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MUSIC REVIEWS: The Band
Steve Simels  |  Dec 14, 2005  | 
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MUSIC: Last Minute Shopping!
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 07, 2005  | 

Need more than the boxes and Christmas discs we gave you? Clip this list and get nutcrackin'!

BOXES:

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia, 1 CD, 2 DVDs), with new remastering plus 1975 gig and more.

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Dire Straits—Brothers in Arms 20th Anniversary Edition (Warner Brothers) [DualDisc]
Steve Guttenberg  |  Dec 02, 2005  | 
Brothers in Arms was a monster seller of the 1980s and yielded Dire Straits' MTV anthem, "Money for Nothing." Beyond the pop successes, the band's music was coveted by audiophiles for its sweet sound; back in the day, I wore out countless Brothers in Arms LPs at my job selling high-end audio gear. Reconnecting with the music in this new 20th Anniversary Edition, remastered to DualDisc, was a total pleasure.
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CD REVIEW: Gretchen Wilson
Billy Altman  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
A Musical History Capitol
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All Jacked Up Epic
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Granted, "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson's second
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MUSIC REVIEW: Kanye West
Jeff Perlah  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Late Registration Roc-a-Fella
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When you claim you're The Greatest, you better
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CD REVIEW: Paul McCartney
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 

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MUSIC REVIEWS: Franz Ferdinand
Mike Mettler  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
You Could Have It So Much Better Domino/Epic
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It's actually quite telling that the second album from G
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MUSIC REVIEW: Death Cab For Cutie
Rob O'Connor  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Plans Atlantic
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Death Cab for Cutie's Plans has Seattle's emo leaders jumping to a major l
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CD REVIEW: A Band of Bees
Sue Macphee-gray  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Free the Bees Astralwerks
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To their credit, the Bees are more adept than most at cross-pollination.
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MUSIC REVIEW: The New Pornographers
Brett Milano  |  Nov 05, 2005  | 
Twin Cinema Matador
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After two sets of fizzy hooks and classic pop homages (thre
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MUSIC REVIEWS: The String Cheese Incident
Andrew Nash  |  Nov 01, 2005  | 
One Step Closer SCI Fidelity
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With One Step Closer, the String Cheese Incident continues in the di
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Our Favorite Test Material
Chris Lewis, Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 28, 2005  |  First Published: Aug 28, 2005  | 
HT's audio and video editors share the test and demo discs they use to put a system through its paces.

Audio Test Discs

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Rachmaninov—Piano Concerto No. 2, Paganini Rhapsody—Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (Deutsche Grammophon) [SACD/CD]
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 04, 2005  | 
Sergei Rachmaninov's second piano concerto demands both a virtuoso pianist and a huge, supple orchestral sound. It gets both in this multichannel recording from Deutsche Grammophon, which pairs Lang Lang with a venerable Russian orchestra.
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Beethoven-Piano Trios Nos. 2 and 5 (Ghost Trio)—Storioni Trio (PentaTone) [SACD/CD]
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 04, 2005  | 
Isn't it a little odd to squeeze a whole symphony orchestra into a living room? The great thing about chamber music is that it's designed to be played in the home, correctly scaled to your personal space. It's best heard live, of course-but, if you can't invite musicians over for tea, the next best thing might be to feed your universal disc player this well-recorded pair of Beethoven chamber works.
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MUSIC REVIEWS: Nickel Creek
Billy Altman  |  Oct 01, 2005  | 
Why Should the Fire Die? Sugar Hill
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They may have been preteens when they began performing toge
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