Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is nothing if not an individualist. For his trouble, he's alienated more than one label, not to mention a few potential fans. Happy to Be Here, his Oh Boy debut, follows three 1990s albums for MCA that seemed to produce a very polar response: he developed a strong cult following, although many Americana fans, those predisposed to like him, seemed oddly turned off by his smug sarcasm. Happy seems like just the album to break him, however. Produced by Ray Kennedy, the record is sonically rich, well developed, and diverse, and Snider shows a knack for surprisingly accessible pop melodies. Snider pulls no punches in his lyrics--whether being ironic and cynical or sweet and sincere--and he uses an array of musical settings: there are gentle, romantic ballads boasting only acoustic guitar and harmonica; scorching, scathing country-rockers; rambling folk stories; and horn-fueled blues workouts. Snider's voice is full bodied, emotive, and resonant, even if his pain-and-twang sometimes seems a tad bit forced. Still, Snider emerges with a deeply soulful and mature record that turns his individuality into a true asset. --Marc Greilsamer
Happy to Be Here,Todd Snider,Oh Boy,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter
Happy to Be Here
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Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00064ADMK Release Date: 2004-10-19 |
Tracks:
- Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
- Swanee- Al Jolson
- When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
- A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
- My Man- Fanny Brice
- Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
- If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
- Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
- Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
- Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
- Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
- Body And Soul- Libby Holman
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
- Night And Day- Fred Astaire
- Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
- You're The Top- Ethel Merman
- Summertime- Anne Brown
- September Song- Walter Huston
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
- It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
- Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
- Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake
Tracks:
- New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
- If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
- Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
- There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
- How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
- Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
- Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
- Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
- Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
- Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
- Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
- Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
- Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
- Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
- Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
- Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
- Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
- I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
- Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
- The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
- Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
- Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
Tracks:
- Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
- I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
- Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
- My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
- Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
- Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
- Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
- Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
- I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
- The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
- Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
- What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
- As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
- Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
- People- Barbra Streisand
- Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
- If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
- Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
- If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
- Open a New Window- from Mame Voice
Tracks:
- Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
- Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
- The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
- Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
- I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
- I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
- We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
- Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
- Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
- Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
- One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
- All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
- Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
- Come Follow The Band
- Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
- And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
- The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia
Tracks:
- Memory- Betty Buckley
- I Am What I Am- George Hearn
- Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
- Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
- The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
- You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
- The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
- Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
- With One Look- Glenn Close
- On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
- Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
- Seasons Of Love-
- Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
- I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
- Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
- Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
- Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
- I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
- Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30
Top Shelf.......2007-01-04
TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23
Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14
Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17
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Happy to Be Here
Todd Snider Manufacturer: Oh Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004RJ5M Release Date: 2000-04-18 |
Tracks:
- Happy To Be Here
- Forty Five Miles
- Long Year
- D.B. Cooper
- Lonely Girl
- Keep Off The Grass
- All Of My Life
- Betty Was Black (And Willie Was White)
- Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern
- Just In Case
- What's Wrong With You
- Missing You
- Back To The Crossroads
Amazon.com
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is nothing if not an individualist. For his trouble, he's alienated more than one label, not to mention a few potential fans. Happy to Be Here, his Oh Boy debut, follows three 1990s albums for MCA that seemed to produce a very polar response: he developed a strong cult following, although many Americana fans, those predisposed to like him, seemed oddly turned off by his smug sarcasm. Happy seems like just the album to break him, however. Produced by Ray Kennedy, the record is sonically rich, well developed, and diverse, and Snider shows a knack for surprisingly accessible pop melodies. Snider pulls no punches in his lyrics--whether being ironic and cynical or sweet and sincere--and he uses an array of musical settings: there are gentle, romantic ballads boasting only acoustic guitar and harmonica; scorching, scathing country-rockers; rambling folk stories; and horn-fueled blues workouts. Snider's voice is full bodied, emotive, and resonant, even if his pain-and-twang sometimes seems a tad bit forced. Still, Snider emerges with a deeply soulful and mature record that turns his individuality into a true asset. --Marc GreilsamerCustomer Reviews:
great songwriting........2006-10-21
i love this album.......2005-10-10
Is it a girl?.......2005-09-08
Please respond ASAP. I am giving him/her 5 stars just b/c they want me to rate it; haven't listened to it yet.
TIA,
-maestro
I just can't believe he's not better known.......2004-02-29
Get "Happy" with Snider.......2003-01-15
Snider's sound and style varies from song to song on this album. Typically for Snider, his political/topical songs ("Betty was Black," the title track) tend to be the weakest. He's at his best when his observations are more personal, like on the ballads "Lonely Girl," and "Missing You," and the peppier numbers "Keep off the Grass" and "What's Wrong With You." At its best Snider's music at often recalls a young John Prine.
Overall, a solid album from an excellent singer-songwriter.
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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00062FLI8 Release Date: 2004-11-30 |
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Kurt Weill: The Centennial
Kurt Weill , Brock Peters , Carole Cook , Charlotte Rae , Nancy Dussault , Norm Lewis , Peter Becker , Rod McKuen , Shirley Jones , Tim Curry , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Lml Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005U8HM Release Date: 2002-01-08 |
Tracks:
- Act 1: Pirate Jenny - Charlotte Rae
- Act 1: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Jodi Stevens
- Act 1: Economics - Jane A. Johnston
- Act 1: Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Pam Dawber
- Act 1: Barbara Song - Linda Purl
- Act 1: Lullaby - Kathryn Skatula
- Act 1: That's Him - Nancy Dussault
- Act 1: Don't Look Now - Sharon Lawrence
- Act 1: Apple Jack - Norm Lewis
- Act 1: Speak Low - Sally Kellerman
- Act 1: September Song - Rod McKuen
- Act 1: Ice Cream Sextet - David Holladay
Tracks:
- Act 2: Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - David Holladay
- Act 2: What Good Would The Moon Be - Melissa Dye
- Act 2: It Never Was You - Hugh Panaro
- Act 2: We'll Go Away Together - Hugh Panaro
- Act 2: Tschaikowsky - Jack Noseworthy
- Act 2: The Saga Of Jenny - Carole Cook
- Act 2: Surabaya Johnny - Tim Curry
- Act 2: My Ship - Shirley Jones
- Act 2: Mack The Knife - Loretta Devine
- Act 2: Lost In The Stars - Brock Peters
Customer Reviews:
Kurt Weill: Re-discovery..........2006-11-10
Incredible Live Album.......2002-02-10
For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!
Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!
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Happy To Be Here
Manufacturer: Trio Lane/Newsound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000DGKB Release Date: 2006-01-03 |
Tracks:
- Happy To Be Here
- When I Go To School
- High-5-lous
- What Will I Take To The Moon?
- Smooth Movin' Boogie Express
- The Changing Garden Of Mister Bell
- Polka Dots, Checks And Stripes
- Ups And Downs
- My History
- Willy Falldown
- As Long As We're Together
- Friendship Chain
Customer Reviews:
long time favorite.......2005-08-28
Very upbeat music.......2001-01-13
Upbeat and fun.......1998-12-01
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Faust (Sung in English)
Gounod , Clarke , Miles , Plazas , Magee , and Parry Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006NSEC Release Date: 2002-11-26 |
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Happy Birthday George Gershwin
Manufacturer: Valley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005BWM Release Date: 1997-10-07 |
Tracks:
- Strike Up The Band
- An American In Paris
- Stiff Upper Lip
- Love Walked In
- Embraceable You
- By Strauss
- Fascinatin' Rhythm
- 'Swonderful
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Summertime
- Bess
- Things Are Looking Up
- Beginners Luck
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- I Got Rhythm
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
Customer Reviews:
mediocrity rules.......2000-06-03
FIVE STARS.......1999-04-10
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Broadway Musicals of 1925
Manufacturer: Bayview ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000AQS24 Release Date: 2003-08-26 |
Tracks:
- Overture/Ev'ry Little Note [From Merry, Merry]
- Old Fashioned Girl [From the Garrick Gaieties][#] - Nancy Anderson
- Paddlin' Madelin' Home [From Sunny]
- Tea for Two [From No, No, Nanette] - Howard McGillin
- Little Bungalow [From "The Cocoanuts"] - Stephanie J. Block, Howard McGillin
- When We Get Our Divorce [From Sunny] - Nancy Anderson, Justin Bohon
- I'm All Alone [From China Rose][#] - Nancy Anderson
- Here in My Arms [From DeArest Enemy] - Howard McGillin
- Liza Lee [From Big Boy]
- It All Depends on You [From Big Boy] - Justin Bohon
- I Was Alone [From Sunny] - Stephanie J. Block
- As Long as I've Got My Mammy [From Big Boy][#]
- Sweet and Low Down [From Tip Toes]
- Song of the Vagabonds [From the Vagabond King] - Howard McGillin
- Some Day (The Vagabond King) - Nancy Anderson
- Murderous Monty [From Tell Me More][#] - Stephanie J. Block,
- Lackawanna [From Big Boy][#] - Howard McGillin
- That Means Nothing to Me [From Naughty Cinderella] - Nancy Anderson
- Always [Cut] - Howard McGillin
- That Certain Feeling [From Tip Toes] - Stephanie J. Block
- Manhattan [From the Garrick Gaieties] - Justin Bohon
- I Want to Be Happy [From No, No, Nanette]
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Superhits: 1967 (Time Life Music)
The Bee Gees , Stone Poneys , Harpers Bizarre , Bobby Vee and the Strangers , The Casinos , Petula Clark , The Monkees , Bobbie Gentry , The Young Rascals , and Spanky and Our Gang Manufacturer: Time Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SJUXGE |
Product Description
Released by Time Life Music . SONG LIST :1. Up-Up And Away---The 5th Dimension 2.Happy Together--The Turtles 3.Daydream Believer--- The Monkees 4. Dedicated to the One I Love---The Mamas and The Papas 5. How Can I Be Sure---The Young Rascals 6. Sunday Will Never Be the Same--- Spanky and Our Gang 7. I Second That Emotion---Smokey Robinson and The Miracles 8. 98.6--- Keith 9. I Say a Little Prayer--- Dionne Warwick 10. To Love Somebody---The Bee Gees 11. Tell It like It Is--- Aaron Neville 12.Windy---The Association 13.Don't Sleep in the Subway--- Petula Clark 14. Come Back When You Grow Up--- Bobby Vee and The Strangers 15. Different Drum--- Stone Poneys 16. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)--- Harper's Bizarre 17. The Rain, the Park And Other Things---The Cowsills 18. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone---The Supremes 19. (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts---The Bee Gees 20. Green, Green Grass of Home---Tom Jones 21. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye--- The Casinos 22.Ode to Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentry
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Haydn: The Seasons
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002XV2ZW Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Recitative: Oh See Where Cruel Winter Flies
- Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
- Recitative: From Aries Rolls At Last The Bounteous Sun
- Air: Now Fairly Runs The Farmer's Boy
- Recitative: The Countryman Has His Work Achieved
- Trio And Chorus: Be Now GRacious, Smiling Heaven!
- Recitative: Now Heard Are All Our Prayers
- Trio And Chorus: Oh HOw Lovely Gleams The Outlook
- Chorus And Trio: Ageless! Powerful! Bounteous God!
- Recitative: IN Dove-Grey Mantle Drawing Near
- Air: The LIvely Swain Is Gath'ring Now His Happy Flocks
- Recitative: The Rosy Morn Breaks Forth
- Trio And Chorus: He's Mounting Up, The Sun
- Recitative: Now All Are Astir
- Recitative: The Midday Sun Is Burning Now
- Cavatina: Opress'd Succumbs All Nature Now
- Recitative: Oh Welcome Now, You Shadier Grove
- Air: So Reviving To The Senses
- Recitative: Oh See! Now Rising In The Sultry Air
- Chorus: Hark! The Tempest Drawing Night!
- Trio And Chorus: The Gloomy Clouds Now Part Aside
Tracks:
- Overture
- Recitative: All That Through Her Blossom Fair Spring
- Trio And Chorus: So Nature Gives Reward To Zeal
- Recitative: Now See! To Hazel Bushes There The Youngsters
- Duet: You Beauties Of The Town
- Recitative: Now See, On New-Stripp'd Harvest Field
- Air: There Look Across The Open Fields
- Recitative: Here Beaters, Closing In , Put Up The Hares
- Chorus: Hark! The Clamorous Noise That Through The Wood
- Recitative: On All The Vines Are Glist'ning
- Chorus: Cheer Now! The Wine Is Here
- Introduction
- Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
- Cavatina: Light And Life Are Both Enfeebled
- Recitative: Allfetter'd Lies The Open Lake
- Air: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
- Recitative: At His Approach Rings In His Ear
- Song And Chorus: Purring, Whirring, Purring
- Recitative: The Flax Has Now Been Spun
- Song And Chorus: A Maid Who Kept Her Honour Fair
- Recitative: From Barren East Now Thrust Far Keener Icy Blasts
- Air: Before Thee Here, Deluded Man
- Recitative: Remains, Alone, And is Our Guide
- Trio And Double Chorus: Then Breaks The Glorious Day At Last
Rap Music:
- Harvest Showdown [Import]
- Heads or Tales [Original recording remastered]
- Heaven Help the Fool
- Holly & the Italians
- Horizontal
- How to Be Found
- Icicle Works [Import]
- In Between Evolution
- Introspection [Import]
- Life of the Party
Recommended Music:
The Art Of Hermann Abendroth, Vol. 14
There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes
The Orange Album [Explicit Lyrics]
The Pimp & da Gangsta [Explicit Lyrics]
The Best of Promise Keepers, Vol. 2