Most Beautiful Pain [Import]

1. I Should Have Known Better

2. New World

3. I'm Going Under (Sedated)

4. One Of These Days

5. Cold & Lonely Lie

6. She (Abandoned Heart)

7. Magnum Opus

8. Everyday Hero

9. Supernova

10. Magical Hero

11. How Many Times

12. Mickey

13. How Can I Live Without You

14. One Heart

15. Back To The Future Theme

16. Now Or Never

17. Exodus Elefantes

Tracks:

Come Out All
Needles, Needles
Den III. Ende VI. Ronde + Quatre Branles
In Sorrow Must I Die
I Carry In My Heart
Be Sure To Drink In Moderation
A Venus Creature
How Sorrowful Is My Heart
New Almanack
In The Middle Of May
A Guild Has It's Wench
My Heart Has Secretly Departed
My Beloved's Brown Eyes
Ye Noble Young Spirits
Ronde IV-I-VI
Fool's Entr'acte
Beautiful Venus
Hoboken Dance
I Went Out Last Night
Allemande IV-III-IV
Gaillarde I-II-III
You Are The Most Precious
Pain And Sorrow + I Mourn
O Time So Heartily Full Of Melodies
Now Take Note
Here We Come
A Girl Came Walking By I
A Girl Came Walking By II
Ronde III - IV

Customer Reviews:

The best of the 4 I recently bought.......2005-04-27

For some reason I recently decided to buy a variety of Early Music CDs from Amazon. I purchased four, including this one, enough to spend $25 for free shipping. Of the four (the others being 'Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore', 'Music of the Troubadours', and 'Music of the Crusades'), this is my favorite.

I particularly like the song whose title is translated on this page as 'Be sure to drink in moderation' - I don't know enough contemporary Dutch to know if learning to sing this as recorded on this CD would be comprehensible to native speakers of Dutch today, but I certainly hope so, because it would make a terrific ice breaker at parties in Holland.

As for the music, it's hard to imagine that a gaggle of trained geese would sound as good as these Crumhorns. This album really rocks.

a little jewel of Renaissance music.......2004-01-17

If you are looking for an album with all types of renaissance-music from the Low Countries this is the album. Different composers from that time-area and different types of music are recorded. Some songs are very modest, others makes it difficult not to hum with. This cd is a jewel worth listening. Renaissancofiles: this album should be in your collection.

Average customer rating:

"Fun" rock

Most Beautiful Pain
Valentine
Manufacturer: Frontiers Italy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EQ46CS
Release Date: 2006-03-24

Tracks:

I Should Have Known Better
New World
I'm Going Under (Sedated)
One of These Days
Cold and Lonely Lie
She (Abandoned Heart)
Magnum Opus
Everyday Hero
Supernova
Magical Memories
How Many Times
Mickey
How Can I Live Without You
One Heart
Back to the Future Theme
Now or Never
Exodus Elephantes... I Can't Get Over You

Album Description

Brand new Fifth solo album for the former 1st Avenue and Zinatra keyboard player / vocalist Robby Valentine. Classical inspired, bombastic melodic rock from the master of the genre! Valentine has toured Europe supporting Brian May and has toured Japan when he teamed up with Valensia and they released two collaborative albums there. Massive hook-filled keyboard driven and epic Pomp Rock. Frontiers. 2006

Album Details

Almost Ten Years after his Last Two Japanese Only Collaboration Albums with V. Valensia and Years of Hard Work, Nederlandse Singer Robby Valentine Returned in 2006 with an Original Studio Album for his Home Continent. "The Most Beautiful Pain" is Another Slice of Bombastic, Riveting and Pompous Melodic Pop-rock !

Customer Reviews:

"Fun" rock.......2006-07-01

Overall, it's a good CD. I bought this CD because I love "she" as soon as I heard it. Quite a talented man, seeing he did most of the music. I forget the number of songs (17?) so it's a long CD. Being a huge Queen fan, I found all of the "short" songs a great dedication to Queen, whether is was meant to be or not. You can close your eyes and swear it's Queen, from the harmonies right down to May's guitar sound. The bad part of these "short Queen" songs (1-2 minutes) is that THEY AREN'T LONG ENOUGHT !!! Like I said, being a Queen fan.....

All in all, it's an entertaining CD. Fun to listen to. I would say it's a must have. However, if someone were to ask me if I had any negative reaction whatsoever, I believe the one exception may be the last song, mostly the long beginning of the song, leading up to the piano/vocals. But instead of passing judgement, I'll wait to see what others might have to say. Enjoy...........