Customer Reviews

Gigantic Music Sampler

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GIGANTIC is a fun and pleasantly quirky album with a diverse collection of musicians providing a handful of quality music. At least one previous reviewer seems to get this right, most of the rest too easily toss off the quality here, which is not surprising, considering the multitude of spoiled children in this country with every advantage and an excess of complaints about the quality. That's a pity because Amazon deserves credit for providing plenty of diverse music on this site -- free for the taking.

The Walkmen's sound is reminiscent of The Waterboys The Whole of the Moon: The Music of the Waterboys & Mike Scott more than Dylan -- fresh and somehow retro. Frances walks a fine line between Human Sexual Response Fig. 15 and early Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77. The Rumble Strips remind me of The Smiths Hatful of Hollow with horns! Kevin Ayers' voice is downright dreamy, like Brad Roberts of Crashtest Dummies I Don't Care That You Don't Mind but a bit less tongue in cheek. Dragons of Zynth is a cool blend of easy listening and a bit of white noise. Add Aa's "Best of Seven" with their Afro-Ambient percussion fest, the Boggs recalling of the Troggs The Singles A's & B's, and Harlem Shakes' balance between driving rhythm and catchy, charming lyrics and verses, then I challenge anyone to find a more diverse album that would get toes tapping and put some smiles on the faces of those who appreciate authentic creativity. Cheers!

It's unfair to classify this album as rock as it definitely misses that genre---it's more eclectic than that and would better fit into the alternative section. My favorite on this album is Kevin Ayers' "Cold Shoulder" which features a mix of stringed instruments and a mellow voice with a melancholy view of the world---"nothing left to dream on." My next favorite is Harlem Shakes which doesn't have a promising start, but driving percussion gradually works itself out to hope "this will be a better year."

"Remember the Orphans" by The Boggs has a derivative punk feel to it and "No Soul" sounds like an Elvis Costello wannabe, and I enjoyed them considering they were free. I didn't care for the songs others chose: Aa and Dragons of Zynth featured percussion only and did not appeal to me at all. The remainders were unremarkable.

I just discovered a goldmine of free downloads on Amazon. There are still free MP3s out there!

Odd. These are free so you can listen to them without financial obligation, and if you like them, you download songs you need to pay for or buy the artist's album or maybe catch them the next time they are in town playing a tiny bar around the corner.... There are reviews, too. As if someone needs to read a review before checking out something for free...

Advice to folks reading these reviews - just listen to the song(s). If you don't like it delete it. These are promo recordings posted by record labels that don't have the big bucks to promote songs like the major labels. They've been doing this for years - way ahead of the curve on posting downloads to promote new recordings. These are bands that tour in broken down vans, play to a handful of people, get paid very very little, sleep on the floor of the promoter's house, get up the next day and drive along with all their cranky, tired, smelly bandmates for many hours to the next gig. This is how rock and roll was born. And continues to thrive from the ground up.

The irony? I'm posting a review too. And I haven't event listened to this sampler yet.

Oh, and it's "Incredible". Spell Check. Your friend.

I love the intro track.. I think it says it all. Four provinces by the walkmen is definitely good For some odd reason it reminds me of Eric Clapton ( I did say ODD), though it close to him it is farther by a long shot. You will like this if you are into Indie, light rock or alternative music. Also good if you want something different to listen to that DOES NOT suck! Track 4, Cold Shoulder by Kevin Ayers is reminiscent of 60's or 70's rock and 70's french rock music. I also like Track 6, Best of Seven by Aa it's catchy and hum along worthy. Last but not last I like the last track, Strictly Game by Harlem Shakes because it is a mix of house and techno pop but a lighter version , (if you understand what I mean by that). The track is mellow, feel good music, that still wants to make you move your body along slightly. Overall A Great download. Oh and you can sure play this in front of the kids ( which is important to me)!

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I completely disagree with the previous reviews. The tracks are very interesting and varied. The Walkmen is one of my favorite bands, so if for nothing else, download this for the song "Four Provinces". The Harlem Shakes and The Rumble Strips songs are also very good. It is clear that many of the reviewers simply listened to the samples without actually giving the songs a full listen before writing such scathing remarks. In fact, that must be the case, because some of the comments don't even seem to apply. They must not be a fan of this particular type of music, in which case, one should read the reviews (mine included) with a grain of salt. I can't thank Amazon enough for giving another great sampler. I will be looking to pick up some more tracks by many of the artists featured on this sampler.

I enjoy something different and not mainstream. This is a perfect selection of just that kind of music. It's difficult to not be overly influenced by other music. New music should reflect just that. New, creative and fresh.

i dont want to sound pretentious and write a really long-winded review, but i wanted to stick for this sample. i really enjoyed it! it was fun. the music sounded good. as a 21 year old kid that enjoys "indie" music (as if it's its own genre, but whatever), this album was right up my alley. i would recommend it to many of my friends.

Like others, I think this would be better classified as "alternative" than as Rock. It is more experimental and mostly mellow in flavor. I enjoyed the Dragons of Zynth song. Most of the other songs simply passed through. There was nothing I really hated, though nothing that was really great either.

This truly is awful "music". However, we should always try to find a positive or learn a lesson and here is what I take away. Parents: Please do not praise your kids for every silly thing they do and tell them how unique and creative they are when, they are in fact, not. Push, encourage to do better, teach, instruct, etc and when it's time, be realistic. This is an album made by people who's parents should have encouraged them to get real jobs.

I genuinely could not comprehend just how bad this was on a conscious level. Minutes after deleting it from my cloud drive, for the sake of honesty I went back and re-listened before the tracks are gone permanently. No, no. I was right and this deserves to be burnt in a fire.

The songs are nearly all amateurish and sound like something an unusually untalented middle schooler would write while imagining him(her?)self to be just oh-so-brilliant. When he tries to play it on his fifth-hand band class horn, even his parents can't help but grimace in disappointment for their unlovable child.

This music causes domestic violence and child abuse. Gigantic Music LLC should be ashamed of itself. Various Artists shouldn't quit their day jobs.