Champagne People

Track Listings

1. Twist You Around

2. Party

3. Unconditional Love

4. N.U.

5. Melissa Davis

6. We Ain't Going Nowhere

7. Together

8. Style Beats Liberationfronts

9. Dust

10. Champagne People ft. Floor van Berkestijn

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
It has been said that since The Beatles, David Bowie, James Brown and Bob Marley, only House & Punk may be considered real new musical revolutions. It has been said too that pop music nowadays is merely a creative rehash of the same old chords, rhythms and heartaches. Whichever way you look at it, for the pop inventors of our time the challenge remains to mix the original ingredients of pop into something hip, groovy and authentic. Benny Sings meets this challenge in an ingenious and beautifully effective way. Within the traditional qualities of pop music, Benny Sings is a characteristic product of our time: it's naturally melodic and undeniably groovy. Benny's work method is contemporary too: he records the songs at his home studio, writing his own music, singing, and playing most instruments himself. Benny recalls: "I was making these hip-hop beats, and at some point just started singing to them." Through "Champagne People," this singer/musician/songwriter seems to communicate directly to our collective musical subconscious; each song sounds fluid and familiar. The popular Dutch national newspaper, "de Volkskrant", attributes the refined quality of the record to producer Bart Suèr. "The soulful production of Bart Suèr is sophisticated and warm-incomparable with other Dutch productions"(review: June 22, 2003) Benny began his career as a performer with the band Loveboat before enrolling in the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, where he studies Sonology. Since 1999, Benny has been playing the bass in the hiphopband Abstract Dialect and composing and producing the soulband Heavenly Social, featuring Miss Dee. Additionally, he is a part of the Dutch-language hip-hop collective De Toffen. Influenced by a diverse number of sounds, Benny provides the icing on the pop music pie and throws a party for Champagne People.

Champagne People,Benny Sings,Sonar Kollectiv,Alternative Pop/Rock,Indie Pop,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Champagne People

Tracks:

Theme From 12 Vars On 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star', K.256 - Christoph Eschenbach
Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2 - Tamas Vasary
Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Don Giovanni: Ser - Netherlands Wind Ens
Scenes From Childhood: About Foreign Lands And People - Wilhelm Kempff
Vn Con No.4, K.218: Andante Cantabile - Gidon Kremer
Dolly Suite: Lullaby - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa
Xerxes: Act 1. Largo - Orpheus CO
Magic Flute: Papageno's Aria - Heinz Holliger/Ursula Holliger/Gabriel Burgin
Ser For Strs: Valse - Orpheus CO
Ser, K.320 'Posthorn': Rondeau - Walter Singer
Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Pno Son in C, K.545: Allegro - Christoph Eschenbach
Divert in D, K.131: Menuetto - Orpheus CO
Canon In D - Orpheus CO
Pno Con No.14 in E flat, K.449: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Geza Anda
Brandenburg Con No.4 in G, BWV 1049: Presto - Michel Schwalbe/Karlheinz Zoeller/Matthias Rutters
A Musical Joke, K.522: Presto - Orpheus CO
Don Giovanni: Champagne Aria - Netherlands Wind Ens

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful !.......2006-12-31

This is a beautiful and relaxing cd to listen to. I bought it while i was pregnant and still love it now that my daughter is 3 months old. It is so calming and what mother doesn't need that? :-)

proud father to be.......2004-01-01

I found this cd after my wife gave birth to our first child unfortunately. Now my wife is expecting our second child. I am a big believer in classical music for unborn babies, delivery rooms, all the way to kindergarten. My four year old daughter hears 'twinkle twinkle little star' anywhere and she about faces instantly! Pachelbel's Canon is another personal favorite. I respect anything Deutsche Grammophon puts their endorsement on, too. Highly recommended for pregnancy stress reduction, labor jitters, and little toddlers.

Terrible!!.......2002-01-29

The CD opens with "Twinkle, Twinkle. Little Star" - Now, that should tell you everything. . . YUK!

This compilation is a huge let down and has nothing to do with pregnancy or childbirth. I could have put my own tape together better from my own CD collection instead of wasting my money on this lousy one.

TUNE YOUR BRAIN: PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH.......2001-09-30

This is an incredibly relaxing and tranquil album not only for pregnancy and childbirth but for anyone with an ear for classical music. The pieces are soothing and moving, and the varied selections make for a placid work that calms and relaxes. Plus, it puts the little one right to sleep!

Average customer rating:

Another great trip down the MFU memory lane
The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release

The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006SSQ7U
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

First Season End Title
Vulcan Affair (Suite No. 2)
Iowa-Scuba Affair
Shark Affair
Deadly Games Affair (Suite No. 2)
Meet Mr. Solo
Giuoco Piano Affair
King of Knaves Affair: Suite No. 2
First Season Main Title [Revised]
Deadly Decoy Affair
Spy With My Face
Second Season Main Title
Alexander the Greater Affair
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Very Important Zombie Affair
Dippy Blonde Affair
Seadly Goddess Afair
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One of Our Spies Is Missing
Third Season Main Title
Sort of Do-It-Youself Dreadful Affair
Galatea Affair
Pop Art Affair
Come With Me to the Casbah Affair
Off-Broadway Affair
Concrete Overcoat Affair
Napoleon's Tomb Affair
Alternate Fourth Season Main Title
Fourth Season (End Title)
Test Tube Killer Affair
Prince of Darkness Affair
Seven Wonders of the World Affair

Customer Reviews:

Another great trip down the MFU memory lane.......2005-10-19

Volume 2 (comprised of 2 CDs) is another first rate compilation of the series' original music and not to be missed by U.N.C.L.E. fans. The liner notes are wonderful and add a lot to ones appreciation of the music.

My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.

The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

Average customer rating:

Throwing Furniture Off the Roof
Good enough to give chills, fun enough to sing forever
Justin, David Byrne wants his gesticulations back...
Absolutely Charming
Good punchy Pop-Rock

Charm School
Bishop Allen
Manufacturer: Champagne School
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008E2M6
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

Charm School
Little Black Ache
Busted Heart
Bishop Allen Drive
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Things Are What You Make Of Them
Ghosts Are Good Company
Empire City
Couple Easy Things
Penitentiary Bound
Quarter To Three
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Album Description

Said Rolling Stone, in their 4-star review:

If Modest Mouse spent a year in a Chuck E. Cheese ball pit, they might emerge sounding like the delightful Brooklyn quartet Bishop Allen. That's not to say that these indie-poppers aren't a serious band. On their debut, Charm School, the foursome blend sharp, jangly guitars with catchy melodies and big choruses. Songwriters Justin Rice and Christian Rudder write cheeky lyrics and layer their tunes with handclaps ("Charm School") and singalongs ("Ghosts Are Good Company"). And the band's carefree attitude, along with their musicianship, make Charm School as addictive as it is playful. Add drummer Margaret Miller and bassist Bonnie Karin, and they enter indie elite. Karin's ethereal backing vocals complement Rice's perfectly -- propelling already memorable tracks into charmed harmonic bliss.

Customer Reviews:

Throwing Furniture Off the Roof.......2007-07-01

"Charm School" is a delightfully silly set. It has bubbly charm of grape soda pop. It doesn't take itself seriously like on the wacky "Penitentiary Bound," "You be whatever you want to be & see whatever you think you see & take whatever you like for free & just like I've been saying every single day since I wore this suit..." "Bishop Allen Drive" is hilarious with its pop chorus and its stunningly bizarre story, "I don't know why, but she couldn't stand still; The radio was playing, it was time to kill; We were throwing furniture off the roof; We'd watch it shatter on the ground below singing la la la la..." "Things Are What You Make of Them" beats like the soundtrack to "The Tell-Tale Heart," "She said: Son, if you don't make a noise, God will never know you're there." "Empire City" & "Quarter to Three" are also diamonds. In Bishop Allen's hands, "Eve of Destruction" is remade in unique fashion. While not each track is memorable, there are so many wildly original classics that this is a disc not to be missed. Bravo!

Good enough to give chills, fun enough to sing forever.......2005-10-20

If you like The Shins, Modest Mouse, or even the better songs of the Rolling Stones, I can almost guarantee you will like this album. I heard a couple of their songs online, loved them instantly, got chills up and down my arms from their emotion and their innovation, and I ordered it immediately.
This is instantly likeable music, music I knew I loved the moment I heard it. That bands like Bishop Allen aren't being hounded by every major label out there is baffling to me. This album features terrific female backing vocals, simple yet rocking and friendly songs, occasional drums by Microsoft Excel, witty lyrics, a terrific tribute/thank you song "Eve of Destruction" in which the band thanks all their friends on a day that might be their last. The album's also got funny liner notes, and one of the coolest songs I've ever heard, "Ghosts are Good Company,"
Buy "Charm School" now. Listen to the samples on Amazon, and then buy it immediately. And, if you like this, check out Soltero. Good music is out there, and waiting for you.

Justin, David Byrne wants his gesticulations back..........2005-02-05

Ok, well Mr. Rice fully deserves any wild hand waving rights though because this is a great album. Another live-show-bought-the-album deal (the guy on the left of the album, Mr. Rudder, actually sold me it to me. Sorry amazon) the album has only continued to grow on me. I could go on about depth of lyrics, mature sound, etc., but I can't compete with a guy from Rolling Stone who probably has a degree in journalism and critical theory. Let's just say 'Charm School' is a good buy for anyone who can stand a little bit of fun and is in the midst of the mainstream doldrums. A little Atom and His Package, a little Modest Mouse (sorry), a little Hell's Kitchen, and a little art school band all grown up! Pixies beaten with an irony stick! I could go on! Fantastic stuff.

Absolutely Charming.......2004-09-30

I heard "Busted Heart" on the radio and was immediately intrigued. Checked out some of the mp3s they had on their web site and after listening to them twice, bought the album. I love it! It's in constant rotation and if I don't listen to it every few days, I crave it. Every song is great. particularly like Ghosts Are Good Company and the reprise of Things are what you make of them is gorgeous. great lyrics, fun sounds, pop with a little bit of a punk edge. If you like pop, you won't be disappointed.

Good punchy Pop-Rock.......2004-08-13

I like this quirky CD a whole lot. The guitar work sounds like the strongest pop songs of Luna but with quite a bit more spark. These are fun songs that seem to take many cues from 50s rock (Little Black Ache), the best 60s psyche-pop (Charm School) as well as a mixed bag of folk and rock -- and of course some of the darker and often humorous ironies found in the lyrics of bands like King Missile. Throughout the CD, the female vocals are quite lovely, and compliment the quirky, ironic, and sometimes sublime male lead vocals quite nicely. Charm School is a creative mix of atmospheric songs, pop ballads, and the like. As I learned in my years in NYC, the best things in the city - despite the rumors - usually cross a bridge or drive through a tunnel to deliver and Bishop Allen does exactly that!

I suggest you hear a few of the complete songs on the Bishop Allen web site before you buy the disk. They have some full songs for listening.