Something different this time around
588530
Very, very disappointed with this collection. Something different in the technical side of things. Am getting the message UNABLE TO BE PLAYED IN YOUR REGION in 2 of my 3 region free  dvd players/recorders, Panasonic make.. I have all the previous box sets in this series and all play perfectly in all three dvd players. Why should this be the case in this box set only? I'm baffled by this. I would have sent it back but for the fact that it plays on one of my machines, the oldest one. I have checked the playback settings and all seem to be the same. Can anybody shed any light on what might be wrong? I hope to complete the series with the release of season 8 in July but now i fear that this will happen again.
4527590
honestly, i didn't think much of when i heard "End of the Line" and "All Heads Down" before this album was released.  when i bought it a few days ago, i was stunned to say the least.  i knew HWM had said this album would be different, but this is different than i thought it would be.  i was a bit taken aback by it.  this is still HWM, but don't expect this to be quite like anything done in the past.

now with that, i have to say that this album is awesome.  while the vocals may not actually duel, the do switch off quite a bit.  this cd proves that Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard are some of the best vocalists around, whether it be the back-of-the-throat yelling or melodic singing.  Chris has also seemed to have developed a bit of a Sourthern accent on some of his singing.  the production on this is much like that of the previous release, Caution.  no more slobbery vocals or loose progressions, but in exchange you get easily sing-a-longable songs with tight musicianship.  The New What Next is also a lot more slower/melodic than past releases.  it's within the songs that actually show that restrain that this cd is the strongest.  songs like "Ebb and Flow", "Under Everything", and "Ink and Lead" will stick with you like gum on the bottom of your shoe.  then there are some really great rocking songs too, like "There Are Already Roses", "Poison", and "Giver".  the latter song sounds like a Bouncing Souls tune, but with an earlier styled HWM chorus.  The Pete of the Bouncing Souls also plays a solo on that track.

Whereas this release isn't like their old stuff, it still is great.  it takes a while to sink in and isn't as quite as accessible as Caution.  Hot Water Music has changed it up with this one and has made another passionate, yet interesting release.  the songwriting/lyrics have gotten better over the years, but still aren't too poetic to not be HWM.  this is real.  Hot Water Music CAN DO NO WRONG.
3128657
a little different than I am used to but I think I will like it
4758396
Added to my collection, just like that it is a little different.
1806149
Sometimes it seems that we have similar stories with a different slant. This is a whole new storyline and I enjoyed that. I will buy the next adventure by this author.
1128808
This one brings a new Carpathien into the mix. one that is not known to us or the current Prince.  But the fact that he is known to his lifemate puts a new twist on things.
2119560
I liked it because it didn't sound like the same old thing... and yet... good music and entertaining.  I was not that familiar with the band and their work.
4803323
I love getting more Hring content, but this one is a change of pace.  Not much conflict, more like a character study around a wedding celebration.  Not quite what I was expecting and it was enjoyable most of the time.
3867053
I like this album, there is quite the diversity as a whole in this one. I like the fact that each song doesn't sound just like the last one, I find myself listening to it quite often.
3067688
Different but fun the same.  Her voice is not typical of a singing sensation, but it is a good type of different.  I like to break up the  Christmas music monotony by adding a little "seasoning" with soundtracks like this.
140442
I've been exploring a lot of new music lately, notably, Thievery Corporation, DJ Vadim, and all of Ninja Tune, as well as Air and Dmitri from Paris.
I guess Amazon's recommendation program decided that since Stereo MC's was grouped into the same category as Thievery Corporation or Air, that I would be default enjoy it.
Well, I remember a long time ago, when this record came out, and it got a lot of radio play. I liked it back then, but thought it was a fluke. It appears I was both right and wrong. The album wasn't a fluke, because there is a whole genre of music around it now... And at the same time, the album is just unfulfilling and not as soulful and enjoyable as contemporary music of the same Genre.
So while it might be a "collection piece" -- something you would keep to round out your collection of a genre, or to pull out at parties -- it isn't really worth buying new, and never really offered me much "new" to listen to.
4066259
This series does not have quite the same sass factor of  current Disney and Nick stuff. Not every adult is a nincompoop and not every stereotype pounded home repeatedly.......the cat is a little mechanical....but that doesn't bother her. A nice change  for some down time on theses hot  summer days.
4718568
This is a nice combo platter of two interesting genres.  It SEEMS like its going to be the same old same old, but then you realize very quickly that this book is quite different.  Interesting characters with enjoyable conflict.  The second and third books are better - but reading this will not be a chore.
510449
Enjoyed it, but it wasn't one that I couldn't put down. They are getting a bit predictable and feels as though I've read it before.
1095956
Some different takes on some familiar favorites .
3226100
Original. Nice to see something that is different. And not the same thing over and over.
2194823
I like this one!  Not as much as I did the previous ("Hurricane" was AWESOME!"), but this is a different Eric Benet - less pained and a bit more "healed" on this latest CD.  If you like EB,you'll like this one too.