Spin (p.78) - "Distant, filtered vocals, fuzz guitars, synth eruptions, and booming drums predominate but don't overpower the bright jangly anthems or regal rockers."Alternative Press (p.106) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The fuzz-enveloped 'Woodpecker Greeting Worker Ant' introduces a heavier, mightier backing to the Athens, Georgia, group's multi-part harmonies."Paste (magazine) (p.49) - "SIGNAL MORNING is an epic, challenging, noisy psychedelic opus of the highest order."25.94447
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Entertainment Weekly (6/2/95, p.56) - "...his measured vocals and stinging guitar licks add an aura of menace to love-gone-wrong songs....the band's single-minded dedication to each tune's groove makes for mesmerizing listening..." - Rating: A-Q (6/95, p.120) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a quartet album with all the extra feel and group dialogue that live studio recordings allow..."Down Beat (9/95, p.47) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Fans more fond of grit than grace will still find Cray has much to offer....Cray's musical strengths transcend the basic blues structure."Vibe (6/95, p.129) - "...finally finds a happy medium between pop music and the blues. Eschewing the horn section that has often buried his immaculate guitar artistry, Cray has more room to showcase his ice-cold tone....Like all great bluesmen, Cray knows that it's not the notes you play, it's the ones you leave out."Musician (7/95, p.109) - "...he's never really made it a point of showing off his vocal skills--until now....As always, the guitar playing is great...but it's just icing this time."Living Blues (9-10/95, pp.59-60) - "...Cray is one of the most innovative and adventurous guitarists playing blues today. Eschewing common rock and blues affectations, he is a bluesman for the future....And Cray's voice has finally matured into an instrument suited to his material..."15.60773
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The sassy soul of 'Spread Some Love Around' especially pleases, while the hometown eulogy 'Down Around Salinas' boasts the hymnal grooves of The Band."9.903733
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Down Beat (11/92, p.51) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...It's hard to imagine a more important reissue for this year or any other...Here is the old testament of the first Basie band (1937-1939)...never has completeness been so completely satisfying...[these sides] travel effortlessly across time on the wings of an astounding rhythm section..."Musician (7/92, p.100) - "...Here's the root of all that is good in American music...this music defined swing, as the soloists--Harry "Sweets" Edison, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Basie, Herschel Evans and Jimmy Rushing--defined their individual instruments..."Jazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic Leonard Feather as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 1992.9.896581
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Q (11/03, p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Here's a handy reminder of her enduring strengths: literate, characterful songs; unshakeable humanity; wonderfully sparkling voice. She remains a breath of fresh air..."9.893083
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Rolling Stone (p.132) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Williams' nasally drawl is crisp and strong, like the young Dylan without the sandpaper; he holds the long, desolate notes in 'Cool Water' with stunning force."Dirty Linen (p.41) - "Not only do the tracks brim with raw, unrestrained emotion, but they project a certain warmth and conviction, not to mention finesse, that give each song the necessary emotion it needs."Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "With a host of hymns, traditional songs and covers Williams never otherwise recorded, and one or two hitherto unknown originals, it's a thrilling new insight into a 20th century music colossus."Record Collector (magazine) (p.102) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "There's a looseness to many of Hank's performances....A mesmerizing and intimate portrait of country music's first superstar."9.887757
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Down Beat (3/92, p.46) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...an essential document ...thoroughly annotated and painstakingly packaged..."JazzTimes (p.124) - "[T]his music is well worth acquiring..."Option (5-6/92, p.99) - "...Originally scattered across 31 different albums, Fantasy has done a classy job, both with the sound, the package and the booklet's documentation..."9.885095
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4 stars out of 5 -- "MMJ play an ambitious two-hour-plus set that regularly touches on greatness."Uncut9.538849
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Rolling Stone (11/22/01, p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Offers a clue about why Radiohead are so compelling live....the peaks are still somehow shaped by Yorke's sense of beautiful understatement."Q (12/02, p.67) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002."Q (12/01, pp.126-7) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Listening to this live album, aside from its musical pleasures, you alight on a striking sound indeed: the most intelligent music of the age being received by thousands upon thousands of cheers..."Uncut (12/01, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Radiohead prove here that they can conjure blazing intensity, visceral physicality and raging rock dynamics from even willfully opaque jazzoid chuffing..."NME (Magazine) (11/10/01, p.40) - 8 out of 10 - "...This sounds significantly better than both the studio albums that spawned it..."8.707702
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Rolling Stone (12/25/97, p.164) - "...Physical majesty, profound invention and spiritual wonder....marks a point in time when something rare, beautiful and immortal was born..."Entertainment Weekly (9/26/97, p.79) - "...this historic and exhaustive four-CD set documents a genius in glorious transition." - Rating: ADown Beat (1/98, p.56) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...happily, this set is done properly....these sessions reveal a stunningly emotional and energized Coltrane....these performances demonstrated on record for the first time Trane's new mix of raw emotion and unbridled power..."8.670426
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8.670426
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Entertainment Weekly - "...Those lungs were super indeed." - Grade: B+8.659776
$14.03
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Uncut (2/04, p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[S]he remains one of the truest voices in music and, to this day, a huge inspiration to any performer with a conscience."8.65445
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7.463744
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "TOUCH'N Go was an extension of the group's established sound, with added vocal harmonies and lyrical experimentation. It remains a classy slab of sunshine pop..."7.452559
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Q (2/97, p.103) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...STUDIO carefully describes the foursome's maturation from lo-fi self-satisfiers to multi-track, multi-player coffee tablists and...back again. Inevitably, progress robs them of a measure of innocent beauty, but the rock covers--`Sweet Jane,' `Powderfinger'--are still mindblowing."7.442444
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Mojo (Publisher) (8/03, p.116) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...We're talking cult treasure trove ripe for rediscovery."7.437119
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Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #5 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002"7.429966
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Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #5 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002"7.429966
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