The Very Best Of The Beach Boys – Sounds Of Summer

The Beach Boys first became famous in the early sixties with their hit “Surfin”. They have had decades of success and popularity since then. With amazing record sales and worldwide popularity, it is no surprise that they received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at 2001 Grammy Awards. Beach Boys’ musical genre as been characterized as surf rock, psychedelic pop, sunshine pop, etc.

The current members of The Beach Boys are Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson. Their former members include Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, David Marks, Ricky Fataar, Blondie Chaplin, and Glen Campbell.

The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer includes 30 hits from the Beach Boys, many of them digitally remastered. The contents of this album are as follows:

1. California Girls
2. I Get Around
3. Surfin’ Safari
4. Surfin’ U.S.A.
5. Fun, Fun, Fun
6. Surfer Girl
7. Don’t Worry Baby
8. Little Deuce Coupe
9. Shut Down
10. Help Me, Rhonda
11. Be True To Your School
12. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
13. In My Room
14. God Only Knows
15. Sloop John B
16. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
17. Getcha Back
18. Come Go With Me
19. Rock And Roll Music
20. Dance, Dance, Dance
21. Barbara Ann
22. Do You Wanna Dance?
23. Heroes And Villains
24. Good Timin’
25. Kokomo
26. Do It Again
27. Wild Honey
28. Darlin’
29. I Can Hear Music
30. Good Vibrations

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Fields of Gold – Sting’s Best 1984-1994

Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner) has managed to do a lot during his career so far. Composing music, singing, being a skilled guitarists and a bassist, acting, and activism are some of the things that he is well known for. He seems to like to trying new things and be adventurous. This has helped to bring him success. In 1977, the rock band The Police was founded, with Sting as one of the members. Sting’s first solo appearance was in 1981. Sting has had a long musical career with much popularity. Most of Sting’s albums have been awarded Platinum and many of them even 3x Platinum.

Fields of Gold – The Best of Sting 1984-1994
As the name indicates, Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 is a collection of some of Sting’s best songs from the period between 1984 and 1994. The contents of this album are as follows:

1. When We Dance
2. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
3. Fields Of Gold
4. All This Time
5. Fortress Around Your Heart
6. Be Still My Beating Heart
7. They Dance Alone
8. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
9. Fragile
10. Why Should I Cry For You?
11. Englishman In New York
12. We’ll Be Together
13. Russians
14. This Cowboy Song

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Terasbetoni – Metallitotuus

Teräsbetoni is a heavy metal band from Finland with a warrior-like style that has strong similarities to bands like Manowar. The word “teräsbetoni” is Finnish and means “reinforced concrete”. The band was formed in 2003. In 2005, Terasbetoni released their debut album Metallitotuus (Metal Truth). It was quite popular, reaching the second place on the Finnish list and staying on th elist for 29 weeks.

In 2008, Terasbetoni had already established itself as a significant band in the Finnish heavy metal scene, but it was still relatively unknown internationally. But during that year, the band got a great chance to change that. They were selected as Finland’s representative in the 2008 Eurovision song contest with their song Missä Miehet Ratsastaa. Teräsbetoni got the 8th plase during the semi-finals but in the Eurovision finals, their position was 22nd. This still gave them a lot of publicity and new fans worldwide.

The members of the band are Jarkko Ahola (vocals, bass guitar), Arto Järvinen (guitar, vocals), Viljo Rantanen (guitar), and Jari Kuokkanen (drums). Terasbetoni has released three albums to this date.

Terasbetoni - Metallitotuus

As was already mentioned, the album Metallitotuus was Terasbetoni’s debut album. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. Teräsbetoni
2. Alä Kerro Meille
3. Taivas Lyö Tulta
4. Vahva Kuin Metalli
5. Silmä Silmästä
6. Metallisydän
7. Orjatar
8. Tuonelaan
9. Metallitotuus
10. Voittamaton
11. Teräksen Varjo
12. Maljanne Nostakaa

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A Thousand Different Ways by Clay Aiken

Clayton Holmes “Clay” Aiken became famous during the 2nd season of the Americal Idol TV program in 2003. After getting a recording contract with RCA Records, his debut album (Measure of a Man) became multi-platinum success. In 2009, Clay Aiken signed with Decca Records. Aiken has already released a total of six studio albums in the period between 2003 and 2010.

Clay Aiken - A Thousand Different Ways

The album A Thousand Different Ways was Clay Aiken’s third studio album. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. Right Here Waiting
2. Lonely No More
3. Without You
4. Every Time You Go Away
5. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
6. When I See You Smile
7. A Thousand Days
8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
9. Because You Loved Me
10. I Want To Know What Love Is (featuring Suzie McNeil)
11. These Open Arms
12. Here You Come Again
13. Everything I Have (featuring William Joseph)
14. Broken Wings

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Sleep Through the Static by Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson’s career change from a pro surfer to a singer and songwriter may be somehwat unusual, but an increasing number of people are happy about this decision, since it has enabled them to enjoy Johnson’s simple and soft acoustic surfer-rock music. Jack Johson is the vocalist and the guitarist in his band, while other band members are Adam Topol (drums, percussion), Merlo Podlewski (bass) and Zach Gill (piano, precussion).

Being 35 years of age, Johson has a lot of time to gain popularity and produce more albums, but he has already had a great start, having produced five studio albums. Johnson’s 2006 album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the film Curious George sold over 150.000 copies in the first week after its release. This soundtrack from the film Curious George was his first album to reach the first place in album charts. The same happened again in with Johnson’s fifth album, Sleep Through the Static, which reached the first place in both US and UK album charts.

Sleep Through the Static

The contents of the album Sleep Through the Static are as follows:

1. All At Once
2. Sleep Through The Static
3. Hope
4. Angel
5. Enemy
6. If I Had Eyes
7. Same Girl
8. What You Thought You Need
9. Adrift
10. Go On
11. They Do, They Don’t
12. While We Wait
13. Monsoon
14. Losing Keys

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Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! – A Live Album from the Rolling Stones

If a person knows anything about the history of rock & roll, that person will be familiar with the Rolling Stones. This group has had such a huge influence in the history of rock & roll that it is hard to exaggerate. The Rolling Stones was formed in London in 1962. The band went through some changes in its constitution but the two most significant names associated with the Rolling Stones are the singer Mick Jagger and the guitarist Keith Richards.

The band is still active, with their latest studio album being released in 2005 and playing in Rio de Janeiro in the biggest rock concert ever in 2006.

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! is a live album released in in 1970. It is now available in a digitally remastered form. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
2. Carol
3. Stray Cat Blues
4. Love in Vain
5. Midnight Rambler
6. Sympathy for the Devil
7. Live with Me
8. Little Queenie
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Street Fighting Man

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Jamiroquai – High Times: Singles 1992-2006

Jamiroquai is a British band that was formed in 1992. With a music genre that has been characterized as funk pop, jazz funk and acid jazz, Jamiroquai has had success in just about everywhere in the world. Their big international breakthrough was the album Travelling Without Moving, which was released in 1996. Though the band has gone through many changes over the years, the singer and songwriter Jason Kay remains their leader.

Jamiroquiai - High Times: Singles 1992-2006

High Times: Singles 1992-2006 is a collection album that contains the past hits of Jamiroquai as well as two new songs: Runaway and Radio. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. When You Gonna Learn?
2. Too Young To Die
3. Blow Your Mind
4. Emergency On Planet Earth
5. Space Cowboy
6. Virtual Insanity
7. Cosmic Girl
8. Alright
9. High Times
10. Deeper Underground
11. Canned Heat
12. Little L
13. Love Foolosophy
14. Corner Of The Earth
15. Feels Just Like It Should
16. Seven Days In Sunny June
17. (Don’t) Give Hate A Chance
18. Runaway
19. Radio

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I Am What I Am by Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard is a legendary country musician with amazing vocal performance abilities and an unrivaled interpretive mastery. At the age of 73, Haggard is still continuing his career which has lasted over 50 years and during which he has produced tens of albums and has won many awards. Merle Haggard’s musical styles range from country realism to jazz-informed expression. The music of the California-born Haggard is often confrontational, outspoken, and pulls no punches. In November 2008, Haggard was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery. He returned to the musical scene less than two months after the operation.

Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am

Merle Haggard’s latest album was released in April 20th. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. I’ve Seen It Go Away
2. Pretty When It’s New
3. Oil Tanker Train
4. Live And Love Always
5. The Road To My Heart
6. How Did You Find Me Here
7. We’re Falling In Love Again
8. Bad Actor
9. Down At The End Of The Road
10. Stranger In The City
11. Mexican Bands
12. I Am What I Am
13. It’s Gonna Be Me (Bonus Track)

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Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant has been in the music business for almost 30 years and she has gained a reputation as a high quality songwriter as well as an engaging performer. Natalie began as the lead vocalist and lyricist of 10,000 Maniacs, which earned her 2 platinum and 4 gold records. In the mid-90s, her self-produced debut album Tigerlily surprised many by selling 4 million copies. She has released many albums since then, and remains a significant name in the contemporary scene.

Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant has just released an album called Leave Your Sleep, which is a collection of music adapted from 19th and 20th centrugy British and American poetry about childhood. The contents of the album are as follows:

1. Nursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience
2. Equestrienne
3. Calico Pie
4. Bleezer’s Ice-Cream
5. It Makes A Change
6. The King Of China’s Daughter
7. The Dancing Bear
8. The Man In The Wilderness
9. Maggie And Milly And Molly And May
10. If No One Ever Marries M
11. The Sleepy Giant
12. The Peppery Man
13. The Blind Men And The Elephant
14. Adventures Of Isabel
15. The Walloping Window Blind
16. Topsyturvey-World
17. The Janitor’s Boy
18. Griselda
19. The Land Of Nod
20. Vain And Careless
21. Crying, My Little One
22. Sweet And A Lullaby
23. I Saw A Ship A-Sailing
24. Autumn Lullaby
25. Spring And Fall: To A Young Child
26. Indian Names

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