The Dream Of Endless Nights

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When Russian pop music isn't blatantly aping bad Western rock, it often combines folk roots with 20th-century chops, a back-to-the-future progressive music more about Igor Stravinsky than Jethro Tull. Inna and the Highlanders are of this ilk, and the quintet's best material adds Oriental and klezmer tinges to traditional Russian folk tunes rearranged for a lively combination of old-school instruments--clarinets, the wooden kaliuka flute, and the trumpetlike "sherpherd's horn"--alongside a jazzy drummer and melodically bubbling fretless bass. A sense of pagan magic underlies Inna's original songs; she sings of "weaving my crafty net of lace" in one, and of "not gathering grass to cast a spell" in another. The album's wildest track, however, is "Easter," an unrestrained, rapping incantation borrowed directly from the Russian Orthodox tradition. --Richard Gehr

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Heart Rock: 40 Great Love Songs [Time-life Music]
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TRACK LIST

Heart Rock: 40 Great Love Songs [Time-life Music]
Various Artists 1. Take My Breath Away -- Berlin 2. Joanna -- Kool & The Gang 3. Total Eclipse Of The Heart -- Bonnie Tyler 4. A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) -- Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 5. In Too Deep -- Genesis , Use Ta Be My Girl -- The O'Jays 7. All By Myself -- Eric Carmen 8. I Can Dream About You -- Dan Hartman 9. Still -- Commodores , Jr With Bill Withers 11. Sexual Healing -- Marvin Gaye 12. Just Remember I Love You -- Firefall Just The Two Of Us -- Grover Washington , Too Little, Too Late -- Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams 16. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me -- Gladys Knight & The Pips Even The Nights Are Better -- Air Supply 14. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me -- Culture Club 15. Too Much , Shake You Down -- Gregory Abbott 18. Being With You -- Smokey Robinson 19. I'd Really Love To See You Tonigh -- England Dan & John Ford Coley , 1. Minute By Minute -- The Doobie Brothers 2. Time After Time -- Cyndi Lauper 3. Almost Paradise...Love Theme From Footloose -- Ann Wilson & Mike Reno 4. Lotta Love -- Nicolette Larson 5. I'm In You -- Peter Frampton , 6. Run To Me -- Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow 7. Endless Love -- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 8. Secret Lovers -- Atlantic Starr 9. After The Love Has Gone -- Earth Wind & Fire 10. Torn Between Two Lovers -- Mary MacGregor , 11. Can't We Try -- Dan Hill With Vonda Sheppard 12. One Hundred Ways -- Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram 13. L-O-V-E (Love) -- Al Green 14. You're Only Lonely -- John David Souther , 15. All Cried Out -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 16. You're All I Need To Get By -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 17. Keep On Loving You -- REO Speedwagon , and 18. I Go Crazy -- Paul Davis 19. Open Arms -- Journey 20. Hold Me Now -- The Thompson Twins 21. You Are So Beautiful -- Joe Cocker
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Binding: Audio CD

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Heart Rock (Disc A) Label: Time-Life Music Year: 1988 Track Title 1. Take My Breath Away -- Berlin 2. Joanna -- Kool & The Gang 3. Total Eclipse Of The Heart -- Bonnie Tyler 4. A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) -- Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 5. In Too Deep -- Genesis 6. Use Ta Be My Girl -- The O'Jays 7. All By Myself -- Eric Carmen 8. I Can Dream About You -- Dan Hartman 9. Still -- Commodores 10. Just The Two Of Us -- Grover Washington,Jr With Bill Withers 11. Sexual Healing -- Marvin Gaye 12. Just Remember I Love You -- Firefall 13. Even The Nights Are Better -- Air Supply 14. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me -- Culture Club 15. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late -- Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams 16. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me -- Gladys Knight & The Pips 17. Shake You Down -- Gregory Abbott 18. Being With You -- Smokey Robinson 19. I'd Really Love To See You Tonigh -- England Dan & John Ford Coley ---==== Heart Rock (Disc B) Label: Time-Life Music Year: 1988 Track Title 1. Minute By Minute -- The Doobie Brothers 2. Time After Time -- Cyndi Lauper 3. Almost Paradise...Love Theme From Footloose -- Ann Wilson & Mike Reno 4. Lotta Love -- Nicolette Larson 5. I'm In You -- Peter Frampton 6. Run To Me -- Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow 7. Endless Love -- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 8. Secret Lovers -- Atlantic Starr 9. After The Love Has Gone -- Earth Wind & Fire 10. Torn Between Two Lovers -- Mary MacGregor 11. Can't We Try -- Dan Hill With Vonda Sheppard 12. One Hundred Ways -- Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram 13. L-O-V-E (Love) -- Al Green 14. You're Only Lonely -- John David Souther 15. All Cried Out -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 16. You're All I Need To Get By -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 17. Keep On Loving You -- REO Speedwagon 18. I Go Crazy -- Paul Davis 19. Open Arms -- Journey 20. Hold Me Now -- The Thompson Twins 21. You Are So Beautiful -- Joe Cocker

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TRACK LIST.......2007-01-08

Heart Rock (Disc A)
Label: Time-Life Music
Year: 1988

Track Title
1. Take My Breath Away -- Berlin
2. Joanna -- Kool & The Gang
3. Total Eclipse Of The Heart -- Bonnie Tyler
4. A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) -- Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
5. In Too Deep -- Genesis
6. Use Ta Be My Girl -- The O'Jays
7. All By Myself -- Eric Carmen
8. I Can Dream About You -- Dan Hartman
9. Still -- Commodores
10. Just The Two Of Us -- Grover Washington,Jr With Bill Withers
11. Sexual Healing -- Marvin Gaye
12. Just Remember I Love You -- Firefall
13. Even The Nights Are Better -- Air Supply
14. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me -- Culture Club
15. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late -- Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
16. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
17. Shake You Down -- Gregory Abbott
18. Being With You -- Smokey Robinson
19. I'd Really Love To See You Tonigh -- England Dan & John Ford Coley

Heart Rock (Disc B)
Label: Time-Life Music
Year: 1988

Track Title
1. Minute By Minute -- The Doobie Brothers
2. Time After Time -- Cyndi Lauper
3. Almost Paradise...Love Theme From Footloose -- Ann Wilson & Mike Reno
4. Lotta Love -- Nicolette Larson
5. I'm In You -- Peter Frampton
6. Run To Me -- Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow
7. Endless Love -- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
8. Secret Lovers -- Atlantic Starr
9. After The Love Has Gone -- Earth Wind & Fire
10. Torn Between Two Lovers -- Mary MacGregor
11. Can't We Try -- Dan Hill With Vonda Sheppard
12. One Hundred Ways -- Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram
13. L-O-V-E (Love) -- Al Green
14. You're Only Lonely -- John David Souther
15. All Cried Out -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
16. You're All I Need To Get By -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
17. Keep On Loving You -- REO Speedwagon
18. I Go Crazy -- Paul Davis
19. Open Arms -- Journey
20. Hold Me Now -- The Thompson Twins
21. You Are So Beautiful -- Joe Cocker

Average customer rating:

Adequate, but lacking something...
Great fun!
this music is good.
Simply Fantastic
A current favorite.

The Dream Of Endless Nights
Inna & the Farlanders
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IIRU
Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

Twilight
Northern Dances
Ivan
Only You
Easter
Lullaby
Through The Orchard
Mirror
I Will Gather Grass
Song Without Words
Grey Eyes
Poppy

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When Russian pop music isn't blatantly aping bad Western rock, it often combines folk roots with 20th-century chops, a back-to-the-future progressive music more about Igor Stravinsky than Jethro Tull. Inna and the Highlanders are of this ilk, and the quintet's best material adds Oriental and klezmer tinges to traditional Russian folk tunes rearranged for a lively combination of old-school instruments--clarinets, the wooden kaliuka flute, and the trumpetlike "sherpherd's horn"--alongside a jazzy drummer and melodically bubbling fretless bass. A sense of pagan magic underlies Inna's original songs; she sings of "weaving my crafty net of lace" in one, and of "not gathering grass to cast a spell" in another. The album's wildest track, however, is "Easter," an unrestrained, rapping incantation borrowed directly from the Russian Orthodox tradition. --Richard Gehr

Customer Reviews:

Adequate, but lacking something..........2001-02-07

Well, it's not bad...but the arrangements seem to be trying to prove something that is unclear. Take for example the very catchy #2 (Northern Dances) and #11 (Grey Eyes)...pretty much the same melody with the same fretless bass line and rhythm, furthermore #7 (Through the Orchard) which sounds like something that Rimsky-Korsakov set in one of his pieces but in an arrangement that left me with a headache. Easter (#5), in spite of the review, isn't particularly 'rapping' at all, but a highly melodic spoken-song with what sounds like a droneless bagpipe...really catchy in this arrangement. Though there are 12 songs, the promo material in the cd case only lists 11 songs, and in spite of my knowledge of the Russian language, I can't understand the muddled lyrics of "Poppy".

Basically, think of Marta Sebastyen's band Muzsikas without oomph, with what sounds a litle like Klezmer, and R&B bits thrown in for some reason.

Great fun!.......2000-08-21

I love this CD! It certainly is not boring. There is wonderful variety of tempos, themes and vocal/instrumental, with elements of klezmer, Russian folk, eastern and even Russian Orthodox, all presented in very original manner. Inna's voice is versatile and fabulous and the group is comprised of extremely talented, well-trained musicians playing modern and traditional instruments. Infectuous joy! Lilting sentiment! Heathen abandon! Cool sounds! I hope more listeners will become fans.

this music is good........2000-07-29

I very much enjoyed this compact disk. i found this while in America, however,this must be an american style band, as nobodyI know in Minsk or Moscow for that matter has ever heard of this group. I do like the different types of musical insturments, but it becomes disjointed at times and the sound can become muddled.

Simply Fantastic.......2000-06-07

Inna Zhelannaya has been tooling around with her amazing band in Russia to near obscurity for several years now. On this album, US listeners get a chance to hear Inna's incredibly haunting and romantic voice. She has so much range that is highlighted in so many different and unexpected ways by the Farlanders, it simply takes the listener to another place. 6-string bass tunings, some of the best woodwind playing ever, and unbelievable vocal harmonies make this the finest product to come out of Russia - just about ever.

A current favorite........1999-06-02

Lovely, haunting stuff. Inna's voice is similar to Marta Sebastyn, and the band is more reminiscent of some of the best new scandinavian stuff.

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