Live Your Life

live your life

Track Listings

1. We Are Together

2. Wish You Would

3. Hey, Here I Am

4. Live Your Life

5. Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu

6. Traveled

7. Open Up the Door

8. How to Love Again

9. Kim

10. Cadillac

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Andy is a prolific singer/songwriter who weaves rock 'n' roll into his country rock style. His hit single is "Traveled" on Caprice.

Product Description
Andy is a singer/songwriter who successfully combines rock 'n' roll with a country feel.

Live Your Life,Andy Walo,Caprice International/Canadian American Records,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Live Your Life

How I Want to Live -- the Catman Chronicles 2

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How I Want to Live -- the Catman Chronicles 2
Catman Cohen
Manufacturer: Keevay Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B69TFU
Release Date: 2005-08-23

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How I Want to Live
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Captain of Industry
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Ingrid Knows Who I Am
Tomorrow's Not Always Like Today
No Luck at All
Sounds of Love
My Vegas Pussy
Superman (It's Not Easy)
Father You Believed (Iglesias Vocal)

Album Description

An Exciting, Rock n' Roll, Theater Experience that Takes You on the Emotional Rollercoaster Ride of Your Life.

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Life Upon the Wicked Stage
Carole Cook , Jerome Kern , Grant Geissman , David Stout [trombone] , Dan Fornero , John Fumo , Brock Peters , James Anderson , Jane Lanier , Lauren Kennedy , Linda Michele , Marissa Jaret Winokur , Melissa Errico , Reece Holland , Robert Morse , Rod McKuen , Roger Rees , Ronnie Franklin , and Steve Orich
Manufacturer: Lml Music
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000658H9
Release Date: 2002-05-07

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In Love In Vain - Melissa Errico
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I Won't Dance - Bonnie Franklin

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The Last Time I Saw Paris - Charles Busch
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Pam Dawber
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Look For The Silver Lining - Rod McKuen
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Sure Thing - Sally Kellerman
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This album is her best!
The Best Belinda of all
Belinda living and free!
Underappreciated, yet again!!

Live Your Life Be Free
Belinda Carlisle
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Belinda
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Voila

ASIN: B000008E0R
Release Date: 1991-10-15

Tracks:

Live Your Life Be Free
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
Half the World
You Came Out of Nowhere
You're Nothing Without Me
I Plead Insanity
Emotional Highway
Little Black Book
Love Revolution
World of Love
Loneliness Game

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This album is her best!.......2005-01-18

This album is nothing short of amazing. I rarely like a cd as a wholw but this was it for me. Every song is perfection and that is really hard to come by this day in age. I especially liked the songs, I Plead Insanity, Little Black Book, Love Revolution, and Do You Feel Like I Feel. Very Highly Recommended!

The Best Belinda of all.......2004-02-20

I know having written this in 2004 it seems unfair to call this the best Belinda of all, but that is just what it is. She brought a maturity and an adult feel to the songs that she lacked with her first 3 solo albums. All the songs here contain what i call the Belinda Carlisle Chorus: The backup singers that explode on the chorus of the songs. I Plead Insanity is by far the best song that Belinda has ever done. Its catchy..has the vocals..and the dance feel behind it, and I am sure if it had been released that this album would have gone MUCH farther than it did. If you like Belinda you will LOVE this album, if you can find it now.

Belinda living and free!.......2003-09-09

This is an incredible album. "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" is one the best pop songs I have ever encountered. The album is wonderful. This should have been a huge hit in America and if it had received any airplay it would have charted. Other gems are "Live Your Life Be Free," "I Plead Insanity," "You Came Out of Nowhere," "Your'e Nothing Without Me."

Underappreciated, yet again!!.......2003-08-19

Once again, Belinda did not get the recognition she deserved with this album. I believe MCA records was to blame for that. She obviously was not as promoted as other artists. Too bad, this album is flawless. Her voice is just spectacular. The only single released here (the US) was "Do You Feel Like I Feel?", and it was all but ignored by radio. The song only managed to reach #75 on billboards top 100 chart. Overseas (where they appreciate better music), the album did very well, as did the song. Other hit singles released off of this album were: Live Your Life Be Free, Half The World, I Plead Insanity, Little Black Book.
All great songs, but the one's to check out on this album, are: You Came Out Of Nowhere, You're Nothing Without Me, Love Revolution. Definitely worth your time and money.

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Belinda's winning album
Everything that Runaway Horses wasn't
Truly underrated
Some gems hidden here.
Wonderful!

Live Your Life Be Free
Belinda Carlisle
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I26Q
Release Date: 2002-12-02

Tracks:

Live Your Life Be Free
Do You Feel Like I Feel
Hate The World
You Came Out Of Nowhere
You're Nothing Without Me
I Plead Insanity
Emotional Highway
Little Black Book
Love Revolution
World Of Love
Lonliness Game

Album Description

Mid-priced U.K. reissue on Virgin records of her 1991 solo album, released in the U.S. on MCA. 11 tracks.

Album Details

The Once and Future Lead Singer of the Go-go's 1991 Solo Album features the Hit "Half the World" and the Title Track. Players Include Eric Bazilian (The Hooters), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Ellen Shipley, Maria Vidal, Percussionist Luis Conte, Drummer Kenny Aronoff and Many More.

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Belinda's winning album.......2005-08-04

This is Belinda Carlisle's best album. I don't want any arguments here! The ones that came before it were pop-lite chart filler and those that came after it were dull rock-by-numbers (Although "A Woman and a Man" is a good runner up). Ok, so the "Runaway Horses" and "Heaven On Earth" albums were huge hits, but they are just so obvious. And I never did go for the obvious.

The songs featured here are rocky and rousing in the fast numbers, and stirring and effective on the slow ones. The weakest track in my opinion is "Live Your Life Be Free", which first of all has a stupid lyric ( as another reviewer has pointed out) that renders the song meaningless. Plus the tune is also too safe and chart-friendly. But straight after that comes "Do You Feel Like I Feel", which is much better, a heavier and more powerful song with a great vocal performance. Plus what's with the fake /double fade out? Belinda's getting very playful here!
The other tracks on the album drift between melancholy ballads like the excellent "Half the World" and "Lonliness Game" (not the usual lovey-dovey sentiments that female pop stars are forever boring us with), and up-tempo workouts like "I Plead Insanity" - a great rock-out with a belting chorus, and another enjoyable theme, lyrically. Plus, my absolute favourite, which is "You're Nothing Without Me". What a title! Belinda really makes this track her own, and it has the best lyrics on the album "I wouldn't walk out that door...do you remember what a drag it was, being so lonely?". Full marks for Belinda for delivering a song this sassy and confident, it sounds great. I hope one day I get an opportunity to sing it to someone's face!

The other tracks on the album are all pleasant listening and well produced, but it's the ones I list above that I think make the strongest impression. Plus this album has a great sleeve! Gorgeous 60's retro styling and photos make this a fantastic package. Just skip "Live Your Life Be Free" and you've got a winner.

Everything that Runaway Horses wasn't.......2004-07-19

Live Your Life Be Free is one of Belinda's top three best albums (right up there with her debut and "Heaven On Earth"). It's everything that Runaway Horses wasn't (which definitely isn't a downside). This album has much more of a Pop Rock vibe, while Runaway mostly had an overall slow, plodding dullness to it. The closest Runaway got to having a Rock song on it was "Leave a Light On". Don't get me wrong, it's a classic song and I love it, but it just doesn't have the punch that "Nothing Without me" and "I Plead Insanity" have. Only about half the songs I totally adore without any doubt (Live Your Life Be Free, Do You Feel Like I Feel, Half the World, You Came Out of Nowhere, You're Nothing Without Me, I Plead Insanity, Emotional Highway), the rest could be considered filler. But since half the album is amazing, I'm willing to forgive the mediocrity of the second half.

Truly underrated.......2004-04-29

While not the next Runaway Horses, its still a worthy album. "Half The World" is simply beautiful, and "Little Black Book", while a sad song, has the same thumping chorus you love to sing along with, just like "Mad About You" and "Leave A Light On" from Belinda's previous efforts. I think the biggest problem, if you call it a problem, is that Belinda strays too far with her other tracks from the established sound of her previous albums. Which isn't a bad thing, but I think it may have turned many people off. Still, for something different and interesting to listen to, check it out.

Some gems hidden here........2004-04-22

Belinda Carlisle does it again, for the most part.

The title track is a lite rocker. The lyrics don't make too much sense though. "Live your life be free, you should be with me." Wasn't the person supposed to be free? Now you're telling them to be with you? Did I miss something here? Not one of my favorite tracks.

Do You Feel Like I Feel is simply amazing. Great beats, light on the guitar but it sounds really cool when it does come in. The lyrics and Belinda's voice are simply phenomenal. I have to sing-a-long to this song. The ending vocals and background vocals by Belinda at the same time are nice. One of the best songs she has ever done.

Half The World is a gem. The lyrics create a beautiful picture. I just want to wrap myself up in a blanket when I hear HTW...such a fuzzy feeling to it, reminds me of "Love Never Dies" from her Heaven on Earth CD in that sense.

You Came Out of Nowhere is cheery, in a way I could gripe about the chorus but I think they have a deeper meaning that make (some)sense. I like it.

You're Nothing Without Me has its moments but there are too many parts of the song I don't like from the boring guitar lick to the whispering to the dopey chorus filled with stupid rhymes. Yeah, I usually skip this one.

I Plead Insanity is so bad it is good. Tough not to sing along.

Emotional Highway is pretty boring. The song gets better as it goes along but not very good as a whole.

Little Black Book is a really sad song. Beautiful melody and half decent lyrics but Belinda's voice MAKES this song.

Love Revolution has the coolest opening of any song on the cd but then it kicks into a more rocking song, eh. Still it is a pretty catchy and fun song. Everything about the chorus I absolutely adore. Good song. Best during the melody moments rather than the rockin moments.

World Of Love is a lot like Live Your Life Be Free, filled with cliche lyrics: "do you believe in destiny, ooo it will set your free." How the hell does destiny set you free? If you're destined to do something you have no freedom. Eh.

Loneliness Game is THE song of the album. I LOVE THIS SONG! It is so sad, yet so beautiful. The ending where Belinda sings "gaaaa~mmeeee"...ah just so powerful. I feel it.

Live Your Life Be Free isn't Belinda's best album but it certainly isn't her worst either. I like 7 out of the 11 songs and can get through the 4 I feel are lacking in some way. If you are a fan of Belinda this is definitely an album to pick up. Loneliness Game, Do You Feel Like I Feel, Half The World, Little Black Book...ahh yes, there are enough magnificent songs here to warrant a purchase.

Wonderful!.......2003-02-25

I have been a Belinda fan since I was 13, and I was so happy when I saw this album at the mall. I wasn't expecting it at all so I bought it. I was in 9th grade then and I'd collected all her albums. I am pretty well rounded when it comes to music and a loyal fan of my favorite singers so I really enjoyed this one. Each one of Belinda's albums is unique and enjoyable, with a variety of different styles. I bought it on cassette back then, and I loved it. I was really depressed back then and this album really helped me. It has a positive quality to it. I remember the pictures of Belinda remind me of the pictures of women in the 40's or when our parents were kids; very classy!
I just saw this CD at a second hand store and I need to go back and buy it because I am wondering WHY on earth isn't it available here anymore? I had forgotten about this Belinda album but now I remember that it is an absolute JOY!

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The Musicals: The Best Of

Manufacturer: Solid Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BFH4OO
Release Date: 2005-11-01

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Lion King/The Circle of Life
Fiddler on the Roof/Sunrise Sunset
Man of la Mancha/The Impossible Dream
Sweet Charity/Big Spender
Aida/Elaborate Lives
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat/Any Dream Will Do
Chicago/Mr. Cellophane
Beauty and the Beast/If I Can't Love Her
South Pacific/Some Enchanted Evening
West Side Story/Something's Coming
Annie Get Your Gun/Anything You Can Do
Camelot/How to Handle a Woman
Thoroughly Modern Millie/Thoroughly Modern Millie
Cats/Memory
Cabaret/Maybe This Time
Rent/One Song Glory
Ragtime/Back to Before
Mame [From Mame]

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Chicago/All That Jazz
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mamma Mia/Dancing Queen
My Fair Lady/On the Street Where You Live
Chess/Anthem
Jubilee/Begin the Beguine
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Lion King
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Oliver!/As Long as He Needs Me
Anything Goes/Anything Goes
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From the Heart: Turtle Creek Chorale Live

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From the Heart: Turtle Creek Chorale Live
Turtle Creek Chorale
Manufacturer: Turtle Creek Chorale
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ASIN: B00005Y8AX
Release Date: 1995-01-24

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To Love and to Be Loved
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Song of My Own
Laura Derocher
Manufacturer: Laura Derocher
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009JO6OI
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

Look How I'm Leading Now
It Wouldn't Be Bedford Falls
When You Passed Through
Song of My Own
What Are You Meant to Do
This Kind of Love
Have Patience
Once Upon Your Lifetime
Only Love
Towers
I'm Shining

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ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
Enjoiyable, but lacking, too.

Handel: Belshazzar

Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0001ZWGHY
Release Date: 2004-06-15

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Overture
Vain, Fluctuating State Of Human Empire!
Thou, God Most High, And Thou Alone
The Fate Of Babylon, I Fear, Is Nigh
Lament Not Thus, Oh Queen, In Vain!
Behold, By Persia's Hero Made
Well May They Laugh/Oh Memory! Still Bitter To My Soul
Opprest With Never-Ceasing Grief
Dry Thoes Unavailing Tears
Be Comforted: Safe Though The Tyrant Seem/Methought, As On The Bank Of Deep Euphrates
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Behold The Monstrous Human Beast
Can You Then Think It Strange
Great God! Who, Yet But Darkly Known
My Friends, Be Confident
All Empires Upon God Depend
Oh Sacred Oracles Of Truth!
Rejoyce, My Countrymen
Sing, Oh Ye Heav'ns!

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Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign!
For You, My Friends
The Leafy Honours Of The Field
It Is The Custom, I May Say, The Law
Recall, Oh King! Thy Rash Command
They Tell You True
Oh Dearer Than My Life, Forebear!
By Slow Degrees The Wrath Of God
See, From His Post Euphrates Flies!
You See, My Friends, A Path
Amaz'd To Find The Foe So Near
To Arms, To Arms! No More Delay!
Ye Tutelar Gods Of Our Empire
Let The Deep Bowl Thy Praise Confess
Where Is The God Of Judah's Boasted Pow'r?
Call All My Wise Men

Tracks:

A Singony (Allegro Postillions)
Ye Sages! Welcome Always To Your King/Alas! Too Hard A Task The King Imposes
Oh Misery! - Oh Terror! - Hopeless Grief!
Oh King, Live For Ever!
No! To Thyself Thy Trifles Be
Yet, To Obey His Dread Command
Oh Sentence To Severe!
Oh God Of Truth! Oh Faithful Guide!
You, Gobrias, Lead Directly To The Palace
Oh Glorious Prince!
Alternate Hopes And Fears
Fain Would I Hope
Can The Black Aethiop Change His Skin?
My Hopes Revive
Bel Boweth Down!
I Thank, Thee, Sesach
A Martial Symphony
To Pow'e Immortal My First Thanks
Be It Thy Care, Good Gobrias
Great Victor, At Your Feet I Bow
Say, Venerable Prophet
Tell It Out Among The Heathen
Yes, I Will Build Thy City
I Will Magnify Thee

Customer Reviews:

ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES.......2005-06-19

One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly thing. It has taken me longer than it should have to come to an appreciation of what makes Handel the phenomenon - as a genius, as an artist, as a craftsman - that he is, but I am comforted to reflect that no less a genius than Haydn, at the age of nearly 70 gaining a more thorough knowledge of Handel in performance, was driven to say that he felt a mere apprentice. In his sense of how to pace a dramatic narrative, in his instinct for how to use the human voice in song and above all in chorus, in the matchless flexibility and adroitness he displays at word-setting and in the audacity of his melodic and harmonic effects I can think of nobody who can approach Handel on his own terms.

Belshazzar was not a great success at the box-office, although this may have had more to do with difficulties in the casting than because it was deemed insufficiently biblical for oratorio, which seems to have been the fate of Hercules. It seems to me to be perfectly well described as oratorio in other ways too, with (for one thing) the extensive use of the chorus that we find in, say, Samson but not in Hercules. The one passage that cries out for visual effects is of course the apparition of the moving finger itself. Even here the composer can go a long way with sheer power of suggestion, by the strange unaccompanied violin figure creeping upwards and the frightened brevity of the vocal numbers. Otherwise for me Belshazzar is as much an oratorio as Samson is. It has the same librettist too, the crusty and formidable Jennens, who had also collaborated with Handel on Saul and on Messiah itself. Jennens' full text is not provided, but I think if you read the synopsis first and then follow the work from the headlines to each number you will have no difficulty in catching the words, so clear is the enunciation by soloists and chorus alike. As usual, Handel was driven to make alterations to the score for practical reasons. He had been a little concerned about its length, roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes in this performance, but where he wishes to be expansive he gives us full measure - two arias in Act I scene 4 take well over 7 minutes each. The liner-essay (a good one, by Anthony Hicks) goes into the issue of the version of the score used here, and I personally have no problem with it.

I have no faults to find with the performance in any way. Pinnock is an established specialist, the instruments are period instruments and vocal cadenzas at the end of the arias are kept minimal. Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman and David Wilson-Johnson are tried and trusted Handel singers and at their best here, and Nicolas Robertson and Richard Wistreich in the smaller parts are every bit as good. The part of Cyrus is a soprano part, taken by Catherine Robbin, and when I thought I heard just one touch of strain in `Destructive War' in the final scene she makes up for it instantly in her superb duet with Arleen Auger in the following number. Auger as Nitocris the mother of Belshazzar has the biggest part, and she covers herself with glory all the way through.

The recording is perfect, and when I saw an aria entitled `Destructive War, thy limits know' near the end I felt a sharp sense of irony in the year 2005. Cyrus, Handel, Jennens, you should all have been living at this hour.

Enjoiyable, but lacking, too........2004-08-16

This 3CD set of George Frederic Handel's (1685-1759) "Belshazzar", from Archiv Production, a division of Universal Music, is proof again that transfer from vinyl to tape to disc brings with it improvements in listening that make the purchase a worthwhile addition to anyone's listening library. Written in 1744, "Belshazzar" is an oratorio in the operatic style that is wonderful oratorio, but lacking the true depth one expects to hear in an opera. London opera audiences of Handel's day agreed, as both "Belshazzar" and Handel's other offering of the period in the same style, "Hercules", were not terribly successful. Instead of the scheduled 24 performances only 16 were given and Handel never offered a full season of oratorio again. The Libretto by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) is, as the production notes say, meant "not only to show the fall of Babylon but to show it as a fulfillment of divine prediction and to confirm the biblical testimony by reference to classical history." There's only one problem, as good a quality as the CDs are, it is not possible to follow the full libretto and the accompanying booklet includes no text, which is a shame. I think the listening experience would have been increased immeasurably if one was able to follow the text of what is being sung. Nonetheless the dramatic narrative is fluid and even, and the English Concert and Choir provide nice balance to the less full vocal passages, as in Disc 3s "Oh Glorious prince", cut 10. There is enough of this throughout to keep one's interest, but disappointing if what one expects is another ""Messiah".

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Excellent Blues

Live Your Life
Andy Walo
Manufacturer: Caprice International/Canadian American Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001Z53EM
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

We Are Together
Wish You Would
Hey, Here I Am
Live Your Life
Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
Traveled
Open Up the Door
How to Love Again
Kim
Cadillac

Album Description

Andy is a singer/songwriter who successfully combines rock 'n' roll with a country feel.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Blues.......2007-07-03

We went to see Andy Walo in Vegas - he was excellent live. Now we've got the recording - excellent Blues.

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Strong Lyrics, Great Voice
southern songwriter with strong voice

Summer Filled Sky
Jennifer Daniels
Manufacturer: TNtrees Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002JFRPW
Release Date: 2004-06-26

Tracks:

Day to Live
Stay
Oatmeal
Welcome to Your Life
Tattoo
In My Coat
Conversations with Magdalene
Water Spider
Mary's Song
Julie
Spiderman
I Don't Have Enough

Album Description

"The songs on Summer Filled Sky were put together as a collection because of the way they tap into that thing that stirs inside us when winter finally gives way," explains Daniels. From joyful pop rock anthems like Day to Live and Welcome to Your Life to the melancholy beauty of ballads like Tattoo and Spiderman, Summer Filled Sky leaves no emotion untapped and no feeling unstirred.

Summer Filled Sky was mixed and mastered by legendary engineer and producer Rodney Mills who has earned 37 gold and platinum albums for mixing, mastering, and producing artists including Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam, Gregg Allman, and REM. Mr. Mills successfully captured just the right vibe for Daniels' distinct style and inspiring lyrics, and set her most impressive instrument -her voice- perfectly in the tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Strong Lyrics, Great Voice.......2006-06-21

Jennifer Daniels' range and talent are evident in Summer Filled Sky, and some of her personality comes through as well. Sadly, nothing can replace the experience of hearing her live; but the CD is an acceptable substitute. Daniels moves easily from folksy ballads to energetic rock. Her voice is crystal-clear and admirably subtle. For me, though, its her lyrics that drive the music. Daniels has a gift for clever phrases and beautiful images that stick around long after the music has faded. I highly recommend the CD, and I even more strongly encourage you to hear her live.

southern songwriter with strong voice.......2006-01-05

Jennifer Daniles is a brilliant singer songwriter with strong influences in the Celtic and folk traditions. her singing voice moves from soft and lilting to strong and empowering. anyone looking for quality "rootsy" music with strong melodies and insightful lyrics should look no further. the one drawback to this CD compared to her previous "Dive and Fly" is the musical arrangements focus more on the electric guitar rather than the more atmospheric and textured acoustic arrangments of her earlier records. so while the songs are all beautiful, they can be at times lacking in intimacy

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