No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees
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| Release Date: |
November 30, 1998 |
| Label: |
Sony |
| Rating: |
4.5 |
Description: Pulled together quickly as a response to the Kosovar refugee crisis in the Balkans in the spring of 1999,
No Boundaries presents 16 rare and previously unavailable tracks from 15 late-'90s rock powerhouses. The only outfit represented twice here is Pearl Jam, who contribute the likable A and B sides of a 1998 fan-club vinyl single--covers of "Last Kiss" and "Soldier of Love," '60s jukebox faves given refreshingly tossed-off treatments by Seattle's favorite sons. Also drawn to the benevolent project are Alanis Morissette (chipping in a live version of "Baba"), Sarah McLachlan (a live "Mary"), and Tori Amos (the previously unheard studio track, "Merman"). Oldsters (Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel) mix with relative upstarts (Korn, Jamiroquai, and Rage Against the Machine, who pummel Bruce Springsteen's "Ghost of Tom Joad" to suit their needs), all for a noble cause.
--Steven Stolder
Tracklist of No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees
Reviews:
Good mix, good bands, good cause.
This was probably bought by more "Pearl Jam" fans than anyone. Two songs from those guys are on here, both good. Besides those, the tracks I like most are from "Rage Against The Machine", "Bush", "Peter Gabriel", and a great live "Neil Young" song. But most of them are good. If you enjoy the majority of these bands, then this is well worth it, especially used. If there's a "PJ" fan in the world who still wants this cd for "Last Kiss", it's also on their "Lost Dogs" collection.
Great
Though it was thrown together hastily, NO BOUNDARIES is fantastic. It includes a pre-sell-out-KoRn (who still aren't very good), Pearl Jam (Last Kiss was a big push for the album. but it gets on my nerves), Sarah McLaughlin (Mary is a fantastic song, its great live), Alanis Morrisette (you can barely tell its live, its identical to the studio version, but still good), Bush(my favorite. I LOVE it.), The Wallflowers (Jakob Dylan has all the potential. He could be his father. Accept his voice is much better and his lyrics different. But I still love them both), Bens Fold Five, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, Rage Against the Machine (pre break up. with their politically oreinted music this is a nice change. I love da Boss)and ther Indigo Girls (GO is a great song, even the studio version. I love Amy Rays voice. This is a SUPERB recording.)
Just buy it.
An Ok cd if you like that kind of stuff
I bought this cd for "Last Kiss" which I'm sure a lot of people did. It was worth the money. Especially that "Solider of Love". WOW! I also enjoyed the remix of "Freak On A Leash" by KoRn. I liked that song and I didn't really want to buy the whole KoRn cd.
This is just my opinion. If you don't necessarily like this kind of music then you better look before you leap (listen before you buy). I thought it was an awesome cd.