9 Red Songs [Import]

9 Red Songs [Import]

9 Red Songs [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Bankrupt
2. Tony's Heart
3. A Plague On Both Your Houses
4. The Huntsman Comes A-Marchin'
5. M1 Song
6. The Court Of You
7. Uh... The Press (for Paul Dacre)
8. admit one
9. Simmer Down, Simmer Down
10. Preaching To The Converted

Editorial Reviews
Stool Pigeon, No. 4 Autumn 2005
There's something so awe-inspiring about Chris' words that there is little doubt that they're written by someone of real significance.

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This is Chris T-T's fifth studio album, and '9 Red Songs' comes as a bit of a surprise. We were expecting the final part of Chris' critically-lauded London trilogy of albums (starting with ‘The 253' in 2001, followed by ‘London Is Sinking' in 2003), which he'd supposedly been working on since late 2004. But the record-in-progress turned out to be a dystopian fantasy that predicted the London terrorist bombs in raw detail. Hinging on an elaborate fiction that is now fresh history, it's unreleasable.

So Chris goes back to the drawing board. In the meantime, here's this sarcastic - but 100% serious - political jaunt. ‘9 Red Songs' is grubby, energetic folk-roots, recorded at Tottenham's One Cat Studio by long-time collaborator Jon Clayton (Charlotte Hatherley, KaitO, The Long Blondes). Piano, cello, banjo and accordion collide with acoustic strumming and single-take "in-a-room" singing.

‘9 Red Songs' veers from heartless Scrubs-esque hospital comedy - ‘Tony's Heart' - to the white-hot fury of ‘A Plague On Both Your Houses' (images of Falluja), then jumps from an encounter with England's last talking trees (‘M1 Song') to a treacle-black exploration of an apprenticeship in terrorism (‘Simmer Down').

‘9 Red Songs' is direct, stinging, often fearless. And when, in closing track ‘Preaching To The Converted', Chris gleefully undermines himself, viciously ripping the piss out of himself and everything sung up to that point, you are forced to stop and rethink the last thirty minutes. It's like the harder you were listening, the more you actually cared and the worse you got punched in the mouth.

It's 2005. The Magic Numbers are famous but so is James Blunt, while music is sold down a phoneline. Mo is dead, while Cheney lives. Sudoku is cool. For fuck's sake, shout about Chris T-T from the nearest rooftop.

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Best of the Red Army Choir
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!
  • Good music.
  • Magnificent!
  • I loved it!
  • The ultimate collection
 Best of the Red Army Choir
Red Army Choir
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066RMJ
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

  1. Kalinka
  2. Partisan's Song
  3. Souliko
  4. Korobelniki
  5. On The Road (A Soldier's Song)
  6. My Country
  7. The Red Army Is The Strongest
  8. Moscow Nights
  9. Along Peterskaia Street
  10. Smuglianka
  11. Troika Gallop
  12. Ah Nastassia
  13. Echelon's Song
  14. My Army
  15. Civil War Songs
  16. Bella Ciao

Tracks:

  1. National Anthem Of The USSR
  2. Oh Fields, My Fields
  3. The Cliff
  4. The Cossacks
  5. In The Central Steppes
  6. Gandzia
  7. Cossack's Song
  8. The Roads
  9. Song Of The Volga Boatman
  10. Dark Eyes
  11. Let's Go
  12. The Birch Tree
  13. The Road Song
  14. The Samovars
  15. Varchavianka
  16. Slavery And Suffering

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!.......2007-05-12

If you enjoy a good stiring martial male chorus then spend some time with these guys. They're all graduates of Soviet musical acadamies and any one of them could have graced the top opera houses of the world. You don't have to know any Russian to appreciate this CD. The songs are glorious (just don't translate them -- machine guns, death to foes, etc.), and will make you want to march on Berlin all over again.

5 out of 5 stars Good music........2007-03-09

I had heard a few songs by the Red Army Choir in the past and happened upon this CD set a while back, I found it to be far better than I had hoped and would reccoment it to anyone who enjoys Russian folk music, choir in general, and cultural items from when Russia was still the Soviet Union.

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent!.......2007-02-27


I'm so glad I stumbled onto this.

Spirited, committed, manly singing. Soul-shaking stuff! The ensemble is incisive; soloists are marvelous. The folk melodies are enchanting. The songs--and the singers--are bound up in the cultural fabric of the Cossacks, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky...on and on.., Chekhov, Trotsky, Nabakov... This music conveys the great romantic, dignified, boistrous soul of the Russian People. (Loosely speaking. Some members of the chorus were presumably of other nationalities once part of the Soviet Union. And some of the songs are not Russian).

I don't speak Russian, but listening to this makes me wish I did. What a beautiful-sounding language it is.

5 out of 5 stars I loved it!.......2007-02-22

Even though I cannot speak Russian, the quality of this choral group is beyond excellent. Many of these pieces are extremely moving and stirring. The rendering of the Soviet anthem and the song "Let's Go" (V'put) come to my mind. "Let's Go" became a huge hit in Russia when it was featured in a movie about the Great Patriotic War, and indeed, hearing it - you can well imagine ranks upon ranks of hard-eyed, grim-faced Soviet soldiers striding into battle against the Wehrmacht.

5 out of 5 stars The ultimate collection.......2004-06-15

Excellent performance by the choir and the orchestra. The grandeur, the charm, and the romance! Great collection of songs, sure to bring back memories!
American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • My Favorite Composer of all time
  • An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears
  • OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!
  • It's simply lovely
 American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason
Thomas Hampson , Jay Ungar , Molly Mason , Garrison Keillor , David Alpher , Mark Rust , Michael Parloff , Peter Ecklund , John Kirk , Arnold Kinsella , and Stephen Foster
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ASIN: B000002SK7
Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

  1. Opening Solo Violin
  2. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  3. Hard Times Come Again No More
  4. The Voice Of Bygone Days
  5. Foster Favorites Medley (Ring, Ring The Banjo (1851) Oh! Susanna (1848) Camptown Races (1850)
  6. Open Thy Lattice, Love (1844)
  7. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
  8. That's What's The Matter
  9. Old Home Medley (Old Folks at Home (1851) My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)
  10. Molly! Do You Love Me? (1850)
  11. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851)
  12. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
  13. Dancing On The River (Nelly Bly (1850) The Glendy Burk (1860) Angelina Baker (1850)
  14. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman (1863)
  15. Gentle Annie (1856)
  16. Linger In Blissful Repose (1858)
  17. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It's Dreamy.......2007-01-10

This is a very wonderful recording of Stephen Foster by a master singer.
Foster's songs are of a more innocent and naive time in the American psyche, a time that it would not hurt us to remember, given the wretched brutality of American culture today (something you'll appreciate after listening to this recording).

The songs are beautifully sung by Mr. Hamspon, and the musical accompaniment with piano, mandolin, tuba, banjo, etc. seems a perfect setting for this period music. I enjoyed the musical interludes of Foster songs (not sung by Mr. Hampson), such as "Oh, Suzanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Camptown Races." They are foot-stompin' and finger-snappin' good in a non-syncopated way.

Mr. Hampson's voice is so beautiful, and he has done such a wonderful job with these song's you'll just have to hear it, and when you do, tell me that you're not dreaming.

I remember reading a quote by John Phillip Sousa that decried the use of syncopation in American popular music. I never understood it until listening to this recording. The richness and intensity of American popular music (as experienced in the work of Stephen Foster) has been lost.
Everything has to be so cool today, thanks to syncopation, and "cool" really means no emotion.

If emotion is what you want, emotion is what you'll get with Stephen Foster's songs. It was a time when the death of loved ones (especially those who died in their youth) was experienced more often (see "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Gentle Annie"). And we were not protected from the vicissitudes of fate by myriad government programs, modern medicine and universal prosperity (see "Hard Times").
Husbands and wives had their differences then, as today, (see the amusing song "My Wife is a Most Knowin' Woman") The passion of the Civil War (Foster was a Unionist),is reflected in a wonderful, fun song, "That's What's the Matter."

If you love good music, and you have heart which can be stirred, and you love your country, this is for you.

I love this recording. It has opened up the door to my "beautiful dreams," dreams of bygone days, lost love, and whatever else we pine for.

I wanted to buy several copies for my friends, but somehow I felt that the impact of this recording was so personal, that it could not be shared with others. Not that they couldn't enjoy it, but that I could not begin to share the intense emotion and reverie stirred in my heart by these beautiful songs.

5 out of 5 stars My Favorite Composer of all time.......2006-08-20

Growing up playing his stuff on piano, I love the instrumentality of this CD..the violins give off that wail that he speaks of..I am not sure what it is about Stephen Foster but these verses..grab me like no other..there is so much sensitivity to it..

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Born like a vapor on the summer air
I see her tripping where the bright streams play
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour

but the violins in this CD make this CD the best out there..
FYI should you be into astrology Stephen Foster is definition of Cancer...Sun and Moon conjunct in Cancer with mars in Scorpio..i love his lyrics..almost to the point of obsession..

5 out of 5 stars An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears.......2006-07-17

Stephen Foster was the greatest American composer of sentimental parlor ballads--he so perfectly imitated folk songs that his music wound up turning into them. In an age of home music-making and later of families sitting around the radio, Foster's songs were a staple, often performed by crossover artists from opera like Lawrence Tibbett. Those were plump, ripe styles of singing, highly flavored by church hymns.

In this 1992 collection of 17 Foster favorites, plus a few rareties, Hampson drops the platform manner and goes straight for heartfelt sincerity. His tone is plain yet sweet, his expression intimate. He is accompanied by instruments redolent of the Victorian drawing room (guitar, fiddle, upright piano), and the mood they create brings tears and smiles of remembrance. This music is embedded in America's genes, and it's wonderful to realize that every note is still alive and throbbing with feeling.

5 out of 5 stars OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!.......2005-11-25

Simply one word, WOW!!!
Thomas Hampson's voice is simply fantasic. His voice is very different from regular operatic baritone voice, very sweet, and rich. I really cant believe an operatic baritone can sing folk song like THIS good, in my opinion he sounds even better than his opera works in this album. His voice and the background music matches perfectly, the outcome would move u to tears, and u can feel the origin of MUSIC. This album really shows what the word MUSIC means, and the songs simply just ALL beautiful. I like his "beautiful dreamer", "my life is well knowing woman", and "jeanie with the light brown hair" the most. When I listen the songs I would just imagine that I am in the world of past USA, and I can feel the life of the ppl in the past USA~ just like watching an old classic movie, it would touch ur heart and fall in love with this album.

5 out of 5 stars It's simply lovely.......2004-12-14

I didn't know Stephen Foster (I thought): wrong: Oh Susanna, etc, I knew, but had no idea who the composer was.

This CD is a revelation. The melodies are so beautiful, as are the poems, and Thomas Hampson just brings them to life as wonderfully as ever. I especially love "Beautiful Dreamer" - it gives me butterflies - and "My wife is a most knowing woman" - the way he makes the voices and the indignation is just brilliant. If one needed reminding what a brilliant singer Mr Hampson is - this disk does it.
Songs From Black Mountain
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Who is this, it's not the Live I know
  • Unsuccessfully Revisiting Themes Of The Past!
  • Brilliant!
  • good but different
  • Not great, but still satisfying.
 Songs From Black Mountain
Live
Manufacturer: Epic / Red Ink
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ASIN: B000ELJAZG
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

  1. The River
  2. Mystery
  3. Get Ready
  4. Show
  5. Wings
  6. Sofia
  7. Love Shines (A Song For My Daughters About God)
  8. Where Do We Go From Here?
  9. Home
  10. All I Need
  11. You Are Not Alone
  12. Night of Nights

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Live is continuing to grow into their ambitions, as "Love Shines (A Song for My Daughters About God)" indicates, but they remain invigorated on their seventh studio recording. They deserve some credit for that as they've been at this rock thing for awhile now, forming in 1988 and releasing debut Mental Jewelry in 1991. Although there's nothing as epic here as 1994's fist-pumping anthem "I Alone," Songs from the Black Mountain still reaches for the skies--or at least the back row of the arena. Frequently taken to task for their idealism and "preachiness," the Pennsylvania quartet isn't likely to convert any non-believers this time around. Then again, the very qualities that some find precious and silly, like brow-crinkling seriousness, strike others as passionate and spiritual. Live aren't taking any risks on this outing, unless the pro-soldier "Home" is considered a risk, but nor are they phoning it in. Well, not exactly. As always, Ed Kowalczyk sings it like he means it, but his songwriting relies too heavily on clichés and the occasional space-filling "Ooo baby" ("the River") and "Oh, yeah" ("Where Do We Go from Here?"). Rather, Live has produced a solid, respectable effort, which neither advances nor jeopardizes their cause. Can you say "holding pattern"? --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Who is this, it's not the Live I know.......2007-06-27

When I saw this album on Amazon I wondered why I hadn't heard it on any of the radio stations that usually play Live. So I bought it and found out why. This album is crap. About 4 years ago Ed found God. I personally think that's great but it's had a horrible impact on his music. This album is some wierd cross between adult contemporary and christian rock. Both are fine, they just aren't my thing. It's really sad because Live really used to bring it. Now, well...I'd tell you to see for yourself but don't bother.

2 out of 5 stars Unsuccessfully Revisiting Themes Of The Past!.......2007-06-24

15 years after their debut and 10 years after the peak of their popularity, Live's seventh studio album entitled "Songs From Black Mountain" was released on June 6, 2006. The quartet changed their label and abandoned the formula that earned them popularity for a more quiet and less ambitious approach. Though songwriter Ed Kowalczyk revisits themes such as the futility of war, spiritual pursuits and the love of his daughters, this time around, he is unsucessful in his attempt in creating anything substantial. Although it is only natural for a band such as Live to mature and adopt a low-key approach, "Songs From Black Mountain" is a stale release both lyrically and musically. This has resulted in the weakest U.S. sales in Live's career. For a true representation of Live's potential, please see the following albums: "Throwing Copper," "Secret Samadhi," "The Distance To Here" and "Birds Of Pray." Below, please find the rating for each song individually:

The River - 8/10

Mystery - 7/10

Get Ready - 5/10

Show - 5/10

Wings - 5/10

Sofia - 2/10

Love Shines (A Song For My Daughters About God) - 7/10

Where Do We Go From Here? - 5/10

Home - 6/10

All I Need - 5/10

You Are Not Alone - 5/10

Night Of Nights - 7/10

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant!.......2007-05-04

I live in Europe and cannot always keep up with bands that are primarily popular in the United States, but this time I heard "The River" on an Internet radio station, loved it, and started to look into the band. "Live" is a really sucky name for a group which anyone wants to find on Google, but that's beside the point. The music is phenomenal, and I particularly enjoy the voice of lead singer Ed Kowalczyk. To me he sounds a lot like another one of my all-time favorite singers, the country singer Chris Cagle. The songs on this album are poppish, yes, but they tell stories and are beautifully orchestrated. Love it, love it, loooooooooooove it!

5 out of 5 stars good but different.......2007-03-28

different from previous stuff. not as much rock but still good if you like LIVE.

3 out of 5 stars Not great, but still satisfying........2007-03-07

I've loved Live ever since "Throwing Copper" came out, and although their best days are obviously well behind them, they're still putting out decent material on the whole. This, their newest album, continues in the more straight-ahead pop rock fashion of "Birds of Pray", and doesn't really offer anything new, but still manages to be pretty enjoyable for what it is.

The two singles, "Mystery" and "The River", are both rousing anthemic tunes, and "Get Ready" and "All I Need" are excellent melodic rock. "Love Shines" is kind of cheesy, but still very catchy, and although writing a song for your children (and about God, no less) is totally un-rock and roll, it's still a nice gesture. The rest of the album, for the most part, is just kinda there, but luckily it ends strong with "Night of Nights", which I think is easily one of the best songs they've done in years. With its haunting melodies, tasty time changes, and killer drumming, it's just a great ending to a mostly so-so album. It even sort of sounds like it could be an outtake from "Secret Samadhi".

So anyway, this album probably won't win over too many new fans (go with the older stuff instead), but for those who've already loved the band for years, it probably won't disappoint. Roughly half the album is pretty solid material, so that's not bad (and "Night of Nights" is almost worth the purchase by itself). Also, while the band's studio material may not be what it used to be, in concert they're still as great as ever. I saw them for the third time a few months ago, and they were absolutely amazing. So definitely go see them at all costs, if you get the chance. They don't call them "Live" for nothing. Plus, hearing some of this material live really increased my appreciation for this album (although unfortunately, they didn't do "Night of Nights").

So yeah, in conclusion, this isn't so bad. Just don't expect "Throwing Copper", and you're bound to find some worth.
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • not to great
  • Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
  • You get what you pay for.
  • Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...
 100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

  1. America the Beautiful
  2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
  3. Ballad of the Green Berets
  4. On Top of Old Smokey
  5. Coyote Warrior
  6. Semper Fidelis
  7. Breeze from Alabama
  8. Onward Christian Soldiers
  9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  10. Patriot
  11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  12. Marines' Hymn
  13. America Is
  14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
  15. Happy the Soldier
  16. American Trilogy
  17. Home Sweet Home
  18. Washington Post March
  19. Enraptured I Gaze
  20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
  21. Yellow Rose of Texas
  22. Over There
  23. Simple Gifts
  24. Liberty Bell
  25. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

  1. God Bless the USA
  2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  3. Katy Cruel
  4. I Vow to Thee My Country
  5. King Cotton
  6. Beautiful Dreamer
  7. America
  8. American Patrol
  9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
  10. Mohican Dream
  11. Red, White and Blue
  12. Some Folks
  13. Liberty Song
  14. Pomp and Circumstance
  15. Hail to the Chief
  16. Bennington Rifles
  17. Peace on the Battlefield
  18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
  19. Under the Double Eagle
  20. Red River Valley
  21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
  22. Camptown Races
  23. Wild Blue Yonder
  24. Hands Across the Sea
  25. Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

  1. Stars and Stripes Forever
  2. Living in America
  3. Home on the Range
  4. Old Colony Times
  5. Clementine
  6. Invincible Eagle
  7. Ring Ring de Banjo
  8. Yankee Doodle
  9. Largo from "The New World"
  10. To a Wild Rose
  11. Hail Columbia
  12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  13. Gettysburg
  14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
  15. Capitan
  16. Prairie Daughter
  17. Little Brown Jug
  18. Marching Through Georgia
  19. Entertainer
  20. Steamboat Around the Bend
  21. Revolutionary Tea
  22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
  23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
  24. Amazing Grace
  25. Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

  1. God Bless America
  2. National Emblem
  3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
  4. Anchors Away
  5. Oh, Susannah
  6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  7. Toast
  8. Dixie
  9. St. Louis Blues
  10. Appalachian Spring
  11. Bonnie Blue Flag
  12. Old Hundreth
  13. Swanee River
  14. Battle Cry of Freedom
  15. U. S Field Artillery
  16. Sidewalks of New York
  17. Chester
  18. Auld Lang Syne
  19. Kingdom Come
  20. My Old Kentucky Home
  21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
  22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  23. Shenandoah
  24. Abraham's Daughter
  25. This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

3 out of 5 stars Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

1 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

1 out of 5 stars Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.
Songs in Red and Gray
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • More colorful than Red and Grey!
  • After "99.9" and "Nine Objects," a serious comedown
  • Great Songs and Lyrics!
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Agreed, her best since her first
 Songs in Red and Gray
Suzanne Vega
Manufacturer: Spectrum Hmn
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ASIN: B00005O6JG
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

  1. Penitent
  2. Widow's Walk
  3. (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
  4. It Makes Me Wonder
  5. Soap And Water
  6. Songs In Red And Gray
  7. Last Year's Troubles
  8. Priscilla
  9. If I Were A Weapon
  10. Harbor Song
  11. Machine Ballerina
  12. Solitaire
  13. St. Clare

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Suzanne Vega remains one of the most relentlessly, mercilessly tasteful recording artists alive. Every note on Songs in Red and Gray has been arranged with the meticulous precision of a butler laying silver on a table. Every sound is so polished and buffed that you barely notice you're listening, every syllable of every lyric only admitted to the melodies after painstaking reviewing and rewriting, and every song sung as if Vega believes that her core audience consists of elocution teachers. This has worked, occasionally, for Vega before--it should not be forgotten what an original presence she was with "Left of Center" and "Marlene on the Wall"--and it works, occasionally, for Vega now. There are a few fine songs here, notably the gently acerbic "Last Year's Troubles" and the wryly subversive "Maggie May" (not the Rod Stewart standard), but there is also a whole lot of glutinous, over-refined suet. Vega still needs to give her songs a much longer leash. --Andrew Mueller

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars More colorful than Red and Grey!.......2005-10-12

This is the first time that I have really listened in depth to Suzanne Vega's songs. The words are powerful. The music and the musicians are superb. Every time I listen to her sing I fall under her spell. This Album is a must for all SV fans.

2 out of 5 stars After "99.9" and "Nine Objects," a serious comedown.......2005-08-25

"99.9" had a crisp intelligence and a skeptical tone, "Nine Objects" was a masteripiece of jazzy sensuality. This CD, however, is hopelessly muddled on too many levels; though many of the orchestrations are fine (the low, urgent strings on "Widow's Walk" perfectly compliment her gun metal-tough delivery), the lyrics often get lost in a thicket of overwriting. (Slog through the words for "It Makes Me Wonder" where she rhymes a reference to breast milk with "ilk"--it makes me wonder too, Suzanne.) Though some have appreciated her use of metaphor on this CD, I found them to be both absurdly purple and cryptic. ("Daddy's a dark riddle/Mama's a headful of bees" sounds like bad college-girl creative writing, not to mention the thudding metaphor of "The virgin Mary on a chain has hit me in the mouth again." Egad!) Vega has never seemed as affected or pretentious--so out of touch with her audience--as she has in the ghastly "Priscilla," with lines such as "but still we did play" that wouldn't even qualify as college-girl creative writing. (This annoying tense tic reappears in "Harbor Song" where she sings "Whenever I do travel.") She also tries to revisit certain songs and themes from previous albums, but instead of being commentary or deepening a theme it seems like she's rehashing ideas (the card game on "Solitaire" pales compared to "No Cheap Thrill" from "Nine Objects;" "If I Were A Weapon" rips off "If You Were In My Movie" from "99.9"). As an artist writing about the dissolution of a marriage, one expects more thematic richness and genuine emotion from her than just sounding vaguely nettled---for the first time, her coolness seems like a front, a pose to cover darker emotions. Only occasionally do the lyrics, vocals and instruments combine into alchemy--"Widow's Walk," the weary delivery and razor-sharp detail in "Song In Red and Gray," and the compassionate yet sorrowful final elegy "St. Clare." Has Vega given up on all romantic relationships? Has her dark mood weighed down her talent, and trapped it in the muck at the bottom of her mind? Here's hoping she can cut loose the chains and soar again in the future.

5 out of 5 stars Great Songs and Lyrics!.......2005-07-17

This was Vega's first album after her divorce from her husband and producer on her two previous albums, Mitchell Froom. The theme of breaking-up is naturally dominating many these songs.

The production of this album is slightly softer than ""99.9 F" and "Nine Objects of Desire", and probably less daring. The record has been criticised for being overproduced; personaly I think her production suits her songs brilliantly. And songs are mostly great and like always, Suzanne Vega's lyrics are melodic and thought-provoking.

Only few songs are immediately catchy and it may take a few listens to get into many of them.

My first favourites were the up-beat songs "I'll Never Be Your Maggie May". "Last Year's Troubles" (great lyrics on that one too!) and "If I Were a Weapon".

Among the slower and more silent songs "Soap and Water" and "St Claire" are really great.

All in all an album you can enjoy and listen to many times!

Now I'm eagerly awaiting her new album which supposedly is to be released in late 2005.

5 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Mind.......2005-06-10

Suzanne Vega is such a unique voice in music. She shares her experiences and observations on life, but never stoops to overtly shouting about anything; neither musically nor lyrically. This seems to bother some, such as the Amazon reviewer, but I simply find this as a different approach to reporting or viewing life. Suzanne tells her stories with an ethereal sense of control, by a force of will minimizing emotions such as anger and regret; they argue a balanced understanding of life where beauty resides in the ability to deal with life's ups-and-downs with love, hope and a wry sense of humor.

As for the various comments about the production values of Red and Grey, I have no problems listening to the songs on good equipment; the sounds, like the lyrics, are largely well thought out and clearly intentioned. Much popular music relies on the artistic (and often times non-artistic) collisions of many sounds together; it's neither good nor bad that there is not much of that here... It's more like a stream of sounds all headed in the same direction versus a collage of sounds that blend together.

Not a perfect album by any stretch, but it has many perfect human moments; realistic, slightly sad, personal songs that flow gracefully over turbulent ground...

5 out of 5 stars Agreed, her best since her first.......2004-07-13

Few albums have touched me and knocked my socks off at the same time as this one has. This is by far her best songwriting since Suzanne Vega and Solitude Standing. I have enjoyed all of her albums, but these songs have a rawness, intimacy and intensity that I have rarely ever seen. On top of that, the musical arrangements framing the lyrics are perfect - not over done, not underdone. You can "feel" the emotion before she starts singing. I am not a professional critic, but I would say this is a flawless album. Pure Suzanne in the lyrics and her songwriting has reached a maturity and level of excellence that all of her fans have been watching her work towards.
Songs for a Blue Guitar
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Review of Songs for a Blue Guitar
  • Incredible album that is NOT for the attention-span-challenged
  • If u like this CD, get Vanilla Sky soundtrack!
  • Excellent --and the best of the Red House Painter albums!
  • A Little Like Watching Lawn Furniture Rust . . . (but pretty)
 Songs for a Blue Guitar
Red House Painters
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001EJ4
Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

  1. Have You Forgotten
  2. Song For A Blue Guitar
  3. Make Like Paper
  4. Priest Alley Song
  5. Trailways
  6. I Feel The Rain Fall
  7. Long Distance Runaround
  8. All Mixed Up
  9. Revelation Big Sur
  10. Silly Love Songs
  11. Another Song For A Blue Guitar

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At first glance, Songs for a Blue Guitar appears much like previous Red House Painters albums, meandering and largely self-indulgent. Eight of the album's 11 songs stray over the five-minute mark (with two more than twice that length), and there are the covers of Yes's "Long Distance Runaround," Ric Ocasek's "All Mixed Up," and Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs." Kozelek may have strange taste when it comes to picking out covers ("Silly Love Songs"?), but on this album he's also showing a commitment and sense of deliberate purpose that I've not heard from him before. Even in the album's centerpiece, the more than 12-minute long "Make Like Paper" that contains a guitar solo that supposedly is responsible for 4AD dropping them, there's not a false move. The song unfolds gently, revealing more facets of itself than the spare instrumentation would seem to allow. The guitar's absolutely delicious Neil Young/Robert Quine/Richard Lloyd crunch doesn't hurt, either. That crunch shows up again in "Long Distance Runaround" and "Silly Love Songs," but the rest of the album is built around a gently arresting acoustic guitar that mirrors the soft-voiced Kozelek. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Review of Songs for a Blue Guitar.......2007-06-04

I came across this album, and RHP, pretty much by accident. For the past 10 years, it remains one of my favorites -- as my life changes, and I get older, I never tire of it. And while I haven't gotten into the group's other albums so much, I can say that this particular work -- Songs for a Blue Guitar -- is about as close to being a perfect album as they come. It evokes a melancholy so pure, so powerful, it shakes your soul to the core. The tracks breathe, not being overproduced with too much instrumentation. If I had to take 5 albums with me to a deserted island, this would have to be one of them (and I own a lot of music!). I was hoping other RHP stuff would do the same for me, but nothing comes close. That's OK. The group should be proud to have produced something so extraordinarily divine -- Brilliant. Nothing like it.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible album that is NOT for the attention-span-challenged.......2007-04-26

I am a person of varied musical tastes, and Songs for a Blue Guitar has been one of my favorite albums since I purchased it 10 years ago... largely because the first time I listened to it was on a road trip and I had the time to devote to listening through the entire album. If you purchase this album, wait for a nice, sunny day, and take a drive through farm country while you listen to this. It's the only way to truly appreciate the epic simplicity of songs like "Make Like Paper" and the ludicrously cool cover of "Silly Love Songs" (...much more profound than the original version.) And of course, it goes without saying that if you are even remotely into acoustic guitar, this album will have you foaming at the mouth.

Are you into mostly mainstream rock and want to get into something a little more (but not too) "indie"? This is a great place to start!

3 out of 5 stars If u like this CD, get Vanilla Sky soundtrack!.......2007-01-29

The Vanilla Sky soundtrack has a much better version of Have You Forgotten than Blue Guitar!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent --and the best of the Red House Painter albums!.......2006-12-30

If you are just getting into Mark Kozelek...pick this one up first. It is a good introduction to what he is recording presently. The previous RHP albums are all different and well done, but do not connect with the listener as this one does. The "Roller coaster" RHP album is a close second. If you are interested in more than this album...pick up his solo albums and the two superb Sun Kil Moon albums.

This is a great album by a wonderful artist that has re-established the melancholy singer songwriter status I have been looking for since David Sylvian released the fabulous "Secrets of the Beehive" in 1987.

3 out of 5 stars A Little Like Watching Lawn Furniture Rust . . . (but pretty).......2006-07-30

I understand reviewers who find this album tedious. But, I also understand those who love it dearly. This album is certainly not party music and does tend towards the melancholy but on the other hand it has some key songs that shouldn't be missed.

To my ears, the first three songs ARE the album. "Have You Forgotten" is a wonderful song about the bittersweet quality of reminiscing. It's followed by the haunting and sad "Song for a Blue Guitar" which is now a Red House Painters classic. "Make like Paper" is a rousing mid-tempo guitar piece--altogether straight ahead and likeable. That is until the infamous rambling "Neil Young and Crazy Horse"-styled guitar solo starts up and carries on for a good long hell of a time. I happen to like this kind of caterwauling myself, but the solo loses a lot of good will on some people. Supposedly, the band lost the good will of their label over it too.

I could listen to these three songs forever. The album could contain ONLY these and I'd be fine with it, because after they end the problems start. Those who groan about the album's slow monochromatic pace start to seem like they have a point. The second half of the album just gets a lot less interesting. The original songs don't reveal anything that hasn't already been done better in the first part of the album, while the cover songs that people fuss over so much stand out largely because they are completely unrecognizable from their original versions.

"All Mixed Up" has some merit, but why didn't the band just come up with some new lyrics and have a whole new song? Why pay royalties to The Cars for a song like this that bears little relation to the original? Some argue that this and in particular the cover of McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" is little more than an attention device designed to pull in listeners who might otherwise ignore the band.

I don't have an answer, other than to say that having seen Mark Kozelek play live on a recent tour; I can tell you he's in his own musical world. You have to come to his world. He's not coming to yours. He's got one really good sound: moody, ethereal, and evocative. That's what he does well and he doesn't stray from it. If you love it, you'll be happy; if you don't you'll be bored. I look at the album as a litmus test. If you cannot get into this album, you're not on his wavelength and probably don't need to bother with the rest of his work. If you do like it, you've come to the right spot and Kozelek has plenty of more music like it where this came from, both with this band and with his others.

I can only give the whole album three stars, but to my ears the first half of the album is five stars all the way.
Violin for Relaxation
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A regular listener's impression
  • VIOLIN
  • Everything remembered and wanted on strings
  • Absolutely Wonderful
 Violin for Relaxation

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SSEC
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Meditation - Philharmonia Orchestra
  2. Vocalise
  3. Violin Concerto No.5 In A, K.219 II: Adagio
  4. Nana
  5. The Lark Ascending - Philharmonia Orchestra
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  9. Double Concerto In D Minor, BWV 1043 II: Largo ma non tanto
  10. Sicilienne
  11. Salut d'amour, Op.12
  12. Praise To The Immortality Of Jesus

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A regular listener's impression.......2006-03-24

I am not an expert in classical music, but have always loved the string instruments. I bought this CD for relaxation (as the title implies) and to help me focus on writing a thesis. I was torn between this CD and the Cello for Relaxation. I am pleased with my choice. My favorites are track #2 and #10 (listen to the samples through Amazon) - I usually play these two on repeat. My least favorite is track #7 because it sounds like a piano dominated movie soundtrack.
Although I wish I could have exchanged some of the tracks for others, I think this CD was worth the money and is a nice mix for those of us who don't know specific composers by name or who want a good sampling.

4 out of 5 stars VIOLIN.......2005-09-10

The selection of music was a good mix and pleasant in listening to them.

The choice of orchestras and conductors are also very well selected offering very good variety in the similar music mood.

My two long time favourites "Meditation" and "Salut d'amour" were very well played in the right tempo and instrumental arrangement.

The recording quality is good offering both clarity and defination in the recording.

5 out of 5 stars Everything remembered and wanted on strings.......2003-10-16

To me, it is an extraordinary combination demonstarting the old world beauty and timeless artistry of the violin.

It will take you back to everything good remembered, and forward to everything good ahead of us.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful.......2000-06-16

The music on this cd is so beautiful. It is perfect to listen to when you want to relax.
Song of America
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • It's lovely - But not newly recorded!
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 Song of America
Charles Tomlinson Griffes , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Charles Naginski , Ned Rorem , American Traditional , Elinor Remick Warren , Kurt Weill , Haydn Wood , Michael Parloff , Jay Ungar , Armen Guzelimian , Craig Rutenberg , David Alpher , Evan Stover , Garrison Keillor , and Mark Rust
Manufacturer: Angel Records
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ASIN: B000BGR0TW
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

  1. As Adam Early In The Morning
  2. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)
  3. Shenandoah (Traditional)
  4. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
  5. Danny Deever
  6. Roses Of Picardy
  7. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (1854)
  8. Hard Times Come Again No More (1854)
  9. Molly, Do You Love Me? (1850)
  10. An Old Song Resung
  11. Tomorrow (When You Are Gone)
  12. The Erie Canal (Traditional)
  13. We Two
  14. The Nightingale (Traditional)
  15. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
  16. Luke Havergal
  17. To What You Said
  18. Look Down Fair Moon
  19. Dirge For Two Veterans
  20. Ethiopia Saluting The Colors

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Thomas Hampson is a persuasive advocate for these treasures from the Library of Congress' vast collections, so this CD's generous sampling leaves you wanting more. It covers the American songbook in all its variety, from traditional "folk" items like Shenandoah to Stephen Foster to the immigrants Erich Korngold and Kurt Weill to Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers. Hampson adjusts his flexible, light baritone to fit each song. The voice is full and resonant on Danny Deever, simple and direct in 19th-century traditional songs and ballads, and nuanced in songs like Ned Rorem's "As Adam Early in the Morning," one of several on the disc with texts by Walt Whitman. A standout is the last song in this recital, one that leaves you with thoughts about music, history, and our nation's continuing issues, "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," by Henry Burleigh. Most of the selections are performed with piano accompaniment, but several are with a small ensemble of traditional instruments. A word of caution: everything was recorded in the 1990s and presumably was available piecemeal on previous releases, although few are likely to have more than a handful of these 20 gems. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars It's lovely - But not newly recorded!.......2006-10-04

I don't think this recording deserves One Star ratings or that the artist deserves such crude bashing. And re: Hampson's eye-colour.... Uh, these aren't lenses? He has blue eyes. I met him many times and...indeed, they are dark blue.

Anyhow, this is what Hampson is focusing on right now, American song. While those aren't exactly my thing I have to say that he sings them beautifully. I wish he'd stick to that rather than heavy Verdi and Wagner which his voice isn't right for.

1 out of 5 stars Yet another compilation.......2006-06-13

I am a huge Tom fan. I go to his concerts and buy all of his CDs. I must say that I have been disappointed by this CD because it's entirely made of old recordings. There's a new photo on the cover, but that's all that is new here. So if you've bought your share of Tom CDs over the years, you want to check out the track info before you guy this one.

Now, Tom has been on tour and I STRONGLY recommend that you go see him next year when he comes through your city.

The other thing really annoying is that on the CD where you'd expect information about the music or the recording co., you instead get a large warning label from the FBI on pirating.

1 out of 5 stars how precious!.......2006-05-08

Thomas Hampson swoons and croons to monotonous effect throughout this tired collection; again displaying his ego and faux scholarship in ample measure. Oi-vay, what a disaster! And what is with the blue contact lenses in the Jacket phot? Hampson's eyes are brown. What an unbelievably vain Diva!

2 out of 5 stars Disappointing Duplication.......2006-01-17

I have not even heard the album, and I will not. Although I revere Mr. H. in just about everything he does, especially in song and Lieder, I am very disappointed that so many of these songs appear on other cds of which I already have about 19 of him. I think he and the producers should have chosen totally NEW material for this instead of drawing on his past achievements. I have no reservations about his performances, for I have seen him at the Met in opera and at Carnegie Hall in Mahler. I value them and all of his past cd productions.

3 out of 5 stars If you like this sorta thing.......2006-01-17

Here Mr. Hampson is in his element. Unlike his less than viable attempts at Opera, Mr. Hampson is a thorough and intelligent singer of songs. His affectations, so fully inappropriate in bigger operatic literature, work well with the intimate nature of these sweet and personal songs. If you are Hampson fan, this album will thrill you.
C'est Si Bon
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Nostalgia and cabaret done with a sense of the absurd
  • C'est Magnifique!
 C'est Si Bon
Arielle Dombasle
Manufacturer: Red Int / Red Ink
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I5YD78
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

  1. C'est Magnifique
  2. C'est Si Bon
  3. Tico Tico
  4. Relax (Solo)
  5. Dream a Little Dream of Me
  6. Cheek to Cheek
  7. Que Sera Sera
  8. This is a Fine Romance
  9. South American Way
  10. Moi Je M'ennuie
  11. Paris Delight
  12. Boys in the Backroom
  13. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
  14. Tenias Que Ser Tu
  15. I'm in the Mood for Love

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Nostalgia and cabaret done with a sense of the absurd.......2007-01-14

Ah! I have finally "got" Arielle Dombasle, I think! Arielle Dombasle is just messing around and having some fun with this material. I watched the film clip of her Eartha Kitt classic "C'est si bon" on YouTube, and apart from noticing the obvious, i.e. that mademoiselle Dombasle is impossibly, ridiculously and almost disgracefully beautiful, I became very aware of the fact that she has a sense of humour about the material she sings and herself.

C'est si bon features a range of standards and torch songs, sung in a very light, high and clear voice, by Arielle Dombasle. Her accompaniments and arrangements sound like she wanted her musicians to recreate a cinematic feel, say, from the world of the 1930s and 1940s. I would say that if she put her mind to it, Ms Dombasle could sing Classical music, perhaps Baroque music? Her voice is high, light and clear, as I said.

I have done some research on Arielle Dombasle and I've discovered that's she's directed and made some films and has studied music at university. She's something of an intellectual and well as an impossible beauty and comic.

I don't listen to "C'est si bon" very often, but I enjoy it when I do. I only wish mademoiselle Dombasle had made a DVD of the tour of this album across the United States, which by all accounts I have read, was great fun.

4 out of 5 stars C'est Magnifique!.......2006-11-13

Arielle is back, this time with a collection of French themed songs that are penned mostly by American composers like Sammy Cahn and Irving Berlin. As my mother said when I had the disc on in the car, she has trouble hitting high notes, but that is part of Arielle's French charm, as she is attempting to do a French screen siren type album this time while backed mostly by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Don't be looking for the powerful high notes she was hitting on an album like the crossover opera outing, Liberta, because this time she is subdued and sensual in a very charming and old school way.

The orchestra is first class backing behind her all too gentle and seductive voice--probably her attempt at singing too softly lending to trouble in the higher registers--but the effect is nevertheless soothing and lovely to hear. Here, too, she visits a few latin numbers such as the old Carmen Miranda ditty "Tico Tico," the timeless classic "Que Sera Sera" (among my personal faves here), "South American Way," and a spanish version of "It Had to Be You." Though the album has an overall French theme, most of the lyrics are in English, and her French accent is delightful to listen to as she croons away.

Not recommended for people who like technically proficient singers or those who are not fond of old world nostalgia, but highly recommended for those who, like myself, find charm and romance in the most delightfully simple and multiculturally embracing ways.
Down the Do-Re-Mi
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • brings back all sorts of things for me
  • If you see him perform, you will buy all his albums!
  • Have all his Cd's...!!!!
  • Catchy, fun, singable tunes
  • songs you can't stop singing
 Down the Do-Re-Mi
Red Grammer
Manufacturer: BMG/Children's Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000AG5X
Release Date: 1991-03-01

Tracks:

  1. Down The Do-Re-Mi
  2. Down By The Sea
  3. ABC's Of You, The
  4. Heading On Down To The Barn
  5. Me And The Morning
  6. Place In The Choir
  7. Land Of The Silver Birch
  8. Rattlin' Bog
  9. Two Hands Four Hands
  10. Grandfather's Clock
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  12. Dreamtime Rendezvous
  13. Brothers And Sisters

Album Description

A sparkling mix of original and traditional songs that overflow with the joy of music! Winner Parents Choice Gold Pulse Magazines "Best Childrens Recording 1991.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars brings back all sorts of things for me.......2005-02-16

i was going through an old box of photographs while looking for some to put in my graduation slideshow. then i went through my mother's desk looking for more and i find 'down the do re mi' and 'teaching peace' on a tape. it's probably been a decade since i last listened to this tape. i started crying listening to the grandfather's clock song, and even the silly songs brought back great memories. i remembered the lyrics to all the songs once they started playing again, which i suppose isn't too surprising because i probably drove my parent's crazy when i'd listen to this over and over for years. this is the music that all kids should have a chance to listen to and sing along with, not the worthless pop crap that is the only thing most of them are exposed to now.

5 out of 5 stars If you see him perform, you will buy all his albums!.......2004-05-04

Although I used "Teaching Peace" in my preschool classroom, it wasn't until I saw/heard Red Grammer perform at a teacher's convention that I became a fan. Or should I say, groupie? He not only performs, he entertains. And better still - he offers a variety of ways to use his music with groups of children. His voice is wonderful (John Denver-ish, which is meant as a great compliment!)and many songs have just the right amount of silly to keep children of all ages entertained. My class loves the scat-like ending of Down the Do-Re-Mi that they can sing along to as much as they love acting out Down By the Sea. There are poetically beautiful songs (Land of the Silver Birch),camp classics (Rattlin'Bog), and motivational songs (Two hands, four hands). Wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars Have all his Cd's...!!!!.......2004-03-27

Very incredible man...!!! Freefalling and Tablet Of Ahmad
are tearjerkers!!!!!

This man is definately for adults also!!!

Top notch inspirational Michael Crawford-ish tenor--

Gives me Goosebumps---

Tablet Of Ahmad - you MUST get it!!! ITS RED IN RARE FORM!!
YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY....

5 out of 5 stars Catchy, fun, singable tunes.......2003-01-22

My daughter's eyes (she's 4 months) light up as the first few notes of this CD start. They are great and catchy songs that are easy to sing and follow, with fun stories. One of our favorites!

5 out of 5 stars songs you can't stop singing.......2001-05-30

For years I've been hearing about Red Grammar, but only recently have I listened to his songs. My sister-in-law introduced my three-year-old son to his music, and it was an instant hit. Down the Do Re Mi is terrific fun. We love every song. My son's favorite is "The Rattlin' Bog." Mine is "Down By the Sea." Every song is catchy and fun to sing along with. Each one captures the fun of being a child. We can't stop singing these songs, or listening.

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