 | An Invitation [Read More ...]
Description: An Invitation is an intimate collaboration between Inara and legendary arranger Van Dyke Parks. The result is a lush, elegant, fully orchestrated song cycle, a catalog of experiences equally inspired by the sophistication of Frank Sinatra and the storied, cinematic wonder of Rich... |
 | Song Cycle [Read More ...]
Description: Van Dyke Parks' visionary 1968 debut, Song Cycle, rose phoenix-like from the ashes of his fabled Smile collaboration with Brian Wilson. Parks' breathtaking high-wire act fused the pop genius of Phil Spector, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway vertigo and the orchestral flare of American... |
 | Orange Crate Art [Read More ...]
Description: Here is a view of the Golden State through rose-colored glasses that's as effervescent and intoxicating as pink champagne. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks trade the roles they occupied nearly three decades ago when they collaborated on songs for the Beach Boys' great lost album, ... |
 | Moonlighting: Live at the Ash Grove [Read More ...]
Description: Parks has always been a moonlighter, producing albums by Little Feat and Randy Newman, writing arrangements for U2 and Victoria Williams, and composing film scores. He's also recorded half a dozen albums on his own, but he's spent most of his career in the shadow of an early fail... |
 | Young Modern [CD + DVD] [Read More ...]
LIMITED CD / DVD EDITION features an 8 panel digi pack, DVD details TBA. This HAS to be THE most anticipated album of 2007, the boys return with their 5th studio album, titled 'YOUNG MODERN'. Featuring the first smash 'Straight Lines'. |
 | Discover America [Read More ...]
Van Dyke Parks Is a Master:This album is simply amazing. I have this one and 'Song Cycle,' and it is my favorite of the two. His creativity is golden. The composition and arrangements are first class. I do not get tired of listening to this over and over. |
 | Jump! [Read More ...]
Review: one of the finest CDs in my collection!!!:This popped up for me to review and I was surprised and delighted to know Jump! is still available. I have owned this since it was on cassette tape and have probably listened to it more than any CD in my collection. I've been listening ... |
 | Tokyo Rose [Read More ...]
Review: Another Great Album from Mr. Parks:As the title implies, most of the songs on Tokyo Rose are about Japan, or, more accurately, about the relationship between Japan and the United States. The songs are full of poignant social commentary, but it seems that another reviewer has alr... |
 | The Clang of the Yankee Reaper [Read More ...]
Review: Harken to the clang of the Yankee Reaper.:This was Van Dyke Parks' third album. The music is played in a calypso style. Oddly enough, even though Parks is more known as a composer than a performer, he only co-wrote one of the songs here. But the album is still pleasant enough,... |
 | Idiosyncratic Path: The Best of Van Dyke Parks [Read More ...]
Review: A compilation album of the first three albums:IF YOU HAVE "SONG CYCLE", "Discover America" & "The Clang of The Yankee Reaper" you don't need this album. There are no surprises as miscellaneous singles that would have been welcomed such as his own version of "Come To The Sunshine"... |
 | Young Modern [CD + DVD] [Read More ...]
Description: Silverchair are Australia's most successful rock band with five #1 albums and global sales of over 6 million CDs. Since exploding onto the alternative rock scene as teens in the mid-90s, Silverchair have grown up into a much more eclectic and melodic band. They've built a larg... |
![]() | Orange Crate Art [Read More ...]
Description: Here is a view of the Golden State through rose-colored glasses that's as effervescent and intoxicating as pink champagne. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks trade the roles they occupied nearly three decades ago when they collaborated on songs for the Beach Boys' great lost album, ... |
 | Discover America [Read More ...]
Description: Following the breathtaking high-wire act of Song Cycle, Van Dyke Parks turned his kaleidoscopic gaze to the 1940's martini-and-rhumba world of Hemingway's Caribbean sojourn with 1972's Discover America. Our definitive pressing of this landmark Warner Bros. album is sourced from t... |
![]() | Song Cycle [Read More ...]
Description: Van Dyke Parks' visionary 1968 debut, Song Cycle, rose phoenix-like from the ashes of his fabled Smile collaboration with Brian Wilson. Parks' breathtaking high-wire act fused the pop genius of Phil Spector, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway vertigo and the orchestral flare of American... |
![]() | The Clang of the Yankee Reaper [Read More ...]
Review: Harken to the clang of the Yankee Reaper.:This was Van Dyke Parks' third album. The music is played in a calypso style. Oddly enough, even though Parks is more known as a composer than a performer, he only co-wrote one of the songs here. But the album is still pleasant enough,... |
 | That's the Way It Is [Read More ...]
Description: Well, what do you expect from an artist who's reading Penthouse, surrounded by liquor bottles and cigarettes, on the cover of his album? Perfection? Accessibility? Sanity? Well, you ain't gonna get that from Nilsson, a man who left sanity behind shortly after he entered the mains... |
![]() | Discover America [Read More ...]
Van Dyke Parks Is a Master:This album is simply amazing. I have this one and 'Song Cycle,' and it is my favorite of the two. His creativity is golden. The composition and arrangements are first class. I do not get tired of listening to this over and over. |
 | Song Cycle [Read More ...]
Description: Van Dyke Parks' visionary 1968 debut, Song Cycle, rose phoenix-like from the ashes of his fabled Smile collaboration with Brian Wilson. Parks' breathtaking high-wire act fused the pop genius of Phil Spector, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway vertigo and the orchestral flare of American... |
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