| 1. Keep It Thorough |
| 2. Unyielding Word |
| 3. Something Close to Magic |
| 4. Our Love Universal |
| 5. Forbidden Fruit |
| 6. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love |
| 7. Hey Mr. Pharoah |
| 8. Time |
| 9. Lady Sings the Blues |
| 10. Eye's Diversity |
The Voice of Reason,The Eye,Ichiban Old Indie,Hip-Hop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop
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New American Song Cycles
Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001XAQBO Release Date: 2004-04-27 |
Tracks:
- My Antonia: Landscape-From the Train - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: Antonia - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: Landscape II-Winter - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: The Hired Girls - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: Landscape III-Prairie Spring - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: Antonia in the Field - Margo Garrett
- My Antonia: Landscape IV-Sunset - Margo Garrett
- Figments: Gravity - Daron Hagen
- Figments: Why We Have Cats - Daron Hagen
- Figments: The End of Daylignt Savings Time - Daron Hagen
- Figments: Zoo Prepares to Adopt Metric System - Daron Hagen
- Figments: Lines After Marianne Moore - Daron Hagen
- Figments: Deer in Mist and Almonds - Daron Hagen
- Figments: The Poetry of Sausages: Morcilla - Daron Hagen
- Vita Brevis: Lullaby - Paul Morvec
- Vita Brevis: My Heart Leaps - Paul Morvec
- Vita Brevis: Mezzo Cammin - Paul Morvec
- Vita Brevis: The Coming of Wisdom With Time - Paul Morvec
- Vita Brevis: In Remembrance - Paul Morvec
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Desire - Tom Cipullo
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Embrace - Tom Cipullo
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Cancer - Tom Cipullo
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Flames - Tom Cipullo
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Putting Down ... - Tom Cipullo
- Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House: Another Reason Why - Tom Cipullo
Customer Reviews:
Some Excellent Songs; Performances That Try One's Patience.......2004-07-16
As to the music recorded here, some of the songs are really quite enjoyable and one can only hope that others will take them up. I'm sure that is Sperry's hope, too; he certainly has given his time, effort and money to promote this kind of music, including several recordings on the Albany label. On this disc I'd single out the witty songs of Daron Hagen, set to laugh-out-loud funny poems by Alice Wirth Gray. Sample text from 'Why We Have Cats': "That bitch, the woman/who lived next door,/took it on the lam/to Arizona and left/five cats...What did she think life was: a Learning Experience?" Hagen's music underlines the humor in tonal but unexpected harmonies. Libby Larsen's song cycle 'My Antonía,' gently set to words from the Willa Cather novel, traces changes in the landscape over a year's time. Sample: from 'Prairie Spring' - "The larks...singing straight at the sun." Paul Moravec's 'Vita Brevis,' set to lyrics of Wordsworth, James Agee, Yeats, Anonymous and Mr Moravec himself, illustrates the cycle's envoi by Carlyle, 'One life: a gleam of time between two eternities.' The music, to my ears, is a generic and unmemorable. Paul Cipullo's 'Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House,' to poems by the current U.S. poet laureate, Billy Collins, is set to delectable post-impressionist Rorem-esque music. Sperry underlines Collins's felicitous turns of phrase [e.g. in 'Flames,' about Smokey the Bear: 'He is sick of dispensing/warnings to the careless,/the half-wit camper,/the dumbbell hiker.'] which are mirrored slyly in Cipullo's accompaniment. In the cycle's title song, Cipullo unexpectedly and wittily quotes the Scherzo of Beethoven's First Symphony. Sperry is accompanied expertly at the piano in each song cycle by its composer, except for the Larsen cycle where the pianist is Margo Garrett.
In summary, buy this CD for the mostly worthwhile songs, and try to ignore the difficulties with Sperry's vocal estate.
TT=59:37
Scott Morrison
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100 Voices 100 Strings & Joni James
Joni James Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006B1L6 Release Date: 2002-11-12 |
Tracks:
- Ave Maria
- The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Tall A Tree
- There Must Be A Reason
- The Lord's Prayer
- Story Of The Sparrows
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- It Is No Secret
- Prayer For Peace
- Wither Thou Goest
- I May Never Pass This Way Again
- Bless This House
- Give Us This Day
- Look For The Silver Lining
- Panis Angelicus
- I Believe
- Count Your Blessings
- May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You
Album Description
Includes six added tracks from her similarly themed album, Give Us This Day, to create this uplifting 18-track package. 1960 release. Bonus tracks - 'Give Us This Day', 'Look For The Silver Lining', 'Panis Angelicus', 'I Believe', 'Count Your Blessings' & 'May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You'. Collectors' Choice Music. 2002.
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William Sharp
Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000030EB Release Date: 1992-12-08 |
Tracks:
- A Prayer To St. Catherine
- If Thou A Reason Dost Desire To Know
- English Usage
- My Crow Pluto
- John Peel
- At The Spring
- Sweet Suffolk Owl
- What If...
- Jabberwocky
- Kidnap Room
- Bue Mountain Ballads: Heavenly Grass
- Bue Mountain Ballads: Lonesome Man
- Bue Mountain Ballads: Cabin
- Bue Mountain Ballads: Sugar In The Cane
- Sleeping Song
- April Fool Baby
- A Little Closer, Please
- Three
- Letter To Freddy
- Secret Words
- My Sister's Hand In Mine
- Recuerdo: Echo
- Recuerdo
- Recuerdo: A Last Song
Customer Reviews:
A Celebration of the American Art Song.......2000-12-30
American classical that blooms from the soul of the earth........2000-09-10
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My Secret Heart - Songs of Parlour, Stage and Screen
Ben Heppner , Vittorio Giannini , Ernest Charles , Ivor Novello , Sir Noel Coward , Eric Coates , Teresa Clotilde del Riego , Mana-Zucca , Ernst Seitz , and Haydn Wood Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00002JXEC Release Date: 1999-11-09 |
Tracks:
- Let All My Life Be Music
- Sing To My Heart A Song
- Let My Song Fill Your Heart
- Love Is My Reason For Living
- Someday My Heart Will Awake
- I'll See You Again
- We'll Gather Lilacs
- Bird Songs At Eventide
- Homing
- I Love Life
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- Roses Of Picardy
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Serenade
- Love Me Tonight
- Be My Love
- The Desert Song
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Amazon.com
With his 1999 Met triumph as Tristan--the most taxing of all Wagner's tenor roles--Canadian singer Ben Heppner has fully earned his heralded position as the great new Heldentenor of our time. His Lohengrin is a signature role, while his album German Romantic Opera has been nominated for a Grammy. Yet Heppner also commands tremendous versatility--and of a much more engaging character than that of the typical crossover effort--using his powerful, bronze-tinged tenor to tender and charming effect in My Secret Heart. This is a collection of songs roughly from the period between the two world wars, when music began to reach mass audiences via radio and screen. Many of these are almost forgotten gems--emblems of a vanished era--but once had wide cultural currency: the World War II hit "We'll Gather Lilacs," the radio show Family Hour's theme tune "Let My Song Fill Your Heart," and the oft-recorded 1919 ballad "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." Heppner, with his sturdy beauty of tone and sweet, natural-sounding vibrato, breathes new life into this genre. He handles the idiom's unabashed schmaltz with charm and brings a lilting urbanity to two Noël Coward tunes, with especially bittersweet refinement in "I'll Follow My Secret Heart." --Thomas MayCustomer Reviews:
Almost too much lavender and roses, but a delight anyway.......2006-08-29
Mr. Heppner Must Have A Large Parlour!.......2005-02-22
Mr. Heppner says these are songs of the parlour, stage and silver screen. His glorious voice which appears to be a combination of steel and gold fills a recital hall easily. He would need a huge parlour to sing in as well.
This CD is quite wonderful. There are no dull cuts. Since the songs are all about love, this would make a great February 14 gift.
He can keep his secret to himslef.......2003-12-13
What a 'crossover' album should be!.......2001-09-01
There is no question that Heppner is one of the greatest tenors of our age. He is often compared with his fellow Canadian Jon Vickers (with whom he shares much of his repertory) but especially here, he is beginning to remind me more and more of Jussi Bjorling, and I can think of no higher compliment. Part of this is because Bjorling actually sang quite a bit of repertory similar to what Heppner sings here, but more importantly, both voices have an ideal combination of power and sweetness. Heppner's is essentially a very lyric voice despite its large size, and he is capable of great tonal beauty and sensitivity. This not only makes his Wagner, Giordano, and Berlioz very special, but makes him equally adept with the gentle little gems he sings on this disc. He is helped somewhat by the fact that these songs, most of which were written in the very early part of the 20th century, are a lot closer to the 'classical' style than more modern pop. But what really makes Heppner perfect for this material is his total identification with the texts, his tenderness, and his utter sincerity. Also, his diction is superb - you won't need the printed texts to understand what he is singing. In the hands of a lesser singer, some of these old fashioned songs would be absolute treacle. But an artist like Heppner can raise up even 'substandard' compositions and give them the aura of greatness.
In the more upbeat songs, Heppner sings with the thrilling, heroic tone that has made him in demand in every opera house in the world. He makes 'Let All My Life Be Music' into his personal mission statement. 'Homing' was also a favorite of another great Wagnerian tenor, namely Lauritz Melchior. 'I Love Life!', complete with splendid high C, is sung with enough cheer and vigor to bring anybody out of a depression. But this repertory is often gentle and introspective, and Heppner can also easily fine down his voice to a splendid pianissimo, drawing you in and enticing you to pay attention as opposed to banging you over your head like many other tenors do. Ivor Novello's 'Love is My Reason For Living' and Ernest Charles' 'Let My Song Fill Your Heart' are light, gracious Viennese waltzes. The familiar 'Roses of Picardy', 'Bird Songs at Eventide' and 'I'll Be Seeing You' are also sung sweetly and caressingly. Two more Novello songs are among the best tracks on the album. 'Someday My Heart Will Awake', is soft, gentle, and nostalgic, rising to a passionate conclusion. 'We'll Gather Lilacs' is obviously a love song from Heppner to his wife Karen (to whom the entire album is dedicated), full of yearning and deeply moving.
The operetta selections are even more special. In the Serenade from 'The Student Prince', which is alone worth the price of the CD, Heppner makes something truly thrilling of the declaration 'Oh, hear my longing cry!/Oh, love me or I die!', and ends with not one but two spectacular high Cs. What a pity that the chances of him ever recording the entire operetta are so slim! The cajolingly sung title song from 'The Desert Song' is almost as fine, as is 'Love Me Tonight' from 'The Vagabond King'. Finally, the title song 'I'll Follow My Secret Heart', with yet another brilliant high C, makes a splendid finish to this very enjoyable album.
I should also give credit to noted composer and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick for his warm, rich, and perfectly scaled arrangements of these songs. Like Heppner, he finds the perfect mood for each piece and never engages in schmaltz that one might expect from some of this material. The only complaint I have about this disc is the one I have about many contemporary CDs - why is there only 54 minutes of music on a medium that can hold almost 80 minutes? There are assuredly more than 18 songs Heppner could have recorded in this vein. I would have liked to have seen more operetta items in particular. Although I suppose they couldn't have recorded the Drinking Song from 'The Student Prince' as well as the Serenade without a chorus, it would have been nice if 'Deep In My Heart, Dear' had been included. Still, the quality of what is there far outweighs the quantity. The excellent documentation, in German and French as well as English, includes a personal note from Heppner, biographies of all the composers as well as Heppner and Tunick, and complete song texts. The cover shows Heppner surrounded by red velvet, designed, amusingly enough, by Red Herring Productions!
Whether you're an opera lover who wants to hear a great tenor in a lighter mood, or a fan of early 20th century popular music who is curious to see what it sounds like sung by a genuinely great voice, this disc is essential. It is an excellent introduction to Heppner's artistry if you haven't experienced it before, and after listening to it you might want to try some of his opera CDs, both solo recitals and complete recordings. There are few voices that could serve as a better introduction for a neophyte to the wonderful world of opera. If only more 'crossover' singers (both classical and pop) had Heppner's musical integrity...
This cd has left me speechless, wow!.......2001-02-18
The things that I have read about Ben have been very true. He really is a lot more than I ever bargained for. He is THAT GOOD.
I need to go out on a limb and say that he is the best tenor I have ever heard. In my wildest dreams I never thought anyone could be that good.
For this cd Ben choose to sing a lot of standards. Bravo! This is my kind of music. Ben did an excellent job crooning us with his golden voice. He knew when to hold back and when to sing at full strength. This is marvelous how he worked each song to get the full meaning out of it.
The only complaint I have is there was not enough of the good olde songs that I wanted to hear Ben sing. I know it's hard to please all the people all the time and I understand where Ben was coming from.
This cd is a must for the fans of beautiful opera singers who crossover with popular music.
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Voice of Reason
Harem Scarem Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000070QR Release Date: 2001-06-12 |
Tracks:
- Voice Of Reason
- Blue
- Warming A Frozen Rose
- Let It Go
- And Thats All
- Breathing Sand
- Candle
- Paint Thins
- I'll Be Brief
- Untouched
- Necessary Evil
Customer Reviews:
A quality album all the way through.......2005-02-05
Gloomier But Beautiful.......2003-05-10
quality through and through.......2001-08-03
Dark and beautiful..........1999-03-01
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING..........1998-07-24
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Johann Strauss Jr.: 100 of His Best Compositions (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000026C0T Release Date: 1999-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 1 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
- Polka Schnell, Op. 348 - Johannes Wildner
- Walzer, Op. 395 - Johannes Wildner
- Kunstlerquadrille, Op. 201 - Johannes Wildner
- Kunstlerleben, Walzer, Op. 316 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
- Polka, Op. 43 - Johannes Wildner
- Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 - Johannes Wildner
- L' Enfantillage (Zepperl-Polka), Op. 202 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
- Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch, Op. 126 - Alfred Walter
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Walzer, Op. 210 - Michael Dittrich
- Polka Schnell, Op. 324 - Johannes Wildner
- Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 - Johann Strauss Jr
- Polka, Op. 320 - Johann Strauss Jr
- Walzer, Op. 410 - Johann Strauss Jr
- Polka, Op. 269 - Johannes Wildner
- Walzer, Op. 307 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Francaise, Op. 389 - Alfred Walter
- Marsch, Op. 349 - Johannes Wildner
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 270 - Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Polka Mazurka, Op. 323 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 342 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Quadrille - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 463 - Johannes Wildner
- Polka, Op. 211 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 321 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Francaise, Op. 328 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Marsch, Op. 428 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 101 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Polka Francaise, Op. 301 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Du Und Du (Fledermaus - Waltzer), Op. 367 - Alfred Walter
- Tausend Und Eine Nacht, Intermezzo - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 400 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Polka, Op. 72 - Johannes Wildner
- Walzer, Op. 314 - Johannes Wildner
- Russiche Marschfantasie, Op. 353 - Oliver Dohnanyi
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 234 - Johannes Wildner
- Polka schnell, Op. 319 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Waltzer, Op. 340 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Schnell, Op. 373 - Johannes Wildner
- Waltzer, Op. 427 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Francaise, Op. 372 - Peter Guth
- Waltzer, Op. 333 - Orf Symphony Orchestra
- Polka Mazurka, Op. 315 - Johannes Wildner
- Marsch, Op. 156 - Alfred Walter
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Walzer, Op. 114 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Schnell, Op. 356 - Alfred Walter
- Walzer, Op. 370 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Galopp, Op. 466 - Johannes Wildner
- Walzer, Op. 329 - Alfred Walter
- Musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257 - Alfred Walter
- Walzer, Op. 440 - Alfred Walter
- Polka, Op. 214 - Johannes Wildner
- Walzer, Op. 388 - Alfred Walter
- Marsch, Op. 371 - Alfred Walter
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Polka Mazurka, Op. 322 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 235 - Johannes Wildner
- Polka Schnell, Op. 393 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 346 - Alfred Walter
- Quadrille, Op. 363 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 423 - Alfred Walter
- Polka - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 298 - Alfred Walter
- Polka, Polka Francaise, Op. 276 - Johannes Wildner
- Perisscher Marsch, Op. 289 - Johannes Wildner
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Polka, Op. 291 - Czecho-Slovak RSO
- Waltzer, Op. 157 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Polka Schnell, Op. 365 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 390 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Polka Schnell, Op. 326 - Johannes Wildner
- Waltzer, Op. 433 - Alfred Walter
- Polka, Op. 117 - Johannes Wildner
- Waltzer, Op. 279 - Johannes Wildner
- Polka Francaise, Op. 317 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Russischer Marsch, Op. 426 - Michael Dittrich
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Motoren Waltzer, Op. 265 - Alfred Walter
- Polka schnell, Op. 332 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 364 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Schnell, Op. 378 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Schatzwaltzer, Op. 418 - Alfred Walter
- Polka, Op. 362 - Alfred Walter
- Waltzer, Op. 300 - Alfred Walter
- Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 - Alfred Walter
Tracks:
- Overture - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 125 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Francaise, Op. 336 - Richard Edlinger
- Waltzer, Op. 411 - Oliver Dohnanyi
- Ritter Pasman Csardas, Op. 441 - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Waltzer, Op. 361 - Alfred Walter
- Polka Schnell, Op. 281 - Alfred Walter
- Geschichten Aus Dem Wiener Wald, Walzer, Op. 325 - Johannes Wildner
- Polka, Op. 449 - Alfred Walter
- Radetzky Marsch, Johann Strauss I - Ondrej Lenard
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Dargomyzhsky & Cui: Romances (Art Songs - Lieder)
Manufacturer: Russian Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000001LNN Release Date: 1994-09-08 |
Tracks:
- I'm Sad
- His Hair Is Light Brown
- Estrangement
- I Still Love Him
- Without Thinking, Without Reason
- The Garden
- I'll Tell Nobody
- The Sierra-Nevada Is Covered With Fog
- I'm In Love, My Belle
- I Loved You
- Lilyeta
- Christ Has Risen
- The Night Is Still
- Tu And Vous
- The Burnt Letter
- The Tsarskoy Selo's Statue
- Yearning
- If Life Decieves You
- I Loved You
- I Touched A Flower
- The Cloud
- I Remember One Evening
- It Was Getting To Dark
- Why Is It So, My Darling
- The Lilacs Wither Here
- My Mischievous Girl
- A Dream
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Voice of Reason
The Fountainhead Manufacturer: Universal Music & VI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E5M7 Release Date: 1988-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Someone Like You
- Angel
- Still Dreaming
- Price You've Got to Pay
- This Generation
- Future Days
- Driving in My Car
- Nowhere Train
- Step by Step
- Rain Came Down
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Love in Italiano
Filippo Voltaggio Manufacturer: Hutsut Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005YEIC Release Date: 2001-05-29 |
Tracks:
- Dimmi, Dimmi, Dimmi
- Carolina Dai
- Non Illuderti
- Amore Scusami
- Love
- And I Love You So
- Mambo Italiano
- Guarda Che Luna
- Dalla Strada Alle Stelle
- Love in Italiano
- I Can't Wait
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Songs and Romance
Manufacturer: Imagina Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000005EOQ Release Date: 2000-06-26 |
Tracks:
- Wedding
- Feeling Bored, Feeling Sad
- Spanish Romance
- Without Mind, Without Reason
- It's All The Same To Me
- Paladin
- In Spacious Skies
- Eastern Romance
- Storm And Roge, Thou Deep Sea
- Charm Me, Charm!
- The Night Breeze
- My Destined, My Bethrothed
- Lezgin Song
- Oh, My Charmer!
- God Will Help You!
- How The Husband came From Under The Hills
- A Maiden And A Youth
- I Love Him Still!
- Being Sixteen
- Don't Call Her An Angel
- Oh, You Fever
- Sierra-Nevada Was Clothed In Mists
- I'll Tell Nobody
- One More Prayer
- How Often I Listen...
- Sincere Confession
- As On Our Street
Dance Music:
- Top Secret CD Beats, Vol. 2
- Trip Down Woodward Ave.
- Trip Hop Explosion
- Voice of the Projects
- Wanted
- West Coast Rap: The First Dynasty, Vol. 3
- What's Up Doc? [CD-single]
- Who?
- Whoridin' [Explicit Lyrics]
- X Rap [Explicit Lyrics]
Dance Music
Bucket! [Original recording remastered]
Ince: Arches/The Fall Of Constantinople/Remembering Lycia