Barbarossa

1. Vortech I

2. Barbarossa

3. Joy

4. Why Are You Here?

5. Exultation

6. Musclemen

7. Come Alive

8. Vortech II

9. Lord of the Flies

Tracks:

Canto
Neapolis
Starai Con Me
Ti Adoro
Notte
Come Aquile
Domani Verr
Buongiorno a Te
Ai Giochi Addio
Stella
Tu E il Tuo Mare
Gladiatore
Caruso - Jeff Beck, Luciano Pavarotti

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!.......2006-07-25

Luciano Pavarotti may be 70 odd, but that's no excuse for this extremely talented singer to stop one little bit. His voice is unique and warm, the songs are mostly cheery and upbeat.

1. IL CANTO (the chant)- a supreme uplifting ballad. Pavarotti is at his best throughout the song. 10/10.
2. NEAPOLIS (Naples)- not my favourite, but still well sung. 7/10
3. STARAI CON ME (You'll be with me)- another beautiful song with a lovely chorus. 9/10
4. TI ADORO (I adore you)- a somewhat strange background beat, but still the nearest thing to happy I've heard in a while. 8/10
5. NOTTE (Night)- a moving, heartfelt song. Pavarotti struggles a little bit to reach the eternal high note, but still is able to pass the test comfortably. 9/10.
6. COME AQUILE (Like Eagles)- a fantastic song, which allows Pavarotti to show off his soothing voice. 10/10.
7. DOMANI VERRA (Tomorrow will come)- well sung, nothing much more than that. 7.5/10
8. BUONGIORNO A TE (Good morning to you)- uplifting, cheerful tune with some inventive parts. 8.5/10
9. AI GIOCHI ADDIO (Farewell to your games)- a sad song with a lot of emotion from Luciano. 9/10
10. STELLA (Star)- another cheery song, slightly painful in parts. 8/10
11. TU E IL TUO MARE (It's you and your ocean)- an exquisite song which Pavarotti glides through imperially. 10/10.
12. IL GLADIATORE (The gladiator)- widely regarded to be one of the best songs on the album. Quite right. 10/10.
13. CARUSO- a very good song to finish with. Powerful and dramatic and from the depths of the heart. 9.5/10

GOOD:
Pavarotti is the only pensioner in the world to sing so well. No, probably the best person.
The songs feel like there being sung for a reason, unlike many modern singers who sing with no feeling whatsoever and hope when they release their song they might earn a bit of money.
This CD makes a good gift for everyone, because he is so famous and well-liked.
Good guidebook; lyrics in Italian and English plus a welcome note in 4 different languages.

BAD:
Pavarotti may make you cringe very occasionaly with his waring voice.

Still going strong........2004-09-11

Pavarotti's latest album is wonderful. Here's a collection of love songs that only the "Voice" can enhance. I've been a fan of Pavarotti for a few years now, and he'll always be a singer of opera to me. Still, I find it refreshing for him to explore new styles and genres at his age. The songs are beautiful, my favorites being Il Gladiatore and Come Aquile. Oh, how can one choose? They're all great.

Some odd choices, but still he has the master's voice.......2003-12-04

Pavarotti fans who only know him from the Three Tenors recordings may like this very much. There is lots of drama, and of course, the unique Pavarotti timbre, as well as phrasing by a master. On the song "Caruso" it would be nice to hear more of the renowned and accomplished guitarist Jeff Beck, rather than the teasing bits of background fare provided. That said, the collaboration is inspired, although Beck is the only one revealing the stretch of his artistic limits in this performance. Pavarotti's big risk on this album is the title song, which fails miserably. It sounds like a bizarre attempt at opera-singer-does-1960s-style-swinging-TV-jazz. Sometimes art works and sometimes it doesn't. Were no insiders brave enough to tell the producer and performer this was way off the mark? Listeners who love Pavarotti for his magnificent operatic performances may be disappointed in this endeavor, but it is still a joy for me to listen to him. The voice is worn a bit and aging, but it is still unmatched for sheer beauty of tone.

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Poor Audio Quality
Heroic battle!

La Battaglia Di Legnano
Verdi , Corelli , Bastianini , Stella , and Gavazzeni
Manufacturer: Opera D'oro
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Release Date: 2002-10-01

Customer Reviews:

Poor Audio Quality.......2006-08-17

I ordered this CD after hearing a broadcast of a live performance of the same opera. I was very disappointed to find that this particular recording is of a 1961 performance that seems not to have benefited from modern audio reprocessing. Instead, it sounds like one is listening to a far-away low-quality AM radio. Too bad because current technology makes it possible to do a much better job of restoring earlier materials.

Heroic battle!.......2006-05-10

With such strong Verdi voices in their prime it's no surprise the result is magnificent. I was especially impressed by Stella who on other recordings sounds rather matronly. As Lida her tone is more forward and the top is in pristine condition producing many exciting moments. Corelli is his usual heroic self displaying all the qualities that made him one of the most popular tenors of the 50s and 60s. My favourite performance however came from Bastianini who sounds more involved than usual and makes a strong yet thoughtful Rolando. The opera has many beautiful duets with these three and especially with the tenor and baritone and it was fantastic to hear them sing their hearts out. Maionica and the young Ferrin do justice to their minor parts and with the great Gavazzeni at the pit, this 1961 performance is easily recommended as a live alternative to the more romantic Philips recording.

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TI ADORO, LUCIANO!
Do not understand all of the complaining!
retirement seems like the best option for big pav
this CD grows on you, big time
Interesting!

Ti Adoro
Luciano Pavarotti
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0000AN7L5
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Buongiorno
Il Canto
Se sei con me
Ti adoro
Domani vera
Neapolis
Ai giocchi addio
Stella del fururo
Notte
Gladiator
Tu e il tuo mare
Aquile
Caruso (new remix with Jeff Beck) (full length version)
Caruso (new remix with Jeff Beck) (7" version)

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The voice, it must be said, is under great strain, but hard-core Pavarotti fans might want this anyway. There are lots of recording gimmicks--echoes, reverberation, overdubbing--and, at times, Pavarotti tries a jazzy style at which he's not very good. There's a big high C at the close of one song which is uncomfortable but shows a certain bravery, and the final song is sung in a sort of Sting-like high register which sounds totally alien. Those who never heard Pavarotti before 1990 will have no idea what all the fuss was about if they judge him by this CD; those who have loved and/or admired him all these years may be saddened and puzzled. An oddity, to be sure. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

TI ADORO, LUCIANO!.......2007-04-16

I love "Ti Adoro" and I love my Luciano! I don't know what all the nitpicking is about. Pavarotti is one of the best and way above what other tenors can ever dream to be in their lifetime. My very favorites are "Il Canto", "Ti Adoro", "Buongiorno a Te" and "Caruso." My beloved
Pavarotti will always be #1 with me. Gob bless you, Maestro. Ti Adoro!

Do not understand all of the complaining!.......2006-02-20

I have most all of Pavarotti,Carreras,Domingo and Bocelli.Love them all and Ti Adoro is my favorite of Pavarotti's works.

retirement seems like the best option for big pav.......2004-12-17

While most of the songs on this album are very well written, with catchy and touching melodies, the once-great Pavarotti has lost it. His age is clearly apparent in his voice, and while he can still sing, his upper register once so thrilling, is now, at times, cringe inducing, at one noteable point, on the final note of the Il Gladiotore (the theme song from the movie Gladiator), in which Pavarotti hits a high C, which is nearly a full semitone wide in vibrato and he drops in pitch a full tone when he comes off the note. This partcular note is, amoung others, quite disgusting, and ruins one of the best-sung songs on the CD.
Probably the most enjoyable track on the album is the title track "Ti Adoro" which is a bouncy jazz-style number, and while Pavorotti doesn't alter the tone and timbre in his voice at all to sing this very different style, it is alot of fun.
The final track, "Caruso", the heartbreaking, celebrated popera number about the death of the great tenor Enrico Caruso, is probably the most disappointing on the album. Pavarotti does it in such a ridiculously high key that any enjoyment that could be derived from this beautiful song is obliterated by the strained, harsh sound from his aged vocal chords, as he pushes himself past his current limits and sing numerous, very ugly high Cs.
Another highlight of the album is the catchy "Buogoiurno a Te" (forgive my spelling), which is almost as much fun as Ti Adoro, with Pavarotti giving another decent performance.
But, all in all, this CD was a massive let down after all the hype amoung Pavarotti fans
It is worth getting, but only for the few tracks which are worth listening to. Get it for some of the great songs, not the singer.
I'm glad to hear Luciano Pavarotti is retiring next year at age 70. He is just to old to continue singing like he used to be able to.

this CD grows on you, big time.......2004-11-20

A Pavarotti fan, I bought this CD, took it home and listened to it once, then wondered who I could palm it off on, or maybe return it to the store. Then, a few weeks later, I put it as background for my writing work. I found myself not minding some of the songs. The next day I put it on again, again in the background. Then, I started listening to it every day. It grows on you. The songs come through upon repeated listening. I listen to Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, etc., but am a sucker for stirring movie soundtracks; and this CD has that kind of effect.

(Another great CD that grows on you to the point of not being able to live without it, is Bryn Terfel's Wales CD. Great, stirring, moving.)

Interesting!.......2004-10-05

Hmmmm...so the great tenor Pavarotti decided to go "Popera" in the twilight of his long and phenomenally illustrious career?!

There are a few things to be said about this CD and I'm sure die hard fans of Maestro Pavarotti will take me off their X-mas card lists this year.

To begin with, this is not a very good CD in that the song selection is uneven and..well...boring for the most part.
Maestro Pavarotti's singing is still above and beyond what most tenor's can ever hope to attain in a lifetime, but there are definite and immutable signs of aging and at times he sounds like a bad imitation of his former self.

Again, why the aging maestro choose to do "pop" in the first place and then with such sub-par material is beyond me.

There are a few songs that stand out, namely "Notte" and "Caruso". "Caruso" has been heavily critizesed because of the Maestro's decision to NOT sing it operatically, rather with a more "Pop" like tone.
This is precisely why I like the track. It's different and by and far the most "modern" sounding on the CD.

Overall the CD isn't a failure, but neither is it what one would expect from one of the pre-eminent tenors of all time...even within the confines of the "Popera" genre. On the other hand, how many tenors other than Domingo still perform much less record in their late sixties? None,and perhaps both Maestro's Pavarotti and Domingo ought to take that final bow from the limelight, but that's not relevant to this review.

My verdict is that if you want "Popera" go with Bocelli, Safina, Frangoulis, Watson or Amante...not Pavarotti. Maestro Pavarotti is and always will be one of the greatest OPERATIC tenors of all time.

On a final note, this CD may well be worth purchasing simply because it is very likely the last new recording as well as the first non-operatic CD by Maestro Pavarotti. At over 70 years of age, I doubt even the great Pavarotti will attempt to make anymore commercial recordings. Collectors beware!

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Non Tutti Gli Uomini
Luca Barbarossa
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00005S1DQ

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Collection
Luca Barbarossa
Manufacturer: Sony Bmg
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ASIN: B000025JP2
Release Date: 1997-05-29

Tracks:

Portami A Ballare
Al Di La' Del Muro
Se Tu Sei Come Me
L' Amore Rubato
Le Cose Da Salvare
Fine Di Un Amore
Vivo
Via Margutta
Come Dentro Un Film
Yuppies
Cuore D' Acciaio
Cellai Solo Te
Non Tutti Gli Uomini
El Conquistador
Il Ragazzo Con La Chitarra
Roma Spogliata

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Subtlety be damned, we need aggression.
fun, fast & furious coldwave industrial/rock
Good, but not their best.
TOP 5 INDUSTRIAL METAL ALBUM EVER
To Cubanate or not?

Barbarossa
Cubanate
Manufacturer: Dynamica Records
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ASIN: B000008RA6
Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

Vortech I
Barbarossa
Joy
Why Are You Here?
Exultation
The Musclemen
Come Alive
Vortech II
Lord Of The Flies

Customer Reviews:

Subtlety be damned, we need aggression........2007-08-05

And that's exactly what we get, in spades.

Let's be clear about this, Cubanate's greatest album is a meisterwerk of relentless industrial savagery. Vague moments of electronic ambience are demolished like new age communes by the unstoppable fury of the drum machine's cruel bulldozer and the distorted heavy metal assault of the guitars. Throughout the mechanized onslaught an enraged Marc Heal spews forth such excellent bile as "We got the boneheads and the roughnecks/we got the braindead and the rednecks/these paving stones are drenched in blood and it's yours, so mop it up" in such a military accent that the listener almost expects his combat boot to burst from the speakers and discipline any jawbone it should find.

In conclusion, don't buy this album if your memories of 90s electronica are of love, glowsticks and happy hardcore. This is the musical equivalent of football hooliganism, a tuneless blast of dysfunctional ire that remains one of Britain's finest industrial albums since Nitzer Ebb's seminal EBM stomp That Total Age.
Extremely cathartic listening.

fun, fast & furious coldwave industrial/rock.......2004-05-01

One of the things I read about Cubanate was that you can't tell whether you're hearing synth or real guitar, because they use both in a seamless integration of industrial & rock.. which makes this a great example of coldwave industrial.

I agree with another reviewer that there are better albums, such as Antimatter (that's my opinion). However this has some hard driving tracks like Exultation and Vortech I, which is what I love about Cubanate.

Fans of bands like Bile, Chemlab, etc. have to pick up some Cubanate if you haven't already. This is a fine album to start with.

BUY THE CD, DON'T STEAL THEIR MP3s. this music deserves much better than 128kbit/sec compression.

Good, but not their best........2003-12-31

Honestly, this cd spent the least amount of time in my cd player of all their albums. It's not bad, but it doesn't give you enough to want to come back for more. Great if you're a fan though. I wouldn't get this one first, Get either antimatter or cyberia first. Antimatter would be more apt in my opinion to be in the "top 5 industrial albums ever." My second favorite pick is "interference."

TOP 5 INDUSTRIAL METAL ALBUM EVER.......2003-09-23

Knowing pretty much each little industrial / metal band in the world that has made an album: trust me: it does not get much better then Barbarossa.

Extremely well produced & smart record, yes sir.

No compromises, just blunt industrial music. All songs are excellent. Expect no compromises in the lyrics, words like LETS GO TO WAR (titelsong), give away the caracter of this album.

very very good.

To Cubanate or not?.......2000-06-14

If you like industrial/techno music this is the way to go. This ablum is fast paced with keyboard driven effects and guitar.