Guilty

Guilty

Track Listings

1. Guilty [Single Version]
2. I Wouldn't Lie
3. Wrapped Around Your Finger [Single Version]
4. Let the Music Play On
5. Anytime
6. I'll Give Anything to Have You Back
7. Everything
8. Who Is She
9. Closer Love Affair
10. Don't Waste Your Time [Single Version][*]
11. Be a Winner [Single Version][*]

Guilty,Yarbrough & Peoples,Varese Records,Pop,R&B,Soul/R & B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban


Guilty
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Guilty CD
  • Barbra at her best
  • Guilty
  • Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s
  • Guilty
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000025JT
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Guilty
  2. Woman In Love
  3. Run Wild
  4. Promises
  5. The Love Inside
  6. What Kind Of Fool
  7. Life Story
  8. Never Give up
  9. Make It Like A Memory

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Guilty may well be Barbra Streisand's best pop album. At the peak of her late-'70s popularity, she hooked up with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, who himself was basking in his Saturday Night Fever glow. Gibb wrote and produced most of the material on 1980's Guilty, and he supplied background vocals as well as co-leads on two tracks. The results are still completely bewitching. "Promises," for instance, is a lounge-like dance number and Babs sounds simply fabulous--sexy, lighthearted, passionate, playful--all at once. "Life Story" is a wild epic, and "Make It Like a Memory" keeps soaring up and up into a stratosphere of shag-carpeted luxury. Even Gibb's wavering vocals are great--and not a little like a disco version of Mandy Patinkin. And of course, the hits are out of this world: "Woman in Love" and "What Kind of Fool" are titanium-plated classics the likes of which Streisand has not topped since. A guilty pleasure, sure--just indulge. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Guilty CD.......2007-07-26

I am very happy with my CD Guilty. This CD has always been a favorite of mine. I have been looking for this album for a long time and was not able to find it. Thank you Amazon for making my day.

5 out of 5 stars Barbra at her best.......2007-06-17

If you like Streisand, you'll love this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Guilty.......2007-03-18

Nice CD... I enjoy listening to it when I'm in the mood for it!

5 out of 5 stars Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s.......2006-12-04

I have been a Barbra Streisand fan for many years now and about a year & a half of ago I finally bought one of Barbra Streisand greatest albums "Guilty". In the past before buying the album I had some of her Greatest Hits compilations with songs like "Guilty", "Woman In Love" and "What Kind Of Fool" on them, hearing them I knew that these were song classics. So a couple of weeks before "Guilty Pleasures" was released in stores, I came across this album, while looking for a Barbra Streisand album that at the time I might not have had. Well I bought the Dualdisc 25th Anniversay Edition, I put it on and fell in love with this album. Like always Barbra is great, always hitting high notes or doing long notes. The album features a mixture of the 1970's Disco and early 1980's music like on "Life Story". After the success of "The Bee Gees" in 1977-78, Barbra asked Barry to write a album for her. Even though the album is in "The Bee Gees" form with their type of music style, Barbra made it her own, since it's her album. It is her best-selling album to date with sales over 20 million copies. The song "Guilty" won Barbra & Barry a 1981 Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song "Woman In Love" became one of Barbra's most successful songs and stood a total of three weeks at the #1 position on the Billboard chart. Not to forget but the album went Platinum 5x over and was number one in the United States and in the United Kingdom. The whole album is very memorable and never will go out of date. It's a Masterpiece for Barbra fans and in music history.

5 out of 5 stars Guilty.......2006-08-09

AS usual, Barbra is excellent! I have one concern. Some of her albums have the same songs on as on other albums.

Other than that, you can't beat her. I wish she would come back to recording again.
Guilty Pleasures
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • What Kind of Fools...
  • The best Album from these two in years
  • Excellent album
  • FANTASTIC, CD
  • Please Stop
Guilty Pleasures
Barbra Streisand
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AOJ9EY
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Come Tomorrow (Duet with Barry Gibb)
  2. Stranger In A Strange Land
  3. Hideaway
  4. It's Up To You
  5. Night Of My Life
  6. Above The Law (Duet with Barry Gibb)
  7. Without Your Love
  8. All The Children
  9. Golden Dawn
  10. (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
  11. Letting Go

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A few tracks into this highly anticipated Barbra Streisand release and the title starts to make sense. Guilty Pleasures is a 'Streisandian' spin on a melange of popular styles, including '50s doo-wop ("Come Tomorrow"), Motown ("It's Up to You"), disco ("Night of My Life"), Broadway ("Without Your Love"), and something vaguely waltz-like ("Stranger in a Strange Land"). If that sounds gimmicky and contrived, it isn't. The musical influences are more under Streisand's spell rather than the other way around. Then there's that voice: fire-and-brimstone bold one minute, cashmere soft the next, and fully undiminished overall. Much has been made of the politics surrounding "All the Children," but the protest-song-for-Muzak reputation preceding it comes without justification. The song makes its point (for peace) mildly and without undue controversy. The voice of Barry Gibb crops up more than just on the two duets he is credited with ("Above the Law" and "Come Tomorrow"), and where it is not being showcased, on "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away" for example, it sounds best. Of course the other inspiration behind this album's title is a nod to Guilty, the multiplatinum album Streisand and Gibb recorded in 1980 that captured the hearts of millions and spawned decades of requests for further collaborations. With Guilty Pleasures, Streisand has managed to avoid charges that she's past her peak, as evidenced on the gorgeous love song "Letting Go." --Tammy La Gorce

Recommended Barbra Streisand Discography


Guilty (DualDisc)

Duets

The Essential Barbra Streisand

Album Description

Barbra Streisand returns to the scene with her newest release, Guilty Pleasures, which marks the reuniting of the legendary singer with producer Barry Gibb, whom she originally collaborated with 25 years ago on the multi-platinum record Guilty. The new album features 11 new tracks including the singles Letting Go and Stranger In A Strange Land and rekindles the magic between Streisand and Gibb that captivated so many listeners 25 years ago.

The DVD Side of the DualDisc Edition of the album also includes special bonus video footage and more!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars What Kind of Fools..........2007-03-25

would revisit, twenty-five years later, the scene of one of their greatest musical moments? Well Barbra and Barry Gibb have seen fit to do just that. And I've waited a year and a half to write a review of this record, because I'm still listening to it!
With a completely different feel than "Guilty," Barbra and Barry have created her best studio album in a long time. They cover a wide variety of musical styles, and create some new classics in doing so. The duets "Come Tomorrow" and "Above the Law" stand beside the two they recorded for "Guilty." "Stranger in a Strange Land," "Hideaway," and "Night of My Life" are perfectly realized pop song, showtune, 70's disco all in the space of "Guilty Pleasures."
My favorite moment, though, is Barbra's beautiful cover of the Bee Gee's own "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away." It makes me wish for an entire record of Barbra singing the Bee Gee's! For now though, I'm more than satisfied with "Guilty Pleasures," each and every one of them.

5 out of 5 stars The best Album from these two in years.......2007-01-22

I was so pleased with this CD that I now have two, one for my car and the other for my home. Its great that these two performers have got back together and I hope they will do another CD in the near future. One of the best songs on the CD is "come Tomorrow". All the others songs are great as well. Anyone who is a Barbara Striesand and Barry Gibb fan will truly appreciate this CD

5 out of 5 stars Excellent album.......2007-01-03

An album of new lovely songs, with very good musicians and production, and Barbra Streisand's voice sounds great, as always.Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC, CD.......2006-11-10

I'ts absolutely great listening! The most enjoyable sound Trx I've
ever listened to! I listen to It all the time!

THanks, Steve Bergman

1 out of 5 stars Please Stop.......2006-10-11

This has to be one of the worst productions in the history of music.

There comes a time when a person should really take a long, hard look to see if it is time to hang it up. For Babs, that time has come.

The good thing is that I have the answer to her introspective undertaking - STOP SINGING NOW!!

Guilty
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great album - just don't buy the DualDisc
  • Great album
  • Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s
  • one of my favorite albums all around
  • Giltiy
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009XT8YW
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

  1. Guilty (Duet With Barry Gibb)
  2. Woman In Love
  3. Run Wild
  4. Promises
  5. The Love Inside
  6. What Kind Of Fool (Duet With Barry Gibb)
  7. Life Story
  8. Never Give Up
  9. Make It Like A Memory

Amazon.com

Guilty may well be Barbra Streisand's best pop album. At the peak of her late-'70s popularity, she hooked up with the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, who himself was basking in his Saturday Night Fever glow. Gibb wrote and produced most of the material on 1980's Guilty, and he supplied background vocals as well as co-leads on two tracks. The results are still completely bewitching. "Promises," for instance, is a lounge-like dance number and Babs sounds simply fabulous--sexy, lighthearted, passionate, playful--all at once. "Life Story" is a wild epic, and "Make It Like a Memory" keeps soaring up and up into a stratosphere of shag-carpeted luxury. Even Gibb's wavering vocals are great--and not a little like a disco version of Mandy Patinkin. And of course, the hits are out of this world: "Woman in Love" and "What Kind of Fool" are titanium-plated classics the likes of which Streisand has not topped since. A guilty pleasure, sure--just indulge. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

NOTE: This 25th-anniversary edition reissue includes: CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album DVD SIDE: Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo; video programming includes: interview with Barbra and Barry on the recording of Guilty filmed in June 2005; a video performance of one of the songs from the new album Guilty Pleasures; included exclusively on this disc as a preview; "Guilty" live from the TV special "One Voice"; a photo gallery with outtakes from the original Mario Casilli photo session.

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Guilty Pleasures

The Essential Barbra Streisand

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A Star Is Born

Hello Dolly!

Memories

Album Description

Guilty— The 25th Anniversary Edition

CD AUDIO SIDE: * Entire Album

DVD SIDE: * Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo * Video programming includes: - Interview with Barbra and Barry on the recording of Guilty filmed in June 2005. - A video performance of one of the songs from the new album included exclusively on this disc as a preview of the new album. - "Guilty" live from the TV special "One Voice" - Photo gallery with outtakes from the original Mario Casilli photo session

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Great album - just don't buy the DualDisc.......2007-01-25

This has always been one of my favorite Barbra albums. When I saw the 25th Anniversary edition, I grabbed it. Boy was that a mistake. Maybe it's just me but I absolutely HATE the way they've done the separation on the DVD side. I kept feeling like I needed to turn myself at an angle to hear things properly and even then it just didn't work for me.
In fact, this was one of the first DualDiscs I ever bought. It put me off buying DualDiscs for a LONG time.
I still love this album, but I'll stick to my old, single-sided CD of this one.

4 out of 5 stars Great album.......2007-01-22

This was one of the best albums of its time, I still listen to it. I've always liked these two artists and when they collaberated on this album, it was my most played album in my Striesand collection

5 out of 5 stars Barbra's First Great Album Of The 1980s.......2006-12-04

I have been a Barbra Streisand fan for many years now and about a year & a half of ago I finally bought one of Barbra Streisand greatest albums "Guilty". In the past before buying the album I had some of her Greatest Hits compilations with songs like "Guilty", "Woman In Love" and "What Kind Of Fool" on them, hearing them I knew that these were song classics. So a couple of weeks before "Guilty Pleasures" was released in stores, I came across this album, while looking for a Barbra Streisand album that at the time I might not have had. Well I bought the Dualdisc 25th Anniversay Edition, I put it on and fell in love with this album. Like always Barbra is great, always hitting high notes or doing long notes. The album features a mixture of the 1970's Disco and early 1980's music like on "Life Story". After the success of "The Bee Gees" in 1977-78, Barbra asked Barry to write a album for her. Even though the album is in "The Bee Gees" form with their type of music style, Barbra made it her own, since it's her album. It is her best-selling album to date with sales over 20 million copies. The song "Guilty" won Barbra & Barry a 1981 Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song "Woman In Love" became one of Barbra's most successful songs and stood a total of three weeks at the #1 position on the Billboard chart. Not to forget but the album went Platinum 5x over and was number one in the United States and in the United Kingdom. The whole album is very memorable and never will go out of date. It's a Masterpiece for Barbra fans and in music history.

4 out of 5 stars one of my favorite albums all around.......2006-03-13

From my teenage years, my first copy was vinyl, I knew that eventually I would be adding this to my collection.
A wonderful all around album...oops..sorry cd.
Now if I could only find "Yentl" on dvd I could join the ranks of my other friends with at least two pieces of Ms Streisand !!!

4 out of 5 stars Giltiy.......2006-02-27

I was hoping for more songs that I reconized but still like this duet cd
Out in California
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A wonderful performance
  • Fine electric and acoustic live performances
  • + 1/2 Stars...Alvin Is a First-Rate Songwriter
  • why isn't this guy a star?
  • Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men: A True Working Band
Out in California
Dave Alvin , and Guilty Men
Manufacturer: Hightone Records
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ASIN: B000065DVN
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

  1. Out In California
  2. Highway 99
  3. Abilene
  4. 4th of July
  5. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
  6. Little Honey/Who Do You Love?
  7. Blue Blvd.
  8. Andersonville
  9. Haley's Comet
  10. Wanda and Duane
  11. All 'Round Man
  12. American Music

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Though Dave Alvin's reputation rests with his songwriting, the dynamism of this live recording puts the pedal to the metal and leaves the studio versions of much of this material in the dust. Highlights range from a nine-minute medley of Alvin's "Little Honey" and Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" to the honky-tonk country of "Highway 99" to the raucous celebration of "American Music" that has been Alvin's anthem since his days with the Blasters. Not since Creedence's John Fogerty has a roots rocker mined such a rich vein of Americana, though material such as "Haley's Comet," "Blue Boulevard," and "Wanda and Duane" find Alvin's hard-bitten lyricism growing increasingly dark as it matures. While his half-spoken, half-sung vocals lack the nuance of the best of his songwriting, a killer band featuring drummer Bobby Lloyd Hicks and keyboardist Joe Terry provides propulsive support for his stinging guitar. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Dave Alvin, winner of a 2001 Grammy for his release from the same year Public Domain, continues his exploration of what he calls 'electric and acoustic folk music' with this live album Out In California. 13 tracks. Digipak. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A wonderful performance.......2007-06-15

Alvin's voice isn't for everyone, but his songwriting and guitar playing are some of the best around. This is a record with a wonderful sound and a great overall feel. The highlight for me is "Abilene," but there seem to be plenty of other opinions. That is the sign of a excellent record.

4 out of 5 stars Fine electric and acoustic live performances.......2002-07-26

As a full-time road warrior, it's no surprise that Alvin's confluence of music, philosophy and work ethic is captured so vividly on these live recordings. Steeped in rock, blues, folk, and country, Alvin's decidedly non-Hollywood California viewpoint is born from the grit of a working man's life, and fueled by the endless miles in between countless road gigs.

These thirteen titles are drawn from Alvin's earliest work with the Blasters and X, solo albums (including a generous helping from his 1991 debut), recent public domain recordings, and a newly penned saga, "Highway 99." Highlights include "Blue Boulevard," Alvin's riveting homage to an influential, music-loving cousin, and a smokin' piano and guitar-driven cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." An acoustic cover of Bo Carter's "All 'Round Man" and an electric stab at Little Walter's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" show off two sides of Alvin's blues. Grace notes invoke Link Wray, Bruce Channel, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Whether fronting the Guilty Men in electric club performances, or a smaller acoustic group at a Pasadena church, Alvin puts across his lyrics with incredible conviction. The spontaneity of live performance reveals additional details of his songs, as if their studio incarnations were drawn as maps to the road ahead.

4 out of 5 stars + 1/2 Stars...Alvin Is a First-Rate Songwriter.......2002-07-02

Dave Alvin has released only two studio albums since his last live album (1996's equally enjoyable Interstate City), but Alvin said in a local newspaper interview before an Omaha appearance that his favorite thing to do is to play before a live audience. "There are things that happen when we play live--intense musical things that are just about impossible to capture in the studio for whatever reason."

This live album is full of raw energy and touches all the bases of Alvin's career to date. There are songs from his days with The Blasters ("Little Honey," "American Music"), X ("Fourth of July"), and his solo career through 2000's Grammy-winning Public Domain (a seven-minute version of "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"). Alvin performs four songs from 1991's Blue Blvd: "Andersonville," "Blue Boulevard," "Wanda and Duane" and "Haley's Comet," the latter a touching portrait of fleeting fame. The title refers to Bill Haley, but the song's theme is universal. Alvin's world-weary voice is perfectly suited to these songs and the Guilty Men provide excellent support, including his long-time rhythm section of bassist Gregory Boaz and drummer Bobby Lloyd Hicks who have been with Alvin since his last live album. [Note: "Out In California" is the only track repeated between the two live albums.]

Alvin rounds out the album with some rock chestnuts (Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love") and obscure R&B (the slighlty racy "All 'Round Man"). An unlisted bonus track is an abbreviated version of "Free Bird," which some joker requests but Alvin takes up as a challenge ("You think we don't know it?" he asks. "You think we can't play it?")--it's a fitting ending to a magical set. This is 76 minutes of American music.

As other reviewers have said, if talent were the only barometer by which musical greatness were measured Dave Alvin would be among the elite. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

4 out of 5 stars why isn't this guy a star?.......2002-05-28

in a just universe, we'd already be a little tired of dave alvin and the guilty men: the stadium shows, the pepsi commercials, the halftime gigs at the nba finals... but it's not a just universe, and dave and the lads are playing bars and clubs like the venues at which this live set was taped. the music is a gumbo of rockabilly, r & b, country and folk. the band kicks back for a fiddle-flavored "abilene," but it also channels chuck berry as it tears through "american music." this release is rowdier than "interstate city," alvin's previous live album, and the arrangements are busier, but it's all good.

4 out of 5 stars Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men: A True Working Band.......2002-05-25

My first thoughts on the opening notes of this CD were, "Only the most confident musicians would open a show with the sound of tuning instruments"! "How can they get away with that"? "Are they really that good"? THEY ARE! The songs found here aren't about California dreaming. This isn't Hotel California! It is a culmination of many things found on the road in California, as the dream fades and reality sets in. Hot asphalt, cold beer, little diners, love, loss, dysfunctional relationships, and hope. Not one song on this CD was cleverly thought up by a song writer staring out the window of a luxury tour bus. Dave drives his own van. He lived them before he wrote them. The title track will lift you right off your feet with smokin guitar, and lyrics that compare California mountains to a woman lying naked on a bed. Haley's Comet is also a rocker, but a sad story all the same. The idea that an original American Rock n Roll hero could be forgotten to the point he's not even recognizable. Little Honey is a classic Blasters tune reformatted with guitar licks that will make the listener hang on every note; Mr. Thorogood included. Abilene is the story of too many girls who run away to California, only to end up alone in Hollywood. Don't let your deal go down offers a glimpse into one of the tougher drinking establishments several hundred years ago. Highway 99 is the type of straight ahead country that used to come out of Bakersfield, and actually get played. This is a great song, but it does sound an awful lot like Out in California. With the exception of All around Man, which is a fun loving blues romp full of sexual inuendo, the songs are very much grounded in the hard realities of life. Who would have thought that long after The Beach Boys sang Surfin USA, Some guy from Downey would come along and write a song about a couple fighting in a dark apartment on the Fourth of July? The show begins to wind down with the classic Blaster's tune, American Music. This song not only rocks, but it is also another solid reminder of why the USA is the greatest country on Earth. The last highlight to note falls midway through the final track, when some guy much like myself, shouts out, "Free Bird"! Leonard Skynard is then graciously played by the fabulous Guilty Men! Dave Alvin is a true gentleman, and an American Song writing treasure. Buy it!
Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • God! Is Randy Newman the most underrated artist of our times?
  • Randy in the Wintertime
  • Way to go Randy!
  • American Treasure
  • RN revisited
Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DGQZ
Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

  1. Love Storm (You And Me)
  2. Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
  3. Cowboy
  4. The Beehive State
  5. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
  6. Davy The Fat Boy
  7. Have You Seen My Baby
  8. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
  9. Mama Told Me Not To Come
  10. Suzanne
  11. Old Kentucky Home
  12. Sail Away
  13. Lonely At The Top
  14. Last Night I Had A Dream
  15. Political Science
  16. Burn On
  17. MemoTo My Son
  18. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  19. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
  20. Rednecks
  21. Birmingham
  22. Marie
  23. Guilty
  24. Louisiana 1927
  25. Kingfish
  26. Baltimore
  27. Rider In The Rain

Tracks:

  1. Short People
  2. Little Criminals
  3. In Germany Before The War
  4. I'll Be Home
  5. It's Money That I Love
  6. Ghosts
  7. The Girls In My Life (Part I)
  8. William Brown
  9. I Love L.A.
  10. Mikey's
  11. My Life Is Good
  12. Miami
  13. Real Emotional Girl
  14. Take Me Back
  15. Song For The Dead
  16. Dixie Flyer
  17. New Orleans Wins The War
  18. Four Eyes
  19. It's Money That Matters
  20. I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
  21. Can't Keep A Good Man Down
  22. Bleeding All Over The Place (Alternate Mix)
  23. Happy Ending

Tracks:

  1. Golden Gridiron Boy
  2. Vine Street (Demo)
  3. Love Is Blind (Demo)
  4. Don't Ruin Our Happy Home (Demo)
  5. The Goat
  6. Gone Dead Train
  7. Tickle Me (Live)
  8. Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong (Live)
  9. Yellow Man (Live)
  10. Magic In The Moonlight (Live)
  11. Beat Me Baby (Live)
  12. Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
  13. Let Me Go
  14. Jesus In The Summertime (Demo)
  15. Going Home (1918) (Demo)
  16. Interiors (Demo)
  17. Pretty Boy
  18. Something To Sing About (Demo)
  19. The Ballad Of The Three Amingos (Demo)
  20. My Little Buttercup (Demo)
  21. Blue Shadows On The Trail (Demo)
  22. Happy (Demo)
  23. The Longest Night (Demo)
  24. Days Of Heaven (Demo)
  25. What Have You Done To Me (Demo)
  26. Masteman And Baby (Demo)
  27. Lines In The Sand
  28. Gainsville (Demo)
  29. Feels Like Home (Live)
  30. My Name Is James (Demo)
  31. Laugh And Be Happy (Demo)

Tracks:

  1. Rev Running
  2. Change Your Way
  3. Clef Club No.1
  4. Clef Club No.2
  5. Ragtime
  6. Prologue 1915-1923
  7. The Natural
  8. Introduction/I Love To See You Smile
  9. Kevin's Party (Cowboy Gil)
  10. 1914
  11. End Titles
  12. Leonard
  13. Dexter's Tune
  14. Clocks
  15. Make Up Your Mind
  16. Opening
  17. Tartime De Merde
  18. You've Got A Friend In Me
  19. Woody And Buzz
  20. I Will Go Sailing No More
  21. Heaven Is My Home
  22. Main Title
  23. Clouds
  24. Good News

Amazon.com essential recording

Randy Newman's three-decades-plus career proves at least one thing: an articulate, bespectacled fellow seated at a piano--a Southern Californian, no less!--can be damn dangerous. In a civil sort of way. This four-disc overview of Newman's fitful but ultimately brilliant career offers a portal into Newman the solo artist, the film composer, and the for-hire songwriter. Discs 1 and 2 (for old fans, the least rewarding of the lot) serve as a greatest hits package--greatest hits being a relative term ("Short People," "I Love L.A.," "Mama Told Me Not to Come," and a few others qualify as commercial successes). Newman's trademark style--mouthing the skewed views of twisted protagonists (including God and Satan)--surfaces in songs old and new. The guardian of an obese boy who puts his charge to work as a freak narrates "Davy the Fat Boy." "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," "Suzanne," and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" explore perversion; "Rednecks" and "Sail Away" deal with bigotry; "Real Emotional Girl" and "I Want You to Hurt Like I Do" explore wanton cruelty. Disc 3 is littered with fascinating flotsam, beginning with 1962's bewilderingly boyish "Golden Gridiron Boy" (coproduced by Pat Boone!) and tailing into a slew of brooding but truly extraordinary solo demos. Despite his sardonic nature, the Newman of "Gainesville," "Feels Like Home," and "My Name Is James" summons true pathos. Disc 4 samples nine Newman soundtracks, including the orchestral scores to Ragtime, The Natural ("heromuzik," opines the composer), and Toy Story. Guilty is an appreciation of an artist who defies admiration. Here, however, the evidence is overwhelming. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars God! Is Randy Newman the most underrated artist of our times?.......2007-03-20

I have bought all the above Randy Newman CD's. I adore his work. Agree that "Guilty" is up there with Randy Newman songbook 1. But truly every song this wonderful man writes is a gem. Every single one. I have many friends who've never heard of him??? I have closer friends who love him as I do.

Folks do not cheat yrselves. Buy one album of the two above and write a review yourself. He's a genius, underappreciated for too long. Or go here him in concert. He's great, the best, my favorite and I love all kinds of music. RN is for that dessert island, the only one you are allowed to take. Think about it...

5 out of 5 stars Randy in the Wintertime.......2007-01-04

I've been a Randy Newman fan "ever since there WUZ no Randy Newman," and so picture my delight when my very own kids bought me this boxed bonanza for Christmas (so I wouldn't have to). Randy Newman on the stereo on Christmas morning is about as Newmanesque a way to disturb the warmth of home and hearth as you can imagine. At one time or another I've owned every Newman album ever recorded, so I needed this collection like another hole in the head, but I have to recommend it as much for the surprisingly revealing biographical data as for the song selections. There are surprises here for even an old Newman trivialist like myself, and it was a relief to read of Randy's hardships as well as successes, since the dark side of this dark soul has too often been danced around in past articles and interviews. We learn that Randy's father, Irving Newman, MD, was an overbearing and cantankerous coot not above slugging it out with perfect strangers on public highways. We learn that the distracting eye condition Randy was born with, and the failed surgical attempt to correct it, may have helped to mold not only Newman's unique world view, but his discomfort with public attention. Interviewers (myself included) have generally conceded that "Randy Newman just can't look you in the eye," but then, why should he when he has such a gift for cutting straight to the heart with his nostalgic sentiments and shark-attack wit. Of the many selections in this package, my standouts are his 1962 demo Golden Gridiron Boy, a delight to hear at long last since throughout Newman's career it has appeared as nothing more than a musical history anecdote. Turns out it is a quite competent version of that idiotic pop sub-genre of the '50s and early '60s when unrequited love burned teenybopping hearts alive to the accompanyment of snickering female vocal backups. Then comes Jesus in the Summertime, the highly unlikely mock spirtual that has the distinction of having been so offensive to so many ears that a session musician actually walked out of the studio rather than play on it. Now THAT's chutzpah! Personally, I like it, and find nothing offensive about it, other than the fact that it has the name Jesus in the title. Finally, there's Laugh and Be Happy, an unfortunately incomplete demo that features Newman at his Tin-Pan-Alley best, with a catchy ragtime riff and a delightfully mocking lyric. This number is for my money one of the best tracks ever laid down by one of our most consistently rewarding, if challenging, singer-songwriters. Thanks for the memories, Randy!

5 out of 5 stars Way to go Randy!.......2006-07-05

Well, first, Randy Newman is unbelievably talented. He is a song writer, a singer, and last but not least at all, a film composer. And what a composer! This multi talent has a family name, which can be a real pain in the ars. But Randy seems not to be bothered by it at all. He wrote some of the most beautiful scores of the 90-s. His music for Pleasantville should have won him an Oscar. But remember The Natural, Toy Story, Awakenings, just to name a few. This really nice compilation and anthology gives Newman the treatment he has long time deserved. I love the title: Guilty: 30 years of Randy Newman. This man does not seem to take himself serious. Yet his art is pretty serious, and he is aware of it very much. Randy Newman is there in the world of music, yet he is not there. You have to listen to this man to get to know him, and once you meet him, you do not want to part from him, he will be a friend of yours forever.
Randy Newman is right by the side of the greatest composers, Williams, Goldsmith, Bernstein or his late uncle Alfred Newman.
Buy this anthology and get to know this musical giant.

5 out of 5 stars American Treasure.......2003-10-13

As compilations go, this one is INTERESTING, to say the least. Randy Newman (to me) has always been interesting, but now all of his many rare gems, obscurities and, of course, the hits are all here in one package, and I must've died and went to Heaven.

Randy is so much more than "Short People", "I Love LA" and "Mama Told Me Not To Come", though it's all here. And so are some of my personal favorites like "I Wish It Would Rain Today", "Sail Away", "Guilty", "You Can Leave Your Hat On", "Rider In The Rain", some stuff from his masterwork "Faust" etc etc on ad infinitum. But Randy's even more than that...

He's a True American Treasure. A brilliant and prolific melodist, lyricist, arranger, showman, witty humorist and all-around "composer" in the strictest sense of the word, Randy is the quintessential storyteller/satirist/musician of contemporary American Music, ranking up there with the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Tom Petty. No one can tug at your heartstrings one minute and have you scratching your head the next like Randy, and when he takes his teeth out and sits down at the piano, you know it's gonna be a good night.

Not everyone knows this, but everyone in the music business worldwide and us devotees, purists and appreciative audiophiles know it for sure, and here it is all in one set. THANK YOU RANDY, for putting it all together for us. A masterful job, great choice of material and stellar production, crisp, clean and to the point and beyond. We love you man, and keep the stuff coming!!

5 out of 5 stars RN revisited.......2002-07-03

in our opinion, RN is the major pop (?) talent of the 20th century (2nd is Pink Floyd) This is a great varied selection of his stuff, but you really need to have everything...little criminal, faust, especially
Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • One of my favorites of the last decade
  • Bring Back Michael Ward on Lead Guitar....PLEASE
  • The Best Of John Hiatt Live! Great band as well!
  • Tremendous
  • "Budokan"! he!he!
Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs
Manufacturer: A&M
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002G2U
Release Date: 1994-11-22

Tracks:

  1. Through Your Hands
  2. Real Fine Love
  3. Memphis In The Meantime
  4. Icy Blue Heart
  5. Paper Thin
  6. Angel Eyes
  7. Your Dad Did
  8. Have A Little Faith In Me
  9. Drive South
  10. Thing Called Love
  11. Perfectly Good Guitar
  12. Feels Like Rain
  13. Tennessee Plates
  14. Lipstick Sunset
  15. Slow Turning

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorites of the last decade.......2004-06-30

I've been listening to this album for 10 years now and I never get tired of it. For me, this is John Hiatt at the peak of his songwriting skills, and those skills are first rate. Not all of the songs are deep, but they all have melodies and phrases that stick. The sound here has that emotional feel you only get from live performances. Sure there's a bad guitar note here and there, but I don't mind one bit. The mix is fabulous, raw and better than some of the mixes on the studio CDs. As a performing musician, I've learned a lot about playing live from this album. My favorite John Hiatt album and that's saying a lot.

5 out of 5 stars Bring Back Michael Ward on Lead Guitar....PLEASE.......2004-02-09

How many times do you ask yourself..."why did they change a perfect lineup?".

Michael Ward was the PERFECT lead guitar compliment to John Hiatt's tasty rhythm playing. Hiatt classics like; "Real Fine Love", "Drive South", "Paper Thin", and "Slow Turning" have never sounded better before or since. Perfectly Good Guitar with the exception of Crossing Muddy Waters was his last great album.

Sunny Landreth's... slide every song to death lead approach... sounds extremely tired in comparison to Ward's, massive, raw, viceral, unique lead playing. I assume it was Ward who chose to move on for a spot with the; big selling, big stage, hugely boring Jacob Dylan band. Either way Ward belongs back with Hiatt ...please! Seeing Ward play with Hiatt in Chicago at Taste of Chicago in 93'after Sunny Landreth's boring opening show was telling.

Oh Yea... Live at Budakon...an awesome live album packed with some of the best songs ever written. If you count Neil Young as one of your favorite rock guitarist you'll love Michael Wards guitar on this album. 6 Stars IMO

5 out of 5 stars The Best Of John Hiatt Live! Great band as well!.......2003-11-22

John is at his best in this CD recorded at concerts around the United States (not Tokyo). John strays a bit here from traditional down home country driven songs and adds loud electric guitar and extremely emotional vocals. The result...a perfect CD for the guitar lover and for someone who wants to know how to write songs. John is best known for writing songs with which other artists have major hits. His backup band here, "The Guilty Dogs," has a lot of volume and sounds very good! The best selection of John's songs on any CD he has out. You will not be dissapointed with this CD. I have only a handful of CDs which I feel are worthy of this 5 star rating.

5 out of 5 stars Tremendous.......2003-08-11

This is a great album, both for longtime Hiatt fans and those looking to get an introduction to his music. It has a nice mix of rockers like Memphis in the Meantime and Slow Turning as well as more soulful tunes like Have a Little Faith in Me. I bought this albumn many years ago and still pull it out regularly -- both at home and for driving. Just a great disk.

4 out of 5 stars "Budokan"! he!he!.......2003-07-30

The title is a joke, obviously...it seemed at one time like everybody had to go to the Budokan Arena in Tokyo in order to record a live abum, but these tracks were recorded at various American venues during John Hiatt's 1994 tour in support of "Perfectly Good Guitar".

If you are familiar with John Hiatt you'll know pretty much what to expect. Muscular, well-written roots-rock and clever lyrics.
The sound is good, and the musicians are, too, and if you are new to the music Mr Hiatt, this album provides a pretty good sample of his work.

Among the highlights are a tough "Real Fine Love" with some superb rhythm guitar playing, the sublime ballads "Angel Eyes" and "Icy Blue Heart", the Stonesy rocker "Paper Thin", the ironic epos "Perfectly Good Guitar", and the classic "Slow Turning". But there are really no weak tracks here.

Several of the songs ("Memphis In The Meantime", "Real Fine Love", "Your Dad Did" etc.) are given a somewhat rougher treatment than the original studio versions or various cover versions, mainly due to the arrangements (no banjo or mandolins here, just two guitars, a bass guitar and a set of drums, and Hiatt occationally at the piano).

The mixing is very good, with both guitars in particular clearly audible. Hiatt had a great sideman in lead guitarist Michael Ward, and the two complement each other very well, playing some really juicy rhythm n' blues. Ward, especially, is responsible for some excellent solos and fills.

The rhythm section of drummer Michael Urbano and the versatile Davey Faragher on bass also works very well, and "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan(?!)" is a very enjoyable live album from a great professional.
Guilty Til Proven Innocent
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • One of my top five No limit CD's
  • "One Of No Limits Greatest Albums"
  • TIGHT NO LIMIT CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • PHATTER than ever!
  • THIS IS DEFINITLY WORTH YOUR MONEY
Guilty Til Proven Innocent
Prime Suspects
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000BIJZ
Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

  1. All 4 One
  2. Money Makes...
  3. Liquidation Of The Ghetto
  4. Mac's And Choppers
  5. Bust Back
  6. Ride Wit My Heat
  7. Of All Da Hustlers
  8. My Old Lady
  9. Tweekin'
  10. Someone Shoulda Told Me
  11. We Gots To Do 'Em
  12. Here I Go Again
  13. consequences OF The Streets
  14. Young Niggas
  15. Soldier 4 Life
  16. Last Days
  17. Daily Rountine
  18. Guilty Til Proven Innocent
  19. Fear
  20. Children Of The Corn

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of my top five No limit CD's.......2007-02-10

Liquidation of the ghetto has to be one of the best no limit songs made next to anything Mac has been on

5 out of 5 stars "One Of No Limits Greatest Albums".......2003-02-16

I've followed No Limit since it first started and this one
ranks right next to Master P's Ghetto D. I don't know why it
is not on the greatest No Limit Albums? This one was left out.............

4 out of 5 stars TIGHT NO LIMIT CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2000-03-29

Why is everybody h8'n on dis cd? It's 1 of No Limit's best! I admit that it could have been a little better but it wuz still hella tight! The best songs are Macs & Choppers, Ride Wit My Heat, Tweekin', Here I Go Again, the title track, and Children Of The Corn! If U like rap(especially No Limit rap) buy this slammin' album!

5 out of 5 stars PHATTER than ever!.......2000-02-29

Whatever I was starting to think about NO LIMIT going stale, I put right at the back of my mind when I listened to this CD. This is one of the best 5 NO LIMIT albums! "Money Makes" has got one of the HOTTEST beats of any '98 NO LIMIT song singled out. Other PHAT tracks are "Children of the Corn", "Daily Routine" and "All 4 One". GO OUT AND GET THIS RIGHT NOW!

4 out of 5 stars THIS IS DEFINITLY WORTH YOUR MONEY.......1999-12-30

TIGHT WHY IS EVERY 1 HATIN THIS ALBUM IF YOU COLLECT NO LIMIT RECORDS THIS IS A GOOD CD TO ADD
Guilty Pleasures
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • For Quiet Riot fans only
  • Back to The Asylum...
  • I took a chance and scored BIG!
  • Quiet Riot still has it after all these years!
  • The Best QR Album Since Metal Health
Guilty Pleasures
Quiet Riot
Manufacturer: Bodyguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J9VZ
Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

  1. Vicious Circle
  2. Feel The Pain
  3. Rock The House
  4. Shadow Of Love
  5. I Can't Make You Love Me
  6. Feed The Machine
  7. Guilty Pleasures
  8. Blast From The Past
  9. Let Me Be The One
  10. Street Fighter
  11. Fly Too High

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars For Quiet Riot fans only.......2005-01-30

This album does not demand a lengthy review. "Guilty Pleasures" is the most recent studio album by Quiet Riot. It was released on a small label, Bodyguard Records, that has since gone out of business.

This album contained the 'Metal Health' lineup that had also recorded the previous album, 'Alive and Well' in 1999. The songs here, and the album as a whole, can be considered an improvement on 'Alive and Well.'

The best songs here include 'Rock the house', 'Feed the machine' and 'Vicious Circle.' 'Street Fighter' is also a good song, that one sounds like it came off the band's 1984 album 'Condition Critical.' The intro on 'Rock the house' reminds me of Twisted Sister, slightly.

Other notable songs include two ballads. The titles are: 'I can't make you love me' and 'Let me be the one.' These songs are above average, but actually sound like the same song but with different lyrics.

In my opinion, 'Blast from the past' was a forgettable song and the title track, 'Guilty Pleasures' was weak.

The remaining songs are all at least above average or "good."

Finally, 'Fly too high' closes off the album. It sounds exactly like an acoustic version of the band's classic song 'Metal Health (Bang your head)', but with different lyrics. It has the same melody and vibe, just much slower, and it is acoustic.

The good songs on the disc are strong and will please Quiet Riot fans. Material from this album fits right into their set list. There are a few albums from Quiet Riot's back catalog that I would consider to be stronger than this one ('Metal Health', 'Condition Critical', 'Terrified', 'The Randy Rhoads Years' and 'Down to the Bone'). However, this one will not disappoint someone who is a fan of the band, such as myself. It does sound like more traditional Quiet Riot than some of their other releases ('QR' with Paul Shortino or 'QRIII'). It is a good return to form and the band achieved what they set out to do: recreate a rock record sounding like their 80's heyday.



5 out of 5 stars Back to The Asylum..........2004-08-01

What can be said about Quiet Riot beyond "Condition Critical" and "Metal Health"? How many prognosticated that with the flatulence of scrap metal grunge that this vociferous high-energy quartet would disappear, yet this did not occur - that riot may have gotten a little quieter, but that is only as far as "popularity" is concerned - yet that is not because the band has been diminished in its Heavy Metal content, but only because record executives lured the herd away from the genre that they may instead chew on some grungy cud, yet Heavy Metal remains its own entity, despite how many sheeple may be listening. It you determine you have discovered something that works for you, edifies you, grants indulgence, stay with it. As a matter of fact, it is indeed stratification to observe who remains standing after the next wave of trendiness comes along - it is more or less cleaning house, disinfecting the poseurs from the midst of what carries value and quality, as opposed to mere disposable consumerism and valueless quantity.

And so is the case with Quiet Riot, who, through this release, continue to propitiate that hard-edged head-banging, hand-stomping, feet-clapping fun without placation.

I was not sure what to expect when I slipped the CD into the Infernal Machine - would the music preserve or betray its integrity? Thankfully, the sound herein retains its heaviness - I immediately recognized it as genuinely Quiet Riot's, and not some watered-down mutation of its former self - I recognized the harmonious strains and the feral DuBrow vox. It is a compliment to the band that they have remained true to themselves amidst the morass of pop-faddists. Now, you will want to insert this CD into the Infernal Machine because, lo and behold, a surprise awaits you on the desktop - an .avi file featuring an audial documentary on the making of Guilty Pleasures. featuring members of the band elaborating on some of the lyrics, band history, musical compositions and inspirations, some private life relations, all explained in that characteristic effervescent manner.

The visuals are pleasing as well - the group, which remains solid as Kevin DuBrow, Rudy Sarzo, Carlos Cavazo, and Frankie Banali incite the Quiet Riot in full. They actually look like a Rock/Heavy Metal band, which alludes that this is who the band really is, on and off stage, musicians who play from the metal heart and truly live it. The cover image depicts a scene from the Adam and Eve mythos, partaking of the Forbidden Fruit which represents carnal knowledge, rendered by none other than a favorite Artiste Albrecht Durer, with the addition of the Metal Madness mask obfuscating the genitalia of the nude figures, which was an amusing touch indeed.

Another mentionable bit of commentary is that among the generally self-destructive or death & misery-obsessed plethora connected to this genre, QR is actually quite life-affirming with decipherable lyrics speaking of earthly indulgence, love and lust, living life to the fullest - overall fun, which, since its inception, has been what QR is all about. Guilty Pleasures is certainly a worthy addition to your Heavy Metal collection - the condition is still critical, so play it loud for your metal health.

5 out of 5 stars I took a chance and scored BIG!.......2004-06-16

I took a chance and bought this CD really cheap from a seller here on Amazon without hearing any of it or knowing much about the album. Well, when it arrived and I put it in, I was ROCKED! This release is very impressive. The boys really did a good job on this one. Loud and badass just like Quiet Riot should be. I highly recommend it to both Quiet Riot fans and hard rock fans.

5 out of 5 stars Quiet Riot still has it after all these years!.......2004-04-22

I just got this cd today, I can't beleive i waited this long to get it. This CD kick ass period!I have been a QR fan since 83 got my first Metal Health record when I was 9. Let me tell you Kevin DuBrow still has it, better than ever! I have bought a lot of CD's this year and this one is one of the best by far! Any true QR fan will love this CD. It sure sucks that they broke up late last year. It really bummed me out. Maybe they will get back together again and make a new CD!

5 out of 5 stars The Best QR Album Since Metal Health.......2004-03-02

Very few hard rock bands can say they sound the same in the 21st century as they did when they started, but Quiet Riot is one band that certainly can. (It' too bad they have always been rather under-rated.) This is the best Quiet Riot album since 1983's Metal Health, and is a must-have for any hard rock fan. The first three songs alone make the entire album worth buying, especially "Rock The House."
In fact, not only is this one of the best QR albums ever, but it's the best of all rock albums so far this decade. It's a shame that this band recently called it quits, because a good follow up to this album could have made them rock band of the decade.
Guilty Pleasures
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Guilty Pleasures
    Wednesday Night Heroes
    Manufacturer: Better Youth Org.
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000Q364XS
    Release Date: 2007-06-05

    Tracks:

    1. Open Fire
    2. Wash Em Away
    3. Dead End Street
    4. Desperation
    5. Liar
    6. Uncivilized Bastard
    7. Move To Press
    8. All On the Outside
    9. Action
    10. Bland New Age
    11. Shut Us Out
    12. Not Alone
    Not Guilty...The Experience
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • JOHN P KEE IS THE BEST AND SO IS THIS CD
    • AWESOME CD
    • Good album...
    • You did again John P Kee & New Life
    • Musically Fit
    Not Guilty...The Experience
    John P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir
    Manufacturer: Verity
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004ZBDD
    Release Date: 2000-10-24

    Tracks:

    1. The Interrogation
    2. Right Here
    3. I Do Worship (Remix)
    4. You Blessed Me
    5. Thou Art Worthy
    6. Greater
    7. Changed Me
    8. Grateful
    9. I'll Bless Your Name
    10. My Healing
    11. Peace
    12. Sovereign
    13. Rhema Word

    Tracks:

    1. One Phone Call
    2. I Believe
    3. Simple Song
    4. It's Possible
    5. Jesus
    6. Best Friend
    7. Dance
    8. Rain On Us
    9. Wedding Song
    10. Stop Hiding
    11. Not Guilty
    12. Break Out
    13. Not Guilty (Partakrew Mix)
    14. What's The Verdict?
    15. The Exit

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars JOHN P KEE IS THE BEST AND SO IS THIS CD .......2006-01-25

    THIS CD IS THE BEST. I LOVE EVERY SONG. THE ONLY SONG THAT I DONT LIKE IS DANCE. IT NICE BUT IT IS KINDA BORING. OTHER THAN THAT THIS CD IS THE BEST. EVERY SONG HAS A MESSAGE IN IT. WHEN I FISRT LISTEN TO IT I COULDNT STOP LISTENING TO IT. THIS CD IS AWESOME. IF YOU DONT HAVE THIS YOU NEED TO GET. EVERY JOHN P KEE FAN SHOULD HAVE THIS ONE. THIS WILL BE A CLASSIC.

    5 out of 5 stars AWESOME CD.......2005-09-14

    THIS CD IS AWESOME I LOVE ALL OF THE TRACKS. FROM START TO FINISH YOU FELL LIKE YOU WAS THERE. JOHN P KEE AND THE NEW LIFE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. THE CD OPENS UP THE SHASH HIT "RIGHT HERE". THIS SONG IS AWESOME. NEXT WE HAVE THE REMIX OF "I DO WORSHIP" SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL. THEY ADDED A FEW STUFF BUT THIS SONG IS STILL AWESOME. "YOU BLESS ME IS A GREAT UPBEAT SONG. THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE TURN AROUND OFF THE "STRENGHT" CD. AFTER THAT WE HAVE THE SWEET WORSHIP SONG "THOU ART WORTHY" LADONNA MOLE REALLY SHOW OFF HER VOICE ON THIS ONE. "GREATER" IS A CHURCHY SONG. LOVE IT "CHANGE ME" IS A CLUB SONG. YOU REALLY JAM TO THIS. "GRATEFUL" IS A JAZZY SONG AND LADONNA MOLE AND JOHN P KEE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. I LOVE THE HOOK. "I'LL BLESS YOUR NAME" IS A EXCELLENT SONG. LADONNA SHOW THAT SHE CAN DO UPBEAT SONG SNICE SHE ONLY DOES SLOW SONGS. SHE DID AN AWESOME JOB. "MY HEALING" IS A NICE SONG. HE PUT A LITTLE OLD TIME GOSPEL IN IT. "PEACE" IS AN AWESOME SONG BY SHELIA LAKIN AND DIRECTTEC(I SPELL IT WRONG) HADDON. I LOVE THIS SONG. "SOVERGIN" IS A NICE SONG. THIS SONG IS GREAT TO TEACH A CHOIR. "RHEMA WORD" IS A NICE WORSHIP SONG TO END THE 1ST CD.

    THE SECOND CD OPENS UP WITH A LITTLE DIALOGUE. ITS FUNNY. NEXT WE HAVE "I BELIEVE" I LOVE THIS SONG. "SIMPLE SONG" REALLY SHOW OFF JOHN P KEE'S VOICE. THIS IS A NICE SLOW JAZZY SONG. "IT'S POSSIBLE" IS GREAT. THIS ALSO IS A SONG THAT YOU TEACH YOUR CHOIR. "JESUS" IS A NICE SONG WITH SHELIA LAKIN ON LEAD. THIS IS A CHURCHY SONG. "BEST FRIEND' IS AWESOME LADONNA, SHELIA, JB, AND JOHN P KEE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON LEAD. "DANCE" IS A NICE TO TEACH A YOUTH CHOIR. "RAIN ON US" IS A REMAKE OF THE "RAIN" OFF THE INNER CITY CHOIR CD. "WEDDING SONG" IS A REALLY GOOD SONG TO HAVE AT YUOR WEDDING. "STOP HIDING" IS ANOTHER GREAT SONG THAT HAS JOHN P KEE AND LADONNA MOLE ON LEAD. "NOT GULITY" IS A NICE SLOW SONG. THIS CAN BE AN INVITIONAL SONG. "BREAK OUT" SHOW OFF THE BAND. "NOT GULITY (MIX)" IS NICE. THEN WE HAVE "WHATS THE VERDICT" LOVE THIS SONG. THEN WE HAVE THE "EXIT"

    AS YOU CAN SEE THIS CD IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    4 out of 5 stars Good album..........2004-02-14

    I don't listen to John P Kee much but I went to a friend's shop and just decided to listen to it. I HAD to buy it!!! "I Do Worship" is one of my fave tunes. "Dance" is heavy but my real fave tune is "Breakout". That tune is mad!!!! The only thing that annoys me bout that tune is the drums, too overpowering and flat. But the album is good and encouraging, I like it. Any JP Kee fan should get this.

    5 out of 5 stars You did again John P Kee & New Life.......2003-04-07

    I just wanted to let you know I appreciate all your hard work in seeking God to give you guidance in putting this together. I thank God for everyone that's involved. From the singers, to the musicians, producers, song writers and of course you John. May God continue to bless everyone of you in every area of your life. Thank you for giving your life to Christ. Thank you for continuously seeking the face of God. Thank you for sharing your heart with us through music and love. Thank you for being strong and courageous and boldly speaking the truth of Christ in Love. "In Love and Kindness have I drawn men unto me". Continue to show that love and kindess.

    I love you my brothers and sisters!

    T

    5 out of 5 stars Musically Fit.......2003-02-10

    As a musician, I find "Not Guilty" to be of a very high standard, musically. Calvin Rodgers is awesome and unmatched on the drums. The musicians kept the Groove in the pocket. This is a very professionally done project and it is an example of a "More excellent way" of ministering the Gospel in today's world.I listen to the CD daily. Who said that we cannot play Jazz, R&B, Rap, Hip Hop etc etc? Yes, "IT'S POSSIBLE" but the difference here is The Anointing; Lyrics to point folks to Jesus, and Music, saturated with the God kinda vibe played in the vernacular of the man on the street. Pastor Kee, you are a trend setter. Keep up the good work. So Folks, go out there and purchase a copy today. It will change your life.

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