Another Lifetime [Import]

another lifetime [import]

Track Listings

1. Jungleyes

2. P O V

3. Freudian Slip

4. Eyes Blue For You

5. Kumi Na Moja

6. Mountain High

7. E S P

8. Euphrates

9. Another Lifetime

10. Cosmos

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese edition of his 1997 outing with 'Cosmos' & 'BiplaneTo Bermuda' added as bonus tracks. 11 tracks total. A Victorrelease.

Another Lifetime,Simon Phillips,Rock/Pop

Another Lifetime [Import]

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Amazing
Corbin Bleu: Debut rocks!
Corbin deserves it
Buy it
Awesome, totally cool!

Another Side
Corbin Bleu
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jump In!
Headstrong
Jump In!
Disneymania, Vol. 5

ASIN: B000O1718E
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

Deal With It
Stop
Roll With You
She Could Be
I Get Lonely
We Come To Party
Mixed Up
Still There For Me
Marchin'
Never Met A Girl Like You
Homework
Push It To The Limit

Tracks:

Push It To The Limit - Bonus DVD / Music Video
Marchin' - Bonus DVD / Live
Push It To The Limit - Bonus DVD / Live
Another Side Of Corbin Bleu - Bonus DVD

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When it comes to being a skinny, big-smiling teen-ager who can whip pop music fans into a frenzy with a mere toss of his excellent curls, let's face it: Corbin Bleu has competition. If Bleu is not the only TV-launched singer to revitalize both leave-in conditioner sales and puppy love in 2007, though, he is the only one with a shot at being taken seriously by critics. Another Side, his first album post-High School Musical and Jump In!, the Disney Channel movies that made a household name out of him (at least in households inhabited by 8- to 15-year-olds), is pretty much what you'd expect--a high-energy hybrid of pop, R&B, and hip-hop. Consider "Push It to the Limit," the song that propelled the Jump In! soundtrack and closes this disc, an on-ramp to the bubbly Bleu sound. Don't discount what separates him from the pack of post-Disney Channel singers wishing upon stars for pop-chart domination, though. His vocals, a pleasing mash of Michael Jackson and Jesse McCartney, make him a contender for a long-term career in music. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2007-07-09

I haven't stopped listening to it since I got it!!! I love ALL the songs!

Corbin Bleu: Debut rocks!.......2007-07-05

Any fan of Corbin Bleu will love this CD. Guaranteed! If you like other Disney Channel artists like Hannah Montana, High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens, or Ashley Tisdale, you'll love this!

Corbin deserves it.......2007-07-05

His album might not be the best. But...he is a really nice person. And I love "Marchin'", also "P.I.T.T.L.", and "Deal With It". His album could have used some more work, but whatever. I would have the album if someone gave it to me for free, I dont think I would ever buy it.

Buy it.......2007-06-07

If you love High School Musical you would need to get this album. I love the deut with him and Vanessa it is such a beautiful song. Its worth buying because of that song. There's also "Push It To The Limit".

Awesome, totally cool!.......2007-06-02

Corbin's CD is awesome! There are the slower songs for relaxing, and the energetic songs that you can't help but dance to, like "We come to Party", one of my favorites. Many have pointed out that he has a high pitched voice. Yes, he does, in some parts, but there's nothing wrong with that! And maybe some say it's unoriginal, but it's kinda hard to be totally original with the trillions of sogs that are out there.
This CD is amazing with something for everyone. It's definitley a good buy!

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The Andrew Lloyd Weber Collection
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The Best You'll See from Sarah
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ASIN: B00000I0XW
Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

The Phantom Of The Opera: The Phantom Of The Opera
Song & Dance: Unexpected Song
Aspects Of Love: Chanson D'enfance
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Tell Me On A Sunday/Song & Dance: Tell Me On A Sunday
The Phantom Of The Opera: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Requiem: Pie Jesu
The Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night

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Sarah Brightman's career was launched by her success in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, so it's no surprise to hear the soprano paying homage to the composer on this disc. Really a Brightman best-of, the album includes the Phantom theme (a duet with Michael Crawford), the light-opera fare of "Chanson D'enfance" from Aspects of Love, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita, and numerous other Lloyd Webber classics. Throughout, Brightman's diminutive voice lends a fragility to these musical theater tunes that you'll either love or despise. On Evita's "Another Suitcase, Another Hall" and Cats' "Memory," she literally chirps through the vocal lines. No matter. The growing legion of Brightman fans wouldn't have it any other way. --Jason Verlinde

Album Details

Another Compilation of Stage Favourites - Some Tracks Are Hard to Find Elsewhere.

Customer Reviews:

The Andrew Lloyd Weber Collection.......2007-05-12

Sarah Brightman sings in good form classic songs and does a great job!!

Andrew Lloyd Webber .......2007-02-12

Excellent Broadway music--a true master. Sing along or just listen. First heard her on PBS.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection.......2007-01-05

Sarah Brightman has always been a favorite of mine, and this CD is outstanding. The duet with Jose Carreras (Friends for Life) is especially good--worth buying the CD for that song alone.

The Best You'll See from Sarah.......2006-09-09

This CD is - wow! I have so much to say about it and so little time! This album features three pieces from "The Phantom of the Opera" - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, The Music of the Night, and The Phantom of the Opera theme. They're all beautiful. The second piece on the album is "Unexpected Song". It has beautiful octaves and orchastrations. Chanson d'Efance is an amazing French piece with vibrato - and then some. I forgot to mention that there is another piece from The Phantom of the Opera - All I Ask of You - except that the song is not sung by the original cast from the musical. The next few pieces are fairly decent, until you get to Memory from Cats. WOW - is it spectacular! Then we get to two other pieces from Cats - Gus: The Theater Cat and Macavity: The Mystery Cat. Gus is a song that just tells about a cat and his history. A man speaks the lines that Gus would say in the actual musical - and it makes the song interesting. Macavity is AWESOME! I know that I said that I didn't prefer this song for Brightman on her album "Surrender". I finally listened to it more carefully, and found that it's really interesting to listen to! My favorite song on the whole entire album - however - has to be "Tell Me on a Sunday". Beautiful lyrics, orchestrations, and overall spectacular voice talent ties the whole song together. Pie Jesu is a fairly nice piece from both Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston - the 16 year old boy soprano. His voice is pure and straight with minimal vibrato. However, Brightman's voice shows a little bit TOO much vibrato! Overally, it's a good piece from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requium. THIS CD IS AMAZING! If you love Sarah from the Phantom of the Opera, then this collection of Lloyd Webber's work is just for you.

I also recommend Charlotte Church - (in her earlier career) - including Voice of an Angel and her self-titled album. I also recommend Love Changes Everything - The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection Vol.2 - just another grouping of Webber's classics. I also recommend Andrea Boucelli - he's awesome!

The Angel of Music.......2006-03-13

This is the third copy of this I've purchased. I wear them out listening to them. Awesome, Awesome music. Sarah's range and depth is so powerful!

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Fantastic
Great Sound, Great Lyrics
AWSOME
All I can say is.....
This is a Great CD!

Another Journal Entry
BarlowGirl
Manufacturer: Fervent / Spirit-Led
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GW8QLM
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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Grey
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I Need You To Love Me
Enough
Porcelain Heart
Take Me Away
Psalm 73 (My God's Enough) -- featuring Todd Agnew
5 Minutes of Fame
Thoughts Of You
No One Like You
Never Alone (acoustic)
For The Beauty Of The Earth
On My Own (acoustic)
Porcelain Heart (acoustic)
I Need You To Love Me (acoustic)
Never Alone (radio edit)

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Now BarlowGirl brings their dans the ultimate jam-packed album. In addition to the original eleven tracks, Another Journal Entry (expanded edition) features 5 new recordings & 3 music videos including the never-before-released "Never Alone" video. The enhanced disc also unlocks exclusive content-photos, videos, and interactive material-perfect for any BarlowGirl fan.

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Fantastic.......2007-02-11

I absolutely LOVE this album. These songs are contemporary and fun to listen to but the lyrics are still meaningful. There is a great mix of rock and more traditional folk-ish songs, great harmony, and even a little rap stuck in - there is something for everyone on this album. The more I listen to this album, the more I love it! I listen to it EVERY day!!! I highly recommend this album to any christian looking for modern music with strong faith-based lyrics.

Great Sound, Great Lyrics.......2007-02-03

Another Journal Entry is another quality CD by BarlowGirl. It combines good rock and roll with solid, positive lyrics. The lead singer has a very beautiful voice.

There are several very good songs on here. Some of my favorites are as follows: Grey, Let Go, I Need You To Love Me, and Never Alone.

This group combines some very good attributes: positive, inspirational lyrics that parents will appreciate with energetic rock that will appeal to teenagers. Actually, their appeal is far broader than just teens. This is good stuff for anyone.

If you are looking for something to buy for a teenage girl especially, I highly recommend BarlowGirl.

AWSOME.......2006-12-29

I got this cd for christmas, and have been listening to it over and over!
I love their version of for the beauty of the earth, its GORGEOUS!
I also got there music book, and it is AWSOME!
Barlowgirl Rocks!

All I can say is............2006-11-11

WOW!!!!! What an awesome CD. I've had it for almost two months and it has barely come out of my CD player. The lyrics are absolutely wonderful and the message that the lyrics give is even better! I actually used to not like BarlowGirl (I know, I am weird), but now I love their music. I love how through their music alone, I can see their passion for God. I would definitely suggest that you get this CD b/c it has helped me so many times in so many ways. I'm sure that there is a song on this CD that expresses what is on your heart! Awesome job, BarlowGirl!

This is a Great CD!.......2006-09-14

I thoroughly enjoyed this CD. It has great and inspiring Christian music.

The new acoustic versions are great, my favorite one being On My Own. Porcelean Heart was probably my least favorite remix, since all they took out was violin, basically. Overall I thought it was a great CD and a great investment. I strongly encourage buying this album from the stores instead of online so that you can get all the bonus features - the website is great. Also, buying the actual CD supports the group more. I liked the first CD better, just because I prefer that kind of lyrics better. That CD is more personally uplifting and inspiring to have confidince in yourself and good values. This CD had more praise-type songs. This doesn't say this CD is bad, it's great. I just think the other one is better. If you don't have eather, buy the other one. If you have the other one, spend the extra money and get the expanded edition.

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Good music
Want to hear Gladiator II?
King Arthur
Hans' Best
All Hail King Hans!

King Arthur
Hans Zimmer
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
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Tell Me Now (What You See)
Woad To Ruin
Do You Think I'm Saxon?
Hold The Ice
Another Brick In Hadrian's Wall
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What are legends if not for reinventing -- and/or hyper-inflating into Hollywood summer fare? In retooling the Arthurian legend for the goth-beguiled video game age, mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer did away with details small (the lady in the lake, sword in the stone, etc.) and large (this Arthur is actually Eastern European, by way of Rome). Composer Hans Zimmer picks up that gauntlet, producing an orchestral score bristling with massed brass, chorus and percussion -- if little of the indigenous mysticism that made his work on Gladiator/ so rewarding. What there is of that precious commodity is frontloaded via the song "Tell Me Know (What You See)," his evocative opening collaboration with Clannad's Moya Brennan. From there, Zimmer emphasized this version's Eastern conceits with a half-dozen suites of cues that thunder in the Russian classical tradition -- and all the melodic range of "Jingle Bells." Zimmer--not to mention Poledouris--has done it better, but fans of outsized orchestral Gothic moodfests may yet take this one to heart. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Good music.......2007-05-16

I'm a huge Hans Zimmer fan, his scores are rich and deep. This is not his best, but it's still a great listen.

Want to hear Gladiator II?.......2007-04-12

In the end, this is the only relevant question; do you want to hear a more melodramatic version of Gladiator? More melodramatic, you ask?
And you better believe it, Hans Zimmer actually managed to blow up his sound from Gladiator even more, and I really didn't think this was possible, mainly because I thought it would sound utterly pathetic and over the top. And make no mistake, Zimmer's King Arthur is just that.

I am reviewing this score in retrospect, and it is truly fascinating to do that. When you look at other composers and make a little journey to their past, you usually find more creativity. The further back you go, the more original and fresh music you find. With Hans Zimmer, it's the opposite. With each year you go back, his scores just get more dreary, and that's saying alot because his latest works also don't really qualify as schoolbook examples for colourful scoring.

From Gladiator to Pirates Of The Caribbean 2, Hans Zimmer has yet to come forth with a truly fresh and unique score. Zimmer never, ever, not in a million years, escapes his usual box. And King Arthur is no exception whatsoever. From the get go, 20 horns are amassed and play a overly simplistic motif somewhere between a and A, the strings mush together in midrange, melodramatic chords, and dwell in the shallow realm of overbearing dullness.
I don't understand how an artist - and the art of film composing is severely underrated - can be content with repeating the same thing over and over. If I were Hans Zimmer, I would be embarassed by now to even write one more note for that droning bass.
To top it all off, Zimmer incorporates an Enyaesque voice that is easy on the ears, but in the end signifies nothing, does nothing and does all that with an amazing lack of substance.

That is, amongst others, the major difference between a serious film composer and Hans Zimmer: a good and skillful film composer takes an average film like King Arthur and makes it sound like something worthwhile. Hans Zimmer on the other hand embraces mediocrity and underlines it to create an even more average film.

King Arthur.......2007-04-09

I recently purchased this particular soundtrack, and i would have to say it is awesome. Hans Zimmer is a master at what he does. The music suits the film and since I loved the film I had to get the soundtrack. I loved the song Tell Me Now by Moya Brennan, and Another Brick in Hadrians Wall is the best song im my opinion on the soundtrack. Overall I'm so glad I bought this soundtrack and I rate it up there with the likes of Gladiator, Pirates of the Carribean. Keep up the good work Hans

Hans' Best.......2007-03-12

Hans Zimmer is a film composer with dozens and dozens of scores under his belt. Many who do not collect or even listen to film scores know his name. However, much if his film music sounds very similar and lacks a complex edge that other compose like John Williams, James Horner, and James Newton Howard deliver.

That said, King Arthur is Hans' most intriguing score to date. Backdraft and Gladiator (overrated) were very good, but this score is a departure from Hans' usual motifs. The only bad part for me(not related to the music itself) is that there are only seven tracks and each are very long. I like shorter tracks so I can pinpoint the themes or variations I want to lsiten to, but this is extremely minor. The music is great, and I reccommend you go enjoy Hans' best music yet.

All Hail King Hans!.......2007-02-25

I must say that the score for "King Arthur" is another guilty pleasure from Hans Zimmer. Starting with the beautiful song 'Tell Me Now (What You See)', as sung by Clannad's Moya Brennan, Zimmer sets the tone for the amazing adventures of Arthur, a misfit that would later become a king and the creator of Camelot.
There is another theme, a more epic one, that starts the track 'Woad To Ruin' as we see a scene where Arthur and his men ride their horses. It's fantastic. And the way that Zimmer segues that tune into an instrumental variation of 'Tell Me Now (What You See)' is simply marvelous. The action music heard of this album is also terrific, and there is drama that keeps this album in good balance.
This is not as much a guilty pleasure as "The Last Samurai", but Hans Zimmer keeps the listener in awe with his musical sensibilities. This is a fine CD.

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The best of Dylan's early albums...
So Much Older Then
Flashing for the Warrior Whose Strength is Not to Fight
an excellent album
There is Anger Here and it's Great

Another Side of Bob Dylan
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The best of Dylan's early albums..........2007-01-09

This is my favorite of Dylan's early folk albums. I really don't like political writings, because as Dylan said in a 1984 interview "politics is the tool of the devil". I understand why he got the hell out of the political movements, and went on to record more poetic, personal, and mysterious stuff. As for the songs here, they're pretty much all brilliant, especially the caustic I Don't Believe You, the hilarious Motorpyscho Nitemare, the epic poetry of Chimes of Freedom, and the beautiful, poignant, precise My Back Pages. I feel like Bob did when he wrote that song. Politics can overwhelm you to the point that's all you think about, and you think you got all the answers. No one has all the answers, including Bob, but he knows that. Beware of those who will tell you they have all the answers. I love Dylan's music. It's almost always universal. It can be listened to at any time. I don't really like the title of this album (it was producer Tom Wilson's idea, and Dylan protested vigorously, saying it was overstating the obvious, something Dylan never does), but the music is superlative.

So Much Older Then.......2006-09-12

For me "My Back Pages" is the best song on this record, because it so captures the way I felt when I was growing up. I knew so much more than my mother, really I did. But you know how it goes, as you get older, you realize just how much you didn't know and I didn't know a lot and Bob Dylan really nails this. "It Ain't Me, Babe" is probably the most famous song on this album, but there are others just as good, like "To Ramona" and "Ballad in Plain D" for instance. And, of course, I have to mention the ultimate protest song, the ultimate political song, "Chimes of Freedom." If that song doesn't make you want to rages against the establishment and try to make a difference, nothing ever will.

Flashing for the Warrior Whose Strength is Not to Fight.......2006-09-04

For me this record is all about "The Chimes of Freedom." Yes there are several other good songs on this record that marks a change for Bob Dylan from his so called "Protest Period" to a darker, deeper, more poetic kind of music. Poetry, Dylan had become a poet and to all of those who think there are hidden meaning in his words I have to say, "No, I don't think so." I think Dylan put it all out there, said what he meant and meant what he said. No hidden meanings, no secrets implied, but who needs 'em. "Chimes of Freedom" says enough, says if for a generation, for generations.

"Tolling for the Rebel, tolling for the rake, tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked." What words, what power from this twenty-three-year-old singer who was already tired of leading a movement. Still, try as he might, he was the one the youth of his time looked up to, listened to, wanted to follow, but Dylan wasn't leading. Just imagine what this world might be like today if he had been. Maybe some of those misdemeanor outlaws who wound up in the White House might have been sidelined where they belonged. Ah, well, we'll never know.

Still, this is one fine record. "To Ramona" is one of the best songs ever written, the poetry so divine in this dark song. "It grieves my heart love, to see ya trying to be a part of a world that just don't exist." It's like he's singing about me, way before I was born, because I sure want to be a part of that world that doesn't exist. Ah, I was so much older than, older yesterday even. It's so sad sometimes, because like Dylan says, they "hype you and type you in making you feel that you gotta be just like them." I know I'm not making much sense, but get this record. Don't be like them, just do what you think you should do.

an excellent album.......2006-08-28

starting off is "all i really want to do".get out your listening ears because he throws a lot of big words around in this top 5-er.2 more then "chimes of freedom",an inspirational type song.then another playinf with words song,"i shall be free no. 10".its funny."to ramona" is after that.its a better than average love song."my back pages" is quite good as are the other remaining songs "i dont belive you" which is sad."ballad in plain d" which is better.then a hit song "it aint me babe".a really good album

There is Anger Here and it's Great.......2006-08-24

"Another Side" is one of my favorite Dylan albums. I must confess, I really, really like his early stuff. I love the anger in his voice back then. Yes the stuff that comes later is very good, especially "Blood on the Tracks" which kind of reminds me of "Another Side" in a lot of ways, but this record, the last acoustic record Dylan will do for a very long time, is something very special. "Chimes of Freedom" is my favorite all time Dylan song and like "The Times They Are A-Changing," it still has meaning today. It Ain't Me Babe" is sort of like a love song in reverse and you can't help but love it. When Dylan was young, he was angry and it shows in his music and it's good. No, it's great!

The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another

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Not what I expected
Good Music...How Good R&B/Soul Used to Sound Like
Spendid anthology of one of the finest singers of his generation
Well deserved tribute of Lou Rawls' music
A Much Needed Anthology

The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another
Lou Rawls
Manufacturer: Capitol
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Trouble Down Here Below
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Street Corner Hustlers Blues/World Of Trouble [Live]
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Youve Made Me So Very Happy
On Broadway
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Bring It On Home
Show Business
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Lady Love
See You When I Git There
Groovy People
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Youll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

Customer Reviews:

Not what I expected.......2007-05-15

I probably should have looked closer at the playlist on this CD. Instead, I just went by the title, "The Very Best of Lou Rawls." I've never heard of most of the songs on the CD, and I don't think the sound quality is up to par.

Good Music...How Good R&B/Soul Used to Sound Like.......2007-04-03

While I'm in my late-20s, I'm aware of the late, great Lou Rawls. 1st because of his 70s disco recordings as well as the songs he sings on the Garfield specials I used to watch as a child. But it's his work with the United Nergo College Fund that comes to my mind when I think of him.

6 months after his passing, Capitol Records released a greatest hits of his soul recordings (for those wanting a collection of him singing jazz & blues standards, there's "The Best of Lou Rawls: The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions") I like 20 of the 21 songs featured. EMI should give praised for adding Rawls' Grammy-winning song "Natural Man" for records companies don't like to license songs from another label.

While I don't care for Rawls' take of "The Shadow of Your Smile" (great standard, but I just don't like his version of it), I love the rest of the disc. What I liked about these songs is that they're about adult issues. Something that our modern-day youth obsessed culture can't deal with. Of these songs, there's 5 that I enjoy listening to the most:

Street Corner Hustler's Blues/World of Trouble: From his 1966 LIVE LP. I love the story Rawls tells of a street hustler before sliding into "World of Trouble" At times funny.

You've Made Me So Very Happy: Very Motownish. Love the chorus line at the end.

Breaking My Back (Instead of Using My Mind): Sings about going to a job that he hates. Most of us who have jobs we don't like can relate to this.

Show Business: Songs about the realities of show business, that not everybody makes it. The lyrics were truthful then, as they are 40 years after Rawls first penned them.

Let Me Be Good to You: Sings about treating a lady who's been in a bad relationship well (without sounding nor being too sexual, an issue I've seen in a lot a modern-day R&B).

This disc also comes with very colorful liner notes in booklet form. You get an interesting essay from Billy Vera (a close friend of Rawls), photos as well as music chart info on the songs. If you want good R&B & don't care that it's from the 1960s-1970s, you'll enjoy this. Lou Rawls may be gone, but he won't be forgotten.

Spendid anthology of one of the finest singers of his generation.......2007-01-08

As his good friend Billy Vera points out in the liner notes, Lou Rawls never ever sang silly love songs. No sir! From the very beginning Lou Rawls sang about serious, adult subjects. And you could feel the emotion and the personal experience dripping in just about every tune the man ever sang. Finally, Capitol records has seen fit to release a single disc anthology befitting of this marvelous talent. "The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another" offers the listener a compehensive compilation of practically all of Lou's single hit recordings from his debut single "Love's A Hurtin' Thing" back in 1966 right on thru to his fabulous recording of "Let Me Be Good To You" in 1979. It is a disc that really was long overdue.
"The Very Best of Lou Rawls" features 21 splendid recordings and I can honestly report that there is not a weak track among them. It was certainly terrific to hear the remastered version of Lou's classic 1967 tune "Dead End Street" as well as his memorable 1972 smash "A Natural Man". And I had forgotten just how great his 1969 hit "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" really was. In the late 60's, while still at Capitol records, Lou also covered a couple of old favorites. While his renditions of "On Broadway" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy" were not huge sellers they are highly entertaining nonetheless. Both are included here. I was also extremely pleased to see that the 1967 single "Show Business" was included as well. I had not heard that outstanding tune in nearly 40 years.
"The Very Best of Lou Rawls" concludes with a half dozen tunes from his highly successful days at Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble's Philadelphia International records. His very first recording for that label would prove to be his biggest hit ever, 1976's "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". And who can ever forget "Lady Love" or "See You When I Git There" from 1977. Also included in this anthology is an incredible "live" recording of "The Shadow of Your Smile" from his 1966 "LIVE!" LP. Great stuff!
"The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another" comes with a well thought out 12 page booket that includes information on each of the tracks as well as liner notes lovingly written by the aforementioned Billy Vera. I am also pleased to report that the 24 bit remastering job is superb. We only see the likes of Lou Rawls about once per generation. Lou Rawls carried on in the tradition of great male vocalists like Billy Ecksine, Al Hibbler, Jimmy Ricks and Nat King Cole. His untimely death in January 2006 leaves a major void on the American music scene. "The Very Best of Lou Rawls" is a great way to keep his music alive. Very highly recommended!

Well deserved tribute of Lou Rawls' music.......2006-06-18

I saw this CD recently in stores and went, If this album doesn't have Let Me Be Good To You, I'm passing on it! Finally, they got it right--it is on here! Every other Lou Rawls compilation failed to include this song. While most of us remembers Lou's late 70s era of hits like You'll Never Find, this album heavily focuses on his earlier hits from the '60s and early 70s like Love Is A Hurtin' Thing, Dead End Street, A Natural Man, Bring it On Home and Show Business. As much as I like Lady Love, I can't BELIEVE that it peaked at #21 R&B and #24 pop in 1977-1978! Maybe their minds were too much onto Donna Summer, the Bee Gees,Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor and others that year than on this wonderful, lush classic by Rawls. It should have been No. 1 just like You'll Never did. You'll Never Find from 1976 is still a classic to many people, but I have to give the upper hand to 1979's Let Me Good to You. Track 20 of this CD is a fine representation of Lou's classic style, his familiar raps in his songs as he invites a woman to his place for a night together. And his smooth baritone style sounds so good over the rattling percussion going through the song. See You When I Get There sounds too much like a faster bridge of Teddy Pendergrass' Come Go With Me and some of the O'Jays '70s songs--maybe Gamble and Huff had too many identical songs in the studio at the time. But Rawls' stamp on it avoids all derivative comparisons. Lou Rawls passed away in January, but his music will live on for many eras and generations to come. He was a wonderful performer, philanthropist, commercial pitchman and singer in the 5 decades that he entertained audiences.

A Much Needed Anthology.......2006-06-15

Like his friend and contemporary Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls began his musical career in gospel but was just as comfortable with R&B, pop and even jazz. His first solo hit was with Capitol Records when "Love is a Hurtin' Thing" (#13, pop; #1, R&B) in 1966. He continued to have hits through the mid-Seventies when he switched labels to Philadelphia International where he scored a No. 2 hit hit with the million-selling "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" in 1976 under the guidance of producer/songwriters Gamble & Huff.

Rawls was a multiple Grammy winner and all of his Top 40 hits are here, including R&B hits like "Groovy People" and "See You When I Get There." Also included is a funky arrangement of Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home." [Note: Rawls sang backup on Cooke's original hit version.] This 21-track collection is a thoroughly satsifying look at a performer who needs to be remembered by a wider audience. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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I tripped and almost fell, but Vashti caught me
Idyllic reveries from a tinker's soul
terrific record.
Unusual and charming
One of my alltime favourite cds

Just Another Diamond Day
Vashti Bunyan
Manufacturer: Dicristina Stair
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ASIN: B0002Y4T1A
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

Diamond Day
Glow Worms
Lily Pond
Timothy Grub
Where I Like To Stand
Swallow Song
Window Over The Bay
Rose Hip November
Come Wind Come Rain
Hebridean Sun
Rainbow River
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Winter Is Blue
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I tripped and almost fell, but Vashti caught me.......2007-04-09

This album saved me..literally. Tripping as hard as I ever had, I almost called an ambulance because I was so scared. I put the album on and as soon as Vashti started singin "la lalala la la lalala la" on the song "Diamond Day" my bad trip turned into the best one I've ever had as the album progressed. She may have not saved my life, but Vashti saved me huge ambulance and hospital fees, and an explanation for anyone who asked of why I had to go to the emergency room.
Somebody else said the album seems to transport you to another world. Well in this case vashti brought me back home with her Diamond Day album.

Idyllic reveries from a tinker's soul.......2007-02-04

Having just returned from seeing Vashti perform at Carnegie Hall in a review assembled by David Byrne, I am amazed that her voice still has that angellic dream quality that owed much to early Joni MItchell and a host of Brit folk-rock earth mothers. If you are familiar with Eric Andersen's BLUE RIVER, you'll have the aesthetic sense of this.
Discovered by Joe Boyd, but entirely lacking in whatever drive one needs to sustain oneself through the interminable disappointments os a life as a professional musician, Vashti's effort here was considered a one-off until the new wave of folk hippies somehow caught wind of her.
Hers is a truly beautiful and whispery type of voice, what might have prompted Richard Thompson to write "Beeswing" for example. She had no sense for what to do with her talent, and took after fellow wanderers instead of focuing on what was an ambitious and promising start. Boyd gave up. Bunyan wandered around northern England, the Hebrdides and Ireland in a tinker's caravan after the release of this record. God knows if she even collected a dime.
But here it is again, and hopefully she has a better focus. She has recorded a follow up, 35 years later, that is also a stellar effort. But in listening to this, in listening to her sing Friday night with Adem Ilhan, I can't help but think of Jack Hardy's "Tinker's Coin." Perhaps she'll stick with it now that new folkies seems to have dragged her back into the spotlight. She is still quite beautiful, with an extraordinarily emotional set of pipes. This is well worth it.

terrific record........2006-09-30

certainly these songs have the ability to take you far away..very interesting.if this is your cup of tea there is a fun donovan album "hms donovan" that is similiar in tone.And not to advertise another artist but if y ou like vashti and want more in this vein, you owe it to yourself to check out any of virginia astley's discs..more produced but in a very similiar vein.they both write songs that are like distilled moments caught in a timeless photograph..the english know how to do this music..

Unusual and charming .......2006-09-14

Found this at HMV in Calgary to my surprise last week. I had been looking at it on Amazon and wondering if I should get it. It is very pure and pastoral music. Strangely child-like as others have mentioned. That it is a story of a journey in a caravan with animals all presented in an unusual way makes it unique even for a folk music album. Something you just have to have as a bit of historical charm from the past.

One of my alltime favourite cds.......2006-08-31

Need to say more? This is one of the most beautiful and honest records western popular music ever seen. She sings beauty, so lovely, as some fairy enchanting gnomes in a huge yet peaceful forest, away from the horrors of humanity. That alien feeling you'll get it since its first five seconds and it will lasts till the end. Druids of the world unite!

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Incredible
Da Bomb!
annointed to worship
Israel = spirit-filled
The way worship music should be...

Live from Another Level
Israel & New Breed
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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An Invitation to Worship

ASIN: B00020W0YW
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Come In From The Outside
Again I Say Rejoice
Again I Say Rejoice (Reprise)
We Win
All Around
Medley: You've Made Me Glad/ Who Is Like The Lord
I Hear The Sound
Spoken Words
So Easy To Love You/Friend Of God

Tracks:

Friend Of God
Spontaneous Worship
Friend
Friend Medley
Rise Within Us
Another Breakthrough
Lord Of The Breakthrough
Breathe Into Me
Awesome Medleyl
Here I Am To Worship
Holy
Going To Another Level

Customer Reviews:

Incredible.......2006-06-22

I just had to write a review and say that this CD did take me to another level in praising and worshipping the Lord. This is one of those CD's where you can tell that Israel has an intimacy with Christ and he has not held back how he honors the Lord with his gift of music. Also, I was privileged to be at a Worship & the Word Conference with my former church where Israel did not only minister in concert but he spent time teaching us how to worship the Lord. Israel I would like to thank you for that. I love how Israel & New Breed allowed the Holy Spirit to breathe on this project but most of all on their hearts. For those of you that buy this CD your level of worship and desire for greater intimacy with Christ will deepen.

Da Bomb!.......2006-05-11

This CD is off the charts!!! Every track is a hit. When I want to jam...I play Level 1. When I need to chill...I play Level 2.

Israel & New Breed are just too bad. I just saw them in Charleston, SC on May 5th and what a wonderful experience to get the real live version.

A definite must have for all.

annointed to worship.......2006-03-05

this cd is so annointed i just bought it and it seems like everything that i feel or going through at that time just goes away because of the words. This cd is really going to the next l
level if you not a true worshiper you will not understand. Thank god for isreal.

Israel = spirit-filled.......2006-03-04

This is music for the spirit. If u want to get "hype" this is the music for ya. Israel brings the combination of praise and worship like no other. Also, he has a way of mixing old and new but still giving it to you and then some. This is a MUST BUY album. Get ready to be blessed!!

The way worship music should be..........2005-11-26

Israel Houghton has upped the ante for modern praise and worship with "Live From Another Level." He has written and arranged some astounding pieces of music, and surrounded himself with an incredibly talented group of individuals to help him usher the people at this concert into a place of wonder and awe at the feet of God.

The arrangement of "Here I Am to Worship" is worth the price of admission alone, but thankfully the rest of the two discs are just as good.

Israel's biracial background and New Breed's multicultural makeup are creating an incredible hybrid of gospel and modern praise and worship music, and they have truly created a classic album with "Live From Another Level."

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Christian Music at it's best
Good
Completely awesome!
It has it's moments...
Not out of my CD rotation...

Another Journal Entry
BarlowGirl
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
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Release Date: 2005-09-27

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I Need You To Love Me
Enough
Porcelain Heart
Take Me Away
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Thoughts Of You
No One Like You
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Album Description

BarlowGirl had an incredible first year on the national scene! They became the BEST SELLING NEW ARTIST in 2004 with the help of their massive radio hits "Never Alone" and top 5 hit "Mirror" which became the 2004 Song of the Year at multiple formats. During this exciting first year, the three sisters that make up BarlowGirl continued to fall even more in love with the Creator through their journaling. It is here, in their personal journals, where 9 of the songs from this album were pulled from. Touching on topics such as purity, self worth, and trust, producer Otto Price (BarlowGirl), brings these songs to life.

Customer Reviews:

Christian Music at it's best.......2007-04-11

My teen daughters love this CD and it is among their top favorite, if not the favorite. Strong lyrics, modesty addressed....

Good.......2007-03-31

I normally listen to country music...and I generally don't like NOISY music (like this album)...but it was pretty good. I didn't get a headache...like I usually do with most of this heavy metal music. It was good. If you are a country fan you'll probably like this album. WAY better than Zoe girl (yuck).

Completely awesome!.......2007-03-11

I absolutely LOVE the sound of Barlow Girl. While their music is amazing, each song has a wonderful message that speaks to the heart. The CD has a mix of upbeat songs and slow emotional songs. I would recommend this CD to anyone. You won't be sorry you bought it.

It has it's moments..........2007-01-25

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but I really don't love this album. I do really like "I Need You To Love Me", "Porceline Heart" (love this one!), the acoustic version of "Never Alone", and track 9 (hehe can't remember the name of the song right now...), and the lead vocalist is AMAZING (hmmm, I say "amazing" a lot in my reviews, don't I?), but otherwise I'm not a big fan. I particularly can't understand the infatuation with "Gray". I mean, it starts out, "Gray's my favorite color". Okay then. Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.
Anyways, my initial response to this album is, okay, but only great at times. Hence, three stars.

Not out of my CD rotation..........2006-12-29

Love, Love, Love this CD!!! My favorite song is "let go," "I need you to love me," and "Enough." If you like pop, you are not going to enjoy this CD because these girls rock! They have very few songs that don't get you on your feet pumping your fist or singing loudly in your car. Barlow girls has another winner and fan in me.

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen

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Ring introduction critique
FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE
Welcome back to a classic analysis
Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle
Very Functional

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen
Deryck Cooke , Georg Solti , Wiener Philharmoniker , Anita Valkki , Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Brigitte Fassbaender , Christa Ludwig , Claire Watson , Claudia Hellmann , Dame Gwyneth Jones , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Eberhard Wächter , George London , Gerhard Stolze , Gottlob Frick , Grace Hoffmann , Gustav Neidlinger , Hans Hotter , Helen Watts , Helga Dernesch , Hetty Plumacher , Ira Malaniuk , James King , Jean Madeira , Joan Sutherland , Kirsten Flagstad , Kurt Böhme , Lucia Popp , Marga Höffgen , Marilyn Tyler , Maureen Guy , Oda Balsborg , Paul Kuen , Régine Crespin , Set Svanholm , Vera Little , Vera Schlosser , Waldemar Kmentt , Walter Kreppel , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B00000424H
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
Returning Now To The Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
A Number Of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
So Much For Nature. (Examples 26-38)
The Cause Of The Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
The Basic Motive Associated With The Spear... (Examples 62-68)
Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
In Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 69, 73-75)
Returning Now To Act Two Of Walkure... (Examples 76-79)
Love Is Another Of The Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
Later In The Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
When Fasolt, In Scene Two Of Rhinegold... (Examples 93-98)
A Little Later In The Interlude... (Examples 99-103)

Tracks:

The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
The Characters In Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
Here We Come To The End... (Examples 141-146)
Complemtary To This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
There Are One Or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
These Motives Of Alberich And Mime... (Examples 169-171)
Quite A Number Of The Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
Besides This Family Of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
In The Final Scene Of Gotterdammerung... (Examples 181-183)
Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)

Amazon.com

When Wagner set the Ring to music, he intended the orchestra to act in the fashion of a chorus from a classic Greek tragedy--setting the mood and commenting on the action. In order to allow a nonverbal musical line to reflect on the plot, Wagner developed a psychologically and musically complex symbology to communicate his thoughts to the listener. From the beginning the Ring has spawned numerous written commentaries on the relationships of the motif structure, but by using examples from the Decca Ring recording, Deryck Cooke's thoughtful spoken commentary is by far the most accessible guide for either the fledgling Ring enthusiast or the seasoned veteran. --Christian C. Rix

Customer Reviews:

Ring introduction critique.......2006-11-04

This is very worthwhile, at the same time it requires time, patience and attention, but it does provide some keys to better enjoyment of a sensational piece of music.

FASCINATING STUDY FOR NOVICES AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE.......2006-08-16

This may look an intimidating, daunting and dull prospect - a 2+ hour lecture on the motifs in the Ring. Don't be put off. Whether you're a relative novice to the Ring and want to find out what it's all about, more experienced with a desire to understand the composer's methods better or an afficionado who thinks he knows it all inside out, there is great pleasure as well as elucidation to be had from this set. Originally made to accompany the Decca Solti Ring, it contains a multitude of musical illustrations taken from those recordings as well as some specially recorded by Solti just for this Introduction.

It wasn't the first time this has been tried. The famous HMV sets from the late 20's also included recorded examples of over 100 motifs. (These, by the way, are available as part of the Pearl reissue of those wonderful HMV recordings). What that set lacked was the wonderful insights as well as the approachability of the talk by Deryck Cooke. Cooke was a great and much missed musicologist - a Mahler expert responsible for the performing edition of the Tenth Symphony still most played today, a fascinating explorer into the nature of music's basic building-blocks in his excellent book, The Language of Music, and an inspiring and elucidating critic of Wagner's work as shown by the fascinating book he left unfinished at his death, I Saw the World End.

On these CDs he does much more than list the leitmotifs and identify them as calling-cards. He shows the amazingly integrated and organic growth of the musical material that Wagner uses throughout his vast work. He demonstrates how motifs can change their sense and meaning as they evolve through the drama. And he shows how the complex combinations of motifs can radically advance both the musical and the dramatic narrative of the piece. There are even places where he corrects the misinterpretation of some of the motifs that had become ingrained from early commentators' false labels.

This set should engage and enlighten anyone with an interest in Wagner's huge and inexhaustible tetralogy. Do give it a try - no matter how far down the road to Wagnerianism you are.

Welcome back to a classic analysis.......2006-05-28

Deryck Cooke's lecture series upon THE RING is almost as much a classic by now as the Solti RING cycle, with which it was originally issued on LP, and from which it derives its musical examples. The difference is that whereas the Solti RING has been continuously in print ever since it was completed, and was among the first opera sets to benefit from the CD revolution, the Cooke analysis was for long almost totally unobtainable. Now we have it back. It should be welcomed: it is a classic. Cooke's mellow, deep voice with the hint of a Celtic burr - which made him ideal on BBC radio - patiently explains Wagner's melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic metamorphoses to such good effect that if you own this recording, you really require no other RING analysis. (A pity about the abrupt beginnings and endings of too many vocal and orchestral illustrations, though.) Musicology lost a fine, sensitive thinker with Cooke's premature death in 1976.

If all you want is dilettantish baby food, there are plenty of dumbed-down Wagner commentaries on the market, stretching from Anna Russell's famous monologue (which doesn't pretend to be anything other than a parody aimed at morons) to the latest standard-issue "Wagner-was-a-Nazi-boo-hiss" feuilleton (which, unfortunately, does). Without reasonable score-reading skill you will find Cooke useless, however diligently you have ploughed through Marx, Jung, Freud, or other gurus purportedly relevant to THE RING. Cooke expects you to use your brains and your musical sense. Quelle horreur. At today's BBC his "elitism" would render him unemployable.

Essential for Understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle.......2006-05-15

I originally bought this set on vinyl in the early 70s when I discovered the Ring in college. I studied the records and booklet assiduously, and after about three run-throughs I finally started getting it. Wow! Thirty-five years later, I still remember Mr. Cooke's analyses of various motive families, and I don't know how I could have mastered and loved the Ring without him. I now own this set on CD and listen again on the rare occasion of attending a Ring performance. My wife calls me a "Ring nut," but of course I'm nuts about many other things as well.

Bottom line, buy this set and study it if the Ring has captivated you as it has countless others. The presentation is dry, but sticking with it brings measureless and longlasting rewards.

Very Functional.......2006-03-19

This CD set is excellent for what it sets out to do: present the leitmotives of the Ring according to their relationship to one another and their role in developing both characters and plotlines. Deryck Cooke's lectures on each motive are very insightful, very helpful at cueing the listener into the semantic aspect of Wagner's orchestral writing. The one drawback is that the musical examples are a bit jarring. Without fade-ins or -outs, the engineering is quite barbaric. And though the orchestra was, I believe, conducted by Solti, and is beautifully done, the vocal performances can be quite unpleasant. Point being: this is not background music, but in accomplishing what it sets out to do, it is very successful, and I don't know of anything else like it.

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