Simplified features both stripped-down versions of Simply Red's classic songs and fresh recordorm some material with only a piano as accompaniment. "What struck me when I listened back to the performance was just how much the song leapt out at you in those circumstances," he says. Classic Simply Red songs such as "Something Got Me Started," "Sad Old Red," "Smile," and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" are reinvigorated thanks to these sophisticated, even jazzy, new arrangements. One of the group's most popular hits, "Holding Back The Years," is beautiful and still lush; recognizable, but with an added timeless maturity. Other songs featured on Simplified include "More," "Your Mirror," "Fairground," and "For Your Babies."The lead-off track and first single from Simplified is the irresistible, upbeat, and distinctly Latin-flavored "Perfect Love." The Cuban vibe of this sensual new song is amplified by the vocals of Havana-based singer Danae. A Latin feeling runs throughout Simplified, inspired by the band's recent visit to Cuba. In fact, Simply Red is the first English pop band to have played in Havana, as they appeared at the landmark Gran Teatro early in 2005.Simplified is the follow-up to 2003's highly successful Home, which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. That release helped push the band to a level of over 50 million albums sold since forming 21 years ago. Although Simply Red's lineup of musicians has rotated throughout the years, the one constant has been Mick Hucknall, one of the finest male vocalists Britain has ever produced, and also one of its most accomplished, melodic, and prolific pop songwriters.
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Simplified
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Simplified
Simply Red Manufacturer: Verve Forecast ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B0WO0I Release Date: 2005-10-18 |
Tracks:
- Perfect Love
- Something Got Me Started
- Holding Back The Years
- More
- A Song For You
- Your Mirror
- Fairground
- My Perfect Love
- Smile
- Sad Old Red
- For Your Babies
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Album Description
Simplified features both stripped-down versions of Simply Red's classic songs and fresh recordorm some material with only a piano as accompaniment. "What struck me when I listened back to the performance was just how much the song leapt out at you in those circumstances," he says. Classic Simply Red songs such as "Something Got Me Started," "Sad Old Red," "Smile," and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" are reinvigorated thanks to these sophisticated, even jazzy, new arrangements. One of the group's most popular hits, "Holding Back The Years," is beautiful and still lush; recognizable, but with an added timeless maturity. Other songs featured on Simplified include "More," "Your Mirror," "Fairground," and "For Your Babies." The lead-off track and first single from Simplified is the irresistible, upbeat, and distinctly Latin-flavored "Perfect Love." The Cuban vibe of this sensual new song is amplified by the vocals of Havana-based singer Danae. A Latin feeling runs throughout Simplified, inspired by the band's recent visit to Cuba. In fact, Simply Red is the first English pop band to have played in Havana, as they appeared at the landmark Gran Teatro early in 2005. Simplified is the follow-up to 2003's highly successful Home, which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. That release helped push the band to a level of over 50 million albums sold since forming 21 years ago. Although Simply Red's lineup of musicians has rotated throughout the years, the one constant has been Mick Hucknall, one of the finest male vocalists Britain has ever produced, and also one of its most accomplished, melodic, and prolific pop songwriters.Customer Reviews:
What A Treat To Have Made This Album.......2007-05-18
Great!!.......2007-03-26
Excellent choice.
Wonderful Album.......2007-01-22
Simplified and stripped down.......2006-09-06
Hucknel just doesn't stop.......2006-05-27
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Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000037AX Release Date: 1997-11-18 |
Tracks:
- Handel In The Strand
- Bridal Lullaby
- English Waltz
- Mock Morris
- To A Nordic Princess
- In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
- In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
- In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
- In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
- Peace
- Saxon Twi-Play
- Andante Con Moto
- Children's March
- The Immovable Do
- Sailor's Song
- Colonial Song
- Walking Tune
- Harvest Hymn
- In Dahomey
Tracks:
- b flat Pno Con (Opening)
- Cradle-Song
- Love Walked In
- Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
- Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
- Nimrod
- Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
- Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
- Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
- Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
- American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
- 'Blithe Bells'
- Fugue In a
- The Man I Love
Tracks:
- Country Gardens
- The Merry King
- Molly On The Shore
- Irish Tune From County Derry
- Knight And Shepard's Daughter
- The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
- Jutish Medley
- Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- The Rival Brothers
- Near Woodstock Town
- Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
- The Brisk Young Sailor
- One More Day My John (Easy Version)
- Rimmer And Goldcastle
- Spoon River
- The Widow's Party
- The Hunter In His Career
- My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
- Died For Love
- Scotch Strathspey
- One More Day My John (Complex Version)
- Bristol Town
- Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
- Mo Ninghean Dhu
- Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
- Stalt Vesselil
- O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
- Shepard's Hey
Tracks:
- Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
- Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
- Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
- Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
- Nell
- Apres Un Reve
- Pno Con, First Movt
- Tiger-Tiger
- Air And Dance
- Hornpipe
- Toccata And Fugue in d
- Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
- Angelus Ad Virginem
- Klavierstuck in E
- Eastern Intermezzo
- The Bigelow March
- Pno Con, First Movt
- At Twilight
- Klavierstuck in a
- Klavierstuck in B Flat
- Klavierstuck in D
Tracks:
- Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'
- Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
- English Dance
- Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
- 'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
- Train Music
- Zanzibar Boat-Song
- Paganini Varations, No.12
- Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
- William Byrd's Air And Variations For The Virginals 'The Carman's Whistle'
- 'A Dance Rhapsody'
- Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
- The Warriors-Music To An Imaginary Ballet
Customer Reviews:
Every last note..........2006-06-14
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.
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Free Rambles Dished Up by Percy Grainger
Manufacturer: White Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000JIOF Release Date: 1999-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Toccata And Fuge in d
- Der Rosenkavalier: Ramble On The Last Love Duet
- Nell
- Apres Un Reve
- Country Gardens
- Colonial Song
- Irish Tune From Country Derry
- Now, O Now I Needs Must Part
- Paraphrase On Tchikovsky's Flower Waltz
- Paganini Vars No.12
- Cradle Song
- Sea Songs Sketch
- Nimrod
- Pastoral
- The Man I Love
- Love Walked In
- Embraceable You
- In Dahomey
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Simplified
Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BFJF1O Release Date: 2006-01-24 |
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Simplified
Simply Red Manufacturer: Universal Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CSUX66 Release Date: 2006-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Perfect Love
- Something Got Me Started
- Holding Back The Years
- More
- A Song For You
- Your Mirror
- Fairground
- My Perfect Love
- Smile
- Sad Old Red
- For Your Babies
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- Stars
Album Description
W/1 BONUS TRACK ON ONLY JAPANESE CDAlbum Details
Inlcudes the Exclusive Bonus Track "Stars".
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Simplified
Reggie Watts Manufacturer: Non Linear Prod. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00009Y3SE Release Date: 2003-07-15 |
Tracks:
- Wanna' Get
- Movin' On
- Your Name
- Part Of The World
- Sure Do Like The Fire
- Simple To Me
- Broken Dreams
- That's The Song
- Fear In My Eye
- Perfect Day
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Silent
- Bonus Track 1
Customer Reviews:
Promising start.......2005-10-10
excellent debut.......2003-07-31
Reggie Watts' best work to date!.......2003-07-24
not so good.......2003-07-18
music to cruise by, schmooze by, lose the day by..........2003-07-16
A powerful solo debut by a prolific performer, Simplified is another, totally simpatico, side of Maktub's Reggie Watts. Many would argue this is one of Seattle's emerging, many faceted, sounds. But most of all, what a voice.
Forget the comparisons, you'll read them elsewhere. Reggie owns his sound. No denying the influences, but it's all his own. In the not too distant future, critics will compare emerging voices to his.
Neo-soul, sophisticated pop, sit and relax dance, you decide. But if you're looking for the sweet spot between old-school and new school, get Simplified. What a voice.
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Let's Get Simplified
Beaten Awake Manufacturer: Audio Eagle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000KLV5C6 Release Date: 2007-05-15 |
Tracks:
- Browns Town
- It's A Bubble Bath Of Sharks!!!
- Ghost Bought A Bicycle
- Broken Fang
- Goin' Nowhere
- All Up All Close
- A&E
- The Tiger's Tale
- Boat Shoes
- Tree Of Woe
- Endless Boo
- Secular Ankh
Album Description
"The foursome's arresting debut has an amplitude of movement, wonder, and heartache." -- BOSTON GLOBE"The album has a strange beauty to it that, come to think of it, is not unlike the late, great Drake." -- CLEVELAND FREE TIMES
"Beaten Awake's melodies drift like a riverboat ride over jangling guitars and sympathetic peals of organ." -- SCENE MAGAZINE
"New bands aren't supposed to sound this good." -- AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
Beaten Awake is a rock band from Kent, Ohio. After cutting their teeth in legendary art bands such as the Six Parts Seven, The Party of Helicopters, and Harriet the Spy, the band's four members decided to get back to basics and explore their folk and rock roots.
Let's Get Simplified is the group's Audio Eagle debut, and first proper album. The title says it all: the members getting down to brass tacks and baring their souls with heartfelt, beautiful songwriting that touches on friendship, love, desperation, and hometown pride.
Time flies, and we always notice too late. Beaten Awake knows that all too well. This is music about holding on to the moment and making the most of things. Let's Get Simplified was recorded and produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys.
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Grainger: Dished Up for Piano, Vol.5
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E0A0 Release Date: 1992-12-02 |
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Grainger Edition, Vol. 17: Works for Solo Piano 2
Percy Grainger , and Penelope Thwaites Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005UC3I Release Date: 2002-02-26 |
Tracks:
- Tiger-Tiger!
- The Hunter In His Career
- The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- The Rival Brothers
- Australian Up-Country Song
- Harvest Hymn
- The Merry King
- Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
- Pastoral
- The Widow's Party
- Died For Love
- Horkstow Grange
- The Brisk Young Sailor (who returned to wed his true love)
- Hard-Hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen
- Bristol Town
- Sea-Song Sketch
- Molly On The Shore
- Arrival Platform Humlet
- Shepherd's Hey
- Country Gardens
- Mock Morris
- "The Gum-Suckers" March
- Colonial Song
- The Tents Of The Happy Tribes
- Gay But Wistful
- Handel In The Strand
- My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Customer Reviews:
Tribute to Grainger.......2005-07-30
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Thrill Me [4-Track CD Single]
Mick Hucknall Manufacturer: Warner Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000T7HKG6 |
Product Description
4 Track UK CD Single of Thrill Me by Simply Red. (1) Thrill Me (2) Thrill Me (Nellee Hooper Mix) (3) Thrill Me (Live) (4) When You've Got A Good FriendRap Music:
- Songs You Know by Heart
- Stay on My Side Tonight [Explicit Lyrics] [EP]
- Telegraph
- Tenacious D [Explicit Lyrics]
- The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East [Original recording remastered] [Live]
- The Better Life
- The Ditty Bops
- The Grass Roots - All Time Greatest Hits [Import]
- The Singles 1992-2003
- The Very Best Of Cher
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