VA - 2004 - Flowers Made Of Snow

1-1 Coph Nia – The Oath
Performer – Aldenon Satorial 4:19
1-2 Protagonist, The – The Sick Rose
Vocals – Jonathan Grieve 4:54
1-3 In Slaughter Natives – The Vulture
Performer – J. Havukainen* 4:55
1-4 Olen'k – Season Of Tears 3:25
1-5 All My Faith Lost ... – Sleep Now
Performer – Frederico*, Viola* 4:03
1-6 Last Hour, The – Into Empty Depth
Performer – Roberto Del Vecchio 4:01
1-7 Apatheia – Safehouse
Performer – L. Andersson* 3:24
1-8 Ataraxia – Incabala 3:31
1-9 Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – Yesterday Brings But A Serpent Of Ash 5:01
1-10 Hesperos* – The Warm Whisper Of The Wind
Performer – Alessandra Santovito 4:08
1-11 Sibelian – The Sin Eater
Performer – Stephen Svanholm
Lyrics By – Bob Reeves 8:51
1-12 Sanctum – Lie Low
Performer – Håkan Paulsson, Jan Carleklev, Ulrika Carlsson* 4:27
2-1 Desiderii Marginis – Where I End And You Begin 4:48
2-2 raison d'être – Mouldering The Forlorn II
Performer – Peter Andersson 6:44
2-3 Atrium Carceri – Impaled Butterfly
Performer – Simon Heath 5:00
2-4 Mz.412 – In Hoc Signe Vinces
Performer – Drakhon, Nordvargr*, Ulvtharm* 6:53
2-5 Brighter Death Now – While You Sleep
Performer – Roger Karmanik 4:42
2-6 IRM – My Mother
Photography [Booklet] – H. Sternudd 6:28
2-7 Deutsch Nepal – Of Parasites And Disguises
Performer – Lina Baby Doll 7:11
2-8 Nacht – Death Posture
Performer – Tania Stene 3:55
2-9 Beyond Sensory Experience – The Trade 4:11
2-10 Sephiroth – Therasia
Performer – Ulf Söderberg 7:21
2-11 Skin Area – Choose Art... Not Life 6:01

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VA - 2004 - World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's A Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa

A1 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey* – Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome
Written-By – Eskill Lohento 3:16
A2 Super Eagles – Love's A Real Thing
Producer – E.K. Royce
Written-By – Badou Jobe, Papa Touray 2:57
A3 Moussa Doumbia – Keleya
Producer – Albert Loudes, Catherine Loudes
Written-By – Moussa Doumbia 6:41
B1 Sorry Bamba – Porry
Executive Producer – Songhoi Records
Written-By – Sorry Bamba 8:16
B2 No.1 De No.1* – Guajira Van
Written-By – Maguette N'Diaye 5:11
C1 William Onyeabor – Better Change Your Mind
Written-By, Producer – William Onyeabor 8:21
C2 Ofo & The Black Company – Allah Wakbarr
Producer – Dave Bennett
Written-By – Larry Ifediorama 3:29
D1 Bunzu Sounds* – Zinabu
Written-By, Producer – Faisal Helwani 3:19
D2 Tunji Oyelana & The Benders – Ifa
Producer – Odion Iruoje
Written-By – Tunji Oyelana 4:59
D3 Orchestre Regional De Kayes* – Sanjina
Written-By – Orchestre Regional De Kayes* 6:00

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Exodus - 2004 - Tempo Of The Damned

Given up for dead over a decade earlier, the mighty Exodus -- the original kings of thrash metal -- made an unexpected but long-rumored return in 2004 with the release of their sixth studio album, Tempo of the Damned. But what had been intended as a long-awaited reunion of their seminal Bonded by Blood lineup was tragically thwarted with the sudden death of vocalist Paul Baloff in early 2002. Fittingly, Baloff was duly supplanted by none other than Steve "Zetro" Souza, the man who'd replaced him in the first place and who had gone on to sing on every Exodus album thereafter, including their mid-period thrash classic Fabulous Disaster. Of course the fact that Souza was clearly the better and more reliable vocalist (albeit not as fun a character as Baloff) should not be overlooked, and with the welcome involvement of long-gone founding drummer Tom Hunting, Tempo of the Damned still serves as quite the family reunion. It also doesn't disappoint musically, picking up the pieces right where the band's star-crossed career had fallen apart 11 years earlier with the underrated Force of Habit, and turning in a performance that is, at once, vintage Exodus and mindful of modern recording standards as well. All of the old, much loved Exodus hallmarks are here: lyrics filled with biting, sarcastic social commentary; no-fuss, jagged thrash metal; and unparalleled technical precision.

As has always been the case, it's the dazzling six-string tag team of Rick Hunolt and Gary Holt (quite simply the tightest rhythm guitar duo in the history of thrash -- Slayer included) that truly drives the Exodus bullet train over lightning runs like "Scar Spangled Banner" and the wonderfully retro-named "Impaler." Their solos are as musical as the riffing is not, and, as heard on excellent examples like "Shroud of Urine" and "Forward March," always typified by inventiveness without excess pyrotechnics. About the only deviation from the band's tried and true formula of old comes in the shape of Souza's more varied vocal styles, including a less whiny, wholly uncharacteristic full-throated death roar for the standout "War Is My Shepherd." Tempo of the Damned's second half isn't quite as memorable, the likes of "Sealed with a Fist" and "Throwing Down" suffering from the same sort of aimless riffage that had mired disappointing earlier efforts like Pleasures of the Flesh and Impact Is Imminent, but "Culling the Herd" manages to buck this trend with plenty of fireworks, and the title track still moshes with a vengeance. Taken as a whole, Tempo of the Damned successfully resurrects Exodus as the potent and formidable thrash machine of old. The fact that they are well aware of their strengths, and content to stick with them to the end, is what makes this such a welcome release for the band's loyal followers, as well as younger fans looking to understand what got heavy metal where it is today.

1 Scar Spangled Banner Holt, Public Domain 6:41
2 War Is My Shepherd Holt, Souza 4:27
3 Blacklist Holt 6:16
4 Shroud of Urine Holt 4:51
5 Forward March Holt, Souza 7:38
6 Culling the Herd Holt 6:07
7 Sealed With a Fist Holt 3:35
8 Throwing Down Holt, Miller 5:01
9 Impaler Baloff, Hammett, Holt, Hunting 5:24
10 Tempo of the Damned Holt 4:21

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VA - 2004 - Metal / Hard Rock Covers, Vol. 103

01 - Ten Masked Men - Cry Me A River (Justin Timberlake)
02 - Diamond Dogs - You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
03 - Glory - Bolero (Ravel)
04 - Daniel Flores And Friends - Wild Frontiers (Gary Moore)
05 - Sultan - Fade To Black-No Leaf Clover (Metallica)
06 - Faith No More - I Started A Joke (Bee Gees)
07 - Baltimoore - Mississippi Queen (Mountain)
08 - Believer - Like A Song (U2)
09 - The Mad Ones - Mama, I'm Coming Home (Ozzy Osbourne)
10 - Confligo - Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield)

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VA - 2004 - Absolute Power Metal: The Definitive Collection, Vol. 5

01- Royal Hunt - game of fear
02- Blind Guardian - Battlefield
03- Burning Point - Signs of danger
04- Cryonic Temple - Gatekeeper
05- Darkmoor - The night of the age
06- Desdemona - Event Horizon
07- Domine - Ariochc the Chaos Star
08- Dreamtale - Return to the Sea
09- Edenbridge - Starlight Reverie
10- Freedom Call - The Eyes of the World
11- Guardians Of Time - The Rise of Triopticon
12- Horizon - Hometown Star
13- Kamelot - Wings of Despair
14- Manigance - Ange Ou Demon
15- MVP - Crucified
16- Phantom - Well of Souls
17- Arwen - Times Gate
18- Black Majesty - Colliding Worlds
19- Chinchilla - The Highest Price
20- Stratovarius - Against the Wind

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Wobble, Jah - 2004 - I Could Have Been A Contender

Disc 1

1 Public Image 2:57
2 Fly 2 Wardle 4:01
3 Ketmagyl (Don't Go Away) Cookson, Usmanova, Wobble 4:52
4 Visions of You Adams, Reynolds, Wobble 5:33
5 Mehmeda Majka Budila Sulejmanovic, Wobble 3:09
6 Becoming More Like God Adams, Reynolds, Wobble 3:19
7 Mistralazul 2 Count, Miranda, Sparkes, Wobble 4:07
8 I Offer You Everything Wobble 3:50
9 Shout at the Devil Atlas, Dubulah, Sparkes, Wobble 4:05
10 Blacksmith Carter, Cookson, Traditional, Wardle 5:02
11 Blacksmith Dub Carter, Cookson, Traditional, Wardle 3:38
12 Elevator Music 3 Wobble 5:19
13 Josey Walsh Adams, Reynolds, Wobble 3:57
14 Tyger Tyger Wobble 4:54
15 Requiem III Wobble 6:54

Disc 2

1 Poptones 7:47
2 Betrayal Dub Wobble 6:02
3 How Much Are They Czukay, Wobble 4:47
4 Invaders of the Heart Mix 2 [Mix 2] Maltby, Marland, Murray, Partis… 4:32
5 Swan Lake (Death Disco) 4:11
6 Snake Charmer Czukay, Kevorkian, Marland, Wobble 6:21
7 Songs of Innocence Wobble 6:47
8 Fly 1 Wardle 6:08
9 Funeral March Wobble 4:50
10 Lam Tang Way Dub Wobble 3:31
11 The Dunes McGowan, Wobble 4:58
12 So Many Years Adams, Harrow, Schoots, Wobble 2:52
13 Lam Saravane Dub Laos, Wobble 4:26
14 A Man I Knew Kenelly, Wobble 6:07
15 Elevator Music 1 Wobble 6:28

Disc 3

1 Gone to Croatan Dieng, Laswell, Sanders, Skopelitis… 15:29
2 Spinner Eno, Wobble 2:57
3 A13 Harrow, Wobble 3:44
4 Passage to Hades Bell, Parker, Rasle, Sanders, Wobble 13:33
5 The Mystery of Twilight Part 2 Budd, Heynes, Laswell, Leibezeit… 24:31
6 Left Where It Fell Eno, Wobble 6:57
7 The River Suite (Extract) Wobble 12:41

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VA - 2004 - The Polar Express OST

The soundtrack to Robert Zemeckis' groundbreaking film adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's popular children's book The Polar Express celebrates the season with both classic and contemporary holiday flair. Composers Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri provide the latter, relying on swelling choral arrangements, tender ballads, and polarizing yuletide offerings from Stephen Tyler and Josh Groban. Tyler struts his stuff on the amiable but derivative "Rockin' on Top of the World," a three-chord rave-up that finds the Aerosmith mouthpiece channeling a pack of howler monkeys, but it's Groban's syrupy, future American Idol favorite "Believe" that serves as the soundtrack's commercial centerpiece. Tom Hanks does his best Gene Wilder on the whimsical and strangely unnerving title track, a wonderfully unhinged performance that will have Willy Wonka fans clamoring for more, and the winsome vocals of preteens Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore give the ballad "When Christmas Comes to Town" a real sense of wonder. Silvestri's orchestral pieces are effective in tone, yet ape Danny Elfman's Edward Scissorhands theme so shamelessly that lawyers on both sides must have had words early on in the production. The Polar Express is ambitious for sure, but the fact that its most sincere pieces are the six classics that make up its caboose is telling. [The Polar Express is also available in a Special Edition that includes a decorative box and artwork from the book.]

1 The Polar Express Hanks 3:25
2 When Christmas Comes to Town Hall, Moore 4:07
3 Rockin' on Top of the World Tyler 2:35
4 Believe Groban 4:18
5 Hot Chocolate Hanks 2:33
6 Spirit of the Season Silvestri 2:33
7 Seeing Is Believing Silvestri 3:47
8 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Sinatra 2:35
9 White Christmas Crosby 3:05
10 Winter Wonderland Andrews Sisters 2:43
11 It's Beginning to Look a LotLike Christmas Como, Fontane Sisters 2:40
12 Silver Bells Smith 2:39
13 Here Comes Santa Claus Andrews Sisters, Crosby, Crosby 3:04
14 Suite from The Polar Express Silvestri 6:02

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100 Demons - 2004 - 100 Demons

The line between hardcore and metal just gets blurrier and blurrier, and that's probably a good thing. But it does lead to some strange hybridisms -- such as metal albums (like this one) that last only 26 minutes, or hardcore albums (like this one) that combine a big, chesty, macho singing/yelling style with whiny, self-obsessed lyrics ("I'm dying in my own arms," "I never asked for this pain," etc.). 100 Demons exemplify this hybridization musically as well, and (despite the occasional lyrical excesses) that's mostly a good thing. The band's twin-guitar attack sticks mostly to the utilitarian grind and roar of hardcore, but there's a genuinely elegant guitar solo on "Something Terrible," and while singer Pete Morcey generally sticks to the same utilitarian grind and roar in his vocal approach, there is some genuinely elegant singing on the surprisingly melodic "Repeat Process." It's kind of hard not to snort at the overblown grandiosity of lines like "My brothers aren't afraid/I trust my life in their hands/They'll fight by my side/Until the bloody end" (the bloody end of what -- the all-ages show?), but these are the sentiments that rally the crew together, and there's really no arguing with the music itself.

1 Time Bomb One Hundred Demons 2:54
2 Destiny Never Came One Hundred Demons 2:42
3 Dying in My Own Arms One Hundred Demons 2:23
4 Repeat Process One Hundred Demons 3:20
5 Something Terrible One Hundred Demons 3:20
6 Lord Have Mercy One Hundred Demons 2:18
7 Non Believer One Hundred Demons 2:33
8 His Father's Son One Hundred Demons 3:19
9 Never Surrender Virtue (No Desit Virtus) One Hundred Demons 2:49

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VA - 2004 - The Letters: An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson

Tribute albums while lauding a suitable band or artist worthy of such praise, can so often be lacklustre affairs. I strongly believe a tribute album should add to one's experience of a band's music; (hence I would be keener to see Queen fronted by Paul Rodgers, than the Musical Box). Indeed progressive rock tends to suffer from at best indifferent tributes, where one of two tracks may stand out, but are too often a complete waste of time. I usually want with these to hear some new but anchored someway to something familiar - although ocasionally excellent imitations e.g. Mike Keneally's Siberian Khatru, also can hit the button.
So with the advantage of finding a cheap 2nd hand copy of this Italian Krimson tribute (well under half the list price), I first played this album with some trepidation. But there had been no need to believe I had made a poor purchase. The Letters has a consistency of reinterpretation from the originals, while usually finding something different to say within the arrangements on the majority of familiar tunes. And it has to be said that when many other tributes fall flat and only provide 70 minutes of music, The Letters clocks in at 180 minutes plus.

So how does The Letters differ from many other tributes? A lot of tributes seemed rushed affairs. Get some named artists in to cover a competitive band's tunes, rehearse and record it in short time. Lesser known musicians are often employed to pad out the album, but either won't risk (or lack the ability) do anything other than a second rate clone-job OR less commonly, bravely dismantle and reconstruct into a radically new version which mayget folks talking. I don't normally want to hear near-identical versions, when I have the original artist's tune fixed in my mind. I want hear a musician/band demonstrate they have the musical ability to take something from the original and arrange/display it in a new and unexpected way. And there are those albums which cherry-pick the odd cover from a band's studio album, to compile tribute compilation, (e.g. "Blue Wind" from Niacin's 'Time Crunch' ending up on the Jeff Beck 'The Loner' tribute): the lazy way of making a tribute. Magna Carta as well as its sister labels, Road Runner and Tone Center, seem to produce the least satisfactory tributes, while appearing to be able to turn them out on a production line (e.g. separate John Coltrane, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck and Miles Davis tributes from Tone Center in the last 12 months) - maybe they are too indiscriminant.

However, this Mellow tributes makes the effort through most if not all of the tunes offered, to put new complexions on the familiar by : 1. taking the folk or jazz elements so often bubbling away under the surface of the original Krimson tunes, and emphasis these; 2. arrange for different instrumentation; 3. and perhaps the cracked English of the Italian singers, in slightly changing the annouceation or emphasis of the language/meaning, causing me to listen to the lyrics in a new way.

The Letters, is an album which provides many ideas about how a tribute should be made, and so just deserves 4 stars, especially when it is getting many a play locally. And it reminds me, it is about time I got down Mellow's Giant Giant tribute and listen again!

CD ONE (78:56):
Virtuous Circle (including: Entry of the Chameleons)
1. STEFANO BOLLANI - Frame by frame (3:13)
2. GERMINALE - Doctor diamond (5:32)
3. NEMA NIKO - The talking drum (7:25)
4. SPIROSFERA - Cat food (4:05)
5. ROVERSI/CAIMI/MENOTTI - Discipline (5:25)
6. SOUNDVISION - One more red nightmare (6:37)
7. ANATROFOBIA - A sailor's tale (5:00)
8. TILION - One time (9:09)
9. TAPROBAN - Lark's tongues in aspic part 2 (6:25)
10. PROPHEXY - The great deceiver (3:52)
11. THREE OF A CHARMING PAIR - Inner garden I & II (5:58)
12. GIARDINI D'AUTUNNO - Formentera lady (8:41)
13. PSYCONOESIS - Starless (7:34)

CD TWO (76:55):
When I Say Stop, Continue (including: no photo, no recording, no smoking)
1. GOAD - Epitaph (9:00)
2. COSTA/MOMBRINI/PIAZZI - Lady of the dancing water (3:47)
3. JET LAG - Pictures of a city (7:21)
4. UBI MAIOR - Prince Rupert awakes (4:48)
5. L'IMBROGLIO - Providence (5:02)
6. MALIBRAN I talk to the wind (5:13)
7. FLOATING STATE - Exiles (8:32)
8. NOTTURNO CONCERTANTE - Cadence and cascade (5:00)
9. GREENWALL - Lark's tongues in aspic part 1 (13:06)
10. CABOTO - Moonchild (3:14)
11. THE SLOWMOVIES - Matte kudasai (4:32)
12. ZAQ - In the court of the Crimson King (6:51)
13. MARIPOSA - Sex sleep eat drink dream (4:29)

CD THREE (26:12):
1974 EP: This Night Wounds Time
1. MOSAIC ORCHESTRA - Red (5:08)
2. COMFORT - We we'll let you know/Fracture (11:13)
3. NODO GORDIANO - Lament (3:56)
4. ARIA PALEA - The great deceiver (5:55)

Total Time: 182:03

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Iron & Wine - 2004 - Our Endless Numbered Days

On Our Endless Numbered Days, the follow-up to 2002's stunningly good Creek Drank the Cradle, the sound of Iron & Wine has changed but the song remains the same. No longer does Sam Beam record his intimate songs in the intimate surroundings of his home. Instead he has made the jump to the recording studio. As a result the record is much cleaner, less cocoon-like, certainly more the product of someone who has become a professional musician and not someone who just records for fun on a four-track. However, all Beam has sacrificed is sound quality. The sound of the record is still very intimate and simple, with very subtle arrangements that leave his voice and lyrics as the focal point. Luckily all the technology in the world can't affect Beam's voice, which still sounds like it comes right from his lips into your ear as if he were an angel perched on your shoulder. His songs are still as strong and memorable as they were on Creek, no drop off whatsoever in quality. "Naked as We Came" with sparkling melody lovely background harmonies by his sister Sara; the aching folk ballad "Radio War," which wouldn't sound out of place on Prairie Home Companion, only it would be the best thing you ever heard there; the sad and sweet "Each Coming Night"; the crystalline acoustic guitar ballad "Fever Dream," which has the kind of vocal harmony between Beam and his sister that seems to be the exclusive domain of siblings; and the soft rock CSNY "Sodom, South Georgia" are the equal of anything on Iron & Wine's debut and match up well with anything Palace, Smog, or their ilk have done lately. A definite plus to recording in a studio and enlisting the help of outside musicians is that there is much more variety to the album and there are lots of small production touches that liven things up like the Native American chants at the close of "Cinder and Smoke," the pedal steel guitar on "Sunset Soon Forgotten," and the drums and tambourine on the bluesy "Free Until They Cut Me Down." Our Endless Numbered Days is very subdued, thoughtful, melodic, and downright beautiful album and the new sound is more of a progression than a sudden shift in values, production or otherwise. Anyone who found the first album to be wonderful will no doubt feel the same about this one. Heck, you might even like it more.

		1		On Your Wings	Sam Beam	3:52
		2		Naked as We Came	Sam Beam	2:33
		3		Cinder and Smoke	Sam Beam	5:43
		4		Sunset Soon Forgotten	Sam Beam	3:20
		5		Teeth in the Grass	Sam Beam	2:22
		6		Love and Some Verses	Sam Beam	3:40
		7		Radio War	Sam Beam	1:56
		8		Each Coming Night	Sam Beam	3:28
		9		Free Until They Cut Me Down	Sam Beam	4:35
		10		Fever Dream	Sam Beam	4:16
		11		Sodom, South Georgia	Sam Beam	4:59
		12		Passing Afternoon	Sam Beam	4:01

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Zipera - 2004 - Druga Strona Medalu

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P.O.S - 2004 - Ipecac Neat

Before he was signed to Rhymesayers, P.O.S. recorded and released a full-length with his own label (and collective) Doomtree. It was, in fact, upon hearing that album that Rhymesayers offered him a deal, and it's easy to see why they were interested. Ipecac Neat is an energetic, angry, intense record with dark, engaging Aesop Rock-like beats that incorporate guitar and strings loops, purposeful drums, and ominous scratches. The melodies and harmonies switch from song to song, but there's a consistency in the production, so much so that it, along with the heaviness and anger, begins to sound a bit repetitive and even weighs down the album. Clearly, to some extent this is P.O.S.' intent: he presents himself as a brooding, thoughtful, and emotionally vulnerable MC who's not afraid to say that he's frightened or upset, and his rhymes all deal with pain and misfortune. His images are as violent as anything from Wu-Tang, but are more intimate, telling stories of individuals (like in "Little Kids" or "Duct Tape") or himself ("Gimme Gimme Gunshots," for example), the details as much about the mental agony as the physical. And though -- unlike on Audition -- P.O.S. hardly uses the punky guitars and sung/screamed vocals, he still approaches songwriting from a more rock-based standpoint, careful to include separate verses and actual choruses (as opposed to just short hooks), so that even though his delivery style is fairly quick and complex, what he's saying is easy to understand, because of sheer repetition if nothing else. It's an effective technique, catchy and melodic yet still unique and provocative. Ipecac Neat may be P.O.S.' first album, but it doesn't come across as puerile or immature; rather, it's just full of the virulence and intensity of an angry young man who's looking at his world and doesn't quite understand what he sees, but decides to -- and needs to -- talk about it anyway.

		1		Gimme Gimme Gunshots	Turbo Nemesis	4:04
		2		Meth-Head vs. McNugget	Turbo Nemesis	3:48
		3		Hunger Pains Three	Turbo Nemesis	3:42
Composed by: Turbo Nemesis Performed by: POS, Crescent Moon
		4		That One	Turbo Nemesis	4:30
		5		Sarah Silverman	Turbo Nemesis	1:46
		6		Music for Shoplifting	Turbo Nemesis	3:21
		7		Kicking Knowledge in the Face	Turbo Nemesis	4:38
		8		Ants	Turbo Nemesis	3:53
Composed by: Turbo Nemesis Performed by: POS, Toki Wright
		9		Kidney Thief	Turbo Nemesis	4:13
		10		Little Kids	Turbo Nemesis	5:03
		11		I Play the Matador [version]	Turbo Nemesis	3:13
		12		Lifetime...Kid Dynamite	Turbo Nemesis	3:46
Composed by: Turbo Nemesis Performed by: POS, Sims,
		13			Turbo Nemesis	0:23
		14		Dead Music	Turbo Nemesis	3:59
Composed by: Turbo Nemesis Performed by: POS, Crescent Moon
		15		Duct Tape	Turbo Nemesis	3:48
		16		I Play the Matador [*/version]	Turbo Nemesis	6:31

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IZZ - 2004 - Ampersand Volume 1

		1		Ancient Memory		6:41
		2		Afraid to Be Different		4:02
		3		The Wait of It All		5:49
		4		One Slice to Go		1:54
		5		Confusion		5:47
		6		The Bar Song		4:09
		7		My Best Defenses		4:18
		8		Molly's Jig		2:35
		9		Razor		6:59
		10		Another Door		4:44
		11		Star Evil Gnoma Su		8:51

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Kilowatts-Vanek - 2004 - 0516-Live At Lab30, Augsburg, Germany

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Lil' Jon - 2004 - Crunk Juice

Responsible for numerous crunk party tunes and plenty of over-the-top hits, producer Lil Jon could easily be mistaken for a flash-in-the-pan whose time is almost up. Then again, his formulaic records that generally come up aces bring to mind AC/DC and their always-the-same, generally-very-good track record. You can count the songs that Lil Jon has been involved with and didn't shout "yeah!" and "okay!" on one hand, and his Crunk Juice album is more of the same. But keeping the AC/DC comparison going, Crunk Juice is his Back in Black, just as exciting and remarkably powerful, but twice as long and with a lot more help. Even though most of the songs are built on the same party-crunk foundation, the difference is in the details. Production by production, record by record, Lil Jon has become a more detailed producer. Crunk Juice is the payoff of every single that's come before it. Take the incredibly hard "What U Gon' Do" with it's simple, everybody's-feelin'-it beat. Lil Scrappy's tough rap proves he's the man for the job on this track, while the loopy, faraway melody and robot filters Lil Jon runs Scrappy's vocal through are what really makes it. The East Side Boyz -- Big Sam and Lil Bo -- are a worthy support crew and gel with their resident superstar as well as G-Unit does with 50 Cent. Great, but it's the ridiculously well-picked guest list you've come for, isn't it? The biggies -- R. Kelly, Usher, Ice Cube, Snoop, Rick Rubin, and on and on -- all bring it, while Southern stalwarts like Trillville, Eightball & MJG, Ying Yang Twins, and Gangsta Boo -- whose brash vocals are slowed down eerily, screwed-and-chopped style -- sound especially triumphant, proud to be with the South's greatest chart-topper. Running 75 minutes long and with too many highlights to mention, the worst thing you can say about Crunk Juice is that it's overwhelming. Funny skits from Chris Rock and E-40 tie it all together if you can stand over an hour of crunk pummeling, but Crunk Juice is best taken in two or three glorious listens. That's a lot of top-notch crunk, and more than enough to justify Lil Jon's "King of Crunk" title.

		1		Crunk Juice	Love, Smith	0:56
Composed by: Love, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		2		Get Crunk	Leonard, Lewis, Smith	4:17
Composed by: Leonard, Lewis, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Bo Hagon
		3		What U Gon' Do	Norris, Richardson, Smith	5:20
Composed by: Norris, Richardson, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Scrappy
		4		Real N***a Roll Call	Jackson, McDowell, Norris ...	5:08
Composed by: Jackson, McDowell, Norris, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Ice Cube
		5		Bo Hagon's Phone Call		1:21
Composed by: Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		6		Da Blow	Glass, Gordon, Mitchell, Neal ...	5:59
Composed by: Glass, Gordon, Mitchell, Neal, Norris, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Gangsta Boo
		7		Contract	Alexander, Edwards, Glaze ...	5:53
Composed by: Alexander, Edwards, Glaze, Love, Norris, Prince, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Trillville
		8		E40 Choppin		0:41
Composed by: Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		9		White Meat	Goodwin, Love, Norris, Smith ...	4:47
Composed by: Goodwin, Love, Norris, Smith, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Eightball, MJG
		10		Stop F***in Wit Me	Araya, Hanneman, King, Rubin ...	5:58
Composed by: Araya, Hanneman, King, Rubin, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		11		Chris Rock Let's Be Friends		0:09
Composed by: Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		12		Lovers and Friends	Bridges, Raymond, Smith ...	4:20
Composed by: Bridges, Raymond, Smith, Sterling Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Usher, Ludacris
		13		One Night Stand	Evans, Jefferson, Linn, Love ...	4:33
Composed by: Evans, Jefferson, Linn, Love, Norris, Sanders, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Oobie
		14		Aww Skeet Skeet	Brown, Clagon, Harley, Smith	4:45
Composed by: Brown, Clagon, Harley, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, DJ Flexx
		15		Chris Rock in da Club		0:26
Composed by: Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		16		In da Club	Bridges, Evans, Jefferson ...	4:29
Composed by: Bridges, Evans, Jefferson, Kelly, Love, Smith Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, R. Kelly, Ludacris
		17		Bitches Ain't S**t	Broadus, Hale, Sanders, Smith ...	4:36
Composed by: Broadus, Hale, Sanders, Smith, Walker Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg
		18		Chris Rock Get Lower		0:33
Composed by: Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon
		19		Stick That Thang Out (Skeezer)	Holmes, Hugo, Jackson, Smith ...	3:55
Composed by: Holmes, Hugo, Jackson, Smith, Williams Performed by: Lil Jon, Lil Jon, Ying Yang Twins
		20		Grand Finale	Cartagena, Freeman, Harris ...	6:48

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