The Story of My Life

Track Listings

1. No Use Talkin'

2. Story of My Life

3. I Count the Teardrops

4. Cried Too Long

5. Love Don't Get No Better Than This

6. Hold Me While I Cry

7. I Won't Cry for You

8. We All Need Love

9. Get Here

10. Keep the Faith

11. Dr. Feelgood

The Story of My Life,Irma Thomas,Rounder / Pgd,Blues Music,New Orleans R&B,Pop,R&B,Soul

Tracks:

Maria
Siboney
A Love Until The End Of Time
Noche Azul
La Comparsa
Save Your Nights For Me
Time After Time
Malaguena
Yesterday
Besame Mucho
My Life For A Song
Annie's Song
Siempre en me Corazon
Love Came For Me (Love Theme From Splash)
I Don't Talk To Strangers
Blue Moon - Moon River
Autumn Leaves
Adoro

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful surprise.......2007-08-01

We nearly always avoid non-operatic material being performed by opera singers because they seldom keep their "instruments" from dominating the material. I beg Placido's forgiveness for avoiding him for so long. His absolutely marvelous, musical performances here found me weeping from the sheer beauty of his voice and his understanding of the beautiful songs chosen for this album.

love songs easy to listen too.......2007-05-07

I love a classical voice singing this type of mustic, or sacred (from the operas (in English), or, out of print sacred. Wish I could find a source for some of my old tapes (some recorded from 78s) of artists like Jerome Hines (Holy City, 1962-3, 78 record I transferred to tape), Russel Davis (1970 or early 8os record I coped, of tape my Dad had copied), William Harness, Kathleen Battle, etc. etc. I enjoy a wide range of music, but had operatic training, so understand the requirements for superior vocal skill. John Denver had much of the quality. Music for me is part of the fabric of life.

This is an oldie but a goodie!.......2006-11-09

One of his first albums of "popular" songs and one of the best of the songs we have loved for years with a fresh, new Domingo treatment. Just as his album with John Denver was a something new for him, these songs are out of the opera world. You'll never hear any of them performed by anyone up to the "gold standard" of Domingo. That being said, I love this album, but - the accent gets in the way on the English songs. You have to be able to accept the accented English and just listen to the gorgeous voice singing some very romantic songs. I highly recommend!

Great for boring candlelight dinner or quick ride in an elevator........2006-10-31

As much as I enjoy listening to Placido Domingo's popular recordings this is not one of his best performances. Missing the full-blooded belting that can be heard on his other albums ("Be My Love" for example). The orchestration is very mediocre and uninspired.
For a romantic mood, "Perhaps Love" (simply fabulous) is much better choice.

Beautiful music.......2006-02-23

I have been looking for this title for a long time...in all the wrong places.

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

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A good value
The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
Good mix of film music
A mixed collection of movie music
Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
The Incredible Film Music Box

ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

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Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

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To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

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Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Best of the Boston Pops: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection

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Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B0002KQOAI
Release Date: 2004-08-03

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Main Title (Star Wars) - John Williams
Princess Leia's (Star Wars) - John Williams
Love Story Theme
Gentle On My Mind
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Artist's Life
The Stars And Stripes Forever

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Disappointing
The Feel of New York
The next stop once you've heard the originals
Bernstein's New York, it's a wonderful town!
Great CD BUT...

Leonard Bernstein's New York
Leonard Bernstein , Dawn Upshaw , Judy Blazer , Mandy Patinkin , Audra McDonald , Donna Murphy , Richard Muenz , Eric Stern , and Orchestra Of St. Luke's
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Happy Songs
Leonard Bernstein's New York / Mandy Patinkin, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy
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ASIN: B000005J40
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

Lonely Town
Come Up To My Place
What A Waste
A Little Bit In Love
Fancy Free: Danzon Variation
Ain't Got No Tears Left
Ballet At The Village Vortex
Wrong Note Rag
Story Of My Life
Cab And Bedroom
One Hand, One Heart
Ya Got Me
A Quiet Girl
Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Lonely Town Pas De Deux
Somewhere
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence From West Side Story
Some Other Time
New York, New York (Finale, Act II)

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Leonard Bernstein's New York is a cornucopia of tongue-in-cheek wit, unabashed romanticism, big-city loneliness, and intellectual irony. His well-known orchestral brilliance is beautifully represented under the stellar conducting of Eric Stern, but his underappreciated talents as a songwriter are what shine, elevating this recording to magic. The cast of American theater's best includes Mandy Patinkin wonderfully indulging his comic side; Judy Blazer and Donna Murphy, the shiniest lights on Broadway, demonstrating their extensive range as singing actresses; Audra McDonald making the difficult sound easy; and Richard Muenz and Dawn Upshaw singing elegantly. Most unforgettably pleasing are the trios "Ya Got Me" and "What A Waste." A great tribute to Bernstein's theater works. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-03-13

I agree that this is a great collection. But I have to wonder: Am I the only one who got a bum copy of the CD? The songs are all mixed up on my copy, as in, most of the tracks are mislabeled: "A Quiet Girl" is really "Tonight", The Balcony Scene, printed as "Tonight" is really "Somewhere". The list goes on.

So, who do I kvetch to? I'd like a copy that isn't a complete mishmash.

The Feel of New York.......2007-01-09

Having spent most of my working years in NYC, I felt this CD brought the city to me. Bernstein has allways been a favorite.

The next stop once you've heard the originals.......2007-01-09

As a tribute to Bernstein on Broadway, this CD is hard to beat. All the singers are stars but of a generation, ro two, beyond the originals. Naturally here's been a change of style, and these renditions are more knowing, sophisticated, and at times ironic than the originals. On their own, Donna Murphy, Dawn Upshaw, and Mandy Patinkin, among others, are masters of their craft, but I hope anyone who loves LB will also seek out the original cast albums for all of his musicals, or the clesest one can get (On the Town was remade in the Fifties). Those recordings cast a unique spel, but the next stop is this marvelous CD.

Bernstein's New York, it's a wonderful town!.......2002-01-15

And speaking of "Wonderful Town," it's so nice to hear music from this least appreciated of Bernstein's musicals. "What a Waste," "A Quiet Girl" and Audra McDonald's enchanting "A Little Bit in Love" have never sounded better. Donna Murphy burns the house down with the torchy "Ain't Got No Tears Left," and has fun with Patinkin and Blazer on the raucous "Ya Got Me." "One Hand, One Heart" sung by Dawn Upshaw and Richard Muenz is movingly rendered, as is Patinkin's wonderful delivery of an all-time Bernstein favorite, "Some Other Time." My only comlaint? Where is "I Can Cook Too?" A terrific recording.

Great CD BUT..........2000-07-02

I loved this CD, but there was some things that kept it fromgetting four stars. First Mandy Patkin, I loved him in Sunday in The Park With George, also I have a CD of him singing yiddish songs all good, but in this CD I just don't like him. Like in the song "Come Up To My Place" I didn't like his voice and I never could quite see him as the character for that song. Also I would have liked to see (well actually "hear") some more of the dance numbers or overtures, I realize the main point of the CD was all the singers they put together, but the real highlight of the CD for me was the sections from Fancy Free, and Ballet At The Village Vortex from Wonderful Town. Also I liked "One Hand One Heart" a lot. Overall I would get this CD if you like Bernstein or any of these musicals, it is good listen, just not outstanding.

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+1/2 -- Former country star records album her way
Not the Deanna Carter I know and love
A CD you MUST own (even if you don't like country)!
Deana's finest hour
Story of her life

The Story of My Life
Deana Carter
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007GP660
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

The Girl You Left Me For
One Day At A Time
Ordinary
In A Heartbeat
Katie
Atlanta & Birmingham
She's Good For You
Not Another Love Song
Sunny Day
Getting Over You
The Story Of My Life

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Deana Carter's multiplatinum 1996 debut, Did I Shave My Legs for This?, established the Nashville native as a winsome risk-taker: the Matraca Berg/Gary Harrison-penned hit "Strawberry Wine" positioned Carter as a maker of Southern--though not strictly country--music, and dared to put steamy sensuality back into the threadbare theme of lost innocence. Nine years later, she's still crossing the line and watching love slip through her fingers, though perhaps not as memorably as before. The Story of My Life, her first record for an independent label, is a full Carter showcase--she wrote, produced, and played on all eleven cuts. That's both the album's strength and its weakness. Carter starts out like a house afire with "The Girl You Left Me For," a declaration of desire ("I want your perfume on my pillowcase... I want to feel you on my fingertips") wrapped in a blanket of smart, sexy pop. But as the relationship sours in subsequent songs, Carter loses her producer's chops, even as the melodies linger. She's always been a fan of '70s pop, but inserting a Beatlesque break in the middle of "She's Good for You" is both jarring and precious, especially since other offerings, like the wistful "Not Another Love Song," seem underproduced. While Carter would do well next time to bring in a more seasoned partner behind the board, there's no denying her winsome charm as a Southern girl who has no qualms about going all the way. --Alanna Nash

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+1/2 -- Former country star records album her way.......2007-01-28

Carter's always seemed like an unlikely maverick, but despite a career that's been heavily buffeted by the expectations of two major labels, she's emerged with her own musical vision intact. Her multi-platinum 1996 debut CD ("Did I Shave My Legs For This?") and it's dominating trio of #1 hits marked a level of commercial success that she has neither matched, nor seemed to have sought. Her 1998 sophomore release for Capitol ("Everything's Gonna Be Alright") indulged her love of '70s pop and rock and only managed to launch a couple of tepid top-40 singles. A switch to Arista Nashville four years later found her co-producing polished adult pop with Dan Huff. The results were fetching, but again had only middling success on the charts.

Fast forward another three years. Carter's relocated to Los Angeles from Nashville (the latter, unusually for a country singer, her birthplace), she's divorced from the husband who inspired much of her debut CD's ebullience, and amidst a new relationship, and just before entering the studio she finds out that she's pregnant. That's a lot of life material from which to draw, and recording for Vanguard - known more for its classic folk releases of the '60s than its occasional country releases - she's given the freedom to write and produce the album of her dreams. Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising, but the result integrates elements of all her previous releases, suggesting that while she didn't have complete control in earlier sessions, she certainly had her say. She essays her artistic fortitude in the song "Sunny Day."

Though recorded on the West Coast, Carter has clearly brought her roots with her. This sounds at least as earthy as the works she recorded in Nashville, and though she may have felt suffocated by Music City's "way of doing things," she clearly isn't in California to repudiate her country heritage. Many of these tracks would fit easily into what currently compromises country radio, but there's no crying steel or fiddle here - this is contemporary adult music, but without the glossy pop highlights of her previous outings.

Her arrangements follow the material, often starting slow and building drama with a kick of electric guitars, but the production never overshadows her words. The catchy "yeah yeah yeah" backing vocal of the album's opener is a neat hook upon which Carter hangs her distraught plea for a lost lover. Even better, the broken-hearted roadtrip ballad "Atlanta & Birmingham" opens with acoustic guitar and piano that reflect the inner-voice of the lyric's letter-to-a-lost lover. The middle part picks up as the writer herself picks up the pieces and prepares to move on, and the end settles back down as the singer gains an outside perspective.

Carter's early association with Matraca Berg (whose autobiographical "Strawberry Wine" became Carter's most recognizable hit) seems to have made an impression. Carter's songs don't have the literary edge of Berg's, but they have the same sort of keen phrases that nail a character in only a few words, and her melodies are memorably fleshed out by her own inventive production touches. Carter was clearly letting go of a relationship during the writing of this album, but her tone is more wistful than bitter, and the music follows suit.

Each of Carter's albums has its charms, but this one feels closer to the artist than any that came before. Vanguard hasn't exactly burned up the contemporary pop charts with their marketing prowess, so it's anyone's guess if they can launch this album in the contemporary pop market. Carter's touching and mature music fits nicely onto a label roster that includes Joan Osborne and Edward McCain, so perhaps the critical mass will help define her outside of Nashville circles. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

Not the Deanna Carter I know and love.......2006-02-19

I only like two songs on this album, this album is just not Deana Carter, i miss her original stuff. I don't ever listen to this CD either. It sits collecting dust. But you be the judge.

A CD you MUST own (even if you don't like country)!.......2006-01-23

First of all, let me say that this is my first Deana Carter CD. I hadn't heard of her until I read a glowing review of this CD in a magazine. A few weeks later, I was at my local library and saw the CD on display, and remembering that review, I checked it out. I listened to it, and I liked what heard so much that I had to play it again after I had listened to the whole CD for the first time. You see, I don't usually do that, especially with a country CD. Then, I didn't like country all that much, like I do now. I loved it so much, I ended up buying it!

So now that I have told you how I discovered this CD, let's move on to the review. This is a CD that you can listen to all the way through, and you can tell from the title that she put her heart and soul into each song. She wrote or cowrote each song, and the album was recorded while she was pregnant. So, for Deana, this albuim was a labor of love, in more ways than one. It will grab you from the first song, "The Girl You Left Me For" which sounds like a lost track from an Avril Lavigne CD (and you'll have to check the cover to make sure it's Deana). There are several songs about relationships, including "Not Another Love Song", and songs about extraordinary women, like "Katie". As soon as the last song, the autobiographical "The Story of My Life", ends, you'll probably be like me the first time I heard this, and want to listen to the whole CD over again!

Deana's finest hour.......2005-07-06

If you were to ask me several years ago that Kurt Cobain would be referenced in a country music song I would probably say you were crazy. But after listening to Deana Carter's new single, One Day At A Time, the indication was only fitting in its allusion to childhood memories.

In many ways it seems that Deana Carter has already driven past several country music limits and is now on a lengthy road to find her own artistic independence with her music. During the past several years now, Carter has pretty much left behind the Music Row system that not only fostered the breakout success of her 1996 smash, Strawberry Wine, but also fled to Los Angeles where she signed with a somewhat independent label, Vanguard Records in hopes to take full control over her musical direction.

With her new release, The Story Of My Life, already gaining a lot of recognition from her peers. This might just be her most personal album to date. It is an artistic statement that will most likely stand out as one of the greatest country albums of the year.

The album is a pretty private escape then the monster production that can usually plague an album from survival. The simple folk songs and quiet harmonies that this record gives out will only lead you to a gentle truth that resounds in all our lives.

These songs are heartfelt and sincerely autobiographical. The title of this record pretty much says it all. This album is Deana Carter's life put into the rhythms of her own music. From her hippie upbringing to her fellowships with childhood friends, Carter is ingenious at how well she illustrates her musical paintings and captures her own truth about growing up.

She distributes her sorrows and despair with her bellyache opening track, The Girl You Left Me For. It continues to flow from track to track. Her still water folk styling is sampled on the luscious track, Katie. A genuine little story about a liberated girl who enters the world of self-expression. The most noteworthy track on this album in my opinion is, Sunny Day. Its autobiographical references only helps me better understand the importance of being true to yourself.

Deana Carter's unapologetic approach towards this record blows my mind away every time I listen to this album. The Story Of My Life, is an album that seems to capture the beauty of love, grace, compassion, regret, hope and desire. It's something that not to many other albums will attempt to explore. She might had just made the record of her career with this one. This album's splendor will definitely shine on for many years to come.

Story of her life.......2005-05-20

I've been a fan of Deana Carter since her debut in 1996. With every album she's released since that one, I think as listeners we get a glipse more and more of the kind of artist she is. Her second album in 1998 was much more acoustic and less radio friendly, but still a marvelous album. Her third album in 2003 was a nice country album but didn't do too well either. On this new album she's embraced a more alt-country sound, which I like, but it doesn't all click for me. There's some decent songs, others don't work for me based on the lyrical structure. Still it's a decent album, more for her fans, I don't think it will broaden her fanbase much but at least she's doing what she wants to.

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if you like female jazz vocalists you'll love this album
Everyone does it, and seldom as well...
Everyone does it, and seldom as well...
Oh Yeah
Great voice, great music

Play It Cool
Lea DeLaria
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Standup comedian, actress, and singer Lea DeLaria presents a less confrontational image here than she did on 1994's Bulldyke in a China Shop, adopting the role of seductive, witty, confident, and heterosexual jazz chanteuse to perfection. Her voice ranges from little-girl-lost innocence to harder-edged tones, both suited to the opening "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd." With stylings from Billie Holiday to Judy Garland, "I've Got Your Number" heads straight for the heart of 1950s big-band balladry, improvised scat vocals proving DeLaria can swing with the best. "Cool" is anything but, the accompaniment understated, that voice dripping with the promise of sex. In "With Every Breath I Take," we get to imagine every late night smoky bar in every old Hollywood film we've ever seen--while it is pastiche, the characterization is startlingly evocative.

DeLaria sums it up with "All That Jazz," confidently suggesting, following her recent twin roles in the lavishly acclaimed 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, that this girl just wants to have fun playing bad. When she sings "Life Has Been Good to Me," she has such an upbeat twinkle, you suspect she means every word. --Gary S. Dalkin

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if you like female jazz vocalists you'll love this album.......2004-07-27

I wish Delaria would put out more albums like this one. Her voice and interpretation of the songs on the album are really great and withstand lots of repeat plays. Highly recommended. Many of the cuts are worth 5 stars, but I didn't really like all of her song choices, so that's why I rated the album 4 stars.

Everyone does it, and seldom as well..........2004-04-10

All I can say is...WOW.
When my partner and I saw Lea perform her routine in P-town, she wowed us with a stunning version of one of my all-time favorites, "The Ballad of Sweeny Todd." We bought her CD on the spot and it stayed in my car's CD player for weeks on end (and then I only took it out because I had to switch cars).
I enjoyed the whole album, but I found myself playing the first track over and over, and even singing it in the shower. I must disagree with the "Cigar" review on all counts, at least regarding this track. The song lends itself so beautifully to swingin' jazz I can't believe nobody thought of it before. But I'm glad no one has, because Lea DeLaria knocks it out of the park. The smooth delivery is perfect for the dry humor of the lyrics, her belts are such a perfect blend of head and chest it sends chills up my spine, and the arrangement is spot-on. The best part - it stands up beautifully to repeat listenings; I just can't grow tired of this rendition. The opening track alone is worth twice the price of this CD.

Everyone does it, and seldom as well..........2004-04-10

All I can say is...WOW.
When my partner and I saw Lea perform her routine in P-town, she wowed us with a stunning version of one of my all-time favorites, "The Ballad of Sweeny Todd." We bought her CD on the spot and it stayed in my car's CD player for weeks on end (and then I only took it out because I had to switch cars).
I enjoyed the whole album, but I found myself playing the first track over and over, and even singing it in the shower. I must disagree with the "Cigar" review on all counts, at least regarding this track. The song lends itself so beautifully to swingin' jazz I can't believe nobody thought of it before. But I'm glad no one has, because Lea Dellaria knocks it out of the park. The smooth delivery is perfect for the dry humor of the lyrics, her belts are such a perfect blend of head and chest it sends chills up my spine, and the arrangement is spot-on. The best part - it stands up beautifully to repeat listenings; I just can't grow tired of this rendition. The opening track alone is worth twice the price of this CD.

Oh Yeah.......2003-01-05

...This bull... in a china closet just flat kills.. you like your jazz delivered with power, style, and class.. Lea delivers. You want your jazz to swing? It does that too. My highest rating. It won't leave your cd player anytime soon. Did I mention the musicians helping Lea are just as hot?

Great voice, great music.......2002-08-10

If you're looking for a modern jazz singer with a lesbian edge, this CD is it!

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"themes & cues savor the romantic that dwells in all of us"

Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0007R8ESQ
Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

Gone With The Wind: Tara's Theme
Theme From A Summer Place
Doctor Zhivago: Main Title & Lara's Theme
El Cid: Love Theme
It's A Wonderful Life
Vertigo: Scene D'Amour
Ryan's Daughter: Rosy's Theme
Somewhere In Time: Main Theme
The Young And The Restless: Nadia's Theme
Play Misty For Me: Misty - Tony Lee
Casablanca: As Time Goes By
Love Story: Where Do I Begin?
Emma: Main Theme
Sense And Sensibility: Throw The Coins
Pride And Prejudice: Main Theme

Tracks:

A Man And A Woman: Un Homme Et Une Femme - Mary Carewe
Il Postino: Main Themes
Jean De Florette: Main Title
The Summer Of '42: The Summer Knows
Emanuelle
Last Tango In Paris
Romeo And Juliet: Love Theme
Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
Braveheart: End Titles
Indecent Proposal: Main Theme
Ghost: Unchained Melody
Titanic: My Heart Will Go On
Edward Scissorhands: Main Title/Ice Dance
The English Patient: As Far As Florence
Finding Neverland: Impossible Opening

Customer Reviews:

"themes & cues savor the romantic that dwells in all of us".......2005-04-12

What a crowning achievement to bring "Reel Love: The Cinematic Romance Album", released by Silva America and featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus ~ conductors are Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Nic Raine and David Temple director of the chorus ~ one can only expect the highest quality of performances and quench the thirst of all "film-score-buffs".

Sit back and unleash the first disc with composers taking each film score cue in alphabeltical order:

"CASABLANCA (AS TIME GOES BY)" (Herman Hupfeld)
"DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MAIN TITLE & LARA'S THEME)" (Maurice Jarre)
"EL CID (LOVE THEME)" (Miklos Rozsa)
"EMMA (MAIN THEME) (Rachel Portman)
"GONE WITH THE WIND (TARA'S THEME)" (Max Steiner)
"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" (Dimitri Tiomkin)
"LOVE STORY (WHERE DO I BEGIN)" (Francis Lai)
"PLAY MISTY FOR ME (MISTY)" (Errol Garner)
"PRIDE & PREJUDICE (MAIN THEME)" (Carl Davis)
"RYAN'S DAUGHTER (ROSY'S THEME)" (Maurice Jarre)
"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (THROW THE COINS)" (Patrick Doyle)
"SOMEWHERE IN TIME (MAIN THEME)" (John Barry)
"THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE" (Max Steiner)
"VERTIGO (SCENE D'AMOUR)" (Bernard Herrmann)
"YOUNG & THE RESTLESS (NADIA'S THEME)" (Barry DeVorzon/Perry Botkin Jr)

Arrangements that soar and then simmer into pure meditation of grandeur ~ classic film music prevails, as orchestration comes to the surface with pure originality ~ one masterpiece after another is long last presented as it should have been, is cause for celebration ~ each cue is a distinctive gift for striking modernism, touching on the transition of the period in this planets history.

Second disc is waiting in the wings are the composers and selections also in alphabeltical order:

"A MAN AND A WOMAN (UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME)" (Francis Lai)
"BRAVEHEART (END TITLES)" (James Horner)
"CINEMA PARADISO (LOVE THEME)" (Ennio Morricone)
"EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (MAIN TITLE/ICE DANCE)" (Danny Elfman)
"EMMANUELLE" (Pierre Bachelet/Herve Roy)
"ENGLISH PATIENT (AS FAR AS FLORENCE)" (Gabriel Yared)
"FINDING NEVERLAND (IMPOSSIBLE OPENING)" (Jan A. P. Kaczmarek)
"GHOST (UNCHAINED MELODY)" (Alex North)
"IL POSTINO (MAIN THEME)" (Luis Bacalov)
"INDECENT PROPOSAL (MAIN THEME)" (John Barry)
"JEAN DE FLORETTE (MAIN TITLE)" (Jean Claude Petit)
"LAST TANGO IN PARIS" (Gato Barbier)
"ROMEO AND JULIET (LOVE THEME)" (Nino Rota)
"SUMMER OF '42 (THE SUMMER KNOWS)" (Michael Legrand)
"TITANIC (MY HEART WILL GO ON)" (James Horner)

Each composer has the passion and skill for exploring human emotions, coupled with a unique gift for striking exotic orchestral colors, make this with all it's splendor unforgettable ~ themes that ring with familiarity as each film comes to mind through music.
Silva America gives the collector a treasure of thirty film cues that any "film-score-buff" would die for ~ in the past James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), mastered by Rick Clark and David Stoner (release co-ordinator) have given us compilation with such expertise and this one is no exception ~ keep up the outstanding limited editions and deluxe package releases, with your signature tidbits for all film music fans that's in all of us...gotta love it!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1177 ~ (4/12/2005)

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Candlelight, wine - and Josep.....

Amigos Para Siempre: Friends for ...

Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Love Songs
Placido Domingo: A Love Until The End Of Time
Time to Say Goodbye

ASIN: B000002IU0
Release Date: 1992-08-04

Tracks:

Il nostro concerto
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
La verdad de tu amor
Anema e core
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
Et maintenant
Insensatez
Send In The Clowns
Besame mucho
Somewhere
Les feuilles mortes
El dia que me quieras
The Summer Knows
Cara mia
Share The Dream
Amigos para siempre (Friends For Life)

Customer Reviews:

Candlelight, wine - and Josep............2005-08-08

The recipe for a perfect romantic evening is candlelight, a bottle of wine and of course - Josep. This is the most romantic collection of songs in a very long time. And José Carreras's sensual voice is perfect for this kind of repertoire. One of the really good things about him is that he's capable of singing these songs without crooning. And like always he makes it sound like the words are born within him. In the song "the first time ever I saw your face" he sings about that wonderful feeling we get when we experience things in love for the first time. Listening to him singing "the first time ever I kissed your mouth".... makes your heart skip a beat and your knees go all wobbly.... And when he gets to the part with "the first time ever I lay with you" you're drooling.... In the song "what are you doing the rest of your life?" he's singing "I'll awake what's asleep in your eyes. It may take a kiss or two..." And I'm out of breath again.....

Other favourite songs on this album are "besame mucho", "somewhere" and "the summer knows". The only song I feel doesn't do it for me is "amigos para siempre", the duet with Sarah Brightman. She's not a good match for him. I think she sounds much too "girlish". Still, it's just a minor "hickup" in this recording.

But really, you should listen to the album and judge for yourself. How he does it I do not know, but he sings with such intensity and honesty that you almost start believing in true love again. And in the end - isn't that the purpose of lovesongs???

Sex & Violins (The Best of My Life Story)

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Sex & Violins (The Best of My Life Story)
My Life Story
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000G1QZZ2
Release Date: 2006-07-18

Album Description

First ever compilation by this '90s Britpop band, a brilliant mix of Pop melodies, British songwriting, strings and great production. Often compared to Divine Comedy, MLS were far more lush and over-the-top, sounding like ABC and Marc Almond recording James Bond themes with Noel Coward helping out. Features all their Top 40 hits including 'Sparkle', '12 Reasons Why', 'King Of Kissingdom' and more.

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Story of My Life
Pere Ubu
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NA2UAA
Release Date: 2007-04-23

Tracks:

Wasted
Come Home
Louisiana Train Wreck
Fedora Satellite II
Heartbreak Garage
Postcard
Kathleen
Honey Moon
Sleep Walk
Story of My Life
Last Will and Testament
Come Home [Hague Mix]
Fedora Satellite
Gripless
Through the Windshield
Stoughton 529

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of the veteran Post-Punk band's 1993 album, released during their short-lived but musically rewarding 'commercial period' (1988-1993). Features five bonus tracks: 'Fedora Satellite', 'Gripless', 'Through The Windshield', 'Stoughton 529' and 'Come Home' (Stephen Hague Mix). Universal.

Album Details

Pere Ubu's Fourth and Final Album for Fontana was Originally Released in 1993. This CD Re-issue Includes Five Bonus Tracks in the Form of One Non-album B-side and Four Previously Unreleased Tracks Including the Stephen Hague Mix of "Come Home" and Three Songs which were Originally Intended as B-sides but Never Saw the Light of Day, "Gripless", "Through the Windshield" and "Stoughton 529". Sleevenotes by David Stubbs of the Wire.

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