Mr Freedom [Import]

1. Into My Soul - Gabin

2. Bang Bang to the Rock N' Roll - Gabin

3. It's Gonna Be - Gabin,

4. Other Way Round - Gabin, China Moses

5. Midnight Caffé - Gabin

6. Mr. Freedom - Edwyn Collins, Gabin

7. Thousand and One Nights - Gabin, China Moses

8. Just Be Yourself - Gabin, China Moses

9. ...and She's Still Watching Me - Gabin, China Moses

10. Into My Soul [Nicola Conte Remix] - Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gabin

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
2004 International version features one track not issued on the 2005 US edition, 'Other Way Round' (Feat. China Moses) but omits the US' 'Into My Soul' (featuring Nicola Conte Remix). The Import version also features different artwork. Sophomore album from Italian DJ Filippo Clary, and jazz bass player Max Bottini. Gabin slots perfectly into the enormously popular scene that can be described as Jazzy, Downbeat Grooves. Atmospheric retro flavours and funky rhythms paying tribute to the very best house music are just some of the ingredients that make the Gabin album a gem. The first single, 'Mr. Freedom' features the vocals of Edwyn Collings. EMI. 2004.

Tracks:

Overture
Too Much Exposition
Urinetown
It's A Privilege To Pee
Mr. Cladwell
Cop Song
Follow Your Heart
Look At The Sky
Don't Be The Bunny
Act One Finale
What Is Urinetown?
Snuff That Girl
Run, Freedom, Run!
Why Did I Listen To That Man?
Tell Her I Love Her
We're Not Sorry
We're Not Sorry (reprise)
I See A River

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"How about a bad title?" wonders Spencer Kayden's Little Sally in "Too Much Exposition." "That could kill a show pretty good." It's a tribute to the skill deployed by the Urinetown creative team (Mark Hollman, music and lyrics; Greg Kotis, book and lyrics) that its title doesn't kill the show. Set in a near-future in which water depletion has led to a ban on private toilets, this may be the only musical in history in which one of the leads makes a fortune on pee. But the show (which originated Off-Broadway before graduating to the big league) limits its subversive intent to subject matter and is refreshingly classic in approach and structure--think Weill-meets-Lewis Carroll. Backed by a small ensemble, the cast (with John Cullum in a turn nothing short of brilliant as the evil urinal magnate) has a field day with Kotis and Hollman's frequently hilarious score. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

not funny.......2007-07-25

I'd heard such rave reviews about this musical, but kept passing on chances to see it. I was turned off by the title -- and this is strange for me, a person not afraid of scatological humor. But maybe I knew something I could not say.

The funniest thing about the musical, I am now convinced, is the premise. Urinetown is a place where you have to pay to pee. A conglomerate has taken over all toilet facilities, and if you don't pay, you don't pee -- unless you go into the bushes, and risk getting arrested.

But it's just not funny. It's supposed to be a satire, but it just doesn't work. Why? I don't know. But I listened to many songs on the CD, and none of them had that true spark that makes you want to laugh. The opening number is "Too Much Exposition" making fun of musicals that open by explaining too much with words instead of action. And perhaps this song is in there to deflect criticism for the main reason this musical doesn't work -- it's too busy explaining, instead of getting on with the business of being funny.

My humor tastes: I watch the Daily Show, Colbert Report, South Park, Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook (so-so), Frasier reruns. Never watched Friends, or Everybody Loves Raymond, or Family Guy, but did watch Seinfeld (although it's not funny to me anymore). The two most recent things I saw that made me laugh out loud were 1) Larry Wilmore doing his n*gg*r skit on Daily Show and 2)an early Chappelle episode where Sesame Street characters talk about drug use

An Amazing Find.......2007-04-03

I just recently discovered this gem of a musical. It's a stand out show with a unique touch. If heard a few outside musicals (The Rocky Horror Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch...) but this one stands out from them. The music is amazing, the lyrics are creative, and the humor is ripe.

With a chamber music-esque overture, the tone is set. 'Too Much Exposition' is a great introduction to Urinetown (the musical). Officer Lockstock addresses the audience about what they should expect from the show. Little Sally wants to let the audience in on the water shortage but Lockstock stops her. ("You're too young to understand it now, but nothing can kill a show like too much exposition." "How 'bout bad subject matter? Or a bad title, even? That could kill a show pretty good.")

I've read what others have written: you don't get the whole humor of the show unless you've seen it. I haven't seen it, but this recording is enough to get me see it. (That is, if a production nearby, even a high school production, is put on.)

The songs that I find myself listening to over and over are:

Too Much Exposition (not really a song, but still...)
Urinetown
It's A Privilage to Pee
Mr. Cladwell (a wonderfully sweet villain song)
Cop Song (a wonderfully fun villain song)
Follow Your Heart
Don't Be the Bunny
Act 1 Finale
What Is Urinetown?
Run, Freedome, Run!
Why Did I Listen to That Man?
We're Not Sorry (a great 20's sound, reminds me of 'Chicago')
I See A River (I really love this song... the feeling gotten across, before Lockstock comes out to comment, is 'Oh, everything is going to be okay', but Lockstock informs us that all is NOT well)

With a cry of "Hail Mathus!" the show ends. I just have to listen again, after making a trip to the bathroom.

Urinetown the Musical.......2007-03-10

This CD has all the songs from the show. The show is great and this rendition is about the best.

Not for Everyone.......2006-12-28

This musical is a great piece for the 21st century no doubt, that being said it takes some getting used to. The musical cannot be taken at face value, there are lots of things happening under the surface and it takes some bites at things musical theater doesn't usually take, like itself. On the surface it is strange, and not really something people would listen to over and over. However, once you figure it out, it's fun to listen to it again to find all the things that are really going on. It is very funny, and says some good things about the current state of the world. For musical theater fans this is questionable, if you just like the toe-tapping happy go lucky feel, this isn't it. But if you like the social commentary that goes along with that toe tapping, this is a must. NOT FOR FIRST TIME BROADWAY LISTNERS. Favorite Song: "Look at the Sky"

"DON'T BE THE BUNNY!".......2006-12-04

My son, a high school senior, told me his first show of this year's theatrical season was going to be "Urinetown". My response was something like ... No, really, what shows are you doing this year? Then he brought home a recording of it, and I was hooked right away by the lyrics. Over the years my son has been involved in many performances, but he and the rest of the cast had a real blast preparing for, and performing, this show! He wanted Lockstock, but was cast as Cladwell ... Owned it ... Loved it!
I am no Broadway expert by any stretch of the definition, but this show is wonderfully entertaining! You will see (and hear) snippets from other shows, you will pick up on some of even the more subtle stabs at musicals as a whole, you will groan, you will laugh and you will enjoy ... But only if you try not to take it too seriously.
Get past the title (in this case I certainly think it did not "...kill a show pretty good"), relax, and be entertained. And for goodness sake, if you have a chance to see it performed live, do so! A musical that pokes fun at itself? Yes, a refreshing departure from the norm, and worth the price of admission.

Average customer rating:

Great music
A pretty good dancy/lounge music type album - a little cheesy sometimes, but you'll probably like it a lot - 4.5 stars
PASS THE MARTINIS!!!
Rock on, Edwyn!
Pick Me Up in the Morning

Mr. Freedom
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2H736
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Into My Soul (featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater)
Bang Bang To The Rock 'n' Roll
It's Gonna Be (featuring Jho Jenkins)
The Other Way Round (featuring China Moses)
Midnight Coffee
Mr. Freedom (featuring Edwyn Collins)
The Thousand and One Nights (featuring China Moses)
Just Be Yourself (featuring China Moses)
And She's Still Watching (featuring China Moses)
Into My Soul (Nicola Conte Remix)

Customer Reviews:

Great music.......2006-10-02

I love to listen to music when I cook. This CD had the whole family dancing in the kitchen. Great stuff.

A pretty good dancy/lounge music type album - a little cheesy sometimes, but you'll probably like it a lot - 4.5 stars.......2006-01-10

Gabin's "Mr. Freedom" is a breath of fresh air from most of the stuff I listen to these days, but that's not enough to warrant it a "5". I would argue that it's a little cheesy and repetitive in spots (see the female singer in "Into My Soul" for the first part, and "Bang Bang To The Rock N Roll" for the second). Overall, however, it's a very good lounge music album that I think genre fans will like a lot. I don't have any other album that sounds like it, so I don't know the best way to describe it - I suppose it's bluesy/jazzy early 1900's-ish sounding lounge music (sorry if that was confusing hehe). There are no bad songs here, but I think most would agree that the first 3 are the best songs on the album. The only problem with the album is its slight repetitiveness and it's slightly cheesy and guilty nature, but otherwise I think genre fans will really like it. Overall I would highly recommend this!

Highlights include:
"Into My Soul"
"Bang Bang To The Rock N Roll"
"It's Gonna Be"
the rest are good, too, but these are the standouts I'd argue

PASS THE MARTINIS!!!.......2006-01-04

Italian duo Gabin has done a masterful job of concocting 10 tracks fused with bossa nova, electro-jazz, soul, blues and electronica. Not quite as dance-floor oriented as their debut that brought us "Doowap, Doowap, Doowap", "Mr. Freedom" still has stellar moments that will have you shaking a tail-feather, like the infectious 60s influenced, "Into My Soul", sung marvellously by Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the uplifting "Just Be Yourself" to only name a few. This CD is perfect for your next soiree of bougie wanna-bes--just make sure they bring the vodka!

Rock on, Edwyn! .......2005-12-26

For "Mr. Freedom" alone -- five stars !

Pick Me Up in the Morning.......2005-11-23

Compared to his first album with 'doo uap', this album takes a completely different approach from its former Buddha Bar Hotel Costes style. To be honest, I am absolutely in love with this album, sadly, China Moses, although has talent, doesn't just quite cut it with jazzy house feel of the music, but overall...I tell you what..this is a feel good album through and through....definitely worth buying!

Average customer rating:

Good music... if you can play it.
too average

Mr. Freedom
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Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00069JA4W
Release Date: 2004-10-25

Tracks:

Into My Soul - Gabin
Bang Bang to the Rock N' Roll - Gabin
It's Gonna Be - Gabin,
Other Way Round - Gabin, China Moses
Midnight Caff Gabin
Mr. Freedom - Edwyn Collins, Gabin
Thousand and One Nights - Gabin, China Moses
Just Be Yourself - Gabin, China Moses
...and She's Still Watching Me - Gabin, China Moses
Into My Soul [Nicola Conte Remix] - Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gabin

Album Description

2004 International version features one track not issued on the 2005 US edition, 'Other Way Round' (Feat. China Moses) but omits the US' 'Into My Soul' (featuring Nicola Conte Remix). The Import version also features different artwork. Sophomore album from Italian DJ Filippo Clary, and jazz bass player Max Bottini. Gabin slots perfectly into the enormously popular scene that can be described as Jazzy, Downbeat Grooves. Atmospheric retro flavours and funky rhythms paying tribute to the very best house music are just some of the ingredients that make the Gabin album a gem. The first single, 'Mr. Freedom' features the vocals of Edwyn Collings. EMI. 2004.

Album Details

2004 Release from the Italian Keyboard Duo of Filippo Clary and Massimo Bottini with Guest Vocals from Edwyn Collins, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lisa Lore, Jho Jenkins and China Moses.

Customer Reviews:

Good music... if you can play it........2005-07-02

The title track in particular is awesome. But, due to some form of so-called "COPY CONTROL SYSTEM" that EMI has placed on the disc, this CD won't play in my home stereo or my car.

My computer, on the other hand, has NO trouble with it. So I guess I should rip it and make a copy to play on stereo and in the car?!!? Makes absolutely no sense to me. I'd give this five stars without the copy control.

Good music. If you can play it.

too average.......2005-03-19

After I listend to his amazing singles like 'maison', 'Doo Uap...', I totally became a big fan of him. his job WAS great and unique.
so I bought this album with no hesitate.
but I found all the music in this is too average...just normally mixed with some jazz singers.

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A Creative Programming Idea Gone Awry

Warren M. Swenson: Battle Pieces

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C7PTD
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Customer Reviews:

A Creative Programming Idea Gone Awry.......2003-10-01

The notion behind the program on this CD was a wonderful one. As a pendant to a new song cycle by Warren M. Swenson set to Civil War poems by Walt Whitmen, George Shirley, tenor, and William Bolcom, pianist, record eleven popular songs from the period surrounding the Civil War including familiar favorites as 'Oh, Dem Golden Slippers,' 'My Old Kentucky Home,' and some rare songs like the Creole folk song 'Michieu Banjo' and Henry Russell's 'The Maniac.' But there are two things wrong with the final product. First, the song cycle of twelve songs, although set to stirring, evocative poetry, is pedestrian and in a pale faux-Ives style. Second, and sad to hear, is the deterioration of the nearly 70-year-old Shirley's once glorious voice. He was, in his day, an intelligent singer with a beautiful voice that he could use to do just about anything he wished. I remember a riveting 'Salome' Herod only ten years or so ago. He still sings with immaculate musicianship and intelligence and his accompanist, the redoubtable composer/pianist William Bolcom gives him formidable support, but the voice splays and wobbles under pressure and it becomes painful to listen to it.

The booklet notes and recorded sound are exemplary.

But my advice is to avoid this issue unless you really want to hear Swenson's songs; this is likely to be their only recording.

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Dance, Club, Party (3 CD PACK / 38 Tracks) Leanora DeCapo, Lola, Jay Cee/No No, The Fu La-La's, The Rhymestones, Dionne Faux, The Original Latin All Stars, Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm, Tito Puente Jr., Lone Gunman Theory, The Shag-A-Delicks, Afrika Bambaataa, Cyre, Velva Blu, Nuyorican Soul, Black Magic, Taylor Dayne, Vanessa Daou, Sandy B, Groove Collective, Kenlou III, Fresh Fish, Soul Solution, Joi Cardwell, D'Still'd, Planet Soul, Ace Of Base, TWDY, Gemini, A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee/Baby Beesh/C-Blunt/Sure/2 B/Bigg Robb, Lighter Shade Of Brown, Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, Katalina, Jonny Z, Laura Martinez, Chacho, Stevie B, Ambrozia
Frozen - Lola, All My Life - Jay Cee/No No, Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Fu La-La's My Heart Will Go On - Leanora DeCapo , Think Twice - Dionne Faux, I Like It Like That - The Original Latin All Stars, Everybody Salsa - Cali Aleman/The Latin Rhythm How Do I Live? - The Rhymestones , X-Files Theme (The Truth) - Lone Gunman Theory, Soul Bossa Nova (Theme From Austin Powers) - The Shag-A-Delicks, Planet Rock '98 - Afrika Bambaataa/The Soul Sonic Force Oye Como Va - Tito Puente Jr. , Barbie Girl - Velva Blu, Mind Fluid - Nuyorican Soul, Freedom - Black Magic, Say A Prayer - Taylor Dayne, Sunday Afternoons - Vanessa Daou, Make The World Go Round - Sandy B Holiday - Cyre , What A Sensation - Kenlou III, Bang Da Bush - Fresh Fish I Want You - Groove Collective , You Got To Pray - Joi Cardwell, Stopgo - D'Still'd, Set U Free - Planet Soul Can't Stop Love - Soul Solution , Player's Holiday - TWDY, Doctor Doctor (Party Mix) - Gemini, Player's City - A.L.T./JV/Ciscone/Mr. Gee Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base , Lingerie (House Edit) - Claudia Mia/Don Caligula, DJ Girl - Katalina Whatever U Want - Lighter Shade Of Brown , Ritmo Latino (Trinity Mix) - Laura Martinez Ku Ku - Jonny Z , and Dream About You - Stevie B, Girl Like Me - Ambrozia El Pow Wow (Casa Salsa Club Mix) - Chacho
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Mr. Freedom
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A2GJAS
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Album Description

2004 single taken from the sophomore album by Italian DJ Filippo Clary, and jazz bass player Max Bottini. Gabin slots perfectly into the enormously popular scene that can be described as Jazzy, Downbeat Grooves. Atmospheric retro flavours and funky rhythms paying tribute to the very best house music are just some of the ingredients that make the Gabin album a gem. The first single, 'Mr. Freedom' features the vocals of Edwyn Collings. The album version is backed with 4 non-album remixes (The Beginerz, Gabin Synthetic Twin, Gabin Mr. Freedom Dance on the Floor & Massimiliano Troiani). EMI.

{Club / Dance Music CONTAINS 51 SONGS ON A 4 CD Set} Pulsating Rhythms Vol. 3 / Dance Pool Vol. 1 / Dance Party Vol. 3 / Club Mix 96 Vol. 2

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{Club / Dance Music CONTAINS 51 SONGS ON A 4 CD Set} Pulsating Rhythms Vol. 3 / Dance Pool Vol. 1 / Dance Party Vol. 3 / Club Mix 96 Vol. 2
INTUITION - dance with me, VISIONS OF SHIVA - perfect day, URBAN HYPE - the feeling, ERIRE - i just can't give you up CONTAINS 51 SONGS ON 4 CDs: DAYEENE - around the world , JULIETTE JAIMES - we got it all, LEE ROGERS - love is the most, RAGE - run to you, CULTURE BEAT - inside out, M.D.A. - amor DEBBIE MALONE - running from my love , KLEPH & LOCK - share your lovers - DJ COMPANY - holiday in the land of love, TEQUILA feat. TANJA MARIA - with a boy like you, CLAUDIA CHIN - stop trippin' UPLIFTERS - mr. real , D-DEL-H - move sur ce rythme, HECTOR - luv me, E-SENSUAL - you should be dancing, BLA BLA POSSE - bouguez - SHIKISHA - pretty vacant, LEA KISS - don't stop the night DEDE - party , BLACK MAGIC - freedom, TAYLOR DAYNE - say a prayer, VANESSA DAOU - sunday afternoons, SANDY B - make the world go round NUYORICAN SOUL - mind fluid , KENLOU III - what a sensation, FRESH FISH - bang da bush, SOUL SOLUTION - can't stop love, JOI CARDWELL - you got to pray, D'STILL'D - stop go GROOVE COLLECTIVE - i want you , ACE OF BASE - don't turn around, SISTER SLEDGE - we are family (live), KOOL & THE GANG - take my heart (live), COMMODORES - baby this is forever PLANET SOUL - set u free , THE JACKSON FIVE feat. MICHAEL JACKSON - under the boardwalk, JAMES BROWN - it's too funky in here, DIVINE - native love REAL THING - can't get by without you (live) , THREE DEGREES - i'm doin' fine now, SABRINA - all of me, KOOL & THE GANG - joanna (live), AL JARREAU - ain't no sunshine, LATOYA JACKSON - sexual feeling ROSE ROYCE - car wash (live) , and JAMES BROWN - sex machine, THREE DEGREES - when eill i see you again SISTER SLEDGE - he's the greatest dancer (live)
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