Attractive cover makes this album special.
932636
So excited to use this journal on our cruise to Alaska. The cover is what makes the journal so special - may order a second one!
4250854
It's a fine little album.  A happy medium between flimsy "brag book" and shelf album.  I bought it for my sister; I wanted her to have something to keep and store the multitude of pseudo-Polaroids I printed and painstakingly cut for her 30th birthday party.  I liked that it wasn't adorned with words specific to family or friends.  I mean, if it referenced family AND friends it would have been fine, but since the photo garland I made included photos of family and friends (and possibly foes--not sure) it seemed tacky to purchase an album that so blatantly disregarded at least half of the people depicted.

Oh, and it was black.  My sister loves black.  In fact, if it wasn't black I probably would not have ordered it.  It also has a handy little elastic string to keep it closed.  That's pretty cool.

(Confession time:  My sister has not yet used the album.  The party was over a week ago, and when I was at my sister's this past weekend I noticed that the photos were stacked [albeit carefully] like a deck of playing cards, rather than encased in the safety of their tidy little album.  I'm not saying anything yet; my sister's been pretty busy keeping up with my toddler nephews and incubating a third baby [think pink!] and I don't want to give her something else to stress over.  I have full confidence that when she uses the album, it will do its job and do it magnificently.)
303157
There are certain times when you want something to share with someone special. This is the album for that.
2871486
I'm a big fan of Blondie... REALLY big. This album is probably my favorite out of all of them - the cover is visually striking, it has AWESOME songs on it.
Also, the product I was sent from Amazon was in fantastic condition - better than I was expecting! It came promptly, was packaged well (which is always a worry when ordering vinyls online), and overall was awesome service.
4917525
A beautiful, well-made album. It has black pages, sheets of tissue between them, and "corner" stickers for your pictures. You'll need to carefully place the pics for the stickers to work - if you have the pages open and they "curve," the stickers will come up. But it's an album that's nice to look at.

I think similar ones would cost much more than the $20 or so I paid. A good price.
4014988
The cover was in above-average condition, expectedly. The vinyl is mint, and plays almost flawlessly. I'm pleased with my order.
4808643
There are well-known songs here for nearly every taste: classic rock, pop, country, standards, duets, etc. Most of the arrangements aren't bad either.
1859988
Good album.  Prompt delivery and a good deal.
4729754
Great albums. Cover came a bit banged up on one corner.
409325
Great album, with lovely music and educative text
1967935
Many of the songs included on this two-bands' album of 1920's songs, are vocals. Most musical selections -- be they vocals or instrumentals -- are perky. A listener to this album who wants an authentic 1920's musical selection across the bias should enjoy the selections, which play all together for slightly over 1 hour. There are a couple of songs included on this album, whose arrangements and vocal styling I find to be formatted somewhat tediously, but all represented musical styles may be acceptable to some folks. I find this album fun.
2417750
This relatively short album is full of good songs.  Generally in the rock/alternative mode, with bold guitar and drums, along with some keyboards and affected vocals.  The singer's voice is gorgeous, the lyrics are nice, if occasionally a little odd, and the music is peppy.  While Christian, most of the songs are subtle in their message.

Closer We Are: energetic rock with electronic touches.  Feels like it might be the single off the album, if it was promoted like that.

Streetlight: my favorite song on the album.  I love the sentiment and the music both.  Perky keyboards and a strong beat dominate. Vocals reminiscent of U2. (Dare I say better?)

Close Your Eyes: slower tempo, dreamy and psychedelic, could almost be a new age song with a chorus of, "free your mind, and realize that we're all connected."

Beautiful King: the most overtly Christian song on the album.  Starts out as an acoustic ballad, but eventually the electric guitars show up, but it's still very gentle and pretty.

Nothing Without You: touch of bluegrass to this song, and a female vocalist joins the usual male lead.

Turnstile: a love song, and my second-favorite on the album. Feels a little bluesy.

Overall, recommended!  Reminds me a bit of The Killers, or some of the more electronic songs done by Jars of Clay (like "Heaven").  This album has been getting a lot of play in my very large music collection.
3926657
A beautiful woman who certainly conveyed a beautiful spirit with this album.
2439723
Nice Album . Worth the price. You can also  purchase longer pins to make album thicker for a more inserts.
2541626
This album was not what I expected when I saw the album cover - a loan sailboat floating in a grayish ocean.  I was expecting something slow with ethereal waves of highly reverbed guitars.  I was happily surprised with what the album actually is.  There's an excitement to this album - the music is a fusion of light rhythms, great picking style that almost sounds Asian & Country, great melodies and gentle building climaxes with refreshing valleys of calm.

One of my favorite tracks, Earth Tones, sounds like a combination plucking lute and flamenco guitar.  Then there's 'White Water' which has a nice country/blues feel - but still works with the previous tracks.  Some of the later tracks like 'Determined Drift' almost sound middle eastern mixed with jazz.  Actually there's a bit of everything in every track - in the good way.

Artistically played, always interesting - a great album to groove with - great for a road trip to keep you up, early cocktails to encourage conversation, or light ambient music to keep you humming along on a project.

Five stars for the music. Don't let the album cover or name deter you.
2526726
You really know when a musical genre has arrived, when a book of cover artwork is published.  Hip hop has been around for a couple of decades or more so Andrew Emery's colorful book is especially timely and can join the expanding shelf of titles devoted to great cover art.

As is usual with any book devoted to this marketing art there are plenty of the duds and forgettable designs but in the case of hip hop the very nature of the music produces some startling and vibrant graphics.  Just turn over the first few pages and by page thirteen the socko 1983 album Wild Style jumps of the page, graffiti artist Zephyr created the beautiful lettering, page sixteen has a stunning 1984 Afrika Bambaataa cover based on a Marvel comic cover.  The three hundred covers are arranged historically into ten chapters and the author writes about the various musicians and graphic artists who created so many of these covers, in particular George Dubose gets some good coverage.

I thought the chapter called Beat Biters was intriguing, as the music itself samples other sounds why not sample other covers as well, ten examples are shown including the 1991 cover from Young Black Strangers based on the 1963 'With the Beatles' album, a 1989 Tone Loc cover 'Loc'ed after Dark' was swiped from a 1963 Donald Byrd Blue Note LP designed by Reid Miles.

This book will interest graphic designers and fans of hip hop and all those who just want a record of the stuff they've missed.

***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
2379909
so much nicer than expected

embossed cover is lovely, photograph does not do it justice