Gone Are the Days (Spkg)

Lionel Richie, Joseph Israel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New Door Records
• ASIN: B000LXSTRM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Joseph Israel's CD is released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gone Are The Days . . . . speaks volumes!, May 14, 2007

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Pitdah Sloan (NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gone Are the Days (Spkg) (Audio CD)

Although Joseph Israel doesn't promote his CD as a "religious" based music project, I would say you would have to have a true faith in Yah and Yah'Shua to appreciate his thought provoking, soul searching lyrical content. This is a must have for all who are keeping their eyes and ears on world/global affairs. It will encourage you, if you believe in Yah's truth and it will help you realize the true HOPE in these last years. Families, especially husbands and wives will appreciate the love song he includes which in my opinion gives balance to the entire work in that it directs us to the "true love" commandments from Yah's Word as being one of the main answers. I truly hope his next project will continue this theme and be just as encouraging. May the peace of Yah be with you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who Feels It Knows It, April 18, 2007

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Dee Sharp "Cruzanson" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gone Are the Days (Spkg) (Audio CD)

Like the previous review, this is the best roots reggae album I've heard in a long time, and I can't believe it's from a white Arkansan. But he did it up right, and it's extraordinary for three reasons: one, it's all live musicians; two, he's got veterans like guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, bassist Chris Meredith, and Marley's mix engineer Errol Brown on the case; and three - and, to this writer, most importantly - Israel is a songwriter. There are actual songs here, not just grooves with lyrics on top. Now, rest assured, when he hits a groove, it's murderous, but at the core is a song - verses, choruses, bridges - and they're all originals. And within those songs are splashes of different styles - some jazz saxophone here, some rock guitar there. In a marketplace with a surfeit of mediocre reggae, Israel is a refreshing breath, an artist who not only understands the past, but for whom there's a bright future.

The standout tunes are "Jah Souljahs" (and its dub "A Tougher Battle Dub"), "Mankind," "Ruff Times" with Luciano, "Perfect Love," "Gone Are The Days" and the extended 'discomix' of "Jerusalem."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise be to YAHWEH, February 16, 2008

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Lover of Truth (GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gone Are the Days (Spkg) (Audio CD)

What a joy it is to hear such thoughtful music. Its hard to step out and speak from the heart, but Brother Joseph has done it. Give thanks!