Your Heart's in Good Hands

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Al Green's 1993 European album Don't Look Back contains seven songs produced by David Steele and Andy Cox (of Fine Young Cannibals), four by Arthur Baker, and two by Terry Manning. Five of the Steele and Cox tracks, three of the Baker, and none of the Manning were recycled for the belated U.S. release, Your Heart's in Good Hands. Supplementing the eight older numbers are two new songs, the title tune produced by Narada Michael Walden and the song "Could This Be Love," written and produced by Jodeci's DeVante Swing. Most of these producers deny Green the freedom he needs to improvise the quirky, special moments he brings to his best work. Only Baker seems to understand what Green needs, but their small triumphs are enough to lend hope that Green may have another great album in him yet. --Geoffrey Himes

Your Heart's in Good Hands,Al Green,Mca,Memphis Soul,Pop,Popular Music,R&B,Retro-Soul,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B,Urban

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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

Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
Ballad of the Green Berets
On Top of Old Smokey
Coyote Warrior
Semper Fidelis
Breeze from Alabama
Onward Christian Soldiers
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Patriot
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Marines' Hymn
America Is
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
Happy the Soldier
American Trilogy
Home Sweet Home
Washington Post March
Enraptured I Gaze
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Yellow Rose of Texas
Over There
Simple Gifts
Liberty Bell
Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

God Bless the USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Katy Cruel
I Vow to Thee My Country
King Cotton
Beautiful Dreamer
America
American Patrol
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
Mohican Dream
Red, White and Blue
Some Folks
Liberty Song
Pomp and Circumstance
Hail to the Chief
Bennington Rifles
Peace on the Battlefield
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Under the Double Eagle
Red River Valley
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Camptown Races
Wild Blue Yonder
Hands Across the Sea
Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

Stars and Stripes Forever
Living in America
Home on the Range
Old Colony Times
Clementine
Invincible Eagle
Ring Ring de Banjo
Yankee Doodle
Largo from "The New World"
To a Wild Rose
Hail Columbia
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gettysburg
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Capitan
Prairie Daughter
Little Brown Jug
Marching Through Georgia
Entertainer
Steamboat Around the Bend
Revolutionary Tea
Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Amazing Grace
Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

God Bless America
National Emblem
Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
Anchors Away
Oh, Susannah
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Toast
Dixie
St. Louis Blues
Appalachian Spring
Bonnie Blue Flag
Old Hundreth
Swanee River
Battle Cry of Freedom
U. S Field Artillery
Sidewalks of New York
Chester
Auld Lang Syne
Kingdom Come
My Old Kentucky Home
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Shenandoah
Abraham's Daughter
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Your Heart's In Good Hands
The Lack of a Follow-up Reveals OUR Faults
Green's most satisfying album
Best Al Green Release To-Date
The door is NOW open for Al Green!

Your Heart's in Good Hands
Al Green
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002OYJ
Release Date: 1995-11-07

Tracks:

Your Heart's In Good Hands
Keep On Pushing Love
Could This Be The Love
Love Is A Beautiful Thing
One Love
Don't Look Back
Best Love
Your Love (Is More Than I Ever Hoped For)
What Does It Take
People In The World (Keep On Lovin' You)

Amazon.com

Al Green's 1993 European album Don't Look Back contains seven songs produced by David Steele and Andy Cox (of Fine Young Cannibals), four by Arthur Baker, and two by Terry Manning. Five of the Steele and Cox tracks, three of the Baker, and none of the Manning were recycled for the belated U.S. release, Your Heart's in Good Hands. Supplementing the eight older numbers are two new songs, the title tune produced by Narada Michael Walden and the song "Could This Be Love," written and produced by Jodeci's DeVante Swing. Most of these producers deny Green the freedom he needs to improvise the quirky, special moments he brings to his best work. Only Baker seems to understand what Green needs, but their small triumphs are enough to lend hope that Green may have another great album in him yet. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Your Heart's In Good Hands.......2000-11-01

Sorry, all, but I was disappointed in this one. I, too, am a die-hard Green fan who will buy all of his cds as long as he keeps singing. In my opinion, only Ray Charles rivals him in singing talent, and Green even tops him. But that is where this set falls short - it doesn't let Al sing. It is overly-produced. The background music and singers often are louder than he. The greatest thing about Al Green has always been that his wonderful voice and singing style could get into your heart even on your darkest days, and make you shout for joy. It was always the voice, the register changes, the inflections that were distinctively Green, that set him apart from all others. I'll keep this one, but one of his best? I don't think so. Listen to the Belle Album or I'll Rise Again. Then tell me you think this was his best.

The Lack of a Follow-up Reveals OUR Faults.......2000-06-13

The American record-buying public is the most fickle in all the world. Too much effort is spent in promoting this year's "flavor" in exchange for the real vocalists in the industry.

Al Green happens to be one of those artists whose talent far transcends his and present contemporaries. "Your Heart's in Good Hands" reminds one of classic Green, soulfully rendered like no other.

The title cut as well as the other nine demonstrate why Green is in a class by himself. Five years have passed since this one was released. It is unfortunate for us that Green is not more prolific.

Or, maybe it's not Al's fault. We are, no doubt, listening to too "imposters" to his exhalted throne as one of R & B's KINGS.

Green's most satisfying album.......2000-03-28

I certainly never expected that Green would produce an album that would top his earlier work, superb as much of it was. But I was more than pleasantly surprised. Several of the songs on this release are as good as his best and the album as a whole is the most solid he has ever created. There is not a weak moment or an inferior cut.

Best Al Green Release To-Date.......2000-03-15

I am die hard Al Green fan. Although hard to believe, this release which would be considered "modern Al Green" i.e. post Gospel era, is his finest release to-date. It is up- beat, soulful and just total quality from start to finish. Do not hesitate to buy it with just one click. Note: It is markedly more up-beat than any previous Al Green release.

The door is NOW open for Al Green!.......1999-10-10

This is a good CD which sets the stage for the Reverends next release. I've been a devoted fan of Al's Green's since the release of "BACK UP TRAIN" in 1967. And let me tell you this: This album will do for Al Green what "GET'S NEXT TO YOU" and "GREEN IS BLUES" did for him in '71 and '72, and we all know (or should know) what happened after that?! So watch out!! The door is now open, WIDE open. Al Green is about to come through as he did in 1972 and the years that followed; and of coarse I'll be waiting. I wouldn't miss this one for the world!! With "this" CD, I've at least assured myself of a front row seat.

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great, great!!!
ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!

Sacred Music Complete
Purcell , King , and Kings Consort
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Release Date: 2002-12-10

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great, great!!!.......2006-12-05

This is the way ,I think, Purcell should sound. No pomp and surcomstance but only great music.

ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!.......2003-05-23

This boxed set is by far one of the best purchases I have ever made. As a Purcell freak, this hits every button I have. The cast of characters include the inequitable Robert King, New College Choir, Bowman, and a host of other venerable persons. Likewise the attention to period performance of these works makes it an essential addition to the library of any serious anglophile/Musicologist etc. Now if only the Britten Realizations of all Purcell's songs could be recorded alongside the originals! You will Love this set!

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Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
Andr Kostelanetz
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007L8X4
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
White Christmas
The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
Make Believe Bill
Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
Fascinatin Rhythm
Mine
The Man I Love
Embraceable You Soon
I Got Rhythm
Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
S Wonderful
Maybe
Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
Embraceable You
Strike Up The Band
Begin The Beguine
All Through The Night
I Concentrate On You
I Love You
Night And Day
In The Still Of The Night
Ive Got You Under My Skin
Blow Gabriel Blow
Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
Hallelujah Time On My Hands
Tea For Two
Carioca
Without A Song
More Than You Know
Orchids In The Moonlight
Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
Through The Years Drums In My Heart
Malaguena
La Cumparsita
Mexicana Medley
Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
Siboney
Caminito
Adios
No Taboleiro De Bahiana
The Moon Of Manakoora
Lotus Land
Kashmiri Song
Jamaican Rhumba
Flamingo
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
Andalucia
Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
Show Boat
South Pacific
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
An American In Paris
Porgy And Bess

Album Description

The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.