Black Pearl [Explicit Lyrics]

1. No Intro

2. Home Girl, Don't Play Dat

3. So Funky

4. Black Pearl

5. Cleopatra

6. It's a Long Way Home

7. You Should Have Listened

8. Woman to Woman

9. Hoes

10. I Can't Take No More

11. Few Good Men

12. Will You Be Mine

Black Pearl,Yo-Yo,Atlantic / Wea,Hardcore Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,West Coast Rap

Average customer rating: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl Soundtrack Music review Pirates of the Caribbean Great music This soundtrack will make you feel like a pirate yes, all true, but the sound!!!

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Disney Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ASIN: B0000A1RJI Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Fog Bound
2. The Medallion Calls
3. The Black Pearl
4. Will and Elizabeth
5. Swords Crossed
6. Walk the Plank
7. Barbossa Is Hungry
8. Blood Ritual
9. Moonlight Serenade
10. To the Pirates' Cave!
11. Skull and Crossbones
12. Bootstrap's Bootstraps
13. Underwater March
14. One Last Shot
15. He's a Pirate

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Loosely based on the popular Disney theme park audio-animatronic ride, one might expect a modicum of good-natured "Yo-ho-ho-ing"--or maybe a little rousing Korngold/Errol Flynn/Captain Blood orchestral romanticism--here. Instead composer Klaus Badelt initially entices us with some sparing Celtic folk charm, then unleashes a furious broadside of symphonic and choral thunder to rival his ominous score for K-19. The composer's fellow German mentor is an obvious influence throughout (the album is credited with a wink as "Score overproduced by Hans 'Long John' Zimmer") but Badelt brings his own muscular instincts to bear throughout. Perhaps shrewdly realizing that genre cliches are nothing if not for reinventing, Badelt delivers his rhythmically nervous Eurocentric sensibilities--sort of Holst duels Shostakovich on the Spanish Main--with the subtlety of a scorching cannonball. It's seasoned with a little romantic respite in the final act, if a bit gingerly, and could no doubt profit by some of Korngold's sparkling melodic verve. But it's a loud, unabashed Summer Blockbuster score at heart; alert the neighbors. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl Soundtrack.......2007-07-26

If you enjoy the music while watching the movies of the Pirates of the Caribbean, then you will love the soundtrack as well. This product was delivered well and was a good buy.

Music review Pirates of the Caribbean.......2007-07-18

I loved the movie, but I love the music even more. This is an excellent CD with only one problem - the last song (which is my favorite) is not long enough. It's easy to picture scenes from the movie while listening to each song. If you enjoy the symphony you will enjoy this CD. Happy listening!

Great music.......2007-07-08

A great soundtrack from a wonderful movie. Too bad the second and third pirates movies weren't as good as the first. Regardless, great soundtrack.

This soundtrack will make you feel like a pirate.......2007-07-07

i saw the movie which i recommend to buy now from amazon,i recommend to buy the three movies and have all the selection of pirates of the caribbean,this soundtrack is something that put you in the movie,words can't describe this cd,click,buy and you will see

yes, all true, but the sound!!!.......2007-06-28

I agree with the other reviewers about the music, which is fine, but also want to point out that this is a terrific work-out for sound systems with REAL sub woofers (not the scrawny boxes that say they are, but aren't). If you have a room shaker system, down to like 15 Hz, this is for you. The deepest and most sustained bass I have ever heard.

Secret - listen for hints of Gladiator and Mission Imossible. He helped with those films - maybe they are little inside jokes?

Average customer rating: One of America's great songwriters

Over the Rainbow Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Get Happy: The Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration Harold Arlen Sings Sweet and Hot Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen ASIN: B000000WMG Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. (You Got Me In Between) The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
2. I've Got The World On A String
3. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
4. Public Melody No. 1
5. When The Sun Comes Out
6. Hittin' The Bottle
7. Let's Fall In Love
8. Let's Put Our Heads Together
9. Now I Know
10. As Long As I Live
11. Rasin' The Rent
12. Blues In The Night
13. Down With Love
14. Over The Rainbow
15. It's Only A Paper Moon
16. Bud's Won't Bud
17. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
18. Stormy Weather
19. Kickin' The Gong Around
20. Two Blind Loves
21. That Old Black Magic
22. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
23. Ill Wind
24. Get Happy

Customer Reviews:

One of America's great songwriters.......2001-03-09

Amid the Cole Porters, Irving Berlins and George Gershwins of the world, Harold Arlen tends to be forgotten. And yet, when the greatest song of the 20th century was recently voted on by a distinguished panel of critics, whose song came out on top? Mr. Arlen's (Over the Rainbow). Here is a superb cross section of Harold Arlen songs by a cast ranging from Judy Garland to Bing Crosby to Ethel Waters, spanning decades and spanning a wide range of styles, from jazz to ballads, poignant to funny. Although the sound is not ideal, as many of the recordings date from the 30's and Pearl's objective in remastering has always been to achieve the fullest musical sound rather than to reduce surface noise, this is a minor complaint given the rich and mind-opening selection of great music found here.

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Our Best to You Willis Pittman , and The Burden Lifters Manufacturer: Black Pearl Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001QEP Release Date: 1996-07-03

Tracks:

1. Thunder
2. Give Me Strength
3. Mama
4. Are You Serious
5. Noah
6. So Glad I'm Here
7. Bless the People
8. Farewell, Goodbye
9. Things Are Gonna Get Better

Average customer rating: "...Cuz I'm A Woman And I Can Do That" (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars) Black Pearl...more like Black Diamond!!! I had this before it was available on an audio cd Excellent! Wonna get more!

Black Pearl Yo-Yo Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Make Way for the Motherlode Total Control You Better Ask Somebody The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills A Salt With a Deadly Pepa ASIN: B000002JP4 Release Date: 1992-06-23

Tracks:

1. The No Intro
2. Home Girl Don't Play Dat
3. So Funky
4. Black Pearl
5. Cleopatra
6. It's A Long Way Home
7. You Should Have Listened
8. Woman To Woman
9. Hoes
10. I Can't Take No More
11. A Few Good Men
12. Will You Be Mine

Customer Reviews:

"...Cuz I'm A Woman And I Can Do That" (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars).......2007-06-13

Yo-Yo is probably one of the best female rappers I've heard in a minute comming from the early 90's. After her debut album Make Way for the Motherlode back in '91, her sophomore album Black Pearl proved that this girl has some skills.

Hearing most of her albums, I have to say this one might be her best. She really has a lot to say, especially when she speaks about women, and how they are living in society. Whether if it is living with a bad boyfriend, or living and doing drugs, or dealing with female drama, she covers it all on this album. One great track that I liked was "You Should Have Listened" where she covers all of those topics. On the song "Hoes" she defends the female gender being called that name and features a Deadly Threat. "A Few Good Men" is another excellent track about men who don't sell drugs.

Production here is mostly by Sir Jinx and DJ Pooh (the Lench Mob's bread butter when it came to their production), with a some by DJ Muggs (from Cypress Hill), Down Low Productions, Bobcat, and Rashad. A lot of it has that early 90's sound with isn't bad at all. "So Funky" is a nice funky type beat, that reminds me of something I would hear on Del's I Wish My Brother George Was Here.

Overall, Black Pearl is a real nice album from Yo Yo. I beleve this album got her the nickname "Black Pearl" as well. Her skills on here are excellent here as well as her subject matter. This album really has that early 90's sound to it, back when rap was about sending messages to it's listeners to better their lives, and thats what she does on here. Black Pearl is mostly about uplifting African-American females who are not living the way that they are supposed to, and Yo Yo backs it with some skills. I would be suprised if anyone remembers her albums and still spin them every once in a while. I recommend that you check this album, espeically if you're a fan of early Ice Cube/Lench Mob or if you're a female and are looking for some positive lyrics. This is a toss up with her next album You Better Ask Somebody as being her best album. Peace!!

Lyrics: A+
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: A-
Musical Vibes: A-

Top 5 Favorite Tracks:
1. You Should Have Listened
2. So Funky
3. Hoes (featuring Deadly Threat)
4. You Will Be Mine
5. Cleoparta

Honorable Mention Tracks:
1. I Can't Take It No More
2. A Few Good Men

Favorite Yo-Yo Albums From Best To Worst:
1. Black Pearl
2. You Better Ask Somebody
3. Make Way For The Motherlode
4. Total Control
5. Ebony (unreleased; I heard 4 tracks and they nowhere come close to anything from her first 3 albums)

Black Pearl...more like Black Diamond!!!.......2007-03-11

Everytime I hear this cd, I have so much respect for how this sista took the high road to try and uplift black women on this release. Now their are some gangstress moments on this cd. But they tied in with the whole theme and out-look for this cd. This is a worth owning cd for any hardcore rap fan. A female rapper show some real skillz. The songs on this joint are really tight as well. Just check out the samples and you'll know what I'm saying..peace!!!

I had this before it was available on an audio cd.......2000-02-10

I've been following the N.W.A., Eazy-E, and Ice Cube legacy for almost over a decade now and the music will never die out, If you like anything by Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, or N.W.A., give this Black Pearl a try...thank you for your time....

Excellent! Wonna get more!.......1999-02-20

No one've heard about Yo-Yo here, in the city I live. But "Black Pearl" is so terrific. I think sometime I'll get something else. Q: -Is "Black Pearl" Yo-Yo's best album?

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Under the Double Eagle Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sousa's Greatest Hits ASIN: B000000WRI Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

1. Under The Double Eagle
2. High School Cadets
3. Sabre And Spurs
4. Solid Men To The Front
5. Sabre And Spurs
6. Solid Men To The Front
7. El Capitan
8. The National Game
9. The Black Horse Troop
10. Washington Post
11. Hands Across The Sea
12. The Royal Welch Fusiliers
13. Nobles Of The Mystic Shrine
14. The Dauntless Battalion
15. The Thunderer
16. March Of The Mitten Men
17. The Sesqui-Centennial Exposition
18. The Gridiron Club
19. Pride Of The Wolverines
20. The Chantyman's March
21. Ancient And Honorable Company
22. The Fairest Of The Fair
23. Riders Of The Flag
24. Golden Jubilee
25. Stars And Stripes Forever

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The Black Pearl Josephine Baker Manufacturer: American Legends ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Fabulous Josephine Baker A Centenary Tribute: Songs from 1930-1953 Breezin' Along The Josephine Baker Story Bonsoir My Love ASIN: B00009N1XC Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
2. Pretty Little Baby
3. That Certain Feeling
4. My Fate Is In Your Hands
5. Who?
6. King For A Day
7. Easy To Love
8. Besame Mucho
9. Confessin'
10. J'Ai Deux Amours
11. You're Driving Me Crazy
12. I've Got You Under My Skin
13. Brazil
14. Chiquita Madame
15. Peg O' My Heart

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No Boundaries - A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees Pearl Jam , Alanis Morrissette , Rage Against The Machine , Neil Young , Korn , Black Sabbath , Bush , Ben Folds Five , Oasis , and Sarah McLachlan Manufacturer: Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BTIZQG

Product Description

No Boundaries / A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees 1. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam 2. Baba (Live) - Alanis Morrissette 3. The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Rage Against The Machine 4. War Of Man (Live) - Neil Young 5. Freak On A Leash (Freakin' B Mix) - Korn 6. Psycho Man (Danny Saber Remix) - Black Sabbath 7. Come Down - Bush 8. Leather Jacket - Ben Folds Five 9. Take Me Away - Oasis 10. Mary - Sarah McLachlan 11. Go - Indigo Girls 12. Used To Be Lucky - The Wallflowers 13. Wolf In Sheep's Clothing 14. Merman - Tori Amos 15. Black Paintings - Peter Gabriel 16. Soldier Of Love - Pearl Jam

Average customer rating: This set is wonderful! Fantastic!

Threads of Glory: 200 Years of America in Words & Music Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Interviews | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs of Protest ASIN: B0000AINJH Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death/Paul Revere's Ride
3. George Washington and the Early Campaigns of the Revolution
4. Declaration of Independence/Valley Forge/The Surrender of the British
5. George Washington's Farewell Address/The Constitution of the ...
6. Bill of Rights
7. Benjamin Franklin/George Washington Retires
8. Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase/The War of ...
9. Pioneer Spirit/Cotton Is King/President Andrew Jackson "Old Hickory"

Tracks:

1. Remember the Alamo
2. James K. Polk Welcomes Texas to the Union/The Oregon Trail
3. Mexican War
4. Reforms of Dorthea Dix/First Women's Rights Convention
5. Civil War Looms
6. Civil War/Jefferson Davis Speaks
7. Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
8. "With Malice Toward None" - Lincoln's Second Inaugural ...
9. Measure of Lincoln's Greatness
10. Westward Expansion & The American Indian/Cowboys and the Romance ...

Tracks:

1. "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" - Immigration/An Age of Industry ...
2. World War I
3. Roaring 20s/The Great Depression/The Golden Age of Hollywood
4. Axis Is Formed and Threatens the World
5. F.D.R.'s Four Freedoms Speech to Congress
6. Pearl Harbor
7. F.D.R.'s "A Day Which Will Live in Infamy" Speech/World War II/D-Day ..
8. Surrender of the Japanese Aboard the USS Missouri
9. Welcome Home!/The Music Takes Over - That Rhythmic, Driving Happy ...
10. State of Israel Founded
11. Truman's Civil Rights Message

Tracks:

1. 38th Parallel - The Korean Conflict/Berlin Airlift/We Like Ike
2. Nuclear Arms Race Begins/Civil Rights in the United States/The ...
3. October Missile Crisis
4. Martin Luther King - "I Have a Dream"
5. Dallas... November 22, 1963
6. Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964, War in Vietnam Escalates
7. L.B.J.'s Commitment to Civil Rights, Agony over the Vietnam War
8. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated
9. Richard Nixon Is Elected President/"The Eagle Has Landed" - Apollo ...
10. Nixon in China & Cease Fire in Vietnam - Release of All POW's
11. Richard M. Nixon Resigns the Office of the Presidency/Gerald R. ...
12. Threads of Glory - Our Priceless Heritage
13. Curtain Call

Customer Reviews:

This set is wonderful!.......2005-10-12

I just purchased this set, and it was worth EVERY penny I paid for it. This is a wonderful look at our nations history. This was released originally on LP for American's bicentennial in 1975. Parts of this set actually brought me to tears. Absolutely beautiful!

Fantastic!.......2004-05-25

Great educational value and very entertaining at the same time!

Average customer rating: Engaging, lyrical performances

Lucrezia Bori: Arias Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WRF Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. Louise: Depuis le jour
2. Manon: Gavotte: Obeissons quand leur voix appelle
3. Tales Of Hoffman: Barcarolle
4. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
5. La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song
6. La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
7. La Boheme: Addio di Mimi
8. La Boheme: Sono andati? ... Oh Dio, Mimi
9. Acis Y Galatea: Confiado jilguerillo
10. Don Quijote De La Mancha: Consejo
11. Sieto Canciones Populares Espanoles: Jota
12. El Jilguetro con Pico de Oro
13. Ciribiribin
14. Il bacio
15. Valse d'oiseau
16. Calm As The Night
17. La Primavera d'Or
18. Storiella del Bosco Viennese
19. Malaguenas
20. La Violetera
21. Clavelitos

Customer Reviews:

Engaging, lyrical performances.......2006-11-10

I actually came to own this CD because I'm a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. In particular, his tender masterpiece: City Lights. Charlie Chaplin wrote all of the music in that move with one exception - Jose Padilla's "La Violetera". This song Chaplin used as the theme for his blind flower girl. The melody is so beautiful and haunting, that I had to hear the entire song. It turns out that there are very few releases of this song available now. This disk is the only one with a recording from the time when Chaplin was filming his movie. I love Bori's rendition - I can't stop listening to it over and over and over again. The lyrics are those of a flower girl in Madrid, imploring young men passing by to purchase a violet for their girl. Beauty and love may be expressed for so little a sum through a flower....

Let me back up a bit and discuss this CD itself. You have to realize that this is vintage material from the late 1920s and the 1930s. The producers had a dilemma. They could try to suppress all of the hiss and surface noise of the 78 rpm records. But, in the process you would also lose the high notes of the soprano. Wisely, they chose to leave the high frequencies alone. If you want to suppress them, virtually all playback systems have a "treble" control, if not a full equalizer, so this is no disadvantage. Luckily, there is no detectable wow and flutter from warped disks.

About Bori's singing. It's musical, and tastefully done. It's not overblown with excessive vocal theatrics, or sentimentality as some of the early 1900s singers were prone to. She is an excellent musician. Yet, there is a detectable accent. In Hoffman's Barcarolle, which is sung in English, you've got to listen carefully to make out the words. But then, Lawrence Tibbett also is sometimes hard to make out. It may be their operatic technique of the time as well as the limited frequency response of the recording system. Tibbett seems to be a bass or baritone, and in combination with a soprano, a wide frequency response is needed.

Ironically, even though Bori was born in Spain, when I asked my Spanish speaking friends about the lyrics of "La Violetera", they noted that the Spanish was pronounced with a heavy accent also. Perhaps people knowledgable in Italian can tell us about her Italian pronounciation.

A word about the Italian opera snippets. I'm a nut about Puccini, especially Madame Butterfly. Un bel di is so critical to this opera, that it has to be done right. I'm stuck on Renata Tebaldi's rendition, which to my mind is the gold standard. Bori has a different view, which may take some getting used to. The notes do say that she rarely performed Butterfly in the USA, and so perhaps she was aware of her own problems with this aria. Tebaldi brings out the anguish and makes you cry. Bori seems a little more perfunctory.

Overall, this is quite a fun, musical CD with material that is not often heard today. I really enjoy this one.

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Black Pearl Manufacturer: Crystal Clear Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JF65 Release Date: 1999-06-15

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Like A Rocket
3. Is It Lonely?
4. 'Till I'm Ready
5. Was It Me?
6. Misbehave
7. Mad Dog
8. Contess
9. Your Brother
10. Jane
11. Really Wish You Well
12. Since I've Been Lovin' You
13. Reprise (I'm Ready Now)

Dance Music:

1. Bleedin' da Block [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Championship Hustling [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Claimstake [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Crazy for You [CD-single]
5. Da Price UV IN4MA$HUN [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Dead Serious
7. Dillinger & Young Gotti [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Encore [CD-single]
9. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights [Soundtrack]
10. Down 4 My Shit: Greatest Hits [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Lie to Me

Partitas And More

Porgy & Bess [Import]

Nature Boy

Set the Stage Alight [Import]

Soul Diva Sessions

Radio Daze

Suk: Praga / Dramatic Overture for Large Orchestra / Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale Saint Wenceslas / Legend of Dead Victors / Towards a New Life

Speed of Sound

Reunion

Sama Layuca

Sum Serious Blues

Presents Machine Funk Specialist

Movin' on a Groove: Blues & Soul Situation

In Love and Death