Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 Zippo (Band Version) 2 Cry

Zippo (Band Version) 2 Cry Willow Cry (Band Demo) 3 Skyline Pigeon (Piano Demo) 4 Two of a Kind (Arranged Band Demo) 5 The Girl on Angel Pavement (Arranged Band Demo) 6 Smokestack Children (Arranged Band Demo) 7 There's Still Time for Me (Piano/Guitar/Tambourine Demo) - Disc 5 - 1 The Tide Will Turn for Rebecca (Piano Demo) 2 Taking the Sun from My Eyes (Arranged Band Version) 3 Sing Me No Sad Songs (Band Demo) 4 Rolling Western Union (Piano Demo) 5 Amoreena (Piano Demo) 6 Madman Across the Water (Piano Demo) - Disc 6 - 1 Snow Queen 2 The Retreat 3 Billy and the Kids 4 Medicine Man 5 Peter's Song Format: Vinyl

The vulnerable lyrics and earnest delivery of Bernard Sumner are in top form

The second post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album is less forced and more of a group effort than A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- keyboard player Richard Wright is back to full bandmember status and has co-writing credits on five of the 11 songs

free energy of our live shows while integrating elements from the traditionally gridded palette of electronic music

Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 Zippo (Band Version) 2 CryAfter fusing hip hop, rock, and soul on 2002's THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS, Chicago rapper Common returned three years later with BE. Like its two letter title, BE is much leaner, consisting of 11 pure hip hop tracks marked by Common's enlightened, contemplative, easy flowing lyrics. Although the album is more streamlined, it's not predictable or unoriginal, as the beats unfold with the same combination of rawness and melodic energy that made Kanye West's