First Impression

Track Listings

1. On Golden Pond

2. Wind Beneath My Wings

3. Sailing

4. Somewhere in Time

5. Memory

6. Unforgettable

7. Terms of Endearment

8. St. Elmo's Fire

9. All I Ask of You

10. Beauty and the Beast

11. Music Box Dancer

12. Canon in D (Pachelbel)

13. Send in the Clowns

14. Prelude No. 1 in C Major WTC I BWV 846

15. Chariots of Fire

16. Whole New World

17. Meditation in F

First Impression,Kurt Kunzat,88 Productions,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

First Impression

Tracks:

Growing Up
Complicated
Wrap My Words Around You
All Your Attention
Way
Sorry
Show Me the Real You
Don't Give'r It All
Nothing Hurts Like Love
Holiness
All the Little Children
If You're Not the One

Album Description

Daniel Bedingfield's highly anticipated follow-up to the massively successful `Gotta Get Thru This', further showcases his talent to create some of the most enduring pop moments around. Produced by Jack Joseph Puig it consolidates his position as one of Britain's most diverse and talented young singer-songwriters. Universal. 2004.

Album Details

His Second Album, the Long-awaited Follow-up to his Quintuple Platinum Debut Album "Gotta Get Thru This". "Second First Impression" Co- Produced by Jack Joseph Puig it Showcases Bedingfield's Trademark Diversity as a Writer and a Vocalist and Reinforces his Reputation as Britain's Best Young Male Solo Singer-songwriter. All the Strings on 'second First Impression' were Arranged by David Campbell (Beck's Dad). It was Co-produced by Daniel (The First Ever Co-produce for Jack Joseph Puig) at Ocean Way Studio.

Customer Reviews:

Heartbreak, Redemption and Triumph in Melodic Bliss.......2005-07-08

It's a sin this album wasn't domestically released in the US as it's only available as an import which tend to be a bit $$. I took a risk and bought it anyway and I have to say I am very satisfied.

It's so much better than Daniel's first album, which I really liked! This release is more mature and well thought-out. Sonically, there's really nothing new in this album, but there is definitely more crooning. The lyrics do tell a story for a change and Daniel sounds so real, especially in "Sorry", which is about his sister.

If I have to pick up favorites, they'll be: Holiness, Show me the real you, Sorry, The Way, Don't give'r it all, and Growing up. I am still listening to it nonstop at work, in the car, at home, at the gym,...etc. It's that good :-)

I cannot recommend this album enough. Like most solo British artists, Daniel Bedingfield is extremely underrated and underexposed here in America. I can't believe his songs aren't playing on the radio instead of that hackneyed music we're all sick and tired of.

A very touching well thoughtout album.......2005-05-19

I was a Bedingfield fan instantly when I heard his first CD. Now finally getting my hands on his second CD, I was unsure since I had to have it imported but it was worth it! He's changed a lot in the years since he wrote his previous album. The album is extremely personal, it talks about life, love, and dealing with a near death experience. His words are selected carefully and specifically. He is mastering his craft. Nothing is an accident. I absolutely love some of the songs...especially "Sorry" and "All the Little Children", and "Draw You".
Now as for why I gave it four stars and not five, simply because I loved his dance tracks on his first CD, those aren't really here. But his other songs make up for it!

LOVE THE NEW CD.......2005-03-28

love the cd, much much better than the first one.
I'm also going to rate the song by 10 the best song

growing up 10/10 good song

complicated 10/10 reggae sound love it love the voice

wrap my words around you 8/10 okay song

all your attention 10/10 one of my favorite song, the chorus is great, very emotional melodies

way 9/10 poppy sound, its good

sorry 10/10 love the song, it was dedicated to his sister

show me the real you 7/10 not my fave song

don't give it all 5/10 no comment

nothing hurts like love 10/10 also my fave, very powerful, love the lyrics

holiness 10/10 you could listen to this song everyday and you don't get sick of it,

all the little children = he has similar song on his first cd title honest question, its only him and the piano

all in all beatiful cd better than the first

Great vocals, some songs lacking.......2005-02-24

I adore Daniel Bedingfield and loved his last album. His second attempt is just as good as the first. Daniel lovers will not be disappointed. I occasionally found the lyrics cheesy on a few tracks, but Daniel's voice and songwriting skills are sharp as ever. I'd recommend the album to any lover of pop or Brit pop music.

It's just too bad more people in the US do not appreciate his talent! If I want to see him in concert this year, I'll have to travel to another continent!

Also, if you like Daniel, his sister Natasha's CD is excellent too. It's another import but worth the extra cost.

Awesome, but not really the best album I've had........2004-12-21

I like Daniel Bedingfield since I've heard Gotta Get Thru This and If You're not the one.

This latest album makes him sound much mature than before, and I miss thw quirky beat of GGTT. I love his first few songs. I'll rate some of them. (out of 10)

Growing up - 7. Nice song.. but the lyrics is quite .. unsatisfactory. No one told me growing up will be this hard baby, no one told me growing up will be this hard.. I mean, the lyrics are just too "duh". No one tells me it's hard too.

Complicated - 8. Fun song, I like it.

My faves have got to be Nothing Hurts Like Love, All Your Attention and The Way.

Buy this album.. it's not bad, if you're his fan.

Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

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It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short
Come back Lennie, we need you
For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine
Bernstein's Early American Recordings

Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00067GKF6
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Customer Reviews:

It's wonderful to have Bernstein back, but the performances fall short.......2006-11-26

These 1953 mono recordings catch Bernstein a decade after his famous debut with the NY Phil. and five years before he became their youngest-ever condcutor. It's great to hear that warm, comforting voice again, although his analyses--especially the longest one devoted to the Brahms Fourth--aren't as polished as they would become. He gets pedagogical at times and runs us through a rote example-and-explanation formula. Even then, howeer, colorful Bernstein touches peek out, and we are reminded of the man who taught an entire generation to venerate classical music.

For me, the performances themselves fall short. They were often recorded in a rush, sometimes late at night after a summer concert. I know that the Stadium Sym. is actually the NY Phil., but they don't sound particularly fine, and Bernstein's interpreatations, though vigorous, often border on the slapdash. Plowing through Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th, I found few sparks of originaity, much less genius. This is a tough admission from one of LB's geat admirers, but there you are. The original recorded sound is also a bit thin and harsh.

Come back Lennie, we need you.......2006-02-22

This box is worth its price just for the five talks. Bernstein at this stage had a teaching style rather more stilted than the chatty sage of later years, but the combination of authority, insight and infectious enthusiasm is unique. Entertainingly offhand about the New World, he's at his best on the music he reveres most, i.e. Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms, the first movement of whose Fourth Symphony gets a particularly in-depth analysis that left me yearning for more. Practically anyone could enjoy and learn from these talks - they're fascinating fun without a whiff of down-dumbing. When the classical and the popular cross over nowadays, the results are usually compromised and crass, but with Bernstein there doesn't even seem to be a gap to be crossed over - just a passion to share these wonders with as many people as possible. We need his all-embracing talent and vision today more than ever.

Then there are the performances. I'm not the biggest fan of mono symphonic recordings, but these positively leap down your ears, unmannered, committed and electric. It's hard to believe what was achieved under the hasty recording conditions described in the booklet. The sound is a little fierce, but good enough to make this set a wonderful gift for any open-minded but symphonically ignorant acquaintance. I can easily imagine it turning someone on to classical music.

For Bernstein enthusiasts, it's like owning a gold mine.......2005-06-19

This new album set is something that I had heard of, but never dared to hope would be released on CD. It consists of Leonard Bernstein's very first recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (the "Eroica"), Dvorak's "New World Symphony", Schumann's Symphony No. 2, Brahms' Fourth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony. They are all conducted by Bernstein and played beautifully by an orchestra which bills itself as the New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, but which is really the great New York Philharmonic, using the name that they gave themselves during summer concerts.

The performances are a revelation, because they demonstrate conclusively that Bernstein did not always "exaggerate" or "overinterpret" great music, as critics frequently claim. His performances here are very, very direct and straightforward, more like Fritz Reiner or Toscanini than like Bernstein.

If this album contained only Bernstein's early performances of these symphonies, it would be interesting, but it might not really attract that much attention, since he re-recorded all of these pieces in stereo in later years, and with the same orchestra.

What makes this set so valuable is that it contains his long out-of-print lectures on these symphonies, and far from what the previous reviewer claims, they never become boring and monotonous. No musician in our time, or maybe even in the history of music, was a better or more articulate and sensitive lecturer on music than Leonard Bernstein. His legendary appearances on the "Young People's Concerts" did more for the appreciation of classical music than all the "Beethoven's Wig" albums combined. (If you don't know what "Beethoven's Wig" is, check it out and shudder at how far music appreciation has fallen since Bernstein's death.)

Bernstein had a unique ability to make classical music accessible to everybody, without ever condescending to the listener or cheapening the music. His lectures on this album, previously only available to 1950's Book of the Month Subscribers (except for part of the Beethoven lecture, which is the only one that Bernstein did re-record in stereo), are invaluable both to music students and to those who are willing to listen. All of the lectures included cover all four movements of the symphonies discussed, except for the Brahms; that one is just as extensive as the others, but it covers only the first movement of the symphony.

However--be warned, the lectures do have a flaw that the symphonies themselves do not, and that is why I have subtracted one star.

The symphony recordings are obviously remastered from magnetic tape, but the lectures have been transferred from LP's. Thus, you will be able to hear an occasional click or pop from time to time, and there is a clearly audible "skip" on the Brahms lecture. It is NOT the CD being defective, or the laser beam on your player skipping; it is clearly the lecture recordings themselves. Deutsche Grammophon, which released this CD set, is very honest about the source of the transfers to compact disc, and is to be commended for this. (They mention it in the last page of the accompanying booklet.) But this shouldn't deter anybody from buying this enormously important Bernstein set.

Bernstein's Early American Recordings.......2005-04-02

The most recent batch of DG's "Original Masters" box sets boasts several titles that will leave classical collectors rejoicing, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" foremost among them. This 5CD set features Lenny in his earliest recorded performances of some of his trademark works -- Beethoven's 3rd, Dvorak's 9th, Schumann's 2nd, Brahms' 4th and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphonies. Bernstein would later re-record all of five these symphonies with the NYPO (btw, the Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York IS the NYPO) to greater acclaim for Columbia, but these early accounts capture a brilliant young conductor at the threshold of greatness. Also after each performance, Bernstein offers a musical analysis, simplifying what the listener just heard as only he could, which is again something the conductor would become famous for in years to come. Well then, if this is such a great set, why the four-star rating? First, while the performances sound very good, these are 1953 mono recordings and the casual fan needs to be aware that analog and digital stereo recordings of these works by the conductor do exist, and are generally preferable. Second, the musical analysis is a nice touch, but certainly does not warrant repeated listenings, as does the music. In fact, nearly half of the contents of these five discs is LB talking, and it could have been filled with music instead, or simply sold as a less expensive 3CD set. However, these shortcomings aside, "Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings" is another outstanding release in a fine series.

Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits-First Impression

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Olivia's first Australian compilation
ONJ's early output proves to be just as admirable as later hits...

Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits-First Impression
Olivia Newton-John
Manufacturer: Festival Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

Compilation featuring 12 of her early '70s hits, including 'If Not For You', 'Let Me Be There', 'I Honestly Love You' &'If You Love Me Let Me Know'. 1975 Festival release.

Customer Reviews:

Olivia's first Australian compilation.......2005-10-09

Released way back in 1975, "First Impressions' saw a young Olivia Newton John already with a remarkable list of hits in Australia. This 12 track album contains every early hit. The inclusion of her cover of "Amoreuse" is reason alone to buy it ... it's nice. Different to Kiki Dee's version, but definitely worth a listen.

ONJ's early output proves to be just as admirable as later hits..........2005-09-03

Minus a few pop hooks, Livvy's early selections are winning and airy, if slight, country-lite performances. Her cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not for You" (an unlikely match-up!) was her first actual hit, and despite a repetitous twang, it's very pretty. "Banks of the Ohio" is a little bit out of Olivia's grasp, but John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is right up her alley. "Let Me Be There", "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "I Honestly Love You" are here to snag hits-listeners, and they still sound great after these many years, but it's the other, less heard songs which grabbed me. A minor collection, to be certain, but an entirely pleasant one.

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This is not your American Pop Music
Wrapping his words around me
"Second First Impression" the perfect title for this album
First-rate Second Impression
Well alive and getting better and better

Second First Impression
Daniel Bedingfield
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Gotta Get Thru This

ASIN: B00062OHD8
Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

Growing Up
Complicated
Wrap My Words Around You
All Your Attention
Way
Sorry
Show Me the Real You
Don't Give'r It All
Nothing Hurts Like Love
Holiness
All the Little Children
Draw You [*][Demo Version]
Kiss Without Commitment [*][Demo Version]
I'm Not Dead [Demo Version]

Album Description

Album Details

Bedingfield's Sophomore Album is the Long-awaited Follow-up to his Quintuple Platinum Debut Album "Gotta Get Thru This". "Second First Impression" was Produced by Jack Joseph Puig and Showcases Bedingfield's Trademark Diversity as a Writer and a Vocalist and Reinforces his Reputation as Britain's Best Young Male Solo Singer-songwriter. All the Strings on 'second First Impression' were Arranged by David Campbell (Beck's Dad). It was Co-produced by Daniel (The First Ever Co-produce for Jack Joseph Puig) at Ocean Way Studio, Where Michael Jackson's 'thriller' and 'pet Sounds' by the Beach Boys were Recorded. Includes Two UK Only Tracks, "Draw You (Demo)" and "Kiss Without Commitment".

Customer Reviews:

This is not your American Pop Music.......2005-08-07

Daniel Bedingfield is another examples of British talent that is unappreciated in the US due to a combination of undermarketing and the American fixation with what is essentially manufactured crap music.

You won't find any featured rappers or synthesized vocals on a DB song or album. What you WILL find is unique, beautifully-sung music that puts to shame anything coming out of our domestic music scene. DB takes raw emotions and finds a way to translate them into thoughtful, no-holds-barred musical exhibitions. At times upbeat and almost 'perky' to dark and brooding, DB covers a full range of emotions, vocal styles and musical incarnations and again produces an album that is memorable, distinct and a favorite.

This set is not as immediately catchy as his first, which is one of my all-time favorites, but after repeated listenings you realize that being invited into a true expression of talent and emotion is far more rewarding than an instantly-catchy but quickly forgettable pop hook.

Highly recommended. (PS - it's cheaper to buy it from Amazon.co.uk than to pay the inflated import price on Amazon.com - this is true for virtually all British albums)

Wrapping his words around me.......2005-07-05

This cd was worth every penny that I paid to have it imported. It makes me sick to see such talent get ignored by American radio. I, like Daniel, have struggled with ADD since I was a child and found his song about the disorder "sorry" to be deeply moving & personal.

In fact I found the whole cd to be like a "step inside the mind of someone with ADD" experience. One minute you have reggae influence,then there's some rock, then a ballad with beautifully orchestrated strings, then acoustic guitar. Cuz that's the way people like us think....we have so many thoughts going on and we're rather impulsive so we want to do it all and at the moment the action/thought is in our head

One can only hope that America starts rebelling against all the "fake" acts and decides to latch onto real talent like what's displayed on this cd.

"Second First Impression" the perfect title for this album.......2004-12-30

Mr. Bedingfield is back. This album is much better than his first one. My favorite song is "All Your Attention". The U.S. needs to realize this mans talent. He is better vocally and a much better live performer than half of these so-called pop singers.

First-rate Second Impression.......2004-12-22

Sophomore albums are never easy to do, what with all the expectations and time constraints. Add a near-death automobile accident into the equation and you will begin to understand why this album sounds as confusing and chaotic as a headless chicken running around the butcher's shop. And I mean that in a positive way.

Frankly I'm tired of pop albums that sound like they all came from a single music factory - predictable and boring. As such, this album is refreshing in that it completely blows away all pop music conventions and experiments with a multitude of different styles and rhythms. Add to the mix Bedingfield's uniquely raspy voice and it all somehow clicks - again.

While a lot of the songs do sound quite unfamiliar and nowhere near as catchy as the tracks on "Gotta Get Thru This", this albums bears repeated listening and will eventually grow on you if you are willing to give it a chance.

Memorable tracks like "The Way" - a U2-esque track guaranteed to burn up the charts if released as a single; " Complicated" and "Growing Up" give this album an essential rock-ish flavour that saves it from some of the mush that masquerades as love songs - "Nothing Hurts Like Love" and "Wrap My Words Around You" to name a few. Still, I foresee these latter tracks to be potential singles as well, if only to entice the ladies and teenage female fans to come back for more.

All in all, this is a respectable and slick studio effort that still manages to retain the edge that made his debut CD such an enjoyable and memorable record.

Well alive and getting better and better.......2004-12-22

One reason for sure why Daniel "is not dead" is so that we can enjoy more of his music and lyrics. And his amazing voice! After a slow start ''Second First Impressions" has grown on me and I simply can't put it down because it feels like Daniel is inviting you into his life, his experiences, his beliefs - as if he spoke and sang of them into your own life. That's the power of the person and his music.

And as with the first album Daniel demonstrates that he is a master at producing different songs for different moods. Drawing on a wide range of sounds and music, everything is yet very original - clearly, he is extremely versatile and broad. The acoustic numbers are very personal and deep, and crown the album like the end of a good book or a good film to complete a story in its entirety. Yes, with arrangements that are second to none, his tunes and lyrics make this album "completely complete"!

This album flows out of a more mature and growing performer. One wonders then what else Daniel is going to come up with next time around? It is undeniable that this energetic and creative genius is here to stay.

So turn the light down, sit down and listen carefully. You're not sure? Put the volume up and gradually discover how awesome this is.

For me, Second First Impressions is unquestionably the "album of the year".

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Jazz at the Pawnshop
Various Artists
Manufacturer: First Impression Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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First Impression
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A Dangerous First Impression

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Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000E9JR3S

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9 tracks

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First Impression
Kurt Kunzat
Manufacturer: Eighty Eight Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-11-07

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On Golden Pond
Wind Beneath My Wings
Sailing
Somewhere in Time
Memory
Unforgettable
Terms of Endearment
St. Elmo's Fire
All I Ask of You
Beauty and the Beast
Music Box Dancer
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Send in the Clowns
Prelude No. 1 in C Major WTC I BWV 846
Chariots of Fire
Whole New World
Meditation in F

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First Impression-Jaydee M
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sonof
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-04-02

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First Impression: The Band of Oboes
Rob Rogers
Manufacturer: Guild
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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