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Music Connection, February 28, 1999 Vol. XX111
The music is hip, uplifting and empowering. Cecilia Noel and the Wild Clams' synthesis of rock, funk and soul with a latin beat overwhelms [the senses] with well-written wonderfully arranged songs, which from outset to encore, has a magical affect on [the soul]...audiences have already proclaimed Cecilia Noel the undisputed Queen of Salsoul.

Product Description
Latin/Salsa/Soul (Salsoul)

Band Members: Cecilia Noel-Star
Gisa Vatcky - Background vocals
Kenya Hathaway - Background vocals
Ijeoma Njaka - Background vocals
Bethina Sayegh - Background vocals & Dance
Yesica Pineda - Background vocals
Bernie Dresel - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Ricky Rodriguez - Percussion
Jimmy Earl - Bass
Carlitos Puerto - Bass
Jeffrey Babko - Keyboards
Carmen Grillo - Guitar
Eric Jorgensen - Trombone
Mario Gonzales - Trumpet
Cleto Escobedo, III - Saxophone
Vince Denham - Saxophone
Albert Wing - Saxophone & Flute
Toni Basil - Guiro & 2nd Percussion & Dance
Lee Thornberg - Trumpet
Michelle Russell - Background vocals

Delivery,Cecilia Noël & The Wild Clams,Wild Clam,Salsa,The band is empowering. The music is rock, funk, and soul with a latin beat.

Average customer rating: Over all great score. Completely surprising Best animated film music ever! I'm so glad to have it! didn't get enough time???

Shrek: Original Motion Picture Score Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shrek 2 Shrek - Music from the Original Motion Picture Shrek 2 Shrek The Third Shrek The Third (Original Motion Picture Score) ASIN: B00005RZTY Release Date: 2001-12-04

Tracks:

1. Fairytale
2. Ogre Hunters / Fairytale Deathcamp
3. Donkey Meets Shrek
4. Eating Alone
5. Uninvited Guests
6. March of Farquuad
7. The Perfect King
8. Welcome to Duloc
9. Tournament Speech
10. What Kind of Quest
11. Dragon! / Fiona Awakens
12. One of A Kind Knight
13. Saving Donkey's Ass
14. Escape from the Dragon
15. Helmet Hair
16. Delivery Boy Shrek / Making Camp
17. Friends Journey to Duloc
18. Starry Night
19. Singing Princess
20. Better Out Than In / Sunflower / I'll Tell Him
21. Merry Men
22. Fiona Kicks Ass
23. Fiona's Secret
24. Why Wait To Be Wed / You Thought Wrong
25. Ride the Dragon
26. I Object
27. Transformation / The End

Customer Reviews:

Over all great score........2006-10-23

I've been a fan of Harry Gregson-Williams for quite some time (and to a lesser extent, John Powell). Gregson-Williams is known for working with Hans Zimmer (they worked together on the soundtrack for The Rock) and he is also known in the video gaming community for his work on the Metal Gear Solid franchise (his take on the theme, not originally composed by him, is absolutely breathtaking in both the second and third games).

So it was no shock to me that I absolutely adore his work on the Shrek franchise. I can't say much here that hasn't been said by other reviewers, but I will say that the strongest work on the soundtrack involves the more serious, epic pieces (of which there are far too few).

Stand out tracks, for me, are "Fairytale", "Escape the Dragon", "Ride the Dragon", "I Object", and "Transformation/End".

The action theme of the film is used perfectly throughout the film, but it shows up far too rarely on the disc. I'm not sure if it's actually present less, or if it was a less-is-more kind of thing when it did play in the film. Regardless, it's a beautiful composition (though it does remind me of the "hero" theme from Deep Blue Sea).

You can feel Gregson-Williams' influence on "Escape the Dragon", as there are similar pulsing electric beats that are reminiscent, to me, of his arrangement of the Metal Gear Solid 2 main theme (which to this day remains one of my favorite pieces of soundtrack music ever - it's exciting, it's patriotic, it's epic. What more does one need?)

There's also some beautiful solo guitar work on this score that's a bit reminiscent of Trevor Rabin, but excellent regardless. My only gripe is that the disc feels a bit short in running length, but I think that's because a portion of the soundtrack was dedicated to pop and rock tracks, which show up on the second album.

If you're a fan of Gregson-Williams, Powell, or just film music in general, I strongly recommend picking this disc up. It'll make you sad and it'll get your blood racing.

Completely surprising.......2006-05-24

Harry Gregson-Williams is a fairly new composer, but despite that, he is beyond comparison. (Except for John Williams and Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer). This is supposed to be an animated film, where music doesn't matter AS much. But this composer goes beyond all expectations, putting forth all his best efforts, bringing out the best in Shrek. You can hear some links from this CD to the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Harry's later work. Even by listening to the samples you can tell this music is hard to beat. I don't think Shrek would have won Best Animated Film if Gregson-Williams had not composed the music. BUY THIS CD!!!

Best animated film music ever!.......2004-03-19

Although the other reviewers are right in that there isnt a lot of music on this disc, a little over 40 minutes, it's worth the price just for the first and 25th tracks. There are so many awe inspiring tracks on this cd it's impossible to pass up. The disc opens up with a very serious and magical theme on the strings and oboe. This theme is the same one that the princess sings in her fatal duet with the bird, that track is on here too. Also, there's the memorable Welcome to Duloc theme with the child choir. Also, the fight with Robin Hood theme with some riverdance in it is on this disc. The best theme on the disc is first introduced in the escape from the dragon track, with a funky beat behind it. It's presented in it's full orchestra and choral glory in the Ride the Dragon track which is guaranteed to give you goose bumps. All in all this is a very wide ranging score with some of the most light-hearted/goofy music ever along with some of the most inspired and passionate heroic music. I can't recommend this soundtrack enough. The music of Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell added so much to Shrek, making it the best animated film I've ever seen.

I'm so glad to have it!.......2003-01-12

I'm so glad I got this score. Such a humorous film like Shrek doesn't sound like it would have so much beautiful music, but this score proves it does. The music is absolutely stunning, sometimes powerful, sometimes scary, sometimes sad and sometimes just beautiful. There are a few recurring themes, but they are great themes and sound nice in every song. Although most of the soundtrack is pretty serious, there are a few funny songs placed in, which only add to it's greatness. If, while watching Shrek, you happened to notice some of the nice themes like I did, then I suggest getting this score. It really is a great CD and I'm happy to have this part of my collection.

didn't get enough time???.......2002-12-21

This is the third score that Harry Gregson Williams and John Powell composed together and after buying "Antz" and "Chicken Run" I had high expectations. Unfortunately this score is by far not as good as their previous ones. Still good though, but especially less comfortable to listen to. Most songs are just too short. By the time the theme had captured you the song is over. Strongest part of this album is the humor Powell and Williams have used. Some endings of songs are quite "unusual", like "farquaad's speech" and "merry men", which can crack me up if I'm in a funny mood. Strongest tracks on the album are "escape from the dragon" and "fairytale". The rest of the album kinda sounds as if the composers didn't get enough time to compose the music, so they just put the pieces they already had behind each other. Too bad, because this is a duo that has a lot to offer and hopefully they will soon again, with less, but much longer tracks.

Average customer rating: Best since King of America As good as it gets Goodbye talent Elvis has left the building The further decline of Elvis Costello

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello & The Imposters , and Elvis Costello Manufacturer: Lost Highway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: King of America When I Was Cruel North Get Happy!! Armed Forces ASIN: B0002VEPL2 Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

1. Button My Lip
2. Country Darkness
3. There's A Story In Your Voice
4. Either Side Of The Same Town
5. Bedlam
6. The Delivery Man
7. Monkey To Man
8. Nothing Clings Like Ivy
9. The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love
10. Heart Shaped Bruise
11. Needle Time
12. Judgement
13. Scarlet Tide

Amazon.com

Take one part This Year's Model, mix with a bit of Almost Blue, and top off with a healthy sprinkling of King of America. Voilà, The Delivery Man! Elvis Costello's first album for Lost Highway finds the musician deftly exploring American roots music, from rock 'n' roll to country to soul, with assistance from the Imposters (stalwart Attractions Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas plus ace bassist Davey Faragher) and thrushes Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. It also finds him back digging around in the ashes of a failed relationship. One of the collection's most affecting songs is "The Judgement," a reflective collaboration with Costello's second wife, Cait O'Riordan. Meanwhile, the album is dedicated to his third wife, jazz star Diana Krall. Hmmm. Romantic upheaval may color these songs, but no more than Costello's musical restlessness. For every elegant, wistful ballad ("Nothing Clings Like Ivy," "The Scarlet Tide") there's a raucous rave-up ("Button My Lip," "Bedlam"). The Delivery Man won't make anyone forget his best work; it'll help them recall what they loved about it. --Steven Stolder

Album Description

With The Delivery Man--Elvis Costello and the Imposters' first release for Lost Highway--one of modern music's most admired and prolific talents has delivered a remarkable album that draws on deep American musical roots more than any of his releases since King of America in 1986. It is a collection that ranges from the ferocious, bass-driven opening track, "Button My Lip," which speaks in the voice of a desperate man on the verge of committing a terrible crime, to a tender and timely closing rendition of "The Scarlet Tide," referred to by Costello's co-composer and fellow Oscar nominee T-Bone Burnett as an "anti-fear song."

Like a lot of great things in music history, The Delivery Man can be said to have started with the late great Johnny Cash. "The Delivery Man is actually a character imported from a song I wrote in 1986 for Johnny Cash," Costello explains. "He's based on a real character. I read this story in the paper about a man who confessed to murdering his childhood friend thirty years later, having been in prison for a number of other things. I thought this story was very interesting because he'd carried this burden of guilt of this childhood crime."

Customer Reviews:

Best since King of America.......2006-03-04

Clean out your ears. Listen to this cd five times and try and tell me it's not better than Spike, Juliet Letters, Useless Beauty, and even Brutal Youth. I won't believe you.

As good as it gets.......2006-01-28

I've never found fault with much that Elvis has produced over the years. Sure the braying, vibrato-laden voice requires suspension of certain critical impulses; and his tendancy to melodrama sometimes makes even the true believer waver. But for me these are really small quibbles when faced with the astonishing level of quality this man has consistently achieved. His lyrics conjure a complex range of associations that turn the denser songs into multi-faceted riddles. And no other lyrics today have the same authority and authenticity. Even if you don't know what the hell he's talking about, there's lots of fun in trying to figure it out (and singing along though your wife might leave you). The combination of these lyrics sung with Elvis' supercharged intensity backed by the confident, relaxed band on this record have come together into something special. This one really takes some time to get your head around, but when it clicks you realize it's the product of a mature master.

Goodbye talent.......2006-01-25

Poor sound quality. Unmelodic songs. Screeching instead of singing. Nothing on this album will give you goosebumps or make your feet move like even the worst song on Armed Forces or This Years Model.

Performers grow and change. Nobody wants to hear 17 albums that are the same. You can change genres. But you also have to make good songs. There ARE good country songs out there. He can't write one. There are good quirky songs. He hasn't written one in several years. The sad fact is, as a man ages testosterone ebbs along with creativity and the well sometimes just runs dry. In its place pretentious associations with high brow artists is substituted. Can't rock anymore? Find a string quartet. Can't write a toe-tapper? Claim you didn't even want to. Sad.

EC was my favorite artist for about 15 years. I also read some about his song writing talent and realized after some analysis that while he can indeed turn a clever phrase, many of his songs are disjointed and incoherent lyrically. Not because he wanted them to be but because he was just stringing together clever phrases in rows rather than building a real song. I realized that the reason he would bristle in interviews when asked about song lyrics is that he was afraid that it would come out when someone tried to interpret them literally.

This album makes "Goodbye Cruel World" seem like a tour de force. "The Deportees Club" puts any song on this album to shame.

If you are looking for a good mature rocker with some attitude and talent, I suggest you try Graham Parker.

It's called rock n' roll, not clatter and shreik for a reason. Sounds like someone's playing a set of pots and pans on this one.

Elvis has left the building.......2006-01-13

Update (after a half dozen spins): I bought "The Delivery Man" disc along with the latest from Deep Purple, called "Rapture of the Deep". Two of my all time favorites with new releases...YES! I had high hopes for Elvis Costello, but not really for Deep Purple. As it turned out, I was kind of disappointed with "The Delivery Man" but loved, Rapture of the Deep. Bravo DP!

Even after so many years, Elvis Costello just doesn't sound very inspired. They frankly sound way too complacent. On the other hand, Deep Purple sound hungry, powerful, a very inspired album! Both discs have good enough sound quality and production, but listening to these two bands, Deep Purple clearly have something special going on. Elvis' songwriting seems a lot weaker than their older material. But on the other hand, all eleven songs on "Rapture of the Deep" are top notch and have much more meat on the bone than "The Delivery Man." It's just my opinion, but the new Deep Purple shows me that these old rockers still have a lot to offer. Sorry Elvis.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters/The Delivery Man: 2 stars
Deep Purple/Rapture of the Deep: 5 stars

The further decline of Elvis Costello.......2005-12-30

I had the faint hope that "The Delivery Man" would be a solid and tuneful set of punchy rock and roll and sharply writ lyrics as was Costello's previous "When I Was Cruel" from four years ago, but such is hardly the case.

The songs are wander bits of amorphous mood setting, vaguely sad, melancholic, inward drawn. The worst of "Painted from Memory", is irresolutely medium tempo collection of muzaked dirges with Burt Bacharach (both of whom apparently forgetting that Bachrach's work is marked as much by quirky, uptempo tunes) meets the pulse less shoe-gazing sniffling of "North".Costello has been trying to show everyone how much he's matured and grown as an artist and writer, but unlike someone like Paul Simon , who improved dramatically in his solo work after he finally bid adieu to the collegiate poesy of Simon and Garfunkel's too-precious word mongering, Costello tries to get it all in, to say it all in one song, and then again in the song after that. His songs tear at the seams, and there is not the overflow of talent you'd like, but rather an uncontainable spillage. Simon , through "Rhymin' Simon" and onward, knows the meaning of restraint, containment, care in image and metaphor. He remains a songwriter with an especially strong sense of pop structure, a matter that forces him to make each song the best he can do at the moment. Costello is, on occasion, a better melodist than Simon and a more interesting, verbally dexterous lyricist, but it is his lack of care that sinks him here and through out most of his output in the 90's. Tom Waits, his closet in terms of sheer talent, does the sloppy and the unrestrained with the kind of genius we reserve for Miles Davis and Picasso. Costello is shy of genius, is a brilliant craftsman when he applies the technique, and reapplying himself is exactly what is called for.

The songs on the new one are unfocused and drift in structure--Costello seems to be trying to convince that playing being indecisive about how he wants a melody to unfold, or what mood and psychology he wants to get across is enough to evoke Hamlet like assumptions of deep thought and artful equivocation on key narrative points. He sounds like he's trying to be artfully oblique, but what Costello forgets is that his greatest talent was his ability to absorb the styles of fifty or so years of rock,pop and rhythm and blues styles and then compose a fantastically buoyant music that was at once subtly argued in the lyrics and intensely rocking with the music. Costello must not like to dance anymore, and has entered middle age with some overblown assumptions that he needs to be artier, moodier, more depressed, more diffuse, more obtuse than he was when he was a young punk trying to make a buck off his bad attitude.

There are those die hard fans who would counter that Costello's lyrics are the subtlest and most literary of his career, something I would argue against, but all the same this is a weak defense of the general torpor that saturates "The Delivery Man". Even if it were so, albums that are more interesting to read than to listen to are fit, on principle, to be used for target practice at the next skeet shoot.

Average customer rating: Good, not great Indeed it is. Wonderful! This really is the Best of Babylon 5!

Best of Babylon 5 Manufacturer: Sonic Images ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Babylon 5: Messages From Earth (Compilation From TV Series) Babylon 5: Sleeping in Light Babylon 5 (Compilation From TV Series) Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers ASIN: B00005NVYJ Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Main Title 2nd Season
2. The Geometry Of Shadows III
3. Sheridan & Father
4. Mobilization
5. The Big Battle
6. The Signal
7. Awakening
8. Countdown
9. Main Title 3rd Season
10. Into The Abyss
11. Begin To Attack The Shadows
12. Emergency Treatment
13. The Geometry Of Shadows II
14. The Geometry Of Shadows I
15. Main Title 4th Season
16. Main Title 5th Season
17. Dying Station
18. Bonus Theme

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great.......2007-01-07

There are some gems on this CD. Most of the music is nondescript when you listen to it; it is much more suited to being the background music of a TV show, of course. In other words, it's not like regular music you get on a regular commercial band's CD. In my opinion, the best songs are the Main Titles, in particular the 5th season.

Indeed it is........2007-01-05

With his compositions Franke shows how much he understands the B5 universe
of JMS. A true epic.

Wonderful!.......2001-11-05

This is a wonderful sound track. Chirstopher Franke catches the mood of the series with his music and it sounds even better when you listen to a recording, away from the episodes. Buy this.

This really is the Best of Babylon 5!.......2001-11-04

Thank you to Christopher Franke and Sonic Images for The Best of Babylon 5! Although I have most of these tracks on other B5 CD's, I really enjoyed this one because of the consistently great music. I would rank this one as excellent, along with my other two favorites, Babylon 5 Volume 2, "Messages from Earth" and the episodic CD, "Sleeping in Light." Two tracks deserve special mention: Track 2 is (I believe) a reworking of music from the album Babylon 5 Volume 1. With the "Battle of the Line" music in the background, Chris Franke adds new ideas to enhance the musical experience. The other notable track is the last one, Track 18 "Bonus Theme." This is a fabulous new track, which I understand was written for the (unfortunately never released) Babylon 5 CD-Rom game. This is six minutes of great music, that cannot be mistaken for anything other than "Babylon 5-style" music. It's a thrilling piece, which alone makes me glad I bought the CD. Let's hope we get the same quality offering with the "Legend of the Rangers" movie soundtrack, which I hope will be released next year.

Average customer rating: Why would u rate a sampler cd more than 3 stars?

Delivery Room: Special Low Price Sampler Various Artists Manufacturer: Leaf ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Martes Lost for Words: Leaf Budget Compilation Utopía Remembranza Compounds + Elements: An Introduction to All Saints Records ASIN: B0001ZW6P6 Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

1. Pick Up Sticks - Stefan Schneider, Bill Wells, Annie Whitehead
2. Memoria [Sutekh's Trisaigon Mix] - Murcof
3. Essen - Icarus
4. Crayon - Manitoba
5. Maremaillette - A Hawk and a Hacksaw
6. Parlor [#] - Asa-Chang & Junray, Junray
7. Gnog - Icarus
8. Una - Murcof
9. Exumix - 310
10. Ritournelle - Colleen
11. Music for the Home, No. 8 - 2/10/02 - Rob Ellis
12. Kernel - A Hawk and a Hacksaw
13. Eclipse - Riow Arai
14. Soldier's Shoulder - Stefan Schneider, Bill Wells, Annie Whitehead
15. Alexithymia [Demo Version] - Gorodisch
16. Four Pictures With Debussy, No. 1 60 Francs - Rob Ellis
17. Ignore the Forest Floor [Demo Version] - Clue to Kalo
18. Owl in a Box [#] - A Small Good Thing

Customer Reviews:

Why would u rate a sampler cd more than 3 stars? .......2004-08-14

I bought this CD mainly for the two Murcof tracks. Buy 'Martes' by the same artist (Fernando Corona) if you want to add a really classy album to your electronica collection.

This 18 track sampler is quite a little gem really, as there's lots of quirky electronica and a bit of indie chillout stuff (not really my style, but OK for 'padding'). The two Icarus tracks are in a similar vein to the Murcof style, if a little more edgy. Both artists combine glitchy electronica with more 'classical' analogue sounds. Both are excellent and engaging.

Other hidden jewels are the bizarre little Asa-Chang and Junray track 'Parlor' and the stunning 'Ritournelle' by Colleen - a minimalist chillout foray into the warmth of swelling sound. Rob Ellis' 'Four pictures with Debussy' and A Small Good Thing's 'Owl in a Box' are also worth continued listening.

Not bad for 5 and a 1/2 bucks, although it can be found for less than 5 elsewhere.

Average customer rating: HOT STUFF! Go on, take risk! If I only understood Spanish... Best I've heard Her music makes me glad to be alive

Delivery Cecilia Noël & The Wild Clams Manufacturer: Wild Clam ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bongoland ASIN: B00000JXTY Release Date: 1999-06-30

Tracks:

1. Opatereo
2. 9069
3. Dip It
4. Monkey
5. Mambo
6. Bolero De Salon
7. Crazy
8. Don't Tell Nobody
9. Tu Condena
10. La Culebra
11. Pronto Salsa
12. Rain
13. Axe

Album Description

Latin/Salsa/Soul (Salsoul)

Band Members: Cecilia Noel-Star
Gisa Vatcky - Background vocals
Kenya Hathaway - Background vocals
Ijeoma Njaka - Background vocals
Bethina Sayegh - Background vocals & Dance
Yesica Pineda - Background vocals
Bernie Dresel - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Ricky Rodriguez - Percussion
Jimmy Earl - Bass
Carlitos Puerto - Bass
Jeffrey Babko - Keyboards
Carmen Grillo - Guitar
Eric Jorgensen - Trombone
Mario Gonzales - Trumpet
Cleto Escobedo, III - Saxophone
Vince Denham - Saxophone
Albert Wing - Saxophone & Flute
Toni Basil - Guiro & 2nd Percussion & Dance
Lee Thornberg - Trumpet
Michelle Russell - Background vocals

Customer Reviews:

HOT STUFF!.......2007-06-16

I got the chance to hear a couple of tracks from this CD and I ended up buying it. If this CD doesn't get your toes tappin' and body shakin' then, in the the words of Joe Jackson, "Jack, you dead!!"
The band is cookin' and Cecilia leads the charge with her energy and great vocals. You don't have to understand Spanish to groove to this disc. My favorite track is CRAZY. An infectious groove indeed! I'd love to see the band perform because I just know they will have the joint jumpin' and everyone working up a sweat. She's the real deal!
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Go on, take risk!.......2003-05-03

I probably buy 4-5 CD's a month - very, very few in the salsa/Latin vein. My tastes normally run towards R&B/jazz. With that caveat, let me say that this is one of my favorite CD's from at least the past decade. This woman's got it going on!!! Great tunes, great arrangments, great vocals, great playing. Inspiring and fun. What are you waiting for???

If I only understood Spanish..........2002-05-26

I'll admit that this music is not anything near what I usually listen to... but it is one of the most exciting things I've heard in a long time! Ignoring the obvious vocal talents of Cecilia, the amazing talents of the band seal the deal. The brass section sounds huge, and the bass in the middle register keeps the audio very clear and unmuddled (I don't know how, but it does). Note that they freely shift between Spanish and English in the songs, but the music makes up for what I don't understand... My only complaint is that certain suggestive lyrics (the English ones I can make out) prevent me from sharing all tracks with my young child... That still shouldn't stop anyone from getting this album...

Best I've heard.......2002-03-31

This is the best album I've heard in a long time. It prompted me to go see a show and the energy Cecilia has in her album is even better in person! I can't wait for her next one. Truly an artist and very definitely The Queen of Salsoul.

Her music makes me glad to be alive.......2001-06-17

If Cecilia Noel is not a super-star within a year, then there is no justice in the world. Everything everyone says in the other reviews is true. A tip...see her show at a night club venue while you still can. As for this album...every song would be worth the purchase price...astounding, beautiful, and somehow, light, Cecilia's sense of humor is a gift - surprising, humble and touching.

Average customer rating: Sweet Music, Sour Grapes Beyond belief..........................and stupidity!! I think I'll wait for the Rycodisk reissue... Okay, whatever The Long-Awaited 6-Month Anniversary Edition

The Delivery Man Elvis Costello & The Imposters Manufacturer: Lost Highway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shakin' the Rafters King of America The Juliet Letters Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos Trust ASIN: B0007D08CA Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Button My Lip
2. Country Darkness
3. There's A Story In Your Voice
4. Either Side Of The Same Town
5. Bedlam
6. The Delivery Man
7. Monkey To Man
8. Nothing Clings Like Ivy
9. The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love
10. Heart Shaped Bruise
11. She's Pulling Out The Pin
12. Needle Time
13. The Judgement
14. The Scarlet Tide
15. Bonus Video of Bedlam

Tracks:

1. The Monkey
2. Country Darkness
3. Needle Time
4. The Scarlet Tide
5. In Another Room
6. The Delivery Man
7. Dark End Of The Street

Album Description

Lost Highway is releasing the deluxe edition of Elvis Costello's & The Imposters Grammy Nominated The Delivery Man to coincide with his Spring US tour. The deluxe edition includes new packaging, the bonus video "Bedlam" from Elvis' live Eagle Rock DVD performance in Memphis, TN, the extra track "She's Pulling Out The Pin" and The Clarksdale Sessions bonus disc featuring seven songs. Five songs from The Clarksdale Sessions are alternate recordings of songs featured on The Delivery Man, as well as a cover of "Dark End Of The Street" and "In Another Room" an Elvis Costello original unheard elsewhere. Look for Elvis Costello & The Imposters 2 month long full US tour beginning in March 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Sweet Music, Sour Grapes.......2007-01-13

I was fortunate enough to buy the expanded edition first. Those who didn't are disappointed. Boo-hoo-hoo! But I'm not going to dwell on their sour grapes or downgrade this album as a result. Let's talk about the sweet music, shall we?

This is wonderful, honest stuff, a return to form for our delivery man Elvis. He's written moving, cutting-edge songs and performed them with a top-flight crew, and he's stretched himself by immersing himself in Mississippi culture, an influence that pervades the album.

Almost an hour of studio recordings are nicely complemented by nearly a half-hour of an exquisite informal session on a second CD. This music has a very intimate, live feel. Three of the songs on the two discs are unavailable elsewhere.

The video of Elvis' Memphis performance of "Bedlam" whets one's appetite for an eminently recommendable DVD called "Club Date: Live in Memphis," which includes several songs with Emmylou Harris and a long documentary about his explorations of the region's musical heritage. Check it out!

Beyond belief..........................and stupidity!!.......2005-04-24

First of all, THE DELIVERY MAN isn't that much of an album. Why would anyone want a bonus disc of bad remixes or live versions??? You folks are right - this reissuing business is just plain stupid. I've been a Costello fan for over 25 years, but I'll tell you what, my collection stopped at the Ryko reissues! As for the stuff he's put out since the Universal switch - I've burned them all off the copies that my local library system gets (at least one person on their buying staff is a Costello fan - ain't I lucky?). Sorry E, but I spent too much of my (and other people's) money on buying these "elusive" rare tracks - that are still in print all these years later. I'll believe this stuff is rare when Rhino ceases the bonus discs and just reissues the old catalog in their original 11-20 song discs. In the meantime, I've got a box of old Costello 45s and picture sleeves for sale. Any takers?

I think I'll wait for the Rycodisk reissue..........2005-03-19

...which should be out in time for Christmas 2005. Rumor has it that it will include the little-heard Elvis demo entitled, "Shilling the Rubes Was Never This Fun."

Okay, whatever.......2005-03-09

The whole reissue thing with Elvis is getting out of hand. Is he going to do this with every subsequent release? "Cruel Smile", "Delivery Man Redux Deluxe Mad Ducks"...next he'll get Diana in on the act and we'll get "Girl in the Other Room--Next Door" (personally I'd like to see a "Double Fantasy"-type Costello/Krall collaboration.) Thank God for iTunes. If you don't need the packaging (again) it sounds like the way to go (great cover pic, though, I have to admit). Looking forward to the tour. Maybe I'll buy a tee-shirt, if it doesn't become outdated two months later.

The Long-Awaited 6-Month Anniversary Edition.......2005-03-02

Elvis is my main man. I've bought the catalog in 8-track, cassette, 45s, vinyl, imported vinyl, CD, imported CD, imported reissue CDs, reissued domestic CDs...and I've done this strictly for the music. So, if, like me, you don't feel like shelling out another $15 for a disc you just bought--as enticing as the bonus disc is--allow me to direct you to iTunes, where the extra tracks are available at 99 cents each. I love ya Elvis but you're killin' me.

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Star Destroyer Alex Delivery Manufacturer: Jagjaguwar ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Icky Thump Mirrored Zootime Fort Nightly Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters ASIN: B000NA2UN2 Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Komad
2. Rainbows
3. Milan
4. Scotty
5. Sheath-Wet
6. Vesna

Album Description

On their debut full-length, this NY-based quintet have demonstrated their penchant for the electro organic; seamlessly blending the sharp and gentle, like a chain gang draped in organza. Think Can or Faust all mashed up with the personal disco of Arthur Russell. Think of the electric organ of Terry Riley's "Shri Camel", slowly morphing and perpetually in motion, but remaining in step with a guitar-less and Moroder-charged Sparks. And think of a more composed Dead C, where Michael Morley sings about Big Thunder Mountain while holding a beach ball in one hand and fending off the digital shards of musique concrète humming around his ears with the other.

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Kiki's Delivery Service: Soundtrack Japanimation (Joe Hisaishi) Manufacturer: Tokuma ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Laputa: Castle in the Sky Soundtrack Howl's Moving Castle My Neighbor Totoro Soundtrack Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind Soundtrack Whisper of the Heart: Soundtrack ASIN: B0002RN9A4 Release Date: 2004-10-11

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Average customer rating: Great Follow Up To His Debut Breathtaking Music for everyone

Snapshot Tyrone Wells Manufacturer: True American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hold On Tyrone Wells Hold on It Won't Be Soon Before Long ASIN: B00080OMGU Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

1. No Good Without You
2. Watchin' My World Walk By
3. Sea Breeze
4. I Will Remember You
5. Wondering Where You Are
6. Fool's Parade
7. This Time
8. Carolina Blues
9. All I Can Do
10. Messenger
11. Way You Shine
12. When All Is Said and Done

Customer Reviews:

Great Follow Up To His Debut.......2006-05-29

"I've heard a lot of people sing, but this guy can SING"
- unsolicited & overheard - a large security guy - The Viper Room (Los Angeles)


Singer-songwriter Tyrone Wells masterfully blends pop, soul, and rock infusing each song with energy and passion. Listening to Tyrone with your eyes closed, you'd think you were listening to a legendary soul-singer, which is in stark contrast to the tall, skinny white boy you see on the cover of his album, Snapshot. Not to mention his name is Tyrone.

Tyrone's emotion and charisma have captivated audiences throughout Los Angeles and The Orange County in venues such as the House of Blues (LA and Anaheim), The Galaxy Theater, and The El-Rey. Tyrone's independent movement continues to win avid supporters, having sold over 20,000 of his self-distributed records through live performances.

The California native Wells, won the 2004 Orange County Music Awards Best Male Artist, as well as the 2004 UCLA Spring Sing Best Overall & Best Solo Artist awards. Also in 2004, Tyrone had 8 TV placements in "One Tree Hill" (WB), "Rescue Me" (F/X), "North Shore" (FOX), and "The Mountain" (WB).

Tyrone Wells has a classic and powerful voice that can fill a thousand seat capacity room while singing A Cappella, which is demonstrated in his powerful set closer "When All is Said and Done." Wells' cool-headed stage presence seems to radiate with his love for people and his longtime passion for "music that matters." To quote Tyrone, "Music is the mistress and sometimes obsession that keeps me up at night, pleading for some beautiful resolution."

Along with his current album Snapshot, Tyrone has released Close: Live at McClain's. Wanting his frequent listeners to be involved in the live recording, Tyrone picked McClains, a coffeehouse where he has played weekly to packed houses, for 3 years. Several of the tracks on the live album give listeners a preview of songs that will appear on the next studio album. A DVD of the live performance is also in production for a 2005 release.

Snapshot and Close: Live at McClain's are available in stores via Harvest Media Distribution, or online at www.cdbaby.com/tyronewells.

* for an exact quote replace "guy" with colorful expletive

Breathtaking.......2005-11-19

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this album. Listening to Tyrone is like therapy. His voice is filled with soul. My mom once said, "If Tyrone were on American Idol, He'd WIN!" I don't know if that helps, but it certainly is a good way of putting it. I just can't wait for his NEW Album that comes out in January!

Music for everyone.......2005-09-09

Tyrone Wells has played at my school a few times, and each time he performs, both guys and girls alike are excited to see him. His tunes are reminiscent of Jack Johnson or John Mayer, with smooth vocals and easy-going guitar in the background. "Sea Breeze" is a definite favorite.

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Miles from the Lightning Manufacturer: Rock River Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ghost Repeater Stripping Cane Redbird Adieu False Heart The Great American Music Galaxy ASIN: B000CAFX7I Release Date: 2001-11-13

Rock Music:

1. Desert Equations [Import]
2. Enter the Earth
3. Escales Autour du Monde [Import]
4. Eu Tiro Onda [Import]
5. Every Day I Love You Less [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
6. Festival from India
7. Festivals of Nepal
8. Florilège [Import]
9. Fused
10. Gonna Take You Downtown

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Playing Games With The Sun

Komm Wir Ziehen Los [Import]

Morning Star: Sins Of An Angel [Explicit Lyrics]

Live at Yoshi's, Vol. 2 [Live]

& His Contemporaries

Hit or Miss [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

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In the Air Tonite, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]

Ultimate Driving Collection: Classical Gas

Bringin' It Home