The Grey Album

Danger Mouse | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: Danger Mouse
• ASIN: B0017CV81U
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,162 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jay-Z rapping over remixed Beatles songs from the White Album, November 10, 2009

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Brad Hoevel (Saginaw) - See all my reviews

Let's be honest---very few people would even consider paying $100-plus for this CD. I don't blame them. It's a good album, but in all honesty its hardly worth that kind of money. I believe, however, that there websites where the album can be downloaded for free. This I strongly recommend.

The Grey Album consists of the vocal track from the Black Album set to beats that are composed entirely of songs from the Beatles White Album. It remains, however, a Jay-Z record. His vocals, as another reviewer has stated, are the predominant track. They are, to the best of my knowledge, entirely intact and it is the Beatles who have been remixed in order to accommodate them. Likewise, if your not into Jay-Z, you probably won't like the Grey Album. If you're a Jay-Z fan, chances are you are going to like this album no matter what. If you are, like myself, a Beatles fan, then chances are that you will even consider this album to be far superior to the original Black Album.

Often, though, its hard to tell what Beatles song is used for the beat. That is to say that often they are altered beyond the point of recognition. For instance, if I had not gone to Wikipedia, I would never have guessed that the Allure mix (one of the Grey Album's best songs) was constructed from Dear Prudence. On other tracks, notably 99 Problems (Helter Skelter) and What More Can I Say (While my Guitar Gently Weeps) the Beatles songs are easy to identify and, relatively speaking, the original song is largely intact.
1 Public Service Announcement (2:45) "Long, Long, Long"
2 What More Can I Say (4:25) -- While my Guitar Gently Weeps
3 Encore (2:40) "Glass Onion" and "Savoy Truffle"
4 December 4th (3:34) "Mother Nature's Son"
5 99 Problems (4:06) -- Helter Skelter
6 Dirt Off Your Shoulder (3:59) "Julia"
7 Moment Of Clarity (4:00) "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
8 Change Clothes (4:04) -- Piggies
9 Allure (4:06) "Dear Prudence"
10 Justify My Thug (4:12) "Rocky Raccoon"
11 Lucifer 9 (2:01) "Revolution 9"
12 My First Song (4:44) "Cry Baby Cry" and "Savoy Truffle"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mashup yummy, February 28, 2009

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Daniel R. Dreifort "Search Engine Optimizatio... (the lap of luxury) - See all my reviews
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If you're amongst the still large group of earbuds uninitiated to the world of mashups, you owe it to yourself to witness this quintessential groundbreaking bootleg effort of a still fledgling genre. The Grey Album is the unlikely yet planned serendipity of combining The Beatles' rock classic The White Album with Jay-Z's hip-hop neo-classic The Black Album. If you're a fan of either release, you'll find something to love.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, March 11, 2009

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Candice L. Redden (Poughkeepsie, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This album is a terrific example of the power and creativity of hip hop. I would have liked to hear more of the Beatles vocals on the album as a whole, but the connotation of the mixture of the two are pure genius.
This album transcends black and white.