Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul - Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Collection of the finest solo recordings by vocalist/ guitarist Steven Van Zandt, renowned for his work with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and especially Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. 16 tracks, including his duet 'Native America' with Springsteen, plus single versions of 'Out Of The Darkness', 'Trail Of Broken Treaties', 'No More Parties' and 'Bitter Fruit'. 1999 release.

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Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul - Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Average customer rating: my little one loves Chicken Little this is a great kids cd!! Great soundtrack for the children, especially if they liked the movie! Her favorite gift... Chicken Little Soundtrack

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Tracks:

1. Stir It Up - Patti Labelle
2. One Little Slip - Barenaked Ladies
3. Shake A Tail Feather - The Cheetah Girls
4. All I Know - Five For Fighting
5. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
6. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
7. We Are The Champions - Chicken Little
8. Wannabe - Abby Mallard And Runt Of The Litter
9. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - The Chicken Little Cast
10. The Sky Is Falling - John Debney
11. The Big Game - John Debney
12. Dad Apologizes - John Debney
13. Chase To Cornfield - John Debney
14. Dodgeball - John Debney
15. Driving With Dad - John Debney

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This soundtrack offers a pretty standard mix of new songs, old chestnuts, and excerpts from the score (here by John Debney). On the new tip, Joss Stone and Patti LaBelle engage in an overheated battle of the divas on CD opener "Stir It Up," a bouncy piece of fluff that sounds more like Aretha Franklin circa "Freeway of Love" than classic soul. Other originals include Barenaked Ladies' "One Little Slip" (this movie's answer to Counting Crows' "Accidentally in Love" from Shrek 2) and the Cheetah Girls' peppy-but-bland cover of "Shake Your Tail Feather." But the real highlights are the songs performed by the movie's vocal cast, which includes Joan Cusack, Garry Marshall, Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, and Amy Sedaris. Their group cover of Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don¹t Go Breaking My Heart," for instance, sounds as if half of them were drunk in the recording studio (and this is meant as a compliment.) Braff's a cappella version of "We Are the Champions" is smashing and Cusack and Zahn's take on the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" is completely demented. The kids will laugh; their parents will laugh even harder for completely different reasons. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

my little one loves Chicken Little.......2007-04-05

My husband bought the Chicken Little movie for our 3 year old (mostly to get us OFF the Cars movie that we all have memorized) and he fell in love with it! He likes to act out the scenes and loves the music. He loves this CD at night when he's going to bed. We all have to dance to One Little Slip (he knows all the words) and then we have to "shake our tail feathers" before he jumps in bed every night! I enjoy the cd too, so it's good for everyone!

this is a great kids cd!!.......2007-03-24

My daughter absolutely loves this cd. I could not find it anywhere until i looked on amazon, so thank you amazon!!

Great soundtrack for the children, especially if they liked the movie!.......2007-03-14

My son loved the movie Chicken Little, so we decided to purchase this for him to listen to on his discman. He loves the soundtrack as much as the movie, which made it an awesome investment(especially since the soundtrack has many good singers that aren't too hard on the ears for the adult crowdes either). My son was very happy with this item, and so was I.

Her favorite gift..........2006-12-23

I bought the CD to accompany the movie. My four year old watches the movie everyday. When I gave her the CD, after listening to it nightly, she takes it to bed with her everynight where I have to pry it out of her hands after she falls off to sleep. I don't get it, but she does...so it's worth what I paid for it.

Chicken Little Soundtrack.......2006-08-29

This is a great soundtrack from a variety of different artists. If your child loved the movie you will absolutely love this CD!!!

Average customer rating: Pure Christmas Christmas magic a voice teacher and early music fan Simply beautiful It's that time of year...for Chanticleer!

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Tracks:

1. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
2. O magnum mysterium
3. In dulci iubilo
4. O virgo virginum
5. O Jesulein s Jesulein mild
6. Hodie Christus natus est
7. Marabile mysterium
8. Verbum caro factum est: Y la Virgen le dezia
9. A un nilorando
10. Here Is The Little Door
11. Noel canon
12. Quelle est cette odeur agrle
13. El Noi de la Mare
14. A Christmas Carol
15. A virgin unspotted
16. In the bleak mid-winter
17. Glory to the newborn King
18. Stille nacht - Douce nuit - Silent night

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Christmas is the season for whipping out those holiday-specific standard recordings. This splendid gift by Chanticleer should top the list, for one will never tire of this a cappella choir's interpretations. With selections spanning the last five centuries of Latin, German, English, Spanish, and French festive fare, this recording exemplifies the sacrifice of the ego to the higher form of choral sound. Jacob Handl's "Mirabile Mysterium" takes you on a trip into the chromatic wonderlands, where you temporarily lose tonal balance. Victoria's eerie and dissonant "O Magnum Mysterium" treats us to rich voices swelling out of one organic whole. The phenomenal blend and perfect intonation elevate this recording above others in its category. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Pure Christmas.......2007-01-16

If you are looking for traditional madrigal sounding holiday music, this CD is for you. I have purchased this CD several times because I just keep giving them away. Everyone I've ever introduced it to has loved it. This finely polished group has a pure sound matched by no other. If you weren't looking at the CD notes you would never know this is only a group of 12 men.

Christmas magic.......2007-01-10

A CD evocative of Christmas past and present. Beautiful harmonies both wistful and ringing with joy. Buy it for next Christmas!

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-12-02

Chanticleer, the U.S. equivalent of the British King's Singers, is a full-time classical vocal ensemble named for the rooster in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'. It was founded in 1978 by Louis Botto, a tenor, and for a while was its artistic director. They have achieved critical acclaim all over the world and their repertoire is very extensive and varied. Just commenting on a few of the selections on this disc:
'Es ist ein Ros entsprungen' is a hymn that originated in western Germany around 1500, and is best known in the harmonization by Michael Praetorious published around 1609. The poem used biblical imagery that pictures the newborn Christ growing forth from the "stem of Jesse'(the father of King David), as foretold in Isiah 11. The metaphorical writings of the Middle Ages depict the patriarchal figure of Jesse as a rose bush.
'O Magnum mysterium',Victoria's most famous motet, uses a subline text from the Christmas Vespers. This is incredibly beautiful with its interweaving polyphony which leads to a hushed choral declamation at the words "O beata Virgo"(O Blessed Virgin) ending with a Alleulia Section.
'Here is the Little Door' is from a set of three "carol anthems", dating from 1918-1920. Herbert Howells was revered as one of the 20th century's most distinguished Choral composers, and I recently discovered him thru the album " by the Corydon Singers conducted by Matthew Best. It includes Howells Requiem in addition to the Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor. It is the most heavenly somewhat exotic choral music I think I have heard in many years of listening; I highly recommend it.
'Glory to the newborn King'. Joseph Jennings, Georgia native and present musical director of Chanticleer, has often drawn upon his roots to create special gospel and spiritual arrangements of familiar songs. 'Glory to the newborn King' features four traditional songs combined to showcase Chanticleer's unique choral virtuosity!
This is an excellent group of carols,and it is always refreshing to hear 'new' melodies, arrangements; a joy for the ear!!!!

Simply beautiful.......2006-02-20

The title and artist' name says it all - Christmas with clear (pure) singing. Glorious in all respects.

It's that time of year...for Chanticleer!.......2005-12-20

Walking the busy malls to the multichannel Muzak of every old Christmas song interpreted in hiphop, jazz, idiosyncratic 'rethinkings' by famous soloists as well as replays of Gene Autry, Bing Crosby etc., it is a relief to return home (or if fortunate, to the concert hall) and hear the more uplifting music of the season through the ages. And despite reliance on some old favorite Messiah recordings, and carols by Kings College Choir, the one CD that seems to reign supreme is this Chanticleer release SING WE CHRISTMAS from 1995!

These twelve male voices create an ambience that can only be labeled 'spiritual', so resonant and exquisitely performed are each of the generous works on this recording. The moods pass through Praetorius, Victoria, Bach and traditional carols of unknown authorship to works by Ives, Billings, Holst, Guerrero, Howells and Sametz. The repertoire is both familiar and rarely heard and the result of combining all these forms is the truest form of Christmas spirit on record: this is music to cleanse the Muzak blitz! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 05

Average customer rating: One of the greatest records you never heard If Only It Didn't Become A Budget-Buster Second best album ever Forget Born To Run... MIAMI STEVE HITS A HOMER THE 1ST TIME OUT

Men Without Women Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul Manufacturer: Razor & Tie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul - Greatest Hits Better Days Born Again Savage Reach Up & Touch the Sky: Live The Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes ASIN: B000002Z6Q Release Date: 1994-01-21

Tracks:

1. Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire
2. Inside Of Me
3. Until The Good Is Gone
4. Men Without Women
5. Under The Gun
6. Save Me
7. Princess Of Little Italy
8. Angel Eyes
9. Forever
10. I've Been Waiting

Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest records you never heard.......2007-04-28

I fell in love with the single, "Forever," the first time I heard it and thought the album was even better. I played this record so much, I just assumed everyone else was into it, too. It wasn't like anything else on the radio, which is probably why it barely cracked the charts. Still, it has terrific songs ("Princess of Little Italy" is a gem), lots of musical muscle, lots of heart, and lots of brains, too. There's some great songwriting on this record, some great imagery. Don't buy it because you like Springsteen. Don't buy it because you like "The Sopranos." Buy it because it's great.

If Only It Didn't Become A Budget-Buster.......2006-11-15

Steve Van Zandt is probably better known today as a cast member on The Sopranos, a radio DJ with a syndicated FM show and a guitarist for Bruce Springsteen when he decides to gig with the E. Street Band.

Van Zandt had left Springsteen to form his own band and release this Stax/Volt-influenced album in 1982. The songs were loosely based on Men Without Women, a 1927 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. The initial plans for the album and ensuing promotion was absolutely fantastic; an all-star cast of studio performers, a band that featured the outstanding bass player, Jean Beauvoir, and Felix Cavaliere on piano/organ, and the production of a long-form movie, with the album being the soundtrack.

But Van Zandt did not have a safety net that an established hit-maker like Springsteen could use when the project came in well over budget. Though the album received decent reviews, it could only stagger to a ranking of 118 on the Billboard 200, with the single, Forever, stopping at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The music has held up well over the ensuing 25 years and remains - depending on how one views the project - a tribute to a musician who wanted to test the bounds of innovation for his first project, or a plan closer to another Hemingway title for a short-story collection, Winner Take Nothing.

Second best album ever.......2006-06-17

The best album and by that I mean the most important, is Darkness on the Edge of Town. Add the Jukes' horn section and Miami Steve's songwriting to Darkness and you have Men Without Women. Both albums give you the strength to carry on, to not give in, to fight. If you want to survive without compromise, whatever the cost, because anything else would be to lose yourself, buy both these records. You will never regret it. And you will survive.

Forget Born To Run..........2005-06-23

Men Without Women, along with Southside Johnny's Hearts Of Stone, are the best albums to ever come out of Asbury Park. Just becasue they came after Bruce doesn't mean they couldn't surpass him. As complete albums, MWW and HOS top anything the Boss has done before or since.

MIAMI STEVE HITS A HOMER THE 1ST TIME OUT.......2004-07-14

With the help of a few E-Streeters, a handful of Jukes and even a Plasmatic, Miami Steve knocks the ball out of the park on his first solo album. I was lucky enough to catch Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul play most of this album live at The Bayou (R.I.P.) on December 19, 1982 right after picking it up on vinyl. It's a shame that it isn't properly represented on the Greatest Hits CD. For some tasty Jersey tunes, look no further.

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Rock and Roll Backlash The Woggles Manufacturer: Wicked Cool Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rent a Crowd Strange Magic Soul Sizzling 7" Meltdown Tied & True Icky Thump ASIN: B000NE88K2 Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Rock And Roll Backlash
2. It's Not About What I Want (It's What You Got)
3. Porridge
4. There Goes Danger
5. I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor)
6. Drive On
7. El Toro
8. Sayonara Blues
9. The World Is Falling
10. Time Of My Own
11. Black Sheep
12. Blasting Cap

Product Description

1. Rock and Roll Backlash 2. It's Not About What I Want (It's What You Got) 3. Porridge 4. There Goes Danger 5. I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor) 6. Drive On 7. El Toro 8. Sayonara Blues 9. The World Is Falling 10. Time of My Own 11. Black Sheep 12. Blasting Cap

Average customer rating: Great Double-Disc Set Of Little Steven STEVE VAN ZANDT AT HIS BRILLIANT BEST - AN ALL TIME GREAT RECORDING Out of the Darkness Outstanding

Men Without Women/Voice of America Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul Manufacturer: Beat Goes On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dedication/On the Line Born Again Savage I Don't Want to Go Home/This Time It's for Real Better Days Hearts of Stone ASIN: B000BKJ5QO Release Date: 2005-12-12

Tracks:

1. Lyin' in a Bed of Fire
2. Inside of Me
3. Until the Good Is Gone
4. Men Without Women
5. Under the Gun
6. Save Me
7. Princess of Little Italy
8. Angel Eyes
9. Forever
10. I've Been Waiting

Tracks:

1. Voice of America
2. Justice
3. Checkpoint Charlie
4. Solidarity
5. Out of the Darkness
6. Desaparecidos
7. Fear
8. I Am a Patriot
9. Among the Believers
10. Undefeated

Album Description

These two albums from Little Steven are from 1982 and 1984. Little Steven, aka Steven Van Zandt, continues to record and is still involved with Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. This CD has been digially remastered and is housed in a slipcase. BGO. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition Combining Two Original Albums on a Single Disc from the Long-time Bruce Springsteen Guitarist and Southside Johnny Collaborator. These Albums were First Released in 1982 and 1984 Respectively. Hailed for their Allegiance to Pure Rock N Roll, Van Zant Showed He is as Impassioned as his Best Friend and Recorded These Albums on his Own Terms. Two Songs from "Voice of America" were Covered Notably by Black Uhuru ("Solidarity" on their Album "Anthem") and Jackson Browne ("i Am a Patriot" on his Album "World in Motion". It Remains a Staple of his Concert Repertoire.). Van Zant Would Go on to Record Two More Solo Albums Before Returning to the E Street Band and Embarking on a Successful Acting Career, Where He Achieved his Greatest Fame as Silvio on the Long Running Hbo TV Series "The Sopranos".

Customer Reviews:

Great Double-Disc Set Of Little Steven.......2007-04-02

MEN WITHOUT WOMEN/VOICE OF AMERICA is a great double-disc set of Little Steven Van Zandt, who achieved fame as Bruce Springsteen's guitarist, as a solo artist. The MEN WITHOUT WOMEN disc is a great example of 80s blue-eyed soul that was refreshing in an era when synth-op such as ABC and Duran Duran ruled the roost. This disc contains a great mix of soulful horns, guitars, keyboards, and vocals. The VOICE OF AMERICA portion of this anthology, finds Van Zandt taking on the role of a committed human-rights activist, protesting against both leftist and right-wing dictatorships and calling for people to take charge of the world around them, a theme that is, alas, even more relevant today. Van Zandt's belief that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia since 2005 for drug-smuggling was unjustly convicted also makes this collection an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

STEVE VAN ZANDT AT HIS BRILLIANT BEST - AN ALL TIME GREAT RECORDING.......2006-03-26

Yes, Sopranos is fun & Steven's very funny in it, a natural actor.

More important, he's a strong reason Bruce Springsteen is such an immense success with the E Street Band. Little Steven is a superb musician & songsmith -- great melodies, beautiful words.

The Men Without Women disc is a great one, sure joy compared to a lot of the drivel taking up the space in your brain today.

But in VOICE OF AMERICA, Little Steven Van Zandt was touched by the greatest spirits in the universe. It's simply ONE OF THE GREATEST collections of songs on a disc EVER MADE, yowzuh, right up there with Dylan, Lennon, U2, R.E.M. & the others who fill out your top ten. And thank gawd IT'S FINALLY RE-ISSUED! A mint condition copy of VOA sold on Amazon for $160 as recent as last week. My original copy was borrowed and never returned.
I've been aching to get this sound back.

The songs VOICE OF AMERICA, I AM A PATRIOT (absolutely the best arrangement ever produced, notwithstanding the covers of it by great singers all over the world), JUSTICE, SOLIDARITY -- they're all superbly crafted songs, real works of art that will stand up to be cheered a thousand years from now.

You should be sold. You should buy a couple of copies so you can give one to the most special person in your life.
Thank you Steve, for this great gift to the world.

xox0xox
Hutch

ps: 15 years ago I produced 4 half-hours on the radio, called "Dear Abbie! A Celebration of the Words of Abbie Hoffman."
I was permitted to use Steven's songs from VOA, and all the songs on the series except two were from VOICE OF AMERICA.
Best series I ever produced.

Out of the Darkness.......2006-03-10

A great many viewers discovered Little Steven/ Miami Steve Van Zandt from The Sopranos. Time Warp backwards, he was a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. In between he was a social activist, and created the (Don't Play) Sun City album project encouraging artists to boycott the South African resort in an effort to bring an end to apartheid.

I've heard Men Without Women and own Born Again Savage, but I think Little Steven's Voice of America is not only his best work, it's one of the best early '80s albums period. Checkpoint Charlie was prescient in predicting the fall of the Berlin wall: "Wall so high, gotta come down baby." If the news knew anything about popular culture, they would have played that (or The Walls Came Down by the Call) as the soundtrack of that historic moment. The list of great songs goes on and on: "Los Disparacidos (The Disappeared,:" "Undefeated," and especially the piece de resistance, "Out of the Darkness," one of the few songs which, like U2's One, manages to combine relationships aned spirituality. The Boss wrote "Blood Brother" when Steve left the band to pursue these various pursuits. How sad that just when Born in the USA gained the questionable honor of making the cover of Time magazine, his bandmates' best album slipped into obscurity. Hopefully with this double release the Voice of America will for the first time be heard.

Outstanding.......2006-01-09

If you are a fan of Steven Van Zandt you are of course familiar with these two albums. Here is your chance to get them both together (this comes as a two cd set, not both albums on one cd).
The remaster job is excellent, there are also some great liner notes and pictures, BGO did a first class job on this reissue.
There is not much need to go into the music as I am sure that any reading this already know how great these two albums are. Little Steven is great, pure and simple. He writes terrific songs, he is an outstanding singer/guitar player, the band is top notch. and the production is tight.
I highly recommend this set , for 18.99 you can not possibly go wrong.

Average customer rating: Great music An acquired taste well worth acquiring. Inside Left Outside Silvio Dante's best Work Lukewarm Set from Red Hot Singer/Songwriter

Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul - Greatest Hits Little Steven Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Men Without Women The Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Born Again Savage Men Without Women/Voice of America Dedication/On the Line ASIN: B000021YAD Release Date: 1999-09-06

Tracks:

1. Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire
2. Forever
3. Princess Of Little Italy
4. Under The Gun
5. I've Been Waiting
6. Out Of The Darkness (Single Version)
7. Solidarity
8. Los Desaparecidos (The Disappeared Ones)
9. Checkpoint Charlie
10. Undefeated (Everybody Goes Home)
11. Vote! (Single)
12. Trail Of Broken Treaties (Single Version)
13. Pretoria
14. Native American
15. No More Party's (Single Version)
16. Bitter Fruit (Single Version)

Album Description

Collection of the finest solo recordings by vocalist/ guitarist Steven Van Zandt, renowned for his work with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and especially Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. 16 tracks, including his duet 'Native America' with Springsteen, plus single versions of 'Out Of The Darkness', 'Trail Of Broken Treaties', 'No More Parties' and 'Bitter Fruit'. 1999 release.

Album Details

After He was Miami Steve Van Zant, He Became Little Steven (And Later Silvio Dante on 'the Sopranos'). His Off-shoot Band the Disciples of Soul Held Together for a Couple of Albums and the Charged Anti-apartheid Anthem 'sun City'. Includes the Original Version of 'solidarity', Covered by Black Uhuru.

Customer Reviews:

Great music.......2006-08-30

This is some really great music from someone who's usually behind Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.

An acquired taste well worth acquiring........2004-03-03

Honestly, Little Steven has never really had a hit. And that's not really fair. There's some really good tunes here.
The multi-talented Mr. Van Zandt is best known as Springsteen's right hand man; he steals every scene he's in while playing 'Silvio' on "The Sopranos" and is responsible for a nationwide garage band radio program. He wrote and produced what I feel is the best "protest" song of OUR generation, "Sun City."
First off, his voice takes a little getting used to. It's a real voice, meaning he sounds authentic, but it's not what I would call "soothing". It's not meant to be. Nasal and whining, but services the songs very well (for the most part). When he's wailing "I will gather no more of your bitter fruit", it sounds just right.
Second, the production aspects on his earlier "singles" sound less dated than the later songs, due to their heavy dance-rock 80's style synths and drums.
Third...the funny thing is that I like THOSE later songs more. His songwriting clearly improves, as does his singing.
He's a phenomenal lyricist...plain and straightforward, an old-fashioned story teller.

And he's angry...hoo boy. He laments the plight of the Indians ("Native American" with a killer vocal by Bruce), the immigrant worker ("Bitter Fruit"...an irresistible beat with the great Ruben Blades on co-vocals), apartheid (the butt-shaking "Pretoria").

He rails against Reagan in "Vote!".
Not only does he wear his opinion on his sleeve, it's in neon lights. With the volume turned up to 11.
His earlier songs, like "Princess of Little Italy", don't leave as much of a lasting impression, but you'll still enjoy listening to his crack supporting band, The Disciples of Soul.
It'd be nice if someone would release this here in America. This is a great sampler for those of us wanting to get to know this particular musician.

Inside Left Outside.......2002-07-15

Who had the Brain Fart when they were choosing the tracks that went on this "Greatest Hits"? How can this be a greatest hits package when one of the all time greatest relationship songs was left off of it.? How could they have omitted the heart grabbing "Inside of Me" from "Men Without Women"?

Even if it's all over, don't ever say it was all in vain
And don't tell me everything we believe in has been washed away
Because something still remains
I know it still remains, because I'm still the same
And there ain't nothing gonna change my mind
Because I've spent my whole life just trying to find
Something I know I need but can't define
Everything I ever wanted is here baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

Everybody tells me, open up your eyes, it can never be like it used to be
I say to them, open up your heart, you see just what you want to see
Is it too much for you to see the truth
Every time you look in my face
Ain't it a little late in the game to throw your hand in
And ain't it a little late in the game to forget everything we've been
Trapped by the locked doors you never could get in
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

There was a moment in time, we could almost taste the adventure every day
Now I know that we're a little bit older
but that don't mean there's nothing new left to say
Now we spend the days walking away instead of trying to do something about it
You oughta be right by my side
Instead of trying to find a place to hide
Fighting to keep everything that we had baby
It's still alive inside of me
It never died inside of me

Silvio Dante's best Work.......2001-12-13

Steve van Zandt (Silvio Dante from the Sopranos)
proves that social consciousness and straight forward rock
mix very well. Start with the Carribean rhythms in
"Bitter Fruit" and crank it.
"Pretoria" starts weakly for about 15 seconds then becomes a haunting mix
of African tribal chants and rock & roll.

The only flaw: is the exclusion of the longer version of "Out Of The Darkness"
for the truncated top 40 version.

Lukewarm Set from Red Hot Singer/Songwriter.......2001-07-18

This is a nice mix ~ and certainly a good place for one to become acquainted with Little Steven's music. Yet, I would recommend the individual albums which comprise this collection (MEN WITHOUT WOMEN, VOICE OF AMERICA, FREEDOM NO COMPROMISE). One thing that I cannot understand about this collection is the absence of the song "I Am a Patriot" (which can be found on VOICE OF AMERICA). It is a song that has been covered by Jackson Browne and Pearl Jam ~ and would certainly qualify as a "greatest hit" over the majority of what is on this compilation. It should be noted that this compilation was put together without Little Steven's consent/blessing. In other words, he really had little to do with the final track-listing. Had he been consulted, I'm sure it would have been a completely different CD. Still, keep this in mind ~ a mediocre collection from one of the best still makes for a darn good listen. My only grip is that it is just "okay" ~ if done properly (as in having Steven compile the material for this disc) ~ it could have been GREAT.

Billy Innes

Average customer rating: First Christmas Album I bought for myself wonderful Wonderfully Different & Addicting! And All Your Friends Will Be Calling HOO-HOO! Wonderful and funny compilation A historical meeting...

The Three Tenors Christmas Pavarotti , Domingo , and Carreras Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of the Three Tenors Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti ~ the three tenors in concert / Mehta The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 O Holy Night / Luciano Pavarotti / Special Deluxe Edition (Decca) #1 Christmas Album ASIN: B00004YB9Y Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

1. Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
2. Adeste Fideles
3. Ave Maria, Dolce Maria
4. Wiegenlied
5. Oh Tannenbaum
6. Tu Scendi dalle Stelle
7. Amazing Grace
8. White Christmas
9. Dormi O Bambino
10. Silent Night
11. Pregarla (El Can de L'Anima a La Verge)
12. Susani
13. Happy Christmas/War is Over
14. Wiegenlied
15. Carol of the Drum (The Little Drummer Boy)
16. La Virgen Lava Paqales
17. I'll Be Home for Christmas
18. Sleigh Ride
19. Winter Wonderland
20. Un Nuevo Siglo
21. Feliz Navidad

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Resplendent in voice and manner, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording from the opulent Viennese concert hall (Konzerthaus), with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and a renowned choir. The Three Tenors are practically as famous as the faces of Mount Rushmore and inspire perhaps even more awe and adulation around the world than the four presidents. The performances--whether alone, in tandem, or simply as the threesome that has made them collectively famous--are generally impeccable for their passion, nuance, and sheer tour de force vocal artistry. Reaching often into the classical realm for such works as the traditional German carol "Susani," Strauss's and Brahms's "Wiegenlied," plus traditional Polish and Spanish pieces, the trio also visits Pavarotti's "Ave Maria, dolce Maria" (cowritten with Vittoriano Benvenuti), and "Un nuevo siglo," written by Domingo's son. Only John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Christmas/War Is Over" doesn't quite work in this grand setting. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

First Christmas Album I bought for myself.......2007-01-16

Album is great. For any other holiday music, just listen to your local radio station that plays it during December.

wonderful.......2007-01-15

they are wonderful singers a delight to the ears and doing Christmas music made Christ mas even better

Wonderfully Different & Addicting! And All Your Friends Will Be Calling HOO-HOO!.......2005-08-23

First, let me state I don't listen to opera singers that much; thus, don't expect a hypercritical review here. (Really, is there ANY field of music that has more hypercritics than opera?) I got this CD simply because Columbia House had it on sale for $2.99, and I wanted some new Christmas CDs.

I found the CD delightful beyond words. It has some beautiful versions of well-known Christmas songs, as well as songs I've never heard before. "Carol of the Drum" and "War Is Over" are my two favorites, with "Sleigh Ride" a close third.

Sure, there is some tripping over of words by these three great opera stars...but that makes it even more enhancing in my opinion. Pavarotti was particularly amusing when he was singing: "And all our friends are calling 'HOO-HOO'!" (Watch the DVD for Carreras' reaction to that one!) And let's not forget Pavarotti singing: "I'll be home for Christmas. You can PLAY on me."

The children's chorus is great, the Vienna Symphony is great...and, once again, buy or rent the DVD so you can get the full affect of this astounding Christmas concert...the music, the lights, the colors, and the marvelous Steven Mercurio conducting it all.

Wonderful and funny compilation.......2005-03-09

The Three Tenors are, of course, wonderful to listen to. This is also a funny CD. When they sing the more modern songs (Happy Christmas by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, for example) they have trouble keeping up with the pace of the song. They almost sound like they're tripping over the syllables, because as opera singers they are more accustomed to long, drawn out vowels, not fast ones. This doesn't hurt the song at all, it makes it more interesting to listen to. It's a great CD. I would recommend this as an addition to any collection of Christmas music.

A historical meeting..........2004-11-28

Although several labels already had Christmas albums of the three tenors in their catalogue, the three maestros never actually trioed on these releases. When Plácido Domingo and the "Christmas in Vienna" team started preparing the eighth concert in the series (six predecessors were captured by Sony, and one, titled "Celebration of Christmas" issued by Erato-Warner), they made a monumental decision: Re-uniting three of the greatest voices of the current music business.
For one and a half hour, Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti performed the greatest Christmas songs and carols from around the world. Nearly 65 minutes of this monumental concert are captured on this disk. The opening version of "O Holy Night" (aka "Cantique De Noel", "Minuit, Chrétien") by Domingo and Pavarotti would be reason enough to get this one. But wait, there is far more on the way, than selections from the classical genre. The real enjoyment starts, when the three tenors do one of the most romantic arrangements of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" ever heard and fade from a rousing "La Virgen Lava Pa`nales" into one of the finest treatments of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" ever heard. Also of great interest is the trio arrangement of "Let It Snow!", which is included on some of the import versions and on the DVD.
If you are a hopeless completist like me, you may be asking, what happened to the 25 minutes cut from the CD release. Well, first let me say, that none of the currently available releases has the order of the songs as they were performed in the concert. Although this is a live recording, handclaps and other characteristics of a live recording are hardly audible on the CD version. Two tracks, "Jingle Bells" and "Let It Snow", which had clearly audible handclaps at the beginning and at the end of the performance (and therefore couldn't be faded out) can be found on the mentioned import disk and on the DVD's PCM soundtrack. "Children of Christmas" (a Plácido Domingo Jr. composition originally introduced in "Christmas In Vienna IV" by Plácido Domingo and Michael Bolton) and "Ay" Para Navidad" can be found exclusively on the DVD. Currently unavailable on any official release is the "Overture" (which can be found on the DVD, but abridged with sound effects). So here's the actual running order: "Overture", 20, 2, 1, 11, 3, 4, "Children of Christmas", 16, 17, 6, 15, 8, "Let it snow", 5, "Ay! Para Navidad", 9, 19, 14, 18, 12, 13, "Jingle Bells", 7, 21, 10;
If you still doubt about the quality of this performance, let me say one for sure: As other volumes in the series will slowly disappear (as some of them have already in the US), this one is a matter of decades and when you buy this one, you will have joyful Christmas hours for many, many Christmases to come.

Average customer rating: Very stirring Spanish music Everything you want it to be Excellent sound track "Horner, the legend has returned!" Great Fun!

The Legend of Zorro Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Mask Of Zorro: Music From The Motion Picture Memoirs of a Geisha King Kong Munich Superman Returns ASIN: B000BF0DTC Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Collecting The Ballots
2. Stolen Votes
3. To The Governor's... And Then Elena
4. This Is Who I Am
5. Classroom Justice
6. The Cortez Ranch
7. A Proposal With Pearls/Perilous Times
8. Joaquin's Capture And Zorro's Rescue
9. Jailbreak/Reunited
10. A Dinner Of Pigeon/Setting The Explosives
11. Mad Dash/Zorro Unmasked
12. Just One Drop Of Nitro
13. The Train
14. Statehood Proclaimed
15. My Family Is My Life...

Customer Reviews:

Very stirring Spanish music.......2007-01-10

This CD makes you want to put a rose in your teeth and flamenco dance.

Everything you want it to be.......2006-04-20

I just bought this soundtrack last night after listening to bits of it on iTunes, and it is such a beautiful score. I've seen the film... gosh, I don't keep count anymore, but every time, I always take in the music. And how can you not? James Horner is a wonderful composer, yet the music seems to take on a life of its own.
The opening number gets you right away: the Spanish-style guitar strum, the frenzied tap dance, and the horns. One thing you can definitely credit music to do is build, be it suspense or emotion. The tap dance builds and builds until the guitar takes over.
The second number begins with drums like thunderclaps, violins still keeping the tension. The horns and claps enter, and you have Zorro's theme again. Percussion picks back up around the two-minute mark, and it keeps a nice tempo.
I like to think that this soundtrack is like a Spanish version of Pirates of the Caribbean, another of my favorite films. But the horns always let you know, with special clarity, that this is Zorro.
Whether or not this soundtrack is good is entirely up to the person listening. Then again, if you don't like it, why are you listening in the first place? If you want to hate it, then it's terrible. But if you appreciate all the orchestrations, this soundtrack is a masterpiece. Enjoy.

Excellent sound track.......2006-02-24

The soundtrack for the movie "Legend of Zorro" is far and away greater than the soundtrack for the original movie. It is the perfect piece for putting on in the background while you work or resting your thoughts. There is just the feeling of a fine wine when it's playing. I love the Spainish sound of guitar and orchestration. My office partner finds it wonderful to listen to also. For those who like soundtracks this is a must, and if you just like wonderful music, again, it is a must.

"Horner, the legend has returned!".......2006-02-08

With "Collecting the Ballots" we are reintroduced to the awesome prelude Horner composed for The Mask of Zorro. The difference is that after the tap dancing and clapping, there's no loud bang of the main theme. The theme is expanded a bit and later makes its soft, heroic appearance.

The talk and hype of this album is the longest track: "The Train." Horner composes many long tracks for other works but this is one of, if not, his longest action track to date. It starts hard and fast with a Spanish trumpet, tapping and percussion all leading up to the very Spanish, fun Zorro theme at the 1-minute mark. From there it's non-stop action to the very end. This is one sweeping, swashbuckling ride of a score.

If you enjoyed the first Zorro music, you'll enjoy this one. However, there are no new themes only a multiple amount of use of the romantic theme from the first Zorro. This could be good or bad. It depends on your taste.

The action tracks really make this an awesome score. It's difficult to pick one composition over the over; Mask of Zorro or Legend of Zorro?

This is James Horner's best action score of the year. Add this one to your collection!

Great Fun!.......2005-11-23

"The Legend of Zorro"
The movie comes at an unusual time, seven years after it's predecessor. Why one only has to wonder what took them so long to get around to it, it's provided us with a new James Horner score at the very least. The first score was one of his best action scores... fun, inventive, and with excellent themes. Everyone raved about Horner's creativity, how much different it was from the rest of his work. He's now returned for a sequel (he doesn't do many of those, he's only scored sequels for "An American Tail", "Cocoon", "48 Hrs" and "Star Trek") to "Zorro" and like his other sequel scores ("An American Tail 2" excepted), it's quite similar to the first one. The opening track, "Collecting the Ballots" begins with the same hard guitar strum as the first, and the notes of clapping that follow are identical to the original score as well... fortunately, it's not a complete repeat after that. The same themes are utilized throughout the score, there's no significant new ones (aside from a "false love theme", you'll understand when you see the movie), but Horner uses them in different enough ways to make this score interesting. The instrumentation is the same (clapping hands, stomping feet, tambourines, guitars, ethnic pipes, and blaring horns) but the rhythms and paces are different.

The overall feel of the score is slightly more playful than the original, but it never feels cartoonish. It's simply more fun and less threatening than the original score. Whether this is a pro or con I will leave up to you. The love theme is used more often than the main theme this time around, and it's featured in stunning arrangements several times, but the focus of this score is action music. The action is a lot of fun, and if you enjoyed the first score, you will likely enjoy this one as well. The album is refreshingly free of Horner's cliches while simultaneously sounding like a Horner score... mostly. The highlight track of the album, and there are a few to choose from, is probably "The Train". The longest cue, it's a nearly non-stop action piece that is superbly exciting and epic in structure. Near the end, though, it seems that Horner got so creative he actually jumps out of his own musical borders and seems to be channeling John Williams in "Revenge of the Sith" mode, without ever directly stealing from him. Fascinating. Another bonus is that we have no annoying pop song here, rather, we get an end credits suite (My Family is My Life) that goes back and forth between the main theme and the love theme in various forms. As you probably have noticed, Horner likes to end his scores on a quiet note... his end credits tend to finish the themes, and then fade off into oblivion with quiet, gentle, wandering strings or flutes. Not here. In a bold move not heard since the likes of "Star Trek" or "The Rocketeer" (some might include "Ransom"), Horner brings his score to a close with a mighty brass trill, finishing off his action adventure with a bang. Cool!

Okay, I'll stop raving and make my obligatory complaints. The score is only prevented from reaching a five-star level due to it's derivative nature. There are no new themes here of note, and a novice might have a hard time telling it from the original. But on it's own, it's excellent, and unlike John William's second "Harry Potter" score, this is a score that doesn't pale in comparison to the original. It may not have quite as many highlights as the original score, but it's a more consistently well-written and quality listen. Plus the end credits suite is far more satisfying than that silly song. I've heard better scores this year in "Kingdom of Heaven", "Hostage", "Star Wars", "The Greatest Game Ever Played", "Corpse Bride", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and others, but few of them have been as much pure orchestral fun as "The Legend of Zorro." Recommended.
Rating: ****

Average customer rating:

The Mindbending Sounds of the Chesterfield Kings Chesterfield Kings Manufacturer: Wicked Cool Record Co. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Rubinoos ASIN: B000MAR9A2

Product Description

Brand new reissue on Little Steven's WICKED COOL label of this 2003 14-track slab o' sixties-fired wildness (formerly on the wonderful Sundazed label, and until this second, outaprint!) Heads Up! The legendary Chesterfield Kings have been turned loose on the world once again with a snarling new album...and the world had better lock up its daughters one more time! After 20 years of leading the pack, the Kings are still the hands-down heavyweight champs of todays bubbling psychedelic/garage world. With production help here from the scenes pre-eminent big daddy, Little Steven (who accompanies the guys on their new single, "I Dont Understand"), Rochester, New Yorks bad boys have indelibly scorched into tape 14 brand new Farfisa n fuzz-laden killers. Bent on nothing short of total world domination, the Kings will soon embark on a mammoth tour that should keep them out of trouble (maybe) until Christmas time, at least. Theyre back where they belong, tossing TV sets from hotel windows and trailing garage-rock mayhem in their wake: Ladies & Gentlemen, the Chesterfield Kings!

Average customer rating: A Wake-Up Call For All Of Us Like the barrel of a gun!!! Little Steven Big Comeback! A totally rocking album! Nothing original here.

Born Again Savage Little Steven Manufacturer: Pachyderm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Men Without Women/Voice of America Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul - Greatest Hits Men Without Women Messin' with the Blues INTO THE HARBOUR ASIN: B000035X4B Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

1. Born Again Savage
2. Camoflauge Of Righteousness
3. Guns Drugs, And Gasoline
4. Face Of God
5. Saint Francis
6. Salvation
7. Organize
8. Flesheater
9. Lust For Enlightenment
10. Tongues Of Angels

Amazon.com

A classic second-in-command rocker in the tradition of Keith Richards and Johnny Thunders, Little Steven has also made a mark apart from his erstwhile boss, the Boss. The man also known as Miami Steve Van Zandt had a major hand in Southside Johnny's bar-band masterwork Hearts of Stone, was the linchpin in 1985's Artists United Against Apartheid project, and lead his own group, the Disciples of Soul, for a time after his 1984 departure from the E Street Band. Largely out of the picture through the 1990s, Little Steven returns with a solo outing that rocks harder and is more inflamed lyrically than one might have expected from this long-AWOL warrior. Van Zandt's liner notes lay out his mission--to doff his bandana in the direction of the '60s rockers who helped shape his consciousness, from Cream to the Kinks to Jefferson Airplane. At the same time, he maintains the confrontational political stance that's been in evidence since the days of Sun City. Hence there's the title track ("Look around at the volunteered slavery") and "The Camouflage of Righteousness" ("We give you politicians and you call it a choice / We let you do the voting and you think you have a voice"). With this Savage attack, Little Steven fights the good fight and remains standing. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

A Wake-Up Call For All Of Us.......2004-06-28

Little Steven's BORN AGAIN SAVAGE is a wake-up call for all of us. Like Jefferson Starship's WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, its lyrics remind us to take better care of each other and the planet, or else we all won't feel/look too good. The guitar work is a blend of Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent, and AC/DC, the singing is passionate, and the rhythm section is propulsive. Get this CD along with MEN WITHOUT WOMEN, VOICE OF AMERICA, the late 70s/early 80s Springsteen catalog, Southside Johnny's BEST OF, SUPER HITS, I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME, THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL, HEARTS OF STONE, and BETTER DAYS, and the 2002 Springsteen release THE RISING- preferably all at once.

Like the barrel of a gun!!!.......2001-07-16

After learning a lot about Bruce Springsteen for a "speech" at school I wanted to know who this "Miami Steven Van Zandt" was. So I asked my mother to get a few albums of him via the library. On of these albums was.."Born Again Savage". The first time I heard it I wasn't so enthousiastic, because I didn't like the noise of roaring electric guitars(LOL) yet but when I listened a little bit better, read the lyrics and heard some more CD's I fell in love with this guy...:) (Bad enough that he's 35 years older...*GRIN*). Anyway, I'm not so at home in the music of the 80's, so I can only say that this album is the same good as his other, older albums, but this one has this special guitar-bass-drums sound which makes it so rockin'. I like all his lyrics very much because they've more to tell then most of the music these days, and...they just speak a little more!!! My fav's of this album are 'Guns, drugs, and gasoline 'cause of the drums, "Flesheater" because of the lyrics('No more flesh, flesheater!") and.. actually all the other songs. Gr8 album Steven, waiting for an other one!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Steven Big Comeback!.......2000-05-06

A little bit of pop, a little bit of rock and roll, and a whole lot of electric guitars! That's all you need to make Little Steven's fifth solo album Born Again Savage! Born Again Savage was probobly "Little" Steve Van Zandt's biggest comeback! Born Again Savage is one of Steve's only album without "The Dicsiples of Soul," his early band from 1982. In stead of "The Dicsiples," Stevie has Adam Clayton, a band member from the famous pop band U2,and Jason Bonham. Born Again Savage comes in a jewel case with a book of lyricks on the inside. Just a warning, since there are only three people in the band, the music's loud!

A totally rocking album!.......2000-04-26

I first heard this album at a friend's party, and had to have it, immediately! Bought it the next morning. I've been a fan of his music for ages, and this album doesn't disappoint. I believe "Born Again Savage" - his fifth album - is the most aggressively rocking album Little Steven has made. The sounds of his youth - British rock, with some Dylan and punk mixed in, is obvious. "Born Again Savage" was the last in a series of sociopolitical projects he conceived in the '80's, with the themes being: the individual, the family, government, economics, and religion. It is perfect with Jason Bonham on drums, and with U2's Adam Clayton on bass. Just too bad he has no plans to tour and promote the album!

Nothing original here........2000-03-13

This is the last time I buy a album based on a ROLLING STONE magazine advertisement. The ad compared Little Steven to AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, if you want to hear good rock buy their albums instead. I found the lyrics sophomoric and childish at best. The only reason I gave it two stars is for Little Steven's guitar work and Jason Bonham's drumming. Don't even get me started on this guys voice. He is a good guitar player but he really needs to find a singer/songwriter to work with. Despite all this there are a few redeeming qualities to this album. My advise is try to find a used copy somewhere, as a matter of fact you can have mine.

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