Joan

Joan

Joan

Track Listings
 
1. Be Not Too Hard
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Turquoise
4. Colombe -- The Dove
5. Dangling Conversation
6. Lady Came From Baltimore
7. North
8. Children of Darkness
9. Greenwood Side
10. If You Were a Carpenter
11. Annabel Lee
12. Saigon Bride

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Breakfast in Bed
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Brerakfast in Bed
  • You can't go wrong.
  • News from VT
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  • Joan O. has got it
 Breakfast in Bed
Joan Osborne
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
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ASIN: B000O78KZG
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

  1. I've Got To Use My Imagination
  2. Ain't No Sunshine
  3. Midnight Train To Georgia
  4. Baby Is A Butterfly
  5. Breakfast In Bed
  6. Cream Dream
  7. Natural High
  8. Heart Of Stone
  9. Sara Smile
  10. Eliminate The Night
  11. Break Up To Make Up
  12. I Know What's Goin' On
  13. Alone With You
  14. Kiss And Say Goodbye
  15. Heat Wave
  16. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted

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On Breakfast in Bed, her first release on Time Life Records (yes, that Time Life) Joan Osborne tackles a crop of hand-picked soul and R&B favorites with equal parts sass and sensitivity. Long an underappreciated artist, Osborne is a performer with the wisdom to exercise vocal restraint for an effect that's more Dusty Springfield than Christina Aguilera. Her fine previous outing interpreting soul standards was aptly titled How Sweet It Is, and witness her contribution to the terrific 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown, where Osborne's astute readings of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Heatwave" outshone performers like Ben Harper and Gerald Levert (happily, both songs are included here). The title track and Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile" are both canny choices that play to her strengths in delivering credible blue-eyed soul, and six new Osborne-penned songs fit neatly into the record. If her compositions pale a bit next to the classics she covers (with the sultry and slithery exception of the excellent "Eliminate the Night"), give Osborne credit for bravely placing herself side-by-side with songwriting luminaries like Holland-Dozier-Holland and Bill Withers. Breakfast in Bed makes for a leisurely listen on a sunny Sunday morning, so put up your feet and stay awhile. --Ben Heege

Album Description

Joan Osbourne's recently recorded album pays homage to the great Soul and R&B songs of the late '60s and early '70s. The album features a unique combination of unforgettable interpretations of timeless R&B classics. Her first single to radio will be "I've Got to Use My Imagination."

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Brerakfast in Bed.......2007-07-27

Okay if you like love songs with kind of an R&B rhythm. (which the entire cd is) I love Joan Osborn's other work, but this is not one of them . . . Excellent artist ~ poor song selection.

4 out of 5 stars You can't go wrong........2007-07-25

This intriguing mix cover songs and originals make this a very enjoyable collection, although the covers are not as varied as say Annie Lennox's Medusa but still engaging all the same. The tracks seem to pull you in more and more with each listen. "Baby is a Butterfly", "Sarah Smile" and "Cream Dream" were all particularly absorbing the first time through. The production is very good and clean. Her voice is as mesmerizing and sensual as always. You can't go wrong.

4 out of 5 stars News from VT.......2007-07-24

Since I first heard Spiderweb on the radio before Relish was widely released I knew I was going to like this woman's work. Over the years I've collected pretty much all Joan's recordings including trades of several soundboard live recordings. With Breakfast in Bed Joan delivers again. She's always doing a change up from release to release.
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers is the only cover ever I've heard that even rates. My sister and I wore Bill's 45 out 2 or 3 times when we were kids. The originals powerful bass line is absent here but Joan's production showcasing drums and of course, her voice makes my memory of Bill's version fade. Joan redefines it without overshadowing it. This is true for many of the covers. The title track I could do without though. Breakfast in Bed was a walk through. A strong cup of coffee....and. Eliminate The Night would work for me as a title tune and an opener. I've Got to Use My Imagination, Midnight Train to Georgia and Sara Smile are renewed and fresh. Heat Wave and What Becomes of the Brokenhearted are repeated from Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Take note of this CD with other Motown covers by Ben Harper, Chaka Khan and Bootsy Collins among others.
Originals Baby Is a Butterfly, Eliminate the Night & I Know What's Goin' On are ones I've heard live before and they have matured.
I'd like to hear a raw & nasty version of Eliminate the Night live. She's playing Concord New Hampshire's Capitol Center for the Arts this November. It's a small venue that's perfect for Joan to showcase her work. Think about getting her Early Recordings CD before you go. If you haven't seen her headline a show in the past and live in New England then take the trek, you won't be disappointed.
I hope she hasn't let Andrew Carrillo get away. Her guitar player on much of her past work has appeared in recent live shows but he's missing here. He joined his brother Frank Carillo & The Bandoleros on their 2005 release Bad Out There. Well worth a listen.
Breakfast in Bed doesn't suffer any though I wonder what's up. He gets my vote for the title "Master of the Telecaster", given to greats Roy Buchanan, Keith Richards, Albert "The Iceman" Collins, Danny Gatton and few others. The "Tele" was the first solid body electric guitar mass produced and while it's design has been copied and modified over the years the standard set-up used by Andrew defined much of Joan's earlier work.
When I hear Joan's new CDs one or two tunes demand notice. Further listens and the whole work becomes seamless.
Joan takes her time between releases. There could be two CDs here. A few more originals could be made into to one CD and the covers working separately as another disc. I don't know if it's production advice, recording contracts or a lack of confidence by Joan on about her own writing but a real Joan Osborne collection hasn't been released since Righteous Love. Relish and Righteous Love mixed in covers but little enough that Joan's own songs made a greater statement. I'm going to make compilations of all her work when I figure out how to use my Ipod.
I have to admit a big bias here. I see Joan Osborne music or concert listings and shell out cash. It's a shame that when I mention Joan I am met with blank looks. Who? Mention What If God Was One Of Us people take note. Really the least important of her work it now sounds like weak pop to me. It may sound as familiar as Stairway to Heaven to many who don't even recognize her name. That song seems to pop up everywhere. If you love this CD and haven't heard others check out her collection. Start with Early Recordings, Relish Righteous Love, or How Sweet It Is.
I do look forward to seeing some more raw, throaty and hard driving music by Joan. But, in 1975 I was listening equally to Carly Simon and Lynyrd Skynyrd. My friends thought I was nuts!
Don't miss Breakfast in Bed but, take care of it or buy two you might wear this CD out and end up asking yourself what happened to Bill Withers?

3 out of 5 stars Exactly as advertised.......2007-07-22

As one reviewer noted, this release is somewhat monotone. Still, it's a relaxing and quality release from Joan that my wife really likes. Getting "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" is a bonus.

A couple of the originals are really excellent, stay in your head tunes. I'd say if your having Breakfast in Bed, it works. But it's not an all occasions, "hey check this out" kind of release.

5 out of 5 stars Joan O. has got it.......2007-07-19

I'm becoming a bigger fan of Joan every day. I loved her last album, Pretty Little Stranger, even though it was a bit country for her, and I'm not a country music fan. I'm interested in checking out this collection of her covering pop hits. She does covers well, and her voice is so obviously hers, that even though it might be a song you have heard enough times already in your life, hearing the "Joan" version is always a treat. I'm sorry this is not a review of this album in particular, I do plan to get it soon. I'll let you know then! I'm giving 5 stars based on the Amazon video and audio samples. What I can say is that her previous albums are all great, and her live shows are awesome, especially if you can be lucky enough to see her in a smaller venue.

The first time I saw her was pretty much by accident. I wound up crossing through the front of a very large crowd between acts at a Woodstock reunion in Bethel, NY (not Pepsistock in Saugeraties), in the late 90's. Then Joan and her band came on and I'm front and center and she blew me away with St. Teressa or something like that. I've been a fan ever since.
Into the Blues
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Armatrading's Dynamic Dive "Into the Blues"
  • excellent, excellent, excellent
  • she's back and better than ever!!
  • Another Winner For Joan
  • It'll take a few listens for this one to settle in
 Into the Blues
Joan Armatrading
Manufacturer: 429 Records
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ASIN: B000NVHWMU
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

  1. A Woman In Love
  2. Play The Blues
  3. Into The Blues
  4. Liza
  5. Secular Songs
  6. My Baby's Gone
  7. D.N.A.
  8. Baby Blue Eyes
  9. Deep Down
  10. There Ain't A Girl Alive
  11. Empty Highway
  12. Mama Papa
  13. Something's Gotta Blow

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On the surface, yes, this is a blues album; mostly, though, it's a Joan Armatrading album--which means she'll follow blues forms and conceits wherever she damn well pleases. On "Liza," she takes the "Mannish Boy" groove across the tracks for a pick-up on the wrong side of town; on "There Ain't a Girl Alive (Who Likes to Look in the Mirror Like You Do)," she dresses down a rival; on "Play the Blues," she simply undresses herself to a juicy, contemporary soul groove; and on "Mama Papa," the album's finest and funkiest moment, she recalls her youth on the island of St. Kitts in lines that flash with truth: "Seven people in one room/No heat/One wage/And bills to pay." It's also a guitar album: her blues chops, especially on the sprawling closer "Something's Gotta Blow," would give Robert Cray a serious run. Fiery as her playing can be, her blues riffs are mostly economical, concise, with evocative spaces between the notes. The same can't be said for the overall production values. Armatrading is still enamored with slick gimmicks: doubling and tripling her vocals and adding layers of echo on top of that, and synth pads and distortion that feel more bombastic than bright. Into the Blues is far from a return to form, but it still sends a tough, funky message. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

Into the Blues is the album that Joan Armatrading was always meant to write. Immediately you can tell how much she enjoys playing the blues as her guitar belts out these 13 hits.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Armatrading's Dynamic Dive "Into the Blues".......2007-07-14


Although her official website describes Joan Armatrading's new CD, INTO THE BLUES, as being "blues influenced" rather than a straightforward blues album, the songs on it achieve exactly what the best of blues music does. They take us deep inside the raw agonies and ecstasies of life, love, and the struggle to live at peace with ourselves and the world. That drama is one Armatrading has set to superb guitar-playing that rivals (with all due respect) that of such icons as BB King, Eric Clapton, Prince, and Bruce Springsteen. Add to her artistry a voice which can boom like a Chicago baritone or caress like the sweetest ingénue and it becomes easy to see why this CD shot straight to number one on Billboard Magazine's blues chart.

On the title track of this phenomenal set, Armatrading proclaims, "My baby don't like rock and roll/ Not hip hop or pop/ My baby's just into the blues," then proceeds to deftly demonstrate why. We can debate whether the "baby" of which she's singing is a favorite lover or her guitar. But one thing not in question is the serious skill with which Armatrading explores various forms of the blues--rock, gospel, ballad--throughout the CD's 13 dynamic cuts.

The trademark finesse with which she's known to dissect the most intimate of relationships are in full play on the first two songs, "A Woman in Love" and "Play the Blues." She is particularly heart-wrenching on the mournfully plaintive "Empty Highway," which broods and croons and bleeds with the best of any blues ballad on record. "Baby Blue Eyes" is a blue-grass tinged number that evokes the soulful country traditions of an Allison Krauss or the Dixie Chicks. She moves beyond romantic introspection for some powerful social and spiritual commentary on both "Secular Songs" and the explosive eight-minute-long closer "Something's Gotta Blow." In the biographical "Mama Papa," fans get a rare treat as Armatrading pays tribute to her birth island of St. Kitts and the industrious parents who taught her to: "Play hard/ Fight fair/ Live life/ And love the Lord."

From the very beginning of Joan Armatrading's amazing career, starting with the 1972 release of WHATEVER'S FOR US, the rhythms and colors of the blues and jazz have helped define the brilliant depths and substance of her work. Also from the very beginning, Armatrading has demonstrated an uncanny ability to employ various musical trends and genres to amplify the uniqueness of her own creative voice. Those two traits serve her genius exceedingly well on INTO THE BLUES, a CD very much on its way to becoming a celebrated classic.

by Author-Poet Aberjhani
author of I Made My Boy Out of Poetry
and Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (Facts on File Library of American History)


5 out of 5 stars excellent, excellent, excellent.......2007-07-13

Still another new direction from someone who's worked in any number of different genres. Her venture into the blues takes her into a harder, more electric, and tighter sound that's great to hear. Her lyrics remain as good as always. Plus, she's right up there in the league of best blues guitarists around -- certainly she has to hold the title for best woman in that field.

5 out of 5 stars she's back and better than ever!!.......2007-07-05

I have been a fan of Joan since the 70's and this album is certainly worth waiting for!! Beautiful voice as always, great guitar licks - definitely worth buying!!

5 out of 5 stars Another Winner For Joan.......2007-07-05

Great CD - I have never been disappointed with Joan's music, and "Into The Blues" is definitely another winner for her.

4 out of 5 stars It'll take a few listens for this one to settle in.......2007-06-27

First off, this is a very interesting album. Her blues guitar playing is first rate and it is a pleasant surprise for an artist who has seemed to concentrate more on the lyrics than the music at times in the past. The bulk of the songs really do not seem all that much like Chicago blues or Mississippi blues though. I guess this is St. Kitts blues.
Some of the songs sound like typical Armatrading with a funkier bluesier arrangement. They're not bad songs at all but they;re not consisitently great. Too much overdubbing on the vocals does take away from some of the songs. I'm both a blues fan and a Joan fan so this is one I had to get. It's good, it's interesting but not great. 3.5 Stars.
Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
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ASIN: B000FKP41A
Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

  1. Bad Reputation
  2. Light of Day [From "Light of Day"]
  3. Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
  4. Roadrunner [#]
  5. I Love Rock N Roll
  6. Victim of Circumstance
  7. Everyday People
  8. I Hate Myself for Loving You [#]
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  10. Fake Friends
  11. Make Believe
  12. Cherry Bomb
  13. Little Liar [#]
  14. World of Denial [#]
  15. Love Is All Around [Theme from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"][#]

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5 out of 5 stars The Best of..... Joan Jett.......2007-07-01

Good compilation. Every Jett hit on one CD. And I particularly like the addition of "World of Denial", from the 'pure and simple' Japanese IMPORT CD. Now what about "Here To Stay" and "Hostility"?

4 out of 5 stars Why we all love Rock and Roll.......2007-06-04

Now that Joan Jett is getting her due as a seminal rock and roll influence, it's about time a decent hits set appeared. Sadly, this isn't it. While the music on "Fit To Be Tied" certainly merits the four star rating, I am going to have to assume contractual issues with CBS forced Jett to either omit or substitute alternative versions of well-known songs.

For instance, her huge hit "I Hate Myself For Loving You" is an alternate take from the "Up Your Alley" version, and "Little Liar" is a live version. I am not sure how many versions of "Roadrunner" Joan has recorded so far, but the take here is previously unreleased and kicks butt. So does the new recording of the signature Runaways song, "Cherry Bomb." MIA are such well known Jett tunes as "Good Music" and her version of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." The albums she recorded for Warner Brothers are bypassed entirely.

Nonetheless, you still get some of the great proto-grrll rock from "Bad Reputation" to the terrific new "World of Denial." Joan Jett also was queen of the perfect cover choice, as her hit versions of "Everyday People," "Crimson and Clover" and - of course - "I Love Rock and Roll" prove. She also had that glam bam done like few before or since. The BOOM/whack/BOOM/whack that explodes from her cover of Gary Glitter's "Do You Wanna Touch" and her own "I Hate Myself For Loving You" made both songs burst from whatever radio played them some eight years apart. You'd be hard pressed to know that much time had passed between these songs...which proves that Joan Jett is a timeless artist.

But she deserves better. There is a good Japanese compilation that covers all the albums up to "Naked" (which eventually formed the base of "Sinner"), called "Jett Rock: Greatest Hits of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts." It boasts a pretty hefty price tag, so if you're just a casual fan looking for "I Love Rock and Roll," this will do. If not, hit that link.

4 out of 5 stars Joan Jett.......2007-05-25

This is a great disc. It includes songs I didn't even know she did along with cool cover tunes. It's all good!

3 out of 5 stars not a masterpiece.......2007-04-06

There are many songs missing to be a definitive collection, so, to me, it's not definitive. It is good that they added the 'hit' versions of LITTLE LIAR & I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU instead of the inferior versions that were on the 1997 edition of this cd. They also changed the cover. I guess a raven-haired Jett is more sell0able than a buzzed/peroxided Jett?

3 out of 5 stars I love Joan Jett.......2007-04-02

And this does have all her greatest hits, from Cherry Bomb to I Love Rock'n'Roll.
My complaint, though, and it's a big one, is that it won't play in my computer. I know artists have a problem with people illegally downloading music, etc. But it's a real pain when you actually pay money for a cd and then can't listen to it wherever you want to. I should be able to play this at my desk and I can not. It's irritating to no end. I wish these cds had warning labels so I'd know not to bother with them.
Joan Baez - Greatest Hits
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  1. Diamonds And Rust
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Before Joan Baez, the closest thing to a white female folksinger was Jo Stafford. Baez made her professional debut in 1959 at the Newport Folk Festival and started recording for Vanguard the next year. Her early association with Bob Dylan and performances of his songs did him no harm. The material in this CD comes from later in her career, when she had left Vanguard for A&M. Listeners who enjoy this CD will probably want to hear her earlier work. She is among the classic American voices. --Stanley Booth

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars IT TAKES ME BACK.......2007-07-20

I REALLY ENJOY THIS CD. THERE ARE A FEW SONGS I SKIP THROUGH SOMETIMES, BUT IF YOU LIKE HER VOICE THEN YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

5 out of 5 stars a must have.......2007-07-19

i bought this for my husbands christmas gift....it was his favorite gift of all. he loves it, my kids love it. it is a great cd

5 out of 5 stars Joan Baez CD.......2007-06-27


I have a good review on this item. It came quickly and was in perfect conition.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointed.......2007-05-14

I have long loved Joan Baez's voice and the music she contributed to the '60s and '70s. However, this CD was a major disappointment to me. I expected a Greatest Hits CD to be complete and include high quality recordings. This CD offered neither.

5 out of 5 stars JOAN BAEZ.......2007-02-12

This is a wonderful CD...I saw her when she was still a student on the stage at Dartmouth College and have followed her all these years and never tire of her singing.
Man of La Mancha: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (Original 1965 Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • beautiful music for a haunting story.....
  • Man of LaMancha As Good As Ever
  • Don Quixote
  • Magnificent voices
 Man of La Mancha: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album (Original 1965 Broadway Cast)
Mitch Leigh , Joe Darion , Richard Kiley , and Joan Diener
Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
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ASIN: B00005A8KE
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

  1. Overture
  2. Man Of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)
  3. It's All The Same
  4. Dulcinea
  5. I'm Only Thinking Of Him
  6. I Really Like Him - Joan Diener
  7. What Do You Want of Me - Joan Diener
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  9. Barber's Song/Golden Helmet
  10. To Each His Dulcinea (To Every Man His Dulcinea)
  11. The Impossible Dream
  12. The Combat (Previously Unreleased Reissue Track)
  13. Dubbing (Knight of the Woeful Countenance) - Joan Diener
  14. The Abduction
  15. Aldonza - Joan Diener
  16. A Little Gossip
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  18. Finale (The Impossible Dream) - Joan Diener

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Man of La Mancha, the show that introduced "The Impossible Dream" to the world (and lounge singers everywhere), was the hit of the 1965 Broadway season. Richard Kiley is magnificent in his career-defining performance as the deluded wannabe knight Don Quixote. His leading lad Joan Diener sings the role of the kitchen wench Aldonza with just the right balance of dignity and vulgarity. Irving Jacobson turns in a fine comic performance as the Don's faithful squire, Sancho Panza. The score, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, was revolutionary in its time. The orchestra had no violins--just brass, woodwinds, percussion, and flamenco guitars. Man of La Mancha is one of Broadway's most inspiring musicals and it well deserves its high reputation. --Michael Simmons

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3 out of 5 stars Check out Other Versions. Don't be swayed by Others' Reviews........2007-06-09

I've never seen this show on stage and my first exposure to the music was the Sony CD Man of La Mancha featuring Placido Domingo, Pandy Patankin, and Julia Migenes-Johnson. Despite lackluster reviews of the disk, I enjoy it, and when I saw this version at a second hand book/music store, I decided check it out too. My initial impression was that the Sony version was the better disk but decided to compare both versions by setting up a playlist in Media Player, playing tracks from both version back-to-back.

After that test, I have to agree with the reviews here that Richard Kiley is the superior Don Quixote. Domingo's voice is, of course wonderful, but Kiley acts the role better on the CD and Domingo's accent is a major distraction.

In the role of Aldonza - no contest. Julia Mingenes-Johnson's singing and performance on the Sony version is far superior to Joan Diener's. I didn't have to hear the tracks back-to-back to realize that. Ms. Diener's performance just grated on my ears from the beginning.

Bucking the crowd, I prefer Mandy Patankin's Sancho (Sony version) to Irving Jacobson's. I may be biased, having had more exposure to the Sony version, but Patankin seemed to be trying to inject a bit more feeling into the character. Jacobson, singing in an annoying, scratchy voice, came across almost like a cartoon trying to fit in among live characters. It seems like most people either like Patankin or hate him. Guess I'm one of the former.

The Orchestration does seem brighter/clearer in this version compared to the Sony version, but, in general, the tempo on most tracks seems slower than the same tracks on the Sony version. I preferred the up-tempo, Sony versions of "The Barber Song", "Little Bird, Little Bird", "The Dubbing" and "A Little Gossip".

In Summary: For Kiley's Don Quixote, you'll probably want this version, but for tracks featuring Aldonza (and maybe Sancho) you'll want to check out the Sony version. Since I have both disks, I will probably come up with a mix of my favorite tracks, in general, favoring the Sony disk but substituting the tracks that feature Richard Kiley's Don Quixote where I can.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful music for a haunting story............2007-06-07

I remember reading excerpts from Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE, as a Spanish student, way back in junior high school. The saga of the madman fighting windmills and pursuing his illusions [and delusions] was very sad, but very romantic at the same time. When the musical adaptation, MAN OF LA MANCHA, was brought to the stage in 1965, Richard Kiley (as the title character, Don Quixote) absolutely transfixed the audience with his sensitively heartfelt portrayal of the tragic madman. The plight of Don Quixote, who travels on horseback, with his faithful companion, Sancho Panza (Irving Jacobson), and absolutely lovestruck by kitched wench Aldonza (Joan Denier), is alternately pathetic and profound. Perhaps one of the best known (and most remade) songs in the repertoire from LA MANCHA, is "The Impossible Dream." Richard Kiley really make it his own, here, and after you hear his version, it's hard to listen to others' versions of it. It's just not the same. Though, this story is anything but joyful, the music will glide through your ears and carry you on a surrealistic journey through attempted triumph and (ultimately) tragedy.

5 out of 5 stars Man of LaMancha As Good As Ever.......2007-05-07

Very pleased with ourchase of this item. Quality is great as was the price. Delivery was timely. Easy transaction! A++++++++

5 out of 5 stars Don Quixote.......2006-09-14

Back in High School my band leader, Mr. DeYoung, decided (agianst much opposition from those of us in the band let me tell you) to have us perform select pieces from this musical

I hated the idea. But when we began to play, he even had us watch the musical, I fell in love with the melody. The many songs of a man who believes the best in the world. YOu find that in Dulcinea, The Impossible Dream, etc.

From one maginificently rendered song to another, you can be lost in its melodic elegance.

My favorite song is the initial rendition of 'Little Bird, Little Bird'. It's a soft song, sung as a love ballad. In the musical you discover it's being sung to a local whore by a bunch of randy men. Despite that, I still like it.

This along with others are among the great works of the stage!

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent voices.......2006-07-05

Voices and music make a revival of this beautiful play. Full of passion.
Pretty Little Stranger
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Joan Osbourne - sublime
  • NG for no good
  • delightful surprise
  • Earnest soulfulness.
  • welcome back, Joan Osborne!!
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ASIN: B000ICLRAM
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Tracks:

  1. Pretty Little Stranger
  2. Holy Waters
  3. Brokedown Palace
  4. What You Are
  5. Shake The Devil
  6. Time Won't Tell
  7. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
  8. Who Divided
  9. Til I Get It Right
  10. Dead Roses
  11. After Jane
  12. When The Blue Hour Comes

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Though Joan Osborne has referred to this as "my version of a country record," the music is likely to find more favor in coffee shops and on NPR than with honky-tonks and the Grand Ole Opry. It conjures comparisons with Rosanne Cash's artistry after her country hitmaking days, as if Osborne came to Nashville to make the sort of music that Cash left Nashville to make. While it may not achieve the commercial success that Osborne enjoyed with her popular breakthrough, "One of Us," it's the most consistently compelling album of her career. Produced by Steve Buckingham (Dolly Parton), with harmony support from Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, and Rodney Crowell, Osborne mixes six strong originals with six choice covers, rarely overpowering the material through displays of vocal technique, as she occasionally has in the past. Much of the material deals with the aftermath of relationships (including one with a woman on "After Jane"), with results ranging from a mixture of resilience and vulnerability on the title track through the insistent groove of "Who Divided" and the eternal optimism of "Till I Get It Right." There's also a folkish rendition of the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace" that Osborne makes her own, and some live-wire slide guitar from Sonny Landreth on "Dead Roses." The closest she comes to classic country is a bittersweet reading of Kris Kristofferson's "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends," while the closing balladry of "When the Blue Hour Comes" (with co-writer Rodney Crowell on harmonies) is pure heartbreak. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Joan Osbourne - sublime.......2007-07-09

I just can't get enough of this album. Joan Osbourne has created pure magic yet again. Call it country. Call it whatever you want. Just take a listen and enjoy.

1 out of 5 stars NG for no good.......2007-06-15

this record isn't as bad as how sweet it is, but almost. I wish joan would do an entire record of songs along the lines of righteous love and get rick rubin to produce it. I'd love that.

4 out of 5 stars delightful surprise.......2007-05-19

i absolutely love joan osborne. i was not expecting it to be "country", because she has such an amzing voice and bluesy style. but i am delighted with this album nonetheless.

4 out of 5 stars Earnest soulfulness........2007-05-16

This is the Vanguard label debut from premier vocalist and songwriter Joan Osborne. Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy winner, Steve Buckingham, the album highlights the soulful sound of Joan Osborne with elements of country, blues and Americana.
This 12 song collection features six original tunes written by Joan and also compositions by Kris Kristofferson 'Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends', Jerry Garcia /Robert Hunter 'Brokedown Palace' and Patty Griffin 'What You Are'.
The album also features some of music's finest performers lending their talents including Vince Gill on 'Time Won't Tell,' Alison Krauss, 'Holy Waters', Sonny Landreth playing slide guitar on 'Dead Roses' and Rodney Crowell providing harmony vocals on his own 'When The Blue Hour Comes'.
Osborne sings like a woman with nothing to prove.
On the country-tinged "Pretty Little Stranger", the former vocalist for the Grateful Dead applies her smooth, soulful voice to six of her own edgy songs as well as to more-traditional material.
Her tough title track speculates who will be "the next fool" to take her home, and After Jane is a howl of misery sent out to a lost love: "I can't laugh / I can't moan / I can't leave myself alone / After Jane".
She mellows out with a touching cover, enhanced by retro steel guitar, of Kris Kristofferson's "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"; and a warm, haunting version of Rodney Crowell's "When the Blue Hour Comes", on which Crowell provides supporting vocals.
Joan herself considers "Pretty Little Stranger", her first album containing original material in six years, as almost a "genre" album, in that she consciously took the genre of country music, which has certain constraints built in, and put her own sensibility into it, producing a very credible contribution to the genre without compromising on quality or accessibility.
Sometimes she brings a not-readily-definable, slightly unsettling undertow to her admirably earthy songs of love and life, one that's not quite orthodox in standard country; dealing confidently with the whole emotional gamut from lost to lusty, seductive to lonesome, she avoids triteness in essaying a genre that's often renowned for that quality!
Difficult to explain, you just have to hear it.

5 out of 5 stars welcome back, Joan Osborne!!.......2007-03-29

I was only alittle aware of Joan Osborne, before I heard "Who Divided" on the radio as I was driving home very late at night - - I liked it so much, I actually pulled off to the side of the road and wrote down the title and artist so I wouldn't forget! I NEVER do that .... "Who Divided", which Joan wrote, is still my favorite song on the CD, but there are no duds here!! It's a great listen from start to finish - - Lightning 100, here in Nashville, is playing it, and I hope it does well for her all over the USA - - it's an EXCELLENT CD.
How Sweet It Is
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • dreck
  • not a bad cover in the bunch
  • Can't Get Enough of Joan
  • favorite album to get me moving!
  • Like a good hotel lounge singer
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ASIN: B00006GNQF
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

  1. I'll Be Around
  2. Think
  3. How Sweet It Is
  4. Smiling Faces Sometimes
  5. Love's In Need Of Love Today
  6. These Arms Of Mine
  7. Only You Know And I Know
  8. War
  9. Why Can't We Live Together
  10. Axis: Bold As Love
  11. The Weight
  12. Everybody Is A Star

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With the proliferation of earthy rock chicks such as Vanessa Carlton and Michelle Branch, it might seem like an opportune time for Joan Osborne, who gathered Grammy nominations for her triple-platinum 1995 debut Relish and its breakthrough single "One of Us," to revive her flowing blues-and-folk roots. Rather than take the anticipated path, however, he New York singer offers a twist. Taking a page from Ally McBeal's resident torch singer Vonda Shepard, Osborne turns in an album of stylish covers of contemporary R&B classics. She wraps her husky voice around a supper-club version of Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine," underscores the message behind Edwin Starr's "War" at a funeral pace, and gives James Taylor a shudder with her lush, Eastern-tinged take on Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is." Most unexpected. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars dreck.......2007-06-07

Now I love Joan, she can sing like a ringing a bell, but this album stinks. It's one thing to perform your take on a classic song, but these tracks are producer updated with fake drums and other instrumentation that doesn't fit the legacy of these songs. NG for no good.

5 out of 5 stars not a bad cover in the bunch.......2007-01-05

Some people like cover tunes, other don't. For me, a cover tune is great when the new artist puts a unique spin on the orginal "classic". Given that, I say that this disk is a top-ten favorite in a very large CD collection. Joan molds each of these songs into her own, yet the quality of the orginal "hit" is still to be found. I wish more artists would focus on re-doing some of the excellent songs that are already out there, rather than feeling like they should penning original tunes (most of which are average or below). BUY THIS CD!

5 out of 5 stars Can't Get Enough of Joan.......2005-11-15

It's difficult to write a review of Joan's work because I'm rather biased about this woman. You see, the sound of her voice weakens my knees and causes me to smile uncontrollably. I could listen to Joan sing the phone book and still be be reduced to weak-kneed smiling fool. What a voice! What an artist!

5 out of 5 stars favorite album to get me moving!.......2005-07-02

I find it impossible to believe that this album is getting any poor reviews. I play this in the car, and can't keep from dancing in my seat! I play it when I'm down and need a lift. Great arrangements, and her version of "War-What Is It Good For," should be playing on every radio station in the country.

3 out of 5 stars Like a good hotel lounge singer.......2005-04-16

I recently bought this CD after hearing (and liking) "I'll Be Around" on the radio. I was impressed by Osborne's earthy vocal style on her "Relish" CD a few years back, so I figured an album of classic soul covers by her might be pretty good. Sad to say, I found this CD somewhat disappointing overall.

To my ears, Osborne's delivery on this CD sounds like that of a good hotel lounge singer--technically competent but emotionally superficial. Too often, she sounds like she is coming from outside the songs (i.e., performing them), rather than from inside (i.e., living them). The worst examples are "Think" (delivered in a passionless rapid-fire monotone) and "The Weight" (delivered awkwardly, as if she doesn't even understand, much less feel, the lyrics).

To Osborne's credit, she gives several of the tunes new readings that give fresh life to the material. She slows down "How Sweet It Is" and gives it a touching plaintive quality. Her pop song reading of Jimi Hendrix's trippy "Axis: Bold As Love" is totally unexpected and amusing. Her Bill-Murray-lounge-lizard reading of the Vietnam-era anti-war song "War" is so surreally campy that it forces you to pay attention to the words.

There are several solid covers here, including "I'll Be Around," "Smiling Faces," and "Why Can't We Live Together." However, "These Arms of Mine" probably best captures both the strengths and weaknesses of this CD. The opening verses are gorgeous, with Osborne's soft, aching vocal commanding your attention over a spare musical background. But when the song gets to the bridge, which demands that the vocalist build to a big emotional climax, Osborne fails to deliver. She never lets herself go, and the song just peters out.

I notice a number of prior reviewers rave about Osborne's "soulful" vocals here, and I have no doubt that these people are sincere. I think it boils down to a matter of taste and cultural background. If you like music with the rough edges sanded off, Osborne's interpretations may help you appreciate some classic soul songs you would otherwise ignore. If, however, you are a serious fan of R&B, you will likely find this a pale imitation of the real thing.
Relish
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B000001ED1
Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

  1. St. Teresa
  2. Man In The Long Black Coat
  3. Right Hand Man
  4. Pensacola
  5. Dracula Moon
  6. One Of Us
  7. Ladder
  8. Spider Web
  9. Let's Just Get Naked
  10. Help Me
  11. Crazy Baby
  12. Lumina

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Soulful, sexy, and precisely what Bonnie Raitt would be doing today if she were young and starting out. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wish there were more like this.......2007-05-25

I bought this CD after hearing One of Us on the radio. I was very pleasantly surprised to find the CD was a collection of great rock and blues. Great Blues tracks include Pensacola and Crazy Baby. Right Hand Man and Spider Web are great rocking tracks.

I'd recommend this to anyone who loves either genere.

4 out of 5 stars Osborne Still Good .......2007-01-06

I especially liked the song One of Us and I discovered others that I like just as well. The songs seemed to stick my memory after I listen to the CD.

5 out of 5 stars Stands the test of time.......2007-01-03

Where did this all come from. This CD came out 11 years ago, and still when I start listening to this disk I can't stop. Every single song on the record is wonderful. It would be hard for me to pick favorites because each song is just so well done and so memorable. In my opinion this CD is a classic in it's entirity.

5 out of 5 stars Great Place To Begin the Beginning.......2006-11-16

This set is a case, unfortunately, of just not getting the attention the artist duly earned and Osborne has drifted into musical limbo, in my estimation, as a result. 'Relish' is an awsome collection of songs, and every bit the equal (as another reviewer remarks) of Morrisette's more highly rewarded and profiled,'Pill'. There are no weak songs on the list. There's real eccentric and daring bite to the vocals, the writing and the musical bent.

5 out of 5 stars One to be relished.......2006-10-02

Relish is a masterwork, and among the most complete CDs you'll come across. This highly underrated release is surely in my top 10 of all time. But let's start by getting this out of the way: while One of Us is a clever pop song, it's the weakest on the CD and the only one that requires some endurance on the listener (or maybe it was just overplayed). Luckily, the remainder is a hell of a ride. Joan's vocals alternate between screamingly raw and virginally sweet---she's an actual singer rather than some over-rehearsed scale warbler. Sorry singer wannabes out there---you're simply born with a voice like this one. Not quite Janis, but capable of doling out the chills on various occasions. It's the kind of voice the producer will let go off-key now and then---it's honest and thus still sounds good.

What else? Well, Relish has everything, except the lyrics. I'd wager my Martin guitar that the villainous record company vetoed their inclusion due to their darkness. Fantastically dark; very good. For wry, laugh-out-loud humor, check out Let's Just Get Naked. The awesome, mournfully sung Crazy Baby prowls the depths of human despair---he's stuck in it; she's stuck on him. Ladder is sheer female-ality---pride-free devotion to a guy who likely doesn't deserve it. If that sounds like the stuff of an unliberated woman, nonsense---the entire album is an ode to liberation, sexual and otherwise. Right Hand Man--monotonous and grating only at first listen---is pure repetitious sexual gyration, the joyous exultation of a (highly successful) one-night stand. It lends the most moral of offerings: life is meant to be enjoyed. When planted in these fertile soils--free from regret, guilt, self-flogging, and other American mainstays---art can bloom. This is true sexuality, and true art--worlds apart from the painted-on variety of most female singers, whose life experience generally consists of experimenting with untried shades of makeup. Joan isn't classically beautiful, but man do you want to play a hand with her after 40 minutes with this CD. You know she's experienced plenty in her day--it's clear to anyone who's spent a chunk of youth treading these same waters.

Every song is well-written, well-performed, well-produced. Its flaw--maybe a crappy cover? And then there's the let-down that follow-ups didn't add up. But this is one that invariably goes in your CD carousel at a party--all substance, no filler. And free of generational musical influence, it's destined to last. How many in the last 25 years can you say that about?
Chicken Little
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • my little one loves Chicken Little
  • this is a great kids cd!!
  • Great soundtrack for the children, especially if they liked the movie!
  • Her favorite gift...
  • Chicken Little Soundtrack
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ASIN: B000BBOVEY
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

  1. Stir It Up - Patti Labelle
  2. One Little Slip - Barenaked Ladies
  3. Shake A Tail Feather - The Cheetah Girls
  4. All I Know - Five For Fighting
  5. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
  6. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
  7. We Are The Champions - Chicken Little
  8. Wannabe - Abby Mallard And Runt Of The Litter
  9. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - The Chicken Little Cast
  10. The Sky Is Falling - John Debney
  11. The Big Game - John Debney
  12. Dad Apologizes - John Debney
  13. Chase To Cornfield - John Debney
  14. Dodgeball - John Debney
  15. Driving With Dad - John Debney

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This soundtrack offers a pretty standard mix of new songs, old chestnuts, and excerpts from the score (here by John Debney). On the new tip, Joss Stone and Patti LaBelle engage in an overheated battle of the divas on CD opener "Stir It Up," a bouncy piece of fluff that sounds more like Aretha Franklin circa "Freeway of Love" than classic soul. Other originals include Barenaked Ladies' "One Little Slip" (this movie's answer to Counting Crows' "Accidentally in Love" from Shrek 2) and the Cheetah Girls' peppy-but-bland cover of "Shake Your Tail Feather." But the real highlights are the songs performed by the movie's vocal cast, which includes Joan Cusack, Garry Marshall, Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, and Amy Sedaris. Their group cover of Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don¹t Go Breaking My Heart," for instance, sounds as if half of them were drunk in the recording studio (and this is meant as a compliment.) Braff's a cappella version of "We Are the Champions" is smashing and Cusack and Zahn's take on the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" is completely demented. The kids will laugh; their parents will laugh even harder for completely different reasons. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars my little one loves Chicken Little.......2007-04-05

My husband bought the Chicken Little movie for our 3 year old (mostly to get us OFF the Cars movie that we all have memorized) and he fell in love with it! He likes to act out the scenes and loves the music. He loves this CD at night when he's going to bed. We all have to dance to One Little Slip (he knows all the words) and then we have to "shake our tail feathers" before he jumps in bed every night! I enjoy the cd too, so it's good for everyone!

5 out of 5 stars this is a great kids cd!!.......2007-03-24

My daughter absolutely loves this cd. I could not find it anywhere until i looked on amazon, so thank you amazon!!

5 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack for the children, especially if they liked the movie!.......2007-03-14

My son loved the movie Chicken Little, so we decided to purchase this for him to listen to on his discman. He loves the soundtrack as much as the movie, which made it an awesome investment(especially since the soundtrack has many good singers that aren't too hard on the ears for the adult crowdes either). My son was very happy with this item, and so was I.

5 out of 5 stars Her favorite gift..........2006-12-23

I bought the CD to accompany the movie. My four year old watches the movie everyday. When I gave her the CD, after listening to it nightly, she takes it to bed with her everynight where I have to pry it out of her hands after she falls off to sleep. I don't get it, but she does...so it's worth what I paid for it.

5 out of 5 stars Chicken Little Soundtrack.......2006-08-29

This is a great soundtrack from a variety of different artists. If your child loved the movie you will absolutely love this CD!!!
Joan Armatrading - Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Joan Armatrading - Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B000002G5H
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

  1. Show Some Emotion
  2. Cool Blue Stole My Heart
  3. Love & Affection
  4. The Weakness In Me
  5. Rosie
  6. I'm Lucky
  7. Drop The Pilot
  8. Down To Zero
  9. Kind Words (And A Real Good Heart)
  10. Whatever's For Us, For Us
  11. Willow
  12. Me Myself I
  13. (I Love It When You) Call Me Names
  14. All The Way From America
  15. Back To The Night
  16. When I Get It Right
  17. Heaven
  18. Temptation
  19. Kissin' & Huggin' (Live Version)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Joan oh Joan.......2007-07-15

This Cd is part of the good memories of my past she is just incredible

5 out of 5 stars Magic Stuff.......2007-05-12

I have been a fan of Joan Armatrading since she started all those years ago. Bought this CD to compliment the albums and what a bargain. If you enjoy romantic ballads with lots of "Emotion" then this is for you. She writes her own material and has a wonderful way with expressig her music. Some moody some bouncy, a good mix. A very under rated lady in the music world but still a huge fan following. Some of these songs are classics and will be around for years to come. A true classic album to have in your collection. A full 5 Star award from me.

4 out of 5 stars Takes a little getting used to.......2006-11-26

I have to admit I bought this album soley for Drop the Pilot, which I heard almost twenty years ago. Unbelievable voice, incredible talent! Some of the songs and sound will take a little getting used to. But this gritty, heart-wrenching, superbly brutal and honest singer still puts a lot of newer artists to shame! Definately not someone to pass up. A compilation would be the best bet- the strongest of Joan's performances can be found here.

4 out of 5 stars Worth the one song I wanted...and more.......2006-08-31

I bought the cd, first for the song "weakness in me" and then after reading the reave reviews, and while some are bit old for me, there were a few songs worth listening to and reminiscng! She has an awesome voice and the lyrics to boot!

There was one song not here that I would have liked...but nevertheless...enjoyable!

2 out of 5 stars One great track is all.......2006-08-15

The first track "Show Some Emotion" is a great piece of work. The melody, and especially the singer's vocal styling are terrific.

But the rest of the collection is a muddle. None of the music or singing is memorable. I suppose the lyrics are nice.

Music Review:

  1. L'Essentiel [Import]
  2. Leaving the Land
  3. Let It Shine on Me
  4. Letters in the Dirt
  5. Live at the Great American Music Hall [Live]
  6. Lonesome Prairie Love
  7. Long Journey
  8. Love Worth Fighting For
  9. Makin' a Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Shel Silverstein
  10. Midwestern Heart

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