title: Romantic music of the evening

text: need I say more?  All tracks very good to excellent.  Superb mood music.


title: great acoustic versions of Whitley classics

text:
Texas-blues ballad writer Chris Whitley once again takes out his National steel guitar and gritty, distinctive voice with very nice results. Weed, released in late 2004 along with War Crime Blues, features acoustic versions of previously release originals from the albums Din of Ecstasy (1995), Terra Incognita (1997), and his brilliant debut, Living with the Law (1991). Born in Texas and raised in New York City, Whitley has been living in Europe for the last few years where he has been able to hone in on his raw, original blues sound. Speaking of raw, Weed was recorded in Whitley's bathroom on a two track minidisc player. (1998's Dirt Floor was recorded in a barn.)

Chris' style of bare-bones, one-take blues has never been more apparent than with Weed. The songs are beautifully written, drawing on everything from love and heartbreak to late parties and a phone call from prison. Simple songs from a deep and complex man make this album unique and highly entertaining, especially when heard in contrast to their blues-band versions from the earlier albums. His poetry is apparent in the track "Narcotic Prayer," "If I found her breathing, how could I adjust?/ Should I see her bleeding, calling me in trust?" Whitley's Weed is a very nice, calm album that showcases his songwriting and introspective voice. Go get this album if you liked Nick Drake's naked swansong, Pink Moon, or the southern blues of Taj Mahal.


title: Five Stars

text: Great experience, fast delivery!


title: Dir en grey will rock you from one side of the room to the other and make you like it.

text:
With Dir en grey you can only expect the best with any song, any single.
Dozing Green is no exception. With the Kaoru-esque sitary sounds at the beginning, the intense guitars, keyboard, drumming and Kyo's quality voice you know you're in for an intense powerful song with a bit of a Japanese flavour.
The video is even better, probably the best I've seen of Dir en grey.
There is simply no such thing as a bad Dir en grey song. They can take a song from early in their career and turn it into something entirely different on terms of vocals and guitar style. You really get to see how Dir en grey has evolved over the last ten years into a band that turns music in to raw pure emotion.
You will not be disapointed unless you want Dir en grey to churn out the same sort of songs all the time.


title: Early Electronic Classic

text: This is a fantastic album for driving along the Oregon coast. Or the Maine coast. Or through pretty much any stretch of road through beautiful scenery. It's melodic, intriguing, and just a little haunting in all the right ways. It's good music for thinking.


title: Five Stars

text: Always excellent, no matter what!


title: Five Stars

text: Absolutely brilliant.


title: RARE MUSIC from  MAGIC POWER...............NO BAD SONGS

text:
THE BEST OF MAGIC POWER
Type....................................................cd
Year.....................................................2015
Type of music....................................Mandopop
Audio quality.....................................Excellent
Case.....................................................Jewled.
Additional information....................Booklet in Chinese
Additional photo to change cover picture. Not sure who though.
Durabilty.............................................Excellent. Played endlessly
Rated...................................................Better than Five stars
Why purchased..................................Rare to find their music. Prefer CDs
Music sold............................................Amazon and iTunes
Favorite song.......................................Who Am I from P S Man
Replace..................................................YES. Someone took my copy.
Number of songs.................................15

About the song list
There are 15 songs on this cd.
The titles 1-13 are written in Chinese so I am unable to translate them. But maybe a lyric line will help or if I know the song.

 1) I believe this song is "fighting for love "
 2) no luck here. ..............................................By Magic Power and Ashin Chen
 3) I believe this song is " Do it " or at least that's the English part
 4) I think this title has the word FEELING in it
 5) Trapeze artist of love
 6)finger playing game
 7)no clue
 8)I still love you
 9)secretly.
10) our ground , I think
11)unknown.....................................Magic Power and Ash ( never heard before)
12)Shooter
13)Who Am I
14)I Still Love You ....Japanese version listed in English
15)Shooter..................Japanese version listed in English

Music videos are on YouTube and most have English subtitles if you type that in  with the bands name. The most recent is from Taiwan fest a couple years ago.

I loved this cd. It quickly became one of my top favorites to be played in my car. I heard the song Who Am I as the opening song for the drama PS Man and fell in love with it. Since the drama was about a man who thought he was a gift to all woman kind, I expected that the song would be like that too. So, I looked it up on YouTube with English subtitles. It is a beautiful song about being who you are and to not let others opinions hurt you. As I became more familiar with the songs from this group, I became more of a fan. It is sad that this bad has self destructed. Their music is very hard to find. I keep looking for more CDs of their music. I loved all of the songs on this cd. I can't say that I found any bad songs. This is rare, even bands you follow for years have bad songs. So, my conclusion is that when they say The Best Of Magic Power, they mean it.

If you are still looking for more Magic Power songs they are available on iTunes. The CDs are very rare and expensive. I saw one for $1,000 a while ago. The lead singer GaGa Pan has two songs available on iTunes without the rest of the band. Probably from when he was forced to leave the band along with the original drummer. The one young member of the band with blonde and pink hair is also in a band called # gboyswag . This is available on iTunes and Amazon. Videos are on YouTube.

I write reviews for dramas and CDs from Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan. THERE'S A DRAMA FOR THAT


title: Track list, DVD list and review.  REGION FREE PLAYER NEEDED FOR DVD

text:
This is what's important to know when purchasing.
CD Track list
1)Break Out!
2)Mission
3)Why
4)No More Tears
5)Soldier
6)Better
7)Shine On -Plasmo Electric Mix
8)Love Will Come
DVD
(V) cover photo session
-Behind The Scenes
Vanness has such a beautiful voice.  I love all his CDs, and it doesn't matter if you know the language to appreciate the songs. He is a very visual performer and if you buy any of his CDs that come with music videos you I'll be amazed. If you buy this cd you won't be disappointed. The sound and picture quality are excellent. Usually when Vanness is interviewed, it's in English ( he's from California, USA)  But remember the DVD is a REGION that requires a region free player. I also recommend Kangta and Vanness the Taiwanese version. For amazing music and DVD with the music videos..I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.


Fantastic album. Had this one back in the day. Side 4 is not for the politically correct ,or easily offended.


title: Very good record

text: I saw these guys live in Geneva. I Even bought The Elaine t shirt. They were great. The record is excellent. Ultra weird they disappeared from sight.


title: Lifehouse

text: The only thing that is clear is that the Lifehouse project made the Who deliver Who's Next, probably thier best record and one of the best records of all time. Over the years, Lifehouse has changed so much that is is unclear whether this really is what was really intended. For anyone interested in the Who it is of course a must-have and somewhat sad that it is no longer available since it contains some great rare stuff. It assembles demos from what would become Who's Next as well as later music that one would find on Who records. The stotyline is as usual not really clear and Townshend himself does not make allways a lot of sense when he tries to explain it. It becomes worde when you read versions over the years. He played a rather straight version of the music on this box at the Sadler's Wells concerts in 2000 or 2001. One must also realize that these concertes while tehey were great, represnted his vision at that time and not necessarily the one before or since of the Lifehouse project. What is obvious is that there was too much material and that stretched beyond the single Who's Next disc it does not sound as powerful. It does give you an idea of what the Who could have achieved, because due to the conceptual failure of this project they kind of decided to simply be a very good hard rock band (probably the best  live band of that era) which in a way was sad for those who believed in Townshend's genius but good for those who enjoy the Who. Overall, as usual it is a great, sprawling project that has its failures but also has some great music composed by Townshend that one has to hear. The recently published book which covers lifehouse/Whos's Next/Quadrophenia is really great but will not really help to make sense out of this beautiful mess.


title: Disappointing

text: This album has been a classic since it came out. In the 80's it was covered in all books about rock music that you could find and was seen as completely seminal. It was more or less the only "famous" rock record from behind the iron curtain. As I tried buying it once in the mid-80's, a friend of mine said: beware of eastern rock, it is very retro. I listened to him. Then I forgot about this record but with time, it again has become more elgendary and I finally decided to make the plunge...What a mistake...my friend was a prophet. On the one hand one must understand that these people had little access to technology and even to rock; it seems their inspiration is mainly The Betales from St Peppers or The White Album as well as Frank Zappa or Beefheart (not the good period) along with some beat jazz tendencies...take that as bad coltrane squeaking and not miles davis. Along with the fact that is obviously has "important" counter-culture lyrics...it has not aged well. Probably in its time it had an important impact locally but it was far from connected with what rock had become. In retrospect it was not even necessary to persecute these people because their music was so miserable. OK, this may be incorrect since they apparently were politically important but to our ears this stuff is just plain weird and sound like a bunch of hippies fooling around with their instruments. Historically it has to be heard but I am not sure it is for everybody.


title: Charlotte!!!

text: We all loved her in Ash. She brought some sexiness to that geek-band. Her first solo outing was great and this is even better. It rocks somewhat less which is a shame but I would recommend it. It is true that it is very spacy in a 4AD way as most other people have said.


title: Lundell compilation

text: Decent but no more compilation from a great songwriter. Buy the albums instead if you are interested since they make more sense.


title: Gas please!

text: Splendid boxed set of Danish group Gasolin's albums. Gasolin' was probably the most famous Danish rock band and had Kim Larsen as a singer who would go on to greater solo success. OK I will argue that it is not really complete. Where is Killing Time? That was actually one of my favourites. Live in Scandinavien was a much much better live album than the one included here. There was also an english-speaking LP called What a Lemon...OK those were my main gripes along with the price which is slightly hefty. However the albums have been lovingly re-created in mini-LP sleeves. The music has aged well and the playing was really top-notch. It was a very special mixture of hard rock and boogie rock with quite good lyrics in Danish.


title: superb stuff

text: This has slightly aged but is agan superb stuff in the usual Tackhead vein.


title: Interstellar interstella

text: This was fantastic manchester stuff. Baggy psychedelia  sung by Stella. they made three great albums. this is from the first one and has some nice remixes.


title: Way ahead of its time

text: Tis clearly was the way to go back then. An unmatched mix of techno funk and hard rock as others would later make but only much less well than this. OK itis simply one song, Body Automatic, presented in various versions, but it is still incredible. Of course this is more or less the Tackhead crew again at its best. Recommended.


title: avoid

text: OK this is really bad. Here again Twice a Man do what they probably think they do the best, some crappy concept album that is filled with ambient soundscape music like the type that Coil did when they were at their most boring. really I lovvve electrtonic music in general and ambient sutt especially but not this kind.


title: soso tackhead

text: I think my love for Tackhead and Gary Clail are well-known but this album lacks a bit in the production department. As was almost allways the case with Tackhead albums it never seems to do them justice. Oh and Gary Clail's later albums are simply fantastic.


title: OK but not more

text: Lustans have really done quite some better stuff in the past. They are well past their prime unfortunately and the old records are really worth searching out since they are quite outstanding.


title: Interstellar Intastella!

text: This was quite fantastic when it was released back in the madchester days and has aged really well. It is a classic psychedelic rock album. They went on to make another great album and some good singles but never got the impact they deserved.


title: The Lost Tapes

text: George Harrison no. 1 just like the rest of the Beatles.


title: Love the Motown sounds

text: Love the Motown sounds. Had to add this cd to my collection. great sounds. Recommend to ALL Motown fans. GO MOTOWN!!


title: Five Stars

text: as always I love the oldies. u will too after hearing this set.


anyone who likes the classics like I do will love this cd. has a lot of great songs on it from back in my day. recommend it highly.


title: love this cd set

text: love this cd set. has i think you will like it too. has all the songs i grew up with and listened too. the 60s and 70s were the best years for rock n roll. if u r a fan, i highly recommend it.


anything by beatle paul McCartney has got to be good. paul never lets you down. add it to your collection


title: if u like the bubblegum scene as much as I did and ...

text: if u like the bubblegum scene as much as I did and still do, then I Highly recommend this set. awesome songs!!


I like the majority of the songs from the disco yrs. nice, fun, dance songs even though I got 2 left feet. you may like them too!


title: more Greatest hits of the 80's

text: gave this set a 4 star rating because even tho the majority of the songs I know, there are songs on it I did not know but are okay. this cd set comes off of the greatest hits of the 8o set. that set I do have also and music wise it's pretty good. If you like the majority of the classic 80s like I do. then this set is for you. just look over the songs you don't know like I do.


title: crank up the classic rock

text: If u r a fan of great straight hard hittin' classic rock., then this disc is for you. none of this mickey mouse stuff. this cd was meant to be in your collection. I highly recommend this disc.


title: am gold

text: if u like the Classics or Oldies like I do, then this cd ought to be in your collection. Great Sounds!


title: the 60s

text: the bonzo dog doo dah band were big in their home country of england. never rea;lly made ikt here in america. this is a great song here in this collection


title: SIXTIES

text: practically any song that came out in the sixties I like. A few i don't but i grew up to the songs on this cd. All the songs here r great. Highly recommend it.


title: PAUL McCARTNEY

text: Anything Paul puts out is great in my opinion. Especially when he was a Beatle.This 2 cd  set set is Awesome. The Russians sure know what they r doing by puttin 2 cds on i disc. Great work there! like getting 2 cds for the price of 1.


title: IL DIVO

text: These guys from 4 different countries with AWESOME voices! They not only sing in English, but their native tongue too. I Love these guys. I Highly recommend these guys so give them a listen too. Hard to believe they were put together by Simon Cowell.<br />These guys have voices like no other.


title: the oldies.

text: this cd brings back the memories. i suggest you add it to your collection if u don't already have. the songs are beautiful. takes me way back


title: the classics

text: if u can remember the oldies like i can, then this cd is for you. back in the days of the hipptes. what a time that was. you gotta add this cd to your collection


title: Wonderful

text: This was the best record I have ever heard.  Old time entertainers.  This was a joy to find and really enjoyed the product and service.


title: great

text: the service was speedy and the product was great and love the music.  Good place to order.  Great Job guys


title: smooth and happy music

text: This album contains a selection of instrumental songs that will warm up and keep interested an evening of pleasure. The level of musicality and excelence in performance is unsurpassed. Gurrufio plays every note clearly, and every nuance beautifully. We have played this CD over and over again. But, in a personal note: I met this lovely Venezuelan girl, and she wanted to impress me with her good taste, so she said: "I have some nice music for you to listen, and it is not salsa" So she played this CD, and I enjoyed it so much that I thought "this girl must be able to tell what is excellent, and what is common, and she is letting me listen to excellence. This is really good!" So, a few months later I married this girl. Really! Hope you enjoy Gurrufio, it is masterful.


title: Magical, thrilling

text: Wonderful, propelling performance


title: Really very nice very wonderful

text: These recordings are the equal of Boult, but different. Lush gorgeous performances . The world lost a great conductor.


title: sumptous

text: a most beautiful rendition of this glorious symphony. and the sound quality--is sumptuous.


title: a wonderful third symphony.

text: i just heard the 3rd--a very different, and very wonderful performance. very dramatic. just great.


title: All Hail the Primadonna Assoluta Leontyne Price!

text:
My classical music cd collection numbers over 1100 discs. The largest number of cds in that collection is dedicated to the artistry of Leontyne Price. I came under her spell in the 1980’s with an lp borrowed from my local library. I hosted a classical music radio program that opened & closed with her recordings of “Care Selve” from Handel’s Atalanta. To say that I am a rabid fan is an understatement.
 The Met has assembled a priceless collection of Madame Price’s golden vocal nuggets. These selections show that she never “phoned it in “. I will not dissect the voice. What she was able to accomplish vocally is beyond description! How she could sing at that level for as long as she did is phenomenal! Her vocal dynasty is well represented on this double cd set. The energy she & her fellow singers released is spine tingling!
  At 95, she has outlived all her contemporaries from that era’s “Golden Age “. It was no easy feat to have been chosen to open the Met’ s grand basilica in 1966. Her vocal legacy will be here for future generations to appreciate & enjoy!


title: "The Temple of Grand Opera"

text:
I just received my copy yesterday. Living  in Norfolk, Va.,we are shoveling out  of the snow that dropped last Thursday. I was excited for the Sunday postal delivery. Overall, I am very satisfied with the cd set. I'm not a big fan of the paper case movement. I've already partially torn one of the edges.
  One thing about the gala I find troubling. There are 32 selections on the 3 cd set. Why is there not more Wagner? The omission is glaring. Who planned the program? There are few surprises in the musical selections. The usual bill of fare with some exceptions.
  To me, there were some stand out performances. Dmitri Hvorostovsky's  engaging and tragic aria done to perfection was the singular stellar performance here. Others to note are Didonato's  Bel Raggio & Damrau's Sempre Libera. I've heard better performances of the other selections.
  Purchase the set for the historical significance. The liner notes spotlighting  Leontyne  Price's contributions to the Met's " new home" were nice  to read.


title: C D

text: love the CD


title: I play this over and over and don't get sick of it

text:
I discovered Zed at the end of last year when I spent 2 1/2 months in New Zealand. They seemed to be everywhere; "Renegade Fighter," "Come On Down" and "Glorifilia" were all over the radio, at the same time! I instantly got hooked.
I own the original release (the one with the pacifier on the CD cover), so I can't say how the bonus tracks are. Bonus tracks or not, however, this CD is awesome. I can listen to "Silencer" time and again and still not get sick of it.
The tunes are catchy without being irritating. The melodies vary from song to song -- some dark, some soft, some fast, some mellow. But what really gets me are the lyrics. They are thought-provoking and interesting -- not like the silly fluff put out by other pop bands nowadays. And some lyrics are just fun -- such as "What do you expect from someone named after a cow? Go figure!" (from "Oh! Daisy").
My favorite songs are "Don't You Sometimes Wish?" -- beautiful guitar playing on that one -- and "Renegade Fighter." But honestly, all of the songs are so good that there really isn't a song on "Silencer" that I don't like. It's more a matter of which song I like best.
Zed are very talented both as musicians (Nathan King has one of the best voices out there, and Andy Lynch won NZ's "Guitarist of the Year" award ) and as songwriters. I look forward to when their music gets picked up by American DJs, as I think my fellow yanks will become as hooked as I am!
(Now, if I could only be sure that people won't assume Zed is an Australian band, like they did with Crowded House...)


title: Great Work Mr. Lucas!

text:
Episode II Attack of the Clones just blew me away! The action was superb and the special effects were fantastic. Unlike The Phantom Menace, Episode II is a much darker story. Boba Fett's father is after Senator Amidala (former queen of Naboo) with an army full of clones. Fortunately, the good side makes the clones tun to the good side. On the way, Padme (Natalie Portman) and Anakin (Hayden Christiansen) form a chemistry and fall in love. I do not want to ruin the story for the people who have not seen this great movie yet, so I will go no further.
The scenery in the movie was just spectacular. The scenery ranged from beatiful mountains and ocean to gigantic towers of the planets. Yoda did a great job in this film fighting against the emperor's apprentice. I thought it was quite funny, yet neat at the same time. The movie was pretty long, but it helped build the story for the following episodes. The acting was pretty good, maybe could have been a tiny bit better, but  still very good. In the movie you also get to know more about some of the characters which also appear in Episodes 4, 5, and 6.
Whatever you do, do NOT listen to the critics out there, who are trying to persuade you not to see this movie. This movie is absolutely great and definetely deserves 5 stars.  Great work Mr. Jucas! Go ahead and see it for yourself!
HAPPY VIEWING!


title: Bloody awful!

text: Bloody awful!  The re-orchestrated recordings would have Elvis spinning in his grave.  The added instruments actually drown Elvis out.  There is a lot of loud sax and unwanted steel guitar.  I am a huge Elvis fan and have loved most of the re-orchestrated recordings sanctioned by EPE.<br />I also had difficulty with the seller.  They were very rude.  I will not consider purchasing any product from them in the future.


title: CLASSIC ROCK CRISTIANO ALBUM!

text: THIS IS A GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM, EVEN NON CHRISTIANS, LIKED IT AND LISTENED TO IT, GREAT COMBINATION OF ELECTRO-REGGAE-POP-ROCK, HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!


title: but I love the melody

text: I discovered the artist on You Tube last November by chance. (Yes, I admit that for some reason the whole hype with the song Kiss Kiss went unnoticed to me.) I was immediately hooked. I don't understand a word, but I love the melody, the sound of his voice and some of them sound very passionate. To me it sounds like he is singing on this CD traditional Turkish songs. I like it. My favorites are 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8.


title: but I love the melody

text: I discovered the artist on You Tube last November by chance. (Yes, I admit that for some reason the whole hype with the song Kiss Kiss went unnoticed to me.) I was immediately hooked. I don't understand a word, but I love the melody, the sound of his voice and some of them sound very passionately. This CD consists of 13 tracks of which 5 are remixes to the tracks 1 (11+13), 2 (9) and 5 (12) and 6 (10). My favorites are 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12.


title: but I love the melody

text: I discovered the artist on You Tube last November by chance. (Yes, I admit that for some reason the whole hype with the song Kiss Kiss went unnoticed to me.) I was immediately hooked. I don't understand a word, but I love the melody, the sound of his voice and some of them sound very passionately. This CD consists of 10 tracks of which 5 are remixes to the tracks 1 (6+9), 2 (8) and 3 (7+10). My favorite are 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8.


title: Finally A Box Set For The Queen...

text: Some reviews interesting long and because of my history w Donna and folk I know related, I have to be tactful. Firstly this boxset is deserving and was overdue as all major Artust have great boxsets. ❣ Secondly while an avid fan, there was almost nothing I did not already have on prior releases,  however great to have it all in one spot per se..😉. This boxset for a casual fan, will educate some to her extensive catalog and wide range of styles that were not all Disco. The works presented show what a huge vocal talent she was. Thirdly, as extensive a boxset it is, it is very difficult to get everything on it, so yes many things still missing..Also consider the legalities of obtaining releases from other labels and projects in which Donna participated in, so everything could not be put into this boxset, anyone wanting those if they search they can find. Fourthly, the hardcover book does not contain any rare photographs or photographs other than the album covers and credits, as it was not intended to be a coffee book, it does have wonderful insights to the recordings, alot of information that I as a hardcore fan did not know and found it an interesting read. At this point I listened to the Remixes and Cd's containing other tracks that were not from one of her full length albums and the  mastering is really good on those. However "Lady Of The Night" her pre "Love To Love You Baby" album, released only in Europe is excellent sounding in it's remaster👏 While it is far from Disco, it's an album that showcases her voice, that would later come out after her first few sexy Disco albums in which she kept it restrained intentionally. "Lady" is Rock, Europop, Folk and Country, surprising to those who do not know her history and early start in music, just the latter. I also listened to "Four Seasons Of Love" of which I had only last year purchased a Japanese Re-issue in a Disco Series Limited Release ( I also bought Love To Love You Baby, A Love Trilogy, Once Upon A Time, and Live & More from same series) and compared to the Japanese Re-issue, well let's just say keeping it discreet and simple, the Japanese are masters at what they do with sound. If you do not have any of Donna's Casablanca heyday recordings and did not buy the previous re-issues, these in the boxset sound fine. I am not sure I will listen to the other albums, as I have them all on previous remastered editions and I don't think those can be beat. However again, it's great to have a nicely packaged boxset of one the greatest Pop singers in the world. P.s. Donna was known for her album covers too, lots of money spent by her record labels at the time to ensure the photograph themes were perfect in colour and visual presentation of this beautiful woman. The albums are mini replicas, complete w inner sleeves and gatefold on her double albums, but most of the album cover pics are not so great scans from I'm not sure what sources pulled or equipment used...so those expensive portraits are lost to so so quality, while some others do not look as bad...I'm keeping it honest, as this can be expensive for purchase and in these economic times, some are being very careful on how they spend and just want you to know what you're getting so your expectations are met realistically. I am glad to have this set and with no regret, I just will not be purchasing anymore re-issues of any kind, praying for something totally new in genuinely unreleased material.


title: One Star

text: Album was in two pieces.


title: Great CD, Price, and It Even Came Two Weeks Early!

text:
This CD is great! Namie continues to be amazing and delivers two great new songs!
The price is the best offer on Amazon so far. It was great to pay only a few dollars over normal price.
I was not supposed to receive the CD until June 9th at the earliest and I found it in my mailbox today! I am over the moon!


title: Great Album and It Arrived Early Too!

text: This is a really great album. The Bluray video has five music videos, for the exceprion of "B Who I Want 2 B". Its definitley worth the money and time. I was trying to wait until iTunes uploaded it, but I doubt they will anytime soon, so I ordered it here. I actually recieved two weeks early from its initial estimated time if arrival! If you're a Namie Amuro fan, don't pass this album up!


title: CD Came Early and Namie Does Not Disappoint!

text: It's another great hit by Namie Amuro. "Red Carpet" is fun, upbeat, and very charming. "Black Makeup" is really upbeat and has an addicting beat. I was not expecting the CD until Tuesday, but it came three days early, and in great condition!


title: Great Transaction!

text: fast shipping - product exactly as described, thank you


title: Excellent Celebration of Spinetta

text: The only thing that could have made this album better is if Spinetta had been present playing in it.  Excellent musicianship and singing.  Much to discover here.


title: A guitarist's guitarist pioneering an original slap-tap sound

text:
I heard Vicki Genfan perform last Saturday and was highly impressed with her unique, creative, rhythmic guitar style. "Who would have thought anybody could play this way?" asked Ahrre (pronounced: "R"), a local music promoter and coffee connoisseur, and his question hits paydirt. Her style is ORIGINAL AND FRESH. The intimate gathering included many amateur guitarists. By using harmonics, finger-picking, slapping and tapping the guitar's body, hammer-ons, alternative tunings and capos, Ms. Genfan pioneers an original way to play guitar and expands the possibilities of this instrument. Visit YouTube and type "Atomic Reshuffle Vicki Genfan" and you'll hear what I mean. Her right hand works as hard as her left, dancing over the strings with a wonderful sensibility she calls "slap-tap", not "flap-tap" -- she explained that a Wall Street Journal reporter misquoted her.

Not only a performer and songwriter, Ms. Genfan is an informal salesperson for Luna guitars. The guitar she played last Saturday was specially crafted for her with condenser mikes and MIDI capability installed inside the sound hole, and an acoustic body narrower at the top -- making it easier to wrap her right strumming hand over the guitar and access the strings. Light touching of the strings was all it took to create a terrific sound.

As a performer, Ms. Genfan communicates a friendly intimacy. She's like a close friend playing in your living room after a long absence. Her between-the-songs patter is unplanned, fresh, although it could be tighter and funnier. After each song, she re-tuned her guitar -- she has 31 alternative tunings in total -- and explained that she had to wait for freshly re-tuned strings to hold their new pitches. But these moments of downtime could be more ably exploited with funny stories or patter. Why do guitarists like David Wilcox not seem to have this problem after re-tuning? She seems like a reluctant artist, wondering whether she should be playing old songs in public or privately exploring new sounds?

She's strongest when performing original instrumental tunes because her guitar and unique playing style become the star. When performing cover tunes, she's less interesting. She appears un-coached by professionals -- at key moments in songs, she shuts her eyes and tilts her head back so the highest point on stage is a view of her upturned nostrils -- but closing her eyes sometimes breaks any connection with the audience, and a professional coach might advise against such maneuvers. She seems mesmerized by her own playing, and singing might distract from her fancy finger-work. She's not really a singer-songwriter seeking to connect emotionally with an audience through creative poetry and images and feelings, but rather a terrific craftsman showing fellow craftsmen what a guitar can do, and in this regard, she shines. Her best song: Atomic Reshuffle. No doubt we'll be hearing her music in movie soundtracks or in commercials.

Thomas W. Sulcer
Author of "The Second Constitution of the United States"
(free on web; google title + Sulcer)


title: great song

text: great song


title: Five Stars

text: This is one great book from start to finish!


title: Absolutely perfect

text: This is a wonderful collection of some of the most beautiful, relaxing classical music composed by the greatest artists of our history. My personal favorites, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Gabriel Faure, are well represented here. The selections are made based on their ability to relax, and transport you to another place. They certainly succeed. In these troubled and stressful times, we need to return to another period, to music that had the ability to transform and to heal. I feel that once this CD is playing, I don't need anything else to relax me. This is beautiful, timeless music, that will never go stale.


title: Really Cool Musical!

text:
The Ten Commandments: The Musical starring Val Kilmer along with Adam Lambert

"The Ten Commandments: The Musical" starring Val Kilmer as Moses, and features Adam Lambert as Joshua, the man who succeeded Moses, and ultimately brought the Jews to the Promised Land, via Mount Sinai. Overall, I thought that Patrick Leonard, the composer, and Maribeth Derry, the lyricist, did an admirable job adapting The Exodus into a musical, once you contemplate the magnitude of the narrative. Considering that I know the story reasonably well, I have two rather significant complaints about the storyline.

My first complaint is the fact that Joshua, portrayed by Adam Lambert, was not even ALIVE when the Exodus began. God told Moses that because no-one had enough faith to trust God, every original person who physically left Egypt would die before they found the "Promised Land." Moses, Aaron, Miriam, and the entire original Hebrew nation walked in the desert for FORTY YEARS because of that. The first time we hear about Joshua in the Bible is when Moses picks Joshua and Caleb along with several other men to participate in a reconnaissance expedition to check out the land of Canaan, bringing back grapes, pomegranates, and figs. Again, when Joshua first appeared onto the scene, it is about halfway through the book of Numbers, which is the Third Book of the Five Books of the Torah or the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. Moses was 80 when he implored Ramses to let the Hebrews leave Egypt, and 120 years old when he died, at the end of Deuteronomy. Based on that info, I would deduce Moses was about 100 years old when Joshua first appears.

My second complaint is that one of the songs is chronologically incorrect, which would be "The Horns of Jericho." When the walls surrounding Jericho actually tumbled down, it was many years AFTER Moses' death, in the Book of Joshua.

Act 1 begins with Seti, the Pharaoh who would become Moses' stepfather, commanding his soldiers to kill the firstborn son of each household, eventually bringing Moses into his own house. Moses and Ramses become adults, Moses' banishment, meeting his wife, talking to God through the burning bush, returning to Egypt and his eventual reunion with Ramses, pleading with Ramses to let the Hebrews leave, going through all the plagues, culminating with Ramses' son dying, and Ramses telling Moses that the Hebrews could finally leave Egypt, with his blessing.

Act 2 begins with the Hebrews celebrating their freedom from Ramses, goes through the terror of Ramses coming after them to make them slaves again, the crossing of the Red Sea, creating the golden calf idol, ending with Moses bringing the Ten Commandments from God.

Val Kilmer does a very nice job singing, especially since I knew he did his own singing when he portrayed `Jim Morrison' in Oliver Stone's movie, "The Doors." There were a couple of songs where Val speak-sings, sort of like what Rex Harrison did in the movie "My Fair Lady," but I put that more to the song itself, rather than Val's vocal techniques. In addition, when Moses confronts the burning bush, God speaks with such a weird robotic monotone voice, which I found to be rather peculiar, and not in a good way. I think that anyone attempting to do "God's Voice," his voice should be very dramatic and flowing, like Patrick Stewart, or James Earl Jones.

There were a couple of scenes which were creatively staged that caught my attention. One happens in the beginning, where Moses' mother places baby Moses in the basket to "float" down the river, and Pharaoh's wife draws Moses out of the river, and it seems that a river is actually there! In addition, the scene when Moses is getting ready to part the Red Sea, so they can finally escape Pharaoh, is extremely inventive. I almost do not want to describe it, because I think it is worth seeing, and I honestly do not know if my description can do it justice.

You can tell that they recorded the show specifically for this DVD presentation, as they use several cameras. As a result, some of the visual effects are rather obvious. Though certain lighting effects COULD have happened on stage, I am leaning on the side of post-production video editing. Despite that, I would have enjoyed seeing this particular show live, just so I could have something to compare. Someone justly mentions how some of the lighting effects when the Pharaoh - NOT Ramses - appears, he gives off this golden glow, which is extremely tacky. Of course, when the tablets featuring the Ten Commandments glow from behind, I appreciate the gravity of the moment, but again, it was rather cheesy.

Adam, of course, does a WONDERFUL job as Joshua, and I can pick his voice out easily. Not only that, his character helps tell the story. Though "Is Anybody Listening?" is his principal solo as it is an entire song, he has many solos verses throughout the entire show. Considering the placement of this particular song, it is a major turning point in Moses' life.

Close to the show's finale, the Hebrew nation did not believe that Moses was ever returning from on top of Mount Sinai, despite what Aaron and Mariam told them, so they created an idol out of gold, and began to worship it. Consequently, when Moses appears with the Ten Commandments, then seeing the riotous behavior surrounding the idol, Moses is furious and throws the tablets bearing the Ten Commandments onto the ground, shattering into several pieces.
I think one of the most breathtaking moments of the entire show is when a young boy puts the pieces back together, and sings the Ten Commandments. He has such an angelic, soprano voice, and sings with such innocence, one has to pause and actually listen to these basic laws that God gave the world. Remember Connie Talbot, the 6-year-old girl who sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on "Britain's Got Talent" a couple of years ago? There is such purity and innocence in a voice like that. The young boy who sings the Ten Commandments has a similar voice.

One can purchase the DVD for under $10, which I think is worth the investment, as there are some entertaining bonuses on the DVD. One of them is the "Behind the Scenes" which features the main cast being interviewed, but ADAM is asked a question, and in full costume! There is also a Photo Gallery of the show, and Adam's "Is Anybody Listening?" opens the photo gallery in its entirety.

Ever since I first watched this, I have to say that it has been the only DVD I have been watching on a regular basis. Because of that, I have been thinking about a certain section of the DVD much more in depth, as something is irritating me. It is not a big deal at all, but nevertheless it is still annoying.

On the DVD, after the Hebrews, or Israelites, successfully crossed the Red Sea, Moses somehow met up with Ramses to say good-bye. That scene just does not sit well with me. That caused me to actually re-read that section of Exodus in the Bible, and nowhere in it does it say that Moses & Ramses managed to say farewell to each other. To tell you the truth, I have always assumed that Ramses, being that he is the leader of his army, would have perished along with his army. I have already given the people who wrote this show some literary license so the story could move along, so I am therefore assuming that they wanted the audience to be pleased that Moses and Ramses parted on such good terms.

I have done some extra research about the Red Sea, working on the assumption that somehow Moses and Ramses did manage to have a last minute reunion. I realized that there are two divergent Gulfs at the northern part of the Red Sea: the Gulf of Suez, and the Gulf of Aqaba. If one looks at a map of the Sinai Peninsula, also known as Saudi Arabia, the Gulf of Suez is on the western side of Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf of Aqaba the eastern side. As Moses and the Israelites were leaving Egypt, it would make sense that they actually crossed the Gulf of Suez, rather than the Red Sea itself, since the narrowest part of the Gulf of Suez is 12 miles wide. 12 miles is no small distance to walk, and if Moses is slogging through shallow water, like low tide, which numerous scholarly people have offered as a hypothesis. I honestly do not think that there is any way that someone could do that quickly, twice. Frankly, if I had been Moses, even with all of his faith in God, traveling through the Red Sea on foot, with colossal walls of water on either side of me, I would want to get the heck out of that situation, and onto safe ground, well away from Ramses.

One thing that truly caught my eye about the total production of the show is not only was it co-produced by Max Azria, who is THE Max Azria, of BCBG Max Azria, he also designed the costumes that the entire cast wore throughout the production.

For what it is worth, upon my initial viewing of this, I thought that the melodies were nice, but something that I could almost hear at churches that use songs of the Contemporary Christian Music genre throughout their services. Surprisingly, I have woken up having Moses' and Ramses first big song, "When We Rule the World" running through my head. These songs now have substance to them, and I WANT THE SHOW'S SOUNDTRACK ON CD!


title: AMAZING Album... If you can get it!

text:
Somehow, I managed to get a copy of this copy prior to Taylor Hicks getting the album released for a limited time while Taylor is on tour...

This is the album that Taylor wrote & self-produced in 1997 when he was 21, with one of his first bands known as "Fletch".

Taylor wrote the first 4 songs: "Son of a Carpenter," "The Fall," "In Your Time," and "Somehow," and he does an amazing job singing "On Broadway," "Tighten Up," and the inimitable "Georgia On My Mind" made famous by Taylor's idol, Ray Charles...

IF you are able to obtain a copy of this amazing album, do so with the speed of light as it is an album TOTALLY worth every penny!


title: Five Stars

text: Great learning tool!


title: Not as great as previous recordings

text: VOTA has always been one of my favorites, but this installment is weak.  The previous VOTA recordings were awesome.  This one is not.  Love Marc Martel though!


title: Severe break from past albums

text: Don't like it at all.


title: Severe break from past albums

text: Weird philosophy on these three CD's.  Not the Christ that I know.


title: John bradshaw

text: Like always John Bradshaw put out great products to help people heal themselves from the past. thanks John, My life has changed as a result of reading his books.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent item, as described by the seller.


title: I don't like Willa too much, but I like this CD

text:
1.  I Wanna Be Bad- First Single, great song!  I love it lots!  Grade:  A+
2.  Did Ya Understand That- This is the next single from Willa.  It's very good but I'll probably like it tons more once I listen to it more.  Grade:  A
3.  Ooh, Ooh- The guitar thing is kinda cool in this song.  Very RnB-ish.  Sort of Janet Jackson-like.  It's sort of a mellow song but still upbeat.  It's about Willa noticing that a guy has his eye on her.  Grade:  A
4.  Tired- Willa sings bashes all the other blond pop stars, saying that they don't deserve all their fame.  Well, she's blond too...But it's a really awesome song.  Creative.  Grade:  A
5.  Jokes On You- It has a cool beat, and a nice chorus.  The message isn't too great because it's about Willa finding out about her guy cheating on her.  But she was cheating on him, too.  But it's a nice song, anyways.  Grade:  B
6.  Tender- I am the biggest sucker in the world for ballads.  This would've been such a great ballad if (you know the little piano intro when she talks?) would've gone on through the whole song instead of the synthesizers.  If it was a bit sadder, it would've been such a great song.  But it's good anyway, so that's okay.  Grade:  A-
7.  Don't You Wish- Ooo!  I love this song!  I don't agree with the message in this song, but I absolutely love it anyway!  It has such a cool beat and it's so awesome.  It's kinda like "I Wanna Be Bad."  The bridge in this song is so tight!  The part where it goes:  "You're looking for the stable, not go anywhere type..."  The chorus is awesome.  The verses are awesome.  The little "Da, da, da, da" and the opera thing about three minutes into the song is cool too.  One of the best songs on the album!  Grade:  A++++
8.  Prince Charming- Who cares if the lyrics are a bit cheesy (I don't think so)?  It's a tight song.  The "rap" is kinda interesting...lol.  Okay, I like the rap.  It goes well with the song.  It adds a bit of urban to this "poppy" song.  Grade:  A
9.  Somebody Take the Pain Away- Ooo!  I love this song lots too!  It was the first Willa song I heard after "IWBB", and I fell in love with it.  It's a bit slower than the other songs, but it's still upbeat.  Grade:  A+
10.  Haunted Heart- The bridge on this is cool, and the rest of the song's good too.  Grade:  B
11.  Dare- I could totally see this being a dance floor hit.  It's very danceable, and has kind of the same topic as "Bootylicious" even though they do not sound alike at all.
I don't like Willa bc she bashes other pop stars and she is too arrogant and that little crossed-out "Nick" thing on the back cover?  Tsk, tsk.  But she seemed nice on TRL, I guess. But she didn't do too well for her live performance... anyways, I really like this CD, and I gave it a 5 so the average could be raised up to a 4, hopefully.  Sure, her voice could be better, but there's nothing really wrong with it.  Plus, she doesn't lip sync.  :)  So, pretty much, if you like IWBB, get this album.  Thanks!


Zia Hyunsu Shin is the finest violinist of our time. Her attention to intimate details is a nature given gift.  She has been evolving every day and there's no limit as to what she can do. Beauty and hard work. That's music. It is not for everyone.


title: helped

text: It did help a little after replaying the cd. Wish it was longer. When there was no thunderstorms for a few weeks it didn't work.


title: Evie Again

text: Evie sang at the Buckeye Free Church back about 1968, and I met and talked to her face to face.  A nicer Christian girl with a better testimony would be hard to find.  I would recomend all her records, and I hope they are on CDs now for this new generation to enjoy as well.  Her voice is angelic.


title: Fantastic!

text: Hard to find. So happy I found it on Amazon. Great CD.


title: Super Country Artist.

text: One of the greatest guitarists of all time !!!!!


title: Three Stars

text: thx


title: Excellent and entertaining and educational

text: Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery CD  A young orphan, Katarina, meets the great Vivaldi who is music director at the orphanage where she has been sent. In searching for all she has lost fills the void as Vivaldi teaches her to play the violin. This is a wonderful story based on Vivaldi's life and his music is played throughout. A terrific CD for your family library to enjoy often


title: Why isn't this CD available anymore?

text:
This is the CD version George Michael's appearance on MTV's series "Unplugged".  It contains live, "unplugged" versions of many of George Michael's solo hits, along with a re-arranged version of the Wham hit "Everything She Wants".  Some of the highlights of the CD include George's live version of "Praying for Time", "Star People", and "Father Figure".  Also included is a cover of Bonnie Raitt's song, "I Can't Make You Love Me".  There are also some bonus studio tracks at the end of the CD as well.

I really can't understand why this CD is not readily available anymore.  George Michael is an artist of amazing talent, and his best work has consistently been his live performances. His live performances are actually better than his studio recordings, which I consider a rarity these days.  I just hope that this CD becomes available again. No fan should be without this item!!


title: loved it

text: songs were great ones, sound quality was excellent, very very pleased with it.


title: Shabadabadia!

text: These guys don’t disappoint. This might be my favorite album so far, though I only own 7.


title: The product provides joyful entertainment

text: Used this to bring peace into my home


title: an icon fo spain

text: He is known for his classic style of music and songs that shall touch your soul is a voice and style that makes Emilio Jose magnificent I collect his music never have i been dissapointed by his talent Music of the spainish soul 20 years and one Bolero is the best music done 20 years later and conquered our hearts


title: A More Worthy Competitor

text: Freddy Jones Band, especially on this album, made me think Hootie & the Blowfish (wait, come back!) with better songwriting, better chops and slightly more country slant.  The music and playing are especially tight, with great ensemble playing throughout.  My only problem here is the rather vague lyrics that show up here and there - I feel like they could've done better somehow.  This shouldn't detract from the excellence of such tracks like "Hold on to Midnight" and "Waitress".  Fans of straight up rock (especially roots rock) will probably enjoy it.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent singer


title: Three Stars

text: Sort of dull in my opinion.


title: Rare piece in music history

text:
Come What May has been one of the chart toppers that almost instantly relates itself voluntarily to Moulin Rouge and its amateurish performers that created it - Ewan McGregor (Star Wars) and Nicole Kidman (Ex Mrs Cruise).
 Penned by legendary David Foster who also wrote for renowned songsters, including Céline Dion, Mariah Carey and Chicago (It's Hard To Say I'm Sorry), the song is surround with surrealism and is clearly evident of Foster's visit. Sung by actor and actress of Moulin Rouge!, the song is just a breeze of fresh air, with new voices.
 The remixes are however not up to my expectation and the tempo is exactly the same with distracting techno beats in the background that almost annihilate the magic of the song. However, one may find the Film version compellingly emotional and much more intense, albeit shorter (3 min+).
 The elephant medley (instrumental) is congruent to the one you find in the soundtrack, only without voices. You may like to sing along with it. :o)
 Cover art designed well, showing Ewan and Nicole caressing. A good buy if you do not want the soundtrack but only Come What may. Not a good buy if you wanna listen to remixes.


title: Oh Goodie, Another CD Coaster!

text:
If there had been an option for 0 stars, believe me, that would've been my first choice. As if the music industry isn't already saturated enough with wannabe pop stars. So what if she write her own lyrics? The thing is, are they any good? It's just sad that what they're doing these days is taking relatively decent looking people, sprucing them up with layers of make-up, airbrushing the album covers and THEN chucking them pre-packaged music.
Horrible.
It's obvious Miss Ford is trying to cash in on the sex factor, which in my opinion somewhat misses the mark and lands squarely on "trashy." So it worked for Britney (God knows why) but poor Willa isn't fortunate enough. She's not all bad. Maybe if she had some proper training and focused less on her tarty image, she might someday churn out something listenable.
Maybe.


title: Completely Unoriginal Cheesy Pop

text: Right, this review may spawn off a few rebuttals but I don't really care. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. This is MY review though, and this is what I think. I have extremely varied musical tastes, so I can  safely say I'm not biased. The music is not bad (hey, we've got a team of  respectable songwriters here) hence such songs as "Born to Make You  Happy" and "From The Bottom..."; however the singing leaves  something to be desired. Britney's voice is  average-to-the-point-of-being-irritating; anyone with a half-decent set of  pipes could pull this CD off. It's cheesy pop, not that it's a bad thing.  As for the comparisons with Debbie Gibson, maybe the looks are the only  thing that are similar. For one, Debbie Gibson wrote her own music and was  good at it. The thing that gives her the edge over Britney anytime is,  well, she can actually sing. Somehow, even with all the vocal training  lessons that money can buy, I doubt Britney can do much to alter the  annoying tones in her voice. Also, I find the CD cover almost grotesque.  There's just something disturbing about her wide-eyed, blank  "nothing-going-on-up-there" expression. Don't waste your money on  this cheesy marketing gimmick. If you want something that's really worth  it, try Nightwish's "Oceanborn" CD (OK, so they're not pop :P)


title: What a grower

text:
At first listen my heart sunk - what the hell was this??? I persisted and am I glad I did. Right from the opening I now sit (or jump, dance and even pump my fist) and get blown away by the strong songwriting, the melodies, the anger, the passion and the relentless pumping of the music.
This is as close to live as the Hunters will get in the studio and we all know that's where they shine the most - live.
This is my favourite Hunters CD (apart from the Live album Under One Roof)
Terry


title: Can't wait for the album...

text: "Colour Blind" is an incredible song, and Darius is a talented new artist who I'm sure will remain a major part of the British music scene for quite some time.  The vocals and lyrics for "Colour Blind" are very good.  My only complaint is that the lyrics are on the verge of being sappy and commercial.  I would also buy this single (I haven't bought it because its an import and a little out of my price range) because it has the video for "Colour Blind."  I was in London over the summer and saw the video and tried to download it on Kazaa but didn't get to.  Anyways, if you think Darius is attractive (like I do) then you'll probably enjoy the video.  This single is one amazing song preceeding a most likely amazing album.  However, if your low in cash I suggest you hold out for the album.  That way you get a great single and a whole album full of great songs.


title: This is the reissue from 1948.. The one ...

text: This is the reissue from 1948.. The one I own, photo attached, is the 1946 first release

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title: It’s Frank Sinatra!!!

text: The album came in great shape for it’s about 70 years old!!! The picture shows the album in blue.  But I  received it in a pink cover. That’s O.K. I still like it.  Actually it is the first pressing of the album. The Blue one is the  second. The item came before the delivery date!!!


title: Best song so far by Nevio

text: "Sento" is Nevios strongest song so far. It's very emotional with a very strong melody that won't leave your head. Well-done.


title: Rip off

text: How could Irene Cara herself take part in this "duet"? She probably needed the money....DJ Bobo is horrible and ruins the song


title: Russian star

text: She's a star in Russia, but it went a bit quiet around her recently. What she does basically is pop music with an ok voice - she doesn't have the strongest voice though...but for what she does it is ok.


title: steady debut

text: First they were three, then there were two and noone really knows why. In their feature with Rhapsody they were marketed like they were known in Germany, but actually they never had a breakthrough in their homecountry. Nevertheless, the debut is quite good. It's mellow and smooth. If you like dancey and soulish music from a girl-trio/duo kind of group, then you might like this :)


title: another No.1 hit for Sarah & her husband

text: Sarah sings this song with her husband Marc Terenzi (Natural). The video is very romantic and the song as such also seems to be very "real". Convincing. Another No.1 in Germany for her.


title: good steady soul album

text: Very good voices, nice and smooth tracks, a fine production. This really is a good soul-album :)


title: mediocre debut album

text: Her 2 steps songs "love shy" and "you make me go oooh oooh" are really nice. "Teach him" was written by Andrea Martin. But then Kristine turned a bit into a wanna-be Britney which really makes it less interesting


title: Beautiful Sarah ballad

text: Sarah tries to have a nother hit like "From Sarah with Love". This christmas ballad brings her very close to that.


title: Only the singles do well

text:
Stan Getz' daughter's only album (so far) features her Eurpean hits
"Dr.Love", "Yeah yeah", "Friends" and "All in all". Unfortunately her follow
up single "Tadidiboom" that was meant to introduce a new album never found
success, so there was no second album. The album is very dancey and trancey.
There are quite some fillers too . The
first track "She getz away with it" is quite nice, but apart from the
singles, there are not many interesting songs on this one.


title: Nice radio song

text: This is one of the better songs of German popstar and model Faray. Her kind of music is "easy to listen to", catchy songs that you often hear on the radio, but also songs that don't go too deep. Some are good, some are just mediocre. This one is good :)


title: Audrey's big hit remixed

text: German teenage star Audrey had her big hit with the original of this. Here you find dance remixes and some versions that are close to the original. By now it's almost a classic track. Really sweet and really catchy.


title: Audrey is back

text: Audrey tries to connect to her fame when she was a teenage star. This dance track does it very well, but sometimes you think it isn't herself. If you like Sarah Connor, go for this. If you look for the old Audrey, this is probably not what you expected. But she has to grow up too , so give her a chance.


title: Not all Doomsday

text: I'm unsure if it is a bit of self promotion or an aside from the doyen of Australian songsters, Paul Kelly, in calling King Curly,'garage cabaret', though it's a fair description of this unassuming and delightful cd. Kelly is a bit of a rap for the King, whatever you make of Kelly's remark. My picture has the Curlies pitched somewhere between Rufus Wainwright and Robert Wyatt, melodic and whimisical. Some lovely songs in evidence, the title song, 'Family Life and 'The Girl in the Store' for starters. I first heard on radio,'The Bumblebee Has No Home' and Tiny Tim flushed my lobes, thankfully soon erased by Curly empathy; might have been the ukelele powering in support of fragile vocals. Not convinced either by ,'Goodnight Irene', the only non-original on an otherwise solid set. So, to the name. Is there an intended deference to that Australian icon, the enshrined'king' of forlorn whimsy, Mr Curly?(creation of cartoon genius, Michael Leunig)


title: Bridie Swims Off-shore

text: Bridie was out there doing the hard yards(those in uncharted musical domains, other than in his backyard) well before anyone else in the Australian neighborhood. His reach, musically and geographically is impressive, generous, and meditative. His use of other musical traditions, outside the western modalities is beautifully integrated, better to say reciprocated by his piano-based intelligence. Tabaran was my own introduction to Bridie's work and, at a pinch, remains my favourite, though his whole catalogue, operating as My friend the Chocolate Cake, or under his solo moniker, is recommended. Penguin Cafe enthusiasts would be well repaid with such efforts. Like PCO Bridie's touch is definitely a pop amalgam with an ear for both classical and exotic folk idioms. Again, lovers of Joseph Arthur might profit.


title: It's great!

text: I loved everything about the product!


title: Gorgeous album

text: Beautiful 2 disc album for any GOT7 fan.


title: Gift

text: This is a gift so cannot review it!


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: And the show lives on

text: Perfect gift to remember the fabulous show!


title: Great Memories!

text: Three Christmas CDs from famous artists! These songs recall happy holiday memories! Frank, Dean, Perry, Peggy and Nat King Cole make this a perfect gift!


title: 1957! Who knew?

text: This is a fun gift item that will make guests smile and the birthday person appreciate! A fun gift filled with lots of information!


title: One Star

text: does not work


title: "Wave goodbye" to every album you own

text:
I first encountered KHS at the Cactus Club in San Jose, CA late last year.  I was hooked the moment I heard the last track on this album, Wave Goodbye.  I was impressed with the sound of the song, but was surprised when I found myself connecting with it on an emotional level.
KHS' performance live is unlike any experience I have ever had.  With a mixture of daft antics and wit, the key ingredient to KHS' success may very well lie with their front man, Paul McGuire.  After the show, my emotional state following Wave Goodbye notwithstanding, I realized that I had to own this album.
I believe that KHS is perhaps the greatest band to arrive since The Dovells burst onto the scene in 1961 with their chart-topping hit, The Bristol Stomp.  In fact, I predict that Extra Extra (Hear All About It) will become the breakthrough hit of 2002!


title: Wonderful

text:
I'm listening to this now, and it's really great. It's a "small forces" recording such as you might encounter in at a pub in Doolin. They're both very good at their instruments, and the selections are diverse. The Galway Bay/Tipperary/So Far Away set is in waltz time and provides a great contrast to the other pieces.

I'm not sure how old my copy is, but I'm sure I didn't pay the $40 being asked as I write this. You might be satisfied by downloading MP3s of this.


title: Wonderful, glad to have found this

text: This is a great recording of traditional Irish music, mostly instrumental, dispersed with an occasional vocal to make sure there's diversity. Great mix of major and minor keys, fast and slow. I wish all my Amazon searches on "Doolin" were this fruitful. You can find more here by the whistle player, Micho Russell.


title: Live in London k.d. lang

text: I purchased Live in London assuming it was an audio CD. However, upon receipt, it turned out to be a DVD, not an audio CD. I already owned the DVD and wanted to have the audio track for my iPhone/iPod. Needless to say, it was a disappointment. Search as I might, it appears that the audio track from that DVD has never been released. The DVD is probably the best recorded concert of k.d. lang's career and I highly recommend it for all of her fans. She's in fine voice, the London setting is unique, her band and the BBC Orchestra are superb. It's a first-class performance from a very talented group of musicians. A must for every k.d. lang fan.


title: Drawn out agony - the way it should be

text: The first time I heard the slow movement to this my father had just passed away. It was the inimitable Alban Berg Quartet recording, and yet, despite the seminal influence of this moment into my appreciation of chamber music, it has long since been superseded by the Caspar Da Salo. The slow, plaintive tempo of the 2nd movement drips with pathos. I take my pathos in enormous, Lear-esque, almost indigestible chunks, and this lashes it about with maudlin largess. Each note of the irresistibly divine violin solo that leads this movement from about 2 mins in drips with deliberate and tortured anguish.  Each note a sharp laceration. I love it.  It is medicinal and regenerative in its embrace of gratuitous affliction - like a weeping open wound. If you need to purge the inexplicable agony of your existence and you like it slow and drawn, unleash the Caspar.


title: Yearning for the lightness of being

text: This is great contemporary chamber music. New music. Avant garde.  They excel at atmosphere, and how they stretch space with the music like a fabric matrix. Sad, sure. Depend on your thing. I think it's sad in a yearning, sweet way. Soul-keening sadness with the sweetness of lost friendships, or the tug of memories as echoes of beautiful moments.


title: Classical ornamentation

text: I have several Boccherini recordings of different works. This album is recorded with very good sound quality, and the performances are solid. However, the compositions themselves don't do much for me. Feels like decent background music with no edge or anything particularly engaging. Maybe I need to spend more time with it to find the juice inside.


This is extraordinary music by one of our great musical geniuses.  It's deeply moving, personal, emotional, philosophical and, most importantly, lyrical.  Schubert demonstrates his sweeping, soaring spirit in the Impromptus.  After you listen to these closely a few times, they will be stamped forever in your heart and/or mind.

I could be biased toward this recording in particular since Brendel is the first interpreter of the Impromptus whom I encountered.  I have Arrau.  I have Lupu.  Both excellent recordings and worth a gander.  But it's Brendel I would take to my little desert island.


title: Puccini for Bocelli and Friends

text: Well, after all of the hype, here it is: the long-awaited, much-anticipated complete opera recording debut of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.  Like another reviewer, I expected complete catastrophe, but hearing Bocelli's album of Verdi arias raised my expectations slightly.  The majority of the praise for this recording should be conferred upon Zubin Mehta and his splendid Israeli orchestra.  There are many subtle beauties in Puccini's score, and the orchestra here brings them beautifully to the forefront of the drama.  Mehta occasionally bumps and glides his way through the score a bit more than seems altogether appropriate, but he is committed to capturing the heartbreak of Puccini's tale by giving his soloists firm, musicianly support.  Eva Mei makes a good impression as Musetta, confirming the positive stance she has attained in bel canto repertory.  I heard baritone Paolo Gavanelli sing Rigoletto at the Met in December 1999, and it was the single most affecting operatic portrait that I have witnessed.  The bleat in the tone aside, Gavanelli offers a committed, beautifully-sung Marcello full of love for both Rodolfo and Mimi...and, of course, the supressed passion for Musetta.  Rodolfo and Marcello are, after all, roommates and ostensibly best friends--they share every detail of one anothers' lives, and when Mimi and Musetta are gone (at the beginning of Act IV), they only have each other.  Gavanelli conveys this conviction, and thus emerges as one of the finest of recorded Marcellos.  Mimi, as portrayed by Barbara Frittoli, emerges as a more secure, less vulnerable figure than is customary.  Her voice is a large instrument, but well-used and applied with charm to her dramatic instincts.  She soars in Act III as any Mimi should.  Bocelli is a dedicated, self-motivated singer whose voice is naturally buoyant and free from mannerism--a seemingly ideal Rodolfo.  Nonetheless, as he sings on this recording, it seems that he would be better suited for a Rossinian roue.  The top tones are generally well-produced (the first top B-flat in Act I aside), but the lower-lying portions of the role emerge as hollow and poorly-supported.  Although I appreciate Signor Bocelli and admire both his voice and stamina, he seems to have fallen prey to the commonly voiced feeling that opera is a string of high C's with outrageous situations and flamboyant costumes.  I hope that his next recording of an opera (and I hope that there is another) will reflect a more contemplative, fuller voice.  All in all, then, a decent "La Boheme" which gives us a view of Puccini for the 21st century.


title: CW FANS -- beware....

text: This is the same DVD thats titled BELIEVE.  Only difference is that the name has been changed and it has Japanese subtitles.Since I already have that DVD, this item is being returned and thought I would warn others who may be thinking of buying this.


title: Great buy

text: Such a great CD. These guys are so amazing. This is the second full album I have from them, and it's just as good as the first one I have if not better. The only complaint I have about this is it's a CD/DVD combo.... And I can't watch the DVD. It's region 2. So I have to buy a DVD player that is region free so I can watch the DVD which I'm sure it'll be worth it.


title: everything came in fine, but it's a bit odd because all the ...

text: everything came in fine, but it's a bit odd because all the writing is in russian. the cds play fine and all the music sounds the same as the radio, it's just a bit odd that it's in russian


title: Five Stars

text: Arrrived on time and is one of my favorites! Thank you!


title: I'm a fan

text: Beautiful simple pop-style music in Japanese.  I particularly like the 7th song on the album (Romanji title:  doki no kakera, "Fragment of Time"), sung with only a piano for the background, sometimes with her singing twice (overlayed), and amazingly, without any vibrato at all.  The effect is to sound simple, innocent, sweet.


title: Five Stars

text: Great seller highly recommend!


title: not my favorite..

text: OK, not my favorite.....


title: A good Celtic offering

text: Tim Janis and company did a good job with his interpretation of these celtic tunes. Not his best work but worth a listen.


title: A Very Good Introduction to Secret Garden

text: Unlike the previous reviewer, I was very much aware that this was a compilation album and not the new studio album which is due this fall.  I also would have to ask the burning question, how can one lose one's creativity when you release a compilation album?  Isn't the point of a compilation album to release previously released materials?  With that being said, the only new material on the album is the final track entitled "The Present," which was written by a Korean artist for a movie soundtrack.  It is not a bad track, however, to those who have heard their previous works, it is clear that it is not at the same level as their songs that they wrote themselves.<br />For those that have never heard or bought any of the Secret Garden's previous releases, this is a great way to introduce yourself to a great instrumental band.  For those, like myself, who already own all three Secret Garden albums and just has to own everything by this group, the new track will get some play, but I think most will favor the older songs to the new.


title: Five Stars

text: Great Buy..


title: Wonderful Background Music

text: This is a wonderful collection of relaxing music. I use it during study hours or when I am otherwise when I need to de-stress. This music helps accomplish that.


title: Very mellow and meditative.

text: Very mellow and meditative.


title: FOREVER WITHOUT END

text:
At last recognition for one of the biggest name in Classical Crossover! Jocelyn Pook has a musical pedigree which stretches back to the turn of the 80s when the lady was doing sessions forABC,Siouxsie & the Banshees and many other Indie bands.In 1983 she joined singer songwriter Virginia Astley,along with Audrey Riley  and Ann Stephenson,appearing on both stage and record.
All detailed on her Yahoo website.
In the later part of the decade came the Communards where she and another string player Sonia Slany planned the Electra Strings and many albums followed on Sonia's Village Life album.Sonia had once been an auxiliary Shopping Trolley,a band which featured Melanie Pappenheim,who would end up on this,the first Jocelyn Pook album and carry on through the next ones.
On this CD is a remarkable piece of music called "In Requiem Aeternum" and the piece which was used for the Orange Mobile Phone ads "Blow the wind/Pie Jesu",which samples the voice of Kathleen Ferrier.A CD which demands to be listened to,not just filed away.Jocelyn's influences are basically Classical,like Virginia Astley's,her music rooted in the past yet looking to the future.Concerts are in Arts Centres and she's filed in Classical in the stores which stock her music.
Since DELUGE,Jocelyn has become a noted film composer and has new material due shortly


title: Lovely!

text: I recommend this CD of lovely songs for the holiday season.  The quality of the performances is excellent. My only disappointment is that the singer doesn't have clear diction, though her tone is gorgeous, and there are only 7 songs on the CD.


title: Beautifully done!

text: I have loved the Paul Mauriat Christmas album since I was in college - and that was many years ago. The album is exquisite, but I could done without the bonus tracks that are not in the same style as the rest of the CD. It's a very abrupt transition from the bonus tracks to the rest of the album.


title: Five Stars

text: Danny Zamir talks my language.  He makes me want to play.


title: Excellent!

text: Lets be short and to the point, this girl doesn't know how to put out crap, this is another beautiful album. Get it now.


title: Five Stars

text: Very good


title: Five Stars

text: Great artist great Alblum


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent songs


title: Five Stars

text: Great alblum


title: Five Stars

text: Great collection


title: My heart would not stop pumping...

text: ...for the attractiveness of this really handsome hunk. (Yet he's only a person.) Sure, I like opera, but not to a great extent. As a 16-year-old teenage girl "in love" with a 41-year-old Italian tenor who's  unfortunately married, you might say that's a big first. Viaggio Italiano  (Italian Journey) is an overall interesting look at the music of Italian  emigration in the world. Okay, Andrea's just a mortal. His Romanza, like I  recently said, was by far the best of his recordings. When will his new one  come out? Dios sabe.


title: Great well taken care of record.

text: It looks like the owner took very good care of this record and it is in the proper packaging for long term storage.  Shipping packaging was also good too and it arrived on time.


title: Arrived fast and sounds cleam

text: It played great.  This was the special version of this song I was looking for.


title: Love this CD

text: I've had this CD for over 6 years - I always enjoy listening to it. Whenever I'm riding in someone's car, I always put this CD on, especially if it's going to be a long trip. I always get compliments on the choice of music when I put this CD on.


title: great album!

text: a great album from a lot of extremely talented artists, check it out!


title: on time thanks

text: thank you for my order


title: Worth more than a listen.

text: It exceeded my expectations.  David Byron is a good singer who never got the credit he deserved.  It is great to hear him on this album.  I recommend it highly.  He gives the songs a good vocal feel.


title: Why is this woman not more famous?

text:
This is a truly beautiful solo album from a woman who will most likely be remembered as one of Madonna's back-up singers.
I'll admit, I bought this CD without hearing any of its tracks, mostly because I was curious of hearing Donna's music after years of watching her perform with Madonna. And I have never been more pleasantly suprised. This woman has one of the most interesting, flexible and lovely voices I have ever heard. It's powerful one moment, soft the next. Obviously trained, but without the 'showiness' of a Celine Dion.  Just simple, wonderful and melodic.
But the true strength of this album is the smart songwriting. No cliches to be found here- just honest, thoughtful songs about love, loss, family, and spirituality. And the lyrics are never forced into a melody. Everything fits smoothly and flows easily from verse to chorus.
Hopefully Donna's day in the spotlight is soon to come, because the world doesn't know what they're missing.
If you like Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, Jewel, Shawn Colvin.. you will love Donna Delory's music.


title: Me encanta

text: Lo escucho continuamente en mi carro


title: Lighthearted rock&roll which most of the time delivers

text:
This Shakin` Stevens collection from the epic years has many songs of what we can called " one hit wonders"tracks. The rest is average,and some are below. There are 25 tracks on this CD, and it realy kick start`s with Track 1 This ole house, which swing`s ok, and Shakin Stevens sings with a "poor man Elvis P" voice. But the 50 ths atmosphere in the musical department helps. Track 2 Cry just a little bit, walk along in a hummin``way, with Stevens "sobbing" voice. Track 3 Lipstick,powder, and paint is average. The rythm is ok, but that`s most of it. Track 4 Green Door, lifts the  mood, and Shakin Stevens sings quite good on this way on this more or less "classical rock& roll" song. Track 5 A love worth waiting for, is a very polished song, but the uplifting mood helps it all trough. Track 7 What do you want to make those eyes at me for, is an ok sound. But there are too much "ecco" to much sound. To much of everything in other words.

Track 7 Rockin good way, is a duet with Bonnie Tyler.  This Benton classic sounds much like the original musical whise. The original thing it`s how theire voices fits together. Tyler`s raspin``voice, and Shakin`s polish one. Sometimes it sparks quite good. Track 8 Marie, Marie, is a weak track, that spinns around and around, and that`s most of it. Track 9 Teardrops, is a very light hearted "rock & roller", with Hank Marvin on guitar that brings flavour and color to the song. Track 10 Turning away, is very average. It  spins too much around in the same "themeditch". Track 11 You drive me crazy. It`s in the"hulking " department. Much ecco and hulking "tearjerks" this in the right direction. Track 12 A letter to you is average. The problem is that this one spins to much in the same direction. To little variatons. To little of everything.

Track 13 Oh Julie, is a Shakin Steven`s original. It`s a very catchy tune, that grips you. It`s a song in the "who cares it`s just fun,fun,fun`lifephilosophy department. Track 14 Because i love you. This is the first ballad, and it`s a stream of cliches, and in the world of "booredom". Track 15 I might, is an easyway and catchy rock&roller, and that`s it. Track 16 Hot Dog, is much in the same department as track 15. Track 17 Breaking up my heart, is a disco/rock and roll hybrid. Awfull. Track 18 It`s raining. The second ballad on this CD, does`nt deliver. Track 19 Love attack is a hybrid in synth/rock &roll country. Weird. Track 20 Shirley. We are back in business again. This is a fun fun fun gem rock&roller. Very catchy tune this one. Track 21 A little boogie woogie. Sure,but the production is overkilled. Sound`s ok though. Track 22 Give me your heart tonight, is most of the time quite moody. The accordian play helps it above average in the quality department. Track 23  It`s late. Well. It begin`s and soon it`s over. Forgetable is the right word. Track 24 Radio is an acoustic rock & roller with good drumming and rythm.  Track 25 I`ll be satisfied.  It sums up much of the mood for this collection. This is lighthearted rock&roll which most of the time delivers.


title: Pure soul magic from 10 Cc

text: This CD is pure soul magic if you can get it from somewhere. This is happy and shiny music. Very polished and real balsam for your ears and mind. It`s over 75 minutes long and was recorded back in 1993. Except from Track 6 Across the Universe, written by Lennon/Mc Cartney, this is pure Stewart/Creme/ Gouldman magic. Sometimes live sound sounds disturbing, but not on this one.  Yes.It`s  back there somewhere, but you hardly can hear it, and that`s good. Track 1 The Wall street shuffle is a great opener, with it`s rhytmic and effective "hit`s you right there in your soul music" . Here lies much of the 10 cc magic. A chorus with voices that melt`s together as one, and music that fills out what`s missing to make it  a complete hit song. Track Im mandy, fly me, has much of the same atmosphere, so there`s nothing much more to add realy. Track  3 Good Morning Judge, is more rock and roll with more fuzz on the guitar riffs. It realy kicks off, with a touch of sympho rock also included. Track 4 Welcome to paradise, is more in jazzrock/fusion land, and it`s very easy to get hold on to. Suddenly it shift`s into a hybrid reggae/carriebean music mix, which makes it something special. Track 5 The things we do for love is one of theire biggest hit`s and sparks and shines all trough. A gem this one. It` has a solo in the middle too, and the singin` is realy great. Track 6 Across the universe. It`s certainly ok, but the Beatles version is  better. Track 7 The stars didn`t show is more in the light pop music country, but is a minor let down too. Too much, too soon. Track 8 Art for art`s sake has an arty opening, somwhere there in "heavy metal light " land. Great refrain, and some interesting riff`s, but not a masterpiece sorry to say.<br /><br />Track 9 Feel the benefit. Well. It`s a slow opener, and doesn`t brings too much magic to you ears. Track 10 Dreadlock Holiday, is anyway one of their best song`s ever, with it`s popreggae rythm and the laidback vocal. It was a big hit back there in the 70 ths, and it`s understandable because it shines from note to note, with it`s hot ethnic carribean feel which never goes away. Cool man, is  probably the right word to use. Track 11. Im not in love,has an airy uplifting synthsympho start, and is very atmospheric. And this is what we can call atmosphere with a big A. Track 12 is a medley called the Bullets medley, that contains three tracks: 1. Rubber Bullets. 2. Silly Love. 3 Life is a minestrone. Early 10 Cc stuff which is ok, but you miss the atmosphere which very developed on the later hit`s.<br /><br />Anyway this is pure soul magic from 10 Cc, if you can hold of this very rear record. If you find it it will "make you day" if your`e into this kind of music.


title: I enjoyed this cd

text: I enjoyed this cd. The film is great. I think Trevor Jones is a good composer. The last track is about 16 minutes long, making it one of the longest soundtrack tracks I have and I have probably about a hundred. This track is also the most exciting, being the conclusion of the story and a spectacular variety of sounds which capture the awe seen on screen. The box is really cool. There are 2 discs and they are picture discs. There is a good booklet that comes with it with colour photos, notes on the story, the score, the musicians, the credits, the production and an interview with Trevor Jones from Cinemascore.


title: Good voyage

text: I really enjoyed this star trek film and the soundtrack is light hearted and funny like the film. I now own most of the Star Trek feature film soundtracks, many ordered from Amazon. I've only had this album for a few weeks but played it many a few times. Although I love the seriousness of the other Trek score, Star Trek 4 was a welcome change. It met my expectations.


title: Just as fun as the show

text: As a fan of the show, and owner of the entire series on dvd I can say this box set is well worth getting. I also own most of the other next gen cds, as I'm a completist. It's presented well. One of the highlights of the set is the huge booklet which talks about each episode presented. Lots of colour photos. It talks also about each composer. One composer for the first 2 discs, then guest composers for the third plus extras and alternate takes. I liked hearing Picard's voice on the main title. It would be great to get some more naration in other soundtracks. I always thought that It would be a good idea. Scary, light hearted, comical, soaring and interesting is some of the words I could use to discribe the music. A track from "The Big Goodbye" was one of my favourite pieces as I like music from film noir and detective stories from the 1940's. I think the music from the next generation is magical, exciting, futuristic and cutting edge like the visuals in the show.


title: GREAT ALBUM, PITY ABOUT THE PRODUCTION!

text: More a damage limitation effort than anything else-this has been cleaned up from a cassette in John Jones collection after the mastertape and his guitars were stolen. A real pity because it if properly produced would of been as good as 'growing' which it is more similar to than their opus 'no alternative'. There is less mellotron which is a pity, but some nice miles like wah-wah trumpet and the usual intricate time changes. What is a surprise is there is more emphasis on melodies and catchy Beatle-ish chorus. It has a nice booklet, but is woefully short. It isn't unlistenable, but just sounds very flat.


title: NOT HALF BAD

text: Then again, not half good, either. Depends on how you look at it. I'm no fan of teen pop, by any means. I do however like the remixes of a few of these songs, especially the Paul Oakenfold mix of Rock Your Body and the trance-ish mix of Cry Me A River.<br />And Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" is better than I ever thought it would be. I picked this up on a whim at Target, paid next to nothing for it,  and still listen to it pretty regularly. If you want one bad enough, you'll have to get it used.  :0)


title: Five Stars

text: This is an excellent cd to listen to, chill and unwind! Highly recommended...


title: A decent collection of "the great voice of my generation".

text: I knew the first moment I heard Whitney sing in '85 that she was a once in a generation talent. So poised and beautiful with seemingly effortless, jaw dropping vocals...truly a woman, human being, talent that I knew I'd be listening to and watching for a very long time. As we all know Whitney's life and career tragically got cut very short. However, trying to focus on the positive here, she's left us with a great catalog giving us a constant reminder of just how rare and amazing she is, was and always will be. This collection I bought the second I saw it here on Amazon, I'm going to focus on the DVD because that is for me the best, not just hearing but seeing this woman perform throughout her career on stage where she shinned so brightly. Charisma, she defined it, charm, everywhere, and when she smiles the bright light becomes nearly blinding, in the best way. Obviously, I'm a huge Whitney fan, but I can give you a real review of this collection. Not sure why, but Whitney unlike so many others of her generation, wasn't recorded professionally during her live performances very often and released on disc, that to me is baffling. With someone like this? You take every chance to record in the highest quality (video & audio of the time) and release it to grateful fans around the world. Noticing this lack of live Whitney material especially of any real quality, Arista/Clive Davis/etc. have put this collection together that is a decent sample of her career's highlights. I'm not going to say it's a great, definitive collection, I wish there was more, a lot more, but what is here is in decent to good quality picture, audio I'll cover more in a moment. One disappointment I must say is that one, this isn't on Blu-ray (the current "gold standard" of optical disc, capable of amazing audio/video quality, of course much of the material wouldn't be in native HD, but remastering & upconverting the sources would go a long way to making this a really special release. Second big disappointment, the audio. It's a great loss that they did so little with the audio, typical Blu-ray's standard is lossless/uncompressed (DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD). To hear Whitney's voice with that kind of clarity would've been amazing, even if they did "lossy" Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, it would be good.  For whatever reason, this DVD has only PCM 2.0 Audio as only option (the same quality audio as a CD), it's not even advertised here on Amazon or even the box or disc that it comes in? It was a very bad sign that it wasn't listed here what audio codec this had, but I hoped it would be more than PCM 2.0 (stereo), if you're listening through a home theater with a receiver you can (and I recommend,and listened this way) use "Dolby Pro Logic" or some other way of giving you a matrixed (an approximation of what a truly "recorded in digital surround sound" would sound like) mix from the stereo one on the DVD, unless you like stereo that is. As you'd expect the recordings that are older, like the 1st offered here of Whitney singing "Home" (from "The Wiz") on "The Merv Griffin show" at, I believe 19 years old, is of lower video and audio sound than later offerings. Especially when Oprah had her on for her "comeback album" "I look to You", singing "I didn't know my own strength". That's in 16:9 Widescreen, as opposed to a lot of the earlier/other material presented in 4:3 SD with bars on the sides of image,unless you want to/can stretch the image to fill a typical 16:9 HDTV of today (it aired in HD). It's hard to hear her last couple of performances, for as much as I love/loved Whitney, maybe because I love her so, when she sang and the magic just wasn't there it was, an exact word doesn't come easy, it was sad, tragic even, that a talent so supreme had been diminished so audibly, deeply it was almost like another voice. To end on a positive note, this collection is very good, while not perfect, I'd recommend it to any Whitney fan/fanatic, and hope that they (Arista, Clive etc.) go further, release a more comprehensive collection of Whitney's performances. I hope that it'll be on Blu-ray/High Definition and with much better digital, God willing, lossless audio that would give one of the grandest Diva's to ever take a stage the treatment she's always deserved, especially now that we don't  have any new material to look forward to. Give us what she's already done in the very best way possible, remastered, remixed, upconverted, with special attention to the audio. With an angelic voice like hers, nothing less is really acceptable. Until then, this is a good set. To be clear the 4 stars are for this collection, not Whitney herself and her talent, especially in performing live, she's always gonna be the highest rating possible (in this case 5 *'s). She was one of the few artists, the rarity I call a "blind buy", if it had her name on it... album, single, remix, box set, whatever and I saw it, I'd buy it immediately, without having heard any or most of whatever, because you always knew with Whitney Houston, it was gonna be MAGIC!!!


title: A weird and fun ride

text: I had no idea what to expect when I ordered this CD.  I only knew one song and it was a vague memory.  The first time I listened, I admit I said aloud "What was THAT???"  The second time, I listened to it....that is when I "got it".  They were not trying to change the world.  They were just having fun.  The best thing is that they did it with excellent musicianship which makes this CD worthwhile.  It is both period and timeless at the same time.  Since I have a very soft spot for the 70's music, I may be just a tad biased.  I look forward to the next time it comes up in my music rotation!


title: What A Find!

text: Another duo-cd from Russia. This would make an audiofile extremely happy. Freddie Mercury's vocals are as strong as ever on both. Queen I is one of the finest ROCK albums ever, full of radio play hits:Keep Yourself Alive,King Rat,Liar,I Want You To Be A woman...etc. Modern Times of Rock n Roll is early speed metal. This cd holds up well and does not sound dated. The second album "The Great Pretender" is fabulous in its own way an absoulute joy to listen to. I do miss Freddie Mercury so very much! What humour he had. Get this one it will make you smile, be happy. Clause 28 was to define what constituted a family in Britain. It excluded gays as pretend families, hence Freddie doing this cd as a back at you.


title: It's hard to find these amazing madrigals.

text: It's hard to find these amazing madrigals ... grab them while you can. The Consort of Music still deliver some of the finest performances of the era.


title: Awesomeness

text: I have all three of Marie's releases and this is my favorite. Seems like Avex has some smart producers and chose Jpop hits that fit really well into Marie's vocal range.


title: Glowingly Rich and Resonant Recording and Performance

text:
First of all, don't let yourself be put of (if that could be possible, with such a gorgeous album as this) of tales that the piano sounds 'clangy and clattery', which it simply doesn't. Well, yes, the accoustics are reverberant and they do sometimes interfere with clearest audibility at fortissimi, causing maybe an 'edge' to the sound. But only a little, and certainly never annoyingly so - on the contrary. (And with good or superb audio equipment there should be no trouble at all at discerning the wealth of warmth and detail that the piano and the voice contain, which is just fine.)

About the voice of Jonas Kaufmann, that has to heard to be believed, of course ;) It is a strong and resonant instrument that is delicately handeled. Please excuse my maybe somewhat excentric view on this, but if one would be able to describe the 'bouquet' and 'taste' of Herr Kaufmann's voice, one could maybe describe it as clean and fresh, rounded off with lots of fresh fruit and a nice spicy nose. Or one could describe it as sounding like a trumpet: sometimes sliding from the softly muted to the ringingly resonant, and back, from one note to the other with nicely flowing legato. He sometimes - tastefully - uses slides from one note to another. Also, in some notes, his timbre reminds one of Jon Vickers. But only reminding sideways ... The voice of Jonas Kaufmann is of course as unique as Jon Vickers' ;)

All in all a wonderful album. Please do yourself a favour and buy it, for yourself, or maybe as a gift to someone with whom you want to share the riches of life contained in music and the singing voice, and especially that of Jonas Kaufmann. Highly recommended [alongside the recording of Andrew Kennedy on Hyperion ([[ASIN:B0014WSVWW Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3]])]


title: good

text: everythings great


title: Buy this cd

text: It is worth ever penny,Every song is great.


title: One of my favorite

text: every song is great. Buy this album.


title: Faye Wong is Always 5 Star (But wish song titles could be translated)

text:
I would greatly appreciate anyone who could/would post a English translation for each CD track title for this 3 CD / 1 DVD Box set titled:  " 1st Complete Collection from Faye Wong".  I have many-many CD's from Faye Wong -- including this one and I really like her singing in her own language but without English titles for each track it is very confusing for me to sort thru them. I have searched via Google but have not found any English translated list.

Note that the listing previously posted here on Amazon, December 21, 2010 is incorrect and apparently is actually a listing of titles for a different box set.

Thanks to anyone who could help with this request. (Ms Wong -- are you there?)