Heroes of Nature [Import]

Product Description
Japanese edition of the South American flavored, London based trip-hop act's 2001 album includes 3 bonus tracks, 'After The Splash', 'Imagine' & 'So Danco Samba'. 15 tracks in all.

Heroes of Nature,Smoke City,Cutting Edge,Dance

Average customer rating: Heroes of Nature.... This album was made for the down-tempo lover.

Heroes of Nature Smoke City Manufacturer: Cutting Edge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Flying Away Lost in a Moment With You Songs From the Tin Underwater Love ASIN: B00005TOGA Release Date: 2002-01-23

Tracks:

1. In
2. Can You Feel That
3. What It Was (Acoustic)
4. They Cant Take That Away from Me
5. London
6. Mr
7. Jug
8. Remember This
9. It's Amazing
10. Little Elina
11. Life Can Be Sweet
12. This Song
13. What It Was
14. After the Spalsh [*]
15. Imagine [*]
16. So Danco Samba [*]

Album Description

Japanese edition of the South American flavored, London based trip-hop act's 2001 album includes 3 bonus tracks, 'After The Splash', 'Imagine' & 'So Danco Samba'. 15 tracks in all.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Three Bonus Tracks: 'after the Splash', 'imagine', and 'so Danco Samba/Jazz N Samba'

Customer Reviews:

Heroes of Nature...........2007-05-20

Smoke City's second release does take and interesting turn indeed. While there is less of a trip hop influence than that of the band first cd, the Brazilian flavour is still there. Even though there is something of a change in the bands sound, I believe it is for the better. I truely did enjoy "Flying Away", and I still do, I love the songs on that cd, but you can really sense the growth within the band both as human beings and as musicians. I my view, this effort is far more focused than their debut, the songs are far more consistant sounding than that of their first cd. The bonus tracks on this cd are definitely worth the extra money, so you get 16 track in total. Overall this is a very strong follow up to Flying Away and a very solid sophmore effort.

This album was made for the down-tempo lover........2003-01-07

Well worth a listen if you have the money to drop. Very much enjoyed this album. For those of you who own or have listened to Flying Away, and are considering this album, don't expect it to be the same. It's certainly not a bad change, it's just different.

Average customer rating: Cater to the pop-music listeners Smoke City is back ::sigh:: fantastic 2nd lp!

Heroes of Nature Smoke City ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005KFY2

Tracks:

1. In
2. Can You Feel That
3. What It Was (Acoustic)
4. They Cant Take That Away from Me
5. London
6. Mr
7. Jug
8. Remember This
9. It's Amazing
10. Little Elina
11. Life Can Be Sweet
12. This Long
13. What It Was

Album Description

Long awaited follow-up to the South American flavored, London based trip-hop act's 1997 debut album, 'Flying Away'. 13 tracks including, 'Can You Feel That?', 'What It Was', 'They Can't Take That Away From Me', 'London', 'Mr.' & 'Jug'. 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Cater to the pop-music listeners.......2001-11-02

This one doesn't make any progress and just sounds like a general pop album with flowing tunes and it lacks originality. I paid almost USD$22 for that but it was not worth the price at all. I think their first album's palmy anyway.

Smoke City is back.......2001-09-18

I was fortunate to be in England when this album came out, so I was spared the shipping fees for the import of this disc. I had, along with many others, been awaiting the release of Smoke City's new album, only hearing about it from here and there and when it finally came out, I wasn't really disappointed.

The sound is crisp and smooth. Smoke City utilizes more in this album, Christian Franck's gift with the guitar, so you do have more of an acoustic feel to this album. The tracks just kind of slide through, Mr. Brown and the wonderful voice of Nina Miranda was captivating with all of the tracks - except one. The previous reviewer that slammed Smoke City's remix of "What it Was" is justified. To put it mildly, that was to me the biggest downside of the otherwise enjoyable release. He/She was spot on with that call.

So pick it up. It's an enjoyable disc. I wouldn't rate it as high as the first one in originality, but in enjoyment, it comes close. The first one had a sort of magic to it, a daredevilish sort of take that this one lacks. It's not really poppish by any means like I saw. It's just, good music and instrumentation. Collect it - but don't expect something as strong as the first release.

::sigh::.......2001-09-03

There goes another one..

It always seems to happen.. I find a band that far surpasses anything out there in the disgusting pop market.. Smoke City's Flying Away album quickly made it to the top of my very extensive music collection.. I anxiously awaited the new album.. ordering it on import (much cheaper) from ......

When the album arrived it took me a few days to listen to it.. I was too excited.. how could Smoke City make -anything- bad?

::sigh:: Yet.. they did..

This album disgusted me for the most part... ending with the god-awful poppy radio mix "what it was" song where they used a vocoder on Nina... !!!! WHY WOULD ANYONE DISTORT NINA'S VOICE?!?!? ugh.. to try and fit in i suppose.. it was just painful to listen to.. a few songs were half-decent.. but they sounded forced.. the inclusion of Chris' child's voices in a few songs along with Nina's amazing crooning are all that kept this thing from crashing and burning totally.. it lacks all the amazing artistic and beautifully detailed soundscapes as the first album had.. what a severe disappointment.. =((( ::sigh::

fantastic 2nd lp!.......2001-08-24

first of all, this album is 'pop' (yes, dirty 'pop') but no more than the group's debut. warmer, lusher, a little less trippy than flying away, it's still brilliant! unlike many (eg hooverphonic, sneaker pimps), sc doesn't change their sound out of fear/boredom; instead you hear a smooth progression from fa to hon. hoover & the pimps are still great, but you can't help but wonder about the sincerity of their musicality sometimes. i guess not enough dyslexic journalists & inconsistent sub-editors know about sc to stick the cliche-itself portishead-massive attack comparison tag on them. fortunately. jazzier & more 'brazilian' than fa (which is more 'trip-hop' & eclectic), hon is more coherent & mature. outstanding songs - can you feel that, what it was (both versions! so what if she chooses to use a vocoder?? it's a great dance tune), jug... tracklist: 1/in 2/can you feel that 3/what it was (acoustic) 4/they can't take that away from me (also on gershwin cover red hot & rhapsody) 5/london 6/mr. 7/jug 8/remember this 9/it's amazing 10/little elina 11/life can be sweet 12/this song 13/what it was

if you're a true sc fan, then you know their music is all about having fun, not feeding into the intellectual pretense of contre-courant gen-X hipsters.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan

Purcell: Odes Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Pinnock, Trevor | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000057DI Release Date: 1990-02-13

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-05-17

Henry Purcell looked like a Florentine prince, was hail-fellow-well-met in tavern and taproom,wrote for the church and also for the stage and salon, was in fact a most likeable young man, as well as a "very great Master of Musicke." He literally invented the English celebratory style in music. The odes on this disc with their heavy reliance on trumpets and kettledrums demonstrate very well the celebratory aspect as well as the exultation of the music itself. All of the solo voices are excellent and are included to some extent in each of the odes. "Come, ye sons of art,away" was the ode for what was to be Queen Mary's last birthday-30 April 1694 and is the least ostentatious of the birthday odes. It is a countertenor's dream, for Purcell favors this voice as the soloist thruout. Some of the these solos for the countertenor heard quite often on their individual solo albums are: 'Sound the trumpet,sound'-'Strike the Viol'-and 'Come ye sons of art, away'."Welcome to all the Pleasures" was composed for the inaugural celebration of a so-called Musical Society in 1683. One of the outstanding solos from this ode is for the tenor-'Beauty,thou scene of love' and is sung beautifully on this disc by John Mark Ainsley. The ode :Yorkshire Feast Song also called 'Of old when heroes thought it base(1690)' features the countertenor more than the other voices and my favorite countertenor: Michael Chance performs them splendidly. This ode was written for an obscure gathering of York nobility. The instrumental accompaniment is excellent and I found the entire disc to be very entertaining.

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