The Crown Of Life

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1. The Island is September    
2. You Never Can be old    
3. Silver Leaf    
4. Just How You Like it    
5. Gallery Of Eagles    
6. Beauty    
7. Pixies By The White Spring    
8. Golden Age    
9. I Am The Fire    
10. Be Here Now    
11. For Everyone    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
A story of a peculiar island.

The Crown Of Life, Music, John Bottomley
The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • A Beautiful Re-Creation of Over-Exposed Legrand Material
  • "one of the greatest film composers of the 20th Century ~ Michel Legrand"
 The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B5XSSA
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

  1. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
  2. Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
  3. Summer of 42
  4. Never Say Never Again
  5. How Do You Keep The Music Playing
  6. The Thomas Crown Affair
  7. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
  8. Les Trois Mousquetaires
  9. Wuthering Heights
  10. Brian's Song
  11. Dingo
  12. Yentl
  13. Le Messager - Variations 1-2-3-4-5-7

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Re-Creation of Over-Exposed Legrand Material.......2006-02-10


Michel Legrand is one the biggest artists of music entertainment, a sensitive composer and arranger.

Here you'll find a correct selection of Legrand's material with unnecessarily new arrangements though with an impeccable performance.

Many of the songs in the repertoire are still available in CDs you can find here @Amazon and the best Legrand is the original Legrand.

This album stands only for those who doesn't care about original takes and wishes just for a selection of the best Legrand.

5 out of 5 stars "one of the greatest film composers of the 20th Century ~ Michel Legrand".......2005-10-26

Silva Screen has released a collection that will set you on your ear "The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection"...Legrand's score sets the tone and mood you experience a sense of power and freedom, so exhilarating...Legrand's genius in composition and orchestration, puts the listener smack dab in the middle of each film he scores as it serves up a generous helping of heaven for all "film-score-buff" collectors

Michel Legrand was born in Paris on February 24th, 1932...attended the Paris Conservatory Progressing...worked in various jazz bands, later a staff arranger and composer...an orchestrator in the '50s...scored films in the early '60s with "THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG" (1964)..."THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR" (1968)..."THE GO-BETWEEN" (1970)..."SUMMER OF '42" (1971)..."THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (1973)...and three Oscars from the Academy Awards for "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" for best music and original song in 1969 , "SUMMER OF '42" for best original song and original dramatic score in 1972... "YENTL for best music and original song score in 1984...then in 2003 nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards for Best Original Music Score for the Musical "Amour", there's no letting up for this hard working composer.

The Flemish Radio Orchestra featuring conductor composer Michel Legrand on piano and harpsichord, Philippe Chayeb on bass, Thierry Chauvet on drums and Bruno Caviglia on guitar...all in all did a magnificent job in bringing the music of a composer who wrote for a multitude of films, receiving recognition from the industry and fans which is long over-due ~ his work is in constant demand.

This collection contains an overlay of each cue in Legrand's distinctive style of legendary scoring ~ the man who made this possible, a tremendous asset to every project he undertakes is Reynold da Silva [executive producer of the album] ~ symphonic suites with full orchestra fullfilling the "film-score-buffs" cravings for more of the same, just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 77:55 ~ Silva America 1185 ~ (10/04/2005)
Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Michel Legrand
  • Sunlight on his fingertips
  • all the stars you've got
  • Maestro Legrand , at last !
  • For Jazz piano purest... Only!
 Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand

Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B00005YW0W
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

  1. I Will Wait For You
  2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
  3. The Summer Knows
  4. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
  5. Watch What Happens
  6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
  7. His Eyes, Her Eyes
  8. The Hands Of Time
  9. Ordinary Man
  10. Summer Me, Winter Me
  11. You Must Believe In Spring
  12. Once Upon A Summertime
  13. L'Amour Fantome
  14. Yentl Medley: Papa Can You Hear Me/The Way He Makes Me Feel/A Piece Of Sky

Amazon.com

If the American pop culture profile of French composer-jazz pianist Michel Legrand doesn't seem what it once was, don't be misled: his European indie film scores continue six decades on, now numbering nearly 200. But Legrand's most beloved work remains the lovely, evocative themes he created in the '60s and '70s, including "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair's "Windmills of Your Mind," the theme from Summer of '42, and his work on Barbra Streisand's Yentl. This collection marks Legrand's first solo piano recordings, presenting those and other film score highlights in spontaneously improvised performances that offer a glimpse of Legrand's musical soul. If, as in "Windmills," his enthusiasm gets the best of him and he occasionally lapses into flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody, there are more than enough sublime moments here to compensate, especially on lesser-known songs like Best Friends' "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending, and Brian's Song's "Hands of Time." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Michel Legrand.......2007-03-12


This is a great CD! Sound is awesome. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Sunlight on his fingertips.......2005-08-10

Sunlight on his fingertips

The very bright talent of Michele Legrand you can feel especially when Maestro is playing piano himself.

I heard some orchestra performance of Legrand before, that was good, but I was still thinking about him just like about pop music composer.

Now I think different - he is Genius!

5 out of 5 stars all the stars you've got.......2005-01-29

Bill Evans once said that technique in jazz "is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through your instrument." If that's the case, Legrand possesses technique in spades.

Before commenting on this rewarding disc, a few words about Legrand himself:

Is there a better songwriter or a more versatile all-around musican alive today? I think you have to go back to people like Gershwin and Billy Strayhorn to find a rough parallel to Legrand's multifaceted, genre-crossing genius. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger (who studied with Faure and taught many important American composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass), Legrand is an heir of the great French tradition of music--but one who has chosen to express himself through popular songs, film scores, and jazz. He possesses that rare combination of an absolutely rigorous theoretical knowledge of music and an intuitive, spontaneous instinct for both melody and improvisation. He combines exquisite refinement with a popular touch, a need to communicate directly with all who love music. To me, his work represents the most perfect expression of such typically French traits as lightness, insouciance, wit, melodic charm, and direct emotional expression since Poulenc.

Here you'll find many of Legrand's signature songs--"I Will Wait for You," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "The Hands of Time," "You Must Believe in Spring," etc.--reharmonized and enriched in stunningly beautiful solo recreations. Those unfamiliar with Legrand's pianistic abilities will probably be surprised by what they hear, for he's no part-time piano tickler. He can easily hold his own in the company of the best modern jazz pianists. He has a wonderfully refined touch that is incapable of making a harsh sound and a profusive sense of fantasy that keeps you constantly guessing as to where the music will go next. Yet you always feel satisfied when you find out, because Legrand possesses a composer's comprehension of harmony and form. And his own style is in no way compromised by an occasional nod here and there toward Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Rachmaninoff, and so on. (Please: disregard the Amazon reviewer's remark about "flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody." It's called a stride chorus, and it's just one example of Legrand's surprising way of recasting these songs--and of his encyclopedic command of jazz styles.)

This disc represents the essence of Legrand. It really should have been recorded a long time ago, but the fact that it has captured his undiminished abilities as he enters his twilight years lends it an added poignance--a sense of "just in time!"--that makes it all the sweeter. If you're already a Legrand fan, it should be a self-recommending treasure, and if you're a fan of great piano playing or of sophisticated jazz treatments of great songs, odds are you'll find this a very rewarding disc indeed. For me, the highlight is this version of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" in which every note seems inevitable--not at all an easy thing to make happen in an improvisation.

Miles Davis once said of a Duke Ellington recording, "Give that one all the stars you've got." That's the way I feel about this disc, and I thought that phrase "all the stars you've got" was appropriate because it almost sounds like the title of a Legrand song.

5 out of 5 stars Maestro Legrand , at last !.......2004-10-10

Legrand has recorded at last one of his more intimate renditions to himself with his most remarkable themes along his brilliant career .
From a summer of 42 , The windmills of your mind (The Thomas crown afair) , what are you doing the rest of your life or the romantic Umbrellas of Cherbourg ; all those unforgettable themes are played in this album for piano solo in the real intimacy between him and the listener .
Legrand is the golden master of soundtracks in France and one of the top in the world . He owns that inner vision to catch the spirit of every movie he accompains . He composes music as he was a real director movie . The psychological concerns , the romantic efluvies and the precise and lyrical atmosphere , with that touch of class, artistic elegance and sublime eloquency .
Think also in the important recordings with Miles Davis . That issue will give you the size of that artist and anothe point to remark . In 1954 , Legrand made a golden jewel : I lvoe Paris (See my review) that has become through the years in the most famous and the best album of instrumental music ever recorded .
What other background do you need to acquire this gem ?

4 out of 5 stars For Jazz piano purest... Only!.......2002-09-07

I love the music of Michele Legrand! It is a rich mixture of
graceful tones and notes, that create memories of a certain
time and place in each of our own lives.
When accompaned with great orchestration Its wonderful. When done in a jazz piano style, its not as good. Not to take anyting away from the talents of Mr Legrand as a pianist. Its just that like hearing a lusher, grander version of his music. So if you like jazz piano music, and Michele Legrand.
Then this is the cd for you!
Hymns Through the Centuries
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • How can you call these "Hymns"
  • wonderful collection of magnificent music
  • Flawed but enjoyable
  • Hymns through the Centuries
  • A must own for classic church music lovers
 Hymns Through the Centuries
J. Reilly Lewis , Cathedral Choral Society , William Gardiner , Johannes Cruger , Melchior Teschner , William Henry Monk , Virgil Thomson , George Elvey , Thomas Hastings , and John [composer] Goss
Manufacturer: Gothic Records
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ASIN: B00003XB8M
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

  1. When In Our Music God Is Glorified
  2. Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones
  3. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  4. Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life
  5. O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded
  6. All Glory, Laud And Honor
  7. Abide With Me; Fast Falls The Eventide
  8. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
  9. Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
  10. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  11. Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me
  12. Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
  13. Come, Risen Lord
  14. Carillon Hymn: St. Peter
  15. Eternal Father, Strong To Save
  16. Amazing Grace! How Sweet The Sound
  17. Holy, Holy Holy! Lord God Almighty
  18. Nearer, My God, To Thee
  19. Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind
  20. In Christ There Is No East Or West
  21. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
  22. Crown Him With Many Crowns
  23. Word Of God, Come Down On Earth
  24. The Church's One Foundation
  25. God Of Our Fathers
  26. Father, In Thy Gracious Keeping
  27. Peal Bells

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars How can you call these "Hymns".......2006-08-05

Not to harp on anyone here, but it's obvious that none of you grew up in a church or environment that had a good choir. I know, a Hymn is a genre of music, but a recording of a hymn isn't one if it doesn't contain HARMONY. If they're a "choir," then why don't the tenors sing a different note than the sopranos, altos, and basses? The organist is quite good, I'll admit, but you're wasting your time if you're looking for a good recording of these beautiful songs that were COMPOSED with harmony, not unison. If they want to sing in unison like this, they need to be stripped of their "choir" status and simply be called a "group."

5 out of 5 stars wonderful collection of magnificent music.......2006-01-18

Most everything on this CD is very well done. The recording environment might have been less than perfect, but that shouldn't dimish one's enjoyment very much. Most of the arrangements are very traditional, with the notable exception of Amazing Grace, which though it isn't terrible, it isn't very good either. Some songs had verses removed, which is understandable, though it was poorly done in Eternal Father, Strong to Save -- they did verse 1 ("Eternal Father"), then they skipped(!!!) verse 2 ("O Christ, the Lord") and went on to the final verses ("Holy Spirit" and "O Trinity") -- which is skipping Someone important! However, outside of that, it was excellent.

If you like sacred music, or hymns, then you'll thoroughly enjoy this CD. If you're a Christian, you should enjoy this as well, no matter your taste in music (and you might just learn to like hymns as well!). It is a well-chosen set of some of the most magnificent, God-honoring music of all time, done is a mostly very traditional manner, and it was done well.

3 out of 5 stars Flawed but enjoyable.......2005-04-15

The huge size and reverberating acoustics of Washington National Cathedral make it difficult to hear any kind of live choral performance clearly, even if you're sitting in the front rows in the nave. The Cathedral Choral Society is handicapped by having to record in this acoustically mushy space, and it shows in this CD, often creating an uneven balance between the organ and the chorus as noted by other reviewers. The repertoire is well-chosen, but the quality of the arrangements is uneven. Too often, the chorus seems to be singing in unison right out of the Hymnal, like any parish church choir at an ordinary Sunday service. Certain pieces do suggest the heights which the Society is capable of attaining. But the group never achieves the splendor that the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys displays every Sunday morning. Just when the Society seems to be getting there, the conductor pulls them back. And the shrill folk arrangement of "Amazing Grace" will have you covering your ears as the sopranos shriek clumsily, confusing volume with fervor.

5 out of 5 stars Hymns through the Centuries.......2002-03-18

This is not a review. I just have a question. Does "Hymns through the Centuries" contain the hymn "It is Well with my Soul?" Thanks.

5 out of 5 stars A must own for classic church music lovers.......2002-02-16

I purchased this CD just based on the titles and am very glad I did. There are only two downsides to the album. First is the fact that there isn't a companion CD with 26 more hymns! Second is picky, but I do agree with another rater that the organ could have been a little louder related to the singing. Hope you enjoy listening!
Royal Salute
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    Anonymous , Thomas Arne , Gregorian Chant , Edward Elgar , George Frideric Handel , Gustav Holst , Gerry McColl , Hubert Parry , William Walton , Major Colin Reeves , and Band of the Life Guards
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    		 Strength Through Unity: The Spirit Remains
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    Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2
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      		Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2

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      ASIN: B0002IQL08
      Release Date: 2004-07-06

      Tracks:

      1. Ah Robin (Round)
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      6. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
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      11. Come Away, Hecate
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      28. Get You Hence
      29. The God Of Love
      30. Hark, Hark The Lark
      31. Have I Caught My Heavenly Jewel
      32. Heart's Ease
      33. Hold Thy Peace (Version 2)(Round)
      34. Honor, Riches
      35. I Am Gone Sir
      36. I Loathe The I Did Love
      37. It Was A Lover And His Lass
      38. Jepha
      39. Jog On
      40. Jolly Shepherd (Round)
      41. King Stephen Was A Worthy Peer
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      45. No More Dams
      46. An Old Hare Hoar (Version 1)
      47. O Mistress Mine (Version 1)
      48. Orpheus With His Lute
      49. O Sweet Oliver
      50. Pardon Goddess Of The Night
      51. Roses Their Sharp Spines
      52. Sigh No More, Ladies
      53. Some Men For Sudden Joy (Version 1)
      54. Take, O Take Those Lips
      55. Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred
      56. That Sir Which Serves
      57. There Dwelt A Man In Babylon (Version 1)
      58. There Was Three Fools
      59. Three Merry Men (Round)
      60. Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
      61. Under The Greenwood Tree
      62. Up And Down (Round)
      63. Urns And Odours Bring Away
      64. Walsingham
      65. Was This Fair Face
      66. Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
      67. What Shall He Have (Round)
      68. When Arthur First In Court
      69. When Daffodils Begin To Peer
      70. When Daisies Pied
      71. When Griping Grief
      72. When Icicles Hang By The Wall
      73. When That I Was And A Little Tyne Boy
      74. Where The Bee Sucks
      75. While You Here Do Snoring Lie
      76. Who Is Silvia
      77. Why Let The Strucken Deer
      78. Willow, Willow (Version 1)
      79. Will You Buy Any Tape
      80. The Woosel Cock
      81. You Spotted Snakes

      Tracks:

      1. Awake, Awake
      2. Battle Of Agincourt
      3. Bride's Goodmorrow
      4. Broom
      5. Callino
      6. Carmen's Whitle
      7. Chi Passa
      8. Come Kiss Me, Kate (Round)
      9. Come Thou Monarch (Version 1)
      10. Cup Of Wine (Version 1)
      11. Damon
      12. Daphne
      13. Diana (2 Versions)
      14. Dulcina
      15. Eglamore
      16. Eighty-Eight
      17. Fortune My Foe
      18. George Alow (Version 2)
      19. Glass Doth Run
      20. Goddesses
      21. Go From My Window
      22. Greensleeves (2 Versions)
      23. Guy Of Warwick
      24. Hem Boys (2 Versions)
      25. Hey Ho for A Husband (2 Versions)
      26. Hobbyhorse
      27. Hold Thy Peace (Versions 1 & 3)
      28. Hunt's Up
      29. I Cannot Come Every Day (2 Versions)
      30. In Crete
      31. In Peascod Time
      32. Jack Boy (Round)
      33. King Cophetua
      34. King Lear
      35. King Solomon
      36. Light O Love
      37. Loath To Depart (2 Versions)
      38. Love, Love (Version 1)
      39. Master, Swabber (Version 1)
      40. Mounsier Mingo
      41. Mounsieur's Almaine
      42. My Mind To Me
      43. Nutmegs (Of All The Birds)
      44. Nutmegs (Wooing Of The Baker's Daughter)
      45. O Death (2 Versions)
      46. Old Hare Hoar (Version 2)
      47. O Mistress Mine (Version 2)
      48. O' The Twelfth Day Of December
      49. Oyster Pie
      50. Peg A Ramsey (2 Versions)
      51. Phillida (3 Versions)
      52. Please One
      53. Pyramus
      54. Queen Dido (2 Versions)
      55. Ratcatcher
      56. Rich Jew
      57. Robin Goodfellow
      58. Robin Hood
      59. Rogero
      60. Rowland
      61. Sellenger's Round
      62. Shore's Wife (2 Versions)
      63. Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
      64. Some Men For Sudden Joy (Round)
      65. There Dwelt A Man (Version 2)
      66. Titus Andronicus
      67. Tom A Bedlam (2 Versions)
      68. Troilus
      69. Troy Town
      70. Wellady
      71. Whenas We Sat In Babylon
      72. Where Is The Life
      73. Whoop
      74. Why Let The Strucken (If Care Do Cause)
      75. Willow, Willow (Version 2)
      76. Will Ye Buy A Fine Dog
      77. With A Fading
      Salute To The Heroes
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Salute To The Heroes

        Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        All Works by ArneAll Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by BoyceAll Works by Boyce | Boyce, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by ElgarAll Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by SousaAll Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by WaltonAll Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        RomanticRomantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        CompilationsCompilations | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        ChorusesChoruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
        MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
        Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
        ClassicalClassical | Imports | Stores | Music
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        1. Regimental Marches of British Army, Vol. 1
        2. Regimental Marches of the British Army, Vol. 2
        3. Panzer Marches

        ASIN: B00009V3OY
        Release Date: 2003-07-14

        Tracks:

        1. Tour of Duty - Grenadier Guards
        2. Pathfinder's March
        3. Pomp and Circumastance March No 5 in C Major Op 39 - Royal Marines & the Black Watch
        4. Amazing Grace
        5. Bridge Too Far - The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall
        6. Jerusalem - Grenadier Guards
        7. Hands Across the Sea - Welsh Guards Band
        8. Wi' a Hundred Pipers
        9. Longest Day - The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall
        10. Bond of Friendship - Welsh Guards Band
        11. Crown Imperial (Coronation March) - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Eric Banks
        12. Old Comrades - Grenadier Guards
        13. Army the Navy and the Air Force - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Eric Banks
        14. Heart of Oak
        15. Life on the Ocean Wave - Royal Marines & the Black Watch
        16. British Grenadiers - Grenadier Guards
        17. Royal Air Force March Past - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Eric Banks
        18. Rejoice, Rejoice - Grenadier Guards
        19. Evening Hymn, Last Post and Sunset - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Eric Banks
        20. National Anthem - Grenadier Guards

        Album Description

        2003 compilation pays tribute to our heroes in the armed forces featuring 20 tracks by the bands of The British Army, Navy and Airforce. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold.

        Album Details

        This Unique Compilation Salutes Our Military Heroes and Pays a Fitting Musical Tribute to Them. It features all Three Services Together with the Music Associated with the Army, Navy and Air Force.
        Life on Another Planet
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Life on Another Planet
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: Triple Crown
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          HardcoreHardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          Punk RevivalPunk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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          GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B00004XST3
          Release Date: 2000-11-28

          Tracks:

          1. It's Your Choice - Warzone
          2. Care Bear - Murphy's Law
          3. We Gotta Know - Cro-Mags
          4. Enforcer - Leeway
          5. Icepick - Crown Of Thornz
          6. Don't Bother Me - Murphy's Law
          7. Skarhead - Skarhead
          8. Militant - Both Worlds
          9. Hard Times - Cro-Mags
          10. Scarred Love (Live) - Skarhead
          11. Ska Song - Murphy's Law
          12. Kingpin - Leeway
          13. Don't Forget The Struggle (Live) - Warzone
          14. Without Asking Why - American Standard
          15. Upset The System - The Mob
          16. Dance Hard Or Die - Warzone
          Friendship Loyalty Commitment
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • not real hardcore
          • Positive Hardcore, Go!
          • Borrrrrrrrrring
          • 25 still keepin it real in 99
          • good new york hard core
          		 Friendship Loyalty Commitment
          25 Ta Life
          Manufacturer: Triple Crown
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          HardcoreHardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          Gangsta & HardcoreGangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          Pop RapPop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
          Alternative MetalAlternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
          MetalMetal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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          2. Kings at Crime
          3. Demonstrating My Style
          4. Set It Off
          5. Hold It Down

          ASIN: B00000J808
          Release Date: 1999-06-29

          Tracks:

          1. Let The Past Be The Past
          2. Pain Is Temporary
          3. Hardcore Rules
          4. Backfire
          5. Positive Hard Core, Go
          6. Friendship, Loyalty, Commitment
          7. The Next Level
          8. Bullet For Every Enemy
          9. Over The Years
          10. Refocus
          11. Wise To Da Game
          12. Da Low Down
          13. Short Fuse
          14. As One
          15. Smakin' You Up

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars not real hardcore.......2006-09-14

          its not really hardcore, its metallic even compared to modern hc, old school elitists will hate this
          , most of what i love is old school but i keep an open mind

          Ricks vocals are definatly different, which is what i love most about this band he does deep growls to totally shrill in one line its definatly got some catch to it, song like refocus are great at that, i enjoy there cover

          or warzone's as one, truth is if u like really metalic hardcore u like this

          truth is i love this album i dont like some of their newer work like helbound misery... and fallen angel..., his voice isnt as dynamic and they bring the tempo down because this has a typically fast hardcore pace, not like bad brains so chill, maybe a lil slower that AF - Liberty and Justice. even if u think there music is decent u shud see these guys live because they play mostly material off this alubm, which proves to be there best

          5 out of 5 stars Positive Hardcore, Go!.......2005-01-03

          Good ol' NYHC. 25 Ta Life does it again with this album. If you are checking out this band for the first time, this is the album to purchase. Appearances by Roger Miret (Friendship Loyalty Commitment), Vinnie Stigma (Hardcore Rules), and Jamey Jasta (Bullet for every Enemy). Classic.

          1 out of 5 stars Borrrrrrrrrring.......2004-01-10

          More wanna-be tough guy hardcore we've already a billion times before. How the heck did any of these bands ever make it to their 20's, having grown up on the streets, getting shot and knifed every two seconds? Gimme a break. This stuff is lame.

          4 out of 5 stars 25 still keepin it real in 99.......1999-11-16

          Rick Healy is armed to the teeth in this album, and he has brought a few of his friends to get his back. With appearances by Paul Bearer and Jamey Hatebreed, and new songs, like "Bullet for Every Enemy", this CD is a keeper. If you like metal influenced new york hardcore, then buy this album for all your homies.

          4 out of 5 stars good new york hard core.......1999-09-29

          wel when i bought this cd i thought it was okay i had never heard of them before and it rocked and the best song was hardcore rules
          Nu Life Stories
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Nu Life Stories
            Dave McMurray
            Manufacturer: Crown
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B00009Y2K5
            Release Date: 2003-07-07

            Music Album:

            1. The Downhill Climb [Import]
            2. The Light In Van Hise
            3. The Rambling Boys [Import] [Limited Edition]
            4. The Thistle & the Rose, Songs of Robert Burns
            5. Time Was [Explicit Lyrics]
            6. Todd Young and his Rock Band
            7. Try To Fly
            8. Under This Blue Sky
            9. Vignettes
            10. Waiting for the Sun [Import]

            Music Album

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