Tails

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Though Tails was her debut album, Loeb had already hit the stratosphere of the pop charts a year earlier with "Stay," a monster hit from the soundtrack of the film Reality Bites. "Stay" is also included on Tails, but the other 12 tracks demonstrate Loeb had more than one good song in her, even if none of them found similar success on the singles chart. Loeb's knack for infectious, buoyant pop shines through on such instantly catchy tunes as "Snow Day," "Rose-Colored Time" and "Waiting for Wednesday"; quieter, darker numbers such as "Hurricane," "Alone" and "Lisa Listen" reveal a more reflective side; and "Taffy" shows she's occasionally willing to let loose and rock as well. --Peter Blackstock

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Tails

Average customer rating: Stay etc. in the eye of the beholder Lilith Fair fare Lisa Loeb-Tails Problem with big hits Lisa Loeb is Pure

Tails Lisa Loeb Manufacturer: Geffen Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 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 $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Firecracker Cake and Pie The Way It Really Is Hello Lisa The Very Best of Lisa Loeb ASIN: B000000OU9 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. It's Over
2. Snow Day
3. Taffy
4. When All The Stars Were Falling
5. Do You Sleep?
6. Hurricane
7. Rose-Colored Times
8. Sandalwood
9. Alone
10. Waiting For Wednesday
11. Lisa Listen
12. Garden Of Delights
13. Stay

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Though Tails was her debut album, Loeb had already hit the stratosphere of the pop charts a year earlier with "Stay," a monster hit from the soundtrack of the film Reality Bites. "Stay" is also included on Tails, but the other 12 tracks demonstrate Loeb had more than one good song in her, even if none of them found similar success on the singles chart. Loeb's knack for infectious, buoyant pop shines through on such instantly catchy tunes as "Snow Day," "Rose-Colored Time" and "Waiting for Wednesday"; quieter, darker numbers such as "Hurricane," "Alone" and "Lisa Listen" reveal a more reflective side; and "Taffy" shows she's occasionally willing to let loose and rock as well. --Peter Blackstock

Customer Reviews:

Stay etc. in the eye of the beholder.......2007-06-05

With music in general, & esp. with certain artists, it's value is far more in the beholder than in the item. Some are acquired tastes, perhaps, but IMHO most either produce a strong response in the listener -- or not. I think (esp. if one reads the personal reviews) this is certainly true of Lisa Loeb & this album. She reminds me a bit of Jewel & Amy Grant in tone. To Lisa's credit, she writes her own material. I'm not that big on her presentation (though I do like "Stay"). I seem to like her lyrics better than most reviewers do. Indeed, it seems to me she could have published these "songs" as poems. There's certainly enough angst in them! But, the music sometimes doesn't seem to quite fit the words. Further, most of the tunes seem somewhat similar to each other IMHO. But, if you are a REAL FAN, this is wonderful. If you're not, it's not so wonderful. That's why there's chocolate, vanilla, & ...

Lilith Fair fare.......2006-05-16

Tails encapsulated the promise of Lisa Loeb, who made the big time with a hit single "Stay" off of the Reality Bites movie soundtrack. The other hit off of the CD was "Do You Sleep?", but the other tracks off of the disc are well-written and executed, speaking of relationship perils of successes, sometimes with a sense of humour. Lisa's star hasn't stayed as high since the release of this disc, but in part that's attributable to the change in the music landscape that occurred at the turn of the millennium, as MTV turned the pop culture sheep away from alternative rock and Lilith Fair music towards hip-hop, and (sadly) themselves away from playing videos and towards Punk'd. Tails is definitely worth a listen, if you were a fan of music of that time.

Lisa Loeb-Tails.......2006-02-25

I remember being the only third grader to have her casset Tails, and perhaps relized around that time that i was a lesbian her Lisa Loeb is sooo freaking hot!

This is besides the point. This CD has all the qualities of just puting it into your player and listening to it for weeks. Her songs are rich in texture and style, easy to belt out while your waiting at a stop light or shopping with your I-pod. I highly recommend this CD to every one. Its the perfect "I'm in a bad mood CD" because its so cheerful.

Problem with big hits.......2006-01-14

They bring out the critics who compare Loeb to NSYNC.

Let's dispense with this nonsense. She should be rightfully compared to Sam Philips, who has better songs, and Liz Phair, who is more clever. If you've read this far, you can't get enough of Lisa Loeb's mid 90s pop. Take a tip and check out Sam Phillips and Liz Phair.

Lisa Loeb is Pure.......2005-06-05

Ok, first I need to admit that I don't own this album nor have I listened to it all the way through, however, I can say that Lisa Loeb is a talented singer/songwriter and guitarist. Of course, I loved the song "Stay", as I was growing up, and I never even knew the song "Do you Sleep?" was popluar. I just know that I like it. I like it for the words, the rythem and the chorus - "I saw you as you walked across my room. You looked out the window you looked at the moon. And you sat on the corner on my bed. And you smoked with the ghost in the back of my head." Not only are the words poetic and intruging, the way that part of the song is played out is just magical. It honestly gives me chills. I just like her voice, its - cute. Its not forced. And the fact that she writes her own lyrics and plays the guitar is enough to ask - why the hell wasn't she more successful than Britany "I'm-A-Tramp" Spears? Oh wait, don't answer that. Another reason I wanted to review this album and Lisa is because I wanted to suggest that if there are any Lisa Loeb fans out there then I promise you, you will fall in love with The Sundays. Harriet Wheeler (the vocalist) sounds very similar, and the music is quite similar, but I'd have to say that The Sundays and Harriet's voice exceed Lisa and her band. I suggest the album Static and Silence - but all of them are worth getting. Unfortunalty, there are only 3. Tails is a good album. I personally am a fan of Do you Sleep? and Stay. And it has nothing to do with their popularity - frankly, its because they are good, solid songs.

Average customer rating: An Intelligent Pop Messenger One of the best pop albums ever... Art in the 90s. Unique and sensuous debut from Sophie B. Damn, I wish I bought a different CD!

Tongues and Tails Sophie B. Hawkins Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | 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: Whaler Wilderness Timbre The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins Timbre ASIN: B0000027DW Release Date: 1992-04-07

Tracks:

1. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
2. California Here I Come
3. Mysteries We Understand
4. Saviour Child
5. Carry Me
6. I Want You
7. Before I Walk On Fire
8. We Are One Body
9. Listen
10. Live And Let Love
11. Don't Stop Swaying

Customer Reviews:

An Intelligent Pop Messenger.......2007-04-19

Starting with the one two bang of "Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover" and "California Here I Come" Sophie proved that she is one of those unique artists who can bend the rules of pop music; using adult themes and actual intelligent lyrics, I was a fan from the first bars of the first single. In fact when the single was high on the charts and the next single "California..." was out, our local Wausau radio station was giving away two tickets to see Sophie in California on the Tonight Show. How I wanted to win that - first, I loved Sophie, but also I so wanted to run away and live in California, a dream I wanted since I was a wee tyke and her song just reinforced that need. I woke up at 5:40 in the morning to hear the results of the contest and though I didn't win, I did end up in California eventually! As for the rest of this dynamic debut by Miss Hawkins, "Mysteries We Understand" continues the fold of the new age pop music Sophie does so well. Along with a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Want You" and her original pieces combining horns, church bells, synths, acoustic guitars, pianos, screaming and background filler, Sophie takes us through her jaunt of inner feelings and hyperness. It's a great collection though truth be told her next album Whaler was the one that really sealed the deal for me.

One of the best pop albums ever..........2006-11-22

Sophie B. Hawkins has always been underrated. Mainstream listeners have forgotten her, and critics seem to have written her off as some one-hit-wonder. However, 'Tounges and Tails' is one of the best pop albums to be released in the 1990s, and one of my personal top 5 favourite albums of all time.

From the risque' single "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" to the infectious "Mysteries We Understand", to the gorgeous ballads "Before I Walk on Fire" and "Don't Stop Sawying" - I dare any fans of lush pop to not be spellbound. The highlight of this beautiful album is the stunning rendition of Bob Dylan's classic "I Want You", which Sophie turns into something so emotional its hard to not listen to it again and again. Who said pop music cannot be good?

I would recommend this album to anyone, and dare them not to fall in love with it. One word describes it best - Brilliant.

Art in the 90s........2006-05-21

The sometimes disturbing messages presented in Tongues and Tails are artfully relayed by Hawkins in this 90s-influenced album, full of quality music and lyrics. A listener can't expect that an artist won't reflect the musical styles of an era, so some may not like the way 90s fads effected the way Hawkins presents her thoughts in this breakthrough album. But, with knowledge of the artist's background, her lyrical efforts are well worth exploring. They are both unforgettable and can be heard over and over without regret. Certain lyrical expression was taboo in the 90s, but Hawkins found a way to express herself in a way that was definitely ahead of her time. I wasn't disappointed at all and have enjoyed Tongues and Tails since its release.

Unique and sensuous debut from Sophie B........2005-09-07

One of the most unlikeliest songs to emerge from the transitional period of the 90's was a mellow ambient number that interacted with some jangling rock guitars, haunting ethereal new age synths, seemed to foreshadow triphop, and exuded a different sensuality, more genuinely sexier and one that wasn't as flaunted outright like Madonna-"give you something sweet each time you come inside my jungle book." That song was "Damn I Wish Your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins, whose airy and natural-like voice took this song to #5. Many of her songs have a cosmic and metaphoric tone, giving human qualities to things like California and her open arms and golden hair in "California Here I Come," the reflective "California Here I Come," of a New Yorker fed up with the slums and going westbound for hopes of a better life.

In fact, most of Tongues and Tails follows the relaxed ambient transitional 90s music of that hit single. "Carry Me" which features the verses done in a pronounced monologue with an airy chorus chanting the title, and some sensuous coital moans done after the third verse. Her cover of Bob Dylan's "I Want You" has the same sentimental airiness of "Lover." And the mellow "Before I Walk On Fire," asks a lover for forgiveness for being weak, and humbly pleads for affirmation so one can walk those coals once again. One of the best and most heartfelt songs here. Yearning is another way to describe her voice, and her songs. "Don't Stop Swaying" combines that yearning with a monologue of Hansel and Gretel finding themselves with soulful and physical contact.

A take on the "go west" philosophy is seen in Combining 60's-like organ and snappy 80's pop with religious mysticism is the up-tempo "Mysteries We Understand." Lines like "when you become your light, shining like the sun" wouldn't be out of place on a George Harrison album. The idealism of a saviour born every day "in the valley of your soul" is the topic of "Saviour Child."

Other songs on physical sensuality with the use of heavenly metaphors include the cosmically philosophical "We Are One Body"-"it's in your solar system/it's in my super star/there's nothing more precious than the planet in our hearts." This song is set to a light uptempo drum machine and the usual slow synths.

Sensual, honest, and full of feeling is how I describe Tongues and Tails, a unique and groundbreaking offering in the hip-hop, new-soul, and leftover 80's music of the early 90's. Her sophomore effort would bring about a more mainstream yet still appealing approach.

Damn, I wish I bought a different CD!.......2005-06-22

I was drawn to this CD after hearing Sophie perform on the One Hit Wonder Show called "Hit Me Baby One More Time". It evoked wonderful memories of the song, Damn I wish I were your Lover. Not being familiar with Sophie's less notable hits, I used Amazon's reviews to determine whether to purchase this CD or the Best of Sophie B. Hawkins CD. With the exception of two more tracks, I am very bored with this CD. I would advise getting the Best Of CD so you can at least enjoy the track, "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep"!! Amen!

Average customer rating: A really Fine Romance A Musical Treat

Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Grappelli and Menuhin Menuhin and Grappelli Play "Jealousy" and Other Great Standards Menuhin & Grappelli Play... Anything Goes, With Yo Yo Ma Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000002SDR Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Cheek To Cheek
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
3. The Piccolino
4. Change Partners
5. Top Hat
6. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
7. Heat Wave
8. The Way You Look Tonight
9. Pick Yourself Up
10. A Fine Romance
11. All The Things You Are
12. Why Do I Love You?
13. I Get A Kick Out Of You
14. Night And Day
15. Looking At You
16. Just One Of Those Things
17. My Funny Valentine
18. Thou Swell
19. The Lady Is A Tramp
20. Blue Room

Customer Reviews:

A really Fine Romance.......2007-07-05

It doesn't get any better than these two playing these guys! Some of it was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Use your imagination... It's all just swell.

A Musical Treat.......2006-01-08

"The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments." ~ Charles-Auguste De Bériot ~

Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grapelli together had made some of the most beautiful music ever-recorded. And I believe that this is one of the many successful albums they recorded together. In this recording, both violinists have showed their excellent musicianship and interpretative eloquence as well, making it one of my most cherished CDs from my collection.

These are the main ingredients of a perfectly-made CD for your listening pleasure: mix violins, piano, bass and drums together, combine two terrific violinists, season with the best melodies in the 20s, 30s and 40s from Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart. Add the musical talents of Nelson Riddle, Max Harris, Martin Taylor, Eddie Tripp, Alan Clare and the rest of the studio musicians. Now all you have to do is to sit back, relax and savor these stunning melodies coming from your CD player. Listen to it in full-volume and fill your music room with the sheer beauty of these classics.

One of my favorite musical instruments is violin. With its four strings, it gives a whole wide range of musical versatility and I simply love the fascinating sound it produces.

My personal highlights are the best tunes from Jerome Kern - "The Way You Look Tonight" (Nelson Riddle arranged this particular track and conducted the Woodwind and Brass section), "A Fine Romance," "Pick Yourself Up," "Why Do I Love You?" and "All The Things You Are."

My choices from Irving Berlin's gems are - "Isn't It A Lovely Day?" featuring the great artistry of Nelson Riddle in arranging and conducting, "Cheek To Cheek" and "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm."

The Cole Porter repertoire represented his musical sophistication in "Night And Day," "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "Just One Of Those Things."

The choice cuts from the talented and creative team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are "My Funny Valentine" and "Thou Swell."

Listening to this CD is so delectable and equivalent to having my favorite dessert - be it Tiramisu, New York Cheesecake, Black Forest Cake, Chocolate Soufflé, Créme Brulee, Chocolate Mousse or Chocolate-Coated Strawberries! ;)

A musical treat.

Average customer rating: AN INCREDIBLE REMASTER FOR FRED ASTAIRE FANS A great way to discover the greatest rhythm singer of 1930's

Top Hat, White Tie & Tails Fred Astaire Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Essential Fred Astaire Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers At RKO: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology The Irving Berlin Songbook Fred Astaire's Finest Hour ASIN: B00005YUGU Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
2. Cheek to Cheek
3. Fancy Free
4. Isn't This a Lovely Day?
5. The Piccolino
6. Fascinating Rhythm (with Adele Astaire and George Gershwin)
7. Funny Face (with Adele Astaire)
8. My One and Only
9. Puttin' On the Ritz
10. Crazy Feet!
11. New Sun in the Sky
12. Night and Day
13. We're in the Money (The Gold Diggers' Song)
14. Flying Down to Rio
15. Let's Face the Music and Dance
16. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
17. We Saw the Sea
18. Let Yourself Go
19. I'd Rather Lead a Band
20. I'm Building Up to an Awful Let-Down
21. The Way You Look Tonight
22. Never Gonna Dance
23. Pick Yourself Up
24. A Fine Romance
25. Bojangles of Harlem

Tracks:

1. They Can't Take That Away from Me
2. They All Laughed
3. I've Got Beginner's Luck
4. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
5. Shall We Dance?
6. Slap That Bass
7. A Foggy Day
8. Things Are Looking Up
9. Nice Work if You Can Get It
10. I Can't Be Bothered Now
11. Change Partners
12. I Used to Be Color Blind
13. The Yam
14. Who Cares?
15. Just Like Taking Candy from a Baby
16. Poor Mr. Chisholm
17. So Near and Yet So Far
18. Dream Dancing
19. You're Easy to Dance With
20. Dearly Beloved
21. I'm Old-Fashioned
22. You Were Never Lovelier
23. A Couple of Song and Dance Men (with Bing Crosby)
24. A Couple of Swells (with Judy Garland)
25. The Liar Song (with Jane Powell)

Customer Reviews:

AN INCREDIBLE REMASTER FOR FRED ASTAIRE FANS.......2004-11-01

I love Fred Astaire because is voice was easy, sweet, and natural sounding. Not to mention, the guy could dance his partners into an exhausted heap of limbs. And I know that you love him too. This import recording from ASV is an incredible collection of Fred Astaire's movie musicals dating from 1926 to 1950. I was going to purchase one of the RHINO collections; either FRED ASTAIRE & GINGER ROGERS AT RKO or FRED ASTAIRE AT MGM. But neither of those collections included Astaire's rendition of PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ, which I had to have. After sampling these recordings at CD UNIVERSE and also sampling the RHINO recordings, this package sounded the best of the three. As it turned out, I made a great choice. The remastering here by ASV is SUPERB considering some of these tunes are very old mono recordings. I hate to say this because RHINO puts out such marvelous product, but THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST COLLECTION OF ASTAIRE MOVIE MUSIC AVAILABLE. Especially if you're BUDGET CONSCIOUS.

The Liner Notes are also nice. All 50 songs include the recording dates, the musicals that they're from, and their ranking on the charts when applicable. (I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW MANY OF THESE TUNES WERE CHART TOPPERS IN THEIR DAY. 26 WERE IN THE TOP TEN.)

NUMBER ONE HITS INCLUDE:
1.CHEEK TO CHEEK.
2.I'M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
3.THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT.
4.A FINE ROMANCE.
5.THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME.
6.NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.
7.CHANGE PARTNERS.

THERE ARE A FEW DUETS WITH SISTER ADELE, BING CROSBY, JUDY GARLAND, AND JANE POWELL. TO ME, THIS IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT.

THIS COLLECTION SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Now, if we could only get some of these classics on DVD.

Fred Astaire re-recorded some classic tunes with Oscar Peterson in 1952 for VERVE. Be sure and check out FRED ASTAIRE'S FINEST HOUR and STEPPIN' OUT: ASTAIRE SINGS. I just put them in my Cart. ENJOY.

A great way to discover the greatest rhythm singer of 1930's.......2004-01-20

Astaire was one of the best rhythm singers of the 30's, as well as the most underrated. Since he was a dancer, he really knew how to syncopate and singing came natually to him. He really gets hot, prooving to be a very underrated jazz singer in the 30's. He sings when he wants to right on the beat, then cuts loose and sings slightly behind,and continues to syncopate all over the place, in other words his singing is equally exciting and rhythmic as his dancing to the trained ear, or a jazz musician, he was a true genious, musically. Most jazz musicians like Astire's singing for those reasons I just mentioned. Also his voice is personable, and masculine(compared to say Rudy Vallee, or Gene Austin). Though he really didn't start as a baritone, but his vocie falls in that range. Another plus is that these songs are from his films, mostly with Ginger, so all the compositions are by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and other great American songwriter, and Astaire introduced more standards then anyone else on earth, accept maybe Ethel Merman.

A great cd, especially for jazz lovers to discover.

Average customer rating: Most beautiful music

Menuhin & Grappelli Play... Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart The Very Best of Grappelli and Menuhin Anything Goes, With Yo Yo Ma Menuhin and Grappelli Play "Jealousy" and Other Great Standards Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0002Z83LG Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Fascinatin' Rhythm
2. Soon
3. Summertime
4. Embraceable You
5. Liza
6. A Foggy Day
7. 'S Wonderful
8. The Man I Love
9. I Got Rhythm
10. He Loves And She Loves
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. They All Laughed
13. Funny Face
14. Our Love Is Here To Stay
15. Lady Be Good
16. These Foolish Things
17. Laura
18. April In Paris
19. Autumn Leaves
20. Autumn In New York

Tracks:

1. Cheek To Cheek
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
3. Change Partners
4. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
5. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
6. Heat Wave
7. The Way You Look Tonight
8. Pick Yourself Up
9. A Fine Romance
10. All The Things You Are
11. Why Do I Love You?
12. I Get A Kick Out Of You
13. Night And Day
14. Looking At You
15. Just One Of Those Things
16. My Funny Valentine
17. Thou Swell
18. The Lady Is A Tramp
19. Blue Room
20. Jealousy
21. Skylark

Customer Reviews:

Most beautiful music.......2005-08-17

This is happy music.
Just plain happy, instrumental music.
Highly recommend to everyone.

Average customer rating: the best ! Incredible as always three great musicians...one great disc three great musicians...one great disc Highly Recommended

Greenfire: A Celtic String Ensemble Irish Traditional , Scottish Traditional , Willie Hunter , Addie Harper , Robin Bullock , Olcan Masterson , French Traditional , Finnish Traditional , John Morris Rankin , Ken Kolodner , Sean Ryan , Donald Macleod , and Cathal McConnell Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Walking Stones Between Earth and Sky A Roof for the Rain Reflections The Enchanted Woods ASIN: B00000DDMF Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

1. The Con Reel/Trad. Irish/The Glenburney Rant/Trad. Scottish/...
2. Chief O 'Neill's Favorite/Trad. Irish/Hangman's Rope/Trad. Irish
3. The Rolling Wave/Trad. Irish/The Shaskeen/Trad. Irish
4. The Knocknaboul/Trad. Irish/Salmon Tails Up The Water/Trad. Irish
5. First Light In The Mountains/Robin Bullock/The Open Road/Robin Bullock
6. The Convenience Reel/Olcan Masterson (Ireland)/Dinky's/Trad. Irish/Jackson's/Trad. Irish
7. Mademoiselle De Paris/Trad. French/Varpunnen/Trad. Finnish/Molly Rankin's/...
8. Sheila Coyle's/Trad. Irish
9. The Ice Castle/Robbin Bullock Old Rag/Ken Kolodner
10. Sean Ryan's/Sean Ryan (Ireland)/The Old Favorite/Trad. Irish/Old Joe's/Trad. Irish
11. Over The Moor To Maggie/Trad. Irish/Crossing The Minch/Donald MacLeod (Scotland) MacArthur Road/..
12. Be Falbh O'n Unineig (Go Away From The Window)/Trad. Scottish

Customer Reviews:

the best !.......2006-07-16

As I'm mostly drawn to Celtic music with singing (Karen Matheson, etc.), I was surprised to find how fully satisfying this recording is - there is dancing and singing, and even flying in it!

The finest instrumental Celtic I've heard so far.

Incredible as always.......2000-11-16

While I am sad that 1/3 of Helicon (Chris Norman, a flutist) is not on this CD, I am ecstatic that Bullock and Kolodner, the other 2/3, are expanding their roots. I was first introduced to Laura Risk at Helicon's annual Winter Solstice Concert in Baltimore a few years ago, and there was something very unique about her. Her playing wasn't fancy, it was just pure and from the heart. I am glad to see that Risk, Bullock, and Kolodner decided to release this magnificent album of mostly Irish music. Having not listened to this album for a while (I had begun to listen fiddlers like Natalie MacMaster, Ray Ellis etc.), I was amazed to hear the same Irish fiddle tunes arranged for a trio. It gives the music a whole different spin that is truly unique to Greenfire. For example, "The Cape Breton Fiddlers Welcome to Shetland," "Dinky's," and "Jackson's" are very popular fiddle tunes normally heard in Celidh-like settings, but here take on a whole different meaning without losing their raw energy. Although this is a celtic string ensemble, it is nothing like a chamber orchestra where things tend to drag some. This is 3 professional musicians who specialize in international music, and keep the tunes as pure as possible. "Sean Ryan's," and "Chief O'Neill's Favourite" are also popular tunes that the seasoned celtic listener will recognize. All in all, this is a magnificent recording, and I encourage you to not only buy this CD, but Bullock's and Kolodner's solo efforts as well. You will not be disappointed.

three great musicians...one great disc.......2000-11-11

This is a first rate recording by an excellent collection of musicians. The tunes vary greatly: from the rollicking sound of the set of reels and rants on the first track to the hauntingly spare and introspective "The Rolling Wave." Robin Bullock, Ken Kolodner and Laura Risk are each excellent musicians in their own right. Together on this recording they are magically enchanting. Mrs. Risk is one of the greatest fiddle players I've ever had the privilege of hearing. Her disc with Jacqueline Schwab (Celtic Dialogue) is a favorite of mine. This disc is just as impressive and fun to listen to. The track titled "First Light in the Mountains/The Open Road" is by itself more than worth the price of this disc. By the way...I also want to recommend Ken Kolodner's wonderful album "Walking Stones"--it is great too. This disc gets a high recommendation from me. I hope that you'll get a copy if you have the chance. There's plenty of great music here.

three great musicians...one great disc.......2000-11-11

This is a first rate recording by an excellent collection of musicians. The tunes vary greatly: from the rollicking sound of the set of reels and rants on the first track to the hauntingly spare and introspective "The Rolling Wave." Robin Bullock, Ken Kolodner and Laura Risk are each excellent musicians in their own right. Together on this recording they are magically enchanting. Mrs. Risk is one of the greatest fiddle players I've ever had the privilege of hearing. Her disc with Jacqueline Schwab (Celtic Dialogue) is a favorite of mine. This disc is just as impressive and fun to listen to. The track titled "First Light in the Mountains/The Open Road" is by itself more than worth the price of this disc. By the way...I also want to recommend Ken Kolodner's wonderful album "Walking Stones"--it is great too. This disc gets a high recommendation from me. I hope that you'll get a copy if you have the chance. There's plenty of great music here.

Highly Recommended.......2000-09-16

While at first wary of an all-string recording, I was quickly put at ease. The skill of the players and the mix of the instruments (guitar, cittern, piano, dulcimer, fiddle, and viola) makes listening to this recording rewarding. Many of Greenfire's tunes, particularly "The Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome to Shetland" and "Over the Moor to Maggie" are on my "Fiddle Tunes to Learn" list. Get this!

Average customer rating: If only your dog could sing... You don't need to love dogs to love this! CHASE THAT CD!!!!! A VALENTINE TO ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL HOT DOG!!!

Tails of the City Murray Weinstock Manufacturer: Love Notes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: While You Are Gone: Music Pets Love The World's Best Dog Music CD...Ever ~ Pet Melodies Music A Day in the life of Lucky: classical music for you & your dog Relaxation Music For Dogs and Cats Volume 1 Dog Gone Classical Music: Mozart ASIN: B000667FYM Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Big Dogs Need More Food
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. Dixie Dog
4. Chase That Ball
5. Dog Tags
6. Big Kahuna
7. Bad Dog
8. Dog About Town
9. My Buddy
10. Gimme That Bone
11. Popcorn Paws
12. War Dogs

Customer Reviews:

If only your dog could sing..........2005-05-09

Ever wonder what your dog might say if only he could talk? Composer/arranger/singer/pianist Murray Weinstock must have, before taking it to what was, for him, the next logical step - in a delightful album of 12 songs from a dog's POV. Weinstock is a versatile and facile musician who quotes freely from a variety of styles -- matching the feel of each tune to the personality/life experience of the "dogs" -- most of whom sing in the first person (or rather, first dog.) There are soulful dog, dogs with 'tude, dogs in love, dogs forlorn and forgotten (like the fallen hero of "War Dog") dogs that just want to have fun (or eat) and my favorite, a Billie Holiday-style bitch (Elaine Caswell) who delivers a crediblly canine blues-y lament about a dog whose "bark is bad, but not worse than his bite", who "treats me bad, never treats me right..." There's a wide range of dog emotion here, but when Weinstock's tongue isn't hanging out, it's firmly in cheek. This is a really witty compilation - both musically and lyrically -  enriched by the obviously enthusiastic participation of some of NYC's finest studio singers and musicians, including Phoebe Snow and Dr. John.

You don't need to love dogs to love this!.......2005-04-28

Whether you have a dog, love dogs, or just watch them from afar, this cheerful mélange of top-notch professional songs, wonderfully and lovingly executed, should top your list. Great for children, too. Makes you sing, dance, hum, listen forever. My daughter's dog stayed curled up on the couch when she first heard it, but she sure wagged her tail! Even dogs know good music when they hear it.

CHASE THAT CD!!!!!.......2005-03-11

If you don't buy another CD this year, buy this one! I too, heard it on NPR and HAD TO HAVE IT!!!I'm a dog lover, but everyone who hears it, and I mean EVERYONE loves this CD.

A VALENTINE TO ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL.......2005-02-10

On first look, this seems like a cute novelty record. Not so. This is actually a loving & genuinely remarkable valentine. Murray Weinstock, who has worked with the late, great psychedelic doo wop group Jake & The Family Jewels, not to mention John Sebastian, The Planetones, The Camaros, and Manhattan Transfer, has corralled a bevy of his friends (including Dr John, Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian, members of NRBQ, and many more) to join him in crafting a first class album of self-penned songs about dogs. The overall effect is akin to hearing The Johnny Otis Revue live at an animal shelter. It swings, it sniffs, it wins your heart effortlessly.

HOT DOG!!!.......2005-01-21

MAN!! OR RATHER, DOG!!! I HAVE HEARD OTHER ANIMAL MUSIC CD'S BUT THIS ONE IS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF! THIS IS A TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL FIRST CLASS CD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DOG TO LOVE THIS LITTLE GEM! STILL, GREAT FOR DOG'S AND THEIR OWNER'S BIRTHDAY, GRADUATION (obedience school?), etc. AND, YOU CAN DANCE TO IT!!!

Average customer rating: As usual, there's always a downside. impressive perhaps the furthest out of Kronos' recordings Short stories greater than life very inconsistent

Short Stories Steven Mackey , Sofiya Gubaydulina , Pandit Pran Nath , Hank Dutt , David Harrington , Joan Jeanrenaud , John Sherba , I.F. Stone , Terry Riley , Krishna Bhatt , John Constant , and Kronos Quartet Manufacturer: © 1993 Elektra Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Gubaidulina, Sofia | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Howl U.S.A. Released: 1985-1995 White Man Sleeps Rosa: The Death of a Composer Night Prayers ASIN: B000005J1X Release Date: 1993-03-09

Tracks:

1. Digital
2. Spoonful
3. Spectre
4. Cat O' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade)
5. Quartet Euphometric
6. Physical Property
7. Soliloquy from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone)
8. Quartet No. 2
9. Aba kee tayk hamaree (It is my turn, Oh Lord)

Customer Reviews:

As usual, there's always a downside........2005-12-07

If you like adventurous music then this is an excellent pick, 75 minutes of interesting sound effects and rhythms. But, as is often the case, there are no liner notes which, especially when listening to composers with whom one is unfamiliar, cheapens the offering. Borrow it from a library or buy it second hand. Maybe Kronos will eventually get the message.

impressive.......2003-12-10

but it also impresses me how new music could possibly survive without fabulous recording and explosive effects.

perhaps the furthest out of Kronos' recordings.......2001-04-26

SHORT STORIES is an outstanding collection of new music. "Digital" by Elliot Sharp is all percussion, presumably produced with violin, viola and cello. "Spoonful," the great Willie Dixon song, is arranged for strings much like "Purple Haze" before it. "Spectre," by John Oswald, probably best known for his electronic manipulations of the Grateful Dead, is a piece that starts out inaudibly, and then all of a sudden gathers into what sounds like a UFO taking off! Cowell's "Quartet Euphometric" is a short, lovely piece, the most conventional on the album.

And that leaves the 5 longer pieces, each one masterful in its own right, and adding to an amazing overall effect: 1) John Zorn's "Cat O' Nine Tails," in which he applies his quick change methodology to the string quartet to hilarious effect, 2) Steven Mackey's "Physical Property" for electric guitar and quartet, with stunning rhythms and textures, 3) Scott Johnson's "Soliloquy" featuring a tape of I.F. Stone, the radical journalist, who questions the persistence of barbarism and tribalism, and asks, "...is it necessary to repeat after 2,000 years all the things you people learned in Sunday school?! How -- how absent-minded -- how forgetful!", 4) Sofia Gubaidulina's "Quartet No. 2", which is sinuous and splendid -- Kronos have done their part to put her before the public -- and 5) Pandit Pran Nath's "Aba Kee Tayk Hamaree," with the voice of the North Indian master, and his disciple Terry Riley on tamboura, a reverent way to close, and the first chance for myself and many others, I'm sure, to hear him.

Of the Kronos releases I've heard, SHORT STORIES is the furthest out, with the least reference to the early 20th century, and the greatest risk-taking vis a vis the classical music establishment. It works! Fantastic!

Short stories greater than life.......2001-01-24

This is one absolutely brilliant collection of compositions, from the beginning to the end of this CD, offering 75 minutes of music. It starts with a vivid and pulsating Digital, continues with Willie Dixon's Spoonful, transformed here into some sort of avant-garde blues (!?) performed with an intensity of Jimi Hendrix. Cat O' Nine Tails, appropriately subtitled as "Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade", is a graphic performance, and with its humor, witty references and brief genre zip-zapping throughout the piece it's characteristic for John Zorn. Steven Mackey plays electric guitar with the Kronos Quartet in his own energetic and exiting piece, Physical Property.

Scott Johnson's 13 minutes long Soliloquy makes me think that I have an advantage in not being a native English speaker because the sense of music of the foreign language always remains (at least to me it does). The inherent music in one's own mother tongue with all its melody, rhythm and texture usually goes unnoticed. By using the short edited parts, or "loops", of I.F. Stone's lecture I feel Kronos does exactly that: brings out the music of the English language and accentuates it with their own instrumental backing. It's a functional and artistically justified method, I feel, justified by the beauty of the composition and the text itself.

One of the highlights of the CD is certainly Sofia Gubaidulina's Quartet No. 2. It brings a sense of eeriness and menace, maintaining the suspense, not unlike some of impressive and disturbing compositions of Krzysztof Penderecki. It would certainly quality as "musica non grata" to the totalitarian Soviet regime of the former USSR, Gubaidulina's country of birth.

John Oswald's Spectre is an experience for itself. It is, simply, one of the most amazing, intense and breathtaking compositions I have ever heard. Like Cat O'Nine Tails, Physical Property and Soliloquy, it was written for Kronos Quartet. It was meticulously recorded in numerous but seamless layers of overdubs and in that sense it was really written for a huge string orchestra of, say, thousand string instruments all of which played by Kronos. It starts with sounds of the quartet's tuning-in out of which one single note is sustained. It sounds fragile and shallow at first but soon after subtly gains strength and depth. As its timbre becomes richer and richer, one gradually becomes aware of numerous other tones that co-exist with the first one, thousands of them, almost the same, but not quite. They start to interact, bumping into each other. And then... the pitch gets slightly higher, the sound constantly gains power in a mighty spiral, a tornado of sound that sucks you in and throws you out. Like a soul leaving the body, as in some Castaneda's novel. This is how I imagine shooting heroine must be like, as sometimes depicted in movies, where a little bit of blood is let into the syringe and then the mixture injected back. Musical Eros & Thanatos... One could say Spectre might be a musical metaphor for life itself, from birth to death with a promise of infinity or immortality.

It's the music like this, fresh and adventurous, that brings all deserved praise to the Kronos Quartet. Short stories? No. More like synopses for epic novels, greater than life.

very inconsistent.......2000-12-10

Like other Kronos releases, the music on one track will be fantastic, and on the next will be awful. I love Elliott Sharp's "Digital" (how he did that with a string quartet is beyond me), Henry Cowell's "Quartet Euphometric" and Stephen Mackey's "Physical Property." The Johnson, though, is tedious, and the Zorn piece is fantastically irritating and goes nowhere, and the Pandit Pran Nath is extremely boring. Oh well. Buy it if you can get it cheap.

Average customer rating:

Lusty Gallant: England's Golden Age Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances Early Sixteenth Century Venetian Lute Music English Lute Duets John Johnson: Lute Music Molinaro: Fantasia/Canzoni E Balli ASIN: B00099FVCE Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. I Cannot Keepe My Wyfe At Howme
2. Up Tails All
3. The Spanish Pavane
4. Robin Hoode
5. John Com Kisse Me Now
6. Chromatica Pavana
7. Galliard
8. Sueit Smyling Katie Loves Me
9. Put On Your Sark On Monenday
10. Buckinghames Branle
11. The LaydieLouthians Lilte
12. La Volta
13. Wolsey's Wilde
14. Pavana Bray
15. Galiarda
16. Will Yow Walke The Woods Soe wylde
17. My Lord Willoughbies Welcom Home
18. Pavin
19. Galliard
20. Lusty Gallant
21. A Ground
22. Home Again, Market Is Done
23. Trenchmore
24. Mall Symes

Tracks:

1. 'En Me Revenant
2. Courante
3. Courante 'Son Adieu'
4. Courante Sur 'J'avois Brise Mes Fers'
5. Chacogne
6. 'Filou'
7. Prelude
8. Fantasie
9. Galliard Upon A Galliard
10. Pavin
11. Almaine
12. Fantasia
13. Fantasia Sopra 'La Canzon Degli Ucelli'
14. Fantasia
15. Fantasia
16. Fantasie
17. Ballet
18. Courante
19. Courante Sur La Courante De Perrichon
20. Sarabande
21. Fantasia
22. Sarabrand
23. Pavin
24. Courante
25. Courante
26. Courante
27. 'La Jeune Fillette'
28. Paven Of The Composition Of Mee Herbet Of Cherbury And Castle Island 1640

Average customer rating:

The Music of Irving Berlin Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Music of Cole Porter/Music of Vincent Youmans Music of George Gershwin The Ultimate Collection The Best Ever Mantovani Collection ASIN: B0000507YQ Release Date: 2000-11-14

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1. Music Box Revue: Say It With Music/Remember/Blue Skies
2. Top Hat: Top Hat, White Tie And Tails/How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
3. This Is The Army: This Is The Army/Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning/Face The Music: Soft...
4. What'll I Do/Always/The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
5. Top Hat: The Piccolino/Top Hat: Cheek To Cheek
6. Holiday Inn: White Christmas
7. Annie Get Your Gun: The Girl That I Marry/Say It Isn't So/Ziegfeld Follies: Mandy
8. Miss Liberty: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor/God Bless America

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