Word: cd
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...confirm that there is a huge gulf between ages 11 and 14, a major part of the the latter demographic fell under the spell of a vastly different celebrity--a real one, stage name Eminem. Even as the latest Harry novel climbed best-seller lists, Eminem's new CD, The Marshall Mathers LP (that being the artist's real name), was lording over the pop charts. The disc, loaded with violent and misogynistic imagery, proved irresistible to millions of teenage boys. While some puritanical teachers and parents tried to demonize Harry--he is a wizard, after all--there...
...antiquity: not just Homer's fabulous travelogue in verse but Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (for the movie's title) and MGM's The Wizard of Oz (for a delirious production number starring the Ku Klux Klan). Toss in enough gorgeous blue-grass music to make the movie's CD a must-have, and you get prime, picaresque entertainment. It celebrates the chicanery of the human spirit, the love of raillery and rodomontade...
...Rage fans will have to make do with what could be the band's final studio CD, the magnificent Renegades (Epic). The project started as a live album with a few bonus studio tracks that paid tribute to musical rebels. The extra tracks turned out so well that the band members decided to turn the CD into a collection of cover songs. Renegades includes songs by the hip-hop duo Eric B. and Rakim (Microphone Fiend), punk pioneers MC5 (Kick Out the Jams) and even folk rocker Bob Dylan (Maggie's Farm). Rage's versions radically transform the originals, altering...
...solemn album, and although not religious, its soulful vocals and reggae-inflected grooves have the quiet power of prayer... Just as prayers are ultimately about love, this CD is suffused with that emotion as well...
...SADE LOVERS ROCK (Epic). The soulful singer returns with a solemn CD that was worth the eight-year wait. These elegant songs explore heartbreak, yes, but racism as well. On each cut, Sade's lovely, melancholy voice blossoms like a blue bruise...