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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - The Band - Greatest Hits
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352494125
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 2003-11-10
Studio: Capitol
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It seems odd that the Band emerged in 1968, defying the counterculture's extravagant rejections of U.S. culture with literary, often Southern-tinged musical and lyrical vehicles. Hearing this 18-song anthology, with its heavy weighting toward the Canadian quintet's first three albums--Music from Big Pink (four tunes), The Band (five tunes), and Stage Fright (three tunes)--what still stands out is the Band's command of yearning vocal harmonies, their sense of plainly laid melodies that reveal acoustic depth, and a nostalgia for an imagined American culture. With all their quirkiness and the advance of Robbie Robertson as their centerpiece, the Band lost their celebrated place in the rock pantheon within a decade. This set, which opens so magnificently with "The Weight," "Tears of Rage" (cowritten with Dylan), and the big organ-vamping "Chest Fever," declines rather steeply on the final tracks, "Acadian Driftwood" and "The Saga of Pepote Rouge." Up till then, however, this set is fantastic. --Andrew Bartlett
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great CD!
Comment: After wearing out the cassette I bought of this album many years ago, I just had to get the CD. A great selection of The Band's best songs. If you like classic rock, this is a necessity.
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Summary: Pleasant Transaction.
Comment: The seller provided fast shipment and the cd was in new condition. A very pleasant transaction.
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Summary: The Band fan
Comment: If you like The Band you will like this cd. It contains all my favorite songs.
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Summary: Bar room magic Music
Comment: The BAND is like fine wine the older you get the more you learn to love them.There a beautiful band with harmony and melody that will be around longer then cock roaches at the end of time.
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Summary: Great Compilation
Comment: I love this CD. The Band's music is just outstanding. "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" are the major hits on here but some of the lesser known songs to the casual fan are just as great. "Chest Fever" is just too cool. "It Makes No Difference" will almost bring a tear to your eye. "Ophelia" and "Rag Mama Rag" make you want to party. My favorite is still "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Being born and raised in the south as my father and his father before, this song holds a special place to me and gives me chills everytime I listen to it. Amazing that Robbie Robertson, a Canadian, could capture so much of the emotion and pain from the point of view of a Conferate soldier after the Civil War has ended. He doesn't get into the right/wrong part of it like alot of artists who arent' from the south do(I'm talking about you Neil Young), he just writes the song from the point of view of having everything you've known and your entire way of life being changed forever. If you only own one album by The Band this should be it.
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