenity surrounds you to the delights of warmth that flow either in the waters or in the air. a beautiful understanding takes you on a journey of complete array's of GODS LOVE and peacefullness of young and old embarking on captivating delights to the happy fisherman,and the goodness it brings to all your families who enjoy the hospitality of eating healthy foods. to enlighten you even more would be to listen to the beautiful songs of the birds especially the KINGFISHER... Yours Sincerely... Neil.A.Kennedy...

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

Essential, 11 Jul 2007
i paid £15 for it on the High St.

Pricy compared to amazon, but Metronomic Underground is worth that price alone.

SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC, 30 Aug 2006
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the Groop unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Revenge - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.

Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.


One of the great Stereolab albums..., 06 May 2006
Stereolab are one of those bands who have been consistently great (or at worst, consistently good) - get any of their albums or compilations and let me know if you detect a dud. Contrary to some fans of their earlier so-called 'Lo Fi'-work, I have to say I prefer the stuff after - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' being a key album in their history. I always found releases like 'peng! and '...Space Age Bachelor Pad Music' a bit too theoretical and repetative - though I must go back and check if my tastes haven't superceded my memory. Exposure to a band like Neu! could make you reassess the groop known as Stereolab.

Stereolab almost broke through in the mid-90s - the recent box-set reminds you that 'French Disko' was close to a hit, while 'Ping Pong'/'Mars Audiac Quintet' almost had them being the next St.Etienne (the closest they got in the end was Laetitia Sadier's appearance on Blur's 'To the End' from the best-selling 'Park Life' LP). They appeared to step sideways with the 'Refried Ectoplasm'-compilation of earlier singles and the soundtrack recording 'Music for the Amorphous Body Center.' 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', recently cited by the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as one of his favourite albums alongside Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew', tapped into their best work before and extended their range hugely. Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Microdisney) supplies gorgesous string arrangements alongside his usual guest contributions (O'Hagan contributed similarly to Super Furry Animals' 'Guerrilla' - shame that approach only gelled on 'The Turning Tide'). John McEntire (Tortoise) is engineer and co-producer here, a role he would advance with Jim O'Rourke on the classic 'Cobra Phases...' and 'Sound-Dust' albums (my three favourite Stereolab recordings).

The eclectic range of instruments alongside the harmonies of Sadier and the late Mary Hansen offer an extremely layered album - you can see how this complex exploration of sound and structure influenced the Lips' 'Zaireeka' and 'The Soft Bulletin' - this is one of those records you can sonically give yourself up to - like 'Loveless', 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', 'Xtrmntr', 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts', 'Now Here is Nowhere', 'Neu! 75', 'Sulk', 'Get Up With It' or 'Blue Bell Knoll.' The joys of headphones-MP3players make this all the more apparent - it seems wrong that somehow these songs weren't mega-hits and have been adopted as national anthems. Singles 'Cybele's Revenge' and 'The Noise of Carpet' sound like alien pop perfection in all their glory. Hard to single out any particular tracks - just one of those albums that is fantastic from beginning to end, that I can play all the way through anytime...one for that Desert Island - tomorrow was already here then...& great to see they remain as fantastic as ever, the 'Fab Four Suture'-compilation a reminder of one of the greatest groops...While Stereolab have often been cited as influenced by [insert Krautrock name here], it's time to note that the 'Lab (as they were never, ever called) have been influential, acts like Broadcast, Secret Machines, the Lips, the Beta Band, Super Furry Animals, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces and Pram have all nodded in their general direction. 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' remains one of the great albums of the 1990s and a definite totalutterseminallikemasterpiece...

The last great Lab record?, 20 Feb 2005
Nice to see this available again as for me Stereolab never subsequently reached the same heights. Here their fusion of krautrock drone n breezy gallic pop was just perfect. The next album, Dots and Loops, was disappointingly bland - starting a trend that has unfortunately continued to this day.

bright, lazy and delicious!, 03 Sep 2003
Emperor tomato ketchup is a blend of various musical scents, from funky jazz to cool electronica, it always sounds refreshing, powerful, yet with a delicious touch of laziness and naivity, similar to the Gentle people's cd's.
Laetitia Sadier's french vocals are simply irresistible!
I rate this album with 5 stars because it manages to reflect the spirit of the nineties, through its electronical drive, however achieving uniqueness in its "harmless futiristic" message.
Don't miss it!

Singing the fishing, 30 Dec 2005
This is probably radio documentary at its very best. It is a balance of sound and singing, voice and rythme. We hear of life at its very hardest and how the sea draws the fisherman again and again from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. We hear of the drifter, the steam boat and the diesel: of the girls from Scotland who gutted the herring. Above all we hear songs that have passed into folklore and are given title and author for the first time. It is the most compulsive record you can listen to, and of God - if you listen "....he shot Him." Buy it and listen.

God's Peace To All Good Men, 04 Dec 2005
The Beauty of Fishing relaxes you to the enjoyment as pure guidance in compfort,serenity surrounds you to the delights of warmth that flow either in the waters or in the air. a beautiful understanding takes you on a journey of complete array's of GODS LOVE and peacefullness of young and old embarking on captivating delights to the happy fisherman,and the goodness it brings to all your families who enjoy the hospitality of eating healthy foods. to enlighten you even more would be to listen to the beautiful songs of the birds especially the KINGFISHER... Yours Sincerely... Neil.A.Kennedy...

Probably the Greatest Folk Album in the World - Ever !, 13 Feb 2008
Marries folk and trad, instrumentals and songs, originals and timeless classics.If you're interested in folk, or Irish music, or acoustic music you can't not have this album !
Planxty had 2 outstanding singers in Christy Moore (still enormously popular in his own right) and the hugely influential Andy Irvine (exceptional composer, and collector of folk songs from all over the world). The group featured the superb Liam O'Flynn on uileann pipes. Not only has O'Flynn influenced every Irish piper since, but also his prowess and beautiful tone have promoted the instrument to such an extent that many Scots and Galician pipers have added it along to their own native pipes. As if the above wasn't enough Donal Lunny and Irvine provided some of the best interwoven string accompaniments ever recorded on various bouzoukis and mandolins. Moore contributed fairly basic guitar but with the Lunny-Irvine team on board nothing else was needed. When you add great songs and tunes to four such magnificent performers you 're bound to end up with something special.The term "supergroup" is bandied around a lot these days but nobody I've seen referred to in that light can hold a candle to Planxty.
I could go through every track, but really it suffices to say that there isn't a weak moment on the album, and I agree with the other reviewer (and countless others) who reckon Irvine's "West Coast of Clare" is one of the finest love songs ever written.
Absolutely essential purchase !

Timeless Classic, 06 Nov 2006
I first heard this album at a very young age when I found a cassette copy in my father's collection. For some reason I was aware of Christy Moore being in the band, though I had no idea what lay in store! From the Raggle Taggle Gypsy through to the Blacksmith via The West Coast of Clare, this album deserves the true title of absolute classic, and amazingly sounds so fresh today. This album led to my taking up the bouzouki, and I would be hard pressed to find one that has had such an influense on me.

This is the one!, 01 Jun 2004
For anyone hoping for an introduction to Irish music, this CD is the one to have. I have 5000+ CDs in my collection and across all genre's, this is my favourite. Nowhere else will you find such a mix of unbridled enegy, aching ballads & instrumental virtuosity. This was the Planxty's first and finest album and all subsequent efforts, though each having three or four great tracks, never captured the atmosphere of the first. Where will you find a finer ballad than the West Coast of Clare, heavier metal than Merrily Kissed the Quaker or anything, ANYTHING to compare to the Raggle Taggle Gypsy!

TMBG has always been a great reason for math and computer science majors to add a real rock album to their collection of John Williams and Weird Al records--and Flood is a bacchanalian celebration of stupidity. Lifting off from their previous album, Lincoln, which was a sort of transitional hit-or-miss, Flood is a soaring, catchy sing-along album destined for people who love quoting Monty Python sketches. Try not singing the words to "Particle Man", "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" or "Birdhouse in your Soul". (Apparently, "Particle Man" was so catchy that the song was later used as a sing-along in a cartoon show for children.) Combining a book-smart, funny love of history, junk culture and film noir, this is the album to own. Put it on loud, sing along and dance very, very badly. --Todd Levin

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

Essential, 11 Jul 2007
i paid £15 for it on the High St.

Pricy compared to amazon, but Metronomic Underground is worth that price alone.

SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC, 30 Aug 2006
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the Groop unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Revenge - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.

Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.


One of the great Stereolab albums..., 06 May 2006
Stereolab are one of those bands who have been consistently great (or at worst, consistently good) - get any of their albums or compilations and let me know if you detect a dud. Contrary to some fans of their earlier so-called 'Lo Fi'-work, I have to say I prefer the stuff after - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' being a key album in their history. I always found releases like 'peng! and '...Space Age Bachelor Pad Music' a bit too theoretical and repetative - though I must go back and check if my tastes haven't superceded my memory. Exposure to a band like Neu! could make you reassess the groop known as Stereolab.

Stereolab almost broke through in the mid-90s - the recent box-set reminds you that 'French Disko' was close to a hit, while 'Ping Pong'/'Mars Audiac Quintet' almost had them being the next St.Etienne (the closest they got in the end was Laetitia Sadier's appearance on Blur's 'To the End' from the best-selling 'Park Life' LP). They appeared to step sideways with the 'Refried Ectoplasm'-compilation of earlier singles and the soundtrack recording 'Music for the Amorphous Body Center.' 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', recently cited by the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as one of his favourite albums alongside Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew', tapped into their best work before and extended their range hugely. Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Microdisney) supplies gorgesous string arrangements alongside his usual guest contributions (O'Hagan contributed similarly to Super Furry Animals' 'Guerrilla' - shame that approach only gelled on 'The Turning Tide'). John McEntire (Tortoise) is engineer and co-producer here, a role he would advance with Jim O'Rourke on the classic 'Cobra Phases...' and 'Sound-Dust' albums (my three favourite Stereolab recordings).

The eclectic range of instruments alongside the harmonies of Sadier and the late Mary Hansen offer an extremely layered album - you can see how this complex exploration of sound and structure influenced the Lips' 'Zaireeka' and 'The Soft Bulletin' - this is one of those records you can sonically give yourself up to - like 'Loveless', 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', 'Xtrmntr', 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts', 'Now Here is Nowhere', 'Neu! 75', 'Sulk', 'Get Up With It' or 'Blue Bell Knoll.' The joys of headphones-MP3players make this all the more apparent - it seems wrong that somehow these songs weren't mega-hits and have been adopted as national anthems. Singles 'Cybele's Revenge' and 'The Noise of Carpet' sound like alien pop perfection in all their glory. Hard to single out any particular tracks - just one of those albums that is fantastic from beginning to end, that I can play all the way through anytime...one for that Desert Island - tomorrow was already here then...& great to see they remain as fantastic as ever, the 'Fab Four Suture'-compilation a reminder of one of the greatest groops...While Stereolab have often been cited as influenced by [insert Krautrock name here], it's time to note that the 'Lab (as they were never, ever called) have been influential, acts like Broadcast, Secret Machines, the Lips, the Beta Band, Super Furry Animals, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces and Pram have all nodded in their general direction. 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' remains one of the great albums of the 1990s and a definite totalutterseminallikemasterpiece...

The last great Lab record?, 20 Feb 2005
Nice to see this available again as for me Stereolab never subsequently reached the same heights. Here their fusion of krautrock drone n breezy gallic pop was just perfect. The next album, Dots and Loops, was disappointingly bland - starting a trend that has unfortunately continued to this day.

bright, lazy and delicious!, 03 Sep 2003
Emperor tomato ketchup is a blend of various musical scents, from funky jazz to cool electronica, it always sounds refreshing, powerful, yet with a delicious touch of laziness and naivity, similar to the Gentle people's cd's.
Laetitia Sadier's french vocals are simply irresistible!
I rate this album with 5 stars because it manages to reflect the spirit of the nineties, through its electronical drive, however achieving uniqueness in its "harmless futiristic" message.
Don't miss it!

Singing the fishing, 30 Dec 2005
This is probably radio documentary at its very best. It is a balance of sound and singing, voice and rythme. We hear of life at its very hardest and how the sea draws the fisherman again and again from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. We hear of the drifter, the steam boat and the diesel: of the girls from Scotland who gutted the herring. Above all we hear songs that have passed into folklore and are given title and author for the first time. It is the most compulsive record you can listen to, and of God - if you listen "....he shot Him." Buy it and listen.

God's Peace To All Good Men, 04 Dec 2005
The Beauty of Fishing relaxes you to the enjoyment as pure guidance in compfort,serenity surrounds you to the delights of warmth that flow either in the waters or in the air. a beautiful understanding takes you on a journey of complete array's of GODS LOVE and peacefullness of young and old embarking on captivating delights to the happy fisherman,and the goodness it brings to all your families who enjoy the hospitality of eating healthy foods. to enlighten you even more would be to listen to the beautiful songs of the birds especially the KINGFISHER... Yours Sincerely... Neil.A.Kennedy...

Probably the Greatest Folk Album in the World - Ever !, 13 Feb 2008
Marries folk and trad, instrumentals and songs, originals and timeless classics.If you're interested in folk, or Irish music, or acoustic music you can't not have this album !
Planxty had 2 outstanding singers in Christy Moore (still enormously popular in his own right) and the hugely influential Andy Irvine (exceptional composer, and collector of folk songs from all over the world). The group featured the superb Liam O'Flynn on uileann pipes. Not only has O'Flynn influenced every Irish piper since, but also his prowess and beautiful tone have promoted the instrument to such an extent that many Scots and Galician pipers have added it along to their own native pipes. As if the above wasn't enough Donal Lunny and Irvine provided some of the best interwoven string accompaniments ever recorded on various bouzoukis and mandolins. Moore contributed fairly basic guitar but with the Lunny-Irvine team on board nothing else was needed. When you add great songs and tunes to four such magnificent performers you 're bound to end up with something special.The term "supergroup" is bandied around a lot these days but nobody I've seen referred to in that light can hold a candle to Planxty.
I could go through every track, but really it suffices to say that there isn't a weak moment on the album, and I agree with the other reviewer (and countless others) who reckon Irvine's "West Coast of Clare" is one of the finest love songs ever written.
Absolutely essential purchase !

Timeless Classic, 06 Nov 2006
I first heard this album at a very young age when I found a cassette copy in my father's collection. For some reason I was aware of Christy Moore being in the band, though I had no idea what lay in store! From the Raggle Taggle Gypsy through to the Blacksmith via The West Coast of Clare, this album deserves the true title of absolute classic, and amazingly sounds so fresh today. This album led to my taking up the bouzouki, and I would be hard pressed to find one that has had such an influense on me.

This is the one!, 01 Jun 2004
For anyone hoping for an introduction to Irish music, this CD is the one to have. I have 5000+ CDs in my collection and across all genre's, this is my favourite. Nowhere else will you find such a mix of unbridled enegy, aching ballads & instrumental virtuosity. This was the Planxty's first and finest album and all subsequent efforts, though each having three or four great tracks, never captured the atmosphere of the first. Where will you find a finer ballad than the West Coast of Clare, heavier metal than Merrily Kissed the Quaker or anything, ANYTHING to compare to the Raggle Taggle Gypsy!

awesome, 19 Jan 2008
I remember hearing this album being played alot when i was very little. it stuck with me because i do remember randomly spouting out

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS! BOOOY!

at random intervals throughout the years. its only been recently that i rekindled my love of this nutty band. (im 18 now) i have to say they are possibly my favourite band. i have pretty much all their albums on my computer now, but whenever my media player happens to randomly hop onto a song from flood, it just makes me smile. it does have some of the greatest songs on i think. though theirs loads of TMBG songs from all albums i love. but i think flood is just special to me.

If youre after an alternative/rock/pop type album, with a little more to it. go for this. it has very clever, if a little odd, lyrics, and very catchy tunes.

i hope TMBG carry on singing for many years yet, as different as all their albums are, they retain the intelligents and catchyness throughout. there really is something for everyone.

This is Where the Party Ends?, 15 Apr 2004
This is where the party begun for many TMBG fans. It is the definitive TMBG album. This album spurred me on to buy all their other albums.

Ingenious. No two songs are alike, it is an album full of surprises. Most people I have lent this album to have then gone out to buy it for themselves. I see it as a must have for music fans, if only to broaden one's collection.

There are a lot of highlights to this album, most people who have heard it would cite 'Birdhouse in your Soul' as the best song, but in my opinion there are a lot on a par with this. Notably, 'Letterbox', 'Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love' and well, I could go on and name all the songs, because they all have qualities.

TMBG are musical innovators. This album proves that.

If you don't own this, buy it!, 04 Feb 2004
I found this album because I'd heard 'Birdhouse In Your Soul' on the radio and decided that I would like a copy of the song. I then listened to the rest of the album and wasn't disappointed. Istanbul (not Constantinople), Dead, Particle Man, They Might Be Giants, Road Movie To Berlin, the great songs just keep on coming. A word of advice. Don't listen when you're trying to work as you'll get caught up in the songs and never get anything done. But buy it!

Well!, 13 Jan 2003
Since hearing this collection of mad, mad stuff a long time ago (courtesy of a friend with more money than I had at the time) I have constantly been uplifted when listening to the clever, catchy lyrics and droll commentaries on life and the world in general.
The fun I got from learning the lyrics of Rock, and trying to sing them in time to the music has occupied many happy, if exhausted hours driving home from work late at night. (Probably kept me awake too!)
Yes TMBG, not only do I love your music, but I probably owe you my life too!!!
If you are trembling on the verge of 'to buy or not to buy'
BUY - you won't regret it.
Then, when you have made that decision, buy Apollo Two too as it is also excellent.
Then stop until you are richer, and can afford disappointment!

Uhmmmmm......, 03 Jun 2002
They Might Be Giants are so unlike anything you will have ever heard it's hard to find words to sum them up. Yes, they're 'quirky', but the loathsome 'q' word is over-used and far too generic to do them justice. They are runner-up act of choice to Barenaked Ladies fans, currently enjoying renewed interest thanks to the (uncharacteristic) Blink182-esque hit Boss of Me. The music is self-mocking and subversive (just take the daft hidden politics of We Want A Rock); the duo dole out catchy choruses like there's no tommorrow. Best of all, the two Johns have firmly turned their backs on the corporate fashion parade that is the 'popular' music industry. If you're going to get anything from songs like Minimum Wage, Someone Keeps Moving My Chair or ten year old UK hit Birdhouse In Your Soul, it's the distinct impression that they just don't give a damn.

DISCO HEAVEN!!!!, 19 Feb 2007
from the opening bars of "i feel love" you know how good this cd will be! after 8 minutes of this you go into "with your love" an unknown track but its wonderful..only available on this cd! as dance hypnotic as the predecessor! then you have"last dance" a summer classic in its 12" glory!!! amazing!!! jumping straight into the macauthur park suite.."yes we know someone left a cake out" but the 18 minute frenzy that encapsulates "one of a kind" and "heaven knows"..its a bit too much!

then into the 12" versions of "hot stuff" and "walk away"!!! if exstatic hasnt set in by now...you get "dim all the lights"...and to finish you off the full lenght versions of "tears are not enough" is a show stopper!

if you only buy 1 donna summer album...buy this one!

Pity about the omissions, 14 Nov 2002
Although this album is a good buy to get the extended versions of some of Summer's greatest dance hits, it is by no means complete. The omission of hits like Bad Girls, Love's Unkind and Love To Love You Baby and of great album tracks like Queen For A Day, Working The Midnight Shift, Lucky and Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart detracts somewhat from the pomise of the album title. On the other hand, the inclusion of the magnificent MacArthur Park Suite makes up for a lot of what is missing. And this extended version of I Feel Love is worth the price of the album. Like another reviewer said, this ought to have been a 2-CD set. It is valuable to replace those old 12" vinyl singles, but not a comprehensive reflection of the Queen of Disco's contribution to dance music.

Blow your Mind AWAY!!!!, 03 Dec 2000
For all those who believe club music is getting more and more the same and sometimes plain retro... GET THIS!!! "I Feel Love" is extended to 8 minutes of THE MOST PERFECT TECHNO TRACK EVER to be foisted upon the minds of all mortals. "With Your Love" is country disco: and THAT's a compliment. It'll get you bumping and jumping and feeling you're locked in Studio 54 sniffing coke side by side with Warhol's buddies. "Last Dance" was written by Summer and is perhaps het best known song: everytimes she plays the thing on live shows the audience goes berzerk and even geeky guys start dancing as if they were locked up in gay disco heaven! LOL! But then... "MacArthur Park Suite" kicks in and we're no longer in 7 or 8 minute territory: if you can imagine 17.47 minutes of perfection swishing by like the funk machine Parliament wanted to be but only got close to you are still galaxies away from the symphonic beauty splashed over these glorious moments of music capable of bringing tears to your eyes and electric shocks to your mind. The day i hear a DJ playing this on his/her set i will get down on my knees and propose!!! "Hot Stuff" you know: i really don't like this track or "Walk away", but some do and here you get more of it. It was the beginning of her rock leanings, and i guess it's understandable to see it happen that way when one begins to consider the market becoming closer to disco backlash. One of the worst possible things that ever happened to pop and brought back funkless music played by white old men with names like Knopfler. "Dim All the Lights" is a joy, a pure joy, and probably even better than "Last Dance". And, breaking the 10 minute scale ladies and gentlemen and hermaphrodites, the dynamic diva duo that competes for those high notes and those high heels: Donna Summer and barbra Streisand (audience goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH and a plane crashes while millions are smashed in a pool of blood and bones and pus trying to get a glimpse of their goddesses and idols)!!!! Enough is, truly, enough. They should've made this a double CD though: it's a shame that something THIS good has to stop. A carnival of the senses. A perpetual grin. GET IT NOW!!!!

Excellent, 02 May 2008
This cd really evokes the magic of Back to the Future- it's almost as good as watching the film itself! The only notable tune that's missing is Mr Sandman. I would also prefer if the tracks were in the same order as the film. However, these are small criticisms of a great product. Enjoy!

Out A Time Again , 15 Apr 2006
I got this cd a while ago and its a classic just like the film got some of my fave tunes on there of all time mainly power of love by Huey Lweis and back in time altough this is my fave film ever i love the music as well this is a must if youre a fan of the film.

Back to where it feels good, 12 Oct 2005
This CD is packed with great songs and orchestral pieces that easily take you back to the joy of watching this timeless piece of movie magic. The two Huey Lewis & The News tracks are true classics as is Time Bomb Town, written and performed by Lyndsey Buckingham who has a real gift for writing imaginative music, evoking the essence of the film itself. Theres also great nostalgia in Earth Angel and the barnstorming Johnny B.Goode. Alan Silvestri's score is gripping and it will stay with you forever.

A Must Have If You Are A Fan Of The Movie!, 11 Jun 2004
I absolutely love the three 'Back To The Future' films and i have been watching them since i was about knee height on a grass hopper. So when i realised that i could get all of my favourite soundtracks from the movie, on a CD, i was over the moon, and went straight out a brought a copy.

The actually 'Back To The Future' theme tune, which was written by Alan Silvestri, is just made for this film, and is probably one of the most reccognised theme tunes in the history of films. Once you have listened to this CD you will won't be able to get the music out of your head for quite some time. I found myself humming at the bus stop, humming it at school, and just about every other place you can think of.

On the CD there of course is the original theme tune, Power Of Love, Johnny B Goode, the gripping music from the clock tower, and the Marty's letter music, to name but a few. True there are some tunes missing such as Mr Sandman, and unfortunately the Johnny B Goode track is the original one, not Marty's version, but this really doesn't make much difference, and hopefully you will not turn it off , feeling dissappointed.

Overall, this is a really great soundtrack, which although doesn't have all the songs from the first movie, it certainly has the good ones, and i'm sure that you will be pleased with it. This CD is an absolute must if you are a fan of the 'Back To The Future' films but even if you aren't, you will still loves the tracks and i guarentee that you will not be able to get them out of your head.

top quality tuneage, 23 Mar 2004
this is a sweet-ass album. if you are a fan of back to the future, then you will be a fan of this cd. all the songs on the cd are great and easy to listen to/sing along with. it is a shame that Mr Sandman is not on this album, but there are enough good songs on hear for anyone to enjoy! buy this album!

Essential, 11 Jul 2007
i paid £15 for it on the High St.

Pricy compared to amazon, but Metronomic Underground is worth that price alone.

SPACE AGE BACHELOR PAD CLASSIC, 30 Aug 2006
Stereolab's finest hour. On this album, the Groop unleashed their full artillery of styles and influences and made a krautrock / lounge / chanson / moog / pop classic. Highlights include Metronomic Underground, with its hypnotic bass and Cybele's Revenge - a stunning, poptastic Stereolab gem.

Unfortunately, their output since (with the exception of Sound-Dust) has been rather bland in comparison (think muzak) but still worth a listen.


One of the great Stereolab albums..., 06 May 2006
Stereolab are one of those bands who have been consistently great (or at worst, consistently good) - get any of their albums or compilations and let me know if you detect a dud. Contrary to some fans of their earlier so-called 'Lo Fi'-work, I have to say I prefer the stuff after - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' being a key album in their history. I always found releases like 'peng! and '...Space Age Bachelor Pad Music' a bit too theoretical and repetative - though I must go back and check if my tastes haven't superceded my memory. Exposure to a band like Neu! could make you reassess the groop known as Stereolab.

Stereolab almost broke through in the mid-90s - the recent box-set reminds you that 'French Disko' was close to a hit, while 'Ping Pong'/'Mars Audiac Quintet' almost had them being the next St.Etienne (the closest they got in the end was Laetitia Sadier's appearance on Blur's 'To the End' from the best-selling 'Park Life' LP). They appeared to step sideways with the 'Refried Ectoplasm'-compilation of earlier singles and the soundtrack recording 'Music for the Amorphous Body Center.' 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', recently cited by the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne as one of his favourite albums alongside Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew', tapped into their best work before and extended their range hugely. Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Microdisney) supplies gorgesous string arrangements alongside his usual guest contributions (O'Hagan contributed similarly to Super Furry Animals' 'Guerrilla' - shame that approach only gelled on 'The Turning Tide'). John McEntire (Tortoise) is engineer and co-producer here, a role he would advance with Jim O'Rourke on the classic 'Cobra Phases...' and 'Sound-Dust' albums (my three favourite Stereolab recordings).

The eclectic range of instruments alongside the harmonies of Sadier and the late Mary Hansen offer an extremely layered album - you can see how this complex exploration of sound and structure influenced the Lips' 'Zaireeka' and 'The Soft Bulletin' - this is one of those records you can sonically give yourself up to - like 'Loveless', 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea', 'Xtrmntr', 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts', 'Now Here is Nowhere', 'Neu! 75', 'Sulk', 'Get Up With It' or 'Blue Bell Knoll.' The joys of headphones-MP3players make this all the more apparent - it seems wrong that somehow these songs weren't mega-hits and have been adopted as national anthems. Singles 'Cybele's Revenge' and 'The Noise of Carpet' sound like alien pop perfection in all their glory. Hard to single out any particular tracks - just one of those albums that is fantastic from beginning to end, that I can play all the way through anytime...one for that Desert Island - tomorrow was already here then...& great to see they remain as fantastic as ever, the 'Fab Four Suture'-compilation a reminder of one of the greatest groops...While Stereolab have often been cited as influenced by [insert Krautrock name here], it's time to note that the 'Lab (as they were never, ever called) have been influential, acts like Broadcast, Secret Machines, the Lips, the Beta Band, Super Furry Animals, Blur, The Fiery Furnaces and Pram have all nodded in their general direction. 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' remains one of the great albums of the 1990s and a definite totalutterseminallikemasterpiece...

The last great Lab record?, 20 Feb 2005
Nice to see this available again as for me Stereolab never subsequently reached the same heights. Here their fusion of krautrock drone n breezy gallic pop was just perfect. The next album, Dots and Loops, was disappointingly bland - starting a trend that has unfortunately continued to this day.

bright, lazy and delicious!, 03 Sep 2003
Emperor tomato ketchup is a blend of various musical scents, from funky jazz to cool electronica, it always sounds refreshing, powerful, yet with a delicious touch of laziness and naivity, similar to the Gentle people's cd's.
Laetitia Sadier's french vocals are simply irresistible!
I rate this album with 5 stars because it manages to reflect the spirit of the nineties, through its electronical drive, however achieving uniqueness in its "harmless futiristic" message.
Don't miss it!

Singing the fishing, 30 Dec 2005
This is probably radio documentary at its very best. It is a balance of sound and singing, voice and rythme. We hear of life at its very hardest and how the sea draws the fisherman again and again from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. We hear of the drifter, the steam boat and the diesel: of the girls from Scotland who gutted the herring. Above all we hear songs that have passed into folklore and are given title and author for the first time. It is the most compulsive record you can listen to, and of God - if you listen "....he shot Him." Buy it and listen.

God's Peace To All Good Men, 04 Dec 2005
The Beauty of Fishing relaxes you to the enjoyment as pure guidance in compfort,serenity surrounds you to the delights of warmth that flow either in the waters or in the air. a beautiful understanding takes you on a journey of complete array's of GODS LOVE and peacefullness of young and old embarking on captivating delights to the happy fisherman,and the goodness it brings to all your families who enjoy the hospitality of eating healthy foods. to enlighten you even more would be to listen to the beautiful songs of the birds especially the KINGFISHER... Yours Sincerely... Neil.A.Kennedy...

Probably the Greatest Folk Album in the World - Ever !, 13 Feb 2008
Marries folk and trad, instrumentals and songs, originals and timeless classics.If you're interested in folk, or Irish music, or acoustic music you can't not have this album !
Planxty had 2 outstanding singers in Christy Moore (still enormously popular in his own right) and the hugely influential Andy Irvine (exceptional composer, and collector of folk songs from all over the world). The group featured the superb Liam O'Flynn on uileann pipes. Not only has O'Flynn influenced every Irish piper since, but also his prowess and beautiful tone have promoted the instrument to such an extent that many Scots and Galician pipers have added it along to their own native pipes. As if the above wasn't enough Donal Lunny and Irvine provided some of the best interwoven string accompaniments ever recorded on various bouzoukis and mandolins. Moore contributed fairly basic guitar but with the Lunny-Irvine team on board nothing else was needed. When you add great songs and tunes to four such magnificent performers you 're bound to end up with something special.The term "supergroup" is bandied around a lot these days but nobody I've seen referred to in that light can hold a candle to Planxty.
I could go through every track, but really it suffices to say that there isn't a weak moment on the album, and I agree with the other reviewer (and countless others) who reckon Irvine's "West Coast of Clare" is one of the finest love songs ever written.
Absolutely essential purchase !

Timeless Classic, 06 Nov 2006
I first heard this album at a very young age when I found a cassette copy in my father's collection. For some reason I was aware of Christy Moore being in the band, though I had no idea what lay in store! From the Raggle Taggle Gypsy through to the Blacksmith via The West Coast of Clare, this album deserves the true title of absolute classic, and amazingly sounds so fresh today. This album led to my taking up the bouzouki, and I would be hard pressed to find one that has had such an influense on me.

This is the one!, 01 Jun 2004
For anyone hoping for an introduction to Irish music, this CD is the one to have. I have 5000+ CDs in my collection and across all genre's, this is my favourite. Nowhere else will you find such a mix of unbridled enegy, aching ballads & instrumental virtuosity. This was the Planxty's first and finest album and all subsequent efforts, though each having three or four great tracks, never captured the atmosphere of the first. Where will you find a finer ballad than the West Coast of Clare, heavier metal than Merrily Kissed the Quaker or anything, ANYTHING to compare to the Raggle Taggle Gypsy!

awesome, 19 Jan 2008
I remember hearing this album being played alot when i was very little. it stuck with me because i do remember randomly spouting out

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS! BOOOY!

at random intervals throughout the years. its only been recently that i rekindled my love of this nutty band. (im 18 now) i have to say they are possibly my favourite band. i have pretty much all their albums on my computer now, but whenever my media player happens to randomly hop onto a song from flood, it just makes me smile. it does have some of the greatest songs on i think. though theirs loads of TMBG songs from all albums i love. but i think flood is just special to me.

If youre after an alternative/rock/pop type album, with a little more to it. go for this. it has very clever, if a little odd, lyrics, and very catchy tunes.

i hope TMBG carry on singing for many years yet, as different as all their albums are, they retain the intelligents and catchyness throughout. there really is something for everyone.

This is Where the Party Ends?, 15 Apr 2004
This is where the party begun for many TMBG fans. It is the definitive TMBG album. This album spurred me on to buy all their other albums.

Ingenious. No two songs are alike, it is an album full of surprises. Most people I have lent this album to have then gone out to buy it for themselves. I see it as a must have for music fans, if only to broaden one's collection.

There are a lot of highlights to this album, most people who have heard it would cite 'Birdhouse in your Soul' as the best song, but in my opinion there are a lot on a par with this. Notably, 'Letterbox', 'Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love' and well, I could go on and name all the songs, because they all have qualities.

TMBG are musical innovators. This album proves that.

If you don't own this, buy it!, 04 Feb 2004
I found this album because I'd heard 'Birdhouse In Your Soul' on the radio and decided that I would like a copy of the song. I then listened to the rest of the album and wasn't disappointed. Istanbul (not Constantinople), Dead, Particle Man, They Might Be Giants, Road Movie To Berlin, the great songs just keep on coming. A word of advice. Don't listen when you're trying to work as you'll get caught up in the songs and never get anything done. But buy it!

Well!, 13 Jan 2003
Since hearing this collection of mad, mad stuff a long time ago (courtesy of a friend with more money than I had at the time) I have constantly been uplifted when listening to the clever, catchy lyrics and droll commentaries on life and the world in general.
The fun I got from learning the lyrics of Rock, and trying to sing them in time to the music has occupied many happy, if exhausted hours driving home from work late at night. (Probably kept me awake too!)
Yes TMBG, not only do I love your music, but I probably owe you my life too!!!
If you are trembling on the verge of 'to buy or not to buy'
BUY - you won't regret it.
Then, when you have made that decision, buy Apollo Two too as it is also excellent.
Then stop until you are richer, and can afford disappointment!

Uhmmmmm......, 03 Jun 2002
They Might Be Giants are so unlike anything you will have ever heard it's hard to find words to sum them up. Yes, they're 'quirky', but the loathsome 'q' word is over-used and far too generic to do them justice. They are runner-up act of choice to Barenaked Ladies fans, currently enjoying renewed interest thanks to the (uncharacteristic) Blink182-esque hit Boss of Me. The music is self-mocking and subversive (just take the daft hidden politics of We Want A Rock); the duo dole out catchy choruses like there's no tommorrow. Best of all, the two Johns have firmly turned their backs on the corporate fashion parade that is the 'popular' music industry. If you're going to get anything from songs like Minimum Wage, Someone Keeps Moving My Chair or ten year old UK hit Birdhouse In Your Soul, it's the distinct impression that they just don't give a damn.

Classic Celtic folk music., 31 Oct 2001
A very musical album, which while a slightly eclectic mix of traditional folk is fun and at times hauntingly beautiful and holds together perfectly to form a great album. Well worth buying for the piece "Ceol Bhriotanach" alone, with its masterful pipe and harp. Also owning the original vinyl version I could find little fault with the CD's reproduction. If you do not own a chieftain's album you could do a lot worse than to start here.