Taken from the adult alternative act's 2002 album 'Songs About Jane'. The title track is b/w two non-LP acoustic live versions of 'Harder to Breathe' & 'The Sun'. OctJay. 2003.

The boys of Maroon 5 have certainly come a long way since their days in the indie outfit Kara's Flowers. After the band's demise in 1999, frontman Adam Levine surrounded himself with New York City's urban hip-hop culture and found a new musical calling. Maroon 5 were born and their debut album, Songs About Jane, illustrates an impressive rebirth. This import version of their 2002 album adds 4 bonus tracks, 'Rag Doll', 'Harder to Breathe' (Acoustic), 'This Love' (Acoustic) and 'This Love' (Kanye West Remix). BMG.

在大获成功的处子作《Songs About Jane》已经发行了五年之后，来自美国洛杉矶的当红流行摇滚乐队“魔力红”(Maroon 5)才终于交出了他们的第二张录音室专辑《It Won''t Be Soon Before Long》。在美国上市第一周内，《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》的销量达到42万9千张，创造了Maroon 5乐队单周专辑销量的最高纪录。此前，Maroon 5的单周销量纪录由《Songs About Jane》保持，但在当时(2004年12月)，《Songs About Jane》发行第一周内的销量也只有13万8千张。
虽然《Songs About Jane》早在2002年就已经发行，但直到2005年和2006年，Maroon 5才成为格莱美评出的“最佳新人”和“最佳流行乐队”。虽然只发行了一张专辑，但Maroon 5就这样不知不觉地走红了。然而，一跃成为“最佳流行摇滚乐队”的Maroon 5并没有急于立刻推出他们的第二张专辑。在准备这张新作的时候，他们在投入了极大耐心的同时还更加重视了专辑整体的质量。这次，Maroon 5请到了多位非常有经验的流行音乐制作人为他们这张唱片把关，这些制作人包括曾与Fiona Apple和Eminem合作过的Mike Elizondo，曾与Bjork、Keane和Gwen Stefani合作过的Mark "Spike" Stent，曾与Madonna合作过的Mark Endert以及与Queens of the Stone Age乐队合作过的Eric Valentine。
在这些流行音乐届大腕级音乐人的打造之下，《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》处处透出的都是走在时尚前沿的声音。无论是开场曲《If I Never See Your Face Again》和《Little of Your Time》，还是《Little Of Your Time》和《Wake Up Call》，或是《Can't Stop》都很有去年红透美国的流行小天王Justin Timberlake的气质，在Adam Levine独特的嗓音之下铺垫的是时尚的舞曲元素以及以及复古的Funk，R&B节奏。《Won't Go Home Without You》有着煽情的歌词，明显是为刚刚失恋的小青年们写的。此后的《Nothing Lasts Forever》，《Goodnight Goodnight》，《Better That We Break》和《Back At Your Door》都是旋律非常上口的慢版情歌，跟前半部分几首动感的快歌刚好互补。
可以看的出来，Maroon 5是一直非常聪明的乐队，他们很清楚现在的歌迷们需要什么。这张《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》很好的迎合了当今流行乐坛歌迷们的口味。

Australian two track CD pressing of this single lifted from the deluxe reissues of Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad and Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The track is a collaborative re-recording of the first single from Maroon 5's album, but now much sexier thanks to the R&B vixen. Features two versions of 'If I Never See Your Face Again': Main Version and Remix Edit. A&M.

滚石音乐(Rolling Stone Magazine )史上最佳Top 500 Albums之004#

Bitches Brew is a studio double album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in June of 1970 on Columbia Records.[1] Recording sessions took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio over the course of three days in August of 1969. The album continued Davis' experimentation of electric instruments previously featured on his critically acclaimed In a Silent Way album. With the use of these instruments, such as the electric piano and guitar, Davis rejected traditional jazz rhythms in favor of a looser, rock-influenced improvisational style.
Often cited as one of Davis' best-selling albums and masterpieces, Bitches Brew marked a turning point in modern jazz. Upon release, it received mixed criticism from fans and critics, alike, due to the album's unconventional style and revolutionary sound. Later on, Bitches Brew gained recognition as one of jazz's greatest albums and a progenitor of the jazz rock genre, as well as a major influence on rock and funk musicians.[2] In 1998, Columbia Records released The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, a four-disc box set that included the original album as well as ensuing studio sessions through February 1970.

Limited Edition CD single released to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the death of The King. This is one of 18 limited titles that will be released through the end of 2007, all of them fitting in a box that comes with the first installment of the series ('Heartbreak Hotel'). Each CD will be released in `mini-vinyl' replica card sleeves with an outer and inner bag. The outer bag features the original U.S. or U.K. Picture artwork and the inner bag replicates a generic RCA single sleeve from the time of the original release. The artwork for the CD Disc will replicate the original 7" vinyl release including authentic vinyl label artwork and the discs themselves will be black `mock-vinyl'. Each CD will be limited and individually numbered. Songs featured: `Hound Dog', 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Any Way You Want Me' (Master). Sony/BMG. 2007.

Electric Ladyland是Jimi Hendrix第三张，也是最后一张专集，於1968年10月16日由Reprise Record推出。作曲及製作都是Hendrix一手包办，也是Jimi电子吉它弹奏技术的最高峰，被认为是史上最佳摇滚专集之一。专集不只是以Jimi Hendrix Experience乐队名誉推出的最后一张唱片，亦是他自己监察下製作的最后一张专业录音室专集。之后两年，他餘生都是尝试努力於组新乐队和灌录些新歌曲。
Electric Ladyland是张双唱片专集，是Jimi Hendrix跨领域音乐天才横溢的表现。涉猎了多种音乐类型，包括<Burning of the Midnight Lamp>的迷幻色彩(之前的1967年夏在英国推出过单曲)，蓝调感吉它演绎的<Voodoo Chile>，新奥尔良摇滚的<Come On>，史诗式录音室製作的<1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)>，评论社会的"House Burning Down"等等。专集亦收录了翻唱Bob Dylan作品的<All Along the Watchtower>，受到包括Bob Dylan自己和其它人的讚扬。还有<Voodoo Child (Slight Return)>长久以来都是电台和吉它乐手必奏曲目。
在他的专辑中，乐迷们最喜欢的专辑是《Electric LadyLand》，史诗式魔幻元素一浪接一浪，很取悦耳朵。

紐約New Wave/Punk老祖，The Strokes,Franz Ferdinand等等無數現今New Wave/Punk復辟者的祖師爺，無懈可擊的處男專集，當中的音樂構想編排完全超越Punk的界限。請聽聽一曲Marquee Moon就知所言非虛。

MGMT is a psychedelic synthpop group formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, NY. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Ben Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, synths, drums), both alumni of Wesleyan University.

UK three track CD pressing of the third single to be taken from MGMT's debut album Oracular Spectacular. Following on from Top 40 hits 'Electric Feel' and 'Time To Pretend', 'Kids' is massive, a hook-laden, Electro-Pop gem. Features two versions of 'Kids' (Main Version and Soulwax Remix) plus 'Of Moons, Birds & Monsters' (Holy Ghost Remix). Sony/BMG. 2008.

The Never-Before-Released 14 Minute B-Side Available On Limited Edition 10" Etched Vinyl! MGMT is Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, two psychic pilgrims whose paths first intersected in the green pastures of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, circa 2002. The pair was drawn to the music of other duos and found themselves incorporating the implications of the hallucinatory power-twee of the Incredible String Band, the roaring subway minimalist electronica of Suicide, the silky pop-soul of Hall & Oates, the pulsing narcotic trance of Spacemen 3, the avant-garde industrial romanticism of Royal Trux and much more into the constantly evolving sounds of MGMT.

UK two track CD pressing of the first single pulled from the Brooklyn Alternative outfit's Oracular Spectacular album, Produced by Dave Fridmann, this epic sounding single has obvious influences from The Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev/Spacemen 3 etc.. Features the dreamy 'Time To Pretend' plus the non-album 'Metatonia'. Columbia. 2008.

专辑简介80年代初的南加州，还在学校念书的 Bryan Holland 和 Greg Kriesel 经常去 Orange 郡的环球俱乐部观看摇滚表演，终于有一天他们决定成立一支名为 Manic Subsidal 的乐队，当时乐队另外两名成员是主音吉它手 Doug Thompson 和鼓手 Jalme Lilja 。十分滑稽的是，乐队成立之初，乐队成员居然对演奏一窍不通。于是，乐队的早期活动自然就是成员们无休止的练习和排练。不得不承认，他们的进步神速，1984年起他们就是南加州朋克音乐一支不可忽视的力量。1985年，在改名为 The Offspring 后，他们发表了首支单曲“I‘ll be waiting”。
在经过成员几经更换之后，学校的门卫 Kevin Wasserman 以吉它手的身份加入。而年仅16岁的 Ron Welty 终于有机会成为乐队的鼓手。至此，The Offsping 的阵容才算基本确定：主唱兼节奏吉它手 Bryan Holland 、贝司手 Greg Kriesel 、主音吉它手 Kevin Wasserman 和鼓手 Ron Welty 。
1989年，他们开始着手准备首张大碟《The Offspring》的制作。Bryan Holland 终于圆了自己长久以来的一个梦。并请来乐队成员最喜爱的 TSOL 乐队的制作人 Thom Wilson 来为乐队制作专辑。经过一番精心准备，同名专辑《The Offspring》在 Nemesis 唱片公司旗下推出，使世人第一次领略到乐队交相辉映的吉它演奏和 Bryan Holland 硬朗狂放的演唱。
1992年，在转投 Epitaph 公司之后，The Offsping 发表了第二张专辑《Ignition》。这一次，乐队更加宏大的气势和 Bryan Holland 细致入微的歌词更加引起了歌迷的注意。但在商业上，他们和其他朋克乐队一样，始终处在当时最走红的 Green Day 的阴影下。1994年他们请回了 Thom Wilson 制作专辑《Smash》，力争更大的突破，他们大胆地将朋克与重摇滚相融合，使音乐更加根源化。《Smash》取得了巨大的成功，1995年在美国就已经有了4白金的销量，单曲“Smash It Up”被收入电影《蝙蝠侠》的原声专辑，这为他们在乐坛赢得了进一步的声望。当然，这一年也有令乐队颇为烦心的事，他们与 Epitaph 公司的官司打的不可开交。
1997年，The Offspring 再次改换门庭，与哥伦比亚唱片公司签约，并于2月发行了他们的第四张专辑《Ixnay On The Hombre》，唱片很快就达到了白金销量。紧接着，The Offspring 在1998年10月推出了单曲“Pretty Fly”为新专辑制造生势，并立即成为各大电台的热门曲目。11月17日，乐迷期待已久的专辑《Americana》终于面市并风靡全球，它总算为自90年代以来一直低迷的朋克音乐带来了令人鼓舞的成绩。毫无疑问，The Offspring 正用他们的成绩告诉人们：只要我们在，朋克就不会死。

专辑简介2000年的《Conspiracy of One》对美国朋克乐队The Offspring而言，当属他们迄今为止最成熟的专辑。此张专辑由金牌制作人Brendan O´Brien担纲制作。"Original Prankster"、"Want You Bad"与"Million Miles Away"等曲子紧密的编曲、演唱及娴熟的吉他演奏是该乐队一贯的风格，但又各具特色。乐队时不时背离南加州朋克之根，一首抒情曲"Denial, Revisited"揭开专辑较为舒缓的一面。他们还往其中数首歌注入了嘻哈、说唱金属以及涅槃乐队式的车库摇滚元素，但手法较为微妙，朋克乐的立场始终坚定而鲜明。每一首作品都以主唱Dexter Holland的歌喉与Noodles和Holland两人灵活的吉他演奏为中心，部分歌词也颇见高明。总而言之，这是一张优秀且制作精良的唱片，足见这支乐队的显著进步。

2003 digitally remastered reissue of album originally released in 1992, includes 3 bonus tracks 'Funerality', 'Destined To Fester' & 'In The Grip of Winter'. Digipak. Peaceville Records.