Fiona

1. Castle Kelly

2. She Moved Through the Fair

3. May Morning Dew (Morrison's Jig)

4. Fairy Queen

5. Arran Boat Song

6. Twisting of the Rope

7. Buttonhole

8. Limerick's Lamentation (Brian Boru's March)

9. Carolan's Cup

10. Farewell to the Land of Mist

11. Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow (L'heritiere de Keroulez)

Fiona,Patrick Ball,Celestial Harmonies,Celtic New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Solo Instrumental,World Music

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Average customer rating: His Halloween!!! DIFFERENT It's simply the best! best 2-pack i've bought in a while A review

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Danny Elfman , Marilyn Manson , Panic!@ the Disco , Fiona Apple , Fall Out Boy , Paul Reubens , Catherine O' Hara , Citizens of Halloween , and Patrick Stewert Manufacturer: Disney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Disney | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | 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 General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Serenada Schizophrana The Corpse Bride Collectors Box Edward Scissorhands: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music ASIN: B000IFRQHC Release Date: 2006-10-24

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Opening
3. This Is Halloween
4. Jack's Lament
5. Doctor Finklestein/ In the Forest
6. What's This?
7. Town Meeting Song
8. Jack and Sally Montage
9. Jack's Obsession
10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws
11. Making Christmas
12. Nabbed
13. Oogie Boogie's Songs
14. Sally's Song
15. Christmas Even Montage
16. Poor Jack
17. To the Rescue
18. Finale/ Reprise
19. Closing
20. End Title

Tracks:

1. This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
2. Sally's Song - Fiona Apple
3. What's This? - Fall Out Boy
4. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - She Wants Revenge
5. This Is Halloween - Panic! At the Disco
6. Making Christmas (Demo) - Danny Elfman
7. Oogie Boogie's Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman
8. This Is Halloween (Demo) - Danny Elfman
9. Kidnap the Sandy Claws (Demo) - Danny Elfman

Amazon.com

Not only is The Nightmare Before Christmas one of the best musicals of the past two decades; it may well be Danny Elfman's masterpiece, successfully integrating his main influences (from Cab Calloway to Nino Rota) into a fantastic whole. The first disc of this reissue features the original soundtrack, its songs still teetering between dark humor and poetic flights of fancy; this so-called kids' music is at least as sophisticated and skilled as anything you're likely to hear on Broadway. The second disc includes demo versions of four songs on which Elfman plays and sings everything, and five new covers of some of Nightmare's best-loved songs. Marilyn Manson successfully applies his spooky Weimar-circus style on "This Is Halloween" while Panic! At the Disco's lushly orchestrated take on the same tune is closer to the original. Fiona Apple's poignant "Sally's Song" is enhanced by very nice string charts, and She Wants Revenge does a disco take on "Kidnap the Sandy Claws." Best perhaps is Fall Out Boy's cover of "What's This?" which sounds like an unexpected cross between the Beach Boys and Queen. A highly recommended set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

His Halloween!!!.......2007-06-20

Well, disc 1 is Danny Elfman's classic soundtrack to the film that is of course great (goes without saying). Disc 2, to mu pleasent surprise was pretty cool as well. Marilyn Manson's cover of "This Is Halloween" is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO, it's not only the best track on the album, but it is one of the best cover songs ever recorded in the history of history. I was almost certain that he would have messed that song up...but he really does an amzing job. Even if you hate Manson, ..you won't hate this song. As for the other covers, I liked Fiona Apple's cover of "Sally's Song", and I thought the She Wants Revenge cover of "Kidnap The Santy Claws" was a good eightees style presentation, kinda Depeche Mode-eske. The other bands on the disc all did an ok job, but it's really all about the Manson cover when it's all said and done.

DIFFERENT.......2007-03-26

THIS SOUNDTRACK'S PERFECT IF YOU'RE INTO ANIMATED MOVIES AND MUSIC!MANSON DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB ON HIS SONG: THIS IS HALLOWEEN! HIS VOICE HAS SO MANY DIMENSIONS IN THIS SONG.HIS MUSIC IS PERFECT WITH THE TITLE.

It's simply the best!.......2007-02-15

Both versions of "What's this?" are great! Danny Elfman had already conquered my admiration and respect with Batman's and The Corpse Bride's soundtrack, but The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number 1 for a bunch of reasons: the interpretations are awesome and the new versions in the second CD have profoundly delighted me. If you're an Elfman's fan, you won't be disappointed!

best 2-pack i've bought in a while.......2007-02-09

i will admit, i have been and will be a manson fanatic for a number of years. Nightmare before Christmas has also been on a consistent highnote for me even as a little kid when we got on VHS. so when i heard Danny Elfman on the radio talking about this thing a few weeks before it came out, i heard "marilyn manson will be doing a cover of "this is halloween", my heart jumped and i almost veered of the I-15. i bought two copies of it, one for myself and one for a friend who i knew would also appreciate it for the Panic! cover.

i will also admit i bought this cd without any hesitation, and only for that one song, and i must say it hit it right on the money. Marilyn Manson in my mind is the master of taking good, popular songs, and twisting them into something unique and that makes a statement (hearing him sing "boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?" is rather convienient).

i also enjoyed the rest of the cds with more or less the same appreciation.

my only gripe with this cd is She Wants Revenges version of Kidnap The Sandy Claws. that was something i was looking forward to, and the signers monotone singing does little to honor the song. the background tune hardly resembles the melody it was taken from. in that song there were 3 distinctive voices, with SWR, you got one unchanging voice with no emotion. hell Beastie Boys coulda done a better job on this song.

A review.......2007-01-20

Seeing as I am an impulse buyer as well as a fan of this movie, I wasn't surprised to wake up one morning and find the package for this sitting on my doorstep. I listened to the second disc first and decided that it was OK. After reading some of the other reveiws I came to agree with some but disagree with others. Everyone has been saying that the Manson version of "This Is Halloween" was the best because it was scary and the Panic! version of said song sucked becuase it was too carnical like. If any of you remember the movie, the original song wasn't meant to be scary, but celebratory. I think Panic! captured that feeling best. Fiona Apple's song was beautiful, but I found that She Wants REvenge missed the mark a little. It had a good beat, yes, but it was too monotone for my taste. Fall Out Boy's cover is a kepper and has made it's way to my most played list. The demos are great, thought the demo of Kidnap the Sandy Claws kinda freaks me out when I remember that it's one guy doing three voices.

Average customer rating: I hate to say it but... Her Best. Amazing CD Beautiful Music Fabulous!

Extraordinary Machine Fiona Apple Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: When The Pawn... You Could Have It So Much Better Tidal Wildflower Confessions on a Dance Floor ASIN: B000B0WOEO Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Extraordinary Machine
2. Get Him Back
3. O' Sailor
4. Better Version Of Me
5. Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song)
6. Parting Gift
7. Window
8. Oh Well
9. Please Please Please
10. Red Red Red
11. Not About Love
12. Waltz (Better Than Fine)

Amazon.com

Fiona Apple, brooding, brainy belter and capital-A artist of near forbidding depth, begins her much gossiped-over third CD on a lark. The title track, one of two songs produced by Jon Brion before the label dispute that prompted hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Eminem) to step in, sounds like a Judy Garland number slathered with irony or something Rufus Wainwright might have had a hand in--strings soar, beats bump around skittishly, and notes require a ladder. But playful as it is, by the time the chorus kicks in it's clear why the world has missed Fiona Apple so much. Young female artists who have stepped into the spotlight since she fled it six years ago-- Nellie McKay and Joss Stone spring to mind for their cleverness and heat, respectively--seem slight in comparison. With every track ticked off, in fact, Extraordinary Machine moves listeners a little closer to what might be a correct assumption: that everything they've dipped into since 1999's When the Pawn ... was filler. Fans will feel it especially on "O'Sailor," a gimlet-eyed lament, and "Tymps," a tight piano track with a tip of the hat to hip-hop. It's "Window," though, with its lyric about "a filthy pane of glass" fogging up a clear view, that sums up the experience of this CD best. "I had to break the window," Apple sings, smoky-voiced as ever. "It just had to be." With Extraordinary Machine, she shatters already sky-high expectations. -Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

I hate to say it but..........2007-07-13

...this album kills me! After several heartfelt attempts to like it, I eventually had to retire it to the depths of my CD cabinet. The fact that I truely find it to be impossible to listen to is devasting because I have so enjoyed Fiona for many years. The songs on this album are terribly depressing and musically I just don't find this work to be pretty or inspiring. I'm sorry Fiona, and I will always love you, but this album just didn't cut it for me.

Her Best........2007-06-28

If you loved Apple's first two albums, you may have a hard time liking this one. This one is very different from the others. It exists not on Apple's raw and simple singer-songwriter style that made her famous, but more of a bigger, vaster, more complex music ochestration. There is a shift, on this album. The focus moves away from her minor piano chords to synthesizers and handclaps and chimes and mandolins. The songs loose their classic verse-chorus-verse structure for something more like verse-bridge-chorus-verse-another bridge with crazy schizophrenic tempo changes ("Not About Love")and "hip-hop" beats ("Tymps [Sick in the head song]"). So brace yourself, it is a very big change. One that people are quick to write off as "trivial" or "sugary-pop", but they are just amateurs at Apple's work; the reason she is so amazing is that she can make music that seems too refined, too upbeat and shallow to be anything important. But then you listen to her voice and her lyrics and her chords and you realize that what apple is really doing is poking fun at her self. Deconstructing that seemingly airbrushed-rosy-cheeked image until you see that sharp shadowy figure of depth that lurks beneath that surface. This is what she does here, presenting a cleverly crafted marketing package that--on first listen--will sell copies. But, if you look close enough, you'll see that itching anguish that almost goes over your head. The woman is full of riddles.
And don't be fooled, fiona is still amazing.
Her voice takes on a solid, more mature tone in this album. Deep and rich and at times eerie.
And the lyrics are better than ever. She is witty, clever and concise; a goddess at rhyme who's lyrics possess a powerful sting in and of its simplicity; the kind that you have to read twice, three, four times to get. She is the sing-song Dorothy Parker of the 21st century. Brillant.
Highlight Lyrics inlude:
1. From "Window"---"I had to break the window/It just had to be/Better that i break the window/Then him, or her, or me."
2. From "Red Red Red"--"I don't understand about diamonds and why men buy them/Whats so impressive about a diamond?/Except the mining?
3. From "Parting Gift"--"Oh you silly, stupid past time of mine/You were always good for the rhyme.
4. From "Get Him Back"--"Wait till i get him back/He wont have a back to scratch.
This album is also perfectly balanced. A perfect combination of upbeat power songs ("Get Him Back, Tymps, Not About Love), gut-wrenching ballads (Oh Well, Red Red Red, and Parting Gift) along with some light fluety, fun tunes (Please Please Please, Waltz, Extraordinary Machine.)
In short, youd have to be a perfect fool not to buy this album. It is Fiona Apple's best yet. She has raised the bar yet again; vocally, lyrically, and melodically. This album goes from the margin to the center in terms of emotion, too. Screaming and growling and belting out whatever raw feelings that have been buried underneath, seeming to surface like a great big crashing wave that will completely smother you in its prescence.

Amazing CD.......2007-05-21

Great album. The music is amazing and so are the lyrics. I would easily consider this a must have. One of the best of 2005

Beautiful Music.......2007-05-14

This is such a beautiful CD in every way shape and form.
It is great to have her back and in such a wonderful way.
Very few words are needed to express the beauty of this effort.

Fabulous!.......2007-05-13

This is now one of my favorite albums of all time. Fiona does a brilliant job of songwriting in a variety of styles. She comes up with the catchiest melodies and hooks. Her lyrics are deep, well-written works of poetry that stand on their own.

Average customer rating: A Must Have When it's good, it's violent excelent debut Excellent sultry rock

Tidal Fiona Apple Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: When The Pawn... Extraordinary Machine Extraordinary Machine Little Earthquakes Jagged Little Pill ASIN: B000002BE9 Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

1. Sleep To Dream
2. Sullen Girl
3. Shadowboxer
4. Criminal
5. Slow Like Honey
6. The First Taste
7. Never Is A Promise
8. The Child Is Gone
9. Pale September
10. Carrion

Amazon.com

Tidal is the debut album by Fiona Apple, a New York singer-songwriter-pianist who was 18 years old at the time of its 1996 release. Apple is obviously talented--she has a dark, smoky alto and a knack for an arresting turn of phrase--but she's still several years away from realizing her potential. For every fresh lyric she writes ("Daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary of waiting to be consumed by you"), she provides two examples of embarrassingly precious schoolgirl poetry ("Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red," from the same song, "The First Taste"). She also has yet to refine her moody piano chords into actual melodies, though "Shadowboxer" comes close. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

A Must Have.......2007-07-05

Fiona Apple is by far one of the most amazing artists of our time. Her 3 CD discography is needed in every music collection.

When it's good, it's violent.......2007-02-09

Lots of missteps here, especially the 'soulful fuzak' approach, and less ear candy than later work, but the key tracks conclusively demonstrate Apple a master of the pissed off / vulnerable dichtomy not seen since Joni Mitchell stopped taking crap from the world. "Sleep To Dream" is as excoriating as it is catchy - no mean feat. Ditto "Criminal." Raw and real - estrogen brutalization. Whatever is happening with the song or the band (yay - trendy chamberlain), Apple's astronomical persona aims unwaiveringly at the bullseye, BANG - bold as Lennox on "Missionary Man." Oh yeh, "Never Is A Promise" is an unqualified art song, complete with string quartet - oblique and visceral. The start of an incredible career.

excelent debut.......2007-01-20

great album... no as complete as her second one "when the pawn" but definitely brought my attention to her awesome singing... "criminal" and "sleep to dream"my favorite songs.. and also the use of a mellotron keyboard stirs up memories of the 70's ... great artist overall...

Excellent.......2006-12-31

Bought this cd site unseen. Heard the voice and the rest is history. Wish there was more material out there - but this is the first and best effort from Fiona. Every song is powerful and soulful that will move you. It is a pitty that there was not a duplicate effort, but this cd is a can't miss!

sultry rock.......2006-11-29

this album is wonderful, it is blues based, with jazzy tunes, yet there is a rock /pop componenet as well. for those of you that love tori amos and the like. This album is a bit mellow and sad though. no real fast songs to groove to.

Average customer rating: The Best Apple CD Getting extraordinary a modern classic Music for the road.. to think and enjoy "And I'll be your girl if you say it's a gift..."

When The Pawn... Fiona Apple Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Tidal Extraordinary Machine Extraordinary Machine Little Earthquakes Happenstance ASIN: B00002MZ4W Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

1. On The Bound
2. To Your Love
3. Limp
4. Love Ridden
5. Paper Bag
6. A Mistake
7. Fast As You Can
8. The Way Things Are
9. Get Gone
10. I Know

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

When the Pawn Hits fulfills the promise of Fiona Apple's debut, Tidal, a strong statement given that her first outing was one of 1996's most exciting collections. Dark and emotionally dense, Apple's sophomore effort is awash in alluring and witty undercurrents that belie its creator's youth. --Steven Stolder

Amazon.com

Fiona Apple, what a character. Between the softcore video, the awards show rebuke, and now for her second album concocting history's most ludicrous title (the full thing runs 90 words long), Apple is earning a rep as a world-class oddball. Which may be the case. In contrast to many of her faux eccentric contemporaries, however, this wolf in waif's clothing seems to be genuinely astray in the straight world. And Apple is the real thing in another way--as a talent. When the Pawn Hits picks up where her eye-opening debut, Tidal, left off. With Jon Brion back in the producer's seat, the twosome concoct a heady, keyboard-heavy soundscape that perfectly complements the singer's assertive, dangerously sexy Nina Simone-meets-Chrissie Hynde delivery. Unforeseen embellishments color the arrangements, including the sinister carnival interlude in "On the Bound," the George Harrison-like guitar in "Mistake," and the drum solo (when's the last time you heard one of those on a pop album?) in "Limp." All Brion's enhancements are in service of Apple, who comes through with preternaturally confident expressions of insecure sentiments ("Change my mind, I can't decide, there's too many variations to consider") and cold-eyed accounts of recrimination and self-recrimination. Cohesive, gutsy, and finely honed, When the Pawn Hits pummels any notions of a sophomore slump for 1996's most promising newcomer. A character, yes, but what an artist, too! --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

The Best Apple CD.......2007-07-05

I feel that this is the best of the three Fiona CDs. This is probably my most listened and most coveted CD, not just by Apple, but in general. She is an amazing singer/songwriter and this album is a display of that. You WILL NOT be disappointed by this purchase.

Getting extraordinary.......2007-04-19

Disclaimer: I heard this one after Apple's 3rd, and latest, album - so, loving the cabaret touches added to Extraordinary Machine (and sharper songwriting), I was a bit let down by When The Pawn.

The formula is firmly in place, and it's a good one - PlasticOno piano, bitter recriminations, unpredictable metaphors, walloping beats, spooky Chamberlain and retro colors (usually on the coda). It's an intoxicating sound.

"On The Bound" offers classic aggressive Apple and "Get Gone" gets downright nasty, but my fave is "Paper Bag," with its vulnerable stance and super-startling hook, "Hunger hurts but starving works when it costs too much to love."

Her influence throughout pop music since the mid-90's is leviathan.

a modern classic.......2007-01-20

the best record i've heard in the past few years... awesome production... fiona at her best, great songs, great arrangements, great sound...
it puts her right there with my most favored classics... a modern day "abbey road".. can't stop listening to it... absolute masterpiece.a step up form the debut album... it actualy made me by all three fiona records...

Music for the road.. to think and enjoy.......2006-06-16

Asa travelling salesman on the road, i have the unique privilige to hear a cd well and experience all the moods..

Fiona Apple is a musian that its wiser beyond her age.. for contemporary adults (Im in my early forties) this music involves you in an atmosphere (kind of dark but intense) that will challange you.

"And I'll be your girl if you say it's a gift...".......2006-06-12

Fiona Apple's When the Pawn... is an ok album of sorts. Boy is she angry and pissed on these songs. After that MTV fiasco in 1997, Fiona became an outspoken and muchly hated woman for speaking her mind. This album is very different from her debut album, Tidal. Standout tracks include: Limp, Fast as you Can, Love Ridden, Paperbag, Get Gone, and The Way Things Are. The rest of the songs I didn't care for, nothing drastically wrong with them just middle of the road tracks. Some of the songs are too jazzy and slow for my taste. But the songs I do like are strong and gutsy, especially the song Limp, "You feed the beast I have within me, you wave the red flag baby you make it run, run, run, standing on the sidelines waving and grining, you fondle my trigger then you blame my gun..." The song Love Ridden would actually fit better on her Tidal album, haunting and gorgeous song though, "Love ridden I've looked at you, with the focus I gave to my birthday candles, I've wished on the lidded blue flames under your brow and baby I wished for you..." When the Pawn shines in certain places but otherwise average to my picky ears.

Average customer rating: Beautiful sounds No choral collection can be considered complete if this CD isn't there...!! Absolutely Pleased! It takes me away Censoring of Be Still My Soul

Angel Voices Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Visions Free Libera Luminosa Angel Voices 3 ASIN: B000IHY9QG Release Date: 2006-10-25

Tracks:

1. Far Away
2. Sanctus
3. Ave Maria
4. Going Home
5. Be Still My Soul
6. Salva Me
7. I Vow To Thee, My Country
8. Voca Me
9. Always With You
10. We Are The Lost
11. I Am The Day
12. Recordare
13. Abide With Me
14. Silent Night
15. Going Home

Amazon.com

There's very little to say about this recording of ethereally beautifully singing by the 24 young English lads who make up the group Libera. Enormously popular in Asia, the group is part of a parish choir in South London that has been around for many years, with of course, changes in personnel as voices change. There are a couple of pieces here by well-known composers--Pachelbel, Sibelius, Holst, Dvorak--but to their music have been added words and, of course, it's all been "arranged." Texts, translations from Latin, and arrangements as well as original music are by Robert Prizeman, the choir's director, and some of the numbers are accompanied by quiet synthesizers, organ, and/or drums. There is something new-age about this project and some might find the effect syrupy, while others might long for the "real" thing, that is, boys with this talent singing some Renaissance or later music that is not designed simply as balm for the ears. But for what it is--a perfectly pitched choir with some outstanding solo work as well, singing easy-to-listen to short numbers--this is just lovely. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful sounds.......2007-07-31

The new boy choir sound goes beyond the usual church stuff into a New Age/Modern Harmony category. This CD is superbly produced and recorded and is a delight to listen to. Very calming and spiritual, it will lift you into another world.

No choral collection can be considered complete if this CD isn't there...!!.......2007-07-20

The "marksmanship" involved in the creation of this CD is spot on target. You do not have a complete collection of choral music until you own this CD. Flawless, impeccable, perfect, precise, exacting...the best of the best. Buy it. This is music creation at the very apex of recording technology that captures these young voices in a stunningly clear and beautiful manner. The robust orchestration and organ are sensibly down played to allow these intricate harmonies to come through. This is pure genius....brilliant....EMI should be proud of this recording as one of the F1 Ferraris in their classical music catalog... BRAVO!! A 5 minute standing ovation!!!... A job well done!!!

Absolutely Pleased!.......2007-07-10

I just recently loss my brother-in-law who passed away on Memorial day of this year and this CD has been able to comfort my family and I through this terrible loss. I absolutely recommend that anyone who is needing spiritual uplifting should definitely buy this CD. I consider this the best comfort CD ever!

It takes me away .......2007-06-28

I heard this album playing as I browsed in a Barnes and Noble, it was enchanting. I had to know what it was. The sales person in the music section filled me in and we listened to it for hours while we drove. Their voices are heavenly. I am transported to a place of peace and calm.

Censoring of Be Still My Soul.......2007-05-21

On the fifth track, Be Still My Soul, the arrangers reworked the original lyrics of Katharina A. von Schlegel and taken the third verse:

Be still, my soul:
when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened
in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know
His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe
thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul:
thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness
all He takes away.

And made it a combination of the third and second verse:

Be still, my soul:
when dearest friends depart,
And all is darkened
in the vale of tears,
Then shalt thou better know
His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe
thy sorrow and thy fears.
Be still, my soul,
the waves and winds
still know His voice
Who ruled them
while He dwelt below.

In other words, they have taken the name of Jesus out of the original lyrics. The verse doesn't even make sense now. I feel it is awful that the one who can soothe all our sorrow and thy fears, Jesus, was censored from this beautiful work.

Average customer rating: HEAVENLY Sweetest voices ever! Awesome Soothing and thought provoking Pure Crystal

Free Chris Dodd , Fiona Pears , Anthony Chadney , Ben Crawley , Christopher Robson , and Raoul Platt Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luminosa Visions Libera Angel Voices Angel Voices 3 ASIN: B0002RUAAQ Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

1. I Am The Day
2. Stay With Me
3. Voca Me
4. A Song Of Enchantment
5. Ave Verum
6. Do Not Stand At My Grave
7. When A Knight
8. A New Heaven
9. I Vow To Thee My Country
10. Lament
11. Twilight
12. Be Still My Soul
13. Adoramus

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English composer Robert Prizeman has taken a conventional English boy's choir--usually a haven for sweet songs and ecclesiastical renderings--and made them contemporary without selling out any of their intrinsic charm. Their stacked choral voices and lead sopranos, dressed up with electronica rhythms, synthesizers, and strings still sound like they could be coming from the church balcony, even while they exude an Enya-like appeal. While there are adaptations of Gregorian chants and Sibelius hymns, most of the songs are Prizeman originals based on those styles, with texts often drawn from Latin Liturgy. Except for the chilled romanticism of "Stay With Me," and the rhythm driven "Adoramus," whose chorus sounds like a Harry Potter incantation, few of the songs on Free have the anthemic pop appeal of "Salva Me" or "Vespera" from previous albums. Instead, Prizeman has opted for a more serene sound on Free, even with their first video from the disc, the yearning "I Am the Day." Some of it, like Prizeman's setting of a Walter de la Mare poem on "A Song of Enchantment," gets lugubrious. But most of Free floats on gentle soprano breezes, intrinsically innocent, even if the boys might be smoking cigarettes behind the altar. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

HEAVENLY.......2007-06-19

This cd is like listening to a heavenly choir. "Free" is an awesome audio experience. It can turn a stressful day into a calm evening.

Sweetest voices ever!.......2007-06-16

I happened across this CD at Borders and was able to listen to it! One of the sweetest and heavenly CDs ever! I bought two: one for myself and one as a gift.

Awesome.......2007-01-04

I never knew that young boys could have such wonderful voices, almost angelic. The music is very relaxing and haunting at times, but that's what makes it a good album to hear to. The harmonies were so beautiful. To all choir fans, this is a must-have album.

Soothing and thought provoking.......2006-02-23

Libera is an amazing group of boys and Robert Prizeman really knows how to put everything together. My favorite songs on "Free" are Voca Me, Stay With Me, Adoramus, I Am the Day and Twilight. Each time I listen to this disc, another song seems to start growing on me. This was my first Libera CD (I have since bought Luminosa, Libera and Visions) and at first I liked the faster more upbeat songs but as time went on I started to really love the softer ones like Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep (beautifully done by Ben Crawley and Joseph Platt). The soloists are lovely with clear and pure voices, and the chorus just swells with harmonies. This is choir music for people who hate choir music.

Pure Crystal.......2006-02-20

Like Luminosa, this is incredible. I can only compare it to the beautiful, pristine, classical pieces of antiquity, such as Vivaldi's Spring and Bach's many ethereal melodies. It's beautiful.

Average customer rating: Chestnut What a great surprise! question Some Great 50's Music Plus SOME GREAT EXTRAS! Awesome

Pleasantville: Music From The Motion Picture Fiona Apple , and Robert and Johnny Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pleasantville: Original Motion Picture Score Pleasantville (New Line Platinum Series) Tidal When The Pawn... Extraordinary Machine ASIN: B00000DCHS Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

1. Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
2. Dream Girl - Robert and Johnny
3. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Larry Williams
5. Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
6. Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
7. At Last - Etta James
8. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
9. Rave On - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
10. Please Send Me Soneone To Love - Fiona Apple
11. So What - Miles Davis
12. Suite From Pleasantville - Randy Newman

Amazon.com

Fiona Apple's music doesn't appeal to everyone, but her rendering of the Beatles classic "Across the Universe" is quite lovely, both vocally and production-wise. Apple also does a version of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love," which is similarly well-produced and flushed out with vibraphone and chamberlain. The rest of the soundtrack consists of a nonoffensive sampling of '50s hits and a few jazz standards. "Rave On" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets and "Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your)" by Elvis Presley keep the show moving, while "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and "So What" by Miles Davis round the collection out. Randy Newman scored the film, and his "Suite from Pleasantville" is typically great. Here's hoping it's released in its expanded form on its own. --Aaron Tassano

Customer Reviews:

Chestnut.......2006-07-09

Nice selection of music from a charmingly entertaining, idiosyncratic movie. Aside from an eclectic selection of golden oldies the film also showcases the talents of a kittenish Reese Witherspoon and an earnest, albeit nerdy, Toby Maguire. Even an aged Don Knotts makes an appearance as the clairvoyant television repairman who provides access through the looking glass into "Pleasantville." It's reassuring to know that even in an alternate universe the music is this good.

What a great surprise!.......2006-05-26

I bought this for Fiona Apple's "Across the Universe" and wound up loving every single song. This movie was great and its soundtrack was even better.

question.......2004-08-01

I saw the movie and absolutely adored it. I havent bought the soundtrack..yet. Can anyone tell me what the name of the song that is played at the end of the movie during the credits, and who sings it? Is it on the soundtrack?

Some Great 50's Music Plus SOME GREAT EXTRAS!.......2004-04-02

Great 50's hits like Rave On by Jerry Lee Lewis, Teddy Bear by Elvis, jazz standards like "At Last" by Etta James, and A KICKIN RENDITION of The Beatle's "Across The Universe" PLUS a song that wasn't in the film, the standard, "Send Me Someone To Love" by Fiona Apple! If you like a mix of music or love Fiona Apple this is a must own! The movie just ROCKS also, and the DVD version has the video to "Across The Universe" with Ms. Apple. Excellent! Happy Listening!

Awesome.......2002-06-11

Great mix of all the music that was in the movie, and some music that isn't.

Average customer rating: as many stars as there are in the heavens Simply Sublime! Just heard them on Classic FM

All Angels Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Delibes, Léo | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( 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 Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | 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 General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Serenade Live at Llangollen Renaissance (Eng) Premiere Second Nature ASIN: B000IAZ3CW Release Date: 2006-11-20

Tracks:

1. Songbird
2. Lakmhe Flower Duet
3. Salve Regina (Based on Pachelbel's Canon)
4. Steal Away
5. Windmills of Your Mind
6. Tales of Hoffmann/Barcarolle
7. Silent Night
8. Hosanna (Based on the Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana')
9. Ave Verum Corpus (Based on the 'Brideshead Revisited' Theme)
10. Angels
11. Ave Marie
12. Pokarekare Ana
13. Agnus Dei

Album Details

Following a Nationwide Search to Find the Finest Female Teenage Voices, Meet all Angels - the World's First Classical Girl-group. Inspired by the Success and Musical Vision of Recent Classical Crossover Acts, and Hayley Westenra in Particular, all Angels - Charlotte, Daisy, Melanie and Laura - Present a Compelling Collection of Classical Favourites and Modern Easy-classics, Performed in Perfect Vocal Harmony. Featuring Tracks Such as "Angels" (Robbie Williams), "Songbird", "The Flower Due"t, "Pachelbel's Canon", "Silent Night", "Ave Verum Corpus" (To the Brideshead Revisited Theme), "Barber's Adagio" and "Windmills of Your Mind", this is Music of Sublime Beauty which Packs a Particularly Powerful Emotional Punch.

Customer Reviews:

as many stars as there are in the heavens.......2007-03-04

If you are even considering buying this CD, do so - you will love it! The beauty of this music, and their voices, is beyond explanation; you must experience it. The choice of songs was wonderful for their talent. This CD is absolutely some of the most lovely music ever recorded.

Simply Sublime!.......2006-12-13

OK, this really IS pure, fresh, angelic singing that gives you that "tingle factor"! (I know, it's hard to find that, but this did it for me!)

Simply gorgeous singers, crunchy arrangements, top-notch instrumentalists, fresh sound, well-crafted engineering and production. It's hard not to gush with positive adjectives!

I like the mixture of mainly classical favorites with a few pop, folk and spiritual songs thrown in. I'm a classically trained singer/composer/musician who also loves pop and rock, so I appreciate good quality music of many genres, especially those that integrate different influeces, like this does.

When you play this CD, you will find it hard to do anything but listen in awe - it makes your skin tingle, your soul awaken, your breath deepen! It's better than a shot of...well...you can fill in the blank!

I know all these songs are "popular" classics, so maybe some music snobs won't like the "mainstream"-ness of this. But on the other hand, those who aren't "into" classical music would actually like this (I challenge ANYONE not to like this CD!)

It was fun (and a nice surprise) to hear an arrangement of the British pop artist, Robbie Williams' song, "Angels" on the CD! This was one of Robbie William's big hits that made it across to the USA (I think)...

And what an orgasmic arrangment of "Windmills of your mind" - I love the subtle accordion in this, just tugging further on the heart strings! Wow.

I've heard many different arrangements of the classical songs, "The Flower Duet", Pachelbel's "Canon in D", "Barcarolle", "Cavellera Rusticana", "Ave Verum", "Ave Maria", and Barber's "Agnus Dei", but these really are fresh sounding and stirringly performed. Enough to make even the seasoned classical musican sit up and take notice. And entrancing enough to hook the new-comer to classical music.

I've started playing this CD to my young kids - what a fantastic introduction to classical music for them. (Watch out, it will make them distinguish good quality from cheap imitations!)

Infact, I'm so impressed with this CD, I am now going to buy several copies of it to give to my musician and non-musician friends for Christmas... I'm pretty sure they will all get as much joy from this as I have.

This would also be wonderful for wedding music, or any special occasion. (As well as just lovely for relaxing to at home). Very powerful.

Just heard them on Classic FM.......2006-12-03

It's Saturday here in Chicago. I just heard these girls being interviewed on Classic FM.

They sound like great girls, each already more than a little accomplished. Interspersed in the interview were at least four complete tracks from the CD. Unbelievable sounds, harmonies and individual solo passages. Angelic is a perfect description.

I'm here today to buy it for myself.

Average customer rating: Fantastic, amused, Fiona... A sad sad decline a great follow-up to when the pawn... One of the best albums of all time A Highly Biased (but still arguably fair, right?) Review From an Avid Fan

Extraordinary Machine Fiona Apple Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tidal When The Pawn... Somebody's Miracle Aerial You Could Have It So Much Better ASIN: B000B0WOF8 Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Extraordinary Machine
2. Get Him Back
3. O' Sailor
4. Better Version Of Me
5. Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song)
6. Parting Gift
7. Window
8. Oh Well
9. Please Please Please
10. Red Red Red
11. Not About Love
12. Waltz (Better Than Fine)

Amazon.com

Fiona Apple, brooding, brainy belter and capital-A artist of near forbidding depth, begins her much gossiped-over third CD on a lark. The title track, one of two songs produced by Jon Brion before the label dispute that prompted hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Eminem) to step in, sounds like a Judy Garland number slathered with irony or something Rufus Wainwright might have had a hand in--strings soar, beats bump around skittishly, and notes require a ladder. But playful as it is, by the time the chorus kicks in it's clear why the world has missed Fiona Apple so much. Young female artists who have stepped into the spotlight since she fled it six years ago-- Nellie McKay and Joss Stone spring to mind for their cleverness and heat, respectively--seem slight in comparison. With every track ticked off, in fact, Extraordinary Machine moves listeners a little closer to what might be a correct assumption: that everything they've dipped into since 1999's When the Pawn ... was filler. Fans will feel it especially on "O'Sailor," a gimlet-eyed lament, and "Tymps," a tight piano track with a tip of the hat to hip-hop. It's "Window," though, with its lyric about "a filthy pane of glass" fogging up a clear view, that sums up the experience of this CD best. "I had to break the window," Apple sings, smoky-voiced as ever. "It just had to be." With Extraordinary Machine, she shatters already sky-high expectations. -Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album

DVD SIDE * Entire album in Enhanced LPCM Stereo * Brand-new videos for "Not About Love" and "Parting Gift" (live), never before released * Live performances of 5 songs filmed at the club Largo in Los Angeles, including "Fast As You Can" and "Paper Bag" * Behind-the-scenes footage

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic, amused, Fiona..........2007-03-20

Musically pretty. Fiona has been experimenting with her own music, creating new sensations and illusions; this is just a step further.

A sad sad decline.......2007-03-11

Well it was an obvious path to musical collapse, she should have stopped at Tidal. If I'd been dating her for the talent she showed on her first CD I would have broken up with her over this piece of haggis. The course of the last three CD's drew a trendline right from stardom into a melodic pit. The lyrics on Extraordinary Machine were not only not up to their namesake but worse than the melodies. The number of great reviews on this site only go to prove once again the masses prefer pablum in lieu of something complex and cognitive.

Her original Cd with it's collection of diminished and augmented chords set to deep overlays of texturing, blended with truly poetic lyrics has been replaced with a distilled musical joke. What on earth gave her the impetus to try to go 'artsy' by experimenting with music predating the second world war I'll never know. It's obvious her angst is no longer producing art, rather it is being replaced with contrived resolution and the equivalent of a musical epitaph.

Eat it up people, it's all about not having to think. It's the kind of tripe that happens when someone is trying to hard to think of how to outdo their first brush stroke of genius and is confronted with musical block. Judging by the news her father is ruining her life and creativity as so often is the case in todays less than feminine half of the culture.

a great follow-up to when the pawn... .......2007-01-20

excellent record...
just like a great wine goes well with great food, this is an excellent follow-up to when the pawn (to me her masterpiece) ... listen to her previous album before this one to get the whole picture... excellent, very weird record... fiona is getting even more radical.. and shows she really is one of the best artists of the decade...

One of the best albums of all time.......2007-01-19

Ms. Apple's talent for consistently brilliant songwriting is staggering. This is a must-have for anyone fascinated by the blurry line between intellectual exploration and raw emotional experience.

A Highly Biased (but still arguably fair, right?) Review From an Avid Fan.......2006-10-20

I was showing up at stores weeks before this album came out asking if it had come out yet. Yep. I was that annoying girl tapping you on the shoulder and asking, "Well, when should I come back do you think?"

I'm all about Fiona Apple.

And I'm all about this album.

This was also the first dual disc I bought. It was a serious act of restraint on my part to wait for the dual disc to be available to me. I was VERY curious about this new fangled technology and wanted all the Apple my sorry buck could buy.

I was amply rewarded for my patience. The DVD components are spectacular. This disc was in my DVD player for several months. I'd rotate it out when I was going to watch a movie, but as soon as the movie was up, Fiona would be back in her place. I keep the jewel case on top of my television whereas all the lowly mere *music* discs are relegated to the top of my stereo. Oh yes. It's good. REALLY good.

The music is brilliant and broody and as lyrically lovely as ever.

"And it doesn't seem fair
that your wicked words should work in
holding me down
No, it doesn't seem right
to take information;
Given at close range;
For the gag, and the bind, and
ammunition round"

She's haunting and vulnerable and strong and moving and sincere and how can you *not* love her for it?

On the DVD side she covers seven songs in a small ill-lit club including a kick-arse rendition of "Fast as You Can" featuring Chris Thile from Nickel Creek on mandolin. Beautiful. I found myself wanting those songs on the CD side as well because they were so well done.

To all Fiona fans: how can you NOT have this album? Buy it. Fast. As. You. Can.

Average customer rating: Sonya is one of my favorite new artist What an awesome surprise!

Cold Day Sonya Kitchell Manufacturer: Velour Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Words Came Back To Me Eye To The Telescope The Little Willies Half the Perfect World Careless Love ASIN: B0006PUCK2 Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. Cold Day
2. Think Of You
3. Tinted Glass
4. Clara
5. Fly Away
6. Someday

Product Description

CD contains 6 songs.

Customer Reviews:

Sonya is one of my favorite new artist.......2006-04-04

I saw Sonya at Austins SXSW and it was an awsome performance. Right after the performance i went out and bought her cd. You need to pick this up. It is an awsome cd for young and old. Joni fans will love this cd. Go on check her out.

What an awesome surprise!.......2005-08-23

I saw Sonya Kitchell in concert as an opening act for Susan Tedeschi and the audience was barely paying attention as we were seated. Within minutes, Sonya had capitivated the audience and people started paying attention and the idle chatter quickly hushed. You knew you were hearing something special. With a quiet but demure demeanor she drew the audience in until the final tune of her set had the audience singing along to "Fly Away". Each song on this album shows a little different aspect to her talent, and I love each song. I have had her CD on repeat for about two weeks now and people comment on her music no matter how low it is played. She can do jazz, she can do the blues, she can do anything she puts her mind to doing.

I get excited when I "find" a new musician, and though she has been around a bit, I feel like I found her. She is an exciting new singer/songwriter who can play her instrument and captivate with her voice and style.

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3. HEALING RELATIONSHIPS PROBLEMS GUIDED MEDITATION CD
4. Human Rites
5. International Language
6. Intimacy: Instrumental Piano, Flute & Guitar
7. Island Sanctuary
8. Khenany
9. Labyrinth
10. Liquid [Enhanced]

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