Secret Life of [Import]

Product Description
20 year old identical twins, Jess and Lisa (aka The Veronicas), signed an exclusive production deal with Engine Room on the strength of their very first demo. The girls then spent the next year creating an impressive catalogue of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with the who's who of world class composers. Such was the buzz surrounding the pair that they were invited to work with proven hit makes Billy Steinberg (Madonna), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), Max Martin (Britney Spears) and Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson). This debut album includes their gold single '4 Ever' and more. Warner. 2005.

Secret Life of,Veronicas,Wea/Warner,Pop,Rock/Pop

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Secret Life of [Import]

Average customer rating: Better than I expected, not bad for the under 30 listener i love it good cd Well, it's good for babe pop! The greatest debut album in the history of popular music!

The Secret Life of the Veronicas The Veronicas Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Girl Next Door The Day Has Come Like Blood Like Honey Stand Still, Look Pretty Finally Out Of P.E. ASIN: B000E1MY8G Release Date: 2006-02-14

Tracks:

1. 4Ever
2. Everything I'm Not
3. When It All Falls Apart
4. Revolution
5. Secret
6. Mouth Shut
7. Leave Me Alone
8. Speechless
9. Heavily Broken
10. I Could Get Used To This
11. Nobody Wins
12. Mother Mother

Amazon.com

Good thing we live in an age of internet-accessible lyrics. Otherwise, millions of teenage girls might find themselves mumbling through this collection of burn-the-joint-down pop instead of belting it out, which will be not only their first instinct but also their feverish, feverish desire. As a flip through about any teen magazine confirms, the Veronicas are a pair of identical twins from Australia who ooze coltish charm, volatility, and an aversion to jugheaded songcraft. Their debut does not belie the glossy claims: "4ever," the single leading the flock, crashes the gate with a punk-slanting, slightly Avril Lavigne-y boy tease, and though the energy stalls a bit on sleepers like "Speechless" and "Nobody Wins," it more than resurrects itself with the smart lyrics of "Secret" and the lathered-on boldness of "Mother, Mother," the most smokin' track Lindsay Lohan never sang. Part Bangles, part Benatar, and all babe, the Veronicas have crafted a 12-song bender that crushes the short-skirted competition. -Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

The Veronicas are Jess and Lisa Origliasso, 20-year-old identical twins from Brisbane, Australia-and they are going to rock your world. Adding a tough edge to teen powerpop, and the looks and savyy to back it up, The Veronicas were signed to an exclusive production deal with Engine Room on the strength of their first demo. With their irresistible debut album, The Secret Life of the Veronicas, written and produced by the likes of Billy Steinberg (Madonna), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), Max Martin (Britney Spears), Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson), Don Gilmore (Linkin Park) and Toby Gad (Enrique Iglesias), among others, the secret is out about The Veronicas.

Customer Reviews:

Better than I expected, not bad for the under 30 listener.......2007-06-03

The first I'd ever heard of The Veronicas was when I got a copy of the Australian TV series Cybergirl (PAL format- get it on eBay)- although the twins had only supporting roles in that series the DVD case promoted them. I eventually found out that they sing (most of their TV appearances appear to be related to promoting their singing career) and looked around for something they'd done.

I didn't expect much but was pleased to find that this CD isn't really too bad. I suppose the teens and 20's group will like it better (I'm 49)but I found the musical accompaniment to be loud and sometimes overwhelming the lyrics. The song lyrics themselves seemed all right, I don't have any favorites, it sounds as though the sisters can actually sing. If you're their age, you might like the CD, if you're old enough to be the parents of the Veronicas at least your kids will have something all right to listen to.

i love it.......2007-04-30

this turly is a great disk, I was hesitant at first, debating to buy it or not 2. Im glad I chose 2!
This disk is fun poppy rocky in your face, outta your face, beautiful, lyricly awsome and more.

The ballads are beautiful.
The rock sogs flat out rock.
and the pop songs are so poppy its like im looking at red.

Youll love every song on this cd, i gurentee u!

good cd.......2007-04-11

this cd is very good. alot of musci on there you can relate to

Well, it's good for babe pop!.......2007-03-16

I liked Mouth Shut and Secret. Hopefully they'll continue to develop some more. I heard one of the sisters had vocal surgery, so hopefully they come back from that!

The greatest debut album in the history of popular music!.......2007-03-09

The Veronicas are quite simply the most perfectly conceived pop group of recent years. How so i hear you ask?
I shall tell thee:

(1) their music is insanely catchy without being fake and annoying
(2) they are twins
(3) they are very attractive twins
(4) their voices are full and rich not whiney like Avril Lavinge
(5) the veronicas is a very cool name for a pop group
(6) they can write their own songs
(7) their fashion style is wicked!
(8) Lisa is easily the most beautiful girl on the planet
(9) they're from Australia
(10) their lipstick logo is the coolest band logo since the Rolling Stone's tongue.

The album itself is a finely crafted set of wonderful songs sung with spirit and spunk - buy it !

Average customer rating: 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 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herrmann | Herrmann, Bernard | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kamen | Kamen, Michael | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Waxman | Waxman, Franz | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores In Session: Film Music Celebration 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:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
5. 2001 (Alex North)
6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
8. Blade (Mark Isham)
9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
4. The Score (Howard Shore)
5. The Replacements (John Debney)
6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
22. Ice Age (David Newman)
23. 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

Average customer rating: beautiful music, rich with imagery and color....... Better than I remember A movie soundtrack. Weirdly great! Criminally Overlooking, This album is Worth a Critical Reassessment...

Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants Stevie Wonder Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Classic R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs in the Key of Life Characters In Square Circle Music of My Mind Hotter Than July ASIN: B000024C7W Release Date: 1993-04-05

Tracks:

1. Earth's Creation
2. The First Garden
3. Voyage To India
4. Same Old Story
5. Venus' Flytrap And The Bug
6. Ai No Sono
7. Seasons
8. Power Flower
9. Send One Your Love
10. Race Babbling

Tracks:

1. Send One Your Love
2. Outside My Window
3. Black Orchid
4. Ecclesiastes
5. Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye
6. Come Back As A Flower
7. A Seed's A Star/Tree Medley
8. The Secret Life Of Plants
9. Tree
10. Finale (Stevie Wonder/Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants)

Album Description

Full title - Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants. 1993 reissue of 2 CD set originally released on Motown in 1979. 20 tracks in a standard double jewel case. Lyrics included in sleevenotes.

Album Details

Actually a Soundtrack for a Film that May Never have Been Released (Few People Even Say They've Seen It), this Mostly Instrumental Double Disc was Issued on the Heels of Wonder's Supreme Milestone 'fulfillingness' First Finale'. Not an all Out Pop Project, Yet it Yielded Two Hit Singles of 'send One Your Love' and 'outside My Window'. It Merely Marked Time Between It's Predecessor and 'hotter Than July', which Released in 1980.

Customer Reviews:

beautiful music, rich with imagery and color..............2007-05-13

I was honestly surprised how underrated and underappreciated JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS was, upon first release in 1979. Stevie Wonder, who received glowing reviews for his classic SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE, was riding the high of well-deserved positive musical critiques, and veered off in a new, innovative direction that he hadn't explored until PLANTS.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS was music composed for a documentary (of the same name) based on what was originally a very engrossing book. The film celebrated and explored the "secret" world of plants, their mating habits, interactions and cycles in a way that was previously unexamined in quite the same way in nature films and on public television. This film sounded fascinating.....unfortunately, it was unreleased to the general public, and remains unreleased today. Except for the two weeks it was in the theatres, and its rare appearances at smaller film theaters, it remains unknown and impossible to find. Through this beautiful album, we are transported to that secret world. Wonder's innovative and beautiful attention to detail in his distinctive percussive numbers, that incorporate African-derived rhythms, djembe drum and chants in songs like "Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye" (on disc 2), Japanese-inspired melodies ("Ai No Sono") and synthesized dance numbers, illustrating the journey and (even) social life of the plant ("Power Flower" and "A Seed's A Star/Tree Medley") are just beautiful. A song particularly worthy of more appreciation and airplay is the beautiful and haunting "Come Back As A Flower" (Stevie's duet with Syreeta Wright), and sounds like a life affirming anthem, promoting love, peace and environmental awareness.

The lyrics in many of these songs are rich with double meaning, alluding not only to the environment, the life cycles of plants ("Black Orchid" and "The Secret Life of Plants"), but also to the African/African-American experience in the world. The lyrics make reference to appropriation, forceable possession and exploitation. I truly don't think the critics were ready for Stevie, when he took on such strong subjects. It's surprising to me, because in SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE, he sang about ghetto life, growing up and the like and the album was received far differently. I only hope that we one day have the privilege of seeing THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, the documentary that this music was inspired by. It couldn't come at a better time. What's more, the book is definitely overdue for a reissue. Don't overlook this beautiful album! It's poetry set to music.

Better than I remember.......2007-03-24

I had this on LP decades ago, and have been looking for the CD set (or MP3/AAC) for years. I am so happy to have found it. The sound is so much clearer on CD--even after all these years. As for content, I didn't buy it for "Send Her Your Love"... you can get that cut anywhere. I got the set for "Outside My Window" and "Come Back as a Flower". Both have such clarity. You can hear the fingers stick to the accoustic guitar strings between chord changes, and the vocalist breathe.

A movie soundtrack........2007-01-28

This was meant to be a movie soundtrack, not a regular album. Stevie isn't trying to increase his melodies-per-square-inch count here, but HAS written some marvelous music, spread across 4 sides of vinyl. There is some uptempo music, and some pretty low key stuff as well, but for a movie you NEED the low key, his music obviously can't be the focus all the time but simply something nice in the background. This isn't necessarily an album to bring out for a party, but playing on your car stereo as you patiently, carefully pick your way through a wintery drive. There is some great music on here, I don't care much for the Chinese and Indian influenced songs especially "Voyage to India", "Ai No Sono", but if something interesting was going on onscreen, you'd hardly notice.

The overall themes, summarized at the start and end, are pleasant enough. Race Babbling is an interesting funk/disco experiment (how often does disco get to be experimental?) Send One Your Love is a nice ballad along Stevie's usual lines, the instrumental version of it is just as nice as the one with a vocal. Flower Power is a nice bit of soft R&B, hinting the direction he was heading. My favorite songs are 'Outside My Window' with a very catchy singalong chorus, the spooky, weird, solemn instrumental "Eccliastes", and the "Seed's a Star" medley, these would have been good picks for an album of pop songs. "Black Orchid" is pleasant, but sounds to me like a somewhat inferior rewrite of "I Believe When I Fall In Love" (especially in the verses with his voice doing the big melodic jumps), "Power Flower" is an acceptable song with nice harmonies. "Venus and Flytrap" is another rehash of the themes in this album, with interesting arrangement.

I think you could have taken the best from this album and from his next, "Hotter Than July" and come up with an album of 10 songs that stood with his best works (i.e. everything from 1971 to 1976). People don't realize that Stevie Wonder is also an ordinary person whose tastes and motivations change over the years - do you listen to exactly the same music now that you did ten years ago? For this album, he got to experiment and try things out, not caring if it was a hit or not. I mean, when you have millions of dollars, probably scoring the next big hit is a lot less pressing then when you're living dirt-poor, hoping for a breakthrough. So he gets to indulge himself here, sometimes it's really good, and even when it's not, it's far from 'terrible'.

Weirdly great!.......2006-10-01

I remember waiting for this album to hit the UK stores after just loving "Songs in the Key of Life". Quite a surprise, but a few plays later I was hooked. This soundtrack is more like a journey, serenading us with some of the most beautiful ballads and instrumentals Mr. Wonder has recorded (IMHO).

"Come back as a Flower" still gives me goose-bumps, "Same old Story", the title track and "Black Orchid" are stand-outs.

At the time, critics panned this work, but almost 30yrs later, things have changed. This title is well worth tracking down or splashing out for an import. There are still some new ones out there!!

Criminally Overlooking, This album is Worth a Critical Reassessment..........2006-06-27

Between the period of 1971 - 1976, few could argue that brilliance of Stevie Wonders musical output. A period that saw such groundbreaking releases such as: "Talking Book", "Innervisions", "Fulfillingness' First Finale", "Songs in the Key of Life"....all albums that took driving funk & Motown Soul, and mixed them with warm keyboards, and lyrical content that touched upon: Politics, Love, Social injustice, Joyous Good times, and religion, and self-belief....to conquering effect. Which is what made this release of after 1976's "Songs in the key of Life", all the more curious and bizarre. Because instead of following on, from the ambitious wide-ranging arrangements, exuberant synthesizer, and tightly sequenced funk of "Songs in the key of life". Stevie instead bucked all current convention, and released this...a meditative mostly instrumental album of quietly intimate sounds, Precious moods, and reflective arrangements. Gone were the finger-pointing political statements, Biting Funk, and celebratory grooves. This was an album that was a decidedly much softer proposition, with an overall sound, that was considered, too intimate and inward-looking to suggest Radio air-play, and a cycle of loosely themed (semi-linked) songs, that were too downtempo, to be really considered hit single material (although "Send One Your Love" and "Outside My Window", were released as singles). What followed was mass confusion, on the radio/Critics part....with most, simply baffled by Stevie's musical direction, and large-scale indifference on the part of consumers. And so, this left the album, largely ignored by the general public, and quickly lead to Stevie reverting back to type, with 1980's upbeat soul/funk workout "hotter than July".

Looking back on "Journey through the secret life of Plants", and giving the album a much need re-evaluation, it's not hard to see why, it was so off-handedly dismissed on its release. This was such an unusual release from what had gone before, it's a soundtrack to a film (that may or may not have been released) and at the time it was like throwing a musical `Curve-ball', to the record buying public. But, that doesn't mean that it deserved to be largely passed over. No, in fact it's quite the opposite....looking at this album now, long after his most recognised work, has become familiar to us all, highlights what (with hindsight), is a massive mistake on the critics/buying public. What was tight and edgy in his previous albums, has become a softer, more reflective sombre mood, the instruments take the centre stage here, with the few vocals tracks that are contained throughout the album, mostly limited to assisting the instrumentals (rather than being at the forefront). "Voyage to India" is probably closest to a regular Stevie track, "Ai No, Sono" features a lovely children choir, and "Power Flower" has the vocal pushed firmly into the background, and sounds like a vocal instrument that complements the instrumentals. I defy anyone to not be moved by the sheer elegance of the arrangements, the contemplative mood, and gentle lush keyboard work, that runs throughout this album. For a rough idea of what to expect, if you are familiar with the track "You've got it bad, Girl" from Stevie's "Talking book" album, well imagine the warm electronic arrangements, sentimental template, and innocent conception of low key R&B, without the vocals. Then that will give you a rough idea of what to expect. I don't know if it's because it's a (mostly) instrumental soundtrack album, but it sounds like Stevie worked long and hard to get these arrangements, up to such a highly proficient level. This is probably because, seeing as this music would be judged on a purely musical level (with no lyrics, as such to fall back on). That this release really had to be able to stand up on its own, without Stevie's lyrics to fall back on, and it is arguably some of the most gorgeously expressive (instrumental) music that Stevie has committed to record. With such stylistic exercises in composition, and a beautifully subtle kaleidoscope of contrasting textures, this is a unique, and peerlessly melodic sounding record, that stands on its own, as something vastly different, from anything that Stevie had attempted before (and probably one, of the reasons, for its commercial failure). But looking back on the album some twenty odd years on, it's a truly remarkable sounding record that, rewards each listen with little sounds and glistening moods, it's a soundtrack that sounds unlike anything else (although how well suited to the film, is hard to ascertain, as nobody seems to have seen the film). And if that sounds like something you'd want to listen to, they you really owe it to yourself, to give this a listen. Sure!!...there will be those that think this album is a pointless exercise, like listening to a "Marvin Gaye" album minus his singing. But it'd take a cold, cold heart not to acknowledge that Artistically, Stevie has taken the bold step of creating something that pushed his music into an entirely new (although unsuccessfully commercial) direction. And listening to it today, without having judged it, after having come off the back of an incredible run of albums, this is one of those albums that will rope in new fans, that are prepared to put any preconceptions to one side and meet the music on its own terms (rather than what came before it), and although it probably can't quite stand up as well as his peak-period albums, this is arguably, deserving of almost as much recognition of any of Stevie's other landmark releases.

Average customer rating: Excellent Comeback The Best Burdon disc of the past 20 years Truely cool Look, there isn't much to say. Mr. Burdon has gone to the cross roads!!!!

My Secret Life Eric Burdon Manufacturer: Hunter ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soul of a Man Athens Traffic Live Love Is Eric Burdon Declares "War" Every One of Us ASIN: B0001DMPWM Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

1. Once Upon A Time
2. Motorcycle Girl
3. Over The Border
4. The Secret
5. Factory Girl
6. Highway
7. Jazzman
8. Black And White World
9. Heaven
10. Devil Slide
11. Broken Records
12. Can't Kill The Boogieman
13. My Secret Life

Album Details

Eric Burdon's Life Has Been a Musical Journey Matched by Few Other Performers in Rock Music History. He Has Gone from the Driving Force of the Grittiest British Invasion Band, to Pioneering the San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Scene, to Fronting War, the Biggest Funk Band of the 1970's, to Cutting an LP with an Early Influence, Jazz-blues Great Jimmy Witherspoon, to Coming Full-circle and Reuniting his Original Band, the Animals, for a Series of Projects and a World-wide Tour, to Forming a New Group of "Animals". On "my Secret Life", He Reminds his Loyal Fans that his Voice is Unmistakably Original, and Show his Diversity on the 12 Songs. Sometimes Soulful ("Once Upon a Time"), Jazzy ("Motorcycle Girl") and all Out Rocking ("Over the Border"). In "Factory Girl" You Can Hear the Passion that Eric Feels for his Music, Only his Voice Accompanied by a Lone Guitar in a Sea of Emotion. His Authentic Blues Voice is Still in Top Form and So Are his Energetic Live Performances.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Comeback.......2007-05-05

THis album has steadily gotten 5 star reviews since it came out for a reason. It is a terrific rock album by one of the best rockers ever. Erics' singing is as great as it ever was. He writes great human interest stories in his songs, and the band is fantastic. I have the old Eric Burden albums. Great stuff, but always had some duds on em. This album is super all the way thru. If you like Eric at all, this is a must buy, as it is definately one of the best albums he ever made. You get hard rockers, ballads, and some blues& boogie. Great variation and a well thought out comeback. His songwriting is better than ever.

The Best Burdon disc of the past 20 years.......2007-02-26

Much as others have said... interesting variety, solid production. I think his voice is much stronger here than on other releases of the past two decades.

Truely cool.......2006-10-07

Eric Burdon is one of the most underappreciated artists of his time. This CD was put out in 2004 and Eric's voice can still growl and belt out tunes better than guys 1/2 his age. There are some truely cool tunes on this CD. Track 5 - Factory girl is blues tune with Celtic tint - Burdons voice is haunting as it's complemented by the Uillean Pipes and Irish whistle -superb! Track 2 - Motorcycle Girl is the just plain good - and others - Highway 62, Over the Border - all excellent.

Eric Burdon is a storyteller - he's been recounting stories in his music since the 60's and this talent is undiminished. I can listen these songs for hours.

Listening to his stories on this CD makes me wonder just what kind of journey his life has been for him to write such thought provoking and moving tunes.

This CD is a joy to listen to and a trip to take - enjoy.

Look, there isn't much to say........2006-06-24

Get this recording and listen to it four times. I guarantee at that point you will be addicted. It has it all and then some. A man of 63 singing like this? Just spectacular. I love Mick, but with all due respect (and he deserves a lot,) I don't think Mick could do the same justice to some of the material here as Burdon does.
If you're looking for a bright star in a dark universe... If your looking for some fun or have been yearning for an album you can sink your teeth into, look no further. I have rediscoverd Eric Burdon and he never left the building.

Mr. Burdon has gone to the cross roads!!!!.......2006-01-18

I bought this record strictly because of the reviews I read on Amazon. Im glad I did!!!

Perhaps only God or the Devil could make a man sing like this! Incredible vocals, technigue, and interpretations. Ultra great band too - where did these guys come from? Super production - beautiful sound. Great songs with cool lyrics. One of the best records ever to be heard anywhere - anytime. Chilling. Still cant believe anyone can do those things with a voice, with complete ease and always comes off completely natural. Mr Burdon's voice is never a put-on, no matter whether he goes for gentle whispers or Louis Armstrong type growls - he's the real
F-n deal! Every time he does something with his voice - you go -oh man I cant belive he can do that - do it again! - and then he does something else totaly new. Always stikes the right mood. Rock, blues, jazz, latin, folk - it dosnt matter - this guy is great. As well as all the musicians on this album. The song "Jazz Man" is an instant jazz classic - Mr Burdons Jazz vocal style is better then music -right in the groove - outstanding!

Please Mr. Burdon - Please Guys - do a Jazz songbook!!!

Average customer rating: Best kept secret Another outstanding Sonia Dada album Another outstanding Sonia Dada album Can they get any better?!

My Secret Life Sonia Dada Manufacturer: Razor & Tie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Day at the Beach Sonia Dada Test Pattern (CD & DVD) Lay Down & Love It Live Barefoot Soul ASIN: B000068Q3C Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Zachary
2. Things Change
3. Ain't Life For The Living
4. Don't Go (Givng Your Love Away)
5. Phases Of The Moon
6. Green Eyed Esther
7. Get To You
8. Las Vegas Virgin
9. I'm Gone
10. Cold
11. So Sad
12. You Don't Love Me Anymore
13. Morning Comes
14. Would I Lie To You
15. Paradise

Customer Reviews:

Best kept secret .......2007-03-28

This is one fantastic cd, more people should know about it! Sonia Dada plays a wide range of styles and sounds on this one. The vocals and bass lines are simply some of the best, along with inovative rythms from the percussions. Buy it, live it and love it (just don't go giving your love away).

Another outstanding Sonia Dada album.......2001-02-18

These guys just get better and better, this is a stunning album with unmatched musical and lyrical richness.

Although it isn't marked clearly, it is recorded in HDCD as was their previous album, "Lay Down and Love It, Live". The sound quality of this CD is spectacular, I use it as my reference CD when evaluating audio equipment.

Another outstanding Sonia Dada album.......2001-02-18

These guys just get better and better, this is a stunning album with unmatched musical and lyrical richness.

Although it isn't marked clearly, it is recorded in HDCD as was their previous album, "Lay Down and Love It, Live". The sound quality of this CD is spectacular, I use it as my reference CD when evaluating audio equipment.

Can they get any better?!.......1999-10-16

Well, it seems Sonia Dada has managed once again to rip out my heart while making me smile the whole time. Lines like, "Fat Jack had a heart attack, he was slumped over dead behind the wheel of his cadillac" and "She don't wanna talk about it anymore, lost the battle, baby, lost the war," make this an unforgettable ride through the strange, surreal land of Dada. And the rythym, that funky, bluesy, spiritual trademark of S.D. has never been richer than it is in "My Secret Life."

Average customer rating: At last I've got it!!

Lifetime of Romance Various Artists Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Styles | Music | Alternative Rock | Blues | Broadway & Vocalists | Children's Music | Christian & Gospel | Classic Rock | Classical | Country | Dance & DJ | Folk | Hard Rock & Metal | International | Jazz | Latin Music | Miscellaneous | New Age | Opera & Vocal | Pop | R&B | Rap & Hip-Hop | Rock | Soundtracks Similar Items: They're Playing Our Song - Great Romantic Standards - Vol 2 (2 CD Set) They're Playing Our Song Volume 3 They're Playing Our Song Volume 4 A Summer Place Romanza ASIN: B000BK5Z9K Release Date: 2007-08-07

Tracks:

1. Beyond the Sea
2. It's Now or Never - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
3. Can't Get Used to Losing You
4. Al di La' - Emilio Pericoli
5. It's Impossible - Perry Como
6. Canadian Susnet - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
7. Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker
8. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas
9. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando
10. Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
11. (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
12. Everybody's Talkin'
13. Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
14. Some Enchanted Evening - Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra, Perry Como
15. Try to Remember - Ed Ames

Tracks:

1. Twilight Time - The Platters
2. Moon River
3. We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Gale Garnett
4. Make the World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
5. Last Date - Floyd Cramer
6. Only Love Can Break a Heart - Gene Pitney
7. He'll Have to Go
8. Are You Lonesome Tonight? - The Jordanaires, Elvis Presley
9. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
10. Throught the Eyes of Love [Theme from Ice Castles] - Melissa Manchester
11. What Kind of Fool Am I - Sammy Davis, Jr.
12. Blue on Blue - Bobby Vinton
13. Deep Purple - April Stevens, Nino Tempo
14. I'm Sorry - John Denver
15. Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins

Tracks:

1. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
2. Return to Me [Ritorna-Me] - Dean Martin
3. Danke Scho- Wayne Newton
4. It's Not for Me to Say
5. Love Me with All Your Heart [Cuando Caliente el Sol] - Ray Charles Singers
6. I Love How You Love Me - Bobby Vinton
7. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You - Connie Francis
8. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
9. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
10. Born Free
11. Tonight
12. When I Fall in Love - The Lettermen
13. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - The Kingston Trio
14. Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
15. Never on Sunday - Don Costa

Tracks:

1. That's Amore - Dean Martin
2. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vic Dana
3. I Love You Because - Al Martino
4. It Must Be Him [Que Sea El] - Vikki Carr
5. Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick
6. How High the Moon - Mary Ford, Les Paul
7. Medley: Moonglow/Theme from Picnic - Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff
8. Times of Your Life - Paul Anka
9. Wichita Lineman
10. She Believes in Me
11. You and Me Against the World - Helen Reddy
12. Could I Have This Dance? - Anne Murray
13. Don't It Make My Borwn Eyes Blues - Crystal Gayle
14. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
15. Over the Rainbow - E.Y. "Yip" Harburg

Tracks:

1. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
2. Chances Are - Ray Conniff & His Orchestra,
3. And I Love You So - Perry Como
4. After the Lovin'
5. Alfie - Dionne Warwick
6. Jean
7. Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (A Time for Us)
8. Somewhere, My Love [Lara's Theme: From Dr. Zhivago]
9. Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
10. Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson
11. For the Good Times
12. Gentle on My Mind
13. Greenfields
14. Way You Look Tonight - The Lettermen
15. Theme from a Summer Place - Percy Faith & His Orchestra

Tracks:

1. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
2. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
3. Arrivederci, Roma - Jerry Vale
4. Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch
5. Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
6. Guantanamera
7. Cherish
8. More - Kai Winding
9. Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton
10. You Belong to Me - Paul Weston & His Orchestra
11. Secret Love - Doris Day
12. Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) - Vic Damone, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
13. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick
14. Stop and Smell the Roses - Mac Davis
15. Through the Years

Tracks:

1. Look of Love - Sergio Mendes
2. This Is My Song
3. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - Dinah Washington
4. Impossible Dream
5. Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
6. Three Coins in the Fountain - The Four Aces
7. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
8. Crazy - Patsy Cline
9. All Alone Am I - Brenda Lee
10. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)
11. At Last - Etta James
12. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards
13. Harbor Lights - The Platters
14. Ebb Tide
15. Hello Dolly

Tracks:

1. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
2. Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
3. Autumn Leaves
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
5. Unchained Melody
6. Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk
7. Girl from Ipanema
8. Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
9. Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
10. Morning After - Maureen McGovern
11. Snowbird - Anne Murray
12. I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
13. Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis
14. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
15. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson

Tracks:

1. As Time Goes By - Jimmy Durante
2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Judy Garland
3. My Funny Valentine - Gordon MacRae
4. Isn't It Romantic - Ella Fitzgerald
5. Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
6. Hey There - Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole & His Orchestra
7. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
8. That Old Feeling - Mary Ford, Les Paul
9. It Had to Be You - Dick Haymes
10. Tea for Two - Doris Day, Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra
11. True Love - Ed Ames
12. Too Marvelous for Words
13. Stardust - Nat King Cole
14. Somebody Loves Me
15. Blue Moon - Mel Torm

Tracks:

1. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
2. Man I Love - Keely Smith
3. Very Thought of You
4. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Linda Ronstadt
5. Don't Blame Me
6. June in January - Julie London
7. Fly Me to the Moon
8. Always - Patsy Cline
9. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) - Dean Martin
10. I Only Have Eyes for You - Dinah Shore
11. You'll Never Know - Bobby Darin
12. I Remember You - June Christy
13. I'm in the Mood for Love - Al Martino
14. When I Fall in Love - Bobby Vinton
15. Moon River

Product Description

Judy Garland's Over the Rainbow. Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. You won't find a more timeless collection of love songs from the '50s, '60s, and '70s---120 classics on 10 CDs. As seen on TV! Includes the following 5 sets (2 CDs in each set): (1) Lifetime of Romance: Enchanted Evening: Bobby Darin: Beyond The Sea * Gale Garnett: We'll Sing In The Sunshine * Melissa Manchester: Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (Theme From Ice Castles) * John Denver: I'm Sorry * The Platters: Twilight Time * Henry Mancini And His Orchestra And Chorus: Moon River * Eddy Arnold: Make The World Go Away. 30 songs in all! (2) Lifetime of Romance: It Must Be Love: Judy Garland: Over The Rainbow * Dean Martin: Return To Me * Nat King Cole: Mona Lisa * Mel Carter: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me * Vic Dana: Red Roses For A Blue Lady * Paul Anka: Times Of Your Life * Les Paul & Mary Ford: How High The Moon * Kenny Rogers: She Believes In Me * Al Martino: I Love You Because. 30 songs in all! (3) Lifetime of Romance: Secret Rendezvous: Bobby Vinton: Blue Velvet * The Association: Cherish * Engelbert Humperdinck: After The Lovin' * Johnny Mathis: Chances Are * Andy Williams: (Where Do I Begin) Love Story * Dionne Warwick: I'll Never Fall In Love Again * The Lettermen: The Way You Look Tonight. 30 songs in all! (4) Lifetime of Romance: Falling In Love: Dooley Wilson: As Time Goes By * Etta James: At Last * Patsy Cline: I Fall To Pieces * Mr. Acker Bilk: Stranger On The Shore * Louis Armstrong: What A Wonderful World * Anne Murray: Snowbird * The Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody * Captain & Tennille: Love Will Keep Us Together. 30 songs in all! (5) They're Playing Our Song: Great Romantic Standards, Volume 1: Nat King Cole: Unforgettable * Andy Williams: Moon River * Ella Fitzgerald: Isn't It Romantic * Frank Sinatra: Night And Day * Peggy Lee: Somebody Loves Me * Dean Martin: I Don't Know Why * Jimmy Durante: As Time Goes By. 30 songs in all! As seen on TV!

Customer Reviews:

At last I've got it!!.......2005-11-16

I always listen to the songs, which are on these CDs, when are played in a radio and every time I don't know which are the name of that songs, moreover I don't know the singer's names.
Bud now, here it is. I realy love these CDs and I listen to them all the time.
So, if you think of buying these CDs, don't wait neither moment.
:-)

Average customer rating: Great, but no prize Xena;Warrior Princess volume six Great Collection Exceptional A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING

Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Four - Original Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire: Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two Xena: Warrior Princess - The Bitter Suite: A Musical Odyssey - Original Television Soundtrack ASIN: B00005LMK2 Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. With the Angels
2. Battling Archangles
3. Go to Them
4. Body Snatch
5. Resistence
6. Gab's Trial
7. They're Coming
8. Back from the Dead
9. She'll Be Here
10. Callisto in Hell
11. Way of Pain
12. Kee Coming
13. End of Coming
14. Ring
15. Valhalla
16. On a Cow
17. Up the Rhein
18. Rhein Maidens
19. Out of Options
20. Kiss
21. Return of the Rheingold
22. Pas de Deux Femmes
23. You Will Dance

Tracks:

1. Sounds of War
2. To the Rising Sun
3. Sounds of Life and Death
4. Snow Falling on Cedars
5. Burning Higuchi
6. Die Demon
7. Reality of Dreams
8. Xena Vs. Yodishi
9. Return to Chin
10. Power of the Book
11. Secret of the Powder
12. Haulin' to the North
13. Mausoleum
14. It's Over
15. Love Is a Weapon
16. United in Love
17. Joxer the Mighty
18. Play's the Thing
19. Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
20. Day in the Life
21. Catching Fish
22. Up in the Trees
23. Things in Common
24. Down the Valley
25. Neighbor Lady
26. Smelling Mortality
27. Chasin' Chickens
28. Quill Is Mightier
29. Here Girl
30. Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.

Average customer rating: The 3rd album slump

Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre Harpers Bizarre Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Baroque Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Feelin' Groovy Harpers Bizarre 4 Feelin' Groovy: The Best of Harpers Bizarre Present Tense The Yellow Balloon ASIN: B00005QZ78 Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

1. Look To The Rainbow
2. Battle Of New Orleans
3. When I Was A Cowboy
4. Interlude
5. Sentimental Journey
6. Las Mananitas
7. Medley: Bye, Bye, Bye/Vine Street
8. Me, Japanese Boy
9. Interlude
10. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
11. Green Apple Tree
12. Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat
13. Interlude
14. I Love You, Mama
15. Funny How Love Can Be
16. Mad
17. Look To The Rainbow
18. The Drifter
19. Reprise
20. Both Sides Now
21. Small Talk

Album Description

Sundazed Music remastered reissue has 2 bonus tracks, 'Both Sides Now' & 'Small Talk'.

Customer Reviews:

The 3rd album slump.......2001-12-14

I have rated the 3 other Harpers Bizarre albums, this is the 3rd album by the group and the only one that I can't give a 5 star rating. There are a couple interesting songs but the rest of it is pretty passable. The biggest highlight for me was "sit down, you're rocking the boat." "battle of New Orleans" is not too bad. As for "bye,bye,bye," there is actually a better(earlier?) version of this song included as a bonus track on the "Feelin' Groovy" C.D.

It seems to me that the group was trying for a kind of "song cycle" with this album (a concept where all songs on the album kind of meld into each other with musical interludes, intros, outros, etc. sometimes certain parts of a song or songs (music or vocal) repeat themselves throughtout the duration of the album. this was kind of invented by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. it was also used by "Spanky and Our Gang" and the "5th Dimension"

Anyway the concept really didn't work with this album the songs are way too unrelated to try to blend together. However if your a real fan you should give it a try.

Average customer rating: best songwriting of the current day- It made me reflect on life and its many meanings. Whimsical and touching "slices of life" wonderful and thoughtful lyrics. i want more TSOL is incredibly intelligent and hasnt a weak cut.

The Secret of Life Gretchen Peters Manufacturer: Imprint ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Folk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gretchen Peters Halcyon Trio Live Shut Up And Kiss Me Tresa Jordan ASIN: B0000059JB Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

1. Waiting For The Light To Turn Green
2. Border Town
3. I Ain't Ever Satisfied
4. I Was Looking For You
5. On A Bus To St. Cloud
6. Over Africa
7. This Uncivil War
8. The Secret Of Life
9. A Room With A View
10. Circus Girl
11. When You Are Old

Customer Reviews:

best songwriting of the current day-.......1999-07-25

This CD has it all.. it is deeply introspective, from so many points of view, it reflects life in different lights that aren't thought of every day-the best song on this in my opinion is Circus Girl, this is one example of the amazing aura that Gretchen creates throughout this album. Everyone needs a copy!!

It made me reflect on life and its many meanings........1999-04-20

I loved this album-i had only seen it reviewed as a country album, which didn't do it justice, because this couldn't be put into a specific genre, in my opinion. Every word on this album is so deeply thought out, and the vocals show that Gretchen really put that amount of feeling into it too...i recommend this to anybody who wants to sit back and relax and just listen to a great album with lots of amazing stories.

Whimsical and touching "slices of life".......1999-02-18

Isn't it great when you come across a new artist whom you know will become one of your favorites? For me, Gretchen Peters is one of these. If you like Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cheryl Wheeler, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Eliza Gilkysen, you will probably like her too. I'm glad this CD has been out for awhile. Hopefully that means there's a new one due in the very near future.

wonderful and thoughtful lyrics. i want more.......1998-08-28

The lyrics are wonderful and thoughtfull. I want another album of the same caliber, please.

TSOL is incredibly intelligent and hasnt a weak cut........1998-05-20

The Secret Of Life is one of the strongest releases I have heard in a long time. Gretchens ability to communicate an idea or emotion is amazing and her vocals are truly beautiful. If you like well written material sung by one who is well versed in evoking thought and feeling, this ones for you.

Average customer rating: Thoroughly Edifying and Enjoyable Beyond Amazing God is within and without Nick Cave's Love Letter Moving

The Secret Life Of The Love Song & The Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures By Nick Cave Nick Cave Manufacturer: Mute U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: B-Sides & Rarities The Firstborn Is Dead Live Seeds Henry's Dream Your Funeral...My Trial ASIN: B00004TBX7 Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

1. The Secret Of Life Of The Love Song
2. The Flesh Made Word

Album Description

The Secret Life of the Love Song is Nick Cave's highly original take on his personal artistic muse, and on the genre as a whole. Originally conceived for the Vienna Poetry Festival (1998) and performed to great success and a capacity audience at The Royal Festival Hall, London earlier in 1999, this is a special studio recording. It includes five new and unique recordings of his songs 'West Country Girl', 'People Ain't no Good', 'Sad Waters', 'Love Letter', and 'Far From Me'. The Word Made Flesh is a wholly spoken-word piece, re-recorded, originally conceived and executed for the BBC Religious Services Department in 1996.

Customer Reviews:

Thoroughly Edifying and Enjoyable.......2002-06-28

Since I have become a Nick Cave fan and have evangelized his music to friends and acquaintances, I've been frequently asked why his music is so dark and brooding. Well, now here I've found some answers and you can too.
In Cave's first lecture, he explains the concepts of "saudade" and "duende" and puts forth the proposition that a love song is not a true love song unless it contains elements of these concepts. Then he goes on to explain why this is so. His lecture is interspersed with his playing of five examples of love songs he has written that are steeped in saudade and duende.
In the course of his talk, he also mentions other musicians like Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and others whose writings betray a deep understanding of those concepts.
In the second lecture, Cave speaks of how the Bible came to influence his writing after the death of his father who had inspired him to write. Songs from his earlier band Birthday Party and early Bad Seeds are informed by the Old Testament and filled with "bile and puke", but also with the beauty of the Psalms. Later Cave songs have been inspired by the Gospels and show a new and brighter view of life and love. He talks a bit about God and his view of humanity's connection to the divine. Lest this scare anyone off, I should add that his talk is exploratory and explanatory, not preachy in a Jesus freak sort of way.
I learned quite a bit by listening to this fine CD and have come to understand the music of Nick Cave to the point to where I can explain it to others. Cave has a good speaking voice and a manner which makes interesting what he has to say. I find The Secret Life of the Love Song & The Flesh Made Word to be thoroughly edifying and enjoyable. I recommend it highly not just to hard-core Nick Cave fans, but to anyone who has an interest in writing.

Beyond Amazing.......2001-08-04

This CD is amazing. Amazing not only in how good it is, but even the mere fact that it exists. How many artists would release a CD like this? And in case you are wondering what kind of CD this indeed is, I will attempt to clarify. For one thing, it's not "a bunch of boring lectures" like you may be fearing. What it is instead, is this: the nearly 50 minute title lecture-which features Nick waxing philosophical on the love song, it's meaning, purpose, and relevance, it's role in his career; laced with commentary on his works and autobiographical ancedotes that any Cave fan will love. This piece also features 5 musical interludes, West Country Girl (considerably different arrangement), People Ain't No Good, Sad Waters (a new take on a classic), Love Letter (subsequently released on No More Shall We Part, and new at the time), and Far From Me (Cave talks a lot about the song and it's origin.) The second track is a 17 minute entirely spoken word piece in which Cave talks about The Bible-his view of it, how it influenced him and his writing, and a bit more about his life. Although this CD is usually pretty hard to find and perhaps a bit expensive, I declare it a must for any Cave fan. It is very enjoyable to listen to, Cave picks some great topics, waxes enjoyable on them, and has, to boot, an excellent speaking voice. Stunning.

God is within and without.......2001-05-04

Nick Cave has always delivered words with precision and accuracy, he has an unearthly ability with the word, and delivers one of his finest sermons on this CD. It is very rare that a artist can pull off a project like this, and still leave you wanting more. The medium of combining both a lecture type presentation of ideas interwoven with piano based songs could, Im sure, end in disaster for a lesser mortal than Mr. Cave. This CD contains two slices of time, pre and post "Boatman's Call". These are packaged together to deliver the very essence and motivation of Mr Cave himself, pure, well thought out ideas that give very rare insights (for there are many) into the logic of a man that has constantly taken demons and laid them at our feet for years. But it is more than just why, it is more how and whence as it takes the listener through a vastly personal progression of self-development. That said, this could also be viewed as a academic exercise in religious thought and personal realization that would not surprise the die hard fan for most of what is said can also be gleaned from the past decade and one half of music, books and prose. This is a very interesting CD indeed but it is not a CD you would put on at a party, but more a CD to reflect, focus and repent.

Nick Cave's Love Letter.......2001-03-26

Nick Cave states in this recording that the genre of rock music is becoming devoid of musicians who allow the soul to inhabit their recordings. Of course, Cave's soul inhabits all his recordings and this one is no exception. He begins by discussing what drives people to write love songs and what makes a love song last. As he exmines the nature of the love song, he draws from various sources to illustrate his point. Everyone from the Bible, to the poet/playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca, and Kylie Minogue is cited. Nick Cave's lectureis an intelligent, educated exploration of the seemingly ubiqutous love song. When your'e done listening to the recording, you find yourself shuffeling through your record collection and find that Cave is right in what makes the love song last.

Cave's second lecture, The Flesh Made Word, provides an interesting look at the Bible and how it helps to shape the imagination. For Cave followers, this lecture also provides listeners with reasoning for Cave's tortured bout with divinity.

Moving.......2000-10-18

Words cannot describe the emotions evoked by Nick Cave's discourses on the love song and the Bible. If you never understood why he writes the songs that he does, this will make you understand his music. This is a truly moving piece from one of the great poets of our time.

Rap Music:

1. So Much for the City
2. Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits of Eddie Cochran
3. Songs for Polar Bears [Import]
4. Songs in the Attic [Enhanced] [Live] [Original recording remastered]
5. Sooner or Later
6. Strange Beautiful Music
7. Strictly Commercial
8. Teenage Crush, Vol. 2
9. The Fine Art of Surfacing [Original recording remastered] [Import]
10. The Fitzgerald

Rap Music

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Schranzwerk, Vol. 2 [Import]

Waves of Paradise

YO! The Best of Philly Jazz

Music: Mozart: Concerto for pianos No10; Concerto for pianos

You Are the Moonshine [Live]

Who Got The Gravy? [Explicit Lyrics]

Wing & A Prayer

Winter Moon

West Nile Funk

Willie Nelson Christmas

With the Big Bands [Import]

What Gives

You'll Love to Hate This (Mini-Disc) [Import]

Digital Jukebox Vol. 3

Paradise