| American IV: The Man Comes Around
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This is the fourth in a series of collaborations between the original Man in Black, Johnny Cash, and producer Rick Rubin. The Man Comes Around features new Cash compositions as well as a diverse array of cover songs, including Nine Inch Nails' ""Hur"t,"" Hank Williams' ""I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,"" and Paul Simon's ""Bridge Over Troubled Waters."" He duets with Don Henley on ""Desperado.""
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Artist: CASH,JOHNNY
Title: MAN COMES AROUND
Street Release Date: 11/05/2002
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Genre: COUNTRY
On first thought, the idea of the Man in Black recording such covers as "Bridge over Troubled Water," "Danny Boy," and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" might seem odd, even for an artist who's been able to put his personal stamp on just about everything. But American IV: The Man Comes Around, which also draws on Cash's original songs as well as those by Nine Inch Nails ("Hurt"), Sting ("I Hung My Head"), and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus"), may be one of the most autobiographical albums of the 70-year-old singer-songwriter's career. Nearly every tune seems chosen to afford the ailing giant of popular music a chance to reflect on his life, and look ahead to what's around the corner. From the opening track--Cash's own "The Man Comes Around," filled with frightening images of Armageddon--the album, produced by Rick Rubin, advances a quiet power and pathos, built around spare arrangements and unflinching honesty in performance and subject. In 15 songs, Cash moves through dark, haunted meditations on death and destruction, poignant farewells, testaments to everlasting love, and hopeful salutes to redemption. He sounds as if he means every word, his baritone-bass, frequently frayed and ravaged, taking on a weary beauty. By the time he gets to the Beatles' "In My Life," you'll very nearly cry. Go ahead. He sounds as if he's about to, too. Unforgettable. --Alanna Nash
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| Mr. Universe
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Jim Gaffigan releases an album that is classic Jim- from in-depth discussions of fast food and having four kids to lengthy insights about whales. Jim's hilarious takes on the mundane never disappoint.
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| Wonderfulness
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Includes Shop; Chicken Heart; Special Class; Tonsils , and more. A #7-charting album from 1966.
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| My Son, The Greatest: The Best Of Allan Sherman
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Oy vay ! It's a 19-track "best-of" from the one and only Allan Sherman, featuring the immortal Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh ! Also here are Allan's twisted version of Downtown (entitled Crazy Downtown ), plus Pop Hates the Beatles; Shticks of One, Half a Dozen of the Other; Hail to Thee , and more.
This collection gathers 19 of Sherman's humorous story-songs. The comic uses original lyrics and pre-existing tunes to poke fun at television shows and consumer items, to send-up the kids and generally riff on early and mid-'60s American pop culture. On tracks like "Pop Hates the Beatles" and "Crazy Downtown," his subject is the generation gap. "Al 'n Yetta" portrays a TV-dependent couple while "Lotsa Luck" describes the complicated hassles of dealing with faulty TVs and new-fangled tape recorders. Sherman assumed his audience had a little knowledge of history, too. On "Good Advice" and "You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie," he sings about inventors and French history, respectively. It's hard to imagine contemporary comedians working the historical beat. "One Hippopatami" is a delightfully goofy festival of wordplay that requires only a love of language and a tolerance for schmaltz. --Fred Cisterna
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| The 2000 Year Old Man:The Complete History
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Newly remastered for the 50th anniversary of the birth of The 2000 Year Old Man, this DVD/3 CD set contains all 5 comedy albums released by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks including The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, 2000 Years With Carl Reiner & Mel Broo
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| Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow Right!
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Childhood escapades, wry observations, and the wit that broke comedy's color barrier-all captured on three classic titles: "Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow, Right!" (1963; nominated for a Grammy®), "Wonderfulness" (1966), and "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With" (1968). 3 CDs.
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| I Started Out As a Child
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The success of this Top 40 LP (1964) landed Bill that storied role on I Spy ! This is Cosby in his early prime as a standup comic: Sneakers; The Giant; Christmas Time; TV Football; Rigor Mortis , and more.
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| Brian Regan Live
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One of the hardest-working men in comedy is also one of the best-selling, and this is his classic debut album! Includes You Too & Stuff; Hooked on Phonix; Crank Calls; Monster Truck Drivers; Whale Noises; Peanut Butter & Jelly; Health Club Stuff , and more.
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| Why Is There Air?
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Another million seller (#19 in 1965)! Includes Personal Hygiene; Driving in San Francisco; The Toothache , and more.
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| Bill Cosby: Himself
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The soundtrack to Bill's 1982 concert film, which actually gave NBC's Brandon Tartikoff the idea for The Cosby Show ! And Himself was also a career milestone for Cosby's work, as he turned away from stories of his childhood to adult themes.
Taken from a 1982 concert film, this CD contains several solid routines by the veteran comedian. Most of these portrayals are humorous takes on family life. Cosby gives special attention to the messiness and frustrations of child rearing. His caricatures of domestic situations reveal a sharp eye for telling details that most listeners will recognize. Cosby pens the material himself and it's tightly written stuff, indeed. "The Dentist" perfectly captures the humiliation and absurdity of a visit to the tooth doctor. "Chocolate Cake for Breakfast" might be the only flop here. The comic's drawn-out performance is heavy-handed and everything gets a little too spelled-out. But for the most part this disc features Cosby in good form. The man is the embodiment of All-American humor and this album reflects that. --Fred Cisterna
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