| 1. So Alive |
| 2. I Wanna Feel You |
| 3. How Can I Thank You |
| 4. Vox's Party |
| 5. No Puedo Imaginar |
| 6. Volver A Ver La Luz |
| 7. Dime Por Que Tu |
| 8. Mas Cerca De Mi |
| 9. Tu Destino |
| 10. Pasion |
| 11. Sigo Pensando En Ti |
| 12. Tu Destino - Unplugged |
So Alive,Vox's,Yoyo Music,Latin,Latin Pop
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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FDW Release Date: 1993-02-23 |
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
- Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
- Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
- Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
- Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
- Being Alive--Patti LuPone
- Good Thing Going--The Tonics
- Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
- Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
- Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
- Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
- Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble
Tracks:
- Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
- Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
- Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
- The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
- Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
- I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
- With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
- Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
- Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
- Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
- Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
- Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus
Customer Reviews:
Great CD.......2006-08-06
Simply the Best.......2005-06-29
In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.
In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.
If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.
Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21
"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30
I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.
There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.
I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.
A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16
This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.
My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."
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A Stephen Sondheim Evening (1983 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Liz Callaway , Angela Lansbury , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003F96 Release Date: 1994-01-18 |
Tracks:
- Invocation And Instructions To The Audience - Bob Gunton And Company
- Saturday Night - Company
- Isn't It? - Victoria Mallory
- Saturday Night (Reprise) - Men
- Poems - George Hearn/Bob Gunton
- What More Do I Need? - Liz Callaway
- Another Hundred People - Judy Kaye
- With So Little To Be Sure Of - Victoria Mallory/George Hearn
- Pretty Little Picture - Bob Gunton/Liz Callaway/Steven Jacob
- The House Of Marcus Lycus - George Hearn/Bob Gunton/Women
- Echo Song - Liz Callaway
- There's Something About A War - Cris Groenendaal/Men
- Being Alive - Judy Kaye
- The Miller's Son - Liz Callaway
- Johanna - Cris Groenendaal
- Not A Day Goes By - Victoria Mallory
- Someone In A Tree - Bob Gunton/George Hearn/Steven Jacob/Cris Groenendaal
- Send In The Clowns - Angela Lansbury
- Old Friends - Stephen Sondheim/Angela Lansbury/Company
Amazon.com
A revue created for the Whitney Museum's Composers' Showcase series (and sometimes known as You're Gonna Love Tomorrow), A Stephen Sondheim Evening collects songs with music and lyrics by Sondheim in a live 1983 concert featuring a top cast of Liz Callaway, Cris Groenendaal, Bob Gunton, George Hearn, Steven Jacob, Judy Kaye, and A Little Night Music's Victoria Mallory, with a special appearance by Angela Lansbury. While many of the songs were somewhat obscure at the time, they're rather familiar decades later, including selections from 1954's Saturday Night and outtakes from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. And though the Fender Rhodes sounds dated, the cast and the performances are excellent. Callaway's "What More Do I Need" is still definitive, and Sondheim himself accompanies Lansbury's "Send in the Clowns" and leads the singers on "Old Friends." --David HoriuchiCustomer Reviews:
By no means bad!!!.......2005-01-04
The orchestrations are...well...slim. But the synths aren't disturbing, except in Miles Gloriosus.
Otherwise some rare SJS gems are included here. And Angela Lansbury's Clowns is one of the few versions of this song worth listening to (it's not a bad song, but done so many times:P).
Buyer Beware!!.......2004-05-28
Atrocious! Dont be fooled!.......2000-04-29
A wonderful recording of some great Sondheim.......2000-04-13
I just wish I'd been there!.......1999-09-09
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So Alive
Pristina Manufacturer: A Different Drum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009RO1JU Release Date: 2005-05-23 |
Tracks:
- So Alive
- So Alive (Syrian Mix)
- Skies (Sequencia Mix)
- So Alive (Nevarakka Mix)
- Skies (Daybehavior Mix)
- So Alive (Novan-K Mix)
Product Description
Pristina is a production of Joey B. from The Echoing Green as he works with several talented female vocalists. "So Alive" is a stunningly beautiful song featuring vocal performance by Sarah Masen. Plus, there are two bonus mixes of the song "Skies" featuring vocals by Alicia Luma. Though "So Alive" is originally a dreamy down-tempo track, the remixes by Syrian, Nevarakka, and Novan-K (producer of Cosmic Ally) push the song into the dance club realm.Customer Reviews:
Soothing Mixes.......2007-01-10
NICE!.......2006-03-16
A great start........2005-09-12
1. So Alive. The album version of the title track is awesome, very down-tempo and emotional. It's a cover song, originally by Ryan Adams.
2. So Alive - Syrian remix. A great, danceable remix. Not terribly cheesy or over-produced sounding. Though there are 909 cymbals used, at least they're in the background ;-) (The 909 is an old Roland drum machine, whose sounds are overly used by electronic musicians. They're great sounds, but enough is enough...)
3. Skies - Sequencia remix. My second favorite track from this single. I've only heard a snippet of the album version of this track, but I absolutely love this remix. The original, unless it changes drastically from the clip I heard, has a kind of funky beat, with beautiful, soaring instruments. This remix maintains a danceable beat almost throughout, with smart programming, keeping the track upbeat, and yet maintaining the beauty of the vocals and melodies.
4. So Alive - Nevarakka remix. Definitely danceable, this track just keeps moving along. The ever-used 900 cymbals rear their ugly heads prominently, but they don't detract from the song. After each chorus, there's this crazy-fast synth line. Someone know from the EG forum described this remix as almost being goa (an electronic style). There's a great, slow break in the remix at about four minutes into it. I kind of imagine this remix is like a fighter jet, flying at supersonic speeds until this point, at which is noses up into the atmosphere, then comes speeding back down, where the remix resumes the frenzied pace.
5. Skies - Daybehavior remix. My least favorite track, but that's not to say it's bad. A slow, funky beat used throughout this remix. I can't quite place a name to the sound, I want to call it samba, but I'm pretty sure I'm wrong. It reminds me a lot of this old Casio keyboard my family used to have, with its pre-programmed rhythms. In fact the cymbals and woodblock sound incriminatingly like those Casio sounds... :-D
6. So Alive - Novan-K remix. My most favorite track from this single. I guess they saved the best for last! I actually prefer this remix of "So Alive" to the album version. The vocals are prominent and beautiful, the beat keeps moving along, unique synth sounds show up and fade away (love that metallic ringgggg that pops up about a minute and a half along), and there are no 909 cymbals ;-) I would call this remix progressive, because instruments build up, drop out, then come back again later towards end of the track. There are some great parts when the beat is light and the vocals and instruments swirl around. I especially love the ending of the remix, it's very subdued, and you think it's about to fade out until one last line of vocals is used. A great ending to a great single.
The album is due very soon, and I for one cannot wait! Also, one of the album tracks, "October," is being featured in the movie "Echoes of Innocence," which was just released in "select theaters" across the country.
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So Alive
Love and Rockets Manufacturer: Beggars Banquet ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MFHM8Q |
Product Description
Track listing: 1. So Alive 2. Dreamtime 3. Motorcycle 4. Bike. Made in England.
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So Much for Staying Alive
Kristofer Astrom Manufacturer: Star ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007N1BQW Release Date: 2006-12-18 |
Tracks:
- Midnight Sun
- Good You Bring
- Givers Of The World
- Wild
- Burn
- Black Day
- Man Of Steel
- Until Tomorrow
- Frankfurt Blues
- Gilded
- Empty Hands
- Telling Lies
Album Description
Swedish pressing. Details TBA. Startracks. 2005.
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So Alive
Love and Rockets Manufacturer: Psychobaby Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008Z46U Release Date: 2003-05-20 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Ball Of Confusion
- Judgment Day
- Natacha
- Rock On
- Fever
- So Alive
- Use Me
- Sweet F.A.
- No New Tale To Tell
- Spiked
- The Light
- Sweet Lover Hangover
- Mirror People
- Bubble Man Intro
- Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven
- Love Me
- It Could Be Sunshine
Customer Reviews:
As Good as any of their Studio Albums.......2006-10-29
Then - behold! - they released this live CD, which is essentially identical to my beloved home-made recording.
Now, on to the music.
Love and Rockets were an awe-inspiring live band, and this CD shows why. Although an audio recording gives no hint to their mind-blowing light show (of course), you do get a high energy performance with tons of great songs. It's almost impossible to believe only three guys were on stage to make such atmospheric-to-blasting music, but all the elements are clearly defined: Daniel Ash's cool-as-hell vocals and shimmering guitar, David J's solid and sometimes ominous bass, and Kevin Haskins' clockwork drumming, with Haskins also supplying some special effects (OK, pre-taped sounds) from his drums.
I won't get into a song-by-song review here, except to say - L&R had an ability to take a song from a whisper to an explosion in a truly unique way, sounding nothing like the soft-!!!LOUD!!!-soft blueprint so many grunge and metal bands mistake for dynamics.
Buy this CD. I saw L&R many times back in the day, and this disc gives ample evidence of what kept me coming back.
Wish I had Been There!.......2006-01-01
I was at this show!.......2004-04-03
I was in attendance of the Chicago show and boy did it rock! Full house, lively crowd, $14 tickets, the "Dandy Warhols" opened, Love and Rockets were "on" that night including 3 encores, and that cute short girl with the retro 60's glasses standing stage left who....I digress. The live sound was almost exactly like the album sound - I'm at a loss as to why these recordings sound so raw and different. Oh well. Still a great show.
For the interested, here's the set list from the Chicago show in case you want to play the tracks back in their original order:
1) Body And Soul (taped intro)
2) Ball of Confusion
3) So Alive (dirty version)
4) Judgement Day
5) Rock On
6) Slice of Life (1st ever playing at a Love and Rockets show)
7) Use Me
8) Sweet Lover Hangover
9) Kundalini Express
10) Clean (David J.)
11) The Light
--- Encore 1 ---
12) No New Tale To Tell
13) Mirror People
--- Encore 2 ---
14) Holiday on the Moon
15) Yin and Yang (the Flowerpot Man) (really long trippy version)
--- Encore 3 ---
16) Sweet F.A.
great live cd.......2003-08-30
I wished it was 2 discs: Disc 1, circa 1989, when Earth Sun Moon came out, so you can see their glam/ psychedelic period. Disc 2, circa 1996, the stripped down rock and roll period.
I have seen Love and Rockets live 3 times and this covers everything.
ps...there is even a "shout out" for Heartbreak Hotel which was covered by Daniel Ash in Tones on Tail.
Love and Rockets are a great rock band.......2003-08-06
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Titanic: The Ultimate Collection (Soundtrack Anthology)
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000060ES Release Date: 2000-10-10 |
Tracks:
- Never An Absolution
- Rose's Theme (My Heart Will Go On-Solo Piano Version)
- Distant Memories
- Southhampton
- Titanic (1996 Mini-series) - Lennie Niehaus
- Rose
- The Proposal/The Night Was Alive - Maury Yeston
- Main Title/Epilogue - William Alwyn
- No Moon - Maury Yeston
- Titanic (1953 Film) - Sol Kaplan
- Autumn - Maury Yeston
- A Promise Kept
- Rose's Theme (My Heart Will Go On)
- Nearer My God To Thee - James Horner J
- A Life So Changed/An Ocean Of Memories
- My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Amazon.com
Sinking-ship soundtracks from diverse media coalesce in this well-produced olio of pleasant renditions conducted by Randy Miller and orchestrated by Donald Johnston. The selections include music to the now historical James Cameron film, including "My Heart Will Go On" in both a solo piano and as a grand easy-listening instrumental. Similar respectful treatments are also provided in the fanfare from Jean Negulesco's 1953 film composed by Sol Kaplan, some of William Alwyn's score to Roy Baker's 1958 British film A Night To Remember, Maury Yeston's compositions for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, and Lennie Niehaus's score for the 1996 television miniseries. Included also is the sentimental favorite "Nearer My God to Thee," which historians have determined was not played when the real ship went down. --Jason VerlindeCustomer Reviews:
Titanic Rocks!.......2001-01-21
Titanic Rock!.......2001-01-21
What an inspiring musical masterpiece!.......1999-11-22
I HAVE THE CD AND I LISTEN TO IT OFTEN. I REALLY LOVE IT........1999-05-09
Excellent Supplementary Soundtrack to JH's Original.......1998-07-13
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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05 |
Tracks:
- The Mikado: Overture
- The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
- The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
- The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
- The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
- The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
- The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
- The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
- The Mikado: I Am So Proud
- The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
- The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
- The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
- The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
- The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
- The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
- The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
- The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
- The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
- The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
- The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
- Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
- H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
- H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
- Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
- H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term
Tracks:
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
- H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
- H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
- The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
- The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
- The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
- The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
- Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
- Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
- Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
- Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
- Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
- Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
- Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
- Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
- Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
- The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)
Tracks:
- When All Night Long A Chap Remains
- When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
- When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
- If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
- Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
- Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
- Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
- Ruddigore: You Understand?
- Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
- Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
- Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
- The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
- The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
- The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
- The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
- The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
- The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
- The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
- The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
- The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
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So Much Staying Alive & Lovelessness
Joan of Arc Manufacturer: Jade Tree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007FE25 Release Date: 2003-02-04 |
Tracks:
- On A Bedsheet In The Breeze On The Roof
- The Infinite Blessed Yes
- Perfect Need And Perfect Completion
- Olivia Lost
- Diane Cool And Beautiful
- Mr. Participation Billy
- Mean To March
- Hello Goodnight Good Morning Goodbye
- Dead Together
- Madelleine Laughing
- Staying Alive And Lovelessness
Album Description
Full Title - So Much Staying Alive And Lovelessness. Recorded and mixed by Graeme Gibson at Clava Studios and further gussied up with help from a plethora of fellow Chicago luminaries from Califone, Edith Frost, Isotope 217, Ugly Casanova, Boas, Owen, Pinebender, Rabbit Rabbit, Red Red Meat, Need New Body and Chicago Underground Duo. Jade Tree. 2003.Customer Reviews:
A Challenging Listen, but brilliant.......2004-03-23
Normalating from the Deviation.......2004-02-10
A different Joan of Arc.......2003-11-10
title of review.......2003-03-05
Junkmedia Review- Pretentious or challenging? You decide.......2003-02-19
But people do like Joan of Arc, and there are a lot of worthwhile, adventurous ideas happening all over Lovelessness. "The Infinite Blessed Yes" is a beautifully drifting tune that almost feels poppy despite its odd time signature and impenetrable lyrics. She said you can't be so quietly gay / Cuz I already am and no one will ever let you keep anything they know you have. And "Perfect Need and Perfect Completion" has an almost straightforward (although still a bit oblique) narrative, revealing a movement away from the too-smart-for-his-own-good approach that has plagued other Kinsella releases. Perhaps most interesting is "Mr. Participation Billy," in which the singer details random acts of violence over a jaunty piano melody. Never has anyone sung "he got his pelvis smashed with a baseball bat" so sweetly.
Whether you find Kinsella's brand of experimental pop insufferably pretentious or delightfully challenging (I find it a bit of both), you have to give the man credit for his vision. Indie rockers are often content to run their sound into the ground, content to play things safe. But Joan of Arc seem to work without a net, allowing their impulses and instincts to guide them, no matter what the consequences. The ride may be a bumpy one, but that doesn't mean its not exhilarating.
Tyler Wilcox
February 10, 2003
Junkmedia Review
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With Charming Notes
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000JKFV Release Date: 1999-07-13 |
Customer Reviews:
Amazing.......2007-06-11
Latin Music:
- Solo Para Bebedores, Vol. 1
- Solo Para Bebedores, Vol. 2
- Solo Para Enamorados: Interpreta a Arman
- Sus Grandes Exitos
- Todos Sus Exitos
- Tradicion de Mi Tierra Colombiana
- Tributo Especial: Nelson Pineiro y Farid
- Tropicales Para Cantar, Vol. 2
- Un Retrato de la Voz del Danzon
- 15 Exitos
Latin Music
Maximum Ronan: Unauthorised Biography of Ronan Keating & Boyzone [Import]
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The Sacrament [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]