The Quiet American [Soundtrack]

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In adapting Graham Greene's tale of a love-triangle set against the political intrigues of '50s Vietnam, director Philip Noyce didn't shy away from the novelist's unsettling, still-timely subtext: That America has historically fomented acts of terror to justify intervention. Composer Craig Armstrong responds to that challenging dramatic landscape with a musical score of carefully measured tension and brooding elegance. The composer's main theme sets the tone, infusing longing string passages with nervous, synthetic percussion and the vocals of Hong Nhung to produce music that subtly transcends boundaries of geography and genre. The solo piano version of his main theme recalls Thomas Newman's evocative work, with its spare, bittersweet melody hanging hauntingly in the air. Armstrong's compelling cues may be rooted in orchestral scoring traditions, but they are injected with bracing doses of contemporary production and arranging touches that give the story a crucial sense of timeless parable. --Jerry McCulley

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Average customer rating: Sorely Disappointed! Could have been better. Austin may have just found her niche! Gershwin done right! She is a swinger!

Avant Gershwin Patti Austin Manufacturer: Rendezvous ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: for Ella Feeling Good Forever, for Always, for Luther II (Dig) We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song Surrender ASIN: B000IOM0UQ Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Medley: Overture/Gershwin Medley
2. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
3. Who Cares
4. Funny Face
5. Medley: Love Walked In/Love Is Sweeping The Country
6. Swanee
7. Porgy & Bess Medley
8. Lady Be Good

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In this decade of twin musical obsessions--for fond revisits to classic American composers and for all things '80s--it's a wonder Patti Austin hasn't stolen the show with a Great American Songbook set sooner. Her '80s duets--"How Do You Keep the Music Playing" and "Baby Come to Me" among them--remain indelible, and she's already proved she's a worthy interpreter with 2002's justly praised For Ella. Plus, her voice on Avant Gershwin, rich and to the rafters, suggests she's been ready to give this material a spin for decades. From the first moments of "I Got Rhythm," part of the opening "Overture/Gershwin Medley," Austin swings through these songs with the ease and exuberance of a born showman; you can practically see her onstage in a slinky evening gown, arms outstretched, head back, eyes squeezed shut, surges of electric sound all around her. Her "Porgy & Bess Medley" benefits from a manufactured breeziness that suits "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" and "Summertime" especially well, and her "Swanee" saunters closer to modern sensibilities by replacing the "mammy" of the original with a simple "momma." In addition to Austin's energy, the spirit of jazz gives these numbers juice. The WDR Big Band, which Austin has worked with previously, comes at a tune with a blend of boisterousness and sophistication, and Austin has a way of melting right in. She convincingly makes a case that she may have been born a bit late, but she was made to sing these songs. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Sorely Disappointed!.......2007-06-27

I think Patti Austin is one of the great talents of our time. However, this offering is terribly disappointing. For me, Gershwin is an icon, and I have heard Ms. Austin render Gershwin before (with Gregory Hines at the Hollywood Bowl). At that venue, she soared, and gave fresh meaning to the words and music of the Gershwins. At that time, I longed to have her do a complete album of Gershwin standards. Sometimes, what one wishes for can be a disaster. Such is the case with this album. The music is compromised by the overly "creative" jazz interpretations, and as a result, the lyrics are equally compromised. The Gershwins were genius. Why do some musicians believe they can "improve" upon that brilliance, simply because George and Ira are not here to challenge such sordid interpretations of their creations? Ms. Austin is lost in the shuffle, and her talent is rendered, for this listener, useless. Wouldn't it be nice if Austin has stayed with the script and done the Gershwins justice? This offering?...and injustice to Austin, George and Ira Gershwin, and to aficionados of the standards. Better luck next time, if there is one.

Could have been better........2007-06-16

Given that it's Patti Austin it's not unfair to expect a lot. Unfortunately, she misses the mark here. As expected there is nothing technically wrong with the album, it's just that the arrangements are lackluster, and the song pairings don't really work.

Incredible voice though.

Austin may have just found her niche!.......2007-06-10

A performer for over thirty years, Patti Austin has done it all: pop, R & B, a little gospel, standards, and even a highly sought after jingle singer. It wasn't until 2002's Grammy-worthy "For Ella" that it appeared that the singer was now getting recognition for her singular vocal style as she paid tribute on that album to one of jazz's greats, Ella Fitzgerald.

Now, five years later, Austin takes on the music of the Ira and George Gershwin, who along with Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, were possibly the greatest songwriters of all time, not just the twentieth century. Backed by a full band and recorded live last year in Germany, Austin lets it all out as she interprets songs that will stand the test of time long after the current chart-toppers have turned to dust.

Austin's vocal instrument is so flexible that she is able to be poignant yet sassy, seductive yet saintly, trashy yet classy, and provocative yet conservative.

She can do it all and really pours it on thick with the opening twelve-minute long "Gershwin Medley" and the equally impressive "Porgy and Bess Medley." Even the remaining songs are lustrous and provide a venue for one of the great songstresses of the last and this century.

Austin is just hitting her prime and, besides her singing, she has a new look, having shed some pounds and getting a makeover.

When one looks at the singer, glamorously decked out and coiffed on the back cover, one can only exclaim, "D**N! She looks just as good as she sounds."

Gershwin done right!.......2007-06-09

I've been a fan of Patti Austin's magnificent voice since the time she was doing great songs in the pop/R&B vein like "Baby Come to Me." Since she released the fantastic "For Ella" - and now this one - I am in love all over again.

Using the Gershwin songbook as a springboard, Patti and the amazing WDR Big Band/Orchestra (under Michael Abene's brilliant direction) compliment each other all the way. I loved the unique approach taken by both vocalist and arranger, and the live audience recording was right on the mark!

Patti, the music was amazing - and so were the photos!

She is a swinger!.......2007-06-03

I'm a great fan of Patti... I don't like very much swing and live but I had to buy her new album! I prefer the old albums, but I admit I've never heard Patti singing so good.

Average customer rating: Good Group 3 3/4 stars, actually A Good Album From (Mostly) Good Artists a good cd Totally enjoy their talents

American Idol Season 4 - The Showstoppers Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Idol Season 5 Encores American Idol season 3: Greatest Soul Classics American Idol Season 2: All Time Classic American Love Songs American Idol Greatest Moments When You Tell Me That You Love Me (American Red Cross Disaster Relief single) ASIN: B00080EUUS Release Date: 2005-05-17

Tracks:

1. Independence Day - Carrie Underwood
2. I Don't Want To Be - Bo Bice
3. Best Of My Love - Vonzell Solomon
4. A House Is Not A Home - Anwar Robinson
5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Nadia Turner
6. Part-Time Lover - Nikko Smith
7. My Funny Valentine - Constantine Maroulis
8. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Jessica Sierra
9. Everytime You Go Away - Anthony Fedorov
10. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Scott Savol
11. Knock on Wood - Lindsey Cardinale
12. God Bless The Child - Mikalah Gordon
13. When You Tell Me That You Love Me - American Idol Finalists - Season 4

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Few would risk making guarantees when it comes to a hodgepodge of a disc like Showstoppers, but one thing is for sure: it's bound to become the only CD in your collection you bought knowing full well you would have to hold your nose through certain tracks. That, of course, is the fun of the American Idol franchise: You may love Carrie Underwood's rootin'-tootin' version of Martina McBride's "Independence Day" but loathe Anthony Federov's syrup-soaked rendition of the '80s chestnut "Everytime You Go Away"; you may swoon over Bo Bice's Grass Roots-style vocal on the Gavin DeGraw hit "I Don't Want to Be" but find yourself making the gag-me gesture when Mikalah Gordon steps up to the mike for a Streisand-aping take on "God Bless the Child." Call it a lowbrow musical twist on the famous theatrical formula "You will laugh! You will cry!", but instead of laughing and crying you will love and hate (then again, laughter and tears could enter into the equation after a close listen to Constantine Maroulis's "My Funny Valentine"). The final cut, an ensemble number, puts this amateurs' jumble into perspective: given the right producer, anybody can sing, even those Simon Cowell would sooner see at a cut-rate karaoke bar. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Good Group.......2007-03-28

I remember this group being a good group. This was a good CD and most of the songs were good. The stand out songs were "Independence Day", Part Time Lover, Total Eclipse of the heart" by Carrie Underwood, Nikko Smith and Jessica Sierra respectively. "Best of my Love" was weak considering that Vonzell Solomom was one of the better singers this season. Constatine's arrangement of My Funny Valentine was hidious especially if you've heard Stevie Wonder's version and Chaka Khan's version.

3 3/4 stars, actually.......2006-07-18

By Far the best-sounding group song from any season, When You Tell Me That You Love Me, is enough reason for me to give this album a good review. You also have Carrie Underwood in her element, and the 2 runners-up Bo Bice and Vonzell Solomon are very good as well. Nadia, Jessica and Scott are also good. I really wish that they would have done away with Mikalah and Lindsey, but oh well. Not too terrible. :)

A Good Album From (Mostly) Good Artists.......2006-07-06

I liked AI season four. Here's my grade for each one of the tracks.
Carrie Underwood "Independence Day" This is Carrie at her best. She was the first country singer to win "American Idol" and this track shows why. A
Bo Bice "I Don't Wanna Be" Bo had a really great voice. He was actually my favorite in the competition. But this wasn't a good song choice. I much prefered his versions of "Vehicle" or "Whipping Post". Still, Bo does great on this one too. A-
Vonzell Solomon "Best of my Love" Vonzell had a lot of charisma, but I was not crazy about her voice. But she does surprisingly well here. I guess she sounds good recorded. A
Anwar Robinson "A House is Not a Home" Anwar had a great voice and proves on this track that he should have stayed longer. A
Nadia Turner "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Nadia's blusey voice nails this one. I really hated the arrangement, though. B+
Nikko Smith "Part Time Lover" Nikko does great on a hard song. What more can I say? A+
Constantine Maroulis "My Funny Valentine" Agian, I hated the annoying arrangement, but loved the vocals. B
Jessica Sierra "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Jessica does beautifly on this rock classsic. A+
Anthony Fedorov "Everytime You Go Away" Anthony is somewhat weak on lower notes, but he covers it well. B
Scott Savol "Agianst All Odds" Very monotone, mediocre vocals. Scott just isn't that good. Still, he tries, and for that he doesn't fail, but instead gets a D.
Lindsey Cardinale "Knock on Wood" Lindsey does okay. The arrangement is great. C
Mikaylah Gordon "God Bless the Child" Mikaylah has a nice voice, but the arrangement is just stupid. B-
"Everytime You Say You Love Me" This was pretty ok. C

a good cd.......2006-07-02

My favorites are Jessica Sierra, Nikko Smith, Vonzell Solomon, and Carrie Underwood. They were really good on this CD. The good ones are Anthony Federov, Bo Bice, Constantine Maroulis, Lindsay Cardinale, and Anwar Robinson. They were good but not great on this CD. The ones who weren`t so good were Scott Savol, Nadia Turner, and Mikaylah Gordan. They were bad on this CD. Overall this is one of my favorite Idol CDs.

Totally enjoy their talents.......2006-05-16

It's great to hear the variety of voices and talents from this season. Love the opportunity American Idol give to singers!

Average customer rating: A great find for anyone who loves Bernstein's musicals Wow! That's good! A fantastic recording of an unfortunately overlooked piece

Bernstein Century - Bernstein: Trouble In Tahiti, Facsimile / Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Nancy Williams Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Mass Bernstein - Trouble in Tahiti / Nancy Williams, Julian Patrick, Antoria Butler, Michael Clarke, Mark Brown Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein Century - Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" & Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ASIN: B00000I9GA Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. Trouble In Tahiti: Prelude
2. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene I (Breakfast In The Little White Dream-House) - 'How Could You Say'
3. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene II (Sam's Office) - 'Yes? Oh, Mister Patridge'
4. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene III (Psychiatrist's Office) - Ila (Sam's Office) - 'I Was Standing In A Garden'
5. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene Illa (Psychiatrist's Office) - 'Then Desire Took Hold Inside Me'
6. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene IV (Meeting In The Street) - 'Well, Of All People' 'I'm On My Way'
7. Trouble In Tahiti: Interlude - 'Skid A Lit Day'
8. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene V (The Gymnasium) - 'There's A Low'
9. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene VI (The Hat Shop) - 'What A Movie'
10. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene Vla (Coming Home) - 'There's A Law'
11. Trouble In Tahiti: Scene VII (After Dinner) 'Evenin' Shadows'
12. Facsimile: Part I: Motlo Adagio - Piu Andante - Moderate Waltz - Tempo - Sostenuto assai - accelerando - a tempo
13. Facsimile: Part II: Allegretto - Subito Allegro - Piu mosso - Andante - Meno mosso - rallentando - Adagio - Molto - Et Al

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An abiding ambition of Leonard Bernstein as composer was to write the Great American Opera. Indeed his own recordings of West Side Story and Candide in the last decade of his life, with their rosters of high-caliber singers, were intended in part to display the larger, quasi-operatic scope of these works. And right from the start, Bernstein's savvy instinct was to create a musical language that would integrate lively vernacular American idioms, as his early one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti (1952) demonstrates. This biting satire--to the composer's own libretto--of a marriage falling to pieces against the backdrop of the vacuous suburban life promulgated by '50s advertisements is little more than a series of vignettes. But the compact score is exuberantly inventive and wide ranging, from its parody of AM radio jingles-cum-Greek chorus to its wistfully lyrical depiction of a faded love. In this reissue of a recording made in 1973, Bernstein emphasizes the jazzy, rhythmic swing of the former--with its fascinating anticipations of West Side Story--as well as the poignant oasis of yearning melody in Dinah's scene at the psychiatrist's office, which would serve as the kernel for his later full-length opera on the same characters, A Quiet Place. Nancy Williams brings to life a convincingly vulnerable Dinah, and Julian Patrick's bass-baritone booms with just the right attitude of defensive machismo in Sam's gym scene "There's a law." The disc also includes the short 1946 "choreographic essay" Facsimile. This is the composer in his "age of anxiety" mode; its hauntingly scored depiction of loneliness at the core makes an excellent companion piece. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

A great find for anyone who loves Bernstein's musicals.......2005-10-17

By 1952 Leonard Bernstein had already finished a triumphant decade. His Sym. #1 had won the Pulitzer Prize, he had made a spectcular debut with the NY Phil., his ballet Fancy Free and the spin-off musical derived form it, On the Town, were smash hits. So the amazon reviewer isn't on the mark to call Trouble in Tahiti an early piece, nor is he right to say that Bernstein had a lifelong ambition to write the great American opera.

Trouble in Tahiti is jazzy and colloquial, its melodies and rhythms familiar to anyone who knows Bernstein's musc from the Forties, or the musical Wonderful Town that would follow it the next year. The work is operatic only in the sense that the voices of the two leads are more operatic than Broadway, but not by much. The trio that serves as Greek chorus sings in a parodistic pop style, half Andrews Sisters, half Manhattan Transfer.

The libretto is a bit embarrassing in its soap-opera simplicity, but in this case "dated" is a synonym for nostalgic--the score is full of tunes that evoke the immediate post-war period. The jazzy ballet filler, Facsimile, is just as winning. There was a classic performance in mono with Beverly Wolff in the lead that collectors prize, but this later stereo remake is almost as good. I've loved this minor work since I saw a college production in 1965 and return to it whenever I want to rekindle fond memories.

Wow! That's good!.......2000-05-08

The title should speak for itself. I don't just give out 4s and 5s to most any CD. I expect much and I got much from this CD. This is one of the most passionate and moving pieces of music I have ever allowed to try the test of my ear and emotions. The vocalists are wonderful. The climax is a work of art. The finale to the first half of this work is tear jerking. The opera deals with a married couple who are in the pits of their marriage. And unlike many people today, this couple wants to fix the marriage. It was very clever how Bernstein had them go through the entire opera with just the two of them as characters. The jazz trio adds a lot to the mood, beginning, and 'intermission'. The opera was so great I spent so long on the internet trying to find the sequel, Quiet Place, which is on here but is sold out. I wrote the internet address of the company who has it in my review of the CD here since I just know you will love this music. I'm so attached to Trouble in Tahiti I have not even really listened to the other work on the CD.

A fantastic recording of an unfortunately overlooked piece.......2000-01-27

Leonard Bernstein was far more prolific than most people know; many think of him only in connection with West Side Story and On the Waterfront. Trouble in Tahiti, one of his earliest works, deserves a place among his better-known work. Although an opera, it never leans on recitative or pretentious bellowing. There is an amazing diversity in the score; one number is a swingy, scat-filled trio, another an aria of haunting beauty, another a hilarious evocation of escapist cinema. The liner notes excellently compare it with a Mahler symphony in the way it juxtaposes such different moods to such great effect. The libretto may seem to some a bit naive, but it is amazing to see the way Bernstein destroyed 1950's cliches of happy family life before they were even cliches! The cast is perfect: Julian Parick has the perfect resonant voice and arrogance; Nancy Williams switches from anger to wistful despair to high comedy with remarkable facility; and the trio is wonderful, especially the ethereal-voiced Antonia Butler. Facsimile, a "choreographic essay" on virtually the same subject (isolation and broken relationships) is truly an excellent companion. A great CD.

Average customer rating: Good mix The Usual Extraordinary Grammy Compilation A gurl wit style from Nebraska

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Tracks:

1. I'll Make Love To You - Boyz ll Men
2. He Thinks He'll Keep Her - Mary Chapin Carpenter
3. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
4. Love Sneakin' Up On You - Bonnie Raitt
5. Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
6. Said I Loved You...But I Lied - Michael Bolton
7. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
8. Prayer For The Dying - Seal
9. Love The One You're With - Luther Vandross
10. Hero - Mariah Carey
11. The Power Of Love - Celine Dion
12. Longing In Their Hearts - Bonnie Raitt
13. Ordinary Miracles - Barbra Streisand

Customer Reviews:

Good mix.......2001-03-21

This was the first in the yearly Grammy Nominees compilations. These are the best songs from their respective categories. A good collection of rock, r&b and pop. These compilations are best to listen to a few years after their release, because during the year they come out, the songs get so much airplay you soon tire of them. At least I do. But now, 7 years after this release, this album is once again good to listen to. (Could do without "balls-in-a-vice-grip" Bolton though)

The Usual Extraordinary Grammy Compilation.......2000-10-10

One of the things I like the most about Grammy complations is the fact that it collects some of the best music from the past year and puts it all on one CD. This CD is concrete proof of the fact. From R&B (Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross) to light rock (Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Elton John) to heavier stuff (Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow), this one has them all. Besides the point that most of these songs became huge hits in their time, they are also very enjoyable. When playing this CD, I find myself singing along to all the songs and smiling. It is great background music, great sing-along music, and great all around.

A gurl wit style from Nebraska.......2000-04-20

Being the 11-year-old that I am~this CD isn't very good b-cuz there is only like one song that I have heard of off this CD~but Having the kind of tast that I do~if you are about 16 or 17 you would like this CD

Average customer rating: Nice Score Disappointment "Craig Armstrong~Hong Nhung~Metro Voices Choir~Wonderful" Passionate and Haunting A big disappointment

The Quiet American Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Space Between Us The Clearing (Score) The Quiet American As If to Nothing Plunkett & Macleane: Original Motion Picture Score ASIN: B00007E8JK Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

1. The Quiet American
2. Saigon 1952
3. Pyle's Best Friend/Asking for A Divorce
4. Drive Up Holy Mountain/The General
5. Brothers In Arms
6. Escape from Watchtower/Dreams of Phuong
7. Death In the Square
8. Fowler's Temptation
9. The Quiet American (Piano Solo)
10. The Ritual of Revenge
11. Do You Still Miss Him?
12. End Titles (Nothing In This World)

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In adapting Graham Greene's tale of a love-triangle set against the political intrigues of '50s Vietnam, director Philip Noyce didn't shy away from the novelist's unsettling, still-timely subtext: That America has historically fomented acts of terror to justify intervention. Composer Craig Armstrong responds to that challenging dramatic landscape with a musical score of carefully measured tension and brooding elegance. The composer's main theme sets the tone, infusing longing string passages with nervous, synthetic percussion and the vocals of Hong Nhung to produce music that subtly transcends boundaries of geography and genre. The solo piano version of his main theme recalls Thomas Newman's evocative work, with its spare, bittersweet melody hanging hauntingly in the air. Armstrong's compelling cues may be rooted in orchestral scoring traditions, but they are injected with bracing doses of contemporary production and arranging touches that give the story a crucial sense of timeless parable. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Nice Score.......2004-03-07

Not one of Armstrong's best (for that just check Plunkett&Mcleane or Kiss of the Dragon), but really beautiful in its most part. Excellent drums arrangemens mixed with orchestra and a exotic voice, as usual in Armstrong music.

Disappointment.......2003-06-06

The cabaret scenes are just so 1950's Siagon but what did they leave off the soundtrack? That's right, those haunting French cabaret songs, the best part of the movie's soundtrack. And who was the singer? Alas, fabulous but unknown.

"Craig Armstrong~Hong Nhung~Metro Voices Choir~Wonderful".......2003-03-14

Craig Armstrong was chosen to score Graham Greene's novel about American's in the Vietnam conflict ~ "The Quiet American", starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser and Do Thi Hai Yen. Directed by Phillip Noyce, this film deals with a British Journalist, his girlfriend and an American in the medical field. All become a triangle within a CIA operative, things get sticky but the score by Armstrong is dynamic. Armstrong's opening cue "The Quiet American", theme emphasis the full-fledged love triangle in the middle of Vietnam. Twists of nail-biting intrigue offers danger and suspense with "SAIGON 1952" ~ "THE RITUAL OR REVENGE" and "ESCAPE FROM WATCHTOWER", arrangements, orchestration and performances by Metro Voices Choir are effective in conveying the struggles of the times. Hong Nhung vocals are beautifully traditional within the framework of the score and storyline. Performances on all twelves tracks are haunting with melodic counterparts and underscore.

Total Time: 48:02 on 12 Tracks ~ Varese Records 302-066-426-2 ~ (3/04/2003)

Passionate and Haunting.......2003-03-08

Full of forboding, as the times and the setting of this story surely were, this soundtrack to the masterpiece film is a superb achievement. The story concerns the decaying European presence and lurking American infiltration as the tragedy in Viet Nam began its climactic epoch. The film is based on Graham Greene's novel that set out a parable of how first European and then North American interests set about exploiting the intoxicating beauty that is Viet Nam and her people. As such, it was banned in the US for a long time. Most of my Viet Namese friends read this book translated as "The Sinister American", and so it is.
The music evocatively conveys the intrigues, the languor, the duplicities that flow underneath the surface of this story. Through the music, the incredible voice of Hong Nhung floats in and out, subtley conveying the sense that the Viet Namese are aware and counting out time until the moment is pregnant.
Viet Namese singers like Hong or Huong Thanh are forces of sublime passion to be reckoned with and Craig Armstrong beautifully and seamlessly integrates and weaves the seductive magic of these voices and the traditions from which they sprang into this compelling soundtrack.
Viet Nam is not all Martin Sheen and Marlin Brando, Oliver Stone and Stanley Kubrik. In fact these latter day westerners were just another in the parade of those who woul like to sleep with Viet Nam and walk away self-satisfied. The Viet Namese bid their time. Their cultural take on what happened is advanced by this film and this music.

A big disappointment.......2003-03-06

When I saw the movie what drew my attention was that in some cabaret scenes French music was heard with a singer and a band performing wonderful songs in early 1950's style that helped a lot to enhance the excellent period feeling of this motion picture.

But when I finally read about the release of the CD with the music from this film I noticed that none of those wonderful French songs made it to the final selection. To me it is a big disappointment, and a strong reason not to buy it.

Is there any rational explanation for not including the French songs in this CD? If anyone can answer that, please tell me.

Average customer rating: Robeson on wax The voice, the sound quality and the interpretation A Voice from the 40s, often dated, often moving Robeson at his best some of the greatest songs of the last century

Songs of Free Men/ A Paul Robeson Recital Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Blitzstein | Blitzstein, Marc | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | 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 Robeson, Paul | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baritones | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall Ballad for Americans Ol' Man River: His 25 Greatest Paul Robeson - Here I Stand Spirituals ASIN: B0000029YJ Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

1. Balm in Gilead
2. Chassidic Chant
3. Quiet Flows The Don: From Border To Border
4. Quiet Flows The Don: Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
5. Elijah, Op. 70: The Lord God Of Abraham
6. The Purest Kind Of Guy
7. Joe Hill
8. The Peat-Bog Soldiers
9. The Four Insurgent Generals
10. Native Land
11. Song Of The Plains
12. Cradle Song
13. Within Four Walls
14. By An' By
15. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
16. John Henry
17. Water Boy
18. My Curly Headed Baby
19. Mah Lindy Lou
20. Wagon Wheels
21. The House I Live In
22. Showboat: I Still Suits Me
23. Sylvia
24. Showboat: Ol' Man River
25. Porgy And Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

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There was nothing like the Robeson sound, ever. To describe his deep, rich, perfectly equalized instrument is futile. Go instead to "Balm in Gilead," the opening track, and see if you can listen to the last pianissimo phrase without falling to pieces. Robeson was at his best when the music was slow and the words contained spiritual or social messages. Faster, lighter fare like Kern's "I Still Suits Me" or Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So" find the serious-minded singer out of his element, lacking irony and swing. "Old Man River," though, gets a simple, dignified treatment. It's Songs of Free Men, though, that will just keep Robeson's artistry rolling along, especially in Sony's astonishing transfers. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

Robeson on wax.......2007-06-19

I found this album in a thrift store last week, for a couple of dollars. It's the original pressing on four 78 RPM records, in a gatefold format. It's in pristine condition. I really bought it for the incredible cover art, although I hope to be able to listen to it in this format at some point.

The voice, the sound quality and the interpretation.......2004-09-24

Put this on your stereo and if it is good enough the depth and richness of Robeson's voice will make your fillings rattle and your chest rumble. The power of his voice is awesome. This CD is superbly recorded with no audible noise at normal listening levels.

A Voice from the 40s, often dated, often moving.......2002-09-01

"Red diaper babies" have greeted this disc with nostalgic joy, and it captures a time and an aesthetic and a political belief with precision. Anyone interested in the emotional life of the pro-Soviet left of the 1940s should buy this disc. It's something like Henry Wallace set to music. There is much more to Robeson than that, however, and Sony has given us Robeson whole: there are songs by American masters of the musical, there are labor songs, religious songs, as well as the kind of faux-folk songs which the butcher supreme Josef Stalin encouraged and which were not taken seriously inside the USSR (except at gunpoint!!) but which were taken up by dupes around the world. This is Robeson at his least savory - willing propagandist for a vile mass murderer. Songs such as "Native Land" (fittingly, Robeson is referring to the Soviet Union) and the Red Army song are the equivalent of the "Horst Wessel Song", anthems of murder, and it is difficult to listen to the worst of them without retching. On the other hand, Robeson's commitment to American folk culture was real. "Balm in Gilead" is deeply beautiful; "John Henry" is heroic; "By an' By" is both resigned yet hopeful. "Joe Hill" captures an era in labor history. Anyone interested in American popular song should hear these. Turning to Broadway, his "Old Man River" is very fine, though Robeson changed the lyrics for political reasons and Leonard Warren has done the song better. I disagree with the editorial reviewer: "I Still Suits Me" is wonderfully playful and shows Robeson using his gorgeously rich voice to tease and poke fun. However, Marc Blitzstein's "Purest Kind of a Guy" is beyond saving - another example of Robeson recording an unworthy song by a political fellow-traveller. Ugh. But for every miss there are two hits. Robeson performs Mendelssohn's Elijah with nobility, and sings his favorite song, "Water Boy", with joyous pride: "There ain't no hammer that's on these mountains that rings like mine, boys, that rings like mine."
No one need have any fears about the mono sound quality. The orchestra in the second half of the program is at times a little dwarfed by Robeson's voice, but it generally sounds clean and colorful, and the great artist's voice rings like no other.

Robeson at his best.......2000-05-12

It's hard to believe that most of these recordings pre-date the advent of magnetic tape: the CD transfer is superlative. The songs and performance are beyond reproach. Notable is the imaginative packaging in miniature 'record album' format, complete with the original cover art, and a replica of the original Columbia record label applied to the CD.

In response to a previous question: Robeson's performance of Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) can be found on the Vanguard LP entitled "Robeson" (VRS-9037).

some of the greatest songs of the last century.......2000-05-05

In the 1940s, before rabid McCarthyism and racism had taken its toll on him, Robeson made these wonderful recordings of spirituals, classics and pop tunes. Accompanied by the solo piano of the incomparable Lawrence Brown, or by an orchestra, the songs ring out with pride, dignity, skill and unmatched integrity. The shameful treatment that Robeson was subject to from American authorities certainly seem grotesquely absurd to a modern listener. The wonderful version of "The House I Live In" included on this cd should forever kill off any suspicion that Robeson did not love his country deeply. This album ought to be heard by millions of people, world wide. Robeson's voice is nothing less than a glorious high point in 20th century music, and it's hard to think of any recording capturing it to greater advantage.

Average customer rating: We gotta have some more of that.....

Songbooks and Quiet Sensuality: 1933-1951 Lee Wiley Manufacturer: Jazz Legends ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Night in Manhattan/Sings Vincent Youmans/Sings Irving Berlin Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter Sings the Songs of Rodgers & Hart and Harold Arlen Queen of Big Band Swing At Carnegie Hall 1972 ASIN: B000AOEN5E Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. You've Got Me Crying Again
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
3. My One And Only
4. Someone To Watch Over Me
5. How Long Has This Been Going On
6. I've Got Five Dollars
7. You Took Advantage Of Me
8. Glad To Be Unhappy
9. Let's Do It
10. Easy To Love
11. Sugar
12. Down With Love
13. Let's Fall In Love
14. Woman Alone With The Blues
15. A Woman's Intuition
16. Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
17. Street Of Dreams
18. Manhattan
19. I've Got A Crush On You
20. Tea For Two
21. More Than You Know

Album Description

A subtle improviser who was beloved by jazz musicians, Lee Wiley sang with a smoldering restraint that always suggested there was a hot fire just beneath the surface. Her appealing voice held a quiet sensuality and indescribable charisma, and she was groundbreaking in her decision to record entire albums dedicated to a single composer. Unwilling to compromise and record inferior pop tunes, overshadowed by singers who fronted swing bands, and later by the rise of rock & roll, Wiley faded into obscurity in the 1960s. This valuable collection returns her to glory, featuring 21 of Wiley's loveliest cuts, collected on a single CD for the very first time, with remastered sound, detailed notes by Scott Yanow and rare historic photos.

Customer Reviews:

We gotta have some more of that............2007-07-26

I first heard Lee Wiley on a compilation, just this one song, a live recording of "A Woman alone with the Blues", and the presenter of the track is heard uttering the headline of this review just after the rendition. I think I know what he meant, because there is this quality about her voice that strikes you, or should I rather say, insinuates itself with you, and you soon know that you gotta have more. So eventually I got this one, and it's got all of her best stuff. Lee Wiley must have been one of the first of the female jazz singers since she was active from the eraly thirties, yet her voice has a very contemporary sound to it, she sounds relevant and not just historically or stylistically interesting. She sings it like she means it and I love it. I've got plenty albums with many of the great ladies of jazz, and I love them all, but I also love Lee Wiley the best.

Average customer rating: Excellent album! Very diverse too! Great collection of early 80's hits. I'm still dancing Score! A good 80's compilation! Makes you feel like you're right back in the 80's!

Only Dance: 1980-1984 Various Artists Manufacturer: Essex / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music American Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Party Boys | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Only Dance: 1985-1989 Only Dance: 1975-1979 Only Rock'N Roll: 1980-1984 (Series) Only Rock 'N Roll: 1985-1989 Only Rock'N Roll: 1965-1969 (Series) ASIN: B000001NZ1 Release Date: 1995-08-09

Tracks:

1. Super Freak - Rick James
2. Rapture - Blondie
3. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
4. We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's
5. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band
6. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
7. Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
8. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
9. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
10. Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang
11. Mickey - Toni Basil
12. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
13. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
14. You Make My Dreams - Daryl Hall And John Oates
15. Strut - Sheena Easton
16. Whip It - Devo
17. The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.
18. Self Control - Laura Branigan
19. Please Don't Go - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
20. Let The Music Play - Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Excellent album! Very diverse too! .......2004-12-28

I bought this album recently in two ways--I remember these songs, and because two artists on this album--Rick James and Laura Branigan--passed away in 2004. This is more of a way to remember those two artists, yet rock to their classics. There's a good mix of funk numbers by Rick James and Gap Band, new wave stuff by Devo, dance hits by Shannon and Bananarama, and well structured songs by Deniece Williams and KC and the Sunshine Band. All in the course of 75 minutes and 20 songs. I still love Herbie Hancock's Rockit--I played that single a lot back in late 1983! A jazz musician doing hip-hop and actually pulls it off on this funky song! It says 1980-1984, but they have two songs from 1979 that did make an impact in 1980 and the new decade. The first half of the '80s was more music oriented, while the second half depended on big productions and over the top decadence, which was also good too. A lot of people still take potshots at the '80s, but it provided some great music. All of these songs are still heard today on the radio, in stores, on stereos and TV commercials. I still listen to some 1984 songs/albums along with the 2004 contemporary songs that I like now. That Devo song is one that I hear in the current Swiffer commercials and I'm dancing like crazy when that comes on! It's well balanced in the song sequence too. Essex Entertainment did a fine job producing this album and the series of albums they did in 1994, 1995 and 1996 representing 5 years of songs in the 4 different decades. I liked this part of the '80s and this collection is very well done!

Great collection of early 80's hits........2004-02-02

I remember that I used to be a big fan of this kind of music when I was growing up and this CD/cassette is a good value, although I no longer have it on cassette cause my tape player ate it but I'm glad that I got to enjoy listening to this CD, my favorite songs on this CD are Blondie: Rapture, Go Go's: We Got the Beat, Laura Branigan: Self Control, Fixx: One Thing Leads to Another, Ray Parker Jr: The Other Woman, Toni Basil: Mickey, Denise Williams: Let's Hear it For the Boy, Gap Band: You Dropped a Bomb on Me and Hall and Oates: You Make My Dreams.

The only song that I don't really care for much on this album is Herbie Hancock: Rockit, it just never really appealed to me but if you love 80's pop music then this CD is a must have and I still wish that I have it.

I'm still dancing.......2001-10-12

Great album! Love the music of this era and almost every song is a winner!

Score! A good 80's compilation!.......2001-07-06

Yeeeeeess! How can you not like an album which opens with "Superfreak", has "Mickey" and "Whip it" in the middle, and ends with "Let the Music Play"?

The sounds are all crisp and well recorded, and these are fabulous dance songs. Rock this town, rock it inside out...whip it! Now whip it good! If you're not a child of the 70's, you might not remebmer these tunes. However, if you're a dedicated 80's fan as I am regardless, you'll get sentimental hearing this album. Definitely good to drive to.

Makes you feel like you're right back in the 80's!.......2000-03-13

This disk is like having your own personal TIME CAPSULE! The music REALLY brings you back there -all the way back to the 80's, one of the BEST decades of music there ever was! If you are a fan of classic 80's music with a truly 80's flare - this disk is for you! It has the Go-Go's, (think: Fast Times At Ridgemont High), Devo, Blondie, Stray Cats, and Ray Parker Jr. singing a really catchy song you might have missed in the eighties; The Other Woman! If you're in your thirties, you will definitely appreciate this disk! A must have for any CD-collection!

Average customer rating: 2 Artists Shine on This Album Don't Waste Your Time On This John Stevens,Leah,and Camille are the best on this cd! American Idol I love what American Idol has done for singing!

American Idol season 3: Greatest Soul Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Idol Season 2: All Time Classic American Love Songs American Idol Season 4 - The Showstoppers American Idol Greatest Moments American Idol Season 5 Encores American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics ASIN: B0001T06MC Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Chain of Fools - Fantasia Barrino
2. Me and Mrs. Jones - George Huff
3. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Diana Degarmo
4. If You Don't Know Me By Now - La Toya London
5. Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye) - Jennifer Hudson
6. You Make Me Feel Brand New - Amy Adams
7. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Matt Rogers
8. Midnight Train to Georgia - Jasmine Trias
9. My Girl - Jon Peter Lewis
10. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Camile Velasco
11. Betcha By Golly, Wow - Leah Labelle
12. You Are Everything - John Stevens
13. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Ensemble

Customer Reviews:

2 Artists Shine on This Album.......2006-07-18

Those 2 artists are: Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson, they are just amazing. Latoya London is good, but more than slightly boring. Diana Degarmo is alright, but makes up for it with personality-plus. The rest of the group are DUDS, sorry. Get Fantasia's album, and wait for Jennifer's to come out, which I'm sure will be soon.

Don't Waste Your Time On This.......2006-05-04

Amazon is selling this CD for .93 cents, but don't waste your money on it. For .93 cents I could buy a postage stamp and a piece of Bazooka Joe gum. This is nothing but karaoke music and you're way better off just downloading the songs from the original artists. And Leah Labelle should have been 2nd runner up on American Idol. She had charisma, style, and a voice. I'm waiting for her album to drop. So skip this and wait for Leah's album to come out.

John Stevens,Leah,and Camille are the best on this cd!.......2005-09-29

Those are the best three tracks. Give these kids time, they'll blow you all away! I liked Amy on the show but her voice was too whispy and dragged on too long.

American Idol.......2005-08-26

I saw them in concert, the CD is tremendous. A must buy for anyone that follows the American Idol, or even for those that do not, great music, well done.

I love what American Idol has done for singing!.......2005-07-30

As a professional singer and Voice Teacher, I am so thrilled to see how American Idol has given the art of singing such a jump start in these last few years. These American Idol CDs and programs are filled with so much varying talents. From Hard rock to Country, America is becoming interested in identifying true talent. As an Opera Singer myself I can still enjoy the gifts of other genres and am sad to hear when others look down upon the show. Also, as a voice teacher of many styles I can't stress enough the need to my own students for them to develop themselves as a "Complete Unique Package". Finding their own true niche and style including: voice type, genre, best repertoire, to the the right audition outfit. American Idol teaches the same theories. Be true to yourself and your voice to get your best shot at this business of singing. I am an advocat for AI and all shows that encourage the high developement of arts in America. We come from a society that watched sports religiously on telievision (which is great) but there are so many talents to support including singing out there amongst us. American Idol gives artists and viewers a fantastic opportunity.

Average customer rating: not to great Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$ You get what you pay for. Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...

100 Favorite Patriotic Songs Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Smith, John Stafford | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( 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 | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | 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 | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: America's Favorite Patriotic Songs United We Stand: Songs for America American Pride: Sixteen Stirring Patriotic Themes America's Bugle Calls Patriotic Country ASIN: B0000A1HT8 Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

1. America the Beautiful
2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
3. Ballad of the Green Berets
4. On Top of Old Smokey
5. Coyote Warrior
6. Semper Fidelis
7. Breeze from Alabama
8. Onward Christian Soldiers
9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
10. Patriot
11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
12. Marines' Hymn
13. America Is
14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
15. Happy the Soldier
16. American Trilogy
17. Home Sweet Home
18. Washington Post March
19. Enraptured I Gaze
20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
21. Yellow Rose of Texas
22. Over There
23. Simple Gifts
24. Liberty Bell
25. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

1. God Bless the USA
2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
3. Katy Cruel
4. I Vow to Thee My Country
5. King Cotton
6. Beautiful Dreamer
7. America
8. American Patrol
9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
10. Mohican Dream
11. Red, White and Blue
12. Some Folks
13. Liberty Song
14. Pomp and Circumstance
15. Hail to the Chief
16. Bennington Rifles
17. Peace on the Battlefield
18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
19. Under the Double Eagle
20. Red River Valley
21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
22. Camptown Races
23. Wild Blue Yonder
24. Hands Across the Sea
25. Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

1. Stars and Stripes Forever
2. Living in America
3. Home on the Range
4. Old Colony Times
5. Clementine
6. Invincible Eagle
7. Ring Ring de Banjo
8. Yankee Doodle
9. Largo from "The New World"
10. To a Wild Rose
11. Hail Columbia
12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
13. Gettysburg
14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
15. Capitan
16. Prairie Daughter
17. Little Brown Jug
18. Marching Through Georgia
19. Entertainer
20. Steamboat Around the Bend
21. Revolutionary Tea
22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
24. Amazing Grace
25. Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

1. God Bless America
2. National Emblem
3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
4. Anchors Away
5. Oh, Susannah
6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
7. Toast
8. Dixie
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Appalachian Spring
11. Bonnie Blue Flag
12. Old Hundreth
13. Swanee River
14. Battle Cry of Freedom
15. U. S Field Artillery
16. Sidewalks of New York
17. Chester
18. Auld Lang Syne
19. Kingdom Come
20. My Old Kentucky Home
21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
23. Shenandoah
24. Abraham's Daughter
25. This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

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