Hopefully (Side B) is better.  And longer.
920190
I've been a die-hard fan of theirs since the early days, and this EP is a bit of a letdown for me.  I thought 'If Now Now, When?' was a big step back for them, but when the two singles were released I had a little hope of returning to their previous styles.  However, the two other tracks, "Make Out Party" and "Dance Like You're Dumb" just don't work for me.  Maybe if they were releasing a full album instead of an EP I'd feel differently, but when only half the songs are worth a listen, it's a disappointment.  From S.C.I.E.N.C.E. through Light Grenades their albums were solid from start to finish.  Now they've released one album and an EP since 2006, both were just average.  Shame.
1573048
There are some songs that make the album a little dull. For example, the song Secretly repeats itself like over 10 times. The other ones seem to be on the safe side.
4870148
Solid non-LP single and B-side. Not their absolute best pair of tracks, but enjoyable nonetheless.
2150468
Not a b-side disc. Bottom Half can hold it's own as one of UM's best.
2443742
good side:lots of musical experimentation,wonderful packaging and imagery,more singing less whining, their most powerful effort yet

bad side:no lyric sheet,no second guitarist Brian

standout tracks:liar; coming undone; tearjerker; hypocrites; souvenir
1706628
Usually when I like a couple songs on an album the rest of the album is a disappointment to me. Not in this case.
1831861
After repeated listens this has grown on me to the point where I must raise my review from 2 to 3 stars. Yes this is near the bottom of the Rush cannon but still a few gems and I did like it enough to have to order the vinyl. I would say Presto and Counterparts are both stronger than this one but Dreamline and a few others rock. Lyrically a bit weak with most songs playing on the "chance" theme. Overall a worthy effort but they would improve on Counterparts and Test For Echo. I will update the new vinyl once received.
2323932
Side 1 is something of a mixed bag. There are two types of people: those who like "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and those who don't. I'm in the former category (kinda), though apparently John hated it. "Come Together" is good, but never sounds the same after you hear the Chuck Berry tune that Lennon lifted "Come Together" from. No one dislikes "Something," which John was probably right in saying was the best song on the record (if not, at least it was George's best song ever), but "Oh! Darling" would've been better had they recorded John belting it out on the roof of the Apple building. Ringo gets to sing the jolly "Octopus's Garden," in which the boys blow bubbles with straws stuck in a tub of water. Gotta love pre-computer sound effects! I think "She's So Heavy," with its heavy metal riffs, should've been played after John sang "Oh! Darling" on top of the Apple building. Side 1 was conceived to please John, who didn't want Abbey Road to be another Sgt. Pepper. The real joy, however, is Side 2, Paul's side, which might be the best thing ever done by a pop group. Much of it includes song fragments that John and Paul had hanging around from the fertile India trip. With George Martin's help, Paul turned those fragments into 23 minutes of outstanding music. "Polythene Pam" is one of the most rocking songs the Beatles did. "Because," whether or not it is "Moonlight Sonata" played backwards, is one of the most beautiful. Paul contributes the most complex tune, "You Never Give Me Your Money," which blends nicely into the wonderful "Sun King," with great harmonies and John's nonsense Spanish-Italian lyrics at the end. Paul gets sad on "Golden Slumbers," gets happier with "Carry that Weight," and three quarters of the Fab Four end the album by trading guitar riffs on "The End." Before the guitar blowout, Ringo gets a drum solo. Finally. "Abbey Road" was the last album the Beatles recorded, though they'd release "Let It Be" later. They certainly ended on a high note. But, guys, couldn't you have stayed together until 1973 or 1974? Oh well. We'll just have to keep playing this one.
752884
3/5 is the best review I can give. Some songs are good, some are plain-right annoying. especially B1. Cool album cover though.
4097740
something about this one, and the last album for that matter, falls short of expectation.  the songs start and end and when it's over i don't say, "whoa, that one was so nice i gots to hears it twice!".  like when i first heard "source tags...".  the wall of sound is absent.  each song reminds me of another song either by TOD or someone else.  i didn't look at the back cover before inserting it into my car's player, so when the opening of "Gold Heart Mountaintop Queen Directory"(or whatever that GBV song is, i don't feel like getting up or clicking "back" to verify) i thought, boy, this sounds familiar and then it turns out to be a cover.  one less song to be impressed by.  the album is too tame, not rock enough.
***after more listens, i have found this album to be quite better than i thought..
"stand in silence" (that little riff is cool);
"wasted state of mind (neat tempo and good pacing);
"naked sun" (i like it better as it nears the end.  i didn't like it at first but it is a solid tune);
"gold heart queen..." (sounds like the original);
"life" (ehh, it's okay, sounds like something off "worlds apart");
"eight day hell" (don't like this one..sounds like polyphonic spree);
"witches web" (really like...sucker for a slide guitar);
"sunken dreams" (really really like);
the album has a nice flow and isn't all over the place like "worlds apart"
1748005
After having read a lot of the mid to negative reviews of Rattle & Hum I must confess that many of them are right about several things.

Could be nice if U2 gave it a makeover in a future extended cd version. They could for instance put the live tracks on one CD and add some more of those from the movie and make 1 CD of the studiomaterial+some of the b-sides from that period. I have played a litle with the tracklisting and a studio album of Rattle & Hum could look like this:

Desire
Angel of Harlem
Hallelujah (Here she comes) (B-side)
Hawkmoon 269
Van Diemen's Land (Complete version without the early fade please!!)
Silver and Gold (studio version b-side Joshua tree period)
Love come rescue me

When loves come to town
Heartland
Dancing Barefoot (B-side)
God part II
A room at the heartbreak hotel (B-side)
All I want is you
Unchained Melody (b-side)

This order makes for a dark americana album and is quite a ride and perhaps gives a little more of an underplayed version of the whole "discovering america in a flagwaving position", instead giving the album more of a coherent flow and the point still comes across but in a more subtle way that I personally think gives it a whole new life.

The live version of the disc? Haven't got a clue to that since I'm not to keen on that side of U2... at least not in this period...
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4336519
To keep this review short and to the point, people who have heard "Price to Play", and rushed to get the album thinking that it would have the same general sound as tthe single, will most likely be disappointed.  In my case, I was disappointed, then I kept listening for a while and the album sort of grew on me.
Sort of.
It's definately a different, softer, possibly happier Staind, that's for sure.  Not much yelling/screaming (unfortunately) but the band as a whole have gotten better musically.
Some few standout songs include "Could it Be", "Layne", "Price to Play", "Tonight" and "Zoe Jane".  I'm sure you can find out what they all mean from other reviews.
So, to summarize it.  As a Staind fan, you'll either love it (unlikely) or hate it (probably), or you might like a few songs and dislike most of the album (me).  That's cause a disturbing portion of the album all sounds similar...
Oh well, here's to hoping we get a harder album the next time around.
1239428
Trans Canada Highway is a short disappointing EP.  Disappointing in the sense of length but not content.  If you're a true, diehard BoC fan, as I am, you will know what to expect and you truly won't be disappointed musically.  Out of its six tracks only two are new worthwhile full length listens.

Left Side Drive and Skyliner expertly and dreamily give us what we expect from BoC.  No acoustic instruments here, just those lazy beats, rolling basslines and the ability to evoke childhood memories.

Heard From the Telegraph Lines and Under the Coke Sign are short unmemorable one minute numbers that are more filler than function.  I just finished listening to the EP and honestly I don't even remember what those tracks sound like.  Perhaps with the addition of one more brand spanking new full length track, Trans Canada Highway would have been a bit more substantial.

Then there's the LP cut of Dayvan Cowboy, possibly my least favorite track from The Campfire Headphase, and a decent remix of the same track.

Overall, this a good release that true BoC fans are going to eat up. But after I devoured my copy I was left a bit hungry for something meatier.
2531482
The cracks in Chicago's armor began to appear on this album, although they would have one more truly great one on their next outing.
How you feel about this album may depend largely on how much you like the singles.  "Just You 'N' Me" and "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" are  both fine songs, but not my personal favorites. I actually prefer the fast  soul tune "What's The World Comin' To?" (which opens with some  random studio sounds and a voice -- is it Lamm's? -- saying "we can  cut it in ANY key," before Lamm, Cetera, and Kath evenly trade off  lead vocals ... there may even be a fourth singer doing the bass  interjections).
As one reviewer noted, "Jenny" is just kind of  silly. I would add that "Darlin' Dear" is a little too cutesy.  Other cuts are merely okay. "In Terms Of Two" is a big clue of  how Cetera's songwriting would come to dominate the band's work in the  future.
One had little clue how great the next album would be.
976078
Now I can quibble with the song order but given you get eight more songs on this version than the original album back in 1979, I'm not complaining.

Basically, Singles Going Steady was all the A sides on Side A and the B sides on Side B on the vinyl. There's barely a duff track really.  I'd argue none at all although "Why Can't I Touch This?" and "Something's Gone Wrong Again" go on and on a tad too long. Even so for modern-day punks these songs would be maybe some punk bands' best tracks. The Buzzcocks were so consistently good both on the A and B sides of singles, it's weird that back in their day they sold squat even in the UK. Sure they were famous in the punk scene, but their themes (mainly on love) wrapped in superfast punk music (and a great drummer in John Maher driving the whole thing) sadly did not make them uber rich and famous (seriously, they were better than other pop-flavored punk of, say, Generation X at the time).

Anyway, besides the original first eight singles (A and B sides) you get "You Say You Don't Love Me b/w Raison D'Etre" (THE single off the Different Kind Of Tension album) plus the Parts 1-3 singles (A and B sides as well). They should have thrown on "I Look Alone" as the cherry on the Buzzcock pie, but no biggie.

P.S. As far as the reviews saying this CD sounds tinny, I don't know about that but CD or download, it sure beats playing your vinyl copy to death that skips and scratches appear. I'll take this CD anyday. Still is great played loud!
793013
If it's true that there are extra-songs in this remastered dvd then those will be of course the Rabin distorted versions of Roundabout, Yours Is No Disgrace and And You And I.

Anyway, it would be interesting to have the thoughts of the band at that time.
4898094
I haven't heard this new version yet, but then again, opinions of songs are subjective anyway.  So it really doesn't matter.  What matters is fact, and the fact is this is a different version than the original, so I'll at least share with the uninformed of the apparent differences from the original.
First, it looks like the two short snippets of songs from the original, "Dig It" and "Maggie Mae", have disappeared entirely.  It might have been nice to hear the full version of Dig It, if it exists.
Next, "Don't Let Me Down" has been added, which was the B-side of the "Get Back" single, but not included on the original album (which could've used it).  This track is also found on Past Masters Volume 2, as is a slightly different version of "Let It Be".
A "naked" version of "The Long And Winding Road" already exists on the third volume of the Anthology discs.  So if you're just buying this for that, you may want to look at your collection already.  Aside from the track order being more or less reversed, there's not much more apparently different here.
I'm giving it a 3, neither good nor bad, since I haven't heard it yet, and it doesn't matter.