1. Jean Genie 2. Space Oddity 3. Starman 4. Ziggy Stardust 5. John, I m Only Dancing 6. Rebel Rebel 7. Let s Spend the Night Together 8. Suffragette City 9. Oh! You Pretty Things 10. Velvet Goldmine 11. Drive-In Saturday 12. Diamond Dogs 13. Changes 14. Sorrow 15. Prettiest Star 16. Life on Mars? 17. Aladdin Sane 18. Man Who Sold the World 19. Rock n Roll Suicide 20. All the Young Dudes

#Mr Bowie Goes Platinum (2006-08-04) Three CDs, almost career-spanning, ( 90s -> is missing) loaded with hits. A great way to get introduced to David Bowie and his music. For casual fans, this is perfection. For us who crave more, this is a nice start for an addiction that never ends. My highligts include:Space Oddity, Starman, Let s Spend The Night Together (a wonderful Stones-cover), Changes, Life On Mars and The Man Who Sold The World, Heroes, Ashes To Ashes, Under Pressure (w/ Queen), This Is Not America, Absolute Beginners. . among others. The first disc is probably my favourite ...

1. Heaven and Hell 2. I Can t Explain 3. Fortune Teller 4. Tattoo 5. Young Man Blues 6. Substitute 7. Happy Jack 8. I m a Boy 9. Quick One, While He s Away 10. Amazing Journey/Sparks 11. Summertime Blues 12. Shakin All Over 13. My Generation 14. Magic Bus

There are only a handful of genuinely seminal albums, but The Who s Live At Leeds is undoubtedly one. Recorded in the comparatively intimate environs of the University Refectory, Leeds, in February 1970, the two-hour-plus show was heavily truncated and clocked in at a mere 38 minutes upon it s release as an album later the same year. Despite this, the album s six tracks showcased the thermonuclear dynamics that established The Who as the best live rock band in the world. This long overdue deluxe edition features the entire 33 song set, including the bulk of rock opera Tommy, plus full-length versions of previously lopped cuts. Throughout the proceedings, The Who s blitzkrieg barrage is propelled by the octopus limbed Keith Moon-the-loon and John Entwistle s elasticated, DC10-booming bass, topped with Pete Townsend s tumultuous windmilled power chords and Roger Daltrey s howl. Such is the potency of their attack that they even invest those hoary standards Summertime Blues and Shakin Al...

#Yes they did sound like this! (2008-11-07) Some people will say that rock music just can t be played this well live. Well having seen the later version of The Who, with Kenny Jones as the drummer, I can tell you that even from the back seats, they sound this good!! With Townsend suffering from tinnitus, the emphasis for a long time has been sound quality, rather than massively over powering, garbled mumbling. I have to say that I have this edition with the extra tracks and it is truly amazing to listen to. It just goes to show that if the sound system is set up well, that the live r...

#The power and the glory (2006-11-21) This is one of the greatest live albums of all time and this edition is a large improvement over the original 6 song version. It makes most of the punks who came after look like a bunch of wimps. It showcases the greatest rhythm section in rock (Keith Moon and John Entwistle), Roger Daltry never sang better and Pete Townshend was on fire. It might not have been the best show The Who ever gave but it s definitely the best one on record. If you want to hear why The Who were the greatest live rock and roll band in the world buy this.

#A landmark in the rock story! (2004-07-12) For the hard fans (as me) of the Who there will be another additional reason for support that statement. This work remains in my memories as one of the most remarkable musical triumphs all the way . The Who certainly were in his creative peaks . The creation of Tommy showed another important facet of this ensemble. My generation , Magic Bus ,or Summertime blues are played with fury and deep histamina . The riffs and the fierec of the guitar runs paralel to the incandescent rhytm and hard drum beat. Don t even doubt. This album is in the to...

#Live rock and roll sounds like THIS. (2004-06-26) I never bought the original ",Live at Leeds,", having for the Who the same sort of love/hate affair I have with the Beatles (this may be the result of being an unabashed Stones fanatic, I don t know). I d look at the songs on it, go, wow, just six, and pass. Boy am I glad I waited. The remakes of records have a disturbing tendency to historical revisionism. Here s an exception. The biggest change history made to the original ",Live at Leeds", was SIMPLY PUTTING THE BEST PARTS OF THE SHOW ON THE RECORD, FINALLY! Ev...

#Better with age!!! (2004-05-22) Like many people I originally purchased this as an LP back in high school when the only version of this album had a handful of songs on it. Even with the limited number of songs on the old LP, it was still considered to be the greatest live album ever cut. Since then they have added several other ",bone crushing", numbers to the 1995 re-issue of Live @ Leeds making this release even more dynamic than the original. After this release they have added more selections turning this album into a Deluxe 2-CD release. If you are one of those peop...

1. Introduction - David Bowie, B. Mitchell Reed 2. Hang on to Yourself 3. Ziggy Stardust 4. Changes 5. Supermen 6. Life on Mars? 7. Five Years 8. Space Oddity 9. Andy Warhol 10. My Death 11. Width of a Circle 12. Queen Bitch 13. Moonage Daydream 14. John, I m Only Dancing 15. Waiting for the Man 16. Jean Genie 17. Suffragette City 18. Rock N Roll Suicide

1. Break On Through (To The Other Side) 2. Soul Kitchen 3. The Crystal Ship 4. Twentieth Century Fox 5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 6. Light My Fire 7. Back Door Man 8. I Looked At You 9. End Of The Night 10. Take It As It Comes 11. The End 12. Moonlight Drive (Version 1) (Bonus) 13. Moonlight Drive (Version 2) (Bonus) 14. Indian Summer (8/19/66 Vocal) (Bonus)

#Try to set the night on fire (2007-03-27) The Doors were one of those really great rock bands -- they flared up briefly, shone brightly, and then died away with the untimely death of their frontman, Jim Morrison. And listening to their debut album, it s easy to see why people still listen -- hard-hitting, swirling bluesy-rock songs, with sensual vocals in the middle. It opens with gritty riffs and a rippling organ, forming a catchy, dark melody that seems to be full of urgency. And the song Morrison sings is full of emotion, ranging from affection to a haunted paranoia. I found an ...

1. Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria [Van Morrison Version] 2. Redondo Beach 3. Birdland 4. Free Money 5. Kimberly 6. Break It Up 7. Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (De) 8. Elegie 9. My Generation [Live][*]

On her 1975 debut, Smith was full of piss and vinegar, seriously interested in bringing together high art and low three-chord rock & roll. As a result, her free-form poetry meshes with covers of Gloria and Land of a Thousand Dances, and the album centres on two long, highfalutin pieces, including the three-part suite (warning! warning! art!) Land. (The CD version appends a messy live take on The Who s My Generation.) Led by Richard Sohl s piano, the arrangements don t exactly rock, and some of Smith s song-writing gets buried in its stylistic affectations (there s a great song under Redondo Beach s fake reggae). But the point of Horses was Smith s persona of volume, cunning and exile, and it comes through distinctly. --Douglas Wolk

#Listen to the original CD (2008-06-26) I listened to the 2 CD set with the live performance. I was more impressed with the original CD then the live broadcast.

#Rock as poetry (2007-01-10) With this album, Patti Smith reinvigorated rock in the mid 1970s. A lot of British Punk was just 3-chord anger, but Horses opened up new worlds with its poetic lyrics and melodicism. This ominous version of Gloria, the lilting reggae of the sad Redondo Beach, the evocative surrealism of Kimberly and the violently erotic title track were like nothing else in rock music, and they re still unique and special. I m not crazy about each & every track but they all have great worth and Horses will forever stand as a monument to the best in rock music. Excepting ...

#Some misplaced Joan of Arc (2004-07-18) Attention women of the world: If you listen to one piece of music throughout your entire lives, let it be Patti Smith s Horses. It is one of the most empowering, poetic and beautiful recordings of all time. Patti begins the album with Van Morrison s ",Gloria", and the line ",Jesus died for somebody s sins, but not mine. ", From there, the album is a whirlwind of poetry, emotion and musical experimentation, and the end result is Biblical to say the least. John Cale s influence/production shines through largely on ",Birdland...

#Tired Horses (2004-06-26) I recently bought Trampin`, which I like a lot, and remember living in a ground floor flat in Exeter when Horses galloped onto the scene, below a young woman who played it all day long, so I heard it without really hearing it - all bloody day long. Now I have a copy - I was almost afraid to play it - and can only respond, exasperatedly, by noticing Patti Smith`s very American humourlessness, an almost self-righteous earnestness I find grating. I don`t feel I`m `missing the point` when I say that I think she is at her best on her more melodic pieces (the two ...

#One of my all time favorites. (2004-06-13) Ive always thought Patti Smith was a genius. Maybe thats because she wrote such a unique version of Land Of A Thousand Dances and made it her own thing as well as Gloria or maybe its because she is simply a great songwriter. Whatever the reason Horses as well as Easter are my favorite songs ever done by a female singer. Yeah some might put me in a better mood such as Alanis but none that Ive heard write this good. There are female poets that are better at writing poetry but none that can write such good songs. The title track is about suicide ...